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92nd Giro d'Italia - GT
Italy, May 9-31, 2009
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Stage 2 - Sunday, May 10: Jesolo - Trieste, 156km
Petacchi is back!
"Lazy" Cavendish learns the hard way, but keeps maglia rosa
By Anthony Tan in Trieste, Italy
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Mark Cavendish can be beaten.
With the gorgeous seaside town of Trieste providing the backdrop to the 156-kilometre opening road stage of the 2009 Giro d'Italia, LPR's Alessandro Petacchi - once considered the top sprinter in the world - beat the man who many consider to be the best sprinter in the world.
On the long, wide-open, Riva III Novembre boulevard, it was vintage Petacchi: the 35-year-old from La Spezia choosing to jump a massive 300 metres from the line, arms bent, torso still, chin almost touching the stem, and powering his massive 11-cog down the right-side barriers. Cavendish tried to overtake him, but it was useless: Petacchi 1, Cavendish 0.
"Today [Sunday] was the first real win of the year," said Petacchi, whose victory punch - his 24th at the Giro - would have delivered a knockout blow, had he been in the ring with the Anglophone.
Speaking of Anglophones, a trio of English speakers rounded out Stage 2's top five, British rider Ben Swift (Katusha), Aussie Allan Davis (Quick Step) and American Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Slipstream) third to fifth, respectively.
"Sprints at the Giro, Tour de France and Vuelta are totally different," said Petacchi. "I didn't know much about Cavendish; I saw him win Qatar, I saw him win in Milano-Sanremo, but again, Sanremo is very different to stage races. I wanted to see if he was that fast.
"I started my sprint really far out," he continued, describing the finale. "I took a risk doing so but I knew [long sprints] don't suit his characteristics. Sure, I won easily, but it's not certain that tomorrow or the next time will be the same."
Said fifth-placed Farrar, "To be honest, I was just thinking about winning the stage; today, winning and taking the pink jersey were going to be one and the same thing.
"Unfortunately I didn't quite have the right positioning. It was very wide between about four and two kilometres to go, then there were a few bends and your finishing position was pretty much the position in which you went into those bends. And it was chaotic even before that, coming off the climb. I think that's perhaps why Columbia went too early, just as we hit the front too early with around three kilometres to go."
It may have been Petacchi's 164th career win, but it's been a long time coming.
"I wasn't happy watching the Giro on TV last year," he said, referring to his suspension last year by the Court of Arbitration for Sport for testing non-negative to asthma medication Salbutamol (which Petacchi has clearance to use), resulting in him being fired from his previous team, Milram. "So to win the first stage at the Giro [after my suspension] is very important to me. I'm really happy to be back."
Sprinting 101: Do your own thing, and don't be lazy
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At the 2006 Scheldeprijs Vlaanderen, Tom Boonen, who at present is battling demons of a different kind, said at the height of his powers the only person he fears when sprinting is Alessandro Petacchi.
Said Boonen, "Every time I take the race in my own hands and take my own responsibility, I succeed; every time I look at another guy, I fail. The best example is Alessandro Petacchi: every time I lose, I say to myself, 'You dumbass!' And every time I know: you shouldn't look at Petacchi; he's the only guy that gets me in situations like that."
It seems the same thing happened to Cavendish. He wasn't doing his own sprint.
"I was delivered perfectly by my team. My team was perfect; everything was perfect, except for me at the finish. Normally, I should have jumped earlier. I was lazy. I left it too late to make the sprint easier for myself, but Alessandro got the jump on me - you can't beat him when he gets the jump," Cavendish lamented.
Showing such dominance until now, could it be a case of suffering some sort of superiority complex, he was asked.
"Yeah. Probably, yeah. Serves me right."
There was some consolation for the man from the Isle of Man - the maglia rosa for another day - but on the podium his face said it all. Visibly annoyed at himself, Cavendish shook the champagne with such nonchalance, he would have probably preferred if it was a giant can of Coke and it sprayed on his face as punishment.
"Sure, it's a consolation wearing the pink," said Cavendish, "but the guys rode the whole day for me. I think that [keeping the maglia rosa] was going to happen anyway.
"That's why it's so hard to accept. Normally I deliver; today I didn't. With an ego like mine, for sure losing is going to hurt my pride," he said, who has a 14-second buffer over four of his teammates on GC: Mark Renshaw, Michael Rogers, Thomas Lövkvist and Edvald Boasson Hagen.
Mused Petacchi, "In one or two years, when I've lost my speed, I would like to be part of a train of a great sprinter."
For now, Cavendish will have to match him.
Lone Ranger
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The short though savage torture test, otherwise known as yesterday's 20.5km team time trial, possibly had something to do with Sunday's unhurried start in Jesolo.
Out of the 198-strong peloton, the only rider with any ambition was ISD's Leonardo Scarselli, who skipped away very early in the peace and by default, became that guy - the suicidal breakaway that 99.999% of the time, never succeeds on a flat, mountain or undulating course.
Nevertheless, despite those unenviable 0.001% odds of success, the recently-turned 34-year-old chose to back himself over the 156-kilomtetre, mostly flat stage, enjoying a maximum 8:20 advantage after 51 kilometres.
From there, Scarselli, whose biggest claim to fame was his overall victory in the 2003 Tour of Senegal, found his situation out on the road turn south. With the team of the maglia rosa intent on delivering Cav' another win and another day in pink, the Italian found himself dying a slow death, caught just before the crest of the day's only categorised mountain, its crest coming after 140.6 kilometres and won by David Garcia of Xacobeo Galicia.
As often happens when racing in Italy, things began to get sketchy in the closing kilometres. Milram's Matthias Russ crashed out on the descent, while a subsequent pile-up in the peloton prompted Philippe Gilbert of Silence-Lotto to try his hand inside the final 7 kilometres, taking Enrico Gasparotto (Lampre-NGC) and Filippo Pozzato (Katusha) with him.
Despite such promise, the move didn't last as LPR and Columbia shut it down, and with two kilometres remaining, the two words "gruppo compatto" blasted over the loudspeakers in Trieste led to what many believed was a foregone conclusion: a sprint it was, but not the man most thought it would be...
Photography
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- Crowds gather in Jesolo for the start of stage two.
- Italy's Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini)
- Lance Armstrong (Astana) puts his name on the start list prior to Giro d'Italia stage two in Jesolo, Italy.
- Carlos Sastre (Cervélo TestTeam) signs in before Giro d'Italia stage two in Jesolo.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre-NGC)
- Alessandro Petacchi (LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini) wins Giro d'Italia stage two ahead of Mark Cavendish (Columbia-Highroad).
- Alessandro Petacchi is ecstatic about his victory.
- Alessandro Petacchi ( LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini) checks on his rivals in the closing metres of stage two.
- Alessandro Petacchi powers to the line ahead of Cavendish.
- Alessandro Petacchi ( LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini) bests Giro leader Mark Cavendish in Trieste.
- Mark Cavendish lets the champagne fly.
- Marzio Bruseghin (Lampre - N.G.C.)
- Alessandro Petacchi ( LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini) leads the points competition.
- Mark Cavendish (Team Columbia - Highroad) salutes the crowd as the confetti flies.
- Mark Cavendish on the podium.
- Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas) signs in.
- Fuji - Servetto riders gather their bikes at the start of stage two.
- Mark Cavendish uncorks the bubbly for leading the Giro d'Italia after the second stage.
- Alessandro Petacchi on the podium for winning stage two.
- Mark Cavendish signs in resplendent in his leader's jersey.
- Astana teammates Yaroslav Popovych and Lance Armstrong.
- Edvald Boasson Hagen (l) and Mark Cavendish avoid the sun's rays on the stage two start line.
- Mark Cavendish (Team Columbia - Highroad) is enjoying his stint in the maglia rosa.
- Alessandro Petacchi celebrates his stage win with some champagne.
- Gruppo compatto on the way to Trieste.
- Whose shoes are these?
- Lance Armstrong is escorted to the start line.
- Liqugas rides together during stage two.
- Everyone comes out to watch when the Giro d'Italia peloton rolls by.
- It's a beautiful day for racing.
- Lance Armstrong is kept busy prior to the start of stage two.
- Team Columbia - Highroad greets the crowd at the stage two sign-in.
- Mark Cavendish enjoys the perks of wearing the maglia rosa.
- Balloons are released just prior to the start of stage two.
- Ivan Basso (Liquigas) makes his way to the start.
- Mario Cipollini always attracts a crowd.
- Lamce Armstrong (Astana) takes a look at who's photographing him.
- Alessandro Petacchi with his LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini teammates.
- Leonardo Scarselli (ISD) went on a solo attack for nearly 100 kilometres of stage two.
Images by Jean-Francois Quenet
- Carlos Sastre enjoys being back in Italy.
- Team Columbia honoured as heros in Lido di Jesolo at the start of stage 2.
- Nice company for Cavendish: Miss Giro and Miss Italia!
- Gent-Wevelgem winner Edvald Boason Hagen spent one day with the white jersey of best young rider before passing it onto his Scandinavian team mate Thomas Lövkvist.
- This is some pink on the jerseys of Team Columbia for the Centennial of the Giro d'Italia.
- After breaking away and finishing dead last on stage 2, Leonardo Scarselli asked for his way...
Images by Sirotti/www.sirotti.it
- Lance Armstrong (Astana)
- Lance Armstrong (Astana) stops for a radio adjustment.
- Lance Armstrong (Astana) getting his radio situated on the side of the road.
- Filippo Pozzato (Katusha) leads a last minute move with Philippe Gilbert (Silence-Lotto) and Enrico Gasparotto (Lampre-NGC).
- Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo)
- Ivan Basso (Liquigas)
- Maglia rosa Mark Cavendish (Columbia-Highroad) with Le Misses at the start.
- Leonardo Scarselli (ISD) rides in a solo escape, stage two of the Giro d'Italia.
- Carlos Sastre (Cervélo TestTeam)
- Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini) talks with his team director.
Results
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 3.43.07 (41.951 km/h) 2 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 3 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 4 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 5 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 6 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 7 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 8 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 9 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 10 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 11 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 12 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 13 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 14 Steve Chainel (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 15 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 16 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 17 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team 18 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 19 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 20 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 21 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 22 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 23 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 24 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 25 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 26 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 27 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 28 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 29 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 30 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 31 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 32 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 33 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 34 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 35 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 36 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 37 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 38 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 39 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 40 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 41 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 42 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 43 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha 44 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 45 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 46 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 47 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 48 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 49 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 50 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 51 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 52 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 0.10 53 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 0.13 54 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 55 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervelo Test Team 56 Dario David Cioni (Ita) ISD 57 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 58 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 59 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence-Lotto 60 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 61 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 62 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 63 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 64 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 65 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 66 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 67 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step 68 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 69 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervelo Test Team 70 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 71 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 72 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 73 Angel Gomez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 74 David Garcia Da Pena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 75 Yohann Gene (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 76 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 77 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 78 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 79 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto 80 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 81 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 82 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 83 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 84 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervelo Test Team 85 Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD 86 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 87 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 88 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 89 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 90 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 91 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 92 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 93 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 94 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 95 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 96 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team 97 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 98 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 99 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 100 Iker Camano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 101 Julien Belgy (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 102 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 103 Delio Ferandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 104 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 105 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 106 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 107 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 108 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 109 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 110 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 0.31 111 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 112 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank 113 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Slipstream 0.33 114 Ruslan Pidgornyy (Ukr) ISD 0.47 115 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 116 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 117 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 118 Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 119 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 120 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha 121 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 0.49 122 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 123 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 124 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 125 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 126 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 127 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 128 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 129 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 130 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 131 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 132 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 133 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 134 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas 135 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 0.54 136 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 1.01 137 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.04 138 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 139 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha 140 Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha 141 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 142 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 143 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 144 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 145 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 146 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 147 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 148 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank 149 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 150 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram 151 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 152 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 153 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 154 Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 155 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 156 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 157 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 158 Marcos Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 159 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence-Lotto 160 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team 161 Guillaume Le Floch (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 162 Ted King (USA) Cervelo Test Team 163 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank 164 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 165 Francesco Failli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 166 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 167 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 168 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 169 Robert Forster (Ger) Team Milram 170 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 171 Jason McCartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank 172 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank 1.19 173 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 1.30 174 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto 2.12 175 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.19 176 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 177 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 178 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 179 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 180 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 181 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 182 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad 183 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 184 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 185 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 186 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 3.09 187 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto 188 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 189 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 3.15 190 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 191 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 192 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 193 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 194 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 195 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 196 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 5.32 197 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 10.35 DNF Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram Points 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 26 pts 2 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 24 3 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 18 4 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 16 5 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 14 6 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 10 7 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 9 8 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 8 9 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 8 10 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 7 11 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 6 12 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 5 13 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 4 14 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3 15 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 3 16 Steve Chainel (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 2 17 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 2 18 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 1 Mountains 1 David Garcia Da Pena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3 pts 2 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 2 3 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 1 T.V. 1 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 5 pts 2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 4 3 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 3 4 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 2 5 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 1 6 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini Most combative 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 8 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 6 3 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 6 4 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 5 5 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 4 6 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 3 7 David Garcia Da Pena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2 8 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 2 9 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 1 10 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 1 11 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 1 Azzurri d'Italia 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 4 pts 2 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 2 3 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 1 Trofeo Fuga Cervelo 1 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 120 pts Trofeo Fast Team 1 Lampre - NGC 11.09.21 2 Quickstep 3 Team Columbia - Highroad 4 ISD 5 Team Milram 6 LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 7 Garmin - Slipstream 8 Rabobank 9 Team Katusha 10 Cervelo TestTeam 0.13 11 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 12 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 13 Team Saxo Bank 14 Barloworld 15 Astana 16 AG2R La Mondiale 0.26 17 Fuji - Servetto 18 Liquigas 19 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 20 Xacobeo Galicia 21 Silence - Lotto 22 Caisse d'Epargne 0.39 Trofeo Super Team 1 Quickstep 28 pts 2 Lampre - NGC 26 3 LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 20 4 Team Columbia - Highroad 19 5 Team Katusha 18 6 Garmin - Slipstream 16 7 ISD 15 8 Fuji - Servetto 13 9 Team Milram 12 10 Barloworld 9 11 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 8 12 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 7 13 Rabobank 6 14 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5 15 Cervelo TestTeam 4 16 Team Saxo Bank 3 17 AG2R La Mondiale 1 18 Xacobeo Galicia 19 Liquigas-Doimo 20 Astana 21 Silence - Lotto 22 Caisse d'Epargne General classification after stage 2 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 4.04.43 2 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.14 3 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 4 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 5 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 6 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 0.16 7 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 8 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 0.20 9 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 10 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 0.27 11 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 12 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 13 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 0.33 14 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 0.36 15 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 16 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 0.40 17 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 18 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 19 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 0.41 20 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 21 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 22 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha 0.49 23 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 24 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 25 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 26 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 0.52 27 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 28 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 29 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 0.54 30 Dario David Cioni (Ita) ISD 31 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 0.56 32 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 33 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 34 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 35 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 36 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 1.03 37 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 38 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team 39 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 40 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 41 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 42 Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD 1.04 43 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 1.05 44 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 45 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 1.07 46 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 47 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 48 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 1.08 49 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 1.09 50 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 51 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana 1.14 52 Steve Chainel (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 1.15 53 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervelo Test Team 1.16 54 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervelo Test Team 55 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team 56 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1.20 57 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 58 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 1.21 59 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 60 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 61 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 1.22 62 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 63 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.25 64 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 65 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 66 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 67 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 68 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 1.27 69 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 1.28 70 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 71 Ruslan Pidgornyy (Ukr) ISD 72 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 73 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 74 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 75 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 76 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 1.30 77 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 78 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 1.31 79 Julien Belgy (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 80 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 81 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 1.33 82 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 83 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 84 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 85 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1.35 86 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 87 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha 1.36 88 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 89 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 1.38 90 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 1.40 91 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 92 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank 93 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step 1.41 94 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 95 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas 1.43 96 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1.45 97 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervelo Test Team 98 David Garcia Da Pena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.46 99 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 100 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 101 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1.48 102 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 1.49 103 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence-Lotto 104 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto 105 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 1.50 106 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 107 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 108 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 1.51 109 Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha 1.53 110 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha 111 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 112 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank 1.56 113 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 1.57 114 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 1.59 115 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 2.00 116 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 2.02 117 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 118 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 119 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 120 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 2.04 121 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 122 Angel Gomez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 123 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 124 Iker Camano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 125 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 2.05 126 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 2.07 127 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram 128 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team 129 Robert Forster (Ger) Team Milram 130 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 2.12 131 Jason McCartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank 2.13 132 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 2.16 133 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 134 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 135 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 136 Yohann Gene (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 137 Guillaume Le Floch (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 2.19 138 Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2.20 139 Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 140 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2.22 141 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 2.23 142 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2.24 143 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 144 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 145 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Slipstream 146 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 2.25 147 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2.26 148 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 149 Ted King (USA) Cervelo Test Team 2.28 150 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2.31 151 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad 2.33 152 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 153 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 2.37 154 Marcos Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 155 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 156 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.38 157 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank 2.39 158 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 159 Francesco Failli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 160 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 2.40 161 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence-Lotto 162 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 2.44 163 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2.51 164 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 2.53 165 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 3.02 166 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 3.08 167 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 3.13 168 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 3.22 169 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 3.29 170 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 3.31 171 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 3.34 172 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 173 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 3.43 174 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto 3.48 175 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3.52 176 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 4.04 177 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4.08 178 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 4.09 179 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 4.10 180 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 4.13 181 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 4.23 182 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 4.27 183 Delio Ferandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 4.35 184 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 4.49 185 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 4.50 186 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4.55 187 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 5.00 188 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 5.06 189 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 190 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 6.04 191 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 6.09 192 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 193 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 6.44 194 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 6.49 195 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank 7.14 196 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto 7.36 197 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 11.14 Points classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 26 pts 2 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 24 3 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 18 4 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 16 5 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 14 6 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 10 7 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 9 8 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 8 9 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 8 10 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 7 11 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 6 12 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 5 13 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 4 14 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3 15 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 3 16 Steve Chainel (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 2 17 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 2 18 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 1 Mountains classification 1 David Garcia Da Pena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3 pts 2 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 2 3 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 1 Young rider classification 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 4.04.43 2 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.14 3 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 4 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 0.16 5 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 0.36 6 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 0.41 7 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 8 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 0.56 9 Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD 1.04 10 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 1.05 11 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 1.07 12 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1.20 13 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 1.21 14 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 15 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 1.22 16 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 1.27 17 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 1.28 18 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 1.40 19 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step 1.41 20 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1.49 21 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 1.51 22 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 1.53 23 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.02 24 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 25 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 2.07 26 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team 27 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 2.16 28 Guillaume Le Floch (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 2.19 29 Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2.20 30 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2.24 31 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 2.25 32 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 2.37 33 Marcos Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 34 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 35 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 2.40 36 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 2.44 37 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 3.02 38 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 3.08 39 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 3.13 40 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 3.29 41 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 3.34 42 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3.52 43 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 4.04 44 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4.08 45 Delio Ferandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 4.35 46 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4.55 47 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 5.00 48 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 5.06 49 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 50 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 6.44 T.V. classification 1 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 5 pts 2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 4 3 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 3 4 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 2 5 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 1 Most combative classification 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 8 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 6 3 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 6 4 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 5 5 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 4 6 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 3 7 David Garcia Da Pena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2 8 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 2 9 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 1 10 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 1 11 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 1 Azzurri d'Italia classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 4 pts 2 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 2 3 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 1 Trofeo Fuga Cervelo classification 1 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 120 pts Trofeo Fast Team classification 1 Team Columbia - Highroad 11.31.11 2 Garmin - Slipstream 0.06 3 LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 0.22 4 Astana 0.26 5 ISD 0.27 6 Team Katusha 0.35 7 Rabobank 0.38 8 Lampre - NGC 0.42 9 Team Milram 0.49 10 Cervelo TestTeam 1.02 11 Liquigas 1.06 12 Barloworld 1.07 13 Team Saxo Bank 1.08 14 Quickstep 1.14 15 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1.19 16 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 1.27 17 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1.34 18 Caisse d'Epargne 1.37 19 Xacobeo Galicia 1.45 20 Silence - Lotto 1.48 21 AG2R La Mondiale 2.01 22 Fuji - Servetto 2.03 Trofeo Super Team classification 1 Quickstep 28 pts 2 Lampre - NGC 26 3 Lpr Brakes - Farnese Vini 20 4 Team Columbia - Highroad 19 5 Team Katusha 18 6 Garmin - Slipstream 16 7 ISD 15 8 Fuji - Servetto 13 9 Team Milram 12 10 Barloworld 9 11 S.Diquigiovanni - Androni Gioc. 8 12 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 7 13 Rabobank 6 14 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5 15 Cervelo TestTeam 4 16 Team Saxo Bank 3 17 AG2R La Mondiale 1 18 Astana 19 Liquigas 20 Caisse d'Epargne 21 Xacobeo Galicia 22 Silence - Lotto
