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92nd Giro d'Italia - GT
Italy, May 9-31, 2009
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Stage 12 - Thursday, May 21: Sestri Levante - Riomaggiore (ITT), 60.6km
Russian juggernaut's pedals pound their way to pink
Menchov heads a heady three
By Anthony Tan in Riomaggiore, Italy
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Denis Menchov. So much raw power. And as of Thursday evening in Riomaggiore, the new maglia rosa of the Centenary Giro d'Italia.
The Russian from Rabobank began the day 1:20 behind overnight leader Danilo Di Luca. He expected to go well. Three days prior, he forewarned Cyclingnews, "You have to be in top condition for that one special day, even if it is not really a day for specialists."
At each of the three time checks along this sinuous, undulating, tough-as-nails percorso that measured 60.6 kilometres - the profile of which we've never seen before in modern Giro d'Italia history - the 31-year-old, two-time Vuelta a España champion showed his condition was indeed ottima (the highest); out of 187 riders, the fastest after 18.6, 34.5, 44.5 kilometres, and, of course, by the finish.
To succeed, it required not just superlative form to tackle the climbs of Bracco and Termine, that together amounted to more than 1,100 metres' elevation, but an equal dose of nail-biting descending that would have burned through those rubber brake blocks that differentiate between life and death, finesse as well.
Thursday in Cinque Terre, Menchov had both in spades.
"I'm a big tour rider, so it's very important to have the maglia rosa. It's a great personal satisfaction, and it's good for Russian cycling," said Menchov.
"I knew the time gaps were going to be close between the best riders [after the time trial] because Di Luca is in very good condition. I thought I'd have the [pink] jersey by a few seconds," he said, 40 seconds separating the current top three on the classifica generale - although from 4th to 10th, the gaps are wider, ranging from Liquigas' Franco Pellizzotti at 2:00 to Thomas Lövkvist of Team Columbia-High Road, 5:53 in arrears.
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"It's true, I came here better than last year. But even though today was a great day, it was more or less what I expected," Menchov told Cyclingnews.
It appears we have a maglia rosa quietly confident.
Is he, like many describe his pink-suited predecessor Di Luca, a cold-blooded killer? Is he out for blood in this Giro, Cyclingnews asked him a few days ago?
"Am I dangerous?" said Menchov rhetorically.
"I think I am a simple person, just a cyclist and not so dangerous," he said, smiling.
Perhaps smiling at the thought of being an assassin in another life, a profession he'd probably excel in. Because the way things stand now and with nine stages to Rome, Menchov is very dangerous indeed. Perilous, even.
"Now, at least, I'm in a good position on the general classification; I'm getting better each day and I'm now in a position to fight for [overall] victory."
Leipheimer: More than a contender; Di Luca still in the hunt
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Only 20 seconds behind the Russian juggernaut, one can say Astana's Levi Leipheimer is more than just a contender for the 2009 Giro. The 35-year-old from Santa Rosa, California is now a favourite - not the favourite, but a favourite.
"Twenty seconds [from the stage win], it's hard to take," said Leipheimer, who moved up one place to third overall, 40 seconds behind Di Luca. "But," he said, "I think it'll be a close third week."
Speaking of Di Luca, the 2007 champ proved his form is far from waning. As he predicted and as he expected, the 33-year-old lost 1:54 to Menchov against the clock, though importantly made time on many of his rivals who showed signs of weakness. And with three mountain finishes in the final week, "Il Killer di Spoltore" is, for many, still the hot tip for the final maglia rosa in Roma.
Said Di Luca, "I am happy. The race is never finished until it's over. We will wait."
The guy expected to do so much in Cinque Terre, Team Columbia-High Road's Michael Rogers, fell short of the day's best marks - 1:37:13 seeing the Australian with only the 14th best time and by consequence, he lost three places on GC to sit sixth overall. Cervelo TestTeam's Carlos Sastre wasn't overwhelming, either, but moving up a rung to fifth overall still makes the Spaniard dangerous.
Never seen anything like it
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Not since the 1992 Giro - 17 years ago, Spaniard Miguel Indurain dominated in a 66km time trial en route to the first of two overall victories - have we seen a time trial of this length, and late Thursday morning, the weight of expectation in the seaside town of Sestri Levante felt heavy as the combined mass of the publicity caravan.
Cyclingnews chose to follow the rider who left twenty-first and expected to do well, American David Zabriskie of Garmin-Slipstream, who left the start house at 12:25. But the goofy lad from Salt Lake City, Utah, could only manage the tenth best time when he finished in 1:45:11, some way behind Alessandro Bertolini's early best time of 1:39:50.
Another Anglophone TT specialist who bore the first name David was Millar, Zabriskie's Garmin-Slipstream buddy knocking Bertolini off his perch - though his time at the top was equally temporary, with Team Columbia-High Road's Marco Pinotti and Edvald Boasson Hagen soon displacing the Scot, the latter in 1:37:56.
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With Astana's Lance Armstrong now out on the road, ISD's Giovanni Visconti took the top spot, lasting all of 15 minutes before the best 30 riders on the classifica generale took their turn to supercede the Italian, beginning with Bradley Wiggins (Garmin-Slipstream), then Janez Brajkovic (Astana), then Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone), a virtual stage winner after clocking 1.35.32.
When Armstrong came in with 1:36:55 - 1:23 off Garzelli - the seven-time Tour winner's time was rather appropriately good enough for seventh at that point.
Still, no-one could best Garzelli until Leipheimer, when the fourth-last rider to leave put 43 seconds into the 2000 Giro champ.
And then there were three: Rogers, Menchov and the maglia rosa of Di Luca.
Photography
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- Maglia rosa Danilo Di Luca would not be in pink after stage 12's time trial.
- Jackson Rodriguez (Diquigiovanni - Androni) overshot a turn during stage 12.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) finished 2nd in the time trial, 20 seconds off the pace of Denis Menchov.
- Race leader Denis Menchov (Rabobank) celebrates on the podium.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) approaches the finish in Riomaggiore.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) powers to the line to win stage 12's 60.6km time trial.
- Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo) was only bested by Menchov and Leipheimer on stage 12.
- Danilo Di Luca strains under the effort of trying to defend his maglia rosa.
- American time trial champion David Zabriskie (Garmin - Slipstream) rolls along the Ligurian coast.
- Lance Armstrong (Astana) finished the time trial in 14th place, 2:46 behind Menchov.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) is the new leader of the Giro d'Italia.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre - N.G.C.) descends through one of the time trial's many tricky turns.
- Marzio Bruseghin (Lampre - N.G.C.) rode his standard road bike to a 10th place finish.
- Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas) put in a good ride to finish 5th, 1:27 behind Menchov.
- Carlos Sastre (Cervelo TestTeam) approaches the finish line on his way to 12th place for the day.
- Carlos Sastre (Cervelo TestTeam) chose to wear an aero helmet for stage 12.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) puts on the maglia rosa.
- Julian Dean (Garmin - Slipstream) enters Levanto, approximately half way through the 60.6-kilometre time trial.
- David Millar (Garmin - Slipstream) en route to a 31st place finish.
- Mark Cavendish (Team Columbia - Highroad) descending during the stage 12 time trial.
- Ivan Basso (Liquigas) still manages to crack a smile during an all-out effort.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) uncorks the bubbly on the podium.
- Ivan Basso (Liquigas) tackles a climb on the Cinque Terre time trial on his way to an 11th place finish.
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- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) won the stage 12 time trial and moved into the overall race lead.
- Best young rider Thomas Lövkvist finished 10th in the time trial.
- Michael Rogers (Team Columbia - Highroad) slipped from third to sixth overall after the time trial.
- Riders couldn't really take in the view while negotiating high-speed descents.
- A Fuji - Servetto rider tackles a climb during the stage 12 time trial.
- Riders en route to Riomaggiore during stage 12.
- Riders faced many tricky turns along the Ligurian coast.
- Lance Armstrong (Astana) is about to start.
- Carlos Sastre (Cervelo TestTeam) is moments away from starting his time trial.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) is seconds away from the start of his time trial.
- Denis Menchov is a picture of concentration prior to his time trial.
- Denis Menchov waits his turn to enter the start house.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) rolls down the start ramp in Sestri Levante.
- Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes) takes one last drink of water before embarking on his time trial.
- Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Columbia - Highroad) wears the maglia ciclamino skinsuit for leading the points classification.
- Italian national time trial champion Marco Pinotti (Team Columbia - Highroad) in action during stage 12.
- Bradley Wiggins (Garmin - Slipstream) cracked the top 10, finishing 7th.
- Danilo Di Luca gave it his all in the time trial.
- David Zabriskie (Garmin - Slipstream) adopts a unique hand position on his clip-on extensions.
- David Millar (Garmin - Slipstream)
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) on the aero bars.
Results
1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 1.34.29 (38.483 km/h) 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 0.20 3 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1.03 4 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 1.14 5 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 1.27 6 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 1.54 7 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 1.59 8 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2.04 9 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2.13 10 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 2.17 11 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 12 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 2.18 13 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 2.26 14 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 2.46 15 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 2.48 16 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2.53 17 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3.00 18 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 3.27 19 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 3.35 20 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 3.54 21 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 3.57 22 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 3.59 23 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 4.07 24 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 4.15 25 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 4.25 26 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4.40 27 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 4.55 28 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 5.01 29 Dario David Cioni (Ita) ISD 30 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto 5.12 31 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 5.17 32 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 5.21 33 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5.29 34 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 5.36 35 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team 5.41 36 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 5.51 37 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas 6.24 38 Jason McCartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank 39 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 6.26 40 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 6.33 41 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 42 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 6.38 43 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank 6.44 44 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 6.58 45 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 46 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step 7.04 47 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 7.06 48 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 7.13 49 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 7.17 50 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 7.26 51 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 7.28 52 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 7.31 53 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 7.32 54 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team 7.34 55 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7.37 56 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 57 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 7.38 58 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 7.39 59 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 7.43 60 Francesco Failli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 7.51 61 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 7.53 62 Iker Camano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 7.58 63 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 8.06 64 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence-Lotto 8.11 65 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 66 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 8.22 67 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 8.27 68 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8.31 69 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 70 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 8.36 71 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 72 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto 8.42 73 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 8.43 74 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 8.45 75 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 8.46 76 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 8.49 77 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 8.53 78 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 9.00 79 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 9.03 80 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 9.04 81 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 9.12 82 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 9.18 83 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence-Lotto 84 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha 9.19 85 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 86 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 9.24 87 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 88 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 9.25 89 Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha 9.31 90 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 9.32 91 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 9.33 92 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 9.34 93 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 9.39 94 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 9.42 95 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 9.43 96 Ted King (USA) Cervelo Test Team 97 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 9.45 98 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha 9.46 99 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 9.48 100 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 9.57 101 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 10.02 102 Julien Belgy (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 10.03 103 Steve Chainel (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 10.04 104 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 10.11 105 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 10.17 106 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 10.21 107 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 10.22 108 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 10.25 109 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 10.26 110 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 10.28 111 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 10.30 112 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 10.31 113 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 10.34 114 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 10.36 115 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 10.37 116 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad 10.39 117 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 10.40 118 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 10.42 119 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervelo Test Team 120 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 10.43 121 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervelo Test Team 122 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto 10.44 123 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 10.52 124 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 10.55 125 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 10.56 126 Marcos Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 11.04 127 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 11.08 128 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team 11.09 129 Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 130 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank 131 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 11.14 132 Angel Gomez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 11.15 133 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 11.16 134 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 11.19 135 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 11.20 136 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 11.21 137 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 11.23 138 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 11.24 139 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 140 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Slipstream 141 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 11.25 142 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 11.29 143 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 11.34 144 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 11.40 145 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 11.41 146 Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD 11.46 147 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 11.47 148 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 11.48 149 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 11.53 150 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 151 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 11.56 152 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 12.00 153 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha 12.11 154 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervelo Test Team 155 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 12.18 156 Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 12.20 157 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 12.24 158 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 12.27 159 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 12.34 160 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 12.43 161 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 12.45 162 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 12.47 163 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 12.50 164 Delio Ferandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 12.53 165 Robert Forster (Ger) Team Milram 166 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 13.03 167 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 13.16 168 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13.26 169 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 13.28 170 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 171 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 13.31 172 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 13.38 173 Yohann Gene (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 13.46 174 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 13.48 175 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 13.49 176 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 14.14 177 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 14.17 178 Guillaume le Floch (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 14.22 179 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 14.24 180 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 14.29 181 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank 14.41 182 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 15.30 183 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 16.55 184 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 17.03 185 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 17.19 186 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 17.50 DNS Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank Points 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 25 pts 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 20 3 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 16 4 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 14 5 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 12 6 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 10 7 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 9 8 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 8 9 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 7 10 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 6 11 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 5 12 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 4 13 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 3 14 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 2 15 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 1 Mountains Passo del Bracco, km 18.6 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 3 pts 2 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2 3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 1 Passo del Termine, km 44.5 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 5 pts 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 3 3 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1 Most combative 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 11 pts 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 7 3 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5 4 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 3 5 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 2 6 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 1 7 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 1 Azzurri d'Italia 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 4 pts 2 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 2 3 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1 Teams 1 Astana 4.47.27 2 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli 4.06 3 Team Columbia - Highroad 6.07 4 Liquigas-Doimo 6.08 5 Rabobank 7.09 6 Lpr Brakes - Farnese Vini 9.22 7 ISD-Neri 9.40 8 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 10.15 9 Cervelo Test Team 10.32 10 Lampre - NGC 10.46 11 Garmin - Slipstream 12.05 12 Fuji - Servetto 14.07 13 AG2R La Mondiale 14.10 14 Caisse d'Epargne 16.09 15 Team Saxo Bank 17.41 16 Silence - Lotto 18.05 17 Barloworld 18.17 18 Team Katusha 19.50 19 Quickstep 19.59 20 Team Milram 20.51 21 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 23.24 22 Xacobeo Galicia 24.03 Super team 1 Astana 44 pts 2 Lpr Brakes - Farnese Vini 28 3 Liquigas-Doimo 26 4 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli 21 5 Rabobank 20 6 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 18 7 Garmin - Slipstream 14 8 Lampre - NGC 11 9 Team Columbia - Highroad 11 10 Cervelo Test Team 9 11 ISD-Neri 6 12 AG2R La Mondiale 2 13 Fuji - Servetto 14 Caisse d'Epargne 15 Team Saxo Bank 16 Silence - Lotto 17 Barloworld 18 Team Katusha 19 Quickstep 20 Team Milram 21 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 22 Xacobeo Galicia General classification after stage 12 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 50.27.17 2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 0.34 3 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 0.40 4 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 2.00 5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 2.52 6 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 2.59 7 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 3.00 8 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 4.38 9 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 5.26 10 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 5.53 11 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5.55 12 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 6.34 13 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 6.42 14 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 7.11 15 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 7.15 16 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 8.00 17 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 8.05 18 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 8.18 19 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 8.23 20 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 8.35 21 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 8.58 22 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 9.26 23 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step 10.35 24 Dario David Cioni (Ita) ISD 10.52 25 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 11.23 26 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 11.29 27 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 12.09 28 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 12.19 29 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 14.05 30 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 14.19 31 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto 15.07 32 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 18.13 33 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 18.18 34 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 19.36 35 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team 21.38 36 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 22.01 37 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 22.53 38 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 23.39 39 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 23.58 40 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 27.06 41 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 27.49 42 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas 29.03 43 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 31.30 44 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 32.14 45 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervelo Test Team 32.59 46 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha 34.01 47 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 34.16 48 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 34.28 49 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 35.32 50 Iker Camano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 36.11 51 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 39.38 52 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha 40.28 53 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 42.54 54 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 43.03 55 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 43.09 56 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 44.49 57 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 45.37 58 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 45.47 59 Marcos Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 45.59 60 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team 46.31 61 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 46.32 62 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 47.05 63 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 47.37 64 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 48.10 65 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 48.36 66 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 50.42 67 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 52.39 68 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 52.50 69 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 55.09 70 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 55.20 71 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 56.14 72 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 56.47 73 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 57.00 74 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 57.09 75 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 57.57 76 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 58.54 77 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence-Lotto 59.22 78 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 1.02.48 79 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 1.03.24 80 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1.04.43 81 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 1.05.56 82 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.05.58 83 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 1.11.17 84 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 1.11.19 85 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 1.11.46 86 Angel Gomez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 1.12.26 87 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha 1.12.40 88 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 1.12.49 89 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 1.13.57 90 Jason McCartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank 1.15.26 91 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 1.16.19 92 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1.16.33 93 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 1.16.45 94 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 1.17.06 95 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 1.17.49 96 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.19.33 97 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 1.20.14 98 Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha 1.24.43 99 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank 1.24.54 100 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.25.49 101 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank 1.25.53 102 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 1.26.02 103 Francesco Failli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1.26.21 104 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 1.26.42 105 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 1.27.19 106 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 1.27.36 107 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 1.28.10 108 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1.29.13 109 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 1.30.40 110 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence-Lotto 1.30.56 111 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 1.30.58 112 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 1.31.08 113 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 1.32.25 114 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team 1.32.39 115 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 116 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 1.32.46 117 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 1.33.48 118 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1.33.53 119 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1.35.02 120 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1.35.52 121 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 1.36.37 122 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1.36.52 123 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1.37.00 124 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 1.39.41 125 Ted King (USA) Cervelo Test Team 1.39.43 126 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1.41.49 127 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.42.18 128 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 1.43.34 129 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 1.44.09 130 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervelo Test Team 1.44.23 131 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1.44.37 132 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.47.24 133 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 1.47.28 134 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 1.47.32 135 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 1.47.40 136 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 1.48.58 137 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 1.53.18 138 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 1.54.16 139 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 1.56.49 140 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 1.57.35 141 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1.57.41 142 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 1.57.59 143 Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 144 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 1.59.48 145 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 1.59.50 146 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 1.59.54 147 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 2.00.10 148 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Slipstream 2.00.24 149 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2.00.28 150 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 2.01.54 151 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad 2.02.23 152 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 2.02.35 153 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank 2.02.36 154 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 2.03.02 155 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 2.03.36 156 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 2.04.23 157 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 2.05.04 158 Steve Chainel (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 2.05.08 159 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 2.05.09 160 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 2.05.19 161 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 2.05.45 162 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2.05.46 163 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2.05.49 164 Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD 2.06.09 165 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 2.06.18 166 Guillaume le Floch (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 2.06.34 167 Robert Forster (Ger) Team Milram 2.07.15 168 Yohann Gene (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 2.07.25 169 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.07.27 170 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2.10.32 171 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 2.10.37 172 Delio Ferandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2.10.59 173 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.12.02 174 Julien Belgy (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 2.12.03 175 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 2.12.17 176 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 2.12.52 177 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2.13.32 178 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 2.14.16 179 Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 2.14.30 180 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto 2.14.32 181 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervelo Test Team 2.16.31 182 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 2.18.44 183 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 2.19.06 184 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 2.19.47 185 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto 2.21.24 186 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 2.24.43 Points classification 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 107 pts 2 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 78 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 76 4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 76 5 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 65 6 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 63 7 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 61 8 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 54 9 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 52 10 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 50 11 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 45 12 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 40 13 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 36 14 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 31 15 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 28 16 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 28 17 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 27 18 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 27 19 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 26 20 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 25 21 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 25 22 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 23 23 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 23 24 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 23 25 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 21 26 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 20 27 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 20 28 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 18 29 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha 18 30 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 17 31 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 16 32 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 15 33 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 14 34 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 14 35 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 14 36 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 13 37 Robert Forster (Ger) Team Milram 13 38 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 12 39 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 12 40 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 11 41 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 11 42 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 11 43 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 9 44 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 9 45 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 8 46 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 8 47 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 8 48 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 8 49 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 8 50 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 8 51 Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha 8 52 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 7 53 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 7 54 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 7 55 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 7 56 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 7 57 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 6 58 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 6 59 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 6 60 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 6 61 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 6 62 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank 6 63 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 6 64 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 5 65 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 4 66 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4 67 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 68 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 4 69 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 4 70 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3 71 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 3 72 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 3 73 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 3 74 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2 75 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 2 76 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2 77 Steve Chainel (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 2 78 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 2 79 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1 80 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 1 81 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 1 82 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 1 83 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 1 84 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 1 85 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad 1 86 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 1 87 Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD 1 Mountains classification 1 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 49 pts 2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 27 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 23 4 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 16 5 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 13 6 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 13 7 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 13 8 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 11 9 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 10 10 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 10 11 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 8 12 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 8 13 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 6 14 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 6 15 Dario David Cioni (Ita) ISD 6 16 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 5 17 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5 18 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 4 19 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 4 20 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 4 21 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 3 22 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 3 23 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3 24 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 3 25 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 3 26 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2 27 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2 28 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 2 29 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence-Lotto 2 30 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 2 31 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 2 32 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 2 33 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 1 34 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 1 35 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 1 36 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank 1 Young rider classification 1 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 50.33.10 2 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step 4.42 3 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 5.30 4 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5.36 5 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 8.12 6 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto 9.14 7 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 21.56 8 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 37.10 9 Marcos Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 40.06 10 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 40.39 11 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 41.12 12 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 41.44 13 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 50.54 14 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 51.16 15 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 56.55 16 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 57.31 17 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 58.50 18 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.00.05 19 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 1.05.26 20 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.19.56 21 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 1.20.09 22 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 1.21.26 23 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 1.25.05 24 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team 1.26.46 25 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1.29.09 26 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1.31.07 27 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 1.37.41 28 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 1.38.16 29 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 1.41.39 30 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 1.47.25 31 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 1.52.06 32 Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 33 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 1.53.55 34 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 1.53.57 35 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.54.35 36 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 1.56.01 37 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 1.59.11 38 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 1.59.52 39 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 1.59.56 40 Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD 2.00.16 41 Guillaume le Floch (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 2.00.41 42 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 2.04.44 43 Delio Ferandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2.05.06 44 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.06.09 45 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 2.06.59 46 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 2.08.23 47 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 2.12.51 48 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 2.13.54 49 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 2.18.50 T.V. Classification 1 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 13 pts 2 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 7 3 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 7 4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 5 5 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5 6 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 5 7 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 5 8 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 5 9 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 5 10 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5 11 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 4 12 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 4 13 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 4 14 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 4 15 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 4 16 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank 4 17 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 4 18 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 3 19 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 3 20 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3 21 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 3 22 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3 23 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 24 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 3 25 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 3 26 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2 27 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 2 28 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2 29 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 2 30 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 2 31 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 2 32 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 2 33 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 2 34 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1 35 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 1 36 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 1 37 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1 38 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 1 Combativity classification 1 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 29 pts 2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 23 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 21 4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 21 5 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 19 6 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 18 7 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 17 8 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 15 9 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 14 10 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 14 11 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 11 12 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 10 13 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 9 14 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 9 15 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 9 16 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld 9 17 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 9 18 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 7 19 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 7 20 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 7 21 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 7 22 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 7 23 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 6 24 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 6 25 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 6 26 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 6 27 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 6 28 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 5 29 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5 30 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5 31 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 4 32 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 4 33 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 4 34 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 4 35 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 4 36 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 4 37 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank 4 38 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 4 39 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 3 40 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 3 41 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 3 42 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 3 43 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3 44 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 3 45 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha 3 46 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 47 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 3 48 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 3 49 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 3 50 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 3 51 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 3 52 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2 53 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 54 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 2 55 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 2 56 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2 57 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 2 58 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2 59 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 1 60 Dario David Cioni (Ita) ISD 1 61 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 1 62 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 1 63 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1 64 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 1 Azzurri d'Italia classification 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 11 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 9 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 9 4 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 8 5 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 6 6 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 4 7 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 4 8 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 4 9 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 3 10 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 3 11 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 2 12 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 2 13 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 1 14 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1 15 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 1 16 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 1 17 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 1 Fuga Cervelo classification 1 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 364 pts 2 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 273 3 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank 247 4 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 226 5 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 225 6 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 207 7 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 207 8 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 200 9 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 193 10 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 177 11 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 157 12 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 157 13 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 157 14 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 150 15 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 146 16 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 142 17 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 139 18 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 139 19 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 132 20 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 131 21 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 128 22 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 123 23 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 122 24 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 122 25 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 118 26 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 116 27 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 114 28 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 110 29 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 110 30 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 110 31 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 108 32 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 107 33 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 103 34 Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD 103 35 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 95 36 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 43 37 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 43 38 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 43 39 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 34 40 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 19 41 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 15 42 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 15 43 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 13 44 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad 13 45 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 11 46 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 11 47 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 9 48 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 8 Teams classification 1 Astana 150.45.11 2 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli 6.56 3 Team Columbia - Highroad 8.11 4 Liquigas-Doimo 21.25 5 Caisse d'Epargne 22.44 6 Cervelo Test Team 27.33 7 Barloworld 28.20 8 Rabobank 31.19 9 Lampre - NGC 34.23 10 Lpr Brakes - Farnese Vini 34.24 11 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 42.41 12 ISD-Neri 49.07 13 Fuji - Servetto 59.50 14 AG2R La Mondiale 1.12.10 15 Quickstep 1.14.14 16 Team Katusha 1.20.02 17 Silence - Lotto 1.20.41 18 Team Saxo Bank 1.29.43 19 Xacobeo Galicia 1.37.25 20 Garmin - Slipstream 2.28.02 21 Team Milram 2.34.33 22 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 3.06.03 Super team classification 1 Team Columbia - Highroad 258 pts 2 Lpr Brakes - Farnese Vini 190 3 Lampre - NGC 161 4 Astana 151 5 Liquigas-Doimo 141 6 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli 139 7 Quickstep 101 8 Team Katusha 101 9 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 95 10 Rabobank 94 11 Barloworld 76 12 Garmin - Slipstream 76 13 Caisse d'Epargne 72 14 ISD-Neri 70 15 Team Milram 67 16 AG2R La Mondiale 62 17 Team Saxo Bank 61 18 Fuji - Servetto 59 19 Cervelo Test Team 56 20 Silence - Lotto 34 21 Xacobeo Galicia 26 22 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 10
