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92nd Giro d'Italia - GT
Italy, May 9-31, 2009
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Stage 16 - Monday, May 25: Pergola - Monte Petrano, 237km
"I came here for a fight": Sastre launches bid for victory
Six days from Rome, Menchov, Di Luca still top two on GC
By Anthony Tan in Monte Petrano, Cagli, Italy
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On a 10.4km ascent that from bottom to top never really let up, the flyweight Spaniard chose his moment very carefully indeed. Six kilometres from the line, he broke free of maglia rosa Denis Menchov (Rabobank), Danilo Di Luca (LPR) and Ivan Basso (Liquigas), who had earlier tried his own attack. The remnants of two early breakaways were all that stood between Sastre's 60-kilo body, with his sub-seven kilo Cervelo bike, and victory.
But Sastre wasn't thinking so much about the stage win. He was thinking he could win the whole shebang. "I'm here to win the Giro," he said.
"I wanted to take this opportunity. It was a very long stage, very difficult for the legs. Menchov was pedalling well; Basso seems to be good, Di Luca was also aggressive and combative. I took this opportunity to take as much time as possible."
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Starting the day 2:52 down on Menchov, the 34-year-old Madrid native had a chunk of time to make up and Astana's Yaroslav Popovych and Damiano Cunego of Lampre still to catch if he were to gain a further 20 valuable bonus seconds for crossing the line first.
His face, squinting not because of the luminous afternoon sun glowing bright, but with each turn of the pedals and short breath exhaled, Sastre began the arduous though not impossible process of riding himself back into contention.
On the slopes behind him that averaged a savage 7.9 percent, the quartet that preceded him on the classifica generale to begin with – Menchov, Di Luca, Astana's Levi Leipheimer and Franco Pellizzotti of Liquigas – were all losing time, the latter two in greater difficulty with Leipheimer worst off; the American pre-race favourite was loyally paced by seven-time Tour champion Lance Armstrong but lost 2:51 by the day's end, dropping to sixth overall.
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Time being all important, there was little of that left for a victory salute atop the 1,101 metre-high Monte Petrano. Finishing 25 and 26 seconds ahead of Menchov and Di Luca, respectively, Sastre leapfrogged from fifth to third overall, but is still 2:19 behind the Russian maglia rosa.
In reality, Sastre needed another 10 kilometres or so to take pink.
On Stage 17 to Blockhaus and Stage 19 to Vesuvio, an evil pair of savage mountaintop arrivals that he hasn't yet previewed, Sastre will have 36.5 kilometres to claim the jersey he came here for. Surely, that's more than enough?
"Man, honestly, I would like to know," Sastre told Cyclingnews in his friendly, casual style and with his friendly, casual smile, belying the motor and mind that lies beneath. "I would really like to know. If I feel okay, I will try it [to take the maglia rosa]. I came here for a fight, and I will fight to the end."
Still three in with a chance, but not the three we first thought
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Despite previous third overall Leipheimer now 3:21 behind and seemingly out of contention, curiously, the Giro d'Italia continues with three riders still in a position to win, with just six days until the finish.
How does the maglia rosa feel about this new top three? Will it be the same top three coming into the final 14.4-kilometre race against the clock in Roma, and as the superior time trialist, does he grow more confident about his chances?
"At the moment, I feel confident, but I think it's too early too to say," Menchov told Cyclingnews. Menchov extended his lead over Di Luca by five seconds, courtesy of finishing second on the stage and gapping the 2007 Giro champ by a single second on the line.
"The most important [thing today] were the legs," he said, asked if Monday's stage was more a case of mind over matter. "At the end of the climb, I was trying to follow Danilo and Sastre and by the end, I think I did well. I was in the right place.
"We still have two important stages [before the final time trial]. Sure, I could stay on the wheels [of Di Luca and Sastre] and wait 'til Rome, but before that, we still have to race really hard. The condition's even better than the beginning of the Giro, so I can be very confident about the next days," said Menchov.
And while Pellizzotti and Basso both lost time, the former kept his fourth place overall to lie 3:08 behind the maglia rosa, whereas the incessantly aggressive 2005 Giro champion Basso moved up one spot to fifth, 3:19 in arrears on the overall leaderboard.
Where the soleus meets the calf
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Monday's sixteenth stage was centred in the middle of the boot that is Italy; in anatomical language where the soleus meets the calf muscle, or geographically, in the Apennines on the eastern Adriatic side and beginning in Pergola.
With an expected riding time close to the seven-hour mark, an early start of 10:45 was in order. Such was the heatwave being felt across Western Europe, for the fourth day running it was hot enough to fry a bistecca alla fiorentina (grilled steak) on the hood of a car – not that we'd recommend that.
175 Giro-numbered lycra bods rolled out for their 237km ride into the storm – being two first category climbs – Monte Nerone and Monte Catria – in the final century of kilometres before the Mother of Monte Petrano in Cagli, where the race would end 1,101 metres above sea level.
Not long into the stage, it became a situation of 20/20 as 20 riders established a lead 20km into proceedings, the two most dangerous being Astana's Yaroslav Popovych and 2004 Giro champion Damiano Cunego of Lampre, respectively 9:00 and 9:43 down on Menchov, in 14th and 15th overall.
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The other 18 were: Renaud Dion (AG2R La Mondiale), Francesco Bellotti (Barloworld), Matthieu Sprick (BBox Bouygues Telecom), Arnold Jeannesson and David Lopez Garcia (Caisse d'Epargne), Angel Gomez (Fuji-Servetto), Kjell Carlström (Liquigas), Gabriele Bosisio (LPR Brakes), Dario Cataldo (Quick Step), Mauricio Ardila and Maarten Tjallingii (Rabobank), Michele Scarponi and Francesco De Bonis (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni), Pavel Brutt (Team Katusha), Jens Voigt (Team Saxo Bank), Delio Fernandez (Xacobeo-Galicia), and Tom Danielson and Bradley Wiggins (Garmin-Slipstream). Strangely, the latter pair of Garmin-Slipstreams was dropped on the first climb of the day, the 7.7km Cat. 2 Monte delle Cesane unexpectedly reducing the members to 18.
Into the business end of the bike race and 100km from home, 6:50 separated break from bunch as the lead group began the 13.4km climb of Monte Nerone. On its steady, medium-steep slopes that averaged 7.6 percent, four had dropped off up front leaving 14 by the KOM, taken by De Bonis ahead of Scarponi, while the peloton that included the maglia rosa of Menchov trailed 3:42 in arrears.
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At this point, Menchov was in good position: sitting behind three of his Rabo crew setting tempo at the head of the bunch, and in Ardila and Tjallingii, a useful duo saving their biscuits in the break.
Up and over the penultimate climb of Monte Catria, 14 became three; Lampre's Cunego leading Popovych (Astana) and Bosisio (LPR Brakes), followed by the remnants of the breakaway, scattered and suffering, and the gruppo maglia rosa, 3:15 behind with 34.6km remaining. It seemed we'd gone back to racing 21st century style, leaving the situation status quo till the final climb to Monte Petrano.
On a descent made for the brave, Popovych attacked and continued solo onto Monte Petrano. Cunego then gapped his remaining companions in an attempt to catch Popo. And when the gruppo maglia rosa arrived, Basso shot out of an already thinned out peloton, repeating the effort 'til he was free, and leaving bits and pieces in his wake.
Menchov and Di Luca continued to watch each other, the Russian sticking to the Italian's wheel like super glue. Sastre lurked behind. Leipheimer and Columbia's Michael Rogers went AWOL.
Things didn't stay that way for long.
New young man in white
Quick Step's Kevin Seeldraeyers, 22, took over the white best young rider leader's jersey of the race after Thomas Lövkvist (Team Columbia - Highroad) experienced some difficulty and fell to fifth in that classification.
"Today, the entire team rode the stage in support of my efforts," said Seeldraeyers. "Yesterday, we noticed that Sweden's Lövkvist was having some trouble on climbs, but we also had to watch out for [Francesco] Masciarelli [Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo. Now in second in the classification - ed.]."
"I tried to stay among the best for as far as I could. This is a very important result for me."
Photography
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- Carlos Sastre (Cervelo Test Team) wins stage 15 after a bold attack on the final climb.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre - NGC) before the start.
- David Zabriski (Garmin - Slipstream) gets some mike time.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) was all business before the stage.
- Giovanni Visconti (ISD - Neri) before the stage.
- Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes) gets ready for a tough day.
- Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes)
- Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone) signs in.
- Carlos Ochoa (Serramenti Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli)
- Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes) before the stage
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) appears to be in a good mood before the start.
- John-Lee Augustyn (Barloworld) rolls to the start.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) in pink for another day.
- Fredrik Kessiakoff (Fuji - Servetto) rolls to the line.
- Past Giro winner Damiano Cunego (Lampre-NGC) signs in.
- Enrico Gasparotto (Lampre - NGC) rolls to the line.
- Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone) with some sporty hatwear.
- Ivan Basso (Liquigas) pushed the pace again today.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre - NGC) after a hot stage.
- Lance Armstrong (Astana) stands up to get some more out of his legs.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) and Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes) sharing some water.
- Carlos Sastre (Cervelo) leads Denis Menchov (Rabobank), Ivan Basso (Liquigas) and Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes)
- Lance Armstrong leads Astana teammate Levi Leipheimer.
- Carlos Sastre (Cervelo) pushes on for a stage win.
- Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas) rides to the finish.
- Carlos Sastre (Cervelo) on his way up Monte Petrano.
- Carlos Sastre (Cervelo) rides to a win.
- Lance Armstrong works for teammate Levi Leipheimer (Astana).
- Carlos Sastre (Cervelo) wins a tough stage 16.
- Marzio Bruseghin (Lampre - NGC)
- Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes) and Denis Menchov (Rabobank) stuck together like glue.
- Damiano Cunego (Lampre - NGC) descends
- Christopher Froome (Barloworld) in action.
- Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes) leads the group of overall contenders.
- Michele Scarponi (Serramenti Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli)
- Mauricio Soler (Barloworld) on his own.
- Damiano Cunego and Angel Gomez share some water.
- Michele Scarponi (Serramenti Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli) gets some advice from the team car.
- Yaroslav Popovych (Astana) hands off water to Damiano Cunego (Lampre - NGC)
- The peloton raced along a river.
- Michele Scarponi (Serramenti Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli) changes his jersey.
- Francesco Bellotti gets some support from the Barloworld team car.
- Carlos Sastre (Cervelo Test Team) celebrates his win after a bold attack.
- Gilberto Simoni (Serramenti Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli) cools down.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) on the podium.
- Carlos Sastre (Cervelo Test Team) on the podium.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) gets to keep the maglia rosa.
- Carlos Sastre (Cervelo Test Team) is the stage winner.
Images by AFP
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) looks serious.
- Lance Armstrong (Astana) cools off with some ice.
- Lance Armstrong (Astana)
- Carlos Sastre (Cervelo Test Team) has time to enjoy his win.
- Carlos Sastre (Cervelo Test Team) opens the champagne.
- Carlos Sastre (Cervelo Test Team) waves from the podium.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) opens champagne.
- Denis Menchov sits protected in the Rabobank train.
Results
1 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 7.11.54 (32.646km/h) 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.25 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 0.26 4 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 0.29 5 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1.19 6 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1.21 7 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 8 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 2.11 9 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2.35 10 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 2.51 11 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 12 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 13 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 14 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 3.02 15 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 16 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step 17 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 18 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 3.21 19 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 3.39 20 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto 3.43 21 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 3.54 22 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 4.20 23 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 5.01 24 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 6.31 25 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 7.05 26 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 27 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 10.45 28 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 10.46 29 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 12.45 30 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 12.53 31 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 32 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 33 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 34 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 13.12 35 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team 13.18 36 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 14.55 37 Angel Gomez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 38 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 39 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 40 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 41 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 42 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 43 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 44 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervelo Test Team 45 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 46 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 47 Iker Camano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 48 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 49 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 15.27 50 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 15.50 51 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 16.02 52 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 53 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 18.10 54 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 18.40 55 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 18.41 56 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 20.00 57 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 58 Marcos Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 59 Jason McCartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank 21.07 60 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team 21.15 61 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 22.14 62 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 24.46 63 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha 64 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team 65 Delio Ferandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 66 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 67 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 29.15 68 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 69 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 70 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 31.43 71 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas 33.07 72 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 73 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank 74 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 75 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 76 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 77 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 33.45 78 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 79 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 34.30 80 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 35.20 81 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 82 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 83 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank 84 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 85 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad 86 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 87 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 88 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 36.21 89 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 37.39 90 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 91 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 92 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 37.52 93 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 38.14 94 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 95 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 96 Guillaume le Floch (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 97 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 98 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 99 Ted King (USA) Cervelo Test Team 100 Francesco Failli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 101 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 102 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 103 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 104 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervelo Test Team 105 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 106 Julien Belgy (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 107 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha 108 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 109 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 110 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 111 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 42.41 112 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 48.14 113 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 114 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 115 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 116 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 117 Dario David Cioni (Ita) ISD 118 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 119 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 120 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 121 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 122 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto 123 Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD 124 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 125 Robert Forster (Ger) Team Milram 126 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 127 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 128 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 129 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 130 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 131 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence-Lotto 132 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 133 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 134 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 135 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 136 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 137 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 138 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 139 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 140 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 141 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 142 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 143 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervelo Test Team 144 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 145 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 146 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 147 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 148 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 149 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 150 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto 151 Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 152 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 153 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 154 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 155 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 156 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence-Lotto 157 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 158 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank 159 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 160 Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 161 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 162 Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha 163 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 164 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 165 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Slipstream 166 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 167 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 168 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 169 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 170 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 171 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 172 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo DNF Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo DNF Yohann Gene (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom DNF Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld Points 1 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 25 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 20 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 16 4 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 14 5 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 12 6 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 10 7 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 9 8 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 8 9 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 8 10 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 7 11 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 6 12 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 6 13 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 5 14 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 15 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 4 16 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3 17 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 3 18 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 2 19 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 2 20 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 1 21 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 1 Mountains Mountain 1 1 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 5 pts 2 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 3 3 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 1 Mountain 2 1 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 10 pts 2 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 6 3 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 4 4 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 2 5 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 1 Mountain 3 1 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 10 pts 2 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 6 3 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 4 4 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 2 5 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1 Mountain 4 1 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 15 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 10 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 6 4 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 4 5 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2 T.V. 1 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 5 pts 2 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 4 3 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 3 4 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2 5 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1 6 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank Most Combative 1 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 11 pts 2 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 9 3 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 8 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 6 5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 5 6 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 5 7 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 4 8 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 4 9 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 3 10 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 3 11 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2 12 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1 13 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 1 Azzurri d'Italia 1 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 4 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 2 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 1 Trofeo Fuga Cervelo 1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 58 pts 2 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 30 3 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 27 4 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 22 Trofeo Fast team 1 Astana 21.44.26 2 Liquigas-Doimo 5.59 3 S.Diquigiovanni - Androni Gioc. 7.28 4 Cervelo Test Team 8.13 5 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 12.06 6 Team Columbia - High Road 12.15 7 Lampre - NGC 12.56 8 AG2R La Mondiale 14.53 9 LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 18.29 10 Caisse d'Epargne 24.29 11 Rabobank 26.11 12 Team Saxo Bank 34.23 13 Quickstep 45.47 14 Barloworld 46.34 15 Xacobeo Galicia 50.57 16 Team Katusha 1.06.17 17 Fuji - Servetto 1.09.20 18 Silence - Lotto 1.11.27 19 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 1.22.39 20 ISD-Neri 1.32.04 21 Team Milram 1.42.39 22 Garmin - Slipstream 2.15.58 Trofeo Super team 1 Liquigas-Doimo 31 pts 2 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 31 3 Astana 28 4 Cervelo Test Team 22 5 S.Diquigiovanni - Androni Gioc. 20 6 Rabobank 19 7 LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 18 8 AG2R La Mondiale 13 9 Team Columbia - High Road 13 10 Caisse d'Epargne 9 11 Quickstep 5 12 Silence - Lotto 1 13 Lampre - NGC 14 ISD-Neri 15 Barloworld 16 Team Saxo Bank 17 Team Milram 18 Fuji - Servetto 19 Team Katusha 20 Xacobeo Galicia 21 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 22 Garmin - Slipstream General classification after stage 16 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 70.06.30 2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 0.39 3 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 2.19 4 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 3.08 5 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 3.19 6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 3.21 7 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 5.54 8 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 8.21 9 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8.39 10 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 8.47 11 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 9.27 12 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 11.06 13 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 12.04 14 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 12.14 15 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step 13.57 16 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 14.29 17 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 17.29 18 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 18.10 19 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 21.03 20 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto 24.37 21 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 25.01 22 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 27.36 23 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 30.35 24 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 30.59 25 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 37.45 26 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 38.30 27 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 40.38 28 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 41.07 29 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 41.31 30 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 41.53 31 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 45.46 32 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 50.25 33 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 54.24 34 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 58.55 35 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 59.10 36 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 59.26 37 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 1.00.49 38 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 1.02.00 39 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 1.02.18 40 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervelo Test Team 1.02.20 41 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha 1.04.34 42 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1.08.39 43 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team 1.08.56 44 Iker Camano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 1.09.01 45 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 1.09.31 46 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 1.11.15 47 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 1.15.51 48 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 1.15.54 49 Dario David Cioni (Ita) ISD 50 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.17.53 51 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 1.19.33 52 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1.21.22 53 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas 1.21.33 54 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 1.22.44 55 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team 1.23.17 56 Marcos Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.28.04 57 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 1.31.28 58 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 1.31.45 59 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1.35.14 60 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.35.30 61 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.41.02 62 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 1.44.06 63 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 1.44.09 64 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 1.45.22 65 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 1.47.57 66 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1.48.31 67 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 1.50.24 68 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 1.51.28 69 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1.53.06 70 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 1.55.49 71 Jason McCartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank 1.56.32 72 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1.57.12 73 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha 1.58.51 74 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 1.59.02 75 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.59.21 76 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1.59.44 77 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 2.01.03 78 Angel Gomez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 2.03.48 79 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 2.04.17 80 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 2.04.24 81 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.05.08 82 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2.05.42 83 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 2.07.58 84 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team 2.08.51 85 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 2.11.13 86 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2.13.14 87 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.15.00 88 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 2.17.06 89 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 2.19.51 90 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2.20.01 91 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 2.22.03 92 Francesco Failli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2.23.19 93 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 2.23.53 94 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 2.24.08 95 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence-Lotto 2.25.26 96 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.27.52 97 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 2.27.54 98 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank 2.29.00 99 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 2.29.10 100 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 2.29.13 101 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank 2.30.00 102 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 2.31.09 103 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 2.31.28 104 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2.32.41 105 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 2.33.05 106 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 2.34.18 107 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 2.37.21 108 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 2.37.48 109 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2.39.35 110 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 2.40.10 111 Ted King (USA) Cervelo Test Team 2.40.51 112 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 2.42.36 113 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 2.42.54 114 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 2.42.56 115 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 2.43.19 116 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 2.44.25 117 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 2.46.12 118 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 2.48.46 119 Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha 2.49.16 120 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervelo Test Team 2.49.19 121 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 2.50.18 122 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2.51.57 123 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 2.52.15 124 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2.53.29 125 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence-Lotto 2.55.29 126 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 2.55.31 127 Delio Ferandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2.59.28 128 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 3.01.48 129 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 3.02.01 130 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 3.04.28 131 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 3.04.48 132 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad 3.08.27 133 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 3.08.42 134 Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3.09.07 135 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 3.13.02 136 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 137 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 3.13.40 138 Guillaume le Floch (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 3.16.46 139 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3.17.32 140 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 3.17.55 141 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3.19.55 142 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Slipstream 3.20.26 143 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 3.20.52 144 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 3.22.14 145 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 3.24.27 146 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 3.25.26 147 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3.25.29 148 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3.27.03 149 Julien Belgy (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 3.27.12 150 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank 3.27.37 151 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 3.28.53 152 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 3.28.56 153 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 3.30.26 154 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 3.30.59 155 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervelo Test Team 3.31.27 156 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 3.31.30 157 Robert Forster (Ger) Team Milram 3.31.48 158 Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD 3.32.14 159 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 3.32.17 160 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 3.32.42 161 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 3.33.19 162 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto 3.35.05 163 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 3.35.13 164 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 3.35.26 165 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 3.39.34 166 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 3.41.02 167 Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 3.41.43 168 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 3.43.47 169 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 3.45.05 170 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto 3.46.05 171 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 3.49.28 172 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 4.02.08 Points classification 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 130 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 99 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 96 4 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 81 5 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 78 6 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 78 7 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 68 8 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 55 9 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 54 10 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 50 11 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 47 12 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 47 13 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 46 14 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 39 15 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 37 16 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 35 17 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 34 18 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 33 19 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 30 20 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 29 21 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 27 22 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 27 23 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 27 24 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 25 25 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervelo Test Team 25 26 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 25 27 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 24 28 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 23 29 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 23 30 Robert Forster (Ger) Team Milram 22 31 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 21 32 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 21 33 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 20 34 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 20 35 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 20 36 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 20 37 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 20 38 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 19 39 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 18 40 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 18 41 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 18 42 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 16 43 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team 16 44 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 15 45 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 14 46 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 14 47 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 14 48 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 14 49 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 13 50 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 12 51 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 12 52 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 11 53 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 11 54 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 11 55 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 10 56 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 10 57 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 10 58 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 10 59 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 9 60 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 9 61 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 9 62 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 8 63 Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha 8 64 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 7 65 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 7 66 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 7 67 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 7 68 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step 6 69 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 6 70 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 6 71 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 6 72 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 6 73 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 6 74 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank 6 75 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 5 76 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 4 77 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4 78 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 79 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 4 80 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 4 81 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 4 82 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3 83 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 3 84 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2 85 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 2 86 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 2 87 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 2 88 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 2 89 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2 90 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1 91 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 1 92 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 1 93 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 1 94 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 1 95 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad 1 Mountains classification 1 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 51 pts 2 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 39 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 33 4 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 33 5 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 24 6 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 19 7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 15 8 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervelo Test Team 15 9 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 14 10 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 13 11 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 13 12 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 12 13 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 11 14 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 11 15 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 8 16 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 8 17 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 8 18 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 8 19 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 7 20 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 7 21 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7 22 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 6 23 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 6 24 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 6 25 Dario David Cioni (Ita) ISD 6 26 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 6 27 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 5 28 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5 29 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 4 30 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 4 31 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 4 32 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 4 33 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 4 34 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 3 35 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 3 36 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 3 37 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 3 38 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team 3 39 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 3 40 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 3 41 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 2 42 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2 43 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence-Lotto 2 44 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 2 45 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 2 46 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 1 47 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 1 48 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 1 49 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 1 50 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank 1 51 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 1 Young rider classification 1 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step 70.20.27 2 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 4.13 3 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto 10.40 4 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 16.38 5 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 17.02 6 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 27.34 7 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 46.52 8 Marcos Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.14.07 9 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 1.17.31 10 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.21.33 11 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.27.05 12 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 1.34.00 13 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 1.37.31 14 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1.39.09 15 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 1.41.52 16 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.45.24 17 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 1.50.27 18 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.51.11 19 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 1.54.01 20 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team 1.54.54 21 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 1.57.16 22 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 2.23.24 23 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 2.26.13 24 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2.39.32 25 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 2.41.34 26 Delio Ferandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2.45.31 27 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 2.48.04 28 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 2.54.45 29 Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2.55.10 30 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2.59.05 31 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 32 Guillaume le Floch (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 3.02.49 33 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 3.06.55 34 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 3.11.29 35 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3.11.32 36 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3.13.06 37 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 3.16.29 38 Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD 3.18.17 39 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 3.18.20 40 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 3.25.37 41 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 3.27.05 42 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 3.31.08 43 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 3.35.31 44 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 3.48.11 T. V. classification 1 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 15 pts 2 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 12 3 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 10 4 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 10 5 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 7 6 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 7 7 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 7 8 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 6 9 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 6 10 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 5 11 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5 12 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 5 13 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 5 14 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 4 15 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 4 16 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 4 17 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 4 18 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 4 19 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 4 20 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 4 21 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 4 22 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank 4 23 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 3 24 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3 25 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 3 26 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 3 27 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 3 28 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team 3 29 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 3 30 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3 31 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 32 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 3 33 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 3 34 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2 35 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2 36 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 2 37 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 2 38 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2 39 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 2 40 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1 41 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 1 42 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1 43 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 1 44 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 1 45 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1 Most combative classification 1 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 31 pts 2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 27 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 26 4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 26 5 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 25 6 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 23 7 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 23 8 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 19 9 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 17 10 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 14 11 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 14 12 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 14 13 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 11 14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 11 15 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 11 16 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 10 17 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 10 18 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 10 19 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 9 20 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 9 21 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 9 22 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 9 23 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 9 24 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 8 25 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 8 26 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 8 27 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 7 28 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 7 29 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 7 30 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 7 31 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7 32 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 7 33 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 6 34 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervelo Test Team 6 35 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 6 36 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 6 37 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 6 38 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team 6 39 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 6 40 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 6 41 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 5 42 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 5 43 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 4 44 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 4 45 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 4 46 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 4 47 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 4 48 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 4 49 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 4 50 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 4 51 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 4 52 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank 4 53 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 3 54 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 3 55 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3 56 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 3 57 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 3 58 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 3 59 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3 60 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 3 61 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 3 62 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 3 63 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 3 64 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 65 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2 66 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2 67 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 2 68 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 2 69 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2 70 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2 71 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1 72 Dario David Cioni (Ita) ISD 1 73 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 1 74 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 1 75 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 1 76 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1 77 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 1 Azzuri d'Italia classification 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 12 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 11 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 11 4 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 8 5 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 4 6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 4 7 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 4 8 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 4 9 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervelo Test Team 4 10 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 3 11 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 3 12 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 2 13 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 2 14 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2 15 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 2 16 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 2 17 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 2 18 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 1 19 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 1 20 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 1 21 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 1 Trofeo Fuga Cervelo Classification 1 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 364 pts 2 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 314 3 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 289 4 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 273 5 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 263 6 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank 247 7 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 226 8 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 225 9 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 215 10 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 207 11 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 207 12 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 200 13 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 177 14 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 157 15 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 150 16 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 146 17 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 144 18 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 142 19 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 139 20 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 139 21 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 132 22 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 128 23 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 123 24 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 122 25 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 122 26 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 118 27 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 117 28 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 114 29 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 110 30 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 107 31 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 103 32 Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD 103 33 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 95 34 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 58 35 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 43 36 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 43 37 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 43 38 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 41 39 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 34 40 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 30 41 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 28 42 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 27 43 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 19 44 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 15 45 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 13 46 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad 13 47 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 12 48 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 11 49 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 11 50 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 9 51 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 8 52 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 7 53 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 7 Fair play classification 1 Liquigas-Doimo 2 AG2R La Mondiale 3 Quickstep 4 Silence - Lotto 5 Xacobeo Galicia 3 pts 6 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 5 7 Cervelo Test Team 10 8 Team Columbia - High Road 25 9 Caisse d'Epargne 25 10 Team Saxo Bank 28 11 Astana 30 12 LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 45 13 S.Diquigiovanni - Androni Gioc. 45 14 Barloworld 95 15 Fuji - Servetto 95 16 Team Katusha 100 17 Garmin - Slipstream 100 18 ISD-Neri 103 19 Rabobank 105 20 Team Milram 115 21 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 152 22 Lampre - NGC 270 Trofeo Fast team classification 1 Astana 209.53.36 2 Team Columbia - High Road 17.32 3 S.Diquigiovanni - Androni Gioc. 25.19 4 Liquigas-Doimo 32.28 5 Lampre - NGC 44.17 6 Cervelo Test Team 46.25 7 Caisse d'Epargne 1.02.16 8 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 1.05.02 9 LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 1.23.19 10 Rabobank 1.25.47 11 AG2R La Mondiale 1.47.24 12 Barloworld 2.13.32 13 Quickstep 2.14.36 14 Team Saxo Bank 2.37.01 15 Fuji - Servetto 2.51.15 16 ISD-Neri 2.51.23 17 Team Katusha 2.57.36 18 Xacobeo Galicia 2.59.56 19 Silence - Lotto 3.19.23 20 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 5.37.47 21 Team Milram 5.38.45 22 Garmin - Slipstream 5.52.16 Trofeo Super team classification 1 Team Columbia - High Road 336 pts 2 LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 246 3 Lampre - NGC 210 4 S.Diquigiovanni - Androni Gioc. 203 5 Liquigas-Doimo 191 6 Astana 185 7 Quickstep 162 8 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 145 9 Team Katusha 144 10 Cervelo Test Team 140 11 Rabobank 126 12 Barloworld 108 13 Caisse d'Epargne 105 14 ISD-Neri 104 15 AG2R La Mondiale 102 16 Team Saxo Bank 93 17 Garmin - Slipstream 92 18 Team Milram 81 19 Fuji - Servetto 71 20 Xacobeo Galicia 46 21 Silence - Lotto 35 22 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 15
