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92nd Giro d'Italia - GT
Italy, May 9-31, 2009
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Stage 17 - Wednesday, May 27: Chieti - Blockhaus, 83km
Menchov tightens grip on pink - but still room for a crisis or two
Pellizotti comes of age in search of first Grand Tour podium
By Anthony Tan in Blockhaus, Italy
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In reality and barring disaster, Rabobank's wily Russian Denis Menchov has just the 13 kilometres of a still active volcano left to ride before he can be assured victory in the Centenary Giro d'Italia.
That appointment with Mount Vesuvius comes two days from now, so there is time to rest, recuperate, and then defend.
The last half-kilometre of Alpe di Siusi aside, where he gapped arch-rival Danilo Di Luca of LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini to claim the fifth stage almost a fortnight ago, Menchov's riding to date hasn't been particularly spectacular, exciting, or extraordinary.
The Russian doesn't ride that way.
Not equipped with one of the strongest teams at this race - or other Grand Tours he's ridden or won, for that matter - he rides with his head and his legs, filled to the brim with hardness and natural strength that could provide the foundations for some of the world's tallest skyscrapers.
That's how he rode Wednesday on Blockhaus. In short, an 83-kilometre race to the top of a mountain, won by Liquigas' Franco Pellizotti in a shade under two and a half hours.
"The situation as it stands now is a good situation for me," Menchov told Cyclingnews.
"I'm in front on GC. [Stage 19 to] Vesuvio is the last important stage for us. He [Di Luca] will try something there; my objective is to follow him."
Pellizotti goes for it, waits not for Armstrong
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Fifteeen kilometres out from home, Pellizotti, a danger man but not Menchov's most serious threat, was allowed to ride away. Astana's Armstrong tried to follow but couldn't. And on a climb that perfectly suited his characteristics, the curly-haired blond stayed away - not only to win the stage, but displacing Cervelo TestTeam's Carlos Sastre as the current third overall, the Spaniard a surprise loser and dropping to fifth by the day's end.
"Two days ago I had a difficult day because of the hot weather, so the rest day was really important for me. Today was good climb to establish a nice rhythm, and I was in good shape," said 31-year-old Pellizotti, now a flat two minutes behind the maglia rosa.
In contrast, Menchov didn't give Di Luca an inch till the final three-hundred metres of the 18-kilometre ascent. Conceding just five seconds to the 2007 Giro champion who finished third on the stage, a second behind Acqua & Sapone's Stefano Garzelli who crossed the line 42 seconds after Pellizotti, the maglia rosa still enjoys a 26 second buffer heading into the last mountain leg finishing atop Vesuvius.
Asked if he let Di Luca go in the final metres, Menchov said, "No - the most important thing today was to stay with Di Luca. What happened is fairly normal; a change of rhythm. Also, I didn't know this finish. I'm okay; it's nothing to worry about.
"It was a long climb, and after a rest day, you have some doubts how your body will react. But today I had good sensations, good feelings, and good legs. If on Vesuvius I achieve what I did today, I will be very satisfied," he said.
There, Menchov could lose an unlikely two minutes and still be fine before the final 14.4-kilometre time trial in Rome; such is his strength in this discipline which invariably is Di Luca's Achilles Heel.
A rearranged top five
So it's the same names in the top five overall, just slightly rearranged.
The way this rather unpredictable Giro's gone so far, though, it could well be rearranged again. "I came here to win the Giro," said Pellizotti
"But," said the Italian, "the level is very high, so if I were to take one stage and third overall, it would be better than last year. If I finish fourth or fifth, I won't be satisfied. With this team, we wanted to win with Ivan [Basso] or myself, but not racing for two years, we weren't sure of his form. So now, our target is the podium.
"On Vesuvius, Basso and I will try to attack again. Like Sastre today, the others can also have a bad day," Pellizotti told Cyclingnews.
A short suffer-fest of the Blockhaus kind
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The shortest road stage of the 92nd Giro commenced on a very warm mid-Wednesday afternoon in Chieti, a small though bustling town in the Abruzzo region and about 50 kilometres away from the disaster zone where the April earthquakes struck, ending the lives of 300 in one fell swoop.
With the Blockhaus climb chopped from 23.5km to 18km, the seventeenth leg was tipped to be more explosive than before; its altimetry indicating the ascent's gradient increased in line with its length. A posse numbering 172 riders left around 3 p.m., well up on the same stage last year but regardless, with only 6 out of 22 squads still fielding all nine men, the Giro is as all Grand Tours are a race of attrition, where the strength of one's team can often decide the winner.
Less than half an hour into proceedings, a group of 10 attempted to get a head-start on the beast that lay ahead, with Acqua & Sapone and Xacobeo Galicia the best represented having a pair of men each in the break. In the move were: Ruggero Marzoli and Giuseppe Palumbo (Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo), Félix Cardenas (Barloworld), Thomas Voeckler (BBox Bouygues Telecom), Giovanni Visconti (ISD), Matteo Bono (Lampre-N.G.C.), Riccardo Chiarini (LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini), Mauro Facci (Quick Step), and Gonzalo Rabunal and Delio Ferandez (Xacobeo Galicia).
These men enjoyed a maximum advantage approaching the three-minute mark after 50 kilometres of racing. Not long after, however, the Cervelo TestTeam squad of Sastre, resembling a deadly clutter of black widow spiders, came to the peloton's fore and set a tempo that prevented any counter-attacks against their seemingly fearless leader, soon wiping a minute off the break's lead.
Approaching Blockhaus, the front 10 whittled away to six. Then, on its lower slopes, just Cardenas was left 15 kilometres from the line. Back in the peloton, Liquigas' Pellizotti was one of the first to try his luck with teammate Sylvester Szmyd, Armstrong the next to go no more than a minute later, and so far, no reaction from the group of GC favourites.
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Said Pellizotti, "I didn't want to attack so soon, but then Szmyd attacked and I saw the others weren't so good, so I tried to go on my own.
"I knew Armstrong was behind. For a moment, I hesitated [on whether to wait or not]. But it was an easy climb to pedal, and I decided to turn the climb into a time trial, and gave it everything."
Pellizotti soon left Szmyd and Armstrong, looking strong and supple but not quite his old self, was unable to catch the Italian. With 10 kilometres to go, the fourth-best rider on GC at the start of the day stood 35 seconds in front of a three-strong gruppo maglia rosa, Di Luca showing a turn of speed that left only Basso and maglia rosa Menchov in his wake.
Sastre was notable by his absence, the Cervelo TestTeam captain clearly not finding the legs he hoped for and receiving no help. Likewise Team Columbia-Highroad's Michael Rogers and Levi Leipheimer of Astana, these pre-race favourites having another bad day and their hopes for a podium finish swirling down the drain.
The steep though steady gradient of Blockhaus enabled the curly-haired Pellizotti to find a rhythm worth watching, relishing his new-found status as co-leader Basso trailed behind. Acqua & Sapone's always aggressive Stefano Garzelli was also in good touch, bridging to Di Luca, Basso and Menchov to form a select group of four, the quartet 51 seconds behind Pellizotti 3 kilometres from home.
Unbeknown to our lone leader, Di Luca then split the four in half with a vicious move that only Menchov could follow – though less than a kilometre later, Garzelli obstinately tacked back on and found a sixth gear to beat the pair at the line, 42 seconds behind a jubilant Pellizotti
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- Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas) put in a stellar effort to win the Blockhaus stage and capture third overall.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) lost time to Danilo Di Luca in the sprint, where Stefano Garzelli got past him and snatched the time bonus.
- Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas) has soloed to victory in stage 17.
- Franco Pellizotti celebrates his stage win.
- Danilo Di Luca and Denis Menchov have dropped Ivan Basso and Stefano Garzelli in their pursuit of Pellizotti.
- Liquigas teammates Sylvester Szmyd and Franco Pellizotti attack the peloton while Lance Armstrong tries to bridge across.
- Denis Menchov remains the race leader although Danilo Di Luca now trails by only 26 seconds.
- Stage winner Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas) lets loose with the bubbly.
- Stefano Garzelli on the podium to receive his jersey for leading the mountains classification.
- Danilo Di Luca bows to the crowd in his home region of Abruzzo.
- The tifosi were out in force at the Blockhaus finish line.
- Lance Armstrong (Astana) has caught and passed Felix Cardenas (Barloworld) in his effort to reach Franco Pellizotti.
- Lance Armstrong (Astana) finishes in the fog.
- Race leader Denis Menchov (Rabobank) looks calm on the lower slopes of the Blockhaus.
- Denis Menchov leads Liquigas teammates Ivan Basso and Franco Pellizotti.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) leads Danilo Di Luca on the ascent of the Blockhaus.
- Ivan Basso (Liquigas) finished the stage in 5th place, 57 seconds behind teammate and stage winner Franco Pellizotti.
- Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas) is all alone on his ascent of the Blockhaus.
- Danilo Di Luca after the finish of the Giro d'Italia's 17th stage.
- Carlos Sastre (Cervelo TestTeam) leads Sylvester Szmyd (Liquigas) and Denis Menchov (Rabobank) on the lower slopes of the Blockhaus.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) shows the strain of the Blockhaus mountain finish.
- Danilo Di Luca glances back to see the gap to race leader Denis Menchov at the finish line.
- Local rider Danilo Di Luca bows to the tifosi who were hoping for a stage win from the Pescara resident.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) after finishing 4th for the stage.
- Stefano Garzelli outsprints Danilo Di Luca and race leader Denis Menchov for second place.
- Race leader Denis Menchov leads Ivan Basso (Liquigas) and Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini) on the Blockhaus.
- A thumbs up from stage winner Franco Pellizotti who has moved into 3rd place overall.
- It's crowded on the Blockhaus at the finish line.
- Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini) leads the points classification.
- Former Giro champion Gilberto Simoni after finishing 13th on the Blockhaus.
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- Di Luca's attack drew Menchov and Garzelli out.
- The second group on the road: Danilo Di Luca (LPR), Denis Menchov (Rabobank), Ivan Basso (Liquigas) and Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone).
- Carlos Sastre (Cervelo) could not respond when Pellizotti's attack shattered the group.
- Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes) launches his attack and succeeded in gaining a few seconds on Menchov.
- Danilo Di Luca waited until the final kilometre to attack.
- Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas) rides to the stage win.
- Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas) went 'a bloc' on Blockhaus and climbed into the top three overall.
- Lance Armstrong (Astana) showed some of his former fire by attempting to bridge to Pellizotti.
- Lance Armstrong (Astana) could not reach Pellizotti and faded.
Results
1 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 2.21.06 (35.294 km/h) 2 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 0.42 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 0.43 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.48 5 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 0.57 6 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1.54 7 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas 1.55 8 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 1.59 9 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 10 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 11 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 12 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 13 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2.05 14 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2.09 15 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 2.17 16 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 3.18 17 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 18 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 19 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 20 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 3.43 21 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3.48 22 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step 4.15 23 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 24 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 25 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 4.23 26 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 4.25 27 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 5.18 28 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 5.27 29 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 5.31 30 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto 5.59 31 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 6.05 32 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 6.28 33 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 34 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 6.35 35 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 6.37 36 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 7.00 37 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 7.03 38 Jason McCartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank 7.15 39 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 40 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 41 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 42 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 43 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 44 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 45 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 46 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 47 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha 48 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 49 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 50 Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 51 Dario David Cioni (Ita) ISD 7.20 52 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 10.10 53 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 54 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 55 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 56 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 57 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 58 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 10.14 59 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 10.17 60 Angel Gomez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 10.18 61 Iker Camano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 62 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 63 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 64 Guillaume le Floch (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 65 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 66 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 67 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 68 Marcos Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 69 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 70 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 71 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 72 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 10.26 73 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 11.53 74 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 75 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 76 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank 77 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 78 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad 79 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 80 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 81 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 82 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 83 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 84 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 85 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 86 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 87 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 88 Francesco Failli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 89 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 90 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence-Lotto 91 Delio Ferandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 92 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 93 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 94 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 95 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 96 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 97 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 98 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 99 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 13.06 100 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 101 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 13.09 102 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 13.21 103 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 13.46 104 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 16.45 105 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 106 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervelo Test Team 107 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 108 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 109 Robert Forster (Ger) Team Milram 110 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 111 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank 112 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 113 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 114 Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 115 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 116 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 117 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 118 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 119 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 120 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 121 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 122 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 123 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank 124 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 125 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 126 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 127 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervelo Test Team 128 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence-Lotto 129 Julien Belgy (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 130 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 131 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 132 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 133 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 134 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 135 Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD 136 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 137 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 138 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 139 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto 140 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 141 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha 142 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 143 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 144 Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha 145 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 146 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 147 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 148 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 149 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 150 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 151 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 152 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 153 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Slipstream 154 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto 155 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 156 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 157 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 158 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team 159 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 160 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 161 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 162 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 163 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team 164 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 165 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 166 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 167 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervelo Test Team 168 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team 169 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 170 Ted King (USA) Cervelo Test Team 171 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 172 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom Points 1 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 25 pts 2 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 20 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 16 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 14 5 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 12 6 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 10 7 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas 9 8 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 8 9 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 8 10 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 7 11 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 6 12 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 6 13 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 5 14 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 4 15 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 4 16 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3 17 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 3 18 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2 19 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 2 20 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 1 21 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1 Mountains 1 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 15 pts 2 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 10 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 6 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 4 5 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 2 T.V. 1 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 5 pts 2 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 4 3 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 3 4 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 2 5 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 1 6 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. Most combative 1 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 10 pts 2 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 8 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 6 4 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 5 5 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 4 6 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 4 7 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 3 8 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 2 9 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 2 10 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1 11 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 1 Azzurri d'Italia 1 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 4 pts 2 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 1 Trofeo Fuga Cervelo 1 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 61 pts 2 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 59 3 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 59 4 Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 56 5 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 56 6 Delio Ferandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 56 7 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 54 8 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 54 9 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 54 10 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 54 11 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 14 Trofeo Fast Team 1 Liquigas 7.06.10 2 Team Columbia - Highroad 5.39 3 S.Diquigiovanni - Androni Gioc. 6.19 4 Astana 6.24 5 Caisse d'Epargne 7.59 6 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 10.17 7 Lampre - NGC 13.20 8 Rabobank 14.12 9 Barloworld 15.48 10 Quick Step 18.10 11 LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 18.19 12 Team Saxo Bank 18.53 13 AG2R La Mondiale 19.34 14 Xacobeo Galicia 21.09 15 Fuji - Servetto 21.27 16 ISD 22.01 17 Cervelo TestTeam 23.07 18 Team Milram 25.24 19 Silence - Lotto 26.53 20 Garmin - Slipstream 26.59 21 Team Katusha 27.43 22 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 34.29 Trofeo Super Team 1 Liquigas 53 pts 2 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 26 3 Astana 21 4 Team Columbia - Highroad 19 5 LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 18 6 Rabobank 17 7 Lampre - NGC 15 8 Cervelo TestTeam 12 9 S.Diquigiovanni - Androni Gioc. 10 10 AG2R La Mondiale 9 11 Caisse d'Epargne 9 12 Fuji - Servetto 1 13 Quick Step 14 Barloworld 15 Silence - Lotto 16 Garmin - Slipstream 17 Xacobeo Galicia 18 Team Katusha 19 Team Saxo Bank 20 Team Milram 21 ISD 22 Bbox Bouygues Telecom General classification after stage 17 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 72.28.24 2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 0.26 3 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 2.00 4 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 3.28 5 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 3.30 6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 4.32 7 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 7.05 8 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 8.03 9 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 9.58 10 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 10.33 11 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 11.09 12 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 12.17 13 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 14.44 14 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 16.43 15 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step 17.24 16 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 18.58 17 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 19.31 18 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 25.33 19 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 25.34 20 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto 29.48 21 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 31.28 22 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 34.13 23 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 35.18 24 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 41.20 25 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 42.04 26 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 42.24 27 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 44.10 28 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 50.08 29 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 51.15 30 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 52.13 31 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 56.52 32 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 57.24 33 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 57.28 34 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 1.05.37 35 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 1.06.29 36 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 1.07.47 37 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 1.12.58 38 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1.15.02 39 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 1.15.23 40 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 1.18.15 41 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervelo Test Team 1.18.17 42 Iker Camano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 1.18.31 43 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1.19.44 44 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha 1.20.31 45 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 1.22.20 46 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 1.22.21 47 Dario David Cioni (Ita) ISD 1.22.26 48 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas 1.22.40 49 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team 1.24.53 50 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.27.15 51 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1.27.49 52 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 1.29.03 53 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 1.31.48 54 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 1.32.14 55 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 1.37.17 56 Marcos Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.37.34 57 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 1.38.12 58 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team 1.39.14 59 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1.46.19 60 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.50.31 61 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 1.50.36 62 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.51.27 63 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 1.53.58 64 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 1.55.11 65 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 1.56.27 66 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1.58.01 67 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 1.59.02 68 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1.59.21 69 Jason McCartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank 2.02.59 70 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 2.04.30 71 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha 2.05.18 72 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 2.06.21 73 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 2.08.17 74 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2.08.24 75 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2.09.06 76 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 2.10.26 77 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 2.11.35 78 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 2.11.46 79 Angel Gomez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 2.13.18 80 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 2.15.16 81 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 2.20.21 82 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.21.05 83 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2.21.39 84 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2.22.44 85 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team 2.24.48 86 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 2.27.10 87 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.27.18 88 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 2.27.20 89 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2.29.31 90 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.30.22 91 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 2.30.56 92 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 2.33.03 93 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 2.33.23 94 Francesco Failli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2.34.24 95 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence-Lotto 2.36.31 96 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 2.38.59 97 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 2.40.05 98 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank 99 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 2.40.15 100 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 2.40.16 101 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 2.40.18 102 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 2.43.38 103 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2.43.46 104 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 2.44.07 105 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 2.44.10 106 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank 2.45.57 107 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 2.47.14 108 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 2.47.25 109 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2.51.56 110 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 2.52.24 111 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 2.56.07 112 Ted King (USA) Cervelo Test Team 2.56.48 113 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 2.57.17 114 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 2.58.33 115 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 2.58.53 116 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 2.59.16 117 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 3.00.22 118 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 3.01.04 119 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 3.02.51 120 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 3.03.07 121 Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha 3.05.13 122 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervelo Test Team 3.05.16 123 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 3.07.54 124 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 3.08.12 125 Delio Ferandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3.10.33 126 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 3.11.00 127 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 3.11.10 128 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence-Lotto 3.11.26 129 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 3.11.28 130 Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3.15.34 131 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 3.17.58 132 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad 3.19.32 133 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 3.20.25 134 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 3.24.39 135 Guillaume le Floch (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 3.26.16 136 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 3.28.59 137 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 138 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 3.29.37 139 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3.33.29 140 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 3.33.52 141 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3.35.52 142 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Slipstream 3.36.23 143 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 3.36.49 144 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 3.37.57 145 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 3.38.11 146 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 3.40.24 147 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 3.41.23 148 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3.41.26 149 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3.43.00 150 Julien Belgy (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 3.43.09 151 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank 3.43.34 152 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 3.44.24 153 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 3.44.50 154 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 3.44.53 155 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 3.46.14 156 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 3.46.23 157 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 3.46.31 158 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 3.46.56 159 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervelo Test Team 3.47.24 160 Robert Forster (Ger) Team Milram 3.47.45 161 Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD 3.48.11 162 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 3.48.14 163 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 3.48.39 164 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto 3.51.02 165 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 3.55.31 166 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 3.56.59 167 Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 3.57.40 168 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 3.59.44 169 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 4.01.02 170 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto 4.02.02 171 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 4.05.25 172 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 4.18.05 Points classification 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 146 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 113 3 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 103 4 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 101 5 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 96 6 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 78 7 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 68 8 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 62 9 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 61 10 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 60 11 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 55 12 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 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 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 33 18 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 33 19 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 31 20 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 30 21 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 30 22 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 29 23 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 28 24 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 28 25 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 27 26 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervelo Test Team 25 27 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 25 28 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 24 29 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 23 30 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 23 31 Robert Forster (Ger) Team Milram 22 32 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 21 33 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 21 34 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 21 35 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 20 36 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 20 37 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 20 38 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 20 39 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 19 40 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 18 41 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 18 42 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 18 43 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 16 44 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 16 45 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team 16 46 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 15 47 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 14 48 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 14 49 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 14 50 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 14 51 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 13 52 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 13 53 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 12 54 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 11 55 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 11 56 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 10 57 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 10 58 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 10 59 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 10 60 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 9 61 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas 9 62 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 9 63 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 9 64 Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha 8 65 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 7 66 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 7 67 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 7 68 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 7 69 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step 6 70 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 6 71 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 6 72 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 6 73 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 6 74 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 6 75 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank 6 76 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 5 77 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 4 78 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4 79 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 80 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 4 81 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 4 82 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 4 83 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 3 84 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3 85 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 3 86 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2 87 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 2 88 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 2 89 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 2 90 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 2 91 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2 92 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1 93 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 1 94 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 1 95 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 1 96 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1 97 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 1 98 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad 1 Mountains classification 1 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 61 pts 2 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 39 3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 39 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 37 5 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 28 6 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 24 7 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 19 8 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 15 9 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervelo Test Team 15 10 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 14 11 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 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 10 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 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 4 32 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 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 72.45.48 2 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2.07 3 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto 12.24 4 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 17.54 5 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 24.40 6 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 40.04 7 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 49.05 8 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 1.19.53 9 Marcos Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.20.10 10 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.33.07 11 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.34.03 12 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 1.36.34 13 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 1.41.38 14 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1.41.57 15 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.53.02 16 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 1.54.11 17 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 1.54.22 18 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 2.02.57 19 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.03.41 20 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team 2.07.24 21 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 2.09.46 22 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 2.22.52 23 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step 2.38.43 24 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2.45.43 25 Delio Ferandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2.53.09 26 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 2.54.04 27 Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2.58.10 28 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 3.00.34 29 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 3.07.15 30 Guillaume le Floch (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 3.08.52 31 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 3.11.35 32 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 33 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 3.19.25 34 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 3.23.59 35 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3.24.02 36 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3.25.36 37 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 3.28.59 38 Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD 3.30.47 39 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 3.30.50 40 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 3.38.07 41 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 3.39.35 42 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 3.43.38 43 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 3.48.01 44 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 4.00.41 T.V. classification 1 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 20 pts 2 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 15 3 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 10 4 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 10 5 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 10 6 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 7 7 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 7 8 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 7 9 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 6 10 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 6 11 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 5 12 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 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 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 2 36 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2 37 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 2 38 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 2 39 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2 40 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 2 41 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1 42 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 1 43 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1 44 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 1 45 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 1 46 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1 Most combative classification 1 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 39 pts 2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 33 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 30 4 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 28 5 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 27 6 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 26 7 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 25 8 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 23 9 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 19 10 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 17 11 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 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 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 10 18 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 10 19 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 10 20 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 9 21 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 9 22 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 9 23 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 9 24 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 9 25 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 8 26 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 8 27 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 8 28 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 8 29 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 8 30 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 7 31 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 7 32 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 7 33 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7 34 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 7 35 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 6 36 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervelo Test Team 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 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 2 67 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2 68 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 2 69 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 2 70 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2 71 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2 72 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1 73 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1 74 Dario David Cioni (Ita) ISD 1 75 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 1 76 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 1 77 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 1 78 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1 79 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 1 Azzurri d'Italia classification 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 13 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 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 7 6 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5 7 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 4 8 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 4 9 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 4 10 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 4 11 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervelo Test Team 4 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 418 pts 2 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 314 3 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 289 4 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 280 5 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 273 6 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 263 7 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank 247 8 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 225 9 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 215 10 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 211 11 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 207 12 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 207 13 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 200 14 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 177 15 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 166 16 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 150 17 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 146 18 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 144 19 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 142 20 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 139 21 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 139 22 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 132 23 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 128 24 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 123 25 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 122 26 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 122 27 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 118 28 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 117 29 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 114 30 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 110 31 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 103 32 Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD 103 33 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 95 34 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 61 35 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 59 36 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 58 37 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 56 38 Delio Ferandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 56 39 Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 56 40 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 54 41 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 43 42 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 43 43 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 43 44 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 41 45 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 34 46 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 33 47 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 30 48 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 28 49 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 27 50 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 15 51 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 13 52 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad 13 53 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 12 54 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 11 55 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 11 56 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 9 57 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 8 58 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 7 59 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 7 Fair Play classification 1 Liquigas 2 AG2R La Mondiale 3 Quick Step 4 Silence - Lotto 5 Xacobeo Galicia 3 pts 6 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5 7 Cervelo TestTeam 10 8 Team Columbia - Highroad 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. 70 14 Barloworld 95 15 Fuji - Servetto 95 16 Team Katusha 100 17 Garmin - Slipstream 100 18 Rabobank 105 19 ISD 128 20 Team Milram 135 21 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 152 22 Lampre - NGC 270 Trofeo Fast Team classification 1 Astana 217.06.10 2 Team Columbia - Highroad 16.47 3 S.Diquigiovanni - Androni Gioc. 25.14 4 Liquigas-Doimo 26.04 5 Lampre - NGC 51.13 6 Cervelo TestTeam 1.03.08 7 Caisse d'Epargne 1.03.51 8 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1.08.55 9 Rabobank 1.33.35 10 LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 1.35.14 11 AG2R La Mondiale 2.00.34 12 Barloworld 2.22.56 13 Quick Step 2.26.22 14 Team Saxo Bank 2.49.30 15 Fuji - Servetto 3.06.18 16 ISD 3.07.00 17 Xacobeo Galicia 3.14.41 18 Team Katusha 3.18.55 19 Silence - Lotto 3.39.52 20 Team Milram 5.57.45 21 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 6.05.52 22 Garmin - Slipstream 6.12.51 Trofeo Super Team classification 1 Team Columbia - Highroad 355 pts 2 LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 264 3 Liquigas-Doimo 244 4 Lampre - NGC 225 5 S.Diquigiovanni - Androni Gioc. 213 6 Astana 206 7 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 171 8 Quick Step 162 9 Cervelo TestTeam 152 10 Team Katusha 144 11 Rabobank 143 12 Caisse d'Epargne 114 13 AG2R La Mondiale 111 14 Barloworld 108 15 ISD 104 16 Team Saxo Bank 93 17 Garmin - Slipstream 92 18 Team Milram 81 19 Fuji - Servetto 72 20 Xacobeo Galicia 46 21 Silence - Lotto 35 22 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 15
