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92nd Giro d'Italia - GT
Italy, May 9-31, 2009
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Stage 21 - Sunday, May 31: Roma (ITT), 14.4km
From Russia to Roma, with love: Menchov falls for maglia rosa
Cervelo's Konovalovas surprises in historic capital
By Anthony Tan in Rome, Italy
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In the hundred years since inaugural winner Luigi Ganna in 1909, there have only been three Russian winners of the Giro d'Italia: Evgeni Berzin in 1994, Pavel Tonkov two years later - and now Denis Menchov of Rabobank in 2009.
Three weeks and 3,456.5 kilometres after the spectacular Lido di Venezia team time trial on May 9, the 31-year-old from Oryol, Russia - who says he only began cycling at school "just for something to do" - achieved his greatest coup since turning professional nine years ago.
"It's the best win I've ever had in my career, because of the Centenary, because of the media, and because of the riders," said Menchov, whose time trial performance Sunday almost met with disaster when he crashed less than a kilometre out on the rain-slicked cobbles around Rome's Colosseum.
Thankfully, a quick-sticks bike change saw him lose little time, his tenth place to surprise winner Ignatas Konovalovas of the Cervelo TestTeam in fact extending his final winning margin to 41 seconds over LPR's Danilo Di Luca. And in an unchanged top three, Franco Pellizotti of Liquigas deservedly found his place on the winners' dais.
"I had no time to think," Menchov said of his crash just 900 metres from the line.
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"I had information [through my earpiece] that everything was okay; [my manager Erik Breukink told me] 'don't take risks, don't risk anything, don't panic'.
"I knew I was more than half a minute [ahead] on the general [classification before I crashed]. I didn't have to panic - just take a new bike and finish [the stage]," said Menchov, who displayed uncharacteristic emotion when he crossed the line and let go of his bike that's been attached to him for close to 90 hours, simultaneously screaming and punching the air with unparalleled joy.
"Probably, [the race] was less difficult than last year," he said, fifth in the 2008 Giro. "The gearing we used on the climbs last year, we didn't use this year. Being the centenary, the level of the riders was really, really high, but I came in better condition and was in very good shape."
Asked a few days ago if he raced the Giro like a game of poker, he hesitated, smiling before responding. "I don't know if we can say this...Poker or not, the most important thing was good legs," he said.
Konovalovas' colossal strength outside the Colosseo
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When light rain arrived mid-afternoon in Rome, then again for those last to leave, it turned the percorso into an ice-rink for some, where the riders' 21st and final journey ended outside the Colosseum's crumbled off-white walls, one of the world's great monuments in one of the world's great cities.
However, the rain gods did not cast their shadow on Konovalovas, the 79th rider to depart. The Lithuanian's relatively early 15:03 start time on the via dei Fori Imperiali must have felt like a blessing from the Pope, who appeared to make light work of the Centenary Giro's final 14.4 kilometres, his time of 18:42 equating to a far slower than expected 46.203 km/h average.
"At the moment, I can't really believe what I did today. There's a lot of emotions right now," said Konovalovas, only quicker by a second from Garmin-Slipstream's Bradley Wiggins and seven seconds faster than Edvald Boasson Hagen of Team Columbia-High Road.
What does he say to those who claim he won only because of the weather?
"Maybe they are right, maybe not...I don't know. For the first rider to the last one, the conditions were different. We can say it's always like that, but the rain helped me, I admit that.
"The biggest thing for me today is that I'll have more confidence [in myself] and more trust in the power in my legs and hopefully go on to [win in] the future," Konovalovas said.
Not the nail-biter some were hoping for
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By staging the 21-stage event like they did, the organisers no doubt wanted a nail-biter until the final centimetre. Sunday's chronometro individuale in the country's capital, however, despite its majestic surroundings, saw no change among the top five from the day before.
It left Di Luca 41 seconds off Menchov's accumulated time of 86 hours, 3 minutes and 11 seconds; a result the 2007 champion said he was pleased with - even when he was leading the race until the Stage 12 time trial around Cinque Terre, won by his Russian adversary. Still, they may have been just empty words. Once you've won a race like the Giro d'Italia, it's hard to be satisfied with second.
"I have nothing but compliments [for Menchov]. In the end the best guy won," said Di Luca, who had already conceded defeat after Stage 20 to Anagni, although at one point early on during Sunday's time trial, the 33-year-old was five seconds ahead of Menchov.
"I started with a road bike because rain started to come down and I didn't want to risk it. I gave it everything," he said.
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Could the runner-up have done something different? Did Menchov's main adversary and the man we initially thought was going to win the 2009 Giro make any mistakes that might have cost him the race?
What would Menchov have done if he was Di Luca? "I think I would have done the same," said Menchov, who was simply the strongest throughout the race, no questions asked. "It's difficult, because after 15, 16 days, you can't make mistakes. If you make a mistake, you won't be second or third, you might be seventh or eighth on general classification."
Nonetheless, Di Luca's slightly conservative tactics in the Giro's third week worked in the Russian's favour.
"Of course," Menchov said, "But that's more or less sport - that's cycling. I think [Di Luca's tactics] was normal in a race situation [like ours]."
"I will continue on my path; I have about three or four good years ahead of me," said Di Luca, who added he wants to come back to win another Giro d'Italia.
At 31, Pellizotti comes of age
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Conversely, Liquigas' Franco Pellizotti, ever-popular with the tifosi, achieved his finest Grand Tour moment, his 1:59 overall deficit to Menchov earning the final podium step at the Centenary Giro.
Following the tenth stage to Pinerolo, the curly-haired 31-year-old (just 10 days Menchov's senior) had surpassed his co-leader and embattled 2006 Giro champ Ivan Basso, to occupy fifth place overall. Then, after the Cinque Terre time test, Pellizotti improved a place. But after Stage 16, he and Basso were fourth and fifth overall, separated by just 11 seconds.
Who was leading Liquigas? No one seemed brave enough to say.
That was decided the next stage to Blockhaus, where Pellizotti established himself as the clear leader by talking with his legs, soloing to a magnificent mountain-top victory and climbing to third overall, which is the way the podium stayed until Rome.
Now we're left wondering who will lead Liquigas at the Tour de France - providing Basso's invited, of course.
Despite rumours, Menchov kept a steely focus
The past week, Menchov has consistently denied any links to Vienna blood bank 'Humanplasma', speculation that gathered momentum following ousted cyclist Bernhard Kohl's recent comments on German television, the Austrian one of the first to fall victim to EPO's latest incarnation, CERA. To his credit, the Russian remained focused, spoke little other than to say he will cooperate, and consequently remained unflustered.
"If it's really necessary, we will do it; I have no problem," he said Thursday, asked if he would go to Austria to act as a witness for the investigation against Kohl, where it is alleged he played a role in renting out a centrifuge used for blood doping.
"It's not a nice feeling, but if they want, we will find time," Menchov said.
Major gaps for minor classifications
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At 35 years young, Stefano Garzelli may be past his prime as a Grand Tour rider, but as the years wear on, the Acqua & Sapone captain appears to have grown more aggressive.
It was this fight in the 2000 Giro champion that almost netted him a stage win or two, and earned Garzelli the mountains classification's maglia verde (green jersey) ahead of climbers better than he, plus the overall prize for combativeness. What's more, to finish the race's 92nd edition seventh-best is nothing to sneeze at, most likely ensuring his place in the peloton for another two or three years.
It's a points classification quite unlike the Tour de France and he certainly wasn't going for it, but Di Luca will return to his home in Abruzzo with the maglia ciclamino and a few extra Euros, acting as a concession of sorts for being first loser.
Somewhat curiously given Italy's been a perennial melting pot for young talent, the best young rider was Belgian Kevin Seeldraeyers of Quick Step. The 22-year-old from Boom, Antwerp, improved significantly on his Giro debut last year where he finished 73rd overall, ending the Centenary edition fourteenth and almost three minutes ahead of the next-best young rider, Francesco Masciarelli of Acqua & Sapone.
Photography
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Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes) pulled out all the stops in his attempt to unseat Denis Menchov as Giro champion.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) is a picture of concentration during his time trial.
- Disaster! Denis Menchov hits the deck inside of the final kilometre of the concluding time trial.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) rushes back to his time trial bike after crashing on the slick streets.
- Denis Menchov prepares to remount his time trial bike after crashing on the slippery streets.
Images by Sirotti/www.sirotti.it
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) celebrates his overall victory at the Giro d'Italia.
- The final Giro d'Italia podium. (L-R) Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes), Denis Menchov (Rabobank) and Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas).
- Rome provides a stunning backdrop to the Giro's final stage.
- Lithuanian time trial champion Ignatas Konovalovas en route to winning the Giro's final stage in Rome.
- Stage winner Ignatas Konovalovas (Cervelo Test Team) on the podium.
- There's no doubt that Menchov is ecstatic with his Giro d'Italia victory.
- Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas) atop a Grand Tour podium for the first time in his career.
- Giro rivals Danilo Di Luca and Denis Menchov embrace on the final podium.
- Maglia rosa Denis Menchov on the podium while the Russian national anthem plays.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) beams with delight having won his first Giro d'Italia.
- Giro winner Denis Menchov (Rabobank) revels in his victory on the podium in Rome.
- With the Colosseum in the background the top three of the Giro d'Italia Danilo Di Luca, Denis Menchov and Franco Pellizotti (L-R) wave to the crowd.
- Lance Armstrong (Astana) makes his way through the steets of Rome.
- The top three on general classification Danilo Di Luca, Denis Menchov and Franco Pellizotti (L-R) on the podium in Rome.
- Di Luca, Menchov and Pellizotti (L-R) wave to the tifosi in Rome.
- Maglia rosa Denis Menchov (Rabobank) in action during the Giro's final stage in Rome.
- Riders early in the day were able to take advantage of dry streets.
- Mountains classification winner Stefano Garzelli time trials past the Colosseum.
- Levi Leipheimer (Astana) passes the Colosseum on his way to a 27th place finish.
- A Quick Step rider negotiates a left-hand turn in the Giro's final time trial.
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) raises the winner's trophy.
Images by AFP Photo
- Denis Menchov (Rabobank) is overcome with emotion after the final stage, having won the Giro d'Italia despite crashing in the time trial.
- Denis Menchov crosses the finish line of the final stage of the Giro d'Italia.
- Denis Menchov unleashes his emotions at the finish line after surviving a last-kilometre crash in the time trial to win his first Giro d'Italia.
Results
1 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team 18.42 (46.203 km/h) 2 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 0.01 3 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.07 4 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 0.11 5 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 0.16 6 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 0.18 7 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 0.20 8 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank 0.21 9 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 0.23 10 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 0.24 11 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 0.27 12 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.29 13 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 0.30 14 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 0.36 15 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 0.39 16 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 0.40 17 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 0.45 18 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 0.46 19 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 20 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 0.49 21 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 22 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 0.51 23 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 24 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 25 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 0.53 26 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 27 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 28 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 29 Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD 0.54 30 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 0.55 31 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 0.58 32 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 1.00 33 Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.01 34 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 1.02 35 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 36 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 1.03 37 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad 1.04 38 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 39 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 40 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervelo Test Team 1.05 41 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervelo Test Team 42 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 1.07 43 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 44 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.08 45 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 1.09 46 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1.10 47 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 48 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1.11 49 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.13 50 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.16 51 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 52 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 1.17 53 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 1.19 54 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 1.20 55 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1.21 56 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank 57 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 58 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 59 Delio Ferandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 60 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 1.22 61 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1.23 62 Ted King (USA) Cervelo Test Team 1.24 63 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence-Lotto 64 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 1.25 65 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 1.26 66 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 1.27 67 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 68 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1.28 69 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1.29 70 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 1.30 71 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 72 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 73 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 1.32 74 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervelo Test Team 75 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.34 76 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 1.35 77 Angel Gomez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 78 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1.37 79 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Slipstream 80 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1.38 81 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 1.40 82 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 1.41 83 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1.42 84 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 85 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 86 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 1.43 87 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 88 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 89 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 90 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 1.45 91 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 1.46 92 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 93 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1.47 94 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1.48 95 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 96 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1.51 97 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 98 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 1.52 99 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 1.53 100 Francesco Failli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1.57 101 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 1.58 102 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto 103 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 104 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 105 Iker Camano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 1.59 106 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 107 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 108 Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 2.01 109 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 2.05 110 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 111 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 112 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 2.08 113 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 2.10 114 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2.14 115 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto 116 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 2.15 117 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 2.17 118 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 119 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 120 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 2.20 121 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2.21 122 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 2.22 123 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 124 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2.23 125 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha 2.24 126 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 127 Jason McCartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank 128 Dario David Cioni (Ita) ISD 129 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 2.26 130 Guillaume le Floch (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 2.31 131 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 132 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 2.34 133 Robert Forster (Ger) Team Milram 134 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 135 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 2.35 136 Julien Belgy (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 137 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 138 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 139 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 140 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank 2.36 141 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 2.41 142 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 2.43 143 Marcos Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2.44 144 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 2.45 145 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas 2.46 146 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 2.52 147 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 2.54 148 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence-Lotto 2.55 149 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 150 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 151 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 152 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2.57 153 Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha 2.58 154 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 155 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha 3.00 156 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 3.09 157 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 158 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 3.12 159 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3.18 160 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3.19 161 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 3.20 162 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 3.21 163 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 3.24 164 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 3.28 165 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 3.53 166 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 4.07 167 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 4.47 168 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team 4.53 169 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team 5.46 Points 1 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team 25 pts 2 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 20 3 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 16 4 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 14 5 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 12 6 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 10 7 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 9 8 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank 8 9 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 7 10 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 6 11 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 5 12 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 4 13 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 3 14 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 2 15 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 1 Combativity 1 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team 6 pts 2 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 5 3 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 4 4 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 3 5 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 2 6 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 1 Azzurri d'Italia 1 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team 4 pts 2 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 2 3 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 1 Teams 1 Team Columbia - Highroad 57.31 2 Rabobank 0.06 3 Astana 4 ISD-Neri 0.23 5 Quickstep 0.37 6 Cervelo Test Team 0.45 7 Lpr Brakes - Farnese Vini 0.52 8 Garmin - Slipstream 0.56 9 Liquigas-Doimo 0.59 10 Lampre - NGC 1.06 11 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 1.45 12 AG2R La Mondiale 1.47 13 Xacobeo Galicia 1.58 14 Silence - Lotto 15 Barloworld 2.17 16 Team Saxo Bank 2.24 17 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli 2.48 18 Caisse d'Epargne 2.57 19 Team Milram 2.58 20 Team Katusha 3.25 21 Fuji - Servetto 3.53 22 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 4.46 Super Team 1 Team Columbia - Highroad 28 pts 2 Astana 27 3 Rabobank 27 4 ISD-Neri 21 5 Cervelo Test Team 20 6 Garmin - Slipstream 19 7 Lampre - NGC 16 8 Quickstep 14 9 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 12 10 Lpr Brakes - Farnese Vini 12 11 Liquigas-Doimo 8 12 Silence - Lotto 7 13 AG2R La Mondiale 14 Barloworld 15 Xacobeo Galicia 16 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli 17 Team Saxo Bank 18 Team Katusha 19 Caisse d'Epargne 20 Team Milram 21 Fuji - Servetto 22 Bbox Bouygues Telecom Final General classification 1 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 86.03.11 2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 0.41 3 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 1.59 4 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 3.46 5 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 3.59 6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 5.28 7 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 8.43 8 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 10.01 9 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 11.13 10 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 11.28 11 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 12.50 12 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 15.59 13 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 16.11 14 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 16.15 15 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 16 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 19.10 17 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 18 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 28.07 19 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 28.39 20 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 31.53 21 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto 33.18 22 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 39.19 23 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 45.59 24 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 46.03 25 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 48.00 26 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 50.52 27 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 53.46 28 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 55.07 29 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 57.13 30 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1.01.48 31 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 1.02.21 32 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1.05.06 33 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 1.07.24 34 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 1.10.01 35 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 1.14.56 36 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 1.15.21 37 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale 1.19.57 38 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1.24.43 39 Iker Camano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 1.25.02 40 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 1.27.17 41 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 1.28.38 42 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha 1.29.54 43 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervelo Test Team 1.31.41 44 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas 1.31.44 45 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.32.23 46 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1.34.52 47 Dario David Cioni (Ita) ISD 1.36.14 48 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 1.37.25 49 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana 1.38.56 50 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 1.41.08 51 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1.41.43 52 Marcos Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.42.25 53 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas 1.42.51 54 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team 1.50.29 55 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 1.53.02 56 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team 1.56.27 57 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.58.10 58 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 1.58.30 59 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 2.00.24 60 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 2.07.34 61 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 2.08.06 62 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 2.09.44 63 Jason McCartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank 2.11.57 64 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.12.00 65 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha 2.12.44 66 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 2.12.58 67 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 2.13.08 68 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2.17.19 69 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 2.17.52 70 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto 2.18.27 71 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 2.20.09 72 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 2.22.50 73 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 2.23.00 74 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2.24.34 75 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 2.26.17 76 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 2.28.29 77 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 2.30.38 78 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 2.33.02 79 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 2.34.17 80 Angel Gomez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 2.37.45 81 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.38.06 82 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 2.39.36 83 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 2.40.36 84 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2.41.08 85 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank 2.45.29 86 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2.46.43 87 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.46.48 88 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 2.48.54 89 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 2.48.56 90 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team 2.48.57 91 Francesco Failli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2.50.33 92 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2.50.51 93 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 2.51.59 94 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2.53.20 95 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 2.53.58 96 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 2.55.04 97 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 2.56.45 98 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 2.58.46 99 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 3.02.29 100 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank 3.03.22 101 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 3.04.23 102 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 3.06.15 103 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 3.06.57 104 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 3.08.14 105 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence-Lotto 3.08.25 106 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 3.08.53 107 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 3.09.26 108 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 3.10.28 109 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 3.13.03 110 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 3.13.33 111 Ted King (USA) Cervelo Test Team 3.15.04 112 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 3.15.53 113 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 3.16.06 114 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervelo Test Team 3.22.15 115 Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3.22.51 116 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 3.23.44 117 Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha 3.24.32 118 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 3.24.59 119 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 3.26.15 120 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 3.27.01 121 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 3.27.52 122 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 3.28.31 123 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 3.30.07 124 Delio Ferandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3.30.08 125 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 3.31.08 126 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 3.32.21 127 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad 3.34.48 128 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence-Lotto 3.35.42 129 Guillaume le Floch (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 3.36.01 130 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 3.39.47 131 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 3.42.59 132 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 3.45.35 133 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 3.48.36 134 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 3.51.16 135 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3.51.20 136 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Slipstream 3.51.41 137 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 3.52.28 138 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 3.53.37 139 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 3.57.16 140 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 3.57.27 141 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 3.57.43 142 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 4.01.28 143 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 4.01.48 144 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 4.01.57 145 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 4.02.45 146 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4.03.12 147 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank 4.04.24 148 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 4.05.22 149 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 4.06.10 150 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervelo Test Team 4.08.52 151 Julien Belgy (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 4.10.41 152 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 4.10.55 153 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 4.12.39 154 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 4.12.47 155 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 4.14.23 156 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 4.15.18 157 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 4.15.31 158 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 4.17.54 159 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto 160 Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD 4.18.47 161 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 4.19.16 162 Robert Forster (Ger) Team Milram 4.20.01 163 Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 4.23.50 164 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 4.27.04 165 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 4.29.27 166 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 4.30.09 167 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 4.32.23 168 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto 4.33.42 169 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 4.59.11 Points classification 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 170 pts 2 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 144 3 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 133 4 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 133 5 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 104 6 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 103 7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 86 8 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 82 9 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 74 10 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 70 11 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 64 12 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 64 13 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 55 14 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 48 15 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 47 16 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 47 17 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 46 18 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 40 19 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 39 20 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 38 21 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 38 22 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 37 23 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 35 24 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 34 25 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 34 26 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervelo Test Team 32 27 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 32 28 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 31 29 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 30 30 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 29 31 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 29 32 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 29 33 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 28 34 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 27 35 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 27 36 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team 25 37 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 25 38 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 25 39 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 25 40 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 24 41 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 24 42 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 23 43 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 22 44 Robert Forster (Ger) Team Milram 22 45 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 21 46 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 21 47 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 20 48 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 20 49 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 19 50 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 19 51 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 19 52 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 19 53 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 18 54 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 16 55 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team 16 56 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 16 57 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 14 58 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 14 59 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 14 60 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 14 61 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 13 62 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 12 63 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 12 64 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 11 65 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 10 66 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 10 67 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 10 68 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram 9 69 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas 9 70 Jason McCartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank 9 71 Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha 9 72 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 9 73 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank 8 74 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 7 75 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 7 76 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 7 77 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 7 78 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 6 79 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 6 80 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 6 81 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 6 82 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank 6 83 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 5 84 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 5 85 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 4 86 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 4 87 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4 88 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 4 89 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 4 90 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3 91 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 3 92 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 3 93 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence-Lotto 3 94 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2 95 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 2 96 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2 97 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 2 98 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 2 99 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 1 100 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1 101 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 1 102 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad 1 Mountains classification 1 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 61 pts 2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 45 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 41 4 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 40 5 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 38 6 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 30 7 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 24 8 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 24 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 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 12 13 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 12 14 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 11 15 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 11 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 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 6 24 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 6 25 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 6 26 Dario David Cioni (Ita) ISD 6 27 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 6 28 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 5 29 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 5 30 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 4 31 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 4 32 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 4 33 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 4 34 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 4 35 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 4 36 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 3 37 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas 3 38 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 3 39 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 3 40 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team 3 41 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 3 42 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 3 43 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 3 44 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 2 45 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2 46 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 2 47 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence-Lotto 2 48 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 2 49 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 2 50 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 1 51 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 1 52 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 1 53 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 1 54 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank 1 55 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 1 Young rider classification 1 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 86.19.26 2 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2.55 3 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto 17.03 4 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 31.45 5 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 34.37 6 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 58.41 7 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 59.06 8 Marcos Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1.26.10 9 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1.41.55 10 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 1.44.09 11 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 1.51.51 12 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.55.45 13 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 1.56.53 14 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 2.01.37 15 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 2.06.35 16 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 2.14.23 17 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 2.18.02 18 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 2.23.21 19 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 2.24.21 20 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.30.33 21 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team 2.32.42 22 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 2.50.42 23 Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3.06.36 24 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 3.08.44 25 Delio Ferandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3.13.53 26 Guillaume le Floch (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 3.19.46 27 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto 3.23.32 28 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 3.26.44 29 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 3.29.20 30 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 3.35.01 31 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 3.41.28 32 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 3.45.13 33 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 3.45.33 34 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3.46.57 35 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 3.49.55 36 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 3.58.08 37 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 3.59.03 38 Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD 4.02.32 39 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 4.10.49 40 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 4.13.12 41 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 4.13.54 42 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 4.16.08 43 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom 4.42.56 T.V. classification 1 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 26 pts 2 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 19 3 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 12 4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 10 5 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 10 6 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 10 7 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 8 8 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 8 9 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 7 10 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 7 11 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 7 12 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 7 13 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 7 14 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 6 15 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 6 16 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 5 17 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 4 18 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 4 19 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 4 20 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 4 21 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 4 22 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 4 23 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 4 24 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 4 25 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank 4 26 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 3 27 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 3 28 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3 29 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 3 30 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 3 31 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 3 32 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 3 33 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team 3 34 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 3 35 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3 36 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 3 37 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2 38 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2 39 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 2 40 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 2 41 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2 42 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 2 43 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 1 44 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1 45 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 1 46 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 1 47 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 1 48 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 1 49 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1 50 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 1 Combativity classification 1 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 45 pts 2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 40 3 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 38 4 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 37 5 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 33 6 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 31 7 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 31 8 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 26 9 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 23 10 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 23 11 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 17 12 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 15 13 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 15 14 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 14 15 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 12 16 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 12 17 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 11 18 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 11 19 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 11 20 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 11 21 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 10 22 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 10 23 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 10 24 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 10 25 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 9 26 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 9 27 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 9 28 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 9 29 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 9 30 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 8 31 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 8 32 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 8 33 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 7 34 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 7 35 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 7 36 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 7 37 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 7 38 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 7 39 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 7 40 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervelo Test Team 6 41 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team 6 42 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 6 43 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team 6 44 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 6 45 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 6 46 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 5 47 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 5 48 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 5 49 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 5 50 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 4 51 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 4 52 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 4 53 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 4 54 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 4 55 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 4 56 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas 4 57 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 4 58 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4 59 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 4 60 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank 4 61 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 3 62 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 3 63 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana 3 64 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 3 65 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 3 66 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld 3 67 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 3 68 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 3 69 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 3 70 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 3 71 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2 72 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2 73 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 2 74 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas 2 75 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 2 76 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2 77 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank 2 78 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 2 79 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1 80 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank 1 81 Dario David Cioni (Ita) ISD 1 82 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas 1 83 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 1 84 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 1 85 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step 1 86 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 1 87 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank 1 Azzurri d'Italia classification 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 14 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 11 3 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank 11 4 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 9 5 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 9 6 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 8 7 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 8 8 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 6 9 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 4 10 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervelo Test Team 4 11 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 4 12 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team 4 13 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 4 14 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 2 15 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 2 16 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 2 17 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 2 18 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2 19 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 2 20 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 2 21 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 2 22 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 2 23 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad 1 24 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 1 25 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 1 26 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 1 27 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 1 Fuga Cervelo classification 1 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 553 pts 2 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 335 3 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 314 4 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 289 5 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 289 6 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 286 7 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD 280 8 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia 273 9 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD 263 10 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank 247 11 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 241 12 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld 226 13 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 225 14 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD 222 15 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 211 16 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha 207 17 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 177 18 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 166 19 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank 150 20 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 147 21 Angel Gomez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 147 22 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 147 23 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank 147 24 Robert Forster (Ger) Team Milram 147 25 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld 146 26 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team 144 27 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD 139 28 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step 132 29 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 128 30 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 123 31 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha 122 32 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom 118 33 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 117 34 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 114 35 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 110 36 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 103 37 Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD 103 38 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 95 39 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD 67 40 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana 66 41 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 59 42 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 56 43 Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 56 44 Delio Ferandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 56 45 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 54 46 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 43 47 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia 43 48 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 41 49 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 35 50 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 34 51 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 33 52 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 32 53 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 30 54 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 28 55 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank 25 56 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad 25 57 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 23 58 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 23 59 Jason McCartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank 18 60 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 18 61 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad 15 62 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 15 63 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 15 64 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 14 65 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana 13 66 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad 13 67 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad 11 68 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 11 69 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD 9 70 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini 8 71 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team 7 72 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana 7 73 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team 6 74 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 6 Teams classification 1 Astana 257.48.40 2 Team Columbia - Highroad 24.15 3 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli 27.17 4 Liquigas-Doimo 32.21 5 Lampre - NGC 58.58 6 Caisse d'Epargne 1.10.52 7 Cervelo Test Team 1.16.23 8 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 1.18.52 9 Rabobank 1.51.45 10 Lpr Brakes - Farnese Vini 1.53.34 11 AG2R La Mondiale 2.16.51 12 Quickstep 2.48.21 13 Barloworld 3.02.44 14 Team Saxo Bank 3.03.16 15 Xacobeo Galicia 3.28.58 16 ISD-Neri 3.29.40 17 Team Katusha 3.36.29 18 Fuji - Servetto 3.51.49 19 Silence - Lotto 4.04.12 20 Team Milram 6.34.09 21 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 6.46.03 22 Garmin - Slipstream 6.51.21 Super team classification 1 Team Columbia - Highroad 400 pts 2 Lpr Brakes - Farnese Vini 314 3 Liquigas-Doimo 302 4 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli 273 5 Astana 269 6 Lampre - NGC 262 7 Cervelo Test Team 228 8 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 228 9 Quickstep 220 10 Rabobank 199 11 ISD-Neri 167 12 Team Katusha 150 13 AG2R La Mondiale 148 14 Caisse d'Epargne 132 15 Garmin - Slipstream 129 16 Barloworld 128 17 Team Saxo Bank 124 18 Team Milram 81 19 Fuji - Servetto 72 20 Silence - Lotto 70 21 Xacobeo Galicia 55 22 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 40 Fair play classification 1 Quickstep 2 Silence - Lotto 3 Xacobeo Galicia 3 pts 4 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo 5 5 Cervelo Test Team 10 6 Liquigas-Doimo 25 7 Team Columbia - Highroad 25 8 Caisse d'Epargne 25 9 Team Saxo Bank 28 10 Astana 50 11 AG2R La Mondiale 70 12 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Androni Giocattoli 70 13 Lpr Brakes - Farnese Vini 85 14 Barloworld 95 15 Fuji - Servetto 95 16 Team Katusha 100 17 Garmin - Slipstream 105 18 Team Milram 135 19 ISD-Neri 148 20 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 152 21 Rabobank 245 22 Lampre - NGC 270
