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44th Tirreno-Adriatico - HIS
Italy, March 11-17, 2009
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Stage 1 - March 11: Cecina - Capannori, 147km
El Farès succeeds from escape for Tirreno-Adriatico win
By Gregor Brown
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Julien El Farès of Cofidis won the first stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico Wednesday in Capannori, Italy. The Frenchman out-sprinted his breakaway companion Ukrainian Vladimir Duma (Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce) at the end of the 147-kilometre day, finishing just seconds ahead of the main group led by Daniele Bennati (Liquigas).
"It was an incredible day and I am very happy for this win. You have to attack if you want to win," said El Farès.
El Farès, whose grandfather originates from Algeria, scored the only other win of his professional career while riding as a trainee for Cofidis in 2006, when he won stage one of the Tour des Pyrénées over Yann Huguet and wore the leader's jersey for one day.
El Farès duplicated that feat on a much larger stage in Tirreno-Adriatico, and will wear the overall leader's blue jersey in tomorrow's 177-kilometre stage from Volterra to Marina di Carrara.
Team Liquigas looked to have the race in control for its sprinter Bennati on the climb of Valgiano. El Farès held 1:57 on the bunch at the top with Duma slightly off the pace, and with 16 kilometres to race it looked as though the sprinters would have their day. But the pair up front came back together and worked to hold 1:10 with five kilometres to go.
"I went to the front in the finale, and the other sprinters' teams tired to help. Today was my chance and it was a shame to throw it away," said Bennati to Rai. "I am upset to that I could not win given the great guys – Basso, Nibali and Pellizotti – who were all pulling for me."
El Farès and Duma rule the day
The race started in Toscana for the first time in its 44-year history, in Cecina, near the home of two-time World Champion Paolo Bettini. The teams faced sunny conditions with a slight wind. Amongst the 25 teams was Fuji-Servetto, which the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) gave the team permission to race only yesterday despite the race organiser's wishes.
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El Farès controlled the day with Duma. The duo went free early in the race, near kilometre 32. They built a maximum advantage of 11 minutes on the run north towards Pisa. By 60 kilometres from the finish, in the province of Lucca, their gap was down to nine minutes over the Columbia-Highroad-led peloton.
Belgium's Quick Step took over with less than 40 kilometres remaining for sprinter Tom Boonen. The 2005 World Champion was on the hunt for his first win since Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne. By the start of the Capannori finishing circuit with 26 kilometres to go, the peloton (with Cervélo TestTeam and Liquigas leading) had the duo at 3:56.
Duma lost ground on the four-kilometre long climb of Valgiano, starting at 20 kilometres to go. El Farès pushed on with two minutes in hand over the main group. The two crossed the top ahead the group led by Liquigas' Vincenzo Nibali
Cavendish suffered from a mechanical problem at the base of the climb. He lost ground and had to mount a chase to regain contact with the main group.
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El Farès and Duma re-joined forces after the descent on the run towards Capannori. They held 1:10 with five kilometres to go and looked secure of a stage win despite a feverish chase from behind.
"The group waited too long to catch us," said El Farès. "In the sprint I played with the nerves of Duma, he was worried about me."
Duma led his companion, 14 years younger, under the red triangle of one kilometre to go. He continued to do so through a series of curves. El Farès started the sprint at 200 metres. Duma moved to his rival's wheel and then tried to come around on the left side, but he did not have the legs.
Bennati led Alessandro Petacchi (LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini) and Tom Boonen (Quick Step) over the finish line. He missed out on a win near his hometown of Arezzo. Tomorrow the race travels close Petacchi's home, but Cavendish also knows the roads well because he trains in nearby Quarrata.
Photography
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- Gianni Savio's Diquigiovanni team on the stage prior to the start of Tirreno-Adriatico stage one.
- World Champion Alessandro Ballan (Lampre-NGC)
- Ivan Basso (Liquigas)
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step)
- Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo) rides during stage one of the Tirreno-Adriatico.
- Luca Paolini (Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo)
- Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini) in Tirreno-Adriatico stage one.
- Ivan Basso (Liquigas) next to George Hincapie (Columbia-Highroad), l-r.
- Davide Rebellin (Diquigiovanni-Androni)
- Julien El Farès (Cofidis), 23, wins over Vladimir Duma (Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce) in stage one of the Tirreno-Adriatico.
- France's Julien El Farès (Cofidis) wins Tirreno-Adriatico stage one in Capannori.
- Julien El Farès (Cofidis), 23, in Capannori after winning.
- Frenchman Julien El Farès (Cofidis) awarded on the stage after winning the opening day of the Tirreno-Adriatico.
Images by Riccardo Scanferla
- Julien El Farès (Cofidis) wins the first stage of Tirreno-Adriatico after spending 115 kilometers off the front with Vladimir Duma.
- Julien El Farès (Cofidis) celebrates on the podium with a bit of bubbly.
- Julien El Farès (Cofidis) begins his sprint against breakaway companion Vladimir Duma (Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce).
Results
1 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis 3.34.03 (40.644 km/h) 2 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 3 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 0.12 4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 6 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Milram 7 Enrico Rossi (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 8 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis 9 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 10 Matti Breschel (Den) Saxo Bank 11 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 12 George Hincapie (USA) Columbia-Highroad 13 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Katusha 14 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Katusha 15 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Columbia-Highroad 16 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 17 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 18 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre-NGC 19 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Slipstream 20 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 21 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Milram 22 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 23 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam 24 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 25 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 26 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Columbia-Highroad 27 Andy Schleck (Lux) Saxo Bank 28 Peter Velits (Svk) Milram 29 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 30 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 31 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 32 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence-Lotto 33 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 34 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 35 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 36 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 37 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 38 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 39 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 40 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 41 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 42 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 43 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Silence-Lotto 44 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 45 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 46 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 47 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 0.33 48 Loyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.16 49 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Katusha 50 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Milram 51 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 52 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-NGC 53 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 54 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence-Lotto 55 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française des Jeux 56 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 57 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 58 Maurizio Biondo (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 59 Didac Ortega (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 60 Francesco Failli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 61 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-NGC 62 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 63 Luis Angel Maté (Spa) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 64 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 65 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Katusha 66 Ilker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 67 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 68 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 69 Sergey Klimov (Rus) Katusha 70 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam 71 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 72 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step 73 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 74 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas 75 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 76 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 77 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 78 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Saxo Bank 79 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 80 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 81 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux 82 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil 83 Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 84 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 85 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 86 Josu Agirre Aseginolaza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 87 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 88 Michael Albasini (Swi) Columbia-Highroad 89 Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre-NGC 1.57 90 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre-NGC 91 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Columbia-Highroad 92 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 93 Baden Cooke (Aus) Vacansoleil 94 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-NGC 95 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 96 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 97 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 98 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 99 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin-Slipstream 100 Chris Sutton (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream 101 William Frischkorn (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 102 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre-NGC 103 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 104 Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 105 Rene Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 106 Sergey Renev (Kaz) Astana 107 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Columbia-Highroad 108 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 109 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 110 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre-NGC 111 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis 112 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 113 Dominique Rollin (Can) Cervélo TestTeam 114 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française des Jeux 115 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin-Slipstream 116 Ángel Madrazo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 117 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam 118 Kasper Klostergård (Den) Saxo Bank 119 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil 120 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 121 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux 122 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 123 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil 124 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha 125 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Milram 126 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 127 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 128 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 129 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld 130 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Katusha 131 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 132 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 133 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence-Lotto 134 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 135 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 136 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 137 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 138 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 4.41 139 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 4.43 140 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Saxo Bank 141 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Columbia-Highroad 142 Steve Cummings (GBr) Barloworld 143 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence-Lotto 144 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Saxo Bank 145 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale 146 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 147 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis 148 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil 149 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 150 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 151 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 152 Jens Mouris (Ned) Vacansoleil 153 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 154 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 155 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Cofidis 156 Rui Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne 157 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 158 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Milram 159 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld 160 Roger Hammond (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 161 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 162 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 163 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux 164 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 165 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana 166 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 167 Aitor Galdos (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 168 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 169 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 170 Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 171 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 172 Rony Martias (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 173 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil 174 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Vacansoleil 7.14 175 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam 176 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 177 Servais Knaven (Ned) Milram 178 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 179 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 180 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Katusha 181 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 182 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Saxo Bank 183 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Columbia-Highroad 184 Michael Friedman (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 185 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 186 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 187 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence-Lotto 188 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 189 Frank Hoj (Den) Saxo Bank 190 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 191 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 192 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto 193 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 194 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux 195 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 196 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 197 Martyn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream 198 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 199 Jesus Del Nero Montes (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 200 Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis Points 1 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis 17 pts 2 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 13 3 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 8 4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 7 5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 6 6 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Milram 5 7 Enrico Rossi (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 4 8 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis 3 9 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 2 10 Servais Knaven (Ned) Milram 2 11 Matti Breschel (Den) Saxo Bank 1 12 Dominique Rollin (Can) Cervélo TestTeam 1 Mountains Valgiano - km 130.8 1 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis 5 pts 2 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 3 3 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 2 4 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Columbia-Highroad 1 General classification after stage 1 1 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis 3.33.50 2 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 0.05 3 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 0.21 4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 0.25 5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 6 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Milram 7 Enrico Rossi (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 8 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis 9 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 10 Matti Breschel (Den) Saxo Bank 11 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 12 George Hincapie (USA) Columbia-Highroad 13 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Katusha 14 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Katusha 15 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Columbia-Highroad 16 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 17 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 18 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre-NGC 19 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Slipstream 20 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 21 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Milram 22 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 23 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam 24 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 25 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 26 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Columbia-Highroad 27 Andy Schleck (Lux) Saxo Bank 28 Peter Velits (Svk) Milram 29 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 30 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 31 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 32 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence-Lotto 33 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 34 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 35 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 36 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 37 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 38 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 39 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 40 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 41 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 42 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 43 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Silence-Lotto 44 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 45 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 46 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 47 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 0.46 48 Loyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.29 49 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Katusha 50 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Milram 51 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 52 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-NGC 53 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 54 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence-Lotto 55 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française des Jeux 56 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 57 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 58 Maurizio Biondo (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 59 Didac Ortega (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 60 Francesco Failli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 61 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-NGC 62 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 63 Luis Angel Maté (Spa) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 64 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 65 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Katusha 66 Ilker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 67 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 68 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 69 Sergey Klimov (Rus) Katusha 70 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam 71 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 72 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step 73 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 74 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas 75 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 76 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana 77 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 78 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Saxo Bank 79 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 80 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 81 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux 82 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil 83 Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 84 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 85 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 86 Josu Agirre Aseginolaza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 87 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 88 Michael Albasini (Swi) Columbia-Highroad 89 Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre-NGC 2.10 90 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre-NGC 91 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Columbia-Highroad 92 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 93 Baden Cooke (Aus) Vacansoleil 94 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-NGC 95 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 96 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 97 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 98 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 99 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin-Slipstream 100 Chris Sutton (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream 101 William Frischkorn (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 102 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre-NGC 103 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 104 Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 105 Rene Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 106 Sergey Renev (Kaz) Astana 107 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Columbia-Highroad 108 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 109 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 110 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre-NGC 111 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis 112 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 113 Dominique Rollin (Can) Cervélo TestTeam 114 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française des Jeux 115 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin-Slipstream 116 Ángel Madrazo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 117 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam 118 Kasper Klostergård (Den) Saxo Bank 119 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil 120 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 121 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux 122 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 123 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil 124 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha 125 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Milram 126 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 127 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 128 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 129 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld 130 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Katusha 131 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 132 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 133 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence-Lotto 134 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 135 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 136 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 137 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 138 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 4.54 139 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 4.56 140 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Saxo Bank 141 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Columbia-Highroad 142 Steve Cummings (GBr) Barloworld 143 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence-Lotto 144 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Saxo Bank 145 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale 146 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 147 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis 148 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil 149 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 150 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 151 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 152 Jens Mouris (Ned) Vacansoleil 153 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 154 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 155 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Cofidis 156 Rui Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne 157 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 158 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Milram 159 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld 160 Roger Hammond (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 161 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 162 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 163 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux 164 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 165 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana 166 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 167 Aitor Galdos (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 168 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 169 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 170 Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 171 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 172 Rony Martias (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 173 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil 174 Servais Knaven (Ned) Milram 7.26 175 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Vacansoleil 7.27 176 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam 177 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 178 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 179 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 180 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Katusha 181 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 182 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Saxo Bank 183 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Columbia-Highroad 184 Michael Friedman (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 185 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 186 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 187 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence-Lotto 188 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 189 Frank Hoj (Den) Saxo Bank 190 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 191 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 192 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto 193 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 194 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux 195 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 196 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 197 Martyn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream 198 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 199 Jesus Del Nero Montes (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 200 Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis Points classification 1 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis 17 pts 2 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 13 3 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 8 4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 7 5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 6 6 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Milram 5 7 Enrico Rossi (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 4 8 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis 3 9 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 2 10 Servais Knaven (Ned) Milram 2 11 Matti Breschel (Den) Saxo Bank 1 12 Dominique Rollin (Can) Cervélo TestTeam 1 Mountains classification 1 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis 5 pts 2 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 3 3 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 2 4 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Columbia-Highroad 1 Young rider classification 1 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis 3.33.50 2 Matti Breschel (Den) Saxo Bank 0.25 3 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Columbia-Highroad 4 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 5 Andy Schleck (Lux) Saxo Bank 6 Peter Velits (Svk) Milram 7 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 8 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 9 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Silence-Lotto 10 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 0.46 11 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1.29 12 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française des Jeux 13 Luis Angel Maté (Spa) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 14 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 15 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Katusha 16 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas 17 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux 18 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Columbia-Highroad 2.10 19 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 20 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 21 Chris Sutton (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream 22 Rene Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 23 Sergey Renev (Kaz) Astana 24 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis 25 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française des Jeux 26 Ángel Madrazo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 27 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux 28 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Milram 29 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld 30 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 31 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 32 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 33 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale 4.56 34 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 35 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 36 Rui Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne 37 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Milram 38 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 39 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 40 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 7.27 41 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Columbia-Highroad 42 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 43 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
