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44th Tirreno-Adriatico - HIS
Italy, March 11-17, 2009
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Stage 3 - March 13: Fucecchio - Santa Croce sull'Arno, 166km
Farrar takes world's best in Tirreno-Adriatico sprint finish
By Gregor Brown
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Tyler Farrar won the third stage of Italy's Tirreno-Adriatico Friday in a sprint finish over the world's best sprinters. The American of Garmin-Slipstream over-powered Mark Cavendish (Columbia-Highroad), Enrico Rossi (Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce) and Robbie McEwen (Katusha) at the end of a 166-kilometre stage from Fucecchio to Santa Croce sull'Arno.
"Cavendish is the best sprinter in the world; everyone wants to beat him," said Farrar. "My condition is good and I have a very strong team here. Dean and the others did a huge amount of work for me. ... It's my most important win to date."
Farrar had the confidence gained racing with top-level teams, like Garmin and Cofidis, for the past several years, not to mention several important wins: a Tour du Poitou stage (2008), GP Correios de Portugal stage (2007) and Tour de l'Avenir stages (2005 & 2004).
"I had a chance to battle these guys in the Tour of California. Today is huge relief, now I would like to go for the Classics in Belgium," said Farrar.
His confidence will be that much higher for Belgium, where he lives, thanks to beating not only Cavendish and McEwen, but also Tom Boonen (Quick Step), Thor Hushovd (Cervélo TestTeam), Alessandro Petacchi (LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini) and Daniele Bennati (Liquigas).
"I went at 300 metres," said Petacchi, who had Cavendish and then Farrar on his wheel. "I think Cavendish suffered from the speed and maybe I paid a little bit from yesterday's effort.
"I though Cavendish was going to get it, but then this Farrar worked around him."
Garmin escape and finale
Today was the last chance for the sprinters until the race's final stage; the next three stages are tough: two mountain stages and one time trial. However, three riders went clear early in the 166-kilometres stage from Fucecchio, Andrea Tafi's hometown, to Santa Croce sull'Arno.
Farrar's teammate William Frischkorn, Yuriy Krivtsov (AG2R La Mondiale) and Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil) gained a maximum of 5:30 on the peloton. Julien El Farès' Cofidis team cut the gap down to about half by kilometre 115.
The trio had 2:27 over the chase with 42.6 kilometres left to race, or two circuits of Santa Croce sull'Arno. Westra, Frischkorn and Krivtsov, respectively, went over the Poggio Adorno climb with 1:48 ahead of Ermanno Capelli (Fuji-Servetto), slightly off the front of the gruppo. The Italian was in the escape yesterday and took the mountains jersey today.
With one circuit to race, 21.3km, the three men had 1:19 over the chase led by Lampre. Acqua & Sapone and AG2R helped with the pace to bring the gap down to near 30 seconds at 17 kilometres to race. At the same time, sprinter Danilo Napolitano (Katusha) flatted and had to mount a chase back.
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The three escapees' day was finished with 9.5 kilometres left to race. The sprinters' teams positioned for the sprint with five kilometres of dead-flat roads to the finish line.
Columbia, for Cavendish, and Cervélo, for Hushovd, looked the strongest in the run-in to the finish. Farrar had Garmin teammates Michael Friedman and Julian Dean muscle him up with the top guns.
Norwegian Hushovd shouted and yelled to get his Cervélo men to drive the pace at a ferocious rate. They did a wonderful job and took over from the two Quick Step men for the start of the final kilometre.
Behind Hushovd was Boonen, Petacchi, Cavendish and eventual, surprise winner Farrar. Petacchi shot to the left to start his sprint at 300 metres. He faded as Cavendish and then Farrar came round on the left, respectively. The American nipped the Brit on the line. Italy's Rossi, slightly back, claimed third.
"I am doing well here in Tirreno," said Rossi to Rai. "I was stuck a little behind today, but I worked up well and I am happy with my place."
Montelupone on the horizon
Team Cofidis' Julien El Farès keeps the race leader's blue jersey ahead of Petacchi on the eve of Montelupone. The Frenchman took the lead thanks to his win in stage one on Wednesday.
The overall classification should change tomorrow when the riders travel to the regions of Umbria and then Le Marche. The Montelupone climb comes twice in the final 14 kilometres, with the second ascent being the finish. It has sections of 21% gradient, similar to the Mur de Huy of Flèche Wallonne.
Photography
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- Overall leader Julien El Farès (Cofidis) at the start.
- Davide Rebellin (Diquigiovanni-Androni) autographs.
- Italy's Davide Rebellin (Diquigiovanni-Androni)
- France's Julien El Farès (Cofidis)
- Ivan Basso (Liquigas)
- Robbie McEwen (Katusha)
- World Champion Alessandro Ballan (Lampre-NGC)
- Italian Champion Filippo Simeoni (Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce)
- Danilo Napolitano (Katusha)
- Escape trio William Frischkorn (Garmin-Slipstream), Yuriy Krivtsov (AG2R La Mondiale) and Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil), r-l.
- Danilo Napolitano (Katusha) and Bernhard Eisel (Columbia-Highroad) in the pack.
- Massimo Codol (Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo)
- Gabriele Bosisio (LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini)
- Steve Cummings (Barloworld)
- The sprint approaches the line in stage three of the Tirreno-Adriatico.
- Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Slipstream) throws his bike to nip Mark Cavendish (Team Columbia-Highroad) for the stage three victory.
- Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Slipstream) out-muscles Mark Cavendish (Columbia-Highroad) to win Tirreno-Adriatico stage three.
- Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Slipstream) begins to smile having just out-sprinted the cream of the peloton's fast men.
- Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Slipstream) celebrates his victory over Mark Cavendish (Team Columbia-Highroad).
- Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Slipstream) wins stage three.
- Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Slipstream) finished ahead of the world's best sprinters.
- Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Slipstream) looks pleased about his stage three victory at Tirreno-Adriatico.
- Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Slipstream) on the podium after his win in stage three of the Tirreno-Adriatico.
- Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Slipstream) revels in his Tirreno-Adriatico victory.
- Race leader Julien El Farès (Cofidis) uncorks the bubbly on the podium.
- Julien El Farès (Cofidis) celebrates another day in the race lead.
Results
1 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 3.53.48 (42.6 km/h) 2 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Columbia-Highroad 3 Enrico Rossi (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 5 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Katusha 6 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Saxo Bank 7 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 8 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 9 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam 10 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil 11 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux 12 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre-NGC 13 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 14 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Milram 15 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence-Lotto 17 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 18 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 19 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 20 Rony Martias (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 21 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 22 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis 23 Jens Mouris (Ned) Vacansoleil 24 Baden Cooke (Aus) Vacansoleil 25 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Katusha 26 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française des Jeux 27 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre-NGC 28 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 29 Chris Sutton (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream 30 Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 31 George Hincapie (USA) Columbia-Highroad 32 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin-Slipstream 33 Dominique Rollin (Can) Cervélo TestTeam 34 Michael Friedman (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 35 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 36 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 37 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Milram 38 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 39 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Milram 40 Matti Breschel (Den) Saxo Bank 41 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 42 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 43 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-NGC 44 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Katusha 45 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 46 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha 47 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 48 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 49 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 50 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Columbia-Highroad 51 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Columbia-Highroad 52 Kasper Klostergård (Den) Saxo Bank 53 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 54 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam 55 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française des Jeux 56 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 57 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre-NGC 58 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence-Lotto 59 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 60 Roger Hammond (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 61 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil 62 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Katusha 63 Loyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 64 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Slipstream 65 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 66 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 67 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 68 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 69 Sergey Klimov (Rus) Katusha 70 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Milram 71 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 72 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Columbia-Highroad 73 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 74 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 75 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence-Lotto 76 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld 77 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux 78 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas 79 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 80 Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre-NGC 81 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 82 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis 83 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 84 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux 85 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam 86 Servais Knaven (Ned) Milram 87 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 88 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 89 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 90 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 91 Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 92 Andy Schleck (Lux) Saxo Bank 93 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 94 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 95 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 96 Peter Velits (Svk) Milram 97 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Milram 98 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 99 Rene Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 100 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-NGC 101 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 102 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 103 Martyn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream 104 Rui Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne 105 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 106 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Saxo Bank 107 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin-Slipstream 108 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 109 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 110 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil 111 Didac Ortega (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 112 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana 113 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 114 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 115 Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 116 Ilker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 117 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 118 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 119 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 120 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 121 Michael Albasini (Swi) Columbia-Highroad 122 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 123 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 124 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 125 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux 126 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 127 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 128 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Silence-Lotto 129 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 130 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-NGC 131 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 132 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 133 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil 134 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre-NGC 0.19 135 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step 136 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 0.21 137 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Columbia-Highroad 0.23 138 Frank Hoj (Den) Saxo Bank 0.28 139 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam 140 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Vacansoleil 0.37 141 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 142 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 0.38 143 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence-Lotto 144 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0.51 145 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 146 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 147 Aitor Galdos (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 148 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 149 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 1.02 150 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 151 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 152 Luis Angel Maté (Spa) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1.08 153 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 154 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Saxo Bank 155 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 156 Francesco Failli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 157 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto 158 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Katusha 159 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 160 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 161 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale 162 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 163 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 164 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Katusha 165 Josu Agirre Aseginolaza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 166 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 167 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 168 Steve Cummings (GBr) Barloworld 169 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 170 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 171 Maurizio Biondo (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 1.54 172 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 173 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 174 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld 175 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 176 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 177 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 178 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 179 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 180 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence-Lotto 181 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Columbia-Highroad 182 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 183 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 184 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 185 William Frischkorn (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 186 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 3.16 187 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil 3.27 188 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 189 Sergey Renev (Kaz) Astana 190 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 6.48 191 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis 7.01 192 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis 193 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Cofidis 194 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 195 Ángel Madrazo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 196 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Saxo Bank 7.25 DNF Manuel Belletti (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli Points 1 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 12 pts 2 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Columbia-Highroad 10 3 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 10 4 Enrico Rossi (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 8 5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 7 6 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Katusha 6 7 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Saxo Bank 5 8 William Frischkorn (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 5 9 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil 5 10 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 4 11 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 3 12 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam 2 13 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil 1 14 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 1 15 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Cofidis 1 Mountains Poggio Adorno - km 128.7 1 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil 5 pts 2 William Frischkorn (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 3 3 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 2 4 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 1 General classification after stage 3 1 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis 12.00.20 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 0.15 3 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 4 Enrico Rossi (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 0.20 5 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis 0.25 6 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 7 Matti Breschel (Den) Saxo Bank 8 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre-NGC 9 George Hincapie (USA) Columbia-Highroad 10 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 11 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Katusha 12 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Milram 13 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 14 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 15 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam 16 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Garmin-Slipstream 17 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Katusha 18 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 19 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Columbia-Highroad 20 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 21 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step 22 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Milram 24 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 25 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 26 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Columbia-Highroad 27 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 28 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 29 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 30 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence-Lotto 31 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto 32 Peter Velits (Svk) Milram 33 Andy Schleck (Lux) Saxo Bank 34 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas 35 Iñigo Landaluze (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 36 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 37 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 38 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 39 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 40 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 41 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 42 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 0.46 43 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Katusha 1.29 44 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 45 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Saxo Bank 46 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Milram 47 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française des Jeux 48 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 49 Loyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 50 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 51 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence-Lotto 52 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas 53 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 54 Didac Ortega (Spa) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 55 Sergey Klimov (Rus) Katusha 56 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil 57 Ilker Camano Ortuzar (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 58 Iban Velasco Murillo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 59 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux 60 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 1.33 61 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 1.49 62 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.06 63 Baden Cooke (Aus) Vacansoleil 2.10 64 Dominique Rollin (Can) Cervélo TestTeam 65 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-NGC 66 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 67 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 68 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française des Jeux 69 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Vacansoleil 70 Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 71 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux 72 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 73 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Milram 74 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 75 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 76 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 2.20 77 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne 2.31 78 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 79 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 80 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Columbia-Highroad 2.33 81 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Silence-Lotto 82 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 2.37 83 Maurizio Biondo (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 3.23 84 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 85 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale 86 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 3.37 87 Michael Albasini (Swi) Columbia-Highroad 88 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 4.08 89 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 4.18 90 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha 91 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 92 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 93 Rene Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 94 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 4.45 95 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Katusha 96 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam 4.46 97 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana 4.56 98 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française des Jeux 99 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld 100 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 5.26 101 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step 5.34 102 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 6.04 103 William Frischkorn (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 6.09 104 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Columbia-Highroad 6.12 105 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 7.04 106 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Columbia-Highroad 107 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 108 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 109 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil 110 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 7.14 111 Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.41 112 Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre-NGC 8.02 113 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 8.12 114 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-NGC 8.18 115 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-NGC 116 David De La Fuente Rasilla (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 117 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 8.39 118 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 8.48 119 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 8.59 120 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre-NGC 121 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil 122 Chris Sutton (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream 123 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin-Slipstream 124 Kasper Klostergård (Den) Saxo Bank 125 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre-NGC 126 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 127 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin-Slipstream 128 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 129 Ángel Madrazo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9.11 130 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre-NGC 9.18 131 Francesco Failli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 9.26 132 Luis Angel Maté (Spa) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 133 Josu Agirre Aseginolaza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 134 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Columbia-Highroad 9.29 135 Servais Knaven (Ned) Milram 9.34 136 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux 9.35 137 Michael Friedman (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 138 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 139 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 9.56 140 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale 9.58 141 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 10.07 142 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Katusha 143 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil 10.28 144 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana 10.50 145 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld 10.53 146 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 147 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step 11.19 148 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 11.20 149 Sergey Renev (Kaz) Astana 11.31 150 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 11.37 151 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 152 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence-Lotto 11.45 153 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 154 Jens Mouris (Ned) Vacansoleil 155 Rony Martias (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 156 Roger Hammond (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 157 Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 158 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Saxo Bank 159 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 160 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 161 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 12.04 162 Cyril Dessel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 12.36 163 Aitor Galdos (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 164 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 12.41 165 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Saxo Bank 12.53 166 Steve Cummings (GBr) Barloworld 167 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Katusha 13.21 168 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 13.31 169 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam 13.35 170 Martyn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin-Slipstream 14.16 171 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 172 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 173 Frank Hoj (Den) Saxo Bank 14.44 174 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Vacansoleil 14.53 175 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 15.07 176 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto 15.24 177 Mario Aerts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 178 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 15.35 179 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 16.00 180 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence-Lotto 16.10 181 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Milram 17.02 182 Rui Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne 183 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence-Lotto 17.36 184 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 17.49 185 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis 18.42 186 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 18.48 187 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 188 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 18.52 189 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Cervélo TestTeam 19.33 190 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 191 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 20.25 192 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 21.04 193 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21.27 194 Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis 24.03 195 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Cofidis 196 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Saxo Bank 26.58 Points classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 19 pts 2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 18 3 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis 17 4 Enrico Rossi (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 17 5 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 13 6 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 13 7 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 12 8 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 10 9 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Columbia-Highroad 10 10 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 9 11 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Saxo Bank 9 12 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 13 Dominique Rollin (Can) Cervélo TestTeam 8 14 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Katusha 6 15 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 5 16 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Milram 5 17 William Frischkorn (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 5 18 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil 5 Mountains classification 1 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 6 pts 2 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis 5 3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 5 4 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil 5 5 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 3 6 William Frischkorn (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 3 7 Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre-NGC 3 8 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 3 9 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 2 10 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 2 11 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 2 12 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 2 13 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossini Docce 1 14 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Columbia-Highroad 1 15 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Katusha 1 Young rider classification 1 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis 12.00.20 2 Matti Breschel (Den) Saxo Bank 0.25 3 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 4 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Columbia-Highroad 5 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 6 Peter Velits (Svk) Milram 7 Andy Schleck (Lux) Saxo Bank 8 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 9 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 0.46 10 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.29 11 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence-Lotto 12 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas 13 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux 14 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 2.10 15 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 16 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française des Jeux 17 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux 18 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Milram 19 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bbox Bouygues Telecom 20 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Columbia-Highroad 2.33 21 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Silence-Lotto 22 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 3.37 23 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Slipstream 4.08 24 Rene Mandri (Est) AG2R La Mondiale 4.18 25 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Katusha 4.45 26 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 7.04 27 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 28 Chris Sutton (Aus) Garmin-Slipstream 8.59 29 Ángel Madrazo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9.11 30 Luis Angel Maté (Spa) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 9.26 31 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Columbia-Highroad 9.29 32 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale 9.58 33 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld 10.53 34 Sergey Renev (Kaz) Astana 11.31 35 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 11.37 36 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 12.41 37 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 14.16 38 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Milram 17.02 39 Rui Costa (Por) Caisse d'Epargne 40 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis 18.42 41 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 21.04 42 Andoni Lafuente (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21.27
