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45th Presidential Cycling Tour - 2.1

Turkey, April 12-19, 2009

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Stage 1 - April 12: Istanbul - Istanbul, 142km

The Blue Mosque calls CSF again

By Jean-François Quenet in Istanbul

First time in yellow for Mauro Finetto
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Following the first win of his career at the Hell of Mergelland in Holland one week ago, CSF's Mauro Finetto confirmed that he's in excellent condition this Spring. He easily won the uphill sprint of the leading group that concluded stage 1 of the Presidential Tour of Turkey in front of the Blue Mosque of Istanbul.

Initially, Finetto wasn't very keen to come to Turkey, his directeur sportif Roberto Reverberi revealed after the stage but the 24-year-old from Tregnago near Verona realised how much more suitable the course of the Turkish tour was for him, rather than the hilly one of the Tour of Trentino. "I'm aware that CSF was quite successful last year for their first participation at the Tour of Turkey," Finetto said of his team-mates who collected no fewer than four stage wins out of eight one year ago. "We've started well again," he smiled.

"I'm feeling good since the Three Days of De Panne," he continued. "In Belgium we have interestingly become used to riding on the cobblestones, which has been helpful here on the circuit of Istanbul. I felt at my ease from the start. In the finale I managed to take the command, but 90% of the merit for this victory goes to my team. I only had to work for the last 200 metres."

Finetto reckoned stage 1 was very tactical. He won a sprint but there were constantly attacks following attacks. "It's been us going on the offensive during the whole second lap, including the uphill and downhill near the finishing line," the stage winner said. "Our directeur sportif [Roberto] Reverberi told us this was the solution for splitting up the bunch. We were five riders from CSF up there in the front group of about 50 guys."

It helped them control the situation, even when race favourite Kevin Seeldrayers (Quick Step) attacked with 34 kilometres to go. Marco Frapporti joined him and tried to finish alone until he got caught with 2km to go. The suspense remained intense until the end. CSF ended up with a 1-2 as Mauro Richeze was the fastest behind Finetto.

"It's my first time wearing a yellow jersey and I'm very young," noted Finetto who was 6th at the Tour of Lombardy last year as a neo-pro. "I don't have the experience to defend, we'll see stage by stage how it goes." Reverberi underlined that CSF's non-selection for the Giro d'Italia this year appears to be an incentive for his riders to perform at the Tour of Turkey.

How it unfolded

The peloton heads through historic Istanbul.
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Soon after the flag was dropped by the president of the Republic of Turkey, Abdullah Gül in front of Hagia Sofia in Istanbul, the first attacker of the 45th Presidential Tour of Turkey was Rafael Serrano (Contentpolis-Ampo). He enjoyed riding alone ahead of the bunch for the two first of the 14 laps scheduled in stage 1. He eventually got caught by the bunch led by Tiziano Dall'Antonia (CSF). Soon after the regrouping, the peloton split up in two.

About 45 riders formed the front group with Robert Hunter (Barloword) looking strong. At half way, the gap between the two groups had increased to 1:30. It went so fast that a few riders got dropped, one of them being local cyclist Bunyamin Ozdemir (Turkey) as the race reached its half way point. Kevin Seeldrayers (Quick Step), Paolo Longo Borghini (Barloworld) and defending champion David Garcia Dapena (Xacobeo-Galicia) were noticed among the most active in the lead.

With 63 kilometres to go, Marco Frapporti (CSF) found the opportunity to break clear. He got caught 7 km further. With 50 km to go, the second part of the peloton had given up as the gap moved over 6 minutes. 49 riders were counted in the front. Eight of them broke clear with 45km to go: Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Xacobeo-Galicia), Simone Ponzi (Lampre), Seeldrayers and Velo (Quick Step), Darryl Impey (Barloworld), Mauro Finetto (CSF), Alessandro Donati (Acqua e Sapone) and Tomislav Danculovic (Loborika).

Usually used in the role of lead-out man, Velo insisted by himself and paved the way for a counter-attack by Seeldrayers who was joined at the head of the race by Frapporti with 34 km to go. The duo reached an advantage of 1:01 as they crossed the line with 3 laps (30km) to go. Soon a chasing group was formed by Emanuele Bindi (Lampre), Tomislav Danculovic (Loborika), Paolo Longo Borghini (Barloworld), Diego Milan (Acqua e Sapone), Davide Malacarne (Quick Step) and Alan Marangoni (CSF).

Frapporti attacked Seeldrayers and went solo with 11km to go. He got caught with 2km to go, as Hunter and Theo Bos (Rabobank) were the first two riders to jump on his wheel. Frapporti paved the way for the final rush of his team-mates Finetto and Mauro Richeze (CSF) who preceded in this order Ruggero Marzoli (Acqua e Sapone).

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Results

1 Mauro Finetto (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare               3.35.14 (39.585 km/h)
2 Mauro Abel Richeze (Arg) CSF Group - Navigare             0.02
3 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo          
4 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo        
5 Janek Tombak (Est) Cycling Club Bourgas                       
6 Diego Milan Jimenez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo      
7 Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                     
8 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - N.G.C                             
9 Javier Benitez Pomares (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo                
10 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram                                  
11 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto                            
12 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step                        0.07
13 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Elk Haus                              
14 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                   
15 Tomislav Danculovic (Cro) Loborika                           
16 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C                            
17 Hrvoje Miholjevic (Cro) Loborika                             
18 Sébastian Siedler (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec                
19 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Rabobank Continental                      
20 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                           0.11
21 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                    
22 Marco Frapporti (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare                   
23 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld                             0.14
24 Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C                            
25 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continental                0.18
26 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step                                  
27 Danilo Hondo (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author                    
28 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel              
29 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step                           
30 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                    0.25
31 Theo Bos (Ned) Rabobank Continental                      0.32
32 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C                      0.38
33 Alan Marangoni (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare                0.41
34 Wim Stroetinga (Ned) Team Milram                         0.45
35 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence-Lotto                        0.57
36 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Cycling Club Bourgas              3.51
37 Nolan Hoffmann (RSA) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel              
38 Pavel Zitta (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author                     
39 Benjamin Stauder (Ger) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel        4.58
40 Darko Blazevic (Cro) Loborika                            5.04
41 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                   
42 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto                            
43 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                        
44 Tino Thomel (Ger) German National Team                   5.08
45 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram                          5.12
46 Vid Ogris (Slo) Loborika                                 7.43
47 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo    7.46
48 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Elk Haus                           7.54
49 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare          8.09
50 Rafael Serrano Fernandez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo        19.36
51 Mustafa Sayar (Tur) Turkish National Team               19.48
52 Ugur Marmara (Tur) Turkish National Team                     
53 Emanuel Kiserlovski (Cro) Loborika                      19.50
54 Guillermo Ruben Bongiorno (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare    22.41
55 Thomas Juhas (Ger) German National Team                 23.56
56 Eyup Karagobek (Tur) Turkish National Team              27.32
57 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence-Lotto                          
58 Robert Förster (Ger) Team Milram                             
59 Mirac Kal (Tur) Turkish National Team                        
60 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus                                
61 Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) ISD                                 
62 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Silence-Lotto                               
63 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step                               
64 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step                          
65 Joeri Adams (Bel) Rabobank Continental                         
66 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto                        
67 Oscar Garcia Casarrubios Pintor (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo      
68 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vorarlberg - Corratec                   
69 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec                    
70 Janusch Laule (Ger) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel               
71 Zvonimir Pokupec (Cro) Loborika                              
72 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Rabobank Continental                 
73 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Contentpolis-Ampo                         
74 Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram                              
75 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author               
76 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Elk Haus                                 
77 Vojtech Dlouhy (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author                  
78 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld                                
79 Cristian Benenati (Ita) ISD                                  
80 Serhat Sert (Tur) Turkish National Team                      
81 Gonzalo Rabunal Rios (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                   
82 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto                           
83 Volodymyr Zagorodny (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C                     
84 Ruben Reig Conejero (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo                  
85 Thomas Rabou (Ned) Rabobank Continental                        
86 Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) Elk Haus                            
87 Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo          
88 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram                                
89 Frantisek Padour (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author                
90 Theo Reinhart (Ger) German National Team                     
91 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Loborika                               
92 Christoph Sokoll (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec                 
93 Boris Shpilevsky (Rus) Fuji-Servetto                         
94 Maurice Calles (Ger) German National Team                    
95 Sergio Dominguez Munoz (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo               
96 Harry Kraft (Ger) German National Team                       
97 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author             
98 Harald Morscher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec                  
99 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus                                 
100 Sascha Damrow (Ger) German National Team                    
101 Behcet Usta (Tur) Turkish National Team                     
102 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia                     
103 Gianluca Mirenda (Ita) ISD                                  
104 Pedro Fernandez Hermina (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia               
105 Carlos Castaño Panadero (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia               
106 Luca Pierfelici (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo        
107 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Elk Haus                                
108 Mats Boeve (Ned) Rabobank Continental                         
109 Tigran Korkotyan (Arm) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel           
110 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD                                 
111 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld                         
112 Alessandro Proni (Ita) ISD                                  
113 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Fuji-Servetto                          
114 Andréa Grendene (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C                        
115 Francesco Tomei (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C                        
116 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step                              
117 Didac Ortega (Spa) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo           
118 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram                                
119 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step                                
120 Gian-Paolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                          
121 Andre Schulze (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author                  
122 Marcello Pavarin (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare                 
123 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Loborika                              
124 Michael Riedle (Ger) German National Team                   
125 Jan Valach (Svk) Elk Haus                                   
126 Evgeny Petar Panayotov (Bul) Cycling Club Bourgas           
127 Stefan Histrov (Bul) Cycling Club Bourgas                   
128 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec                
129 Héctor Espasandín Rama (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                
130 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) Fuji-Servetto                          
131 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare                   
132 Erik Mohs (Ger) German National Team                        
133 Héctor González Baeza (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                   
134 Francisco José Pacheco Torres (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo       
135 Martin Prazdnovsky (Svk) Cycling Club Bourgas               
136 Angelov Hristomir (Bul) Cycling Club Bourgas                
137 Alessandro Fantini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo     
138 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD                                       
139 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Quick Step                            
140 Bunyamin Ozdemir (Tur) Turkish National Team                
141 Francesco Di Paolo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo     
142 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel              
143 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto                              
144 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Fuji-Servetto          
145 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec               
146 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec             
147 Erki Putsep (Est) Cycling Club Bourgas                      
148 Frantisek Kloucek Jr. (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author          
149 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram                             
150 James Lewis Perry (RSA) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel          
151 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld                           
DNF Matti Helminen (Fin) Cycling Club Bourgas                   
DNF Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Rabobank Continental                 
DNF Johann Rabie (RSA) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel               
DNF Ismail Aksoy (Tur) Turkish National Team                    
 
General classification after stage 1
 
1 Mauro Finetto (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare               3.35.04
2 Mauro Abel Richeze (Arg) CSF Group - Navigare             0.06
3 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo      0.08
4 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo    0.12
5 Janek Tombak (Est) Cycling Club Bourgas                       
6 Diego Milan Jimenez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo      
7 Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                     
8 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre - N.G.C                             
9 Javier Benitez Pomares (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo                
10 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram                                  
11 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto                            
12 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step                        0.17
13 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Elk Haus                              
14 Gustavo César Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                   
15 Tomislav Danculovic (Cro) Loborika                           
16 Simone Ponzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C                            
17 Hrvoje Miholjevic (Cro) Loborika                             
18 Sébastian Siedler (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec                
19 Martijn Keizer (Ned) Rabobank Continental                      
20 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                           0.21
21 David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                    
22 Marco Frapporti (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare                   
23 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld                             0.24
24 Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C                            
25 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continental                0.28
26 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step                                  
27 Danilo Hondo (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author                    
28 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel              
29 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step                           
30 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                    0.35
31 Theo Bos (Ned) Rabobank Continental                      0.42
32 Emanuele Bindi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C                      0.48
33 Alan Marangoni (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare                0.51
34 Wim Stroetinga (Ned) Team Milram                         0.55
35 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence-Lotto                        1.07
36 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Cycling Club Bourgas              4.01
37 Nolan Hoffmann (RSA) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel              
38 Pavel Zitta (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author                     
39 Benjamin Stauder (Ger) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel        5.08
40 Darko Blazevic (Cro) Loborika                            5.14
41 Delio Fernandez Cruz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                   
42 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto                            
43 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                        
44 Tino Thomel (Ger) German National Team                   5.18
45 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram                          5.22
46 Vid Ogris (Slo) Loborika                                 7.53
47 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo    7.56
48 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Elk Haus                           8.04
49 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare          8.19
50 Rafael Serrano Fernandez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo        19.46
51 Mustafa Sayar (Tur) Turkish National Team               19.58
52 Ugur Marmara (Tur) Turkish National Team                     
53 Emanuel Kiserlovski (Cro) Loborika                      20.00
54 Guillermo Ruben Bongiorno (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare    22.51
55 Thomas Juhas (Ger) German National Team                 24.06
56 Eyup Karagobek (Tur) Turkish National Team              27.42
57 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence-Lotto                          
58 Robert Förster (Ger) Team Milram                             
59 Mirac Kal (Tur) Turkish National Team                        
60 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus                                
61 Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) ISD                                 
62 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Silence-Lotto                               
63 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step                               
64 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step                          
65 Joeri Adams (Bel) Rabobank Continental                         
66 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto                        
67 Oscar Garcia Casarrubios Pintor (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo      
68 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vorarlberg - Corratec                   
69 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec                    
70 Janusch Laule (Ger) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel               
71 Zvonimir Pokupec (Cro) Loborika                              
72 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Rabobank Continental                 
73 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Contentpolis-Ampo                         
74 Matthias Russ (Ger) Team Milram                              
75 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author               
76 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Elk Haus                                 
77 Vojtech Dlouhy (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author                  
78 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld                                
79 Cristian Benenati (Ita) ISD                                  
80 Serhat Sert (Tur) Turkish National Team                      
81 Gonzalo Rabunal Rios (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                   
82 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto                           
83 Volodymyr Zagorodny (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C                     
84 Ruben Reig Conejero (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo                  
85 Thomas Rabou (Ned) Rabobank Continental                        
86 Clemens Fankhauser (Aut) Elk Haus                            
87 Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo          
88 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram                                
89 Frantisek Padour (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author                
90 Theo Reinhart (Ger) German National Team                     
91 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Loborika                               
92 Christoph Sokoll (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec                 
93 Boris Shpilevsky (Rus) Fuji-Servetto                         
94 Maurice Calles (Ger) German National Team                    
95 Sergio Dominguez Munoz (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo               
96 Harry Kraft (Ger) German National Team                       
97 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author             
98 Harald Morscher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec                  
99 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus                                 
100 Sascha Damrow (Ger) German National Team                    
101 Behcet Usta (Tur) Turkish National Team                     
102 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia                     
103 Gianluca Mirenda (Ita) ISD                                  
104 Pedro Fernandez Hermina (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia               
105 Carlos Castaño Panadero (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia               
106 Luca Pierfelici (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo        
107 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Elk Haus                                
108 Mats Boeve (Ned) Rabobank Continental                         
109 Tigran Korkotyan (Arm) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel           
110 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD                                 
111 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld                         
112 Alessandro Proni (Ita) ISD                                  
113 Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Fuji-Servetto                          
114 Andréa Grendene (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C                        
115 Francesco Tomei (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C                        
116 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step                              
117 Didac Ortega (Spa) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo           
118 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram                                
119 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step                                
120 Gian-Paolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                          
121 Andre Schulze (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author                  
122 Marcello Pavarin (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare                 
123 Massimo Demarin (Cro) Loborika                              
124 Michael Riedle (Ger) German National Team                   
125 Jan Valach (Svk) Elk Haus                                   
126 Evgeny Petar Panayotov (Bul) Cycling Club Bourgas           
127 Stefan Histrov (Bul) Cycling Club Bourgas                   
128 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec                
129 Héctor Espasandín Rama (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                
130 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) Fuji-Servetto                          
131 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare                   
132 Erik Mohs (Ger) German National Team                        
133 Héctor González Baeza (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                   
134 Francisco José Pacheco Torres (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo       
135 Martin Prazdnovsky (Svk) Cycling Club Bourgas               
136 Angelov Hristomir (Bul) Cycling Club Bourgas                
137 Alessandro Fantini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo     
138 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD                                       
139 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Quick Step                            
140 Bunyamin Ozdemir (Tur) Turkish National Team                
141 Francesco Di Paolo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo     
142 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel              
143 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto                              
144 Alberto Fernandez De La Puebla (Spa) Fuji-Servetto          
145 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec               
146 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec             
147 Erki Putsep (Est) Cycling Club Bourgas                      
148 Frantisek Kloucek Jr. (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author          
149 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram                             
150 James Lewis Perry (RSA) Team Stegcomputer - Neotel          
151 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld