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90th Giro d'Italia - GT

Italy, May 12-June 3, 2007

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Stage 15 - Sunday, May 27: Trento - Tre Cime Di Lavaredo, 184 km

Riccò takes his first on mythical Tre Cime di Lavaredo

Di Luca shows tremendous grit to save Maglia Rosa

By Gregor Brown and Tim Maloney

Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Prodir)
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23 year-old Riccardo Riccò has added his name to a list that includes Merckx and Gimondi by conquering the 184-kilometre stage to Tre Cime di Lavaredo, and in the process has won his first Giro d'Italia stage. He crossed the line with early escape companion, teammate Piepoli, with Ivan Parra (Cofidis) and Julio Pérez (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) following behind.

In the fight for Maglia Rosa Danilo Di Luca reined champion by controlling the dangerous gap to attacker Eddy Mazzoleni. The Astana rider moved up the overall, 1'51" behind Liquigas' Di Luca, but was not able to take the race lead. Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval-Prodir) was not able to put Di Luca into difficulty and ended the day content with his team's success. Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital) finished sixth, behind his former leader.

"Thanks to Gibo to let me and Leo [Piepoli] go for the stage, I am very happy to have a teammate like him," said Riccò after the stage, complementing his team captain, Simoni. "We did the climb this winter. He called me and said 'come with me and we will ride the hardest stage of the Giro.'"

Riccò was part of the Saunier one-two when his teammate opened the throttle at 325 metres to the top of the cold Tre Cime summit. The stage win moved him up in the GC and closer to his pre-Giro objective, the young riders Maglia Bianca. He is now only 43" behind leader Andy Schleck (Team CSC).

"I am happy to win my first Giro stage, and it was the hardest stage of the Giro."

Eddy Mazzoleni (Astana)
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Eddy Merckx, winner on Tre Cime di Lavaredo in 1968, was on hand to witness the moment. "That win was my most memorable," he reflected. "It is hard to make parallels back to my day but this was truly a difficult day," said the five-time Giro winner. "Today was very, very hard and young Riccò did an amazing job. He first did lots of work with Piepoli on the Pellegrino and then was able to win on the Tre Cime. ... I think both Riccò and Andy Schleck are two riders for the future."

Leo Piepoli waved through his young mate in the final 75 metres. The rider from Puglia had worn the Maglia Verde of best climber all day, however it was on loan from Di Luca and Piepoli set affairs correct by moving in the lead with 19 points.

Colombian Parra and Mexican Pérez provide an international mix to the finale but neither of the true mountain-men could match Saunier's aces. Romping towards the line, just under one minute later, was Mazzoleni. The rider who was named after Merckx was at one point the virtual race leader but ended the day satisfied with his seven-place jump in the overall; he is now in second.

After to Riccò, Di Luca's performance shined the brightest on this cloudy, mythical day to Tre Cime. 'The Killer' struck at 2000 metres to go and left behind a dead looking Simoni, Cunego and Schleck. He was out to save his pink jersey that was in the claws of Mazzoleni.

Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Prodir)
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"Mazzoleni had attacked us on the descent of Giau and I just tried to save myself," recalled Di Luca of the taxing moment. "I was without teammates, but, in the end, I was happy with the result. ... At one point I did not have the maglia but I managed my force in the final kilometres."

Di Luca can consider himself luckily to have the lead when his team had disappeared and Saunier was on the hunt. "My team was tired, they had pulled early. Mazzoleni put in a good attack and I had to finish off the work." Di Luca is now looking at the final difficult stages before the race wraps up in Milano, next Sunday. "Mazzoleni is close on the classification and he can go well in the crono. But I am also watching Schleck."

"Di Luca has good form and his team has worked hard," echoed Merckx. "He as enough experience to manage himself over the next days. Tomorrow is a rest day and he will just need to handle the final difficult stages."

Simoni lost another opportunity to dunk Di Luca into the deep end. On home roads, he simply did not have the legs to mount an offensive on Di Luca and join his teammates up the road. "I had good teammates up front and I am happy for them," Gibo noted optimistically. "It was a really hard stage but I am very content. Saunier Duval showed a lot of force today."

He said to his winning teammate, "Complements to you Riccò! I said when he left 'you are crazy!'" ... I am going for the Maglia Rosa, the time doesn't matter, I will go on." He is fourth overall.

Cunego, who is looking tired the tail-end of the Corsa Rosa, was also with out a punch to throw at Di Luca. "We tried but it is like that. I will try everyday, not just wait until Zoncolan. Everyday will be a battle," concluded an exhausted Cunego.

How it unfolded

Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas)
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As the skies cleared from morning rain and church bells rang throughout Trento, 146 riders departed Piazza Duomo at 11:15 this morning for a mythical, monumental Sunday ride through the Dolomiti Mountains to a mountaintop finish on the Tre Cime Di Lavaredo climb. It was to be the big stage, or "tappone" of the 90th Giro d'Italia.

The gruppo compatto headed due north along the Adige River valley with a tailwind, passing through vineyards of Pinot Grigio and Chardonnay towards the climb up to Cavalese and the Val di Fiemme to pierce the hard heart of the Dolomiti Mountains. Along the Strada Statale 12 "Brennero" towards the Brenner Pass, there were attacks and counter-attacks and eventually a big group of the right combination of riders made up the early break which escaped after 21 kilometres. 12 kilometres later, the break had 3'00" after 40 kilometres covered.

Next up was the as the 16-kilometre ascent from Ora in the Adige Valley up to San Lugano where the Val di Fiemme began. The big break, now at 5'00", was composed of World Champ Paulo Bettini (Quickstep) Cannada and Belohvosciks (Saunier Duval), Marzano (Lampre), Totò Commesso, Contrini and Brutt (Tinkoff), Nocentini and Mondory (Ag2r), Drancourt (Bouygues Telecom) Lucky Baliani (Panaria), Duclos-Lassalle (Cofidis), Caucchioli (Crédit Agricole), Penna (Euskaltel), Jegou (FDJeux), Krauss (Gerolsteiner), Jufré and Zanini (Predictor-Lotto), Rasmussen (Rabobank), Knees (Milram), Aaron Olson (T-Mobile) and Billy Bileka (Discovery).

The Liquigas team of Maglia Rosa was riding tempo on the front and by Moena at the foot of the first rated climb of the day, the Passo San Pellegrino, an 11.8-kilometre ascent, with a 6.4% average gradient with sections of up to 14 percent, the break had a gap of 6'52" and was collaborating well.

Back in the Gruppo Maglia Rosa, the Saunier Duval strategy di giorno quickly became clear after 84 kilometres; they sent Piepoli and Riccò on a counter-attack after five kilometres on the San Pellegrino climb and, who were quickly who joined by climbers Parra (Cofidis) and Pérez Cuapio (Panaria). This quartet gained ground on the break and the Gruppo Maglia Rosa.

At the feed zone in Cencenighe Agordo after 110 kilometres, the break had 4'27" on the Gruppo Maglia Rosa while the Piepoli counter-attack had joined the big break five kilometres later. On the uncategorized 10-kilometre ascent from ski resort of Alleghe up to the summit of Colle Santa Lucia, Saunier Duval sent Cannada to up the pace and this caused about half of the break to go out the back by the summit of Colle Santa Lucia, where the road descends to the Passo Giau, a 9.8-kilometre ascent at 9.4% average gradient.

As the Passo Giau began in Selva di Cadore, Piepoli then hit the front on the cloudy wet road with temperatures in mid-teens but no rain was falling.

Andy Schleck (Team CSC)
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It was the fourth time in Giro history over Passo Giau as only Pérez Cuapio, Parra and Rasmussen could stay with the two Saunier Duval riders. A fifty strong Gruppo Maglia Rosa was at 3'15" with Liquigas riding well with Spezialetti on the front, but after three kilometres of Giau, Paolo Savoldelli moved to the front and notably upped the pace as he was working for teammate Eddy Mazzoleni. This blew the Gruppo Maglia Rosa apart, with all of Maglia Rosa's Liquigas teammates going out the back. Cunego was also isolated, as Bruseghin and Vila were dropped.

Another victim of the Astana attack was Stefano Garzelli (Acqua e Sapone) who was popped and was struggling to get back on the Gruppo Maglia Rosa with his teammate Branislau Samoilau..

At the front of the race, halfway to the summit to Passo Giau, Piepoli's powerful progression had already popped almost everyone in the break, except his teammate Riccò, magic Mexican Pérez Cuapio (Panaria) and Parra (Cofidis), while the ever diminishing Gruppo Maglia Rosa was at 3'10" with just eight riders left; Savoldelli, Mazzoleni, Schleck, Simoni and Arroyo. As Didi Devil ran alongside the break with three kilometres to the summit of Passo Giau, Pérez Cuapio took the devils trident from him and poked Piepoli, then gave it back to the German! The magic Mexican was pleased with himself and cracked a big smile, as next to him, Colombian Ivan Parra was struggling with the ascent.

Behind in the Gruppo Maglia Rosa at 2.7 kilometres from the summit of Passo Giau, Di Luca got tired of Savoldelli's antics and said "basta." The Maglia Rosa accelerated hard and only Schleck, Mazzoleni, Cunego and Simoni could stay with him. Up front, sat the 40-kilometre to go arch, Piepoli slowed slightly and Riccò then took over on the front. The riders put on their wind jackets as the temperature was just five degrees and at the summit of the 2236m high Passo di Giau. Di Luca's pace had personally pulled back 30" to 2'45", with Savoldelli, Petrov and Pozzovivo chasing hard at 3'15", and Garzelli, Bruseghin and others chasing at 4'30".

Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval-Prodir)
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Parra was gapped by Piepoli and Riccò on the fast 20-kilometre descent to the world famous ski resort of Cortina d'Ampezzo as was Pérez Cuapio, the break passed through Cortina d'Ampezzo and both Parra and Pérez Cuapio had rejoined the break. As super descender Savoldelli regained the Gruppo Maglia Rosa, he went to the front and attacked with his teammate Mazzoleni on the descent in Pocol with 28 kilometres remaining. It was a brilliant move that would have major consequences in the final outcome of the stage.

Through Cortina d'Ampezzo the chase was on; the four front riders were still together and Saunier Duval's aggressive strategy was paying off, but Mazzoleni and Savoldelli were coming up fast on the break, and also gaining time on the Gruppo Maglia Rosa. With 20 kilometres to race. as the penultimate ascent of the Passo Tre Croci began, an eight-kilometre ascent with an average of 7.2%, the front quartet was together, with Savoldelli, Mazzoleni and Rasmussen chasing at 1'50" and the Gruppo Maglia Rosa at 3'15".

Mazzoleni had gained 1'25" on Di Luca in eight kilometres by the foot of the Tre Croci. Savoldelli had done his work and he peeled off to let his Astana teammate fly away after the leaders.

At the Passo Tre Croci GPM, with 14 kilometres to race, a few raindrops were now falling from the threatening skies as the four front fugitives were still led by Piepoli and Riccò, while Mazzoleni was coming up fast, just at 1'20". Rasmussen was now alone in no man's land at 2'46" behind and closing on the front of the race while, further back, the Gruppo Maglia Rosa contained Di Luca, Schleck, Cunego, Sella, Pozzovivo, Petrov, Arroyo, Savoldelli and Simoni. The gap between the break and Gruppo Maglia Rosa was now 4'00", which meant that Riccò and Mazzoleni had both taken time from Di Luca. There were now three Panaria riders in the Gruppo Maglia Rosa as Luckily Baliani had gotten back on.

Damiano Cunego (Lampre-Fondital)
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The cold rain had increased on the short descent from the Passo Tre Croci and as soon as the road turned back up, Parra attacked but was covered by Piepoli. At 10 kilometres to go, Mazzoleni was 1'24" behind the break, with the Gruppo Maglia Rosa at 4'24" and Mazzoleni was now just a few seconds out of the Maglia Rosa Virtuale.

It was past Lago di Misurina and then the steep 7.2-kilometre ascent to Tre Cime Di Lavaredo commenced, with its 7.6% average grade and sections up to 18%. Riccò took off solo and quickly gained 15" on the other three. Behind, Mazzoleni's lead had grown to 3'30" on the Gruppo Maglia Rosa and the Astana man was dreaming the impossible dream, as he had become the Maglia Rosa Virtuale. But Mazzoleni's dream lasted only a few kilometres, as Di Luca still had something left.

With three kilometres to go to the summit of Tre Cime Di Lavaredo, there was a mano a mano battle at the front of the break between Riccò and Pérez Cuapio on the terrible, steep ramp of a road, while Mazzoleni had faded a bit and was now 1'20" behind the break. In the Gruppo Maglia Rosa, Cunego had attacked and Di Luca covered, then made his own move 500 metres later that shredded his group when he went. Simoni could only follow 10 metres behind as the Maglia Rosa showed just how strong he still was. The break passed under the one-kilometre kite, Parra made an attack that was countered by Riccò, which dropped Pérez Cuapio definitively. Riccò kept going in the final kilometre and only his teammate Piepoli could stay with him.

Atop Tre Cime Di Lavaredo, Riccò took his first career win at the Giro d'Italia, with Parra third at 10", Pérez Cuapio fourth at 32". Mazzoleni powered home 1'29" for fifth but his rosa dream was ended by the Maglia Rosa himself, as Di Luca flew up the last three kilometres faster than any rider and was sixth, 2'53" behind Riccò and 1'24" from Mazzoleni. Simoni was next across the finish line atop Tre Cime Di Lavaredo at 3'30" and had lost almost a minute to Di Luca, while Cunego was eighth, just six seconds behind Simoni.

The GC picture has changed notably after Stage 15 in the 90th Giro d'Italia. Di Luca is still in command, while Astana man Mazzoleni's audacious move Sunday move him from ninth on GC at 3'15" to second at 1'51".

Best Young Rider Andy Schleck hung tough on a difficult stage to maintain third on GC and lost only 16" to Di Luca. Saunier Duval's Gibo Simoni moved up one place to fourth, but lost 37" to Di Luca. Cunego slid down one place to fifth and lost 43" to Di Luca on Tre Cime Di Lavaredo.

Riccò made a big jump from 13th to sixth and took back over three minutes from Maglia Rosa Di Luca today. Panaria's climber Lele Sella and Tinkov's Petrov swapped places today and are respectively eighth and ninth, while Cunego's Lampre teammate Marzio Bruseghin started stage 15 just 55" behind Di Luca but faded in the mountains and is now 10th, 9'29" behind Di Luca. But Stage 15's biggest loser was stage 14 winner Stefano Garzelli (Acqua e Sapone), who finished 36th at 17'29", going from 12th on GC to 17th. Piepoli took the Maglia Verde of Best Climber as a proper leader, while top sprinter Alessandro Petacchi still rules the Best Sprinter Competition for the Maglia Ciclamino.

Stage 16 - Tuesday, May 29: Agordo (Dolomiti Stars) - Lienz (Austria), 189 km

After a well-deserved rest day, the Giro starts again with a sortie into Austria from the eyewear town of Agordo with climbing from the start over the Passo Campolongo.

Perfect for opportunistic stage seekers, stage 16 could be decided by the steep ascent of the Bannberg, 27 kilometres from Lienz.

Photography

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Results

1 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          5.47.22
2 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                               
3 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         0.10
4 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare            0.32
5 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana                                             1.29
6 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                           2.53
7 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            3.30
8 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                  3.36
9 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                             3.52
10 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                       6.03
11 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              6.07
12 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana                                              
13 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                       6.27
14 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                       6.59
15 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                              7.11
16 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                         7.32
17 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                    8.07
18 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                   8.43
19 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                                9.50
20 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana                                          10.21
21 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo               10.49
22 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            11.20
23 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                              11.27
24 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                   11.31
25 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                     12.26
26 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                              
27 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare         12.44
28 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital                   
29 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                               12.56
30 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                        13.06
31 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             13.19
32 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team      15.36
33 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                   15.40
34 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                               16.17
35 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                    17.29
36 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                      
37 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team                                        
38 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                              17.35
39 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank                                     18.34
40 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                18.48
41 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                         19.01
42 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone     20.43
43 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 20.48
44 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               21.02
45 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                          21.12
46 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                   21.42
47 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                 21.58
48 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                  22.25
49 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team                                       24.50
50 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                     25.05
51 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           25.14
52 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           
53 Aaron Olson (USA) T-Mobile Team                                       26.36
54 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                               26.44
55 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                 27.28
56 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             27.52
57 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                           29.08
58 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                                
59 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                             
60 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           29.21
61 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                    
62 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r Prévoyance                                    
63 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                            29.27
64 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                       29.47
65 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                      33.17
66 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                    33.22
67 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                     
68 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                              33.37
69 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                           33.44
70 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto                             34.03
71 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                34.27
72 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                       34.37
73 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic                            34.39
74 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor - Lotto                                34.42
75 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                                      
76 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                       
77 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                  34.45
78 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                            
79 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
80 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre - Fondital                                    
81 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                              
82 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                     34.51
83 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                 34.53
84 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas                                    35.03
85 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                               
86 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                              35.09
87 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana                                           35.17
88 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         35.40
89 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas                                            35.48
90 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                 35.57
91 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                        35.59
92 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                        36.09
93 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                36.16
94 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                      36.27
95 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                        
96 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           
97 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole                                        
98 Iban Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                     
99 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                       36.50
100 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                            36.54
101 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                       37.04
102 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                                     37.09
103 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit System                 37.11
104 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                                 37.14
105 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            
106 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                   37.18
107 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                              37.20
108 Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             37.23
109 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                                 37.33
110 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                37.37
111 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                     
112 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           37.44
113 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                 37.46
114 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                  37.53
115 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                    37.54
116 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram                                   
117 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                     
118 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                    38.16
119 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              38.21
120 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                      38.24
121 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          
122 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                  38.30
123 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               38.41
124 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                      38.44
125 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                             38.52
126 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 
127 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                              39.00
128 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     39.01
129 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                        39.08
130 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                       39.12
131 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana                                                 
132 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                       
133 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             39.29
134 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    
135 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                           39.34
136 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          
137 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        39.38
138 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                             39.44
139 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                     
140 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                                 39.48
141 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                           39.50
142 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              40.01
143 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 40.10
DNS Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                    
DNF Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           
DNF Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          
DNF Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana                                      
 
Points
 
1 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                               29 pts
2 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             26
3 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare              22
4 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           19
5 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana                                               13
6 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                             10
7 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                               9
8 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                     8
9 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                7
10 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                          6
11 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana                                             6
12 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 5
13 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                          3
14 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                          2
15 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                                 1
16 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana                                              -5
17 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  -5
18 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     -5
19 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 -5
20 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                  -5
21 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         -5
22 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                                         -5
23 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              -10
 
TV Garibaldi
 
Cortina D' Ampezzo (162.1 km
 
1 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare               5 pts
2 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                              4
3 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                3
4 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            2
5 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana                                              1
6 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana                                                 
 
Mountains
 
Passo S. Pellegrino (93 km)
 
1 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                       10 pts
2 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                                    6
3 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                    4
4 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                               2
5 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                             1
 
Passo Di Giau (145.5 km)
 
1 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             10 pts
2 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                6
3 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare               4
4 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            2
5 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                           1
 
Passo Tre Croci (170.1 km)
 
1 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                              5 pts
2 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                3
3 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare               1
 
Tre Clime Di Lavaredo (184 km)
 
1 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                               15 pts
2 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             10
3 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            6
4 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare               4
5 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana                                                2
 
Most combative
 
1 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             16 pts
2 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                               14
3 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare              11
4 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            7
5 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                        4
6 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                                    3
7 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana                                                2
8 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                    2
9 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                              1
10 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana                                             1
11 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                              1
 
Azzurri d'Italia
 
1 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                4 pts
2 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                              2
3 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            1
 
Trofeo fast team
 
1 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                              17.25.36
2 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                                            11.12
3 Liquigas                                                               13.54
4 Astana                                                                 14.27
5 Lampre - Fondital                                                      24.17
6 Caisse D'epargne                                                       35.59
7 Cofidis, Le Credit P. Telephone                                        36.11
8 Predictor - Lotto                                                      36.52
9 Tinkoff Credit Systems                                                 37.59
10 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo                                       42.17
11 T-Mobile Team                                                         48.50
12 Rabobank                                                              50.39
13 Team Csc                                                            1.08.24
14 Quick Step - Innergetic                                             1.12.40
15 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                  1.13.20
16 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                     1.17.58
17 Francaise Des Jeux                                                  1.19.19
18 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                 1.22.43
19 Credit Agricole                                                     1.24.15
20 Bouygues Telecom                                                    1.30.38
21 Team Milram                                                         1.36.30
22 Gerolsteiner                                                        1.40.38
 
Trofeo super team
 
1 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                                    53 pts
2 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                                               35
3 Liquigas                                                                  27
4 Astana                                                                    26
5 Cofidis, Le Credit P. Telephone                                           18
6 Lampre - Fondital                                                         13
7 Team Csc                                                                  12
8 Caisse D'epargne                                                          10
9 Rabobank                                                                   8
10 Tinkoff Credit Systems                                                    6
11 Predictor - Lotto                                                         2
12 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo                                            
13 T-Mobile Team                                                              
14 Francaise Des Jeux                                                         
15 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                        
16 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                         
17 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                            
18 Credit Agricole                                                            
19 Quick Step - Innergetic                                                    
20 Bouygues Telecom                                                           
21 Team Milram                                                                
22 Gerolsteiner                                                               
 
General classification after stage fifteen
 
1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                       68.00.55
2 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana                                             1.51
3 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                             2.56
4 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            3.19
5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                  3.23
6 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             3.39
7 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               6.05
8 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                        7.02
9 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                               7.29
10 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                               9.29
11 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                       9.30
12 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       10.17
13 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana                                         12.08
14 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital              12.35
15 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         13.51
16 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                  16.13
17 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                 20.02
18 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                     21.59
19 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo               26.44
20 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                   27.58
21 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana                                          28.26
22 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                        30.18
23 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                   34.35
24 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                    35.05
25 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                   36.02
26 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                               41.25
27 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare         42.40
28 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                               47.03
29 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                            48.50
30 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                               49.18
31 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                               49.44
32 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare          50.08
33 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team      50.28
34 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            51.21
35 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone     52.44
36 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                       53.02
37 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                       53.47
38 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 55.10
39 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                         56.28
40 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas                                            57.43
41 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               58.42
42 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      59.14
43 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                               1.00.24
44 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                            1.00.51
45 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         1.01.09
46 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r Prévoyance                             1.02.34
47 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto                           1.03.24
48 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           1.03.51
49 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic                          1.08.15
50 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         1.09.10
51 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           1.09.46
52 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                       1.09.53
53 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                      1.12.12
54 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                    1.17.29
55 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           1.17.58
56 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                            1.18.07
57 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                    1.19.42
58 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team                                     1.20.08
59 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                             1.21.45
60 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas                                  1.21.51
61 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                         1.24.21
62 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                    1.26.46
63 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                   1.29.01
64 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                      1.30.38
65 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    1.31.11
66 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                       1.32.32
67 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                      1.34.03
68 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team                                 1.34.50
69 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                               1.34.54
70 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              1.35.48
71 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                               1.36.51
72 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      1.36.52
73 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                             1.37.24
74 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              1.38.07
75 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                                1.39.00
76 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                         1.40.15
77 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                     1.42.44
78 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                             1.44.42
79 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                1.45.06
80 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                            1.45.41
81 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                               
82 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                1.46.53
83 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                 1.47.04
84 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                               1.47.12
85 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    1.47.22
86 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo               1.48.03
87 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                                1.48.11
88 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              1.50.02
89 Iban Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              1.52.25
90 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                               1.53.21
91 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                     1.55.35
92 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          1.56.10
93 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre - Fondital                             1.56.28
94 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank                                   1.56.37
95 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                                    1.57.37
96 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                         1.57.51
97 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            1.59.32
98 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                          2.02.40
99 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit System                2.03.33
100 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             2.04.42
101 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                               2.05.06
102 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                    2.05.32
103 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      2.05.35
104 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana                                        2.05.37
105 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                     2.06.19
106 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                  2.06.26
107 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare              2.07.04
108 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                              2.09.24
109 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                 2.11.59
110 Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           2.12.50
111 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                  2.13.31
112 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                2.14.16
113 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo               2.17.49
114 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram                            2.18.35
115 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana                                          2.20.23
116 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                  2.20.25
117 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               2.20.48
118 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              2.21.24
119 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                2.21.26
120 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                      2.22.05
121 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                2.24.16
122 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Prodir                   2.25.03
123 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                               2.26.19
124 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   2.26.42
125 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             2.28.56
126 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                             2.29.28
127 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole                                2.29.32
128 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            2.31.45
129 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                       2.32.27
130 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                    2.33.27
131 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            2.34.55
132 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                         2.37.50
133 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                          2.38.12
134 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor - Lotto                             2.39.38
135 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           2.40.53
136 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                 2.46.38
137 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                2.51.02
138 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                           2.51.12
139 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          2.51.53
140 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     2.52.24
141 Aaron Olson (USA) T-Mobile Team                                    2.55.24
142 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                     2.57.48
143 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      2.58.14
 
Points classification
 
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                    135 pts
2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                            108
3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                96
4 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             73
5 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                               70
6 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                              67
7 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                     65
8 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                               59
9 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                     59
10 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                   57
11 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                                     56
12 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                 51
13 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana                                              47
14 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                         38
15 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                               37
16 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                36
17 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                      33
18 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          32
19 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                        32
20 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare             32
21 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                                32
22 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                         30
23 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                         29
24 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare            28
25 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana                                            26
26 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    24
27 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   20
28 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                           20
29 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                             18
30 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                17
31 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic                               16
32 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   15
33 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                                         12
34 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital                 12
35 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                                     12
36 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            12
37 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                      12
38 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                             12
39 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   11
40 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                    11
41 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         10
42 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                10
43 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                                    10
44 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                           9
45 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                            8
46 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas                                                8
47 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r Prévoyance                                   8
48 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   8
49 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                                   7
50 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                      7
51 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                       7
52 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                                   6
53 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            6
54 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                   6
55 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                          5
56 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 5
57 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                   4
58 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto                                 4
59 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                      4
60 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   4
61 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                                4
62 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                                  3
63 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                             3
64 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                             3
65 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 3
66 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                      2
67 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                       2
68 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                       2
69 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   2
70 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                  2
71 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit System                      2
72 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                   1
73 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          1
74 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                               1
75 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                               1
76 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                         1
77 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                           1
78 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                            1
79 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                           -5
80 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                  -5
81 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               -5
82 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                          -5
83 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     -5
84 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                            -5
85 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         -5
86 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                    -6
87 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                        -9
88 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              -10
89 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                -15
90 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana                                             -20
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             60 pts
2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                             41
3 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                               36
4 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                       31
5 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare             23
6 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 20
7 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                              16
8 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                  15
9 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                   15
10 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                         14
11 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                              14
12 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          13
13 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                   11
14 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare              9
15 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                                   8
16 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                         8
17 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic                                8
18 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana                                               7
19 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                          7
20 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                   6
21 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                                   6
22 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana                                             5
23 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                                   4
24 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                            4
25 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                  3
26 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                              3
27 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                     3
28 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                          2
29 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital                  2
30 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                     2
31 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                      2
32 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          2
33 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 2
34 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          1
35 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                             1
36 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                            1
37 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    1
38 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            1
39 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                                      1
40 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                       1
 
Best young rider classification
 
1 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                         68.03.51
2 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             0.43
3 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                   13.17
4 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                23.48
5 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                         27.22
6 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  52.14
7 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                55.46
8 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       56.18
9 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                               57.55
10 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic                          1.05.19
11 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                       1.06.57
12 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                    1.16.46
13 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                       1.29.36
14 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team                                 1.31.54
15 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                               1.33.55
16 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      1.33.56
17 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                         1.37.19
18 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                             1.41.46
19 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                1.42.10
20 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                               1.44.16
21 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                     1.52.39
22 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank                                   1.53.41
23 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                                    1.54.41
24 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                      2.03.23
25 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare               2.04.08
26 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                 2.11.20
27 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                       2.19.09
28 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    2.23.46
29 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                              2.26.32
30 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole                                 2.26.36
31 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             2.28.49
32 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                        2.29.31
33 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             2.31.59
34 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                          2.34.54
35 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                           2.35.16
36 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            2.37.57
37 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                 2.48.06
38 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      2.49.28
39 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                      2.54.52
 
TV Girabaldi classification
 
1 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    13 pts
2 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     9
3 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                          8
4 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                               8
5 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            7
6 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     7
7 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           6
8 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                        6
9 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    6
10 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare              5
11 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 5
12 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                            5
13 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                     5
14 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                                  5
15 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                                   5
16 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                  4
17 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             4
18 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            4
19 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                   4
20 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                                      4
21 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                              4
22 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                               3
23 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                3
24 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto                                 3
25 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                      3
26 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare             2
27 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                                 2
28 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                                   2
29 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                             2
30 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                     2
31 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 2
32 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                     1
33 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana                                             1
34 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                       1
35 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                       1
36 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                     1
37 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                  1
38 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic                                1
39 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                          1
 
Most combative classification
 
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                     31 pts
2 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             29
3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                             26
4 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                       25
5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                24
6 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                               21
7 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare             20
8 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                         17
9 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                              17
10 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          15
11 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   13
12 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                              13
13 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare             11
14 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    11
15 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                 10
16 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                    10
17 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                                  10
18 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 9
19 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    9
20 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana                                               9
21 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                          9
22 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic                                8
23 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                              8
24 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          7
25 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    7
26 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                   7
27 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                              7
28 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                                7
29 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                          6
30 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                    6
31 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana                                             6
32 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                     6
33 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   6
34 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                            5
35 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                                  5
36 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                                 5
37 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                   4
38 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                                   4
39 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                          4
40 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            4
41 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                                      4
42 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                                      4
43 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                          3
44 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                  3
45 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto                                 3
46 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                            3
47 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                                   3
48 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                      3
49 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 3
50 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                             2
51 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                     2
52 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 2
53 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital                  1
54 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                       1
55 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                       1
56 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                     1
57 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                      1
58 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                       1
 
Azzurri d'Italia classification
 
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                     15 pts
2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                             11
3 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                              8
4 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                6
5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                 6
6 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                   4
7 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                      4
8 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare              4
9 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                           4
10 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                              4
11 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                         2
12 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                               2
13 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           1
14 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                     1
15 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                    1
16 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                                1
17 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                     1
 
Trofeo fast team classification
 
1 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                             203.15.02
2 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                                             0.11
3 Lampre - Fondital                                                       0.43
4 Liquigas                                                                1.32
5 Astana                                                                 11.35
6 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo                                        54.30
7 Cofidis, Le Credit P. Telephone                                      1.24.56
8 Caisse D'epargne                                                     1.33.12
9 Predictor - Lotto                                                    1.34.46
10 Team Csc                                                            1.49.48
11 Quick Step - Innergetic                                             2.00.09
12 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                     2.07.56
13 Tinkoff Credit Systems                                              2.28.06
14 T-Mobile Team                                                       2.28.52
15 Rabobank                                                            2.31.14
16 Discovery Channel Pro CyclingTeam                                   2.34.52
17 Credit Agricole                                                     3.13.54
18 Bouygues Telecom                                                    3.21.25
19 Francaise Des Jeux                                                  3.31.57
20 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                 3.46.32
21 Gerolsteiner                                                        3.57.24
22 Team Milram                                                         5.06.10
 
Trofeo super team classification
 
1 Lampre - Fondital                                                        329 pts
2 Liquigas                                                                 283
3 Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                                              280
4 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                                   245
5 Astana                                                                   193
6 Team Csc                                                                 179
7 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo                                          176
8 Caisse D'epargne                                                         173
9 Team Milram                                                              148
10 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                         146
11 Quick Step - Innergetic                                                 139
12 Tinkoff Credit Systems                                                  122
13 Credit Agricole                                                         120
14 Predictor - Lotto                                                       116
15 Gerolsteiner                                                             92
16 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                      81
17 Discovery Channel Pro CyclingTeam                                        75
18 Cofidis, Le Credit P. Telephone                                          68
19 Bouygues Telecom                                                         65
20 Rabobank                                                                 65
21 T-Mobile Team                                                            42
22 Francaise Des Jeux                                                       13


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