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98th Milano-Sanremo - PT
Italy, March 24, 2007
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Oscar the Cat takes his second Sanremo win
Freire's feline instinct brings victory in 100th anniversary edition of Milano-Sanremo
By Tim Maloney - European Editor in Milan
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Like a hungry orange cat pouncing on a tasty mouse, Rabobank's Oscar Freire jumped at just the right moment in the final sprint of the 98th edition of Milano-Sanremo to beat the best sprinters in the world, taking his second career win in the most prestigious of Italian one day races. And this time, it wasn't close like his 2004 victory, as Freire swooped the other speedsters to win by a bike length.
With a huge smile like the cat that ate the canary, a clearly delighted Freire told RAI-TV's Alessandra Di Stefano in a post-race interview: "I was really good today and I didn't have any problems to find the right wheel. I wanted to win and this time, my win was different from the last one (in 2004)". Three years ago, Freire snuck by an exultant Erik Zabel on the right, who celebrated his fifth Milano-Sanremo win too soon and the Spaniard won by 3cm with a brilliant bike throw. Today, the Rabobank man positioned himself perfectly on Petacchi's wheel behind the Milram leadout and made his move with a blistering jump on the left side of the road to comfortably beat Discovery Channel's Alan Davis.
Davis made a brilliant kamikaze move from behind with 150 metres to go, reaching Freire's wheel just as the Spaniard jumped and following him to the line with a perfect bike throw to snatch second from Tom Boonen, with his fellow Aussies Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto) 4th and Stuart O'Grady (CSC) in 5th. With his runner-up spot in La Classicissima, Davis continues Discovery Channel's series of excellent results this Spring. Quick.Step's Tom Boonen had a good race to make the podium at Milano-Sanremo, while Milram's Alessandro Petacchi was a disappointing 8th. And although he had a royal lead-out today with Ongarato, Velo and Erik Zabel in the last kilometre, Petacchi seemed to lack the explosive action in his jump; the Italian even stopped pedaling in the last 50 metres and was passed by Zabel who ended up 7th. Petacchi's loyal Milram teammate Marco Velo seemed to rationalize Petacchi's poor performance today when he said post-race that, "we did a great job today and after all he's been through, Petacchi's ride today was like a victory."
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Fresh from back-to-back stage wins at Tirreno-Adriatico, Saunier-Duval's Ricardo Ricco made a brilliant attack on the Poggio as he promised. Ricco took off with Francaise des Jeux's Phillipe Gilbert and got what looked like a race winning gap. At the summit of the Poggio ascent, the duo had a 10" lead, but just couldn't hold off the determined chase of the sprinters' teams and were reeled in with 1200 metres to go. "There were only two of us," explained Ricco, "and if we had been three or four away, we might have stayed away. In the last kilometre of the Poggio, Gilbert went and I followed, then counter-attacked. After that, I was tapped out and didn't have anything left. I had really great legs today and showed something, so I'll be back next year for another try."
World Champion Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) had an unlucky Milano-Sanremo, as he was caught behind a crash before the Cipressa with 30km to go and had to chase hard to get back in the race.
But the tough little Tuscan showed why he is wearing those rainbow stripes and came back to have an important impact in the finale of this year's race. "I wasn't too good today but I have to thank my teammate Tosatto who encouraged me today," said Bettini. "I wanted to abandon at the second feed zone but he told me to keep going. I had to come back before the Cipressa and it was hard but I was there on the Poggio, working for Tom (Boonen)." Although his team rode an excellent race, last year's winner Filippo Pozatto (Liquigas) was never a factor in this year's edition of Milano-Sanremo.
How it unfolded
197 riders rolled out from Castello Sforzesco at 9.15am for the ceremonial start, and at 9.30am in via Chiesa Rossa on the southern outskirts of Milan, the race was officially started and the hostilities began right away with attack after attack. In the first hour, 46.1km were covered on the flat roads south of Milan into a headwind. The high speed and constant attacking continued for another hour, and after two hours of Milano-Sanremo, the average speed was 46.2km/h.
After 86km of racing near Pozzolo Formigaro, the right combination of six riders got away from the main gruppo and the escape consisted of Pavel Brutt (Tinkoff), Andrei Kunitski (Aqua & Sapone), Emmanuele Sella (Panaria), Aitor Hernandez (Euskaltel), Koen De Koert (Rabobank) and Roberto Trafficante (LPR).
After 120km in Ovada at the foot of the Paso Turchino, the six riders had a maximum advantage of 7'51". At the first feed zone in Campo Ligure after 135km, there was a crash with Frédéric Guesdon (Francaise des Jeux) and José Ivan Gutierrez (Caisse d'Epargne), who both abandoned. As the riders approached the coastal mountain range that divides the Po River valley from the sea coast of Liguria, the snowy north slopes of the Passo Turchino and the cold mountain air made for difficult conditions. At the top of the Passo Turchino, it was Sella who passed first with the gruppo at 7'05".
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On the long descent of the Passo Turchino, Daniele Contrini (Tinkoff) and Marco Fertonani (Caisse d'Epargne) hit a guardrail causing the Tinkoff rider to abandon. As the gruppo headed down the descent and rode on to the via Aurelia coast road, light intermittent rain began to fall along the Rivera Ligure, making the road slippery and provoking numerous crashes. Up front, Trafficante was dropped from the break in Piani di Invrea as Brutt and Kunitski were riding hard to stay away. After the second feed zone in Ceriale, there was a crash near Alassio, where Sébastien Hinault (Credit Agricole) and Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval) hit the deck.
In Pietra Ligure after 215km, the now five-strong break's lead had dropped to 4'52", with the average speed after five hours of racing a speedy 43.84km/h.
By Laigueglia, the break had a 3'00" lead with Milram, Quick.Step, Lampre and Rabobank chasing on the front. The front riders hit the first of the coastal climbs, Capo Mele and Brutt rode hard, gapping the other riders in the break.
On Capo Cervo with 48km to go, Sella and De Koert were dropped from the break and swallowed up by the fast moving gruppo. The four breakaway riders' lead was falling and at the conclusion of Capo Cervo, the break's gap was now down to one minute. At this point there was a crash in the gruppo that took Gerolsteiner's David Kopp out of the race.
Brutt continued to power the break through Diana Marina and into Imperia with 40km to race, but the gap was now down to 40". There were 10km between the base of Capo Cervo and the beginning of the penultimate ascent of the day, the Cipressa, and the wet slippery roads were causing more crashes, as Marco Zanotti (Unibet) and two Barloworld riders hit the deck. World Champion Bettini was caught behind the crash and was delayed, re-injuring his broken rib and having to chase hard to get back on the tail of the main gruppo.
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With 27km to go in San Lorenzo a Mare, the 5.7km ascent of the Cipressa began. The front trio still had a 30" lead as the riders maneuvered for position behind. Hernandez attacked the break as Brutt chased hard but the gruppo sucked up the break with 26km to race on the first ramps of the Cipressa. Meanwhile, Thomas Voeckler (Bouyges) attacked off the front of the gruppo but his move was covered by Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas) as Bettini was trying to work his way back through the group to the front. Quick.Step brought back the attack and it was gruppo compatto halfway up the Cipressa.
Franco Pellizotti was next to attack from Liquigas to keep the pressure on and Andrea Moletta (Gerolsteiner) bridged across to him as some splits were created behind. Next up was a big attack from Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery) who came across to the front duo as Lampre chased behind. At the summit, the asphalt of the tricky, twisting descent back to via Aurelia was fortunately dry.
The time for the ascent was 9'57", while the record for the Cipressa is 9'28", an average speed of 34km/h.
Local lad Mirko Celestino (Milram) dove down the twisty road with 20km remaing to try and get across to the break with Patxi Vila (Lampre), as Moletta then crashed hard out of the lead break when he lost control on a tight curve and hit a light pole on the left side of the road, smashing his left side hard. Now on the via Aurelia, Popovych and Pellizotti were 10" ahead of Celestino and Vila, with the gruppo at 20". In Arma di Taggia, the gruppo, led by Boonen's Quick.Step boys was closing in on the Milram and Lampre riders as Celestino wasn't pulling through under team orders.
Popovych and Pellizotti had gained time up front and with 12km to race through the Gastaletti tunnel, the duo had 28" on the Quick.Step led gruppo. Bettini had come back and was tucked in just behind his team. As the final climb of the Poggio began with 9km to go, the dynamic duo had lost ground to the now CSC led peloton and were just 8" behind. After 500m of the Poggio, it was gruppo compatto as Carlos Baredo (Quick.Step) was on the front. The pace was fast but not all out while Popovych attacked again before the first hairpin curve. He was chased by Alexander Efimkin (Barloworld) who never got across, but then Ricardo Serrano (Tinkoff) went after Popovych. As the attackers hit the false flat near the Madonna della Guardia chapel, Popovych was caught and Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux ) then attacked on the steepest part of the Poggio. Ricco took off after him with Matthias Kessler (Astana) and the Saunier Duval rider then counter-attacked, ascending the Poggio like an elevator with just 6.5km to go.
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Behind, Kim Kirchen (T-Mobile), Bettini, Fränk Schleck (CSC) and Freire were chasing hard and over the top of the Poggio with 5.7km to race, Ricco and Gilbert had a 10" lead on the chasing group. But World Champion Bettini was still working hard, chasing all out to bring the two escapees back with Lampre's Ballan and Vila and Kirchen behind. As the front duo came back on the via Aurelia after the Poggio descent with 2.3km to go, they still had a lead of 100m on the chasers, but the sprinters' teams like Lampre and Milram were setting up behind and they brought the two fugitives to heal with 1.2km left to race. It would be a mass sprint again on via Roma and Milram rode a great leadout for their man Petacchi, but an opportunistic Oscar Freire came off Petacchi's wheel with perfect timing as the 31 year-old Spaniard from Torrelavega who lives in Switzerland has won three World Road Championships. If Freire can keep his health this year, he may make it four this coming September in Stuttgart.
Photography
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Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Axel Merckx (T-Mobile) at the start in Milano.
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) with Colnago the man behind the famous machine that the 2007 Sanremo was won on.
- Erik Zabel (Milram) at the start in Milano.
- Riders gather at the start in Milano, Castello Sforzesco.
- Saturday morning at Castello Sforzesco , the riders wait to race.
- La Partenza of the 98th Milano-Sanremo.
- The riders roll out to start the 294 kilometre journey.
- Tom Boonen (Quickstep-Innergetic) looks ready to race.
- Tom Boonen thinking about the sprint on the Via Roma.
- Belgian Tom Boonen (Quickstep-Innergetic) is always very polite, even when the camera is on him all day.
- Tom Boonen (Quickstep-Innergetic) rolls on.
- David Millar (Saunier Duval-Prodir).
- David Millar (Saunier Duval-Prodir) looks happy to be racing (he finished 23 seconds down).
- The trees of Lombardy form a beautiful backdrop for a beautiful race.
- Many round-abouts dot this country.
- 2005 Sanremo winner Alessandro Petacchi (Milram)
- Cofidis control affairs.
- Riding along the Ligurian coast.
- The Ligurian coast offers stunning scenery.
- Riders are streaming along the parcours of the Milano-Sanremo (Descending the Poggio).
- The peloton rolls along.
- The early escape of Pavel Brutt (Tinkoff Credit Systems), Andrei Kunitski (Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo), Koen De Kort (Astana), Emanuele Sella (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare), Roberto Traficante (Team LPR) and Aitor Hernández (Euskaltel-Euskadi).
- The day's escape led by Aitor Hernández (Euskaltel-Euskadi).
- The last minute escape of Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Prodir) and Philippe Gilbert (Française Des Jeux)
- Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Prodir) and Philippe Gilbert (Française Des Jeux) descend the Poggio.
- Riccò lived up to his word of attacking in the race
- Bettini leads Ballan on the descent of Poggio
- Freire corners on the Poggio
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) corners on the downhill to Sanremo
- Tom Boonen (Quickstep-Innergetic) on the Poggio
- 2006 Winner Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) on the run down to Sanremo
- Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto) followed by Manuele Mori (Saunier Duval-Prodir)
- TV Time for Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Prodir) and Philippe Gilbert (Française Des Jeux)
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep-Innergetic) did not have great day
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep-Innergetic) followed by Alessandro Ballan (Lampre-Fondital)
- The chase is on.
- Welcome to Sanremo.
- Freire wins his second Milano-Sanremo
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) takes the sprint.
- Fists are pumping! Oscar Freire (Rabobank) wins the 98th Milano-Sanremo.
- Spaniard Oscar Freire (Rabobank) wins Sanremo.
- Freire punches the air.
- Arms raised... Oscar Freire (Rabobank) confirms he has won his second Sanremo.
- Freire conquered Tom Boonen (Quickstep-Innergetic) and Allan Davis (Discovery Channel).
- 2X Sanremo and 3X World Champion Oscar Freire (Rabobank)
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) awarded.
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) opening the bubbly.
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) on the podium.
- Freire with the Trophy.
- Flowers and Trophy for Spaniard Oscar Freire (Rabobank)
- Kisses ... Oscar Freire (Rabobank) kissed the trophy
- The top three Allan Davis (Discovery Channel), Oscar Freire (Rabobank) and Tom Boonen (Quickstep-Innergetic) (l-r)
- Davis, Freire and Boonen (l-r) on the podium.
- Davis, Freire and Boonen (l-r) on the podium.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) is well wrapped up at the start.
- Pettachi rolls out for the start in Castello Sforzesco.
- The ceremonial start in Castello Sforzesco.
- The peloton cruising in the early stages.
- The day's breakaway group negotiate a railway crossing.
- Warning: Staring at this photograph may have serious side-effects.
- Frédéric Guesdon (Française Des Jeux) and José Enrique Gutierrez (Team LPR) got tangled up midway through the race but both managed to re-join.
- David Kopp (Gerolsteiner) had a nasty crash on Capo Cervo.
- Kopp sustained a broken nose in the crash but was fortunate to avoid more serious injury.
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery) goes for it on the Cipressa.
- Andrea Moletta (Gerolsteiner) crashed on the Cipressa and broke his thigh.
- Paolo Bettini (QuickStep) picks himself up after a fall on the Cipressa.
- The World Champion climbs back into the race.
- Freire sits comfortably behind Boonen on the Poggio.
- QuickStep set a ferocious tempo on the Poggio to bring things together for Tom Boonen.
- Philippe Gilbert (Francaise des Jeux) tried his luck with a huge attack on the Poggio.
- Gilbert flies away with Matthias Kessler (Astana) and Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval) glued to his wheel.
- Gilbert leads Kessler and Ricco near the Poggio summit.
- Riccò drives it up the Poggio as Gilbert checks the gap.
- Riccò was super strong today but couldn't break the sprinters' teams.
- Riccò and Gilbert fly down the Poggio.
- Milram gave Petacchi a great lead-out but the Italian couldn't seal the deal.
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) wins the 89th Milan - San Remo.
- Freire celebrates as Allan Davis (Discovery) and Tom Boonen (QuickStep) lunge for second and third places.
- A delighted Freire was mobbed by journalists and photographers at the finish.
- Filippo Pozatto (Liquigas) didn't figure in the finale today, placing a disappointing 19th.
- Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval) interviewed by Italian TV station RAI at the finish.
- The podium (l-r): Allan Davis (Discovery), Oscar Freire (Rabobank) and Tom Boonen (QuickStep).
- Oscar Freire now has two victories in Milan - San Remo, his first coming in 2004.
- Freire lets loose with the champagne.
Images by Davide Tricarico/www.laborraccia.it
- A beautiful castle and landscape to start Milano-Sanremo
- Axel Merckx (T-Mobile) at the start
- David Kopp (Gerolsteiner) ended his day in the hospital.
- Erki Pütsep (Bouygues Telecom) is the Estonian champ
- Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone) will try to escape on Poggio?
- Erik Zabel (Milram) dedicated himself to teammate Petacchi
- Tom Boonen (Quickstep-Innergetic) gives an autograph.
- A smiling Oscar Freire (Rabobank) at the start.
- Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto) finished in the top-ten.
- Laszlo Bodrogi (Crédit Agricole) is the Hungarian champ
- Marco Fertonani (Caisse d'Epargne) will ride on home roads.
- Gregory Rast (Astana) is the Swiss champ
- The riders are relaxing under the sun before the start
- The New Zealand Champ Julian Dean (Crédit Agricole) at the start.
- CSC is talking tactics for the day
- Matthias Kessler (Astana) would be a wild card for his team
- Two Italian World Champs , Paolo Bettini (Quickstep-Innergetic) and Gianni Bugno, chatting about the race
- The start of the 98th Milano-Sanremo
- Paolo Bettini (Quickstep-Innergetic) on the roads of La Classicissima
Results - 294 km
1 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 6.43.59 (43.665 km/h)
2 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel
3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic
4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto
5 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC
6 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram
7 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo
8 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram
9 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
10 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld
11 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
12 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 0.01
13 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile
14 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Ag2r Prévoyance
15 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis
16 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner
17 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com
18 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
19 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas
20 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
21 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux
22 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole
23 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel
24 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2r Prévoyance
25 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
26 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
27 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile
28 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel
29 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.02
30 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner
31 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas
32 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana
33 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic
34 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile 0.03
35 Renaud Dion (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance
36 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel
37 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram
38 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
39 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank
40 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor-Lotto
41 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
42 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile
43 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana
44 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis 0.04
45 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare
46 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile
47 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 0.06
48 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 0.07
49 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com 0.13
50 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance
51 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.14
52 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank
53 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel
54 Luca Solari (Ita) Team LPR 0.15
55 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
56 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com
57 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.16
58 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC
59 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
60 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC
61 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux
62 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.17
63 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 0.18
64 Steve Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel 0.21
65 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Milram
66 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.22
67 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.23
68 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital
69 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Fondital
70 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
71 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir
72 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Milram
73 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Barloworld 0.29
74 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com
75 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.37
76 Matthias Kessler (Ger) Astana 0.40
77 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 1.14
78 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic
79 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld
80 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas
81 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
82 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.15
83 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 1.23
84 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile
85 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Quickstep-Innergetic 1.41
86 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 1.57
87 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2.22
88 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2.38
89 Borut Bozic (Slo) Team LPR 3.14
90 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 3.15
91 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 3.16
92 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare
93 Dario Cioni (Ita) Predictor-Lotto 3.45
94 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 4.19
95 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 4.20
96 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems
97 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC
98 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo
99 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 4.21
100 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems
101 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel 4.41
102 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance
103 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 4.46
104 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas 4.47
105 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
106 Maurizio Bellin (Ita) Team LPR
107 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4.48
108 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 4.49
109 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 6.33
110 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC
111 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 7.04
112 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com 8.03
113 Aitor Hernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.37
114 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis
115 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
116 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
117 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel
118 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana
119 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Crédit Agricole
120 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9.38
121 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana
122 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne
123 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems
124 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems
125 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile
126 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo
127 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Team LPR
128 Michal Golas (Pol) Unibet.com
129 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner
130 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC
131 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 9.39
132 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld
133 Marco Marcato (Ita) Team LPR
134 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC
135 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas
136 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank
137 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 9.40
138 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare
139 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com
140 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux
141 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld
142 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic
143 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 9.42
144 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14.14
145 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
146 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
147 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis
148 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14.15
149 Antton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
150 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
151 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux
152 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 14.16
153 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo
154 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis
155 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 14.17
156 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r Prévoyance 18.04
157 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 18.05
158 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis 19.13
159 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 19.36
160 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis
NA Francesco Tomei (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare
NA Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2r Prévoyance
NA Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare
NA Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Barloworld
NA Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Barloworld
NA Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank
NA Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux
NA Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
NA Jon Bru (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
NA Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi
NA Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom
ProTour standings
1 Alberto Velasco Contador (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 56 pts 2 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana 53 3 Oscar Gomez Freire (Spa) Rabobank 52 4 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 42 5 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 41 6 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 40 7 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Astana 38 8 Gil Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse D'epargne 38 9 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 37 10 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 35 11 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 33 12 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 30 13 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 28 14 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team Csc 27 15 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 25 16 David Garcia Lopez (Spa) Caisse D'epargne 23 17 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 20 18 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Csc 20 19 Cadel Evans (Aus) Predictor-Lotto 15 20 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 10 21 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team Csc 10 22 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6 23 Mimo Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse D'epargne 5 24 Gonzalez Samuel Sanchez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 25 Oliver Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse D'epargne 3 26 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3 27 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 28 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 29 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 30 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3 31 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team Csc 3 32 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 3 33 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 2 34 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 2 35 Francisco José Alberdi Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 2 36 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Liquigas 2 37 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 2 38 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 2 39 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 1 40 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 41 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 1 42 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 1 43 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 1 44 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1 45 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1 46 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 ProTour team rankings 1 Caisse D'epargne 53 pts 2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 52 3 Team Csc 49 4 Liquigas 46 5 Ag2R Prevoyance 39 6 T-Mobile Team 36 7 Saunier Duval - Prodir 35 8 Team Milram 33 9 Astana 31 10 Predictor-Lotto 29 11 Rabobank 27 12 Lampre-Fondital 27 13 Quick Step - Innergetic 23 14 Credit Agricole 20 15 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 19 16 Gerolsteiner 16 17 Française Des Jeux 15 18 Euskaltel - Euskadi 15 19 Bouygues Telecom 12 20 Unibet.Com 8
