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92nd Giro d'Italia - GT

Italy, May 9-31, 2009

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Stage 4 - Tuesday, May 12: Padova - San Martino di Castrozza, 162km

Di Luca still the cold-blooded killer

Cool Swede Lövkvist in pink – but for how long?

By Anthony Tan in San Martino di Castrozza, Italy

Danilo Di Luca ( LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini)
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This could be the Giro where the previously suspended fight back in a big way.

The last two stages witnessed a rejuvenated Alessandro Petacchi, comfortably outsprinting a man thought to be unbeatable, then repeating the feat one day later.

Tuesday in San Martino di Castrozza, his LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini teammate Danilo Di Luca chose to launch his own ballistic missiles and outclass his nearest rival, Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo), by five bike lengths. A favourite for the stage, Liquigas' Franco Pellizzotti, completed an all-Italian podium.

Unlike Petacchi of yesterday, however, there was no gesture to the critics on the Giro's first mountain-top finish, but there didn't need to be. On his way to the day's win, Di Luca got an boost from his teammate Petacchi. Before the soon-to-be former race leader dropped to the gruppetto, he put in some hard work at the front on the base of the Croce d'Aune for Di Luca, doing both justice to the jersey and valuable assistance to his team leader.

"It was more mental [than physical]. I won with a cold-blooded heart," said Di Luca, who goes by the apt nickname of "Il Killer di Spoltore" and now sits second on the overall classification, an ominous two seconds behind new maglia rosa Thomas Lövkvist of Columbia High Road.

"I attacked the first time with 350 metres to go with Garzelli and Pellizzotti on my wheel, but I wasn't at my maximum. Then with 250m left, I attacked again."

Danilo Di Luca rounds the final corner
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The move wasn't so different to Lance Armstrong in his prime, who made a salient point of breaking the minds of his rivals in the first climbing stage of the Tour de France – but more importantly, it echoed Di Luca of 2007, when he crushed his rivals on the Giro's opening mountain stage to Montevergine and never really let go, beating rising star Andy Schleck by 1:55 to capture his first Grand Tour title.

"Since the Giro presentation [last December], I've said it was a good Giro for me. It's good for my characteristics. But let's see till the time trial [in Cinque Terre, Stage 12]; after that, I will know whether it's possible to win the Giro.

"But, I'm quite confident," Di Luca warned. "I think I have the same explosiveness.

"The level is very high at this Giro; all the big names are here – the only one missing is [Alberto] Contador. So it will be very difficult until [the finish in] Rome. There will be a lot of battles, and by the finish, the gaps will be small."

Lövkvist or Rogers – just who is Columbia's captain?

Thomas Lövkvist (Team Columbia - Highroad)
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With a 5.5 percent average gradient, steep the San Martino climb was not, but nonetheless, it was the perfect opening litmus test of who could fight for the podium at this Centenary Giro.

Most notable was the much-talked about seven-time Tour de France champion Lance Armstrong of Astana, who wasn't able to handle the supersonic finale and dropped off in the final kilometre, eventually losing 15 seconds. However, so long as the Texan doesn't go too far in the red over the coming days, the 37-year-old should find himself getting stronger.

"Tomorrow [Wednesday], I hope we will make a bigger gap to Armstrong," said Di Luca.

Another Anglophone who fell slightly short was GC dark horse Michael Rogers of Columbia-High Road, finishing in a group of 10 behind Di Luca, six seconds down.  The surprise turned out to be his Swedish teammate Lövkvist, who made the front group of 15 and as a consequence of their opening team time trial victory, earned the privilege of donning the maglia rosa – its third change in four days.

Lance Armstrong (Astana) crosses the finish line
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"I had a few wins before, but to be in the pink jersey, that's something special," said Lövkvist.

"We'll see if I can continue to deliver. I improve every year, and of course, I want to go as far as possible," the 25-year-old said of his chances this season. "I'm not going to say I'm going to win the Tour de France or Giro, but I hope one day I'm going to become a big rider, and finish on the podium.

"We're not going to give anything away. I'll see how good my legs are tomorrow. I think there's going to be a lot of changes in this jersey, for sure."

Besides Di Luca, those in the top 10 on Tuesday could well be the top 10 come May 31 in Rome, albeit slightly rearranged. And with a second, steeper mountain-top finish looming tomorrow, expect that reordering to begin, pronto.

"I think tomorrow will be very different. You can't cheat. The Siusi climb is very difficult; I think the attacks will start at 9km [to go] and there will be a lot of time gaps by the finish," forecasted Di Luca.

A white flag at the Giro means attack!

Mauricio Soler (Barloworld) attacked
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Leaving the sizeable tifosi gathered in Padova's Prato Della Valle at one in the afternoon, it took only the wave of race's director's flag for the attacks to begin. It wasn't all-show-no-go, though: 15km into the day's proceedings, six went away including Serafin Martinez (Xacobeo-Galicia), Francesco Bellotti (Barloworld), Davide Vigano (Fuji-Servetto), Ian Stannard (ISD), Francesco De Bonis (Serramenti) and – everyone's favourite escapist and attacker par excellence – Jens Voigt (Saxo Bank).

62km in and signalling 100km to go, the sextet were a modest six-and-a-half minutes in front, and after two hours' racing, the break's 45 km/h average was indicative of a group who felt victory was not out of reach.

On the lower slopes of the Croce d'Aune (km 111.2), British escapee Stannard was zthe first to get flicked thanks the efforts of De Bonis, soon followed by Martinez and Vigano, leaving just a trio out front. Attacking near the summit, Bellotti took maximum points to become the mountains leader on the road.

Jens Voigt (Team Saxo Bank) fought valiantly
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Back in the peloton, the GC favourites had moved to the fore, Astana's workhorses Chris Horner and Yaroslav Popovych doing much of the pacesetting, while Saxo Bank's Fabian Cancellara was doing a sterling job of driving the autobus, finding its second gear and leaving it there, where maglia rosa Alessandro Petacchi (LPR) found a comfy seat. Crossing the 1,015 metre-high GPM and led by Liquigas' Valerio Agnoli, the somewhat reduced peloton crossed the GPM 4:39 in arrears.

The descent to the base of the final climb saw a change in provincial territories, from Belluno to Trento: the Giro was now in the land of high mountains, which two-time winner and local Trentino man Gilberto Simoni is more than familiar with.

GPS positioning is generally a good thing – particularly for your intrepid Cyclingnews journalists covering the Giro – but our three leaders wouldn't have been thrilled about the information coming through 20km from the finish: they were riding at 41 km/h, but the peloton was going 47 km/h and no more than two minutes behind.

Trouble.

Thumbs up for Danilo Di Luca's stage win!
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10km from home, Voigt chose to ignore Tuesday's doomsday report and attacked, taking Bellotti but leaving De Bonis. Still, the irrepressible German wasn’t satisfied, and two clicks later, Voigt found himself fighting only with his Specialized bike en route to the finish; mouth wide open, suffering like a three-legged dog, and his torso rocking in time with each powerful stroke of the pedal.

He was hating it, but at the same time, loving it.

A brief respite in the bunch gave Voigt some hope, but Mauricio Soler's attack put the nail in his coffin, four hours' effort coming to nought less than 3km from the line. Some sort of concession for Voigt came when Soler too was chased down within sight of victory, the strung-out front group driving at warp speed in the final kilometre.

Photography

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Results

1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini                            4.15.04 (38.107km/h)
2 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                            
3 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                                 
4 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                                  
5 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli            
6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                                     
7 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad                                   
8 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas                                                        
9 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                                     
10 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                             
11 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana                                                  
12 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana                                                 
13 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                                           
14 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                                            
15 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                                          
16 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team                                           
17 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                         0.06
18 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld                                                 
19 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                        
20 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad                                   
21 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli          
22 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto                                          
23 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                                  
24 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step                                              
25 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli      
26 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                      
27 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad                          0.10
28 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram                                          0.13
29 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                                              
30 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana                                                0.15
31 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana                                                     
32 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana                                                    
33 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team                                        
34 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha                                            0.28
35 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream                                   0.32
36 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli     0.39
37 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom                                  0.47
38 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank                                        0.51
39 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini                                
40 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence-Lotto                                            
41 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                       
42 Dario David Cioni (Ita) ISD                                                 0.55
43 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto                                           0.59
44 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                                       1.15
45 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD                                                 1.20
46 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                            
47 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia                                       1.31
48 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld                                             
49 Ruslan Pidgornyy (Ukr) ISD                                                      
50 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli            1.37
51 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas                                                  
52 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD                                                     
53 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                                             
54 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli     1.40
55 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD                                                     1.45
56 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad                         1.59
57 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                                 2.35
58 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha                                            2.45
59 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                                         3.02
60 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana                                                  
61 Marcos Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                             
62 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana                                                       
63 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                                        
64 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step                                              3.14
65 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                            
66 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team                                       3.48
67 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervelo Test Team                                           
68 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank                                                 
69 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                       4.14
70 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step                                                 
71 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                        
72 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli        
73 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram                                                 
74 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                              
75 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini                                     
76 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld                                         4.25
77 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas                                          4.50
78 Jason McCartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank                                        4.58
79 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                            
80 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team                                     
81 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini                         6.05
82 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank                                              6.16
83 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                                         
84 Angel Gomez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                                             6.29
85 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli    6.32
86 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                                     6.45
87 Iker Camano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                                             6.47
88 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                               7.27
89 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                           
90 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha                                          7.50
91 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                      
92 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                          
93 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram                                                  
94 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank                                                
95 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                           8.15
96 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                                              
97 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                            8.45
98 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad                               10.54
99 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step                                               
100 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                         
101 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                                 
102 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas                                                 
103 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                          
104 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                     
105 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD                                                     
106 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                           
107 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step                                                
108 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team                                         
109 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha                                                
110 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank                                              
111 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream                                        
112 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step                                                   
113 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank                                                 
114 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                        
115 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini                         
116 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                                         13.17
117 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto                                              
118 Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD                                                    18.05
119 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step                                              19.50
120 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini                              
121 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini                            
122 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence-Lotto                                            
123 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                                
124 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                              
125 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                                   
126 Delio Ferandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                           
127 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                              
128 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale                                          
129 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                                  
130 Steve Chainel (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                                      
131 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram                                                   
132 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram                                                
133 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                      
134 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                       
135 Guillaume le Floch (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                                 
136 David Garcia Da Pena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                     
137 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank                                              
138 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha                                            
139 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD                                                   
140 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                                          
141 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                                 
142 Robert Forster (Ger) Team Milram                                               
143 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                                
144 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step                                                   
145 Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                          
146 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha                                              
147 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                             
148 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad                                   
149 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step                                                
150 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad                                  
151 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervelo Test Team                                           
152 Ted King (USA) Cervelo Test Team                                               
153 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad                                  
154 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                     
155 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank                                       
156 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                               
157 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank                                         
158 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank                                           
159 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli     
160 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                                 
161 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                             
162 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia                                        
163 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank                                                   
164 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank                                         
165 Julien Belgy (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                                       
166 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank                                               
167 Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                                        
168 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad                                    
169 Yohann Gene (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                                        
170 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld                                                  
171 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha                                                   
172 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                         
173 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha                                                 
174 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                          
175 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                                    
176 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                                    
177 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                        
178 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini                               
179 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini                                  
180 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                           
181 Francesco Failli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                          
182 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                                          
183 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne                                        
184 Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha                                             
185 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Slipstream                                          
186 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                      
187 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream                                         
188 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                                             
189 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                                            
190 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                           
191 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom                                     
192 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                           
193 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD                                                          
194 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervelo Test Team                                            
195 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                                      20.07
DNF Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Eparge                                  
                                  
Points

1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini                                     25 pts
2 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                              20
3 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                                   16
4 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                                    14
5 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli              12
6 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                                       10
7 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad                                      9
8 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas                                                           8
9 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto                                                   8
10 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                                       7
11 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                                6
12 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld                                                6
13 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana                                                     5
14 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana                                                    4
15 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank                                                    4
16 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                                              3
17 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli           3
18 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                                               2
19 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                             2
20 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                                             1
21 Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD                                                             1

Mountains

Mountain 1

1 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld                                                 5 pts
2 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli            3
3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank                                                     1

Mountain 2

1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini                                     15 pts
2 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                              10
3 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                                    6
4 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                                     4
5 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli               2

T.V.

1 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto                                                   5 pts
2 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld                                                 4
3 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank                                                     3
4 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli            2
5 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                              1
6 Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD                                                               

Most Combative

1 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld                                                 7 pts
2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini                                      6
3 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                               5
4 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto                                                   5
5 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                                    4
6 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank                                                     4
7 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli            4
8 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                                     3
9 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli               2
10 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                                       1
11 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                             1

Azzurri d'Italia

1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini                                      4 pts
2 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                               2
3 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                                    1

Trofeo Fuga Cervelo

1 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank                                             150 pts
2 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld                                         146
3 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli    142
4 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                      103
5 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto                                           103
6 Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD                                                      103

Trofeo Fast Team

1 Astana                                                                       12.45.12
2 S.Diquigiovanni - Androni Gioc.                                                  0.12
3 Team Columbia - High Road                                                        0.16
4 Barloworld                                                                       0.19
5 Caisse d'Epargne                                                                 0.57
6 Lampre - NGC                                                                     1.15
7 Liquigas-Doimo                                                                   1.37
8 Silence - Lotto                                                                  2.17
9 Fuji - Servetto                                                                  2.42
10 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo                                                 3.20
11 ISD-Neri                                                                        3.46
12 Cervelo Test Team                                                               4.03
13 LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini                                                       5.05
14 Rabobank                                                                        6.22
15 AG2R La Mondiale                                                                7.16
16 Quickstep                                                                       7.34
17 Team Saxo Bank                                                                  9.37
18 Team Katusha                                                                   11.03
19 Team Milram                                                                    12.17
20 Xacobeo Galicia                                                                13.18
21 Garmin - Slipstream                                                            22.20
22 Bbox Bouygues Telecom                                                          23.12

Trofeo Super Team

1 Astana                                                                             34 pts
2 Liquigas-Doimo                                                                     31
3 LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini                                                          20
4 Barloworld                                                                         20
5 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo                                                    19
6 S.Diquigiovanni - Androni Gioc.                                                    16
7 Team Columbia - High Road                                                          15
8 Caisse d'Epargne                                                                   13
9 Lampre - NGC                                                                       13
10 Rabobank                                                                          12
11 AG2R La Mondiale                                                                   8
12 Cervelo Test Team                                                                  5
13 Silence - Lotto                                                                    4
14 Fuji - Servetto                                                                     
15 Quickstep                                                                           
16 Team Milram                                                                         
17 Team Katusha                                                                        
18 Garmin - Slipstream                                                                 
19 Bbox Bouygues Telecom                                                               
20 Team Saxo Bank                                                                      
21 ISD-Neri                                                                            
22 Xacobeo Galicia                                                                     

General classification after stage four

1 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad                               13.05.28
2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini                                   0.02
3 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad                                    0.06
4 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana                                                   0.26
5 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                                         
6 Lance Armstrong (USA) Astana                                                     0.28
7 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                                 0.32
8 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                                             0.42
9 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                                               
10 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Cervelo Test Team                                           0.49
11 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas                                                       0.53
12 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Columbia - Highroad                              0.59
13 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana                                                 1.00
14 Félix Cardenas (Col) Barloworld                                                     
15 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram                                              1.02
16 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                                        
17 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli           1.06
18 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                           1.09
19 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                             1.11
20 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                                              1.20
21 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli          1.25
22 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli          
23 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini                                1.26
24 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana                                                     1.32
25 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step                                              1.33
26 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                                           1.35
27 Joaquin Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                        1.36
28 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli         1.45
29 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Team Katusha                                                1.49
30 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream                                       2.03
31 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Astana                                                    2.06
32 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank                                                  2.09
33 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD                                                         2.12
34 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld                                             2.38
35 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                                           2.46
36 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD                                                     2.49
37 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia                                           2.50
38 Dario David Cioni (Ita) ISD                                                     3.00
39 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                                 3.08
40 Fredrik Kessiakoff (Swe) Fuji-Servetto                                          3.21
41 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad                             3.24
42 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank                                                
43 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD                                                     3.29
44 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                      3.41
45 Jose Serpa (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli                3.47
46 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                                     3.49
47 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Team Katusha                                                4.07
48 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Cervelo Test Team                                            
49 Ruslan Pidgornyy (Ukr) ISD                                                      4.10
50 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                       4.18
51 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                            4.20
52 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step                                                  4.28
53 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Liquigas                                                  4.31
54 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) Astana                                                  4.40
55 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto                                               4.50
56 Carlos José Ochoa (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli         5.17
57 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                             5.26
58 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Cervelo Test Team                                           5.36
59 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                                             5.45
60 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                              5.48
61 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                            6.00
62 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Silence-Lotto                                            6.07
63 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                            6.19
64 Markus Fothen (Ger) Team Milram                                                 6.28
65 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini                             6.40
66 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                                         6.50
67 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team                                     6.51
68 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana                                                       6.52
69 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step                                                 6.53
70 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli        6.58
71 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank                                                 7.15
72 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                                         7.27
73 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                               
74 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas                                              7.29
75 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Cervelo Test Team                                           8.14
76 Johann Tschopp (Swi) BBox Bouygues Telecom                                      8.18
77 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank                                                  8.19
78 Jason McCartney (USA) Team Saxo Bank                                            8.22
79 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha                                              8.25
80 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli        8.42
81 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                                              8.57
82 Angel Gomez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                                                 9.44
83 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                           9.55
84 Iker Camano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                                                10.02
85 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                                  11.10
86 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale                                       11.23
87 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                               11.42
88 Philip Deignan (Irl) Cervelo Test Team                                         11.43
89 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini                         12.11
90 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                                                 
91 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                           12.16
92 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                     12.28
93 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad                                   12.32
94 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha                                                12.33
95 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                        13.30
96 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas                                                 13.33
97 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) ISD                                                     13.35
98 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step                                              13.48
99 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank                                              14.01
100 Thomas Danielson (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                    14.03
101 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                             14.24
102 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank                                                   
103 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld                                           14.29
104 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank                                                14.35
105 Kjell Carlström (Fin) Liquigas                                                14.49
106 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini                                   15.52
107 Marcos Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                           16.14
108 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                      17.05
109 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                                             17.18
110 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                        17.22
111 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream                                       17.44
112 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Team Milram                                                18.09
113 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step                                               18.21
114 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini                           19.32
115 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                        19.40
116 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD                                                         20.27
117 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step                                                  20.55
118 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad                                 21.01
119 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                                          21.43
120 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Team Katusha                                             22.08
121 Francesco Failli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                         22.15
122 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                             22.19
123 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank                                             22.23
124 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini                              22.28
125 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step                                                  22.29
126 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha                                                22.39
127 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini                                 22.41
128 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step                                                  22.42
129 David Garcia Da Pena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                    22.47
130 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini                             23.02
131 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                            23.03
132 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                               23.05
133 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                       23.17
134 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Caisse d'Epargne                                            
135 Guillaume le Floch (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                                23.20
136 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram                                               23.29
137 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                                   23.54
138 Julien Belgy (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                                      23.57
139 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                         24.02
140 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha                                                  24.06
141 Ted King (USA) Cervelo Test Team                                              24.08
142 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Silence-Lotto                                           24.15
143 Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha                                            24.19
144 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad                                   24.20
145 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream                                        24.32
146 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram                                                  24.33
147 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank                                              24.36
148 Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD                                                        24.37
149 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                             24.51
150 Yohann Gene (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                                            
151 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                                  24.52
152 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank                                          24.56
153 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank                                        25.05
154 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                        25.14
155 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team Saxo Bank                                        25.27
156 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervelo Test Team                                          25.32
157 Francesco Reda (Ita) Quick Step                                               25.33
158 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto                                             25.37
159 David Zabriskie (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                          
160 Danny Pate (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                          25.50
161 Julian Dean (NZl) Garmin - Slipstream                                         26.30
162 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                                            26.36
163 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank                                                  27.00
164 Steve Chainel (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                                     27.17
165 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale                                         27.18
166 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                                      
167 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia                                       27.55
168 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld                                                 28.00
169 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                                         28.14
170 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                              28.20
171 Delio Ferandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                          28.22
172 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                                28.29
173 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli    28.35
174 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                                        
175 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad                                 28.47
176 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank                                      29.40
177 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha                                           29.51
178 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervelo Test Team                                           31.41
179 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                               31.59
180 Robert Forster (Ger) Team Milram                                              32.32
181 Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                         32.45
182 Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                                            
183 Gustavo Cesar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                    32.47
184 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia - Highroad                                  32.58
185 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                      33.03
186 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD                                                  33.49
187 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom                                    33.59
188 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                            34.13
189 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                          34.33
190 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                                           35.11
191 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                          35.15
192 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                     35.20
193 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                                         35.31
194 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                         37.09
195 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                                38.01

Points classification

1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini                                51 pts
2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                             38
3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini                                     29
4 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                              26
5 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                                            25
6 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad                                      24
7 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto                                                  16
8 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                                   16
9 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha                                                       16
10 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                                              14
11 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                                   14
12 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step                                                    14
13 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD                                                             14
14 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step                                                      14
15 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli             12
16 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                                      10
17 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                              10
18 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad                                     9
19 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                              8
20 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD                                                       8
21 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad                                      8
22 Ivan Basso (Ita) Liquigas                                                          8
23 Denis Menchov (Rus) Rabobank                                                       7
24 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank                                                    7
25 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                                                 7
26 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank                                                   7
27 David Arroyo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                                6
28 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step                                                    6
29 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld                                                6
30 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha                                                6
31 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Astana                                                     5
32 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                                            5
33 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram                                                    5
34 Christopher Horner (USA) Astana                                                    4
35 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale                                              4
36 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                                              4
37 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale                                              3
38 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli            3
39 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli           3
40 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                                   3
41 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                                     3
42 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD                                                        2
43 Eduard Vorganov (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia                                              2
44 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                             2
45 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step                                                       2
46 Steve Chainel (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                                          2
47 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                                             1
48 Thomas Rohregger (Aut) Team Milram                                                 1
49 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Rabobank                                                     1
50 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini                                  1
51 Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD                                                             1

Mountains classification

1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini                                     15 pts
2 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                              10
3 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                                    6
4 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld                                                 5
5 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                                     4
6 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step                                                        3
7 David Garcia Da Pena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                          3
8 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli            3
9 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli               2
10 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto                                                  2
11 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                                   2
12 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) ISD                                                            1
13 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank                                                    1
14 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale                                              1

Best young rider classification

1 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - Highroad                               13.05.28
2 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                                               1.20
3 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step                                               1.33
4 Jackson Rodriguez (Ven) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli          1.45
5 Christopher Froome (GBr) Barloworld                                              2.38
6 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - Highroad                              3.24
7 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) ISD                                                      3.29
8 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                       3.41
9 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                             4.20
10 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step                                                  4.28
11 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto                                               4.50
12 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                             5.26
13 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                                         6.50
14 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Cervelo Test Team                                     6.51
15 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana                                                       6.52
16 Blaise Sonnery (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                           7.27
17 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                                  11.10
18 Hector Gonzalez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                                            12.11
19 Guillaume Bonnafond (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                     12.28
20 Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step                                              13.48
21 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank                                               14.24
22 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank                                                 14.35
23 Marcos Garcia (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                            16.14
24 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                       17.05
25 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                         17.22
26 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream                                        17.44
27 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                         19.40
28 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD                                                          20.27
29 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad                                  21.01
30 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank                                              22.23
31 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini                               22.28
32 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini                              23.02
33 Guillaume le Floch (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom                                 23.20
34 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha                                                   24.06
35 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram                                                   24.33
36 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank                                               24.36
37 Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD                                                         24.37
38 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                              24.51
39 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto                                              25.37
40 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank                                                   27.00
41 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Xacobeo Galicia                                        27.55
42 Delio Ferandez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                           28.22
43 Morris Possoni (Ita) Team Columbia - Highroad                                  28.47
44 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha                                            29.51
45 Gonzalo Rabunal (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                          32.45
46 Evgeny Sokolov (Rus) BBox Bouygues Telecom                                     33.59
47 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                           34.33
48 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                      35.20
49 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto                                          35.31
50 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                          37.09

T.V. classification

1 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                               5 pts
2 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto                                                   5
3 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD                                                        5
4 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld                                                 4
5 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                              4
6 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha                                                 4
7 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad                                       3
8 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank                                                     3
9 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale                                               3
10 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli           2
11 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                                   2
12 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                                     2
13 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD                                                        1
14 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                             1
15 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step                                                       1

Most combative classification

1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini                                12 pts
2 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                             11
3 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad                                       8
4 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld                                                 7
5 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini                                      6
6 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                               5
7 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto                                                   5
8 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD                                                        5
9 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                               5
10 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                                   4
11 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                                            4
12 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank                                                    4
13 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli           4
14 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha                                                       4
15 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha                                                4
16 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                                    3
17 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Quick Step                                                     3
18 Allan Davis (Aus) Quick Step                                                       3
19 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step                                                       3
20 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale                                              3
21 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                                   3
22 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                                               2
23 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli              2
24 David Garcia Da Pena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                         2
25 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                                     2
26 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Astana                                                       1
27 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) ISD                                                        1
28 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto                                                  1
29 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto                                               1
30 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                             1
31 Oscar Gatto (Ita) ISD                                                              1

Azzurri d'Italia classification

1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini                                 8 pts
2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini                                      4
3 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad                                       2
4 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                               2
5 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream                                              2
6 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                                    1
7 Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C.                                             1
8 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha                                                        1

Fuga Cervelo classification

1 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step                                                157 pts
2 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                       157
3 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale                                       157
4 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram                                            157
5 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha                                         157
6 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank                                             150
7 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Barloworld                                         146
8 Francesco De Bonis (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli    142
9 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) ISD                                                120
10 Serafin Martinez (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia                                     103
11 Ian Stannard (GBr) ISD                                                     103
12 Davide Vigano (Ita) Fuji-Servetto                                          103

Fair play classification

1 LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini                                                      
2 Liquigas-Doimo                                                                 
3 Lampre - NGC                                                                   
4 Cervelo Test Team                                                              
5 Barloworld                                                                     
6 Team Milram                                                                    
7 Rabobank                                                                       
8 S.Diquigiovanni - Androni Gioc.                                                
9 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo                                                
10 Quickstep                                                                     
11 AG2R La Mondiale                                                              
12 Team Katusha                                                                  
13 Garmin - Slipstream                                                           
14 Xacobeo Galicia                                                               
15 Fuji - Servetto                                                               
16 Team Saxo Bank                                                                
17 Bbox Bouygues Telecom                                                         
18 Silence - Lotto                                                               
19 Team Columbia - High Road                                                    5 pts
20 Astana                                                                       5
21 Caisse d'Epargne                                                            25
22 ISD-Neri                                                                    25

Trofeo Fast team clasification
1 Team Columbia - High Road                                                    38.33.00
2 Astana                                                                           0.10
3 Barloworld                                                                       1.10
4 S.Diquigiovanni - Androni Gioc.                                                  1.15
5 Lampre - NGC                                                                     1.41
6 Liquigas-Doimo                                                                   2.27
7 Caisse d'Epargne                                                                 2.37
8 ISD-Neri                                                                         4.10
9 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo                                                  4.38
10 Cervelo Test Team                                                               4.49
11 LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini                                                       5.11
12 Silence - Lotto                                                                 5.33
13 Quickstep                                                                       8.32
14 Fuji - Servetto                                                                 8.44
15 Rabobank                                                                        9.58
16 Team Katusha                                                                   11.22
17 AG2R La Mondiale                                                               11.51
18 Team Saxo Bank                                                                 11.54
19 Team Milram                                                                    17.05
20 Xacobeo Galicia                                                                17.37
21 Garmin - Slipstream                                                            25.00
22 Bbox Bouygues Telecom                                                          28.01

Trofeo Super team classification

1 Lampre - NGC                                                                       83 pts
2 LPR Brakes - Farnese Vini                                                          69
3 Team Columbia - High Road                                                          47
4 Quickstep                                                                          47
5 Astana                                                                             37
6 Acqua & Sapone - Caffe' Mokambo                                                    35
7 Garmin - Slipstream                                                                35
8 Liquigas-Doimo                                                                     31
9 Barloworld                                                                         29
10 ISD-Neri                                                                          29
11 S.Diquigiovanni - Androni Gioc.                                                   28
12 Team Saxo Bank                                                                    23
13 Silence - Lotto                                                                   19
14 Team Milram                                                                       18
15 Rabobank                                                                          18
16 Team Katusha                                                                      18
17 Cervelo Test Team                                                                 14
18 Caisse d'Epargne                                                                  14
19 Fuji - Servetto                                                                   13
20 AG2R La Mondiale                                                                   9
21 Xacobeo Galicia                                                                    7
22 Bbox Bouygues Telecom                                                              7
                                    

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