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86th Giro d'Italia - Grand Tour
Italy, May 10-June 1, 2003
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Stage 1 - May 10: Lecce, 201 km
Big breakthrough win for Petacchi
Cipollini just didn't have it today
By Tim Maloney, European Editor
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It's been a long time coming, but finally, Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) had the career breakthrough win he's been working towards for years. "It's the most beautiful day of my life," said a stunned Petacchi as he began to realize what he had accomplished by winning the first stage of 86th Giro d'Italia in Lecce. "To get the Maglia Rosa, beat Mario with his world champions jersey and win like this - I couldn't ask for anything more."
29 year old Petacchi scored his first stage win ever in the Giro d'Italia. The speedster from La Spezia had won six out of six sprints this year but his seventh denied Mario Cipollini the win and delayed Mario's 41st stage win that will tie Alfredo Binda's Giro win record.
"I want to break my tabu with a win," explained Petacchi yesterday. He's been second three times in Giro stages and has beaten Cipollini in head to head sprints, but Petacchi has had problems in the past with winning when the pressure was on. Five years ago, Cipo comfortably won the stage on the same finish in Lecce, but today, Petacchi was more than ready for the challenge and easily came around the 36 year old Cipo for the win.
Petacchi's Fassa Bortolo team made the difference for the sometime timid Tuscan sprinter, who simply doesn't like the rough action in the final. Petacchi tearfully thanked his teammates for making the difference today. "I was in bad position with a kilometre and a half to go, but Velo and Trenti did a great job of putting me on Cipollini's wheel.
Petacchi has been knocking on the door for several year and has been highly touted as the heir apparent to Cipo's top sprinter crown, and today with his 35th career win, the quiet, serious Fassa Bortolo rider showed that he might be just that.
Mario and his thundering herd of zebras from Domina Vacanze didn't have a great day at the office today in Lecce. With all the curves and turns in the tight final five kilometres, Cipo's treno got derailed in the last two kilometres. When the tempo slowed at a crucial point, Domina rider Mario Scirea had to charge back to the front to up the pace and keep control of the front of the race for Cipo. Mario's final leadout man Lombardi came into the last curve with 200m to go flat out, but it wasn't really a great finish for Cipo.
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After the stage, the World Champion refused to blame his team for the surprising loss. "It wasn't the (Domina) team that didn't work today, it was Cipollini. When I made my move (with 200m to go) I just didn't have it...but I'm happy that Petacchi could win", said the clearly disappointed World Champion. "Perhaps the rest I took before the Giro slowed me down a bit," said Cipo, who hadn't raced since Gent-Wevelgem a month ago.
Petacchi's Fassa Bortolo teammate and Cyclingnews diarist Guido Trenti was also delighted with today's result; he told us after the stage that "Today was a great payback (to Cipo) for me."
Trenti was one of Cipo's key leadout men at Acqua & Sapone last season and was hired away by Fassa Bortolo to lead out Petacchi this season. "(Fassa) had a tough time in the sprint today since Petacchi got caught behind with 5km to go, but (Marco) Velo and I managed to bring him up to Cipo. Then I came back up to Petacchi with 500m to go and he said he was feeling good...so I got on his wheel for a while to try and protect him from the other sprinters. I think (Domina) went from too far out today and with the all tough curves at the end they lost control of the race. Still, Lombardi did a great job and his leadout was perfect but Cipo didn't have it today."
How it unfolded
Just after noon, on a hot sunny day, the 86th Giro d'Italia commenced with Stage 1 from Lecce to Lecce. It was a fairly flat circuit around Salento, also known as the heel of the Italian boot. This was the first Grand Tour in the history of cycling where hardshell helmets were mandatory and 169 riders began Stage 1 so clad. Only one rider didn't start today; Ruggero Marzoli (Alessio) was suffering from exhaustion and told his D.S. this morning that he couldn't.
With the temps in the low 90's and bright sun, the Giro plotone crept around the heel of the boot and the first three hours were run at an average of 35km/hr. Cyclingnews spoke to Vittorio Algeri of Vini Caldirola-SoDi in his team car to see what was up on Stage 1 of the Giro.
"All the teams are trying to avoid the problems of the first few days, especially the crashes," said Algeri. But when the TV cameras came on and the Intergiro sprint approached in Otranto, CCC-Polsat's big sprinter Naudusz took the sprint, then things continued to heat up under the hot Salento sun as the finish in Lecce approached.
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Fair-haired Dane Frank Høj (fakta-Pata Chips) and neo-Cristiano Frattini (Tenax) took off in a break, but the sprinters teams allowed them less than a minute of liberty with 30 km to go, but with Domina and Lotto riding tempo, the two fugitives were sucked up with 12 km to race. The tempo increased and as Cipo's Domina team dominating the front, lining up Scirea, Ongarato, Colombo, Bennati, Lombardi and the World Champ, there was a mad struggle for Mario's wheel.
Alessio's Angelo Furlan, Kelme's compact Isaac Galvez and the two tough Aussies Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo) and Graeme Brown (Panaria) were all battling for SuperMario's slipstream on the streets of Lecce, but Fassa Bortolo's determined Trenti and Velo managed to put their man Petacchi in the right place at the right time and the rest was history. Maglia Rosa to Petacchi with Cipo still seeking his destiny on the roads of the 86th Giro d'Italia.
Stage 2 - May 11: Copertino-Matera
Another day for the sprinters at the Giro, with a run west near the Ionian Sea, through the olive groves and flat rocky countryside of southern Puglia, then into the grim industrial city of Taranto. With 22km to go, the percorso hangs a right up the first GPM, a steep, straight climb to Montescaglioso. Look for local man Elio Aggiano (Formaggio Pinzolo Fiave') to go for the honours here. Stage 2 then descends and climbs gradually up to Matera, where Cipo will try to turn the tables on Petacchi in the final sprint, which is 500m with a slight uphill gradient of 3%.
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Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) beats Mario Cipollini and Angelo Furlan to win the first stage of the Giro d'Italia
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) raises his arms as he crosses the line
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) beats Mario Cipollini and Angelo Furlan to win the first stage of the Giro d'Italia
- Mario Cipollini after stage 1 - "So what did I do wrong?"
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) raises his arms on the podium
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) gets a stage winner's kiss
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) salutes the crowd
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) raises his winner's bouquet
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) smiles in pink
- Two kisses for Pettachi now in pink
- Stage one winner Alessandro Petacchi was delighted to have the maglia rosa
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) kisses his pink jersey
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) lets fly with the bubbly after winning stage 1
Results
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5.16.03 (38.15 km/h) 2 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 3 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 4 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 5 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 6 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 7 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com 8 Dario Pieri (Ita) Team Saeco 9 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 10 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 11 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 12 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team fakta-Pata Chips 13 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 14 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 15 Matteo Carrara (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 16 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Saeco 17 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18 Andris Naudusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 19 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Caldirola-Sidermec-Saunier Duv 20 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 21 Biagio Conte (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 22 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 23 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 24 Mykhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 25 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 26 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 27 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) De Nardi-Colpack 28 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta-Pata Chips 29 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Team Saeco 30 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 31 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 32 Constan Zaballa Gutierez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 33 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 34 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team fakta-Pata Chips 35 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 36 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 37 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Team Saeco 38 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.07 39 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 40 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 41 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 42 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 43 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 44 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 45 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 46 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Alessio 47 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 48 Mario Manzoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 49 David Derepas (Fra) FDJeux.com 50 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Team Saeco 51 Ruber Alverio Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 52 Bo Hamburger (Den) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 53 Fredy Gonzalez Cuapio (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 54 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Team Saeco 55 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Team fakta-Pata Chips 56 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre 57 Joaquim Castelblanco (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 58 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 59 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 60 Mario Scirea (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 61 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 62 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre 63 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 64 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 65 Massimo Codol (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 66 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 67 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 68 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 69 Tom Stremersch (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 70 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 71 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 72 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 73 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 74 Franc Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre 75 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Team Saeco 76 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 77 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 78 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) FDJeux.com 79 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 80 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 81 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 82 Leonardo Zanotti (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 83 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 84 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 85 Luca De Angeli (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 86 Julian Usano Martinez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 87 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 88 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 89 Sergiy Adyeyev (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 90 Sergei Lelekin (Rus) Tenax 91 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Team Saeco 92 Regis Lhuillier (Fra) FDJeux.com 93 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Gerolsteiner 94 Radoslaw Romanik (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 95 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 96 Julio A. Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 97 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 98 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 99 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Team Saeco 100 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Tenax 101 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 102 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com 103 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 104 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 105 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 106 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 107 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 108 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 109 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 110 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 111 Andrus Aug (Est) De Nardi-Colpack 112 Mirko Marini (Ita) Tenax 113 Seweryn Kohut (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 114 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 115 John Freddy Garcia (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 116 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 117 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) FDJeux.com 118 Scott Davis (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 119 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 120 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 121 Hernan D. Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 122 Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Tenax 123 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Caldirola-Sidermec-Saunier Du 124 Giuseppe Muraglia (Rus) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 125 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 126 Thomas Brozyna (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 127 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Caldirola-Sidermec-Saunier Duval 128 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 129 Gianluca Tonetti (Ita) Tenax 130 Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 131 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Caldirola-Sidermec-Saunier Duval 132 Charles Wegelius (GBr) De Nardi-Colpack 133 Salvatore Scamardella (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 134 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Caldirola-Sidermec-Saunier Duv 135 Rene' Joergensen (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 136 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Tenax 137 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 138 Gian Paolo Cheula (Ita) Caldirola-Sidermec-Saunier Du 139 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) FDJeux.com 140 Volodimir Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 141 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Tenax 142 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 143 Jordi Riera Valls (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 144 Piotr Przydzial (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 145 Daniel Clavero (Spa) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 146 Roberto Conti (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 147 Hector O. Mesa Mesa (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 148 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 149 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 150 Oscar Mason (Ita) Caldirola-Sidermec-Saunier Duval 151 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Caldirola-Sidermec-Saunier Duval 0.29 152 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Caldirola-Sidermec-Saunier Duva 153 Ruslan Gryschenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 0.58 154 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto-Domo 155 Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Tenax 156 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Tenax 1.04 157 Juilian Winn (GBr) Team fakta-Pata Chips 1.08 158 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Gerolsteiner 159 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 1.16 160 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 1.19 161 Vladimir Miholievic (Cro) Alessio 1.21 162 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 163 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 1.23 164 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 165 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 166 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Lotto-Domo 2.04 167 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 0.00 168 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 2.07 169 Frank Hoj (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips Points 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25 pts 2 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 20 3 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 16 4 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 14 5 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 12 6 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 10 7 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com 9 8 Dario Pieri (Ita) Team Saeco 8 9 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 8 10 Andris Naudusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 8 11 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 7 12 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 6 13 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 5 14 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 5 15 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team fakta-Pata Chips 4 16 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 4 17 Biagio Conte (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 3 18 Matteo Carrara (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 1 19 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 1 Intergiro 1 Andris Naudusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 4.10.30 2 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 3 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 4 Biagio Conte (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 5 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 6 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 7 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 8 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 9 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Caldirola-Sidermec-Saunier Duva 10 Mykhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia Most combative 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6 pts 2 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 5 3 Andris Naudusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 5 4 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 4 5 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 4 6 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 7 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 3 8 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 2 9 Biagio Conte (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 2 10 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1 11 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 1 Azzuri d'Italia 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 pts 2 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 2 3 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 1 Trofeo Fast Team 1 De Nardi-Colpack 15.48.09 2 Fassa Bortolo 3 Team Saeco 4 Alessio 5 Team fakta-Pata Chips 6 Lampre 0.07 7 Domina Vacanze-Elitron 8 Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'-Ciarrocchi 9 Kelme-Costa Blanca 10 Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 11 Lotto-Domo 12 Gerolsteiner 0.14 13 FDJeux.com 14 Colombia-Selle Italia 15 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 16 Ccc Polsat 17 Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 18 Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 0.21 19 Tenax Trofeo Super Team 1 Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 25 pts 2 Fassa Bortolo 21 3 Domina Vacanze-Elitron 19 4 Lampre 19 5 Alessio 18 6 Team Saeco 18 7 Kelme-Costa Blanca 17 8 De Nardi-Colpack 17 9 Lotto-Domo 16 10 FDJeux.com 14 11 Team fakta-Pata Chips 9 12 Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'-Ciarrocchi 8 13 Gerolsteiner 4 14 Ccc Polsat 3 15 Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 2 16 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 0 17 Colombia-Selle Italia 0 18 Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 0 19 Tenax 0 General classification after stage 1 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5.15.43 2 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 0.08 3 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 0.12 4 Andris Naudusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 0.14 5 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 0.16 6 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.20 7 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 8 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 9 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com 10 Dario Pieri (Ita) Team Saeco 11 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 12 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 13 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 14 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team fakta-Pata Chips 15 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 16 Matteo Carrara (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 17 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Saeco 18 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Caldirola-Sidermec-Saunier Duv 20 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 21 Biagio Conte (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 22 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 23 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 24 Mykhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 25 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 26 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 27 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) De Nardi-Colpack 28 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta-Pata Chips 29 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Team Saeco 30 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 31 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 32 Constan Zaballa Gutierez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 33 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 34 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team fakta-Pata Chips 35 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 36 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 37 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Team Saeco 38 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Caldirola-Sidermec-Saunier Duval 39 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Gerolsteiner 40 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 41 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 0.25 42 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.27 43 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 44 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 45 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 46 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 47 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 48 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 49 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 50 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Alessio 51 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 52 Mario Manzoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 53 David Derepas (Fra) FDJeux.com 54 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Team Saeco 55 Ruber Alverio Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 56 Bo Hamburger (Den) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 57 Fredy Gonzalez Cuapio (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 58 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Team Saeco 59 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Team fakta-Pata Chips 60 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre 61 Joaquim Castelblanco (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 62 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 63 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 64 Mario Scirea (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 65 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 66 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre 67 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 68 Massimo Codol (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 69 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 70 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 71 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 72 Tom Stremersch (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 73 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 74 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 75 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 76 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 77 Franc Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre 78 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Team Saeco 79 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 80 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 81 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) FDJeux.com 82 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 83 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 84 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 85 Leonardo Zanotti (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 86 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 87 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 88 Luca De Angeli (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 89 Julian Usano Martinez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 90 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 91 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 92 Sergiy Adyeyev (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 93 Sergei Lelekin (Rus) Tenax 94 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Team Saeco 95 Regis Lhuillier (Fra) FDJeux.com 96 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Gerolsteiner 97 Radoslaw Romanik (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 98 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 99 Julio A. Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 100 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 101 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 102 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Team Saeco 103 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Tenax 104 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 105 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com 106 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 107 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 108 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 109 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 110 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 111 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 112 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 113 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 114 Andrus Aug (Est) De Nardi-Colpack 115 Mirko Marini (Ita) Tenax 116 Seweryn Kohut (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 117 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 118 John Freddy Garcia (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 119 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 120 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) FDJeux.com 121 Scott Davis (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 122 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 123 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 124 Hernan D. Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 125 Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Tenax 126 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Caldirola-Sidermec-Saunier Du 127 Giuseppe Muraglia (Rus) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 128 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 129 Thomas Brozyna (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 130 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Caldirola-Sidermec-Saunier Duval 131 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 132 Gianluca Tonetti (Ita) Tenax 133 Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 134 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Caldirola-Sidermec-Saunier Duval 135 Charles Wegelius (GBr) De Nardi-Colpack 136 Salvatore Scamardella (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 137 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Caldirola-Sidermec-Saunier Duv 138 Rene' Joergensen (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 139 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Tenax 140 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 141 Gian Paolo Cheula (Ita) Caldirola-Sidermec-Saunier Du 142 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) FDJeux.com 143 Volodimir Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 144 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Tenax 145 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 146 Jordi Riera Valls (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 147 Piotr Przydzial (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 148 Daniel Clavero (Spa) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 149 Roberto Conti (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 150 Hector O. Mesa Mesa (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 151 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 152 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 153 Oscar Mason (Ita) Caldirola-Sidermec-Saunier Duval 154 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Caldirola-Sidermec-Saunier Duval 0.49 155 Ruslan Gryschenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1.18 156 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto-Domo 157 Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Tenax 158 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Tenax 1.24 159 Juilian Winn (GBr) Team fakta-Pata Chips 1.28 160 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 1.36 161 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 1.39 162 Vladimir Miholievic (Cro) Alessio 1.41 163 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 164 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 1.43 165 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 166 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 167 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Lotto-Domo 2.24 168 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 2.27 169 Frank Hoj (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips Points classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25 pts 2 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 20 3 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 16 4 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 14 5 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 12 6 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 10 7 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com 9 8 Andris Naudusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 8 9 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 8 10 Dario Pieri (Ita) Team Saeco 8 11 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 7 12 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 6 13 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 5 14 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 5 15 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team fakta-Pata Chips 4 16 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 4 17 Biagio Conte (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 3 18 Matteo Carrara (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 1 19 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 1 Intergiro classification 1 Andris Naudusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 4.10.00 2 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 0.06 3 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 0.12 4 Biagio Conte (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 0.16 5 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 0.21 6 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 0.26 7 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 0.30 8 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 9 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Caldirola-Sidermec-Saunier Duva 10 Mykhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia Most combative classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6 pts 2 Andris Naudusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 5 3 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 5 4 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 4 5 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 4 6 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 7 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 3 8 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 2 9 Biagio Conte (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 2 10 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1 11 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 1 Azzurri d'Italia classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 pts 2 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 2 3 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 1 Trofeo Fast Team classification 1 De Nardi-Colpack 15.48.09 2 Fassa Bortolo 3 Team Saeco 4 Alessio 5 Team fakta-Pata Chips 6 Lampre 0.07 7 Domina Vacanze-Elitron 8 Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'-Ciarrocchi 9 Kelme-Costa Blanca 10 Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 11 Lotto-Domo 12 Gerolsteiner 0.14 13 FDJeux.com 14 Colombia-Selle Italia 15 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 16 Ccc Polsat 17 Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 18 Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 0.21 19 Tenax Trofeo Super Team classification 1 Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 25 pts 2 Fassa Bortolo 21 3 Domina Vacanze-Elitron 19 4 Lampre 19 5 Alessio 18 6 Team Saeco 18 7 Kelme-Costa Blanca 17 8 De Nardi-Colpack 17 9 Lotto-Domo 16 10 FDJeux.com 14 11 Team fakta-Pata Chips 9 12 Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'-Ciarrocchi 8 13 Gerolsteiner 4 14 Ccc Polsat 3 15 Vini Caldirola-Sidermec 2 16 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 0 17 Colombia-Selle Italia 0 18 Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 0 19 Tenax 0
