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86th Giro d'Italia - Grand Tour

Italy, May 10-June 1, 2003

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Stage 5 - May 14: Messine-Catane, 176 km

Incredible sprint by Maglia Rosa Petacchi beats World Champion Cipollini

By Tim Maloney, European Editor

Pink winner
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"This win is worth three times any other since I beat Cipollini with my Maglia Rosa - I'm really living a dream!", said an emotional Alessandro Petacchi in Catania today after winning a slow, windy Stage 5 in a very close, mano a mano sprint with Mario Cipollini by only 2 cm. It was a replay of yesterday's close sprint, but this time, Petacchi was determined to win. "There was a lot of wind and I was well positioned along the barriers. Mario had a longer way to go to win."

But Petacchi showed that with his Maglia Rosa, he's achieved a new level as top sprint dog at the Giro. "Today I was really tough in the sprint; I had great legs and I really wanted to win," explained Petacchi.

The last time the Giro finished in Catania in 1999, Cipo won the stage. Once the World Champ realized he had lost after the close sprint, his only comment to RAI-TV's Alessandra DiStefano was a disappointed "non va".

Later, Cipo wasn't convinced about how well Petacchi was riding. "I'm convinced that it's the opposite. I don't have great condition right now, he's very strong and I'm hoping to find a better condition so I can do what I do best..."

Cipo and Petacchi
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Cipo also discussed the sprint, saying "the only problem in the sprint was that on the last turn with 1.5km to go, there was almost a crash and I lost my train and ended up on Petacchi's wheel. I should have been ahead of him (on Lombardi's wheel) but that's the way it went. I was coming around (Petacchi) when I hit a hole (in the road)...I don't know how much I lost but that's probably what cost me the sprint."

Perhaps the ghost of Alfredo Binda was frowning today as Cipo missed equalling his Giro win record by only 2 cm, but the 36 year old appears to be getting his winning legs back.

How it unfolded

The great weather in this year's Giro continued with another beautiful sunny day in Sicily. Stage Five started just before noon in the front of Messina's Duomo with 177 riders on the way to Catania. After yesterday's tough stage to Vibo Valentia, the plotone decided to ride piano today, so the first three hours of the race were run at an average of 28.9 km/h.

At the GPM at Portella Mandrazzi, the group was almost an hour behind the slowest schedule, where Fredy "Speedy" Gonzalez (Columbia-Selle Italia) jumped away and grabbed more points for the Maglia Verde of best climber ahead of Laverde and Nocentini (Formaggio Pinzolo Fiave'). Just behind Gonzalez, the group including Maglia Rosa Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) and World Champion Mario Cipollini (Domina Vacanze) rolled through together.

Pietropoli bridges
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Ignacio Gutierrez (Kelme) jumped across to Gonzalez and the duo cruised ahead of the uninterested group, and with 50km to go in Gaggi, the duo had a 3'00 lead with Domina and Lotto chasing hard . The average speed had increased to 32.4 km/h and once again, Fassa Bortolo wasn't doing anything to defend Maglia Rosa Petacchi's lead. At the back of the stretched-out peloton was FDJeux.com's Nicolas Fritsch, who has distinguished himself as the worst descender at this year's Giro d'Italia.

Eventually Fassa Bortolo put Matteo Tosatto and Dario Frigo up front to help the chase while Gutierrez was pounding away with Gonzalez. But when the orange CCC jerseys hit the front for their Intergiro leader Andris Nauduzs, the pace went to another level.

On the pavé in Giarre, Speedy took the Intergiro bonus and a €1,000 prime ahead of Gutierrez. 40" behind in the gruppo, Formaggio Pinzolo Fiavé pulled a good trick on CCC, when Aggiano attacked the Intergiro early, forcing leader Nauduzs to chase. Just before the Intergiro line, Aggiano stopped suddenly as his teammate Moreno Di Biase came through to take it ahead of Nauduzs, thus Di Biase took the Intergiro jersey from the CCC rider.

With the average speed at 34.2km/h, the peloton hit the Costa dei Ciclopi, the status quo resumed, with Gutierrez and Gonzalez hanging out front 30" ahead of the chasers led by Fassa Bortolo, Domina and Lotto. Polyphemus kept his eye closed as the group passed along the seafront near his mythical home on the Isola di Aci, and neo-pro Daniele Pietropoli (Tenax) bridged up to the two front riders.

The sprint
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Pietropoli's move was in vain as the break was caught after 70 km of liberty with 13 km to go, and the duel up front began the thundering herd of Domina zebras and the Silver and Blue train of Fassa Bortolo. Lotto, FDJeux.com and Team fakta-Pata Chips were up there as well, trying to position their sprinters McEwen and Eisel for the finish.

With 4 km to go, Galvez, Furlan, Di Biase and Lancaster crashed, taking out Kelme and Alessio's main sprinters, while Domina's charging zebras took over in the front. Coming into the last 500 meters, Cipollini looked perfectly positioned with Petacchi's wheel with Lombardi leading out. Petacchi made his move and Cipo tried to come around but just missed the win by 2cm. Bernard Eisel was third for the second consecutive day while yesterday's winner McEwen was fifth, just ahead of fellow Aussie Graeme Brown in sixth. Once again, Marco Pantani showed he can sprint and finished 15th, while GC contenders Frigo, Rumsas and Tonkov all lost time in the crash with 4 km to go.

Stage 6 - Friday May 16: Maddaloni-Avezzano 222 km

Tonight, two Eurofly charter flights will take the riders and key staff for a one hour flight from Catania to Napoli at 1830 and 1900. There will be a rest day on Thursday.

On Friday it will be a long sprinters stage from the outskirts of Naples to Avezzano in l'Aquila province. Breakaways should be the order of the day after the Intergiro in Cassino until the race reaches Avezzano for a final 38km around the dead flat piana di Fucino, and the sprinters teams can pull back any break.

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Results

1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                4.54.43 (35.831 km/h)
2 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron
3 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com
4 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio
5 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo
6 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo
7 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre
8 Dario Pieri (Ita) Team Saeco
9 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI
10 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
11 Mykhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia
12 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta-Pata Chips
13 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Tenax
14 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio
15 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino
16 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
17 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino
18 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Gerolsteiner
19 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat
20 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team fakta-Pata Chips
21 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
22 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI
23 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo
24 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack
25 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave
26 Biagio Conte (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave
27 Bo Hamburger (Den) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave
28 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) FDJeux.com
29 Andrus Aug (Est) De Nardi-Colpack
30 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio
31 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner
32 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio
33 Oscar Mason (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI
34 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Alessio
35 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
36 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio
37 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Team Saeco
38 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
39 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron
40 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI
41 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia
42 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
43 Juilian Winn (GBr) Team fakta-Pata Chips
44 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron
45 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi-Colpack
46 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Team Saeco
47 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner
48 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre
49 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Saeco
50 Sergiy Adyeyev (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
51 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave
52 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave
53 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Tenax
54 Franc Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre
55 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Team Saeco
56 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Team Saeco
57 David Derepas (Fra) FDJeux.com
58 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
59 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Team Saeco
60 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner
61 Mario Scirea (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron
62 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Tenax
63 Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Tenax
64 Leonardo Zanotti (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack
65 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto-Domo
66 Frank Hoj (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips                     0.11
67 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo                          0.15
68 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre                             0.19
69 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com
70 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com
71 Matteo Carrara (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack
72 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre
73 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack
74 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo
75 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips
76 Charles Wegelius (GBr) De Nardi-Colpack
77 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) CCC-Atlas-Polsat
78 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo
79 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron
80 Massimo Codol (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino
81 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
82 Radoslaw Romanik (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat
83 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat
84 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
85 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo
86 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo
87 Luca De Angeli (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia
88 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI
89 Vladimir Miholievic (Cro) Alessio
90 Hernan D. Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia
91 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Gerolsteiner
92 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo
93 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
94 Piotr Przydzial (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat
95 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack
96 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Tenax
97 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI
98 Regis Lhuillier (Fra) FDJeux.com
99 Seweryn Kohut (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat
100 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) FDJeux.com
101 Mario Manzoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino
102 Volodimir Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
103 Joaquim Castelblanco (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia
104 Ruber Alverio Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia
105 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino
106 Salvatore Scamardella (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
107 Thomas Brozyna (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat
108 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
109 Gian Paolo Cheula (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI
110 Tom Stremersch (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
111 Julian Usano Martinez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
112 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) CCC-Atlas-Polsat
113 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner
114 Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia
115 Rene' Joergensen (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips
116 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino
117 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Team Saeco
118 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo
119 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre
120 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo
121 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre
122 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI
123 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
124 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
125 Daniel Clavero (Spa) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino
126 Mirko Marini (Ita) Tenax
127 Julio A. Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo
128 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia
129 Roberto Conti (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino
130 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Team fakta-Pata Chips
131 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino
132 Jordi Riera Valls (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
133 Scott Davis (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo
134 Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Tenax
135 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack
136 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips
137 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron
138 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team fakta-Pata Chips           0.33
139 Ruslan Gryschenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago          0.41
140 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron            1.09
141 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron
142 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo                          1.12
143 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Domo
144 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com
145 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave
146 Andris Naudusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat
147 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner
148 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo
149 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron
150 John Freddy Garcia (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia
151 Gianluca Tonetti (Ita) Tenax
152 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Team Saeco
153 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI
154 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Gerolsteiner                      1.27
155 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
156 Hector O. Mesa Mesa (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave         1.29
157 Sergei Lelekin (Rus) Tenax
158 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) FDJeux.com
159 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                            2.01
160 Giuseppe Muraglia (Rus) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave
161 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca              2.21
162 Constan Zaballa Gutierez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
163 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Lotto-Domo                          2.35
164 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo           3.16
165 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave             3.27
166 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio                              4.02
167 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo       6.00
 
Points
 
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                      25 pts
2 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron                 20
3 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com                              16
4 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio                                14
5 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo                               12
6 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo                  10
7 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre                                      9
8 Dario Pieri (Ita) Team Saeco                                  8
9 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia                    8
10 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI                 7
11 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                  6
12 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca          6
13 Mykhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia                5
14 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta-Pata Chips                 4
15 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave                 4
16 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Tenax                                3
17 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave                    3
18 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio                                  2
19 Andris Naudusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat                        2
20 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino                1
21 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack                      1
 
Intergiro
 
1 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia              4.21.01
2 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
3 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave
4 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave
5 Andris Naudusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat
6 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack
7 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com
8 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Gerolsteiner
9 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
10 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre
 
Mountains
 
1 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia                    5 pts
2 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave          3
3 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave                1
 
Most combative
 
1 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia                    8 pts
2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                       6
3 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron                  5
4 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com                               4
5 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca           4
6 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio                                 3
7 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave                  3
8 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo                                2
9 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave                     2
10 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave         2
11 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo                  1
12 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave               1
13 Andris Naudusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat                        1
 
Azzurri d'Italia
 
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                       4 pts
2 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron                  2
3 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com                               1
 
Trofeo Fast Team
 
1 Alessio                                                14.44.09
2 Vini Caldirola-SO.DI
3 Gerolsteiner
4 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
5 TEAM FAKTA - PATA CHIPS
6 Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'-Ciarrocchi
7 Domina Vacanze-Elitron
8 FDJeux.com
9 Team Saeco
10 Lotto-Domo
11 De Nardi-Colpack
12 Lampre
13 Tenax
14 Fassa Bortolo                                             0.15
15 Mercatone Uno-Scanavino                                   0.19
16 Colombia-Selle Italia
17 Kelme-Costa Blanca
18 Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo                                  0.38
19 CCC Polsat
 
Trofeo Super Team
 
1 Alessio                                                      24 pts
2 Fassa Bortolo                                                20
3 Domina Vacanze-Elitron                                       19
4 FDJeux.com                                                   18
5 Lotto-Domo                                                   16
6 Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo                                     15
7 Lampre                                                       14
8 Team Saeco                                                   13
9 Vini Caldirola-SO.DI                                         12
10 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                                     11
11 Colombia-Selle Italia                                       10
12 TEAM FAKTA - PATA CHIPS                                     10
13 Mercatone Uno-Scanavino                                     10
14 Tenax                                                        8
15 Gerolsteiner                                                 8
16 CCC Polsat                                                   2
17 De Nardi-Colpack                                             0
18 Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'-Ciarrocchi                           0
19 Kelme-Costa Blanca                                           0
 
General classification after stage 5
 
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                22.31.44
2 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI                0.49
3 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre                          0.59
4 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio                            1.04
5 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Team Saeco
6 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio                                 1.11
7 Bo Hamburger (Den) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave
8 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Alessio
9 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Team Saeco
10 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron
11 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino             1.16
12 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team fakta-Pata Chips
13 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner
14 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
15 Oscar Mason (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI
16 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Gerolsteiner                      1.18
17 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave
18 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
19 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack                  1.23
20 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio
21 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Team Saeco
22 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner
23 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
24 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Saeco                             1.24
25 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi-Colpack
26 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                1.30
27 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo
28 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave      1.31
29 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo          1.34
30 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo              1.35
31 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre
32 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre                             1.37
33 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
34 Massimo Codol (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino
35 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com
36 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) CCC-Atlas-Polsat
37 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com                           1.39
38 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio                           1.41
39 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca            1.42
40 Charles Wegelius (GBr) De Nardi-Colpack                   1.48
41 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat                 1.50
42 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago               1.55
43 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat                  1.58
44 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino        2.00
45 Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Tenax
46 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                 2.05
47 Sergiy Adyeyev (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
48 Joaquim Castelblanco (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia          2.10
49 Radoslaw Romanik (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat
50 Julio A. Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo      2.12
51 Hernan D. Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia               2.17
52 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Tenax
53 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                      2.27
54 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo                            2.29
55 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo            2.33
56 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI                 2.36
57 Mario Manzoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino             2.42
58 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio                               2.55
59 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                     3.26
60 Vladimir Miholievic (Cro) Alessio                         3.28
61 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre
62 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) FDJeux.com                            3.35
63 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron             3.38
64 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave            3.44
65 Leonardo Zanotti (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack                   3.48
66 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca       4.27
67 Thomas Brozyna (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat                     4.47
68 Giuseppe Muraglia (Rus) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave            5.43
69 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia                5.54
70 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack                   6.18
71 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips            6.19
72 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino
73 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Team Saeco                             6.49
74 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI
75 Franc Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre                        6.55
76 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo                          7.05
77 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Team fakta-Pata Chips              7.29
78 Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Tenax                            7.42
79 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo                           7.50
80 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) FDJeux.com
81 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron            7.59
82 Daniel Clavero (Spa) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino            8.30
83 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           8.43
84 Matteo Carrara (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack                     8.45
85 Seweryn Kohut (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat
86 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron              8.46
87 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Team Saeco                   8.49
88 David Derepas (Fra) FDJeux.com                            9.27
89 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Team Saeco                        10.21
90 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre                           11.12
91 Gian Paolo Cheula (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI
92 Hector O. Mesa Mesa (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave         11.19
93 Scott Davis (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo               11.41
94 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca              12.04
95 Mario Scirea (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron                12.19
96 Constan Zaballa Gutierez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca        12.43
97 Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia
98 Roberto Conti (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino
99 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave                12.51
100 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron            12.52
101 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                       12.56
102 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Tenax                         12.57
103 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron           13.17
104 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Team Saeco                         13.36
105 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI                 13.39
106 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI              13.41
107 Tom Stremersch (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago            14.09
108 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta-Pata Chips            14.59
109 Ruslan Gryschenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago         15.35
110 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia
111 Biagio Conte (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave               16.30
112 Ruber Alverio Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia         17.44
113 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre                           19.47
114 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre                                20.36
115 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips             21.16
116 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner                          21.26
117 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Gerolsteiner                      22.02
118 Volodimir Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago          22.18
119 Mykhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia           22.39
120 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack                    22.45
121 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio                             22.59
122 Julian Usano Martinez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca          23.26
123 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) FDJeux.com                        24.14
124 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo             25.08
125 Dario Pieri (Ita) Team Saeco                            25.12
126 Andrus Aug (Est) De Nardi-Colpack                       25.15
127 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com                       25.18
128 Jordi Riera Valls (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca              25.34
129 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago          26.10
130 Juilian Winn (GBr) Team fakta-Pata Chips                26.16
131 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack                26.31
132 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI            26.35
133 Regis Lhuillier (Fra) FDJeux.com                        26.50
134 John Freddy Garcia (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia          27.03
135 Rene' Joergensen (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips            27.23
136 Andris Naudusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat                   27.26
137 Frank Hoj (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips                   27.44
138 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago          27.56
139 Mirko Marini (Ita) Tenax                                27.58
140 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino      28.00
141 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                       28.11
142 Piotr Przydzial (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat                  28.21
143 Salvatore Scamardella (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
144 Sergei Lelekin (Rus) Tenax                              29.06
145 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Gerolsteiner
146 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo                         29.14
147 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Lotto-Domo                         29.19
148 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI            29.44
149 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo                       29.47
150 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team fakta-Pata Chips          30.17
151 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo                        30.19
152 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Domo                         30.30
153 Luca De Angeli (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia              31.46
154 Gianluca Tonetti (Ita) Tenax                            31.53
155 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron          32.39
156 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Tenax                             32.56
157 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com                           33.08
158 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo                        33.10
159 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) CCC-Atlas-Polsat                 33.17
160 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave            33.23
161 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Tenax                           33.55
162 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                      34.25
163 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron        34.31
164 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo          36.14
165 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto-Domo                             37.08
166 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino           40.55
167 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo      45.17
 
Points classification
 
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                     106 pts
2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo                               49
3 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron                 48
4 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com                              44
5 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI                  34
6 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron                32
7 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio                                  29
8 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre                            28
9 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack                     26
10 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                 24
11 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                 24
12 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo                 21
13 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave                19
14 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre                                    19
15 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio                                 19
16 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia                  16
17 Andris Naudusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat                       16
18 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo            16
19 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta-Pata Chips                16
20 Dario Pieri (Ita) Team Saeco                                16
21 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio                             14
22 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio                               14
23 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron              14
24 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com                               13
25 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Saeco                               12
26 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave                   11
27 Bo Hamburger (Den) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave                   11
28 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo             10
29 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Team Saeco                             9
30 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino                8
31 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi-Colpack                      8
32 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo           8
33 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Alessio                                    7
34 Mykhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia                7
35 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI                 7
36 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio                                   6
37 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca          6
38 Julian Usano Martinez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca               6
39 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino           6
40 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team fakta-Pata Chips                5
41 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            5
42 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron                4
43 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team fakta-Pata Chips               4
44 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Tenax                                  4
45 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner                           3
46 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                            3
47 Biagio Conte (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave                    3
48 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Tenax                                3
49 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre                                  2
50 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack                      2
51 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo                 1
52 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                              1
53 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips               1
54 Matteo Carrara (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack                        1
55 Constan Zaballa Gutierez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca            1
 
Intergiro classification
 
1 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave           14.45.10
2 Andris Naudusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat                      0.03
3 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave                  0.22
4 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia                 0.36
5 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron
6 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino         0.39
7 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca        0.42
8 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
9 Julian Usano Martinez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca
10 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                         0.44
11 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com                             0.48
12 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Tenax
13 Biagio Conte (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave                 0.52
14 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre
15 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio
16 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo
17 Mykhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia             0.57
18 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack                   0.58
19 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo               1.02
20 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia                   13 pts
2 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                3
3 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave          3
4 Ruslan Gryschenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago               3
5 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre                             2
6 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                             2
7 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI                   1
8 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave                1
9 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo                1
10 Volodimir Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago               1
 
Most combative classification
 
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                      28 pts
2 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron                 15
3 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia                   13
4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo                               10
5 Andris Naudusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat                        10
6 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave                 10
7 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com                              10
8 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave                     7
9 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron                 7
10 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI                  6
11 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio                                  6
12 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre                            6
13 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio                                  6
14 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo             4
15 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca          4
16 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca                  4
17 Julian Usano Martinez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca               4
18 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino           4
19 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio                              3
20 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio                                3
21 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron               3
22 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            3
23 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Tenax                                  3
24 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com                                3
25 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave         2
26 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca               2
27 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta-Pata Chips                 2
28 Ruslan Gryschenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago              2
29 Biagio Conte (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave                    2
30 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre                                     2
31 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo                  2
32 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo           2
33 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave               1
34 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo              1
35 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                  1
36 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo               1
37 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                            1
38 Mykhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia                1
 
Azzurri d'Italia classification
 
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                      11 pts
2 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI                   4
3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo                                4
4 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio                                   4
5 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron                  4
6 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre                             2
7 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com                               2
8 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron                 2
9 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo              1
10 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio                                  1
 
Trofeo Fast Team classification
 
1 Alessio                                                67.38.31
2 Lampre                                                     0.12
3 Team Saeco
4 Fassa Bortolo                                              0.22
5 Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'-Ciarrocchi                         0.27
6 De Nardi-Colpack                                           0.31
7 Gerolsteiner
8 Kelme-Costa Blanca                                         0.55
9 Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo
10 Mercatone Uno-Scanavino                                   1.15
11 Vini Caldirola-SO.DI                                      1.16
12 FDJeux.com                                                1.42
13 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                                   1.52
14 CCC Polsat
15 Tenax                                                     3.00
16 Colombia-Selle Italia                                     6.02
17 Domina Vacanze-Elitron                                    6.55
18 TEAM FAKTA - PATA CHIPS                                   9.43
19 Lotto-Domo                                               21.50
 
Trofeo Super Team classification
 
1 Alessio                                                     121 pts
2 Fassa Bortolo                                               106
3 Domina Vacanze-Elitron                                       99
4 Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo                                     79
5 Lampre                                                       73
6 Team Saeco                                                   68
7 FDJeux.com                                                   66
8 De Nardi-Colpack                                             65
9 Vini Caldirola-SO.DI                                         53
10 Lotto-Domo                                                  52
11 TEAM FAKTA - PATA CHIPS                                     50
12 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                                     42
13 Kelme-Costa Blanca                                          38
14 Mercatone Uno-Scanavino                                     34
15 Gerolsteiner                                                34
16 Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'-Ciarrocchi                          29
17 Colombia-Selle Italia                                       28
18 Tenax                                                        8
19 CCC Polsat                                                   5