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86th Giro d'Italia - Grand Tour
Italy, May 10-June 1, 2003
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Stage 6 - May 16: Maddaloni-Avezzano, 218 km
Petacchi takes second consecutive stage
Cipollini doesn't have the legs to challenge Maglia Rosa
By Tim Maloney, European Editor
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Sprinters know that the only way to beat Mario Cipollini and the thundering herd leadout of his powerful Domina Vacanze team is to try and hang on and then anticipate the sprint before he can put his terrifying jump into action. Today in Avezzano, Maglia Rosa Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) used his head and great legs to make a surprise move by unexpectedly jumping off the World Champion's rear wheel with 250m to go and win his 2nd stage in a row clad in the Maglia Rosa.
"It was a fast, downhill sprint and I guess (Cipo) didn't expect that (we) would jump him. I thought Galvez was going to win, but I managed to hold him off," a breathless Petacchi said after the finish, lamenting that he didn't have a 54 chainring.
"With a downhill sprint like that, if Cipo made his move, we wouldn't have been able to come around him and jumping first worked today. This is still like a dream for me to win again with the Maglia Rosa," said the delighted Petacchi.
When Cipollini saw that he was jumped, he simply sat up with 150m to go and watched Petacchi Galvez, Svorada and then Velo sprint by him. In a a rare moment in cycling history, were we witnessing the painful decline of a great, aging 36 year old champion, or the emergence of a new dynamic sprinter, Petacchi? World champion Cipo had tough words for himself after the stage, saying "it's simple what happened (in the sprint) - I just couldn't do it. It had nothing to do with how hard the stage was. I've won sprints on courses that were harder than this one - what happened wasn't the percorso."
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With upcoming stages in his home region of Tuscany, Cipo was not putting any pressure on himself. "I don't know what to tell you (about my condition)...probably I'm getting old and it's the right moment to quit. The others are young and if a "spaccone" (braggart, boaster, swaggerer) leaves (cycling) as (TV commentator) Gregori called me, that's OK. I think I've given something to cycling and I don't think I should be considered a spaccone."
"At this point, I don't know what's going on...I've had some bad moments in the past and I've overcome them. Probably this is a (certain) phase in my condition that's happened at a bad time. My only real disappointment I'm feeling now is that my teammates have been doing an exceptional job and I've not managed to finish the job. The team is totally behind me, starting with (Team Manager Vincenzo) Santoni, who's never put neither pressure on me nor created misunderstandings. What I don't like is that the sponsors are not seeing what they've probably been expecting (of me). I'm responsible for that and it's what's bothering me."
How it unfolded
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After the first rest day on Thursday, the Giro d'Italia restarted under overcast skies in Maddaloni on the outskirts in Napoli. After numerous attacks, Cristian Moreni (Alessio) made the right move outside of Vairono Scalo after 49km and was joined by enormous Swede Magnus Bäckstedt (fakta-Pata Chips) and Kelme opportunist Zaballa. Once this break got a gap across the back roads of Campania and into Abruzzi, the peloton gave them some space to ride. Plenty of crashes today, most notably Elio Aggiano (Formaggio Pinzolo Fiave') and Kelme's sprinter Isaac Galvez, but everyone got back in the peloton.
Both GPM's were grabbed by Zaballa, and the peloton began to organize the chase with Fassa Bortolo, Lotto and Domina riding tempo. The break crossed the finish line for the first time in Avezzano, they had 3'00 lead and were losing ground fast to the chasers. Around the table-flat former lake bed of piana di Fucino, the sprinters teams began to wind it up. With 20km to go, the gap was down to 1'18" and eventually after 165km in front, the trio was caught with 8km to race. Of his breakaway adventure, Cristian Moreni said "We had a good gap today, but it wasn't enough when the sprinters teams started to work."
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Once inside the town of Avezzano, Domina's thundering herd went on the rampage with 5km to go. Domina took the initiative to wind up the sprint and with five turns in town in the last 5km, it was inevitable that gaps happened. Under the arch for the final kilometre, 10 riders were ahead and had gapped the rest of the chasing peloton. Lombardi gave Cipo a great leadout, but with the fast downhill sprint, Petacchi and Galvez saw their chance to jump Cipo. Stage 2 winner Stefano Garzelli (Vini Caldirola-So.Di) also took advantage of his speed and cleverly followed the Domina train ended up in the front group in 5th place, gaining 8" on his key competitors and solidified his 2nd place on GC.
Stage 7 - May 16: Avezzano-Terminillo 146 km
With this first key mountain stage of the 2003 Giro d'Italia that finishes atop the 16km climb of Terminillo at Campoforogna, the real contenders for the final Maglia Rosa in this year's Giro will emerge. After departing from Avezzano, the stage takes small winding roads with 2 GPM's before the final ascent to Rome's #1 ski resort.
The last 4 km will be the most selective of the long Terminillo climb to Campoforogna and the favourites to win the stage tomorrow could be Mexican climber Julio Perez Cuapio (Panaria-Fiordo), while Stefano Garzelli is also a likely candidate to grab not only stage honours and take over the race lead from current Maglia Rosa Petacchi. But don't underestimate Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) and his powerful team, who will likely ride hard tempo before the final climb to help make a prior selection.
The big question mark tomorrow is Marco Pantani (Mercatone Uno), who has a date with destiny on the Terminillo. If Pantani has good legs and finishes in the first group, he will certainly get a major boost in this year's Giro. But if Panta flops atop Terminillo, his future role as a protagonist in the Italian tour may be in doubt.
Photography
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) just pipped Galvez to win stage 6
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo, R) crosses the line to beat Isaac Galvez (Kelme)
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo, R) wins the sixth stage
- Moments after crossing the line - 'I won again?'
- Fifth time on the podium in five days for Petacchi
- Don't get the camera wet!
- Another bouquet for Alessandro Petacchi
- Alessandro Petacchi kissed in pink
- Alessandro Petacchi prepares to unleash the spray
- Francesco Casagrande (Lampre) concentrates on holding the wheel
- Stefano Garzelli and the Vini Caldirola train riding hard with 30 km to go
- Mario Cipollini (Domina Vacanze) looked comfortable with 30 km to go, but wasn't able to produce the goods in the sprint
Images by Yuzuru Sunada/www.yuzurusunada.com
- Constantino Zaballa (Kelme) leads Cristian Moreni (Alessio, L) and Magnus Backstedt (fakta-Pata Chips, R) during their long breakaway
- Kim Kirchen (Fassa Bortolo) doing his work for the team on the front in stage 6
Results
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5.11.52 (42.710 km/h) 2 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 4 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 6 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 7 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 8 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 0.03 9 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 10 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 11 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 0.08 12 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team fakta-Pata Chips 13 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 14 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 15 Mario Manzoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 16 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Gerolsteiner 17 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 18 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team fakta-Pata Chips 19 Bo Hamburger (Den) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 20 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 21 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Alessio 22 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 23 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 24 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 25 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 26 Dario Pieri (Ita) Team Saeco 27 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 28 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 29 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre 30 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 31 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 32 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 33 Oscar Mason (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 34 Matteo Carrara (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 35 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 36 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 37 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 38 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi-Colpack 39 Leonardo Zanotti (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 40 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 41 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Team Saeco 42 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 43 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 44 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 45 David Derepas (Fra) FDJeux.com 46 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Team Saeco 47 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 48 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 49 Massimo Codol (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 0.15 50 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 51 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Team Saeco 52 Mykhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 53 Andris Naudusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 54 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 55 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com 56 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Tenax 0.18 57 Joaquim Castelblanco (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 58 Franc Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre 59 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Gerolsteiner 60 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Saeco 61 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 62 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Team Saeco 63 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 64 Tom Stremersch (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 65 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 66 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 67 Jordi Riera Valls (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 68 Sergiy Adyeyev (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 69 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 70 Vladimir Miholievic (Cro) Alessio 71 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 72 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Team Saeco 73 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 74 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre 75 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 76 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Team Saeco 77 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 78 Charles Wegelius (GBr) De Nardi-Colpack 79 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Team Saeco 80 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 81 Hernan D. Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 82 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 83 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 84 Constan Zaballa Gutierez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 85 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 86 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 87 Biagio Conte (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 88 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 89 Radoslaw Romanik (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 90 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 91 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 92 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) FDJeux.com 93 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 94 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 95 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Tenax 96 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 97 Thomas Brozyna (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 98 Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Tenax 99 Ruber Alverio Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 100 Frank Hoj (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 101 Julio A. Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 102 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 103 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 104 Andrus Aug (Est) De Nardi-Colpack 105 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto-Domo 106 Mario Scirea (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 107 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 108 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 109 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) FDJeux.com 110 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 111 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 112 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 113 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 114 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 115 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 116 Gian Paolo Cheula (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 117 Rene' Joergensen (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 118 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Team fakta-Pata Chips 119 Julian Usano Martinez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 120 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 121 Scott Davis (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 122 Juilian Winn (GBr) Team fakta-Pata Chips 123 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Tenax 124 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 125 Daniel Clavero (Spa) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 126 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 127 Salvatore Scamardella (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 128 Roberto Conti (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 129 Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Tenax 130 Luca De Angeli (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 131 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 0.34 132 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta-Pata Chips 133 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 134 Volodimir Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 135 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 136 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Tenax 0.39 137 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 0.40 138 Giuseppe Muraglia (Rus) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 0.43 139 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 140 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 141 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 0.46 142 Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 0.48 143 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 0.49 144 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 1.01 145 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 146 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 147 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com 148 John Freddy Garcia (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 149 Sergei Lelekin (Rus) Tenax 1.04 150 Hector O. Mesa Mesa (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 151 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 152 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 153 Ruslan Gryschenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 154 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 155 Regis Lhuillier (Fra) FDJeux.com 1.07 156 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 157 Mirko Marini (Ita) Tenax 158 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Lotto-Domo 1.13 159 Gianluca Tonetti (Ita) Tenax 1.14 160 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) FDJeux.com 1.45 161 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 1.49 162 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 163 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 9.35 164 Seweryn Kohut (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 165 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo DNF Piotr Przydzial (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat DNF Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo Points 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25 pts 2 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 20 3 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 18 4 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 14 5 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 12 6 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 10 7 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 9 8 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 8 9 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta-Pata Chips 8 10 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 7 11 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 6 12 Constan Zaballa Gutierez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6 13 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 5 14 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team fakta-Pata Chips 4 15 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 4 16 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 3 17 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 3 18 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 2 19 Mario Manzoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 1 20 Andris Naudusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 1 Mountains Canistro Superiore - km 161.1 1 Constantino Zaballa Gutierez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 5 pts 2 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 3 3 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta-Pata Chips 1 Valico Di Monte Salviano - km 178.1 1 Constantino Zaballa Gutierez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 pts 2 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 2 3 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta-Pata Chips 1 Intergiro 1 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta-Pata Chips 1.43.01 2 Constantiuno Zaballa Gutierez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 4 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 5 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 6 Andris Naudusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 7 Andrus Aug (Est) De Nardi-Colpack 8 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Tenax 9 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 10 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack Most combative 1 Constantino Zaballa Gutierez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 9 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6 3 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 6 4 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta-Pata Chips 6 5 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 5 6 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 5 7 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 8 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 2 9 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 2 10 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 1 Azzurri d'Italia 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 pts 2 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 3 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 1 Trofeo Fast Team 1 Domina Vacanze-Elitron 15.35.39 2 Fassa Bortolo 0.05 3 Lampre 0.13 4 De Nardi-Colpack 0.16 5 Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.20 6 Team fakta-Pata Chips 0.21 7 Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'-Ciarrocchi 8 Alessio 9 Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 10 Gerolsteiner 11 Team Saeco 12 Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 0.23 13 Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 0.26 14 FDJeux.com 0.28 15 Colombia-Selle Italia 0.38 16 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 0.41 17 CCC Polsat 0.48 18 Tenax 0.51 19 Lotto-Domo 1.09 Trofeo Super Team 1 Domina Vacanze-Elitron 40 pts 2 Fassa Bortolo 37 3 Team fakta-Pata Chips 20 4 Kelme-Costa Blanca 19 5 Lampre 18 6 Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 16 7 Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'-Ciarrocchi 16 8 De Nardi-Colpack 13 9 Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 12 10 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 7 11 Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 6 12 Gerolsteiner 5 13 Alessio 1 14 Team Saeco 0 15 FDJeux.com 0 16 Colombia-Selle Italia 0 17 Lotto-Domo 0 18 CCC Polsat 0 19 Tenax 0 General classification after stage 6 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 27.43.16 2 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 1.09 3 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 1.27 4 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 1.32 5 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Team Saeco 6 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.36 7 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 1.39 8 Bo Hamburger (Den) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 9 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Alessio 10 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Team Saeco 11 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team fakta-Pata Chips 1.44 12 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 13 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 14 Oscar Mason (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 15 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 1.46 16 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Gerolsteiner 17 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 18 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 19 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 1.49 20 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.51 21 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi-Colpack 1.52 22 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1.58 23 Adolfo Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 24 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 1.59 25 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 26 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Team Saeco 2.01 27 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Saeco 2.02 28 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 29 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 2.03 30 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu) Lampre 2.05 31 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 32 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 2.07 33 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 2.08 34 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Alessio 2.09 35 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.10 36 Massimo Codol (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 2.12 37 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 2.13 38 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJeux.com 2.15 39 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 40 Charles Wegelius (GBr) De Nardi-Colpack 2.26 41 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 2.28 42 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 2.33 43 Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 2.36 44 Mauro Zanetti (Ita) Tenax 2.38 45 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 46 Alexis Rodriguez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2.43 47 Sergiy Adyeyev (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 48 Joaquim Castelblanco (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 2.48 49 Radoslaw Romanik (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 50 Julio A. Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 2.50 51 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.55 52 Hernan D. Munoz (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 53 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Tenax 54 Mario Manzoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 3.10 55 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 3.11 56 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 3.14 57 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 3.23 58 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 3.35 59 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.04 60 Vladimir Miholievic (Cro) Alessio 4.06 61 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre 62 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) FDJeux.com 4.13 63 Leonardo Zanotti (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 4.16 64 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 4.22 65 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 4.41 66 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 5.05 67 Thomas Brozyna (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 5.25 68 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 6.22 69 Giuseppe Muraglia (Rus) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 6.46 70 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 6.56 71 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 6.57 72 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 73 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Team Saeco 7.27 74 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 75 Franc Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre 7.33 76 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 77 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Team fakta-Pata Chips 8.07 78 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 8.19 79 Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Tenax 8.20 80 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) FDJeux.com 8.28 81 Daniel Clavero (Spa) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 9.08 82 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 9.09 83 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 9.11 84 Matteo Carrara (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 9.13 85 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Team Saeco 9.24 86 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9.37 87 David Derepas (Fra) FDJeux.com 9.55 88 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Team Saeco 10.59 89 Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Lampre 11.50 90 Gian Paolo Cheula (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 91 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 12.12 92 Scott Davis (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 12.19 93 Hector O. Mesa Mesa (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 12.43 94 Mario Scirea (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 12.57 95 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 13.12 96 Constan Zaballa Gutierez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 13.17 97 Roberto Conti (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 13.21 98 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 13.34 99 Rodolfo Massi (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 13.51 100 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Tenax 13.56 101 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 14.00 102 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 14.11 103 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Team Saeco 14.14 104 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 14.17 105 Tom Stremersch (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 14.47 106 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 15.02 107 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta-Pata Chips 15.47 108 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 16.13 109 Ruslan Gryschenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 16.59 110 Biagio Conte (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 17.08 111 Ruber Alverio Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 18.22 112 Seweryn Kohut (Pol) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 18.40 113 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 20.25 114 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 20.48 115 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 21.44 116 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22.04 117 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22.40 118 Volodimir Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 23.12 119 Mykhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 23.14 120 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 23.37 121 Julian Usano Martinez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 24.04 122 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 24.12 123 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 25.31 124 Dario Pieri (Ita) Team Saeco 25.40 125 Andrus Aug (Est) De Nardi-Colpack 25.53 126 Jordi Riera Valls (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 26.12 127 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) FDJeux.com 26.19 128 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com 26.39 129 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 26.48 130 Juilian Winn (GBr) Team fakta-Pata Chips 26.54 131 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 27.09 132 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 27.56 133 Andris Naudusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 28.01 134 Rene' Joergensen (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 135 Regis Lhuillier (Fra) FDJeux.com 28.17 136 Frank Hoj (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 28.22 137 John Freddy Garcia (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 28.24 138 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 28.28 139 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 28.34 140 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 28.46 141 Salvatore Scamardella (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 28.59 142 Mirko Marini (Ita) Tenax 29.25 143 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 29.44 144 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 30.22 145 Sergei Lelekin (Rus) Tenax 30.30 146 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 30.38 147 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team fakta-Pata Chips 30.45 148 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Lotto-Domo 30.52 149 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 31.22 150 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 31.56 151 Luca De Angeli (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 32.24 152 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 32.39 153 Gianluca Tonetti (Ita) Tenax 33.27 154 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Tenax 33.34 155 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com 33.43 156 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 33.51 157 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 34.03 158 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Tenax 34.33 159 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 35.03 160 Francesco Secchiari (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 35.55 161 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 37.08 162 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto-Domo 37.46 163 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 41.55 164 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 43.05 165 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 43.12 Points classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 131 pts 2 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 58 3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 49 4 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 46 5 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 44 6 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 44 7 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 37 8 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 34 9 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 32 10 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 29 11 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 28 12 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 28 13 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta-Pata Chips 24 14 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 24 15 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 23 16 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 22 17 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 19 18 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 18 19 Andris Naudusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 17 20 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 16 21 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 16 22 Dario Pieri (Ita) Team Saeco 16 23 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 14 24 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 14 25 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com 13 26 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Saeco 12 27 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 11 28 Bo Hamburger (Den) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 11 29 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 10 30 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Team Saeco 9 31 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team fakta-Pata Chips 9 32 Marco Pantani (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 8 33 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi-Colpack 8 34 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Alessio 7 35 Constan Zaballa Gutierez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 7 36 Mykhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 7 37 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 7 38 Denis Lunghi (Ita) Alessio 6 39 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6 40 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 6 41 Julian Usano Martinez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 6 42 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 6 43 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 5 44 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 45 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 4 46 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team fakta-Pata Chips 4 47 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Tenax 4 48 Georg Totschnig (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3 49 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3 50 Biagio Conte (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 3 51 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 3 52 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Tenax 3 53 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 2 54 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 2 55 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 2 56 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 57 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1 58 Mario Manzoni (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 1 59 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Team fakta-Pata Chips 1 60 Matteo Carrara (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 1 Mountains classification 1 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 13 pts 2 Constan Zaballa Gutierez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 8 3 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 5 4 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 3 5 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 3 6 Ruslan Gryschenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 3 7 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 2 8 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2 9 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta-Pata Chips 2 10 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 1 11 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 1 12 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1 13 Volodimir Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1 Intergiro classification 1 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 16.27.57 2 Andris Naudusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 0.13 3 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 0.36 4 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta-Pata Chips 0.50 5 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 6 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 7 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 0.53 8 Constan Zaballa Gutierez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.56 9 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 10 Julian Usano Martinez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 11 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 0.57 13 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.58 14 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 1.02 15 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com 16 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Tenax 17 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1.06 18 Biagio Conte (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 19 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 20 Mykhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 1.11 Most combative classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 34 pts 2 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 16 3 Fredy Gonzalez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 13 4 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 12 5 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 10 6 Andris Naudusz (Lat) CCC-Atlas-Polsat 10 7 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 10 8 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio 9 9 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 9 10 Constan Zaballa Gutierez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 9 11 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 8 12 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Team fakta-Pata Chips 8 13 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 7 14 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 7 15 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 7 16 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 6 17 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 6 18 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 6 19 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 4 20 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 21 Julian Usano Martinez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 4 22 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno - Scanavino 4 23 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio 3 24 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 25 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 3 26 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 27 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Tenax 3 28 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com 3 29 Luis F. Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 2 30 Carlos Garcia Quesada (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 31 Biagio Conte (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 2 32 Graeme Brown (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 2 33 Ruslan Gryschenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 2 34 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave 1 35 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1 36 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1 37 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1 38 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1 39 Mykhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Colombia-Selle Italia 1 Azzurri d'Italia classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 15 pts 2 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 4 3 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 4 4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 4 5 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 4 6 Francesco Casagrande (Ita) Lampre 2 7 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 2 8 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Kelme-Costa Blanca 2 9 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 2 10 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1 11 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 1 12 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio 1 Trofeo Fast Team classification 1 Alessio 83.14.31 2 Lampre 0.04 3 Fassa Bortolo 0.06 4 Team Saeco 0.12 5 De Nardi-Colpack 0.26 6 Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'-Ciarrocchi 0.27 7 Gerolsteiner 0.31 8 Kelme-Costa Blanca 0.54 9 Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 1.00 10 Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 1.15 11 Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 1.18 12 FDJeux.com 1.49 13 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 2.12 14 CCC Polsat 2.19 15 Tenax 3.30 16 Colombia-Selle Italia 6.19 17 Domina Vacanze-Elitron 6.34 18 Team fakta-Pata Chips 9.43 19 Lotto-Domo 22.38 Trofeo Super Team classification 1 Fassa Bortolo 143 pts 2 Domina Vacanze-Elitron 139 3 Alessio 122 4 Lampre 91 5 Ceramiche Panaria-Fiordo 91 6 De Nardi-Colpack 78 7 Team fakta-Pata Chips 70 8 Vini Caldirola-SO.DI 69 9 Team Saeco 68 10 FDJeux.com 66 11 Kelme-Costa Blanca 57 12 Lotto-Domo 52 13 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 49 14 Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'-Ciarrocchi 45 15 Mercatone Uno-Scanavino 40 16 Gerolsteiner 39 17 Colombia-Selle Italia 28 18 Tenax 8 19 CCC Polsat 5
