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87th Giro d'Italia - Grand Tour
Italy, May 8-30, 2004
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Stage 1 - May 9: Genova - Alba, 143 km
Who's The Man? I'm The Man!
Petacchi crushes all in first sprint; Pollack grabs Maglia Rosa
By Tim Maloney in Alba
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As he passed over the finish line in Alba today after a stupendous sprint, Ale-Jet Petacchi pointed at his chest four times in a gesture of pride, clearly telling one and all that once again, 'I'm the best and baddest sprinter'. He threw his hands in the air for a victory salute, then kissed his index fingers. Well, Petacchi can afford to boast after his tremendous year in 2003 and it sure looks like he's on the road to another one in 2004.
It's sometimes said that the more things change, the more they stay the same. Last year on Stage 1 of the Giro d'Italia, Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) took the sprint stage win on his way to winning five stages. This year, Petacchi showed right away that he is still the man to beat in the final rush, but today, the Fassa Bortolo rider was also motivated by anger at the irregular riding of Australian Robbie McEwen (Lotto-Domo).
"I don't why he pulled that move", said Petacchi of McEwen's dramatic right to left switch with 250 meters to go. "It's not in the rules that (McEwen) can make that kind of move - if he had come closer a few centimetres closer, he would have chopped my front wheel!"
Robbie's rad move gave Petacchi some extra adrenalin, even if the Aussie was going backwards in the last 50 meters and ended up fourth. After venting at McEwen, Petacchi made an emotional dedication to his former Fassa Bortolo roommate, the late Denis Zanette.
Although Mario Cipollini (Domina Vacanze) had hoped for more today, Re Leone was only 14th in the final rush. Cipo always builds form as the Giro goes on and today, he just didn't seem very comfortable with the cut and thrust of the Giro's first mass sprint. Well placed on his teammate Aug's wheel with 700m to go, Cipo ended up easing off with 200m to go. "It was a nice sprint, but with some funny moves, maybe too many funny moves. I thought I was in good position but ended up being chopped, so that's the way it ended up."
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Cipo understands the reason for finishing circuits, but he doesn't have to like them. "The reception today was crazy on the spectacular circuit, but there were some dead corners that really stretched things out and it was hard for (Domina Vacanze) to take control of the sprint."
Although McEwen's move was reviewed by the Commissaire's panel, no relegation was made, perhaps because McEwen ended up out of the money today.
With a great sprint of his own today in Alba, German Olaf Pollack, runner-up to Brad McGee (FDJeux.com) yesterday in Genova used his 12 second time bonus for second place to strip the Maglia Rosa from McGee. The taciturn, relatively unknown Pollack, a fast sprinter and former World Team Pursuit champion said post-stage that "I'm very happy with this and I have to thank my team for all the good work they did for me."
Pollack, a 30 year old from Berlin, will start tomorrow in Novi Ligure in the pink tunic and hopes to hang on to the Maglia Rosa for at least one day.
How it unfolded
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On a sunny, windy morning in Genova, the Giro d'Italia peloton gathered in the Piazza della Vittoria. In the background were attractive ornamental plantings that represented Genova's symbolic Tre Caravelle (Nina, Pinta & Santa Maria) that left town headed west 512 years ago, commanded by local sea captain Cristoforo Columbo. As the spirit of Marco Pantani may have soared above the race, the Giro peloton rolling west on the via Aurelia towards Savona, the first hour was covered in the relaxed pace of 33.5 km/h. Contributing to the festive note were the kooky clown noses the riders wore, to commemorate Fondazione Theodora. Like by the Robin Williams film "Patch Adams", Fondazione Theodora provides clowns to help sick children who are in hospital.
At the days first and only GPM after 47km at the summit of the Colle di Cadibona, Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) took the first points towards the Maglia Verde of Best Climber ahead of Freddy Gonzalez and Cristian Moreni (Alessio-Bianchi).
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Ten kilometres later, Marlon Perez (Colombia-Selle Italia) took off solo on the ascent of the Tetti di Montezemolo and quickly ground out a lead as the road passed from Liguria into Piemonte. There was not much of a chase behind, so Perez gained 3'15 with 56 km to go, but eventually the sprinters teams began to ride. Fassa Bortolo took the responsibility first and by the Intergiro line with 48 km to race, the classy Colombian still had almost 2'00 on the peloton, where Crescenzo d'Amore (Acqua e Sapone) took the second place points ahead of Fred Rodriguez.
When the chasing peloton arrived in Alba, Perez still had a margin of 0'45 with four finishing circuits of 5 km each remaining. The super silver train of Fassa Bortolo was on the front, with Massimo Codol and Volodimir Gustov riding hard tempo for Ale-Jet Petacchi. With 3 laps to go, Perez had 0'34 lead as Domina Vacanze moved up front. Alessio Galletti and the rest of the Domina boys had honed their sprinting train battling Health Net two weeks ago in the Tour de Georgia, and were clearly up to the battle with Fassa Bortolo, Domo, Lampre and the other sprinters squads. Gerolsteiner was riding for Olaf Pollack, who had a chance to take the Maglia Rosa from McGee if he finished first or second and grabbed the 20" or 12" time bonus.
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Perez was finally caught with 6km to go after 70km of liberty and as the bell rang for the last circuit, the struggle for position was on. Every sprinters' team was looking for space, but the main battle was between Fassa Bortolo. With 3km to go on the tight streets in the centre of Alba, Fassa put it in overdrive and stretched the peloton into Indian file at 60km/h. Sacchi and Tosatto were hammering hard, with Ongarato and Velo ready to lead out Petacchi. McEwen and Cipo were looking for Petacchi's wheel under the 1 km flag as Ongarato peeled off, while Cipo's leadout man Aug and McEwen battled away behind Velo and Petacchi with 700m to go.
At 400m, Aug tried to bring Cipo in position to anticipate Petacchi's jump, but his move was too early and on an uphill rise. Velo matched Aug's pace up front with 300m left, then Petacchi grabbed Cipo's leadout man's wheel. Cipo eased off as McEwen powered through the gap on the right opened by Petacchi's move to the centre of the road.
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Suddenly, McEwen moved left sharply, headed for the left side of the road. He chopped Aug and Petacchi, who went by McEwen on the right with a powerful surge into the lead. Pollack went by next, while a fast-closing Crescenzo D'Amore (Acqua Sapone) took third with the final time bonus for 0'08.
At the post-stage protocol, Wegmann was awarded the Green Jersey for Best Climber, while Perez donned the Blue Intergiro jersey. Petacchi made two podium visits; one for the stage win and one to don the purple points jersey, and Pollack saved the best for last as he took his first Maglia Rosa, the first-ever for a Gerolsteiner rider.
Stage 2 - May 10: Novi Ligure-Pontremoli, 184km
Monday's Stage 2 offers more tough racing across the narrow, twisting backroads of Liguria, where a dangerous break could get away early. Stage 2 crosses the famous mushroom growing woods of Val di Taro before the crucial final 11km ascent of the Passo del Brattello 20km before the finish in Pontremoli. There are two climbs to tackle: Passo del Bocco (956m, 15.3 km at 5%) and Passo del Brattello (953m), 11 km at 5.4%).
Photography
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Igor Astarloa (Lampre) has a red nose for the Fondazione Theodora to help sick children
- The FDJeux.com team avec McGee in pink and red noses
- Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) and his red nose. It just doesn't go.
- Mario Cipollini (Domina Vacanze) sporting a red nose
- Bradley McGee (FDJeux.com) clowning around
- Igor Astarloa (Lampre) at the start
- The Tenax riders relax at the start in Genova
- The kiddies (hopefully not all sick) get dressed up for the Giro
- The peloton passes through a galleria in stage 1
- The peloton rolls along the Ligurian coastline
- Bradley McGee (FDJeux.com) in pink, during stage 1
- Gilberto Simoni (Saeco) had a quiet day in the peloton
- Marlon Perez (Colombia-Selle Italia) setting a steady rhythm on his own
- Marlon Perez (Colombia-Selle Italia) was away for some 70 km
- Three Fassas leading the peloton
- The Fassa Bortolo team did most of the work today and was rewarded with a stage win
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) kisses his index fingers after winning
- Petacchi and his fiancee after the finish
- Bradley McGee (FDJeux.com) grabs a post race Fanta
- Thank you all you're a wonderful audience
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) gets ready to drench people
- Olaf Pollack (Gerolsteiner) now in pink
- Olaf Pollack (Gerolsteiner) receives a podium kiss
- There's an Olaf Pollack under the spray there
Images by Olympia Photo
- The peloton after the start of stage 1 from Genova to Alba
- Aussies Trent Wilson (L), Brad McGee (C) and Robbie McEwen (R)
- Bradley McGee (FDJeux.com) rides in pink during stage 1
- Marlon Perez (Colombia-Selle Italia) was the breakaway di giorno
- I'm the Man!' says stage winner Alessandro Petacchi
- Olaf Pollack (Gerolsteiner) enjoys the moment
Results
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.41.56 2 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 5 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 6 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 7 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 8 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre 9 David Derepas (Fra) FDJeux.com 10 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 Andrus Aug (Est) Domina Vacanze 12 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tenax 13 Maxim Rudenko (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 14 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 15 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) De Nardi 16 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Domina Vacanze 17 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 18 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 19 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 20 Nicola Loda (Ita) Tenax 21 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 22 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 23 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 24 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 25 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre 26 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Domo 27 Bradley McGee (Aus) FDJeux.com 28 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 29 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 30 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 31 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 32 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 33 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 34 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 35 Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Lampre 36 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 37 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 38 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 39 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 40 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 41 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi 42 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 43 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 44 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi 45 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 46 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 47 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 48 Bostjan Mervar (Slo) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 49 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Saeco 50 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 51 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 52 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 53 Franc Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre 0.08 54 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 55 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 56 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 57 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco 58 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 59 Mario Scirea (Ita) Domina Vacanze 60 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Saeco 61 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 62 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Lotto-Domo 63 Bo Hamburger (Den) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 64 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 65 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 66 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Lampre 67 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 68 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 69 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 70 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 71 Mario Manzoni (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 72 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 73 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi 74 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) De Nardi 75 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 76 Oscar Mason (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 77 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 78 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Tenax 79 Massimo Iannetti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 80 Fredy Gonzalez Martinez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 81 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) De Nardi 82 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 83 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 84 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 85 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 86 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 87 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 88 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 89 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo 90 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 91 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 92 Alejandro Albert Borrajo (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 93 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco 94 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 95 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 96 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Lotto-Domo 97 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 98 Corrado Serina (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 99 Mauricio Al Ardila Cano (Col) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 100 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 101 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 102 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) FDJeux.com 103 Sergey Avdyeyev (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 104 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 105 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 106 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com 107 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 108 Ruber Alverio Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 109 Luis Filipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 110 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 111 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) Tenax 112 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto-Domo 113 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 114 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 115 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 116 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 117 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 118 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 119 Volodimyr Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 120 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 121 Florent Brard (Fra) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 122 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 123 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 124 John Gadret (Fra) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 125 Scott Davis (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 126 Renzo Mazzoleni (Ita) Tenax 127 Juan Gomis Lopez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 128 Charly Wegelius (GBr) De Nardi 129 Martin Derganc (Slo) Domina Vacanze 130 Denys Kostuk (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 131 Giancarlo Ginestri (Ita) Tenax 132 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 133 Ondrej Sosenka (Cze) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 134 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 135 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJeux.com 136 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Lotto-Domo 137 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 138 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 139 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 140 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 141 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze 142 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com 143 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 144 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 145 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 146 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 147 Jacky Durand (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 148 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Tenax 149 Trent Wilson (Aus) Colombia-Selle Italia 150 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 151 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 152 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Colombia-Selle Italia 0.27 153 Dean Podgornik (Slo) Tenax 154 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 155 Domenico Gualdi (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 156 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 157 Freddy Bichot (Fra) FDJeux.com 158 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.32 159 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.35 160 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 161 Igor Pugaci (Mda) De Nardi 162 Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJeux.com 0.43 163 Julio A. Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 164 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Colombia-Selle Italia 165 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Tenax 166 Jurgen Vandewalle (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 1.42 167 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 168 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi 169 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 6.28 Points 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25 pts 2 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 22 3 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 14 5 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 12 6 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 10 7 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 9 8 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre 8 9 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 8 10 David Derepas (Fra) FDJeux.com 7 11 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 12 Andrus Aug (Est) Domina Vacanze 5 13 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tenax 4 14 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 4 15 Maxim Rudenko (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 3 16 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 3 17 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2 18 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 2 19 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) De Nardi 1 20 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 1 Mountains Colle Di Cadibona - km 47.2 1 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 pts 2 Fredy Gonzalez Martinez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 2 3 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 1 Intergiro 1 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 2.43.31 2 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 3 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 4 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 5 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 6 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 7 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 8 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 9 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 10 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo Azzurri d'Italia 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 pts 2 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 3 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 1 Most combative 1 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 8 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6 3 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 4 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 5 5 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 3 6 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 3 7 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2 8 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 9 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 2 10 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 1 11 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 1 12 Fredy Gonzalez Martinez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 1 Trofeo Fuga Piaggio 1 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 8 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6 3 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 4 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 5 5 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 3 6 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 3 7 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2 8 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 9 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 2 10 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 1 11 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 1 12 Fredy Gonzalez Martinez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 1 Trofeo Fast Team 1 Lampre 11.05.48 2 Domina Vacanze 3 FDJeux.com 4 Acqua&Sapone-Caffe' Mokambo 5 Lotto - Domo 6 Gerolsteiner 7 Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 8 Fassa Bortolo 9 De Nardi 10 Alessio-Bianchi 11 Saeco 12 Tenax 0.08 13 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 14 Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 15 Phonak-Hearing Systems 16 Saunier Duval-Prodir 17 Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 0.16 18 Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 19 Colombia-Selle Italia 0.24 Trofeo Super Team 1 FDJeux.com 27 pts 2 Lampre 27 3 Domina Vacanze 22 4 Fassa Bortolo 20 5 Gerolsteiner 19 6 Acqua&Sapone-Caffe' Mokambo 18 7 Lotto - Domo 17 8 Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 16 9 Phonak-Hearing Systems 11 10 Tenax 10 11 Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 8 12 De Nardi 6 13 Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 4 14 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 3 15 Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 16 Alessio-Bianchi 17 Saeco 18 Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 19 Colombia-Selle Italia General classification after stage 1 1 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.50.24 2 Bradley McGee (Aus) FDJeux.com 0.02 3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.20 4 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 0.22 5 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 0.26 6 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 0.32 7 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.34 8 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.35 9 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.37 10 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 11 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 12 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco 13 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 14 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 0.38 15 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 16 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.40 17 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Domina Vacanze 0.41 18 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi 19 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 0.42 20 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 21 Andrus Aug (Est) Domina Vacanze 22 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.43 23 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 24 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.44 25 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 26 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJeux.com 0.45 27 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 28 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 29 Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Lampre 30 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 31 Ondrej Sosenka (Cze) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 0.46 32 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 33 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 34 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco 35 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Saeco 0.47 36 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco 37 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 0.48 38 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.49 39 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 40 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 0.50 41 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 42 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 43 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 44 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 45 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 46 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 47 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 0.51 48 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 49 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 50 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 0.52 51 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre 0.53 52 Florent Brard (Fra) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 53 Denys Kostuk (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 54 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 55 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco 56 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 0.54 57 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 58 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 0.55 59 David Derepas (Fra) FDJeux.com 60 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 61 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com 62 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 63 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.56 64 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 65 Franc Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre 0.57 66 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 67 Bostjan Mervar (Slo) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 68 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 0.58 69 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 70 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 71 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.59 72 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 73 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo 1.00 74 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 75 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 76 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 77 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 78 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 1.01 79 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com 80 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre 81 Mario Scirea (Ita) Domina Vacanze 82 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) De Nardi 83 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 84 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) FDJeux.com 85 Charly Wegelius (GBr) De Nardi 1.02 86 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 1.03 87 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 88 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 89 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 90 Jacky Durand (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1.04 91 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 92 Nicola Loda (Ita) Tenax 1.05 93 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 94 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 95 Juan Gomis Lopez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 96 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 97 Fredy Gonzalez Martinez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 1.06 98 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 1.07 99 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Saeco 100 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 101 Mauricio Al Ardila Cano (Col) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 102 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.08 103 Sergey Avdyeyev (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 104 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 105 Luis Filipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 106 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Lotto-Domo 1.09 107 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 108 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Lotto-Domo 109 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 1.10 110 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 111 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 112 Trent Wilson (Aus) Colombia-Selle Italia 1.11 113 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.12 114 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 1.14 115 Renzo Mazzoleni (Ita) Tenax 116 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 1.15 117 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 118 Massimo Iannetti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 119 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 120 Bo Hamburger (Den) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 1.16 121 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 122 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Tenax 1.18 123 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 124 Oscar Mason (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 1.19 125 Martin Derganc (Slo) Domina Vacanze 126 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tenax 127 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Lampre 1.20 128 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) De Nardi 129 Freddy Bichot (Fra) FDJeux.com 130 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Lotto-Domo 1.21 131 Volodimyr Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 132 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 133 Alejandro Albert Borrajo (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 134 Mario Manzoni (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 135 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Domo 1.22 136 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.23 137 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Colombia-Selle Italia 1.25 138 John Gadret (Fra) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 139 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Colombia-Selle Italia 1.26 140 Scott Davis (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 141 Maxim Rudenko (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 142 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 1.28 143 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto-Domo 1.29 144 Dean Podgornik (Slo) Tenax 145 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia 1.30 146 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 147 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) De Nardi 1.31 148 Ruber Alverio Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 149 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 150 Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJeux.com 1.32 151 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Tenax 1.34 152 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 153 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi 1.35 154 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.36 155 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.37 156 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 157 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi 1.39 158 Igor Pugaci (Mda) De Nardi 1.42 159 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) Tenax 1.43 160 Giancarlo Ginestri (Ita) Tenax 1.46 161 Corrado Serina (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 1.47 162 Domenico Gualdi (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 1.54 163 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Tenax 1.58 164 Julio A. Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 2.00 165 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.11 166 Jurgen Vandewalle (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 2.30 167 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 3.01 168 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi 169 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 7.11 Points classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25 pts 2 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 22 3 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 14 5 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 12 6 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 10 7 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre 9 8 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 8 9 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre 8 10 David Derepas (Fra) FDJeux.com 7 11 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 12 Andrus Aug (Est) Domina Vacanze 5 13 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 4 14 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tenax 4 15 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 3 16 Maxim Rudenko (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 3 17 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2 18 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 2 19 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 1 20 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) De Nardi 1 Mountains classification 1 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 pts 2 Fredy Gonzalez Martinez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 2 3 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 1 Intergiro classification 1 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 2.43.01 2 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 0.06 3 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 0.12 4 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 0.16 5 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 0.21 6 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre 0.26 7 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 0.30 8 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi 9 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 10 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo Azzurri d'Italia classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 pts 2 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 3 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 1 Most combative classification 1 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 8 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6 3 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 5 4 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 5 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 3 6 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo 3 7 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 2 8 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 9 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2 10 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com 1 11 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 1 12 Fredy Gonzalez Martinez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 1 Trofeo Fuga Piaggio classification 1 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia 68 pts Trofeo Fast Team classification 1 Lampre 11.05.48 2 Domina Vacanze 3 FDJeux.com 4 Acqua&Sapone-Caffe' Mokambo 5 Lotto - Domo 6 Gerolsteiner 7 Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 8 Fassa Bortolo 9 De Nardi 10 Alessio-Bianchi 11 Saeco 12 Tenax 0.08 13 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 14 Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 15 Phonak-Hearing Systems 16 Saunier Duval-Prodir 17 Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 0.16 18 Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 19 Colombia-Selle Italia 0.24 Trofeo Super Team classification 1 FDJeux.com 27 pts 2 Lampre 27 3 Domina Vacanze 22 4 Fassa Bortolo 20 5 Gerolsteiner 19 6 Acqua&Sapone-Caffe' Mokambo 18 7 Lotto - Domo 17 8 Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 16 9 Phonak-Hearing Systems 11 10 Tenax 10 11 Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 8 12 De Nardi 6 13 Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave' 4 14 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 3 15 Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 16 Saeco 17 Alessio-Bianchi 18 Colombia-Selle Italia 19 Ceramiche Panaria-Margres
