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39th Tirreno - Adriatico - 2.HC
Italy, March 10-16, 2004
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Stage 4 - March 13: Isernia- Paglieta, 179km
Bettini's turn on top
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Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) took over the leader's jersey in Tirreno-Adriatico after winning the fourth stage between Isernia and Paglieta. Bettini, who is showing himself to be a big favourite for Milan-San Remo next week, won a modestly sized bunch sprint, beating World Champion Igor Astarloa (Cofidis) and yesterday's winner Oscar Freire (Rabobank) across the line. Freire lost the leader's jersey by just 3 seconds, while Astarloa moved into third overall. There are still 40 riders within a minute of the lead with three stages to go.
"With just a week to go before Milano-Sanremo, today's win is important as it boosts both mine and the team's spirits, giving us a sense of tranquillity before the 'Classicissima' next week," said Bettini. "Paglieta brings me good luck; in fact I won the Paglieta stage during the 1999 edition of Tirreno-Adriatico. The 'Corsa dei due mari' race is one that I really like and I'd like to try and win it. It'll not be an easy task, as there are lots of opponents and the race will almost certainly be decided on the time bonuses gained. There will be a lot of fighting to get to every intermediate sprint, but it's certainly worth going for."
How it unfolded
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158 riders took the start from Isernia at 10:25, with Sven Montgomery (Gerolsteiner) the only non-participant. After 8 kilometres, he was joined by Andrej Hauptman (Lampre), who abandoned. The peloton rolled along at just under 28 km/h for the first two hours until the GPM at Valico di Rionero Sannitico (km 59.7). Pugaci won the points ahead of Bertogliati, Aldag and Tiralongo, and Aldag counter-attacked over the top to open up a small lead. At the intermediate sprint at km 70, Aldag had 28 seconds over O'Grady, Bettini (true to his word) and Zabel, who crossed in that order. But the German's mission was accomplished, and he went back to the peloton a kilometre later.
A number of attacks followed in the next 30 km, all of which failed quickly. But Andrea Tafi (Alessio-Bianchi) tried his hand at a solo move after 100 km and it worked, and the big Italian quickly built up a lead of 2'55 over the Rabobank led peloton. Tafi won the sprint at Bomba (km 123), where he was 1'44 ahead of Bettini, O'Grady and Zabel, who were all searching for bonus seconds to take the leader's jersey.
The work of Rabobank pulled Andrea Tafi back to the fold approximately 3 km before the peloton hit Paglieta for the first time. Immediately, Pavel Tonkov (Vini Caldirola) counter attacked and was chased by Graziano Gasparre (De Nardi), the two getting together shortly after the finish line passage in Paglieta. The peloton was very active behind them, with several attacks lifting the speed enough to catch Tonkov and Gasparre.
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Andreas Klier (T-Mobile) was able to attack to take the mountain points at km 165, with Botcharov, Caruso, and Tosatto following, with the rest of the peloton breaking up. Rabobank and Fassa Bortolo took control on the descent, where both Ruslan Ivanov (Alessio) and Servais Knaven (Quick.Step) crashed. The bunch reached the bottom and Juan Antonio Flecha (Fassa Bortolo) put in a big attack with 1 km to go, but the Quick.Step team with Bettini in tow managed to close the gap. At the end on the twisty, uphill sprint, Paolo Bettini was the fastest ahead of Astarloa and Freire, and thanks to his time bonus sprinting, he took the leader's jersey as well.
Photography
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) ready for action
- Pavel Tonkov (Vini Caldirola) on the attack
- Rabobank pulls the peloton along
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) in the race leader's jersey
- Danilo Di Luca and Michael Boogerd near the front
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) never far from the front
- Last year's T-A winner Filippo Pozzato hasn't shown himself much this year
- Wladimir Belli (Lampre) is cool as a cucumber
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) suffering in the points jersey
- Mario Cipollini (Domina Vacanze) isn't quite at his best yet
- The Cipollini grupetto with the Lion King in tow
- Rabobank leads the peloton up the finishing climb
- Bettini in front with a lap to go
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) wins the stage ahead of Astarloa and Freire
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) celebrates his win
- Giuliano Figueras (Panaria) and Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) finish 5th and 6th
- Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) rolls across for 21st
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) suffered and just lost the lead
- Mario Cipollini (Domina Vacanze) will live to fight another day
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) salutes from the podium
- Hello there: Paolo Bettini gets the winner's kisses
- Why thank you: Paolo Bettini waves to the crowd
- Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Davitamon) is happy to be the new leader
Results
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4.39.31 (37.135 km/h) 2 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 3 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 4 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 6 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 7 Oskar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 9 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros 12 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Lotto-Domo 13 Rubens Lobato Elvire (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 15 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 16 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 17 Marcell Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 18 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 19 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre 20 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 21 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 22 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 23 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 24 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 25 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 26 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 27 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 28 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 29 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 30 Eugeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 31 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 32 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 0.16 33 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 34 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 35 Cédric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.20 36 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 37 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 38 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) De Nardi 39 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile Team 40 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) De Nardi 41 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 42 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi 43 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre 44 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 45 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 46 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 47 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 48 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 0.30 49 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 50 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco 0.38 51 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 52 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros 53 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 54 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 55 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre 56 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Domo 57 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 58 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo 59 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 60 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 61 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 62 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 0.47 63 Ludo Dierckxssens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1.03 64 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 65 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 1.08 66 Laszio Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 67 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi 68 Mario Scirea (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.39 69 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.45 70 Alexandre Naulleau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 71 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 72 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 73 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 74 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 75 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 76 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 77 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 78 Andreas Kloeden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.48 79 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 80 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 3.04 81 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Lampre 82 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 83 Leif Hoste (Bel) Lotto-Domo 84 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 85 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 86 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 87 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 88 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 89 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi 3.30 90 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 4.00 91 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 4.31 92 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 93 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 94 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 95 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 96 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 97 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 98 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 99 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 100 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 101 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 102 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 103 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 104 Jaun Josè Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 105 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 106 Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 107 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 108 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 109 Christophe Kern (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 110 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Saeco 7.30 111 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 112 Rony Martias (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 113 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 114 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 115 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 116 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 117 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Lotto-Domo 118 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 119 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 120 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 121 Igor Pugaci (Mda) De Nardi 122 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 123 Michael Skelde (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 124 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi 125 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 126 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 127 Martin Derganc (Slo) Domina Vacanze 128 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 129 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 8.52 130 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 131 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Lotto-Domo 132 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 133 Luciano Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Lampre 134 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre 135 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 136 Andrus Aug (Est) Domina Vacanze 137 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 138 Robert Bartko (Ger) Rabobank 139 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 140 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 141 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 142 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 143 Jacky Durand (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 144 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi 145 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole 146 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 147 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Credit Agricole 148 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 10.35 149 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 150 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze 11.31 151 Dario Pieri (Ita) Saeco 152 Mauro Zinetti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 153 Timothy Johnson (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15.49 154 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Lampre DNF Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros DNF Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) Liberty Seguros DNF Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres DNS Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner General classification after stage 4 1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 18.16.05 2 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 0.03 3 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 0.08 4 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 0.10 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.11 6 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 7 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 8 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.13 9 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.14 10 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 11 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros 0.15 12 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 13 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.16 14 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.17 15 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 Oskar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 17 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 18 Rubens Lobato Elvire (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 19 Marcell Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 20 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 21 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 22 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 23 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 24 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 25 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Lotto-Domo 26 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre 27 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.33 28 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 29 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 30 Cédric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.34 31 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.36 32 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre 0.37 33 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi 34 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) De Nardi 35 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco 0.55 36 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre 37 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 38 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 0.56 39 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 40 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 41 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1.01 42 Eugeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco 43 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 1.04 44 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Domo 1.14 45 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.22 46 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.39 47 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 48 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros 49 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.42 50 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 51 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi 2.02 52 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre 2.06 53 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.20 54 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros 2.21 55 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo 3.40 56 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.55 57 Andreas Kloeden (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4.58 58 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 5.07 59 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 5.09 60 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 61 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco 5.14 62 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 5.20 63 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5.29 64 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 5.39 65 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.47 66 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo 67 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 68 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 69 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 70 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 5.53 71 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 6.02 72 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6.11 73 Laszio Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6.17 74 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.30 75 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 6.37 76 Alexandre Naulleau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 6.54 77 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 78 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros 7.14 79 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 7.20 80 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 7.54 81 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Lampre 8.33 82 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros 83 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi 8.51 84 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 8.52 85 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 9.09 86 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 9.40 87 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 88 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 89 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 90 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) De Nardi 9.58 91 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 10.21 92 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 10.41 93 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 11.03 94 Mario Scirea (Ita) Domina Vacanze 11.42 95 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 12.26 96 Ludo Dierckxssens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 12.39 97 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Lotto-Domo 98 Leif Hoste (Bel) Lotto-Domo 12.42 99 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 100 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 101 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi 12.59 102 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi 13.08 103 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 14.01 104 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 14.09 105 Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 106 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 107 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 108 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 109 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 14.32 110 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Credit Agricole 14.42 111 Jaun Josè Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15.10 112 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 15.36 113 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 16.07 114 Christophe Kern (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 115 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 16.11 116 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 17.07 117 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 17.08 118 Igor Pugaci (Mda) De Nardi 119 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 18.28 120 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 18.30 121 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 122 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre 123 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 19.06 124 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 125 Michael Skelde (Den) Alessio-Bianchi 126 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Saeco 127 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 128 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 129 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19.45 130 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 19.53 131 Rony Martias (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 19.59 132 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 133 Martin Derganc (Slo) Domina Vacanze 134 Luciano Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Lampre 20.24 135 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 20.28 136 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 137 Robert Bartko (Ger) Rabobank 138 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi 139 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 20.51 140 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 20.54 141 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 21.02 142 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 21.21 143 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Lotto-Domo 144 Andrus Aug (Est) Domina Vacanze 145 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 22.08 146 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole 22.19 147 Jacky Durand (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 22.22 148 Mauro Zinetti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 23.07 149 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 23.39 150 Dario Pieri (Ita) Saeco 24.00 151 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze 152 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 26.00 153 Timothy Johnson (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 27.25 154 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 29.20 Points classification 1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 24 pts 2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 24 3 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 24 4 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 22 5 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 21 6 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 18 7 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 15 8 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 15 9 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15 10 Luciano Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Lampre 15 11 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 14 12 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 13 13 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 14 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 10 15 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco 8 16 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6 17 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 6 18 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5 19 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 5 20 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 5 21 Cédric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 5 22 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) De Nardi 5 23 Oskar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 24 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi 4 25 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros 3 26 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 3 27 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 3 28 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2 29 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2 30 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 2 31 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 2 32 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 2 33 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 2 34 Dario Pieri (Ita) Saeco 2 35 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 1 36 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Mountains classification 1 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 pts 2 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7 3 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5 4 Igor Pugaci (Mda) De Nardi 5 5 Mauro Zinetti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 5 6 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 3 7 Cédric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 8 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 3 9 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 3 10 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros 2 11 Médéric Clain (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 2 12 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 13 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros 1 14 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 1 15 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi 1 16 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi 1 17 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1
