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89th Giro d'Italia - GT

Italy, May 6-28, 2006

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Stage 2 - Sunday, May 7: Mons - Charleroi Marcinelle, 197 km

Triumph over tragedy; Sprinter's Round 1: Victory McEwen

By Anthony Tan & Les Clarke in Charleroi Marcinelle, with additional reporting from Tim Maloney

Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto)
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On August 8, 1956, Marcinelle was the scene for a tragic mine accident that took the lives of 262 workers. But 50 years on, one could only find triumph in this suburb on the outskirts of Charleroi, as Davitamon-Lotto's pocket-rocket Robbie McEwen won the first round of the battle between the sprinters - and in convincing fashion.

"This win is obviously very important for me because it's in the Giro; it's not just the Giro but the Giro in Belgium, which is very important for our sponsors," said a beaming McEwen. "But it's again more confirmation after Romandie last week that I'm going in the right direction and I seem to be fully recovered from my rib injury I suffered in March."

"Any sprint you win is perfect," he said. "The lead out was perfect - I was able to follow the Milram train for the last five kilometres but I knew there were lots of roundabouts all in a row, so I was able to ride a good position and stay on the wheel of Petacchi.

"It was just in the last 200 metres that it became a bit more complicated. When Alessandro swung around and saw me on his wheel, I think that made him a little uncertain that he wanted to ride a tactical sprint instead of just blasting off like he often does from 200 [metres to go]."

After what looked to be a perfect lead-out by his Milram boys - still four strong at the front with one and a half kilometres remaining - Ale-Jet Petacchi just didn't have the legs to prevent T-Mobile's Olaf Pollack from preempting his own move. McEwen wasted no time in grabbing Pollack's wheel before powering past on the inside, winning by more than a bike length from the fast-finishing German. Third place went to Quick.Step-Innergetic's jumpy cricket Paolo Bettini, while a disappointed Petacchi rolled in for fourth.

"I'm very satisfied," said Pollack. "The finale was pretty hectic. Graeme Browne took risks at a roundabout three kilometres before the finish, which caused three riders to crash. This also opened a gap for me, which I used right away."

Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto)
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Bettini said he proved himself today. "They explained the stage to me and I knew that it was for pure sprinters, but when the road is slightly uphill I always want to mingle. With the third place, I even recovered a little time lost yesterday. Was there a risk? Yes, a little, but that's normal; it was a calm stage, with a well-controlled break, so everybody wanted to be in front in the finale. Plus, it was the first stage so it was normal that there was some tension. I'm sure it won't be as crowded tomorrow, when we climb the citadel of Namur - I'm going to go all out for the stage win."

Said McEwen on Petacchi: "He waited very long and didn't start when Pollack started - so he then had to gain some free space and I could just go through between him and Brown because he went from the front, away to the right and I was able to get through a very small gap and open my sprint for real.

"I think I'm maybe the only rider who can force Alessandro to make small mistakes and try and change his tactics," he mused.

"He also realises I change my tactics in every sprint, but I know that Alessandro is one of the strongest and always hard to beat. Of course, I do fear him and his train when it comes to just the sprint itself, but I focus on my own tactics and look at him like any of the others.

"It's also about experience as a sprinter - this is my eleventh year as a professional, and having always been a sprinter and sprinting in that way, all that experience keeps building; when I'm in a position like I was today, eight times out of ten I can make the right decision. But to be a good decision maker you also have to have good legs."

Petacchi was of course disappointed with fourth place, but resigned himself to the fact. "Sprints are like that - sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. They waited for me in the last metres but I couldn't finish my sprint like I wanted to. I took a risk, I didn't go at 200 metres because the road went uphill and we were at 50 km/h. I had McEwen on my wheel and if I had jumped I would have led him out in the sprint. On top of that, I suffer at low-speed sprints. I thank my teammates who worked so well for me, but unfortunately the ascent of the road did notmake it possible to sprint at the speed I prefer. But my condition is really good. There will be other occasions."

Paolo Savoldelli (Discovery Channel)
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Apart from McEwen igniting the sprinters' bagarre, the stage was relatively uneventful. 23 kilometres after leaving Mons, a breakaway containing Gabriele Missaglia (Selle Italia), Mickael Delage (Française des Jeux), Beñat Albizuri (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Arnaud Labbe (Bouygues Telecom) set the scene for much of the gloomy day's proceedings. Unsurprisingly, it amounted to exactly nothing 155 kilometres later, other than the four finding themselves back in the peloton 19 kilometres from the finish.

From that point on, no-one was able to break the grip of the sprinters' teams as a showdown on Marcinelle's Avenue Eugène Mascaux became the inevitable conclusion, and with a slight uphill finish, Robbie McEwen the inevitable winner. Heading into tomorrow's third stage from Perwez to Namur, maglia rosa Paolo Savoldelli maintains his eleven second advantage over Francaise des Jeux's Bradley McGee.

How it unfolded

Birthday boy Paolo Savoldelli
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After a spell of super spring weather in Belgium, Sunday dawned wet and cool in the Wallonne region for the second of four stages of the 89th Giro d'Italia. But the wet weather couldn't put a damper on 2005 Giro champion Paolo Savoldelli's 33rd birthday, as the Discovery Channel rider from Bergamo was starting in the maglia rosa he won yesterday. After a bite of birthday cake, Savoldelli and the other 197 riders started out six minutes late from Mons on the long loop to Charleroi-Marcinelle at 12:31.

Key points were the 110 Gazzetta at Morlanwelz after 98.4km and a GPM at Silenrieux after 144 km. After 23km on the outskirts of Mons, four riders managed to escape after an initial flurry of attacks, with Mickael Delage (Française des Jeux), Arnaud Labbe (Bouygues Telecom), Moises Aldape (Panaria) and Illiano (Selle Italia) off the front. But after 1km away, Aldape and Illiano crashed out of the break on the wet roads, but Gabriele Missaglia (Selle Italia) and Benat Albizuri (Euskaltel-Euskadi) then came across to form another quartet.

The rain eventually tapered after about an hour of racing, but continued on and off. After 55km in Rebecq, Missaglia took a cash prime and after 65km, the quartet had gained a lead of 6'18 outside of the village of Tubize at the day's northernmost point, but Discovery Channel moved to the front to ride a steady tempo along with some Davitamon riders. in In 60th place at 43 seconds at the start of the day, Missaglia became the virtual maglia rosa.

Gabriele Missaglia (Selle Italia)
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After 81km, Albizuri took another cash prime in Ardennes with the gruppo cruising 6'00 behind, with the first 84km covered at an average of just over 39 km/h. Just outside this tiny Walloon village, the break was stopped by a train passing at a level crossing and lost about 1'30 to the chasing gruppo. With 88km to go in Ressaix, the gap was 4'35 and at the "110 Gazzetta" intermediate sprint, Delage bested Albiziru and Missaglia.

After the sprint, the percorso headed southwest along the French border to the feed zone in Merbes-le-Chateaux with 80km left to race; rain showers had picked up again, with the break still working well together and keeping a lead of four and a half minutes on the peloton.

After three hours of racing, the average speed was 39,8 Km/h and the leaders gap was just 3' with 60km to go as Discovery Channel had now left the moderate chase pace to the sprinters teams Milram and Davitamon. At the GPM at Silenrieux after 144km with 52km left to race, big Arnie Labbe took the points atop the gentle rise and would don the maglia verde of best climber after the stage.

Davitamon, Milram and Discovery
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The rain had stopped again and gruppo was still riding at a moderate pace, passing the GPM 2'32 ahead of Roberto Laiseka (Euskaltel) who had jumped away looking for KOM points that weren't there. The two groups traversed the wide open farmlands in the deep south of Belgium, soon to make the turn back north towards Charleroi.

With 40km to race, Delage took what he thought was a sprint prime but was actually the 40 km to go banner, and the pace was still moderate, with 39.3km covered after four hours. The break had 2'00 left from their original advantage while Davitamon and Milram had upped the chase pace again. In Florennes with 35km to go, the gap had tumbled to 1'25 as the Milram and Davitamon-led chasers had the bit between their teeth as they quickly pulled back the break. As the leaders gap fell below 2'00, the team cars were pulled from the break and Delage, Labbe and Albizu sat up, while Missaglia kept on going by himself, passing solo under the 30km to go banner with a lead of 1'37. But Missaglia was joined by Albizu, who had second thoughts and the duo kept riding hard up front.

Benat Albizuri (Euskaltel)
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Through Mettet with 26km to go, the front duo was still 1'15 out front as they headed northwest towards Charleroi, but Milram had hit the front and was cranking it up to begin the set-up for Petacchi's sprint. Davitamon was up there too, not wanting to have their fast man McEwen left out of the party. But the break didn't make it back to the Province of Hainaut from where they had started four hours previously, as they were finally brought to heel with 17km to race after 140km of liberty.

Now it was gruppo compatto on the way home with Milram and Davitamon leading the way on the rolling roads into the southern suburbs of Charleroi towards the finish. All the top teams were now struggling for elbow room at the front of the peloton. Big Chris Knees of Milram was humping away at the front as the gruppo crossed the Sambre River with less than 10km to go and luckily the rain had stopped, as there were many twists and turns on the city streets. No team was taking control in the delicate phase of the race between 10km and 5km to go, so there were constant changes up front.

With 4km to go, the gruppo was led by Milram and Petacchi, with Davitamon and Robbie McEwen, Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step) and Olaf Pollack (T-Mobile Team) tagging along. As they slalomed through the roundabouts and tight curves of Charleroi, Michael Rasmussen had to make a major effort to get back from a puncture with 6km to go, but ended up losing three minutes by the day's end.

As the gruppo hit the last 1500 metres, the road was a long gradual uphill drag to the finish line. Milram's Rigotto was second to last man for Petacchi, then Ongarato. In the last 300 metres, Milram's penultimate man Ongarato seemed to slow and with 200 to go, both Pollack and Bettini sensed that Petacchi's lead-out was slow and tried to jump Petacchi.

When Ale-Jet finally went with 170 metres remaining, his afterburners didn't light and Robbie McEwen came off Petacchi's wheel, making his trademark move to take the victory and a 20 second time bonus. No change in the classifica generale, with Discovery Channel's birthday boy Paolo Savoldelli still in the maglia rosa of Giro d'Italia race leadership.

Monday, May 8 - Stage 3: Perwez-Namur, 202km

Stage 3 to Namur has that Classics feeling, with the Cotes d'Ahin from Fleche Wallonne on the program with 50km to go and to wrap things up, a tough cobbled climb from the Meuse River up the last 2km up to Namur's famous Fortress make Stage 3 decidedly not for the sprinters. Look out for Olympic champ Bettini to hit out on this challenging uphill finish.

Photography

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Results

1 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                4.51.40 (41.14 km/h)
2 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                          
3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                                 
4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                     
5 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                     
6 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance                                       
7 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni                 
8 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                   
9 Axel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                  
10 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                              
11 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
12 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                                
13 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                
14 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                         
15 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                     
16 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
17 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                          
18 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                   
19 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                  
20 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                        
21 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital                                    
22 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears        
23 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                       
24 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                                
25 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
26 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                     
27 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                         
28 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
29 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                           
30 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
31 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                                 
32 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas                                       
33 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                            
34 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                              
35 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas                                               
36 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                           
37 Francisco J. Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital                       
38 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 
39 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni               
40 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                        
41 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                        
42 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic                           
43 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                       
44 Jose Cayetano Julia Cegarra (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears         
45 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                  
46 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               
47 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole                                 
48 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                   
49 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                       
50 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                      
51 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears            
52 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                    
53 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                       
54 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance                                     
55 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                          
56 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
57 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                        
58 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital                                     
59 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare              
60 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                    
61 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                             
62 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     
63 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                               
64 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
65 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       
66 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                              
67 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare              
68 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                                   
69 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                    
70 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                                     
71 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears             
72 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               
73 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                  
74 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
75 Santo Anza' (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni                  
76 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                 
77 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                              
78 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team                                      
79 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                
80 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         
81 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         
82 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                                
83 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   
84 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                            
85 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           
86 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   
87 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
88 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
89 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                          
90 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                      
91 Inigo Chaurreau Bernardez (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                          
92 Jose Serpa (Col) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni                   
93 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
94 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni          
95 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                     
96 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         
97 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                                
98 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                        
99 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                   
100 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears            
101 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                    
102 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                      
103 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone          
104 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                
105 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                  
106 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital                                   
107 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni            
108 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
109 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
110 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                    
111 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC                                     
112 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                        
113 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          
114 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                    
115 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems                  
116 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                       
117 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
118 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                           
119 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                             
120 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                   
121 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                         
122 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                    
123 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto                                   
124 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                         
125 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems                                
126 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                                
127 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                                             
128 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                         
129 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                                 
130 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                                   
131 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                   
132 Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC                             
133 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 
134 Joerg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       
135 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                           
136 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                       
137 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                         
138 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                     
139 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
140 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                         
141 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                
142 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
143 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                   
144 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                       
145 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                          
146 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                              
147 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                            
148 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole                                   
149 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                          
150 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole                               
151 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                          
152 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                                   
153 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
154 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux                            
155 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                  
156 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare              
157 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    
158 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team                                     
159 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Credit Agricole                                      
160 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                    
161 Marcos A. Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team            
162 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance                                      
163 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
164 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
165 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  
166 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
167 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                             
168 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         
169 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                             0.31
170 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                             
171 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                 
172 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                       
173 José Antonio Garrido Lima (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic                   
174 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           
175 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                     
176 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                        
177 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram                                    
178 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      
179 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni              
180 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                         
181 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                         
182 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni    0.36
183 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                  
184 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems                             
185 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram                                 
186 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas                                      0.46
187 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC                                    0.49
188 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                      
189 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                                    0.58
190 Aaron Olson (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              1.02
191 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             1.09
192 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni          
193 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
194 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             
195 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              2.20
196 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                    3.15
197 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                        
198 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         
 
Points
 
1 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                     25 pts
2 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                        20
3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                               16
4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                   14
5 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                   12
6 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance                                     10
7 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni                9
8 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  8
9 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  8
10 Axel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                7
11 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                             6
12 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         6
13 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    5
14 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                               4
15 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni          4
16 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                               3
17 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     3
18 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                        2
19 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram                                    2
20 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                    1
21 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                        1
 
Mountains
 
1 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      3 pts
2 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  2
3 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          1
 
110 Gazzetta
 
1 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  5 pts
2 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          4
3 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni           3
4 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      2
5 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram                                     1
6 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                          

Combination 
 
1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               60 pts
2 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                                  49
3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                           37
4 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                 36
5 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 26
6 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    24
7 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     22
8 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         22
9 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                      19
10 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team                                    18
11 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       16
12 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears           14
13 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                    14
14 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears      10
15 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni         10
16 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                               9
17 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                   8
18 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                      7
19 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                   7
20 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram                                    6
21 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                  5
22 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance                                     4
23 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  3
24 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                               2
25 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                               1
26 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni               1
 
Most combative
 
1 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                      6 pts
2 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  6
3 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                         5
4 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                                4
5 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      4
6 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          4
7 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                    3
8 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni           3
9 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                    2
10 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance                                     1
11 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram                                    1
 
Azzurri d'Italia
 
1 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                      4 pts
2 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                         2
3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                                1
 
Trofeo Fuga Piaggio
 
1 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni        146 pts
2 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       146
3 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                               140
4 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   140

Trofeo Fast Team
 
1 Liquigas                                                          14.35.00
2 Gerolsteiner                                                              
3 Davitamon-Lotto                                                           
4 Lampre-Fondital                                                           
5 Cofidis                                                                   
6 Quickstep-Innergetic                                                      
7 Credit Agricole                                                           
8 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                                                 
9 T-Mobile Team                                                             
10 Team Milram                                                              
11 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                                           
12 Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni                                    
13 Rabobank                                                                 
14 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                        
15 Bouygues Telecom                                                        
16 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                          
17 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                       
18 Team CSC                                                                 
19 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                                     
20 Phonak Hearing Systems                                                   
21 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                                               
22 Francaise Des Jeux                                                       
 
Trofeo Super Team
 
1 Davitamon-Lotto                                                         21 pts
2 T-Mobile Team                                                           19
3 Cofidis                                                                 19
4 Quickstep-Innergetic                                                    18
5 Team Milram                                                             17
6 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                         15
7 Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni                                   14
8 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                       13
9 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                                               12
10 Rabobank                                                               11
11 Liquigas                                                               11
12 Gerolsteiner                                                           10
13 Credit Agricole                                                         9
14 Francaise Des Jeux                                                      8
15 Lampre-Fondital                                                         6
16 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                      5
17 Phonak Hearing Systems                                                  2
18 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                                           
19 Team CSC                                                                 
20 Bouygues Telecom                                                        
21 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                                               
22 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                                     
 
General classification after stage 2
 
1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          4.59.30
2 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                                0.11
3 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems               0.13
4 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
5 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team                                   0.15
6 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears          0.16
7 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears         
8 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                    0.17
9 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                    0.18
10 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                        0.19
11 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               0.20
12 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     0.21
13 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   
14 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                            0.23
15 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                            0.25
16 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                     
17 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           0.26
18 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                                          0.27
19 Carlos Sastre Candil (Spa) Team CSC                                      
20 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                             
21 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                0.28
22 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears            0.29
23 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                  
24 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                     0.30
25 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             0.31
26 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole                                 
27 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                        
28 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               0.32
29 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team     0.34
30 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                                
31 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance                                  0.35
32 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                    
33 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital                                    
34 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic                       0.36
35 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                       
36 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                       
37 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                                 
38 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                      
39 Francisco J. Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Fondital                       
40 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone       0.37
41 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                 
42 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems               0.38
43 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
44 Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Spa) Team CSC                          0.39
45 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas                                               
46 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                          
47 José Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni          
48 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                                 
49 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                                
50 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Fondital                                  0.40
51 Rémi Pauriol (Fra) Credit Agricole                                   0.41
52 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   
53 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          
54 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC                                            
55 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         0.42
56 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                        
57 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                    
58 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                          
59 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                           
60 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 0.43
61 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare          0.44
62 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems                                 
63 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                              
64 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   
65 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC                                          0.45
66 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Fondital                                    
67 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Lampre-Fondital                                 0.46
68 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               
69 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
70 Benoit Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                     
71 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                 
72 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                         
73 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         0.48
74 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                                
75 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                              
76 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux                             
77 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                      0.49
78 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                          
79 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
80 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                  0.50
81 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       0.51
82 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                          
83 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                0.52
84 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                           
85 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears            
86 John Gadret (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                        
87 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team               0.53
88 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          0.54
89 Jonathan Patrick Mc Carty (USA) Phonak Hearing Systems                   
90 Stef Clement (Ned) Bouygues Telecom                                      
91 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                                    
92 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                   
93 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas                                   0.55
94 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     
95 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                              
96 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Davitamon-Lotto                                    
97 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare               
98 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                     
99 Joerg Ludewig (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                        
100 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux                          0.56
101 Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                  
102 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                         
103 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                       0.57
104 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                       
105 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole                                   
106 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             0.58
107 Inigo Chaurreau Bernardez (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                         
108 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
109 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                    
110 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                      0.59
111 Jose Cayetano Julia Cegarra (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears    1.00
112 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                                    
113 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                   
114 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                         
115 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                      1.01
116 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                
117 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni              
118 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance                                  1.02
119 Miguel Angel Rubiano Chavez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare             
120 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                       
121 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                               
122 Marcos A. Serrano Rodriguez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team            
123 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux                             1.04
124 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                   
125 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance                                    
126 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                          1.05
127 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                1.06
128 Manuel Beltran Martinez (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        
129 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole                           1.07
130 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                   1.08
131 Jose Serpa (Col) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni                  
132 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
133 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
134 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team               1.09
135 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears            
136 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                         
137 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team                                 1.10
138 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                1.11
139 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                             1.12
140 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                      
141 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                   1.13
142 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                      
143 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          
144 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                       
145 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                           
146 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                        
147 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              1.14
148 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         1.15
149 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank                                             
150 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
151 Santo Anza' (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni                 
152 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   
153 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                            1.16
154 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          
155 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          1.17
156 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
157 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                     1.19
158 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                        1.21
159 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                                   
160 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                          1.24
161 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni            
162 Axel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare            1.25
163 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram                                1.26
164 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             1.29
165 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram                                 
166 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                   1.30
167 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                1.31
168 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                    
169 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                 1.34
170 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                    1.36
171 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                         
172 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                  1.38
173 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni           1.39
174 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         1.40
175 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni    1.41
176 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             1.44
177 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                             1.48
178 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                         1.49
179 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni      1.50
180 José Antonio Garrido Lima (Spa) Quick Step-Innergetic               1.51
181 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni              
182 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         1.52
183 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC                                    1.53
184 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                                    1.54
185 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems                         1.55
186 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              1.56
187 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       1.58
188 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 1.59
189 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas                                      2.01
190 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  2.02
191 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             2.03
192 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             2.13
193 Aaron Olson (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              2.19
194 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone         2.31
195 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              3.23
196 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                    4.18
197 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     5.01
198 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                    5.08
 
Points classification
 
1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               33 pts
2 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                     25
3 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                                  23
4 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                        20
4 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    20
4 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                 20
7 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                               16
8 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                   14
9 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                           12
9 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team                                     12
9 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                   12
12 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears           10
12 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                     10
12 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance                                    10
15 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni               9
15 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears       9
17 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 8
18 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 8
19 Axel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                7
19 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                      7
21 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                             6
21 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         6
23 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                  5
24 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni          4
24 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                               4
24 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  4
27 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     3
27 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                               3
27 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                               3
30 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                               2
30 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram                                    2
30 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas                                        2
30 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                    2
34 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                        1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                3 pts
2 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      3
3 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                                   2
4 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  2
5 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                            1
6 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          1
 
110 Gazzetta classification
 
1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                5 pts
2 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  5
3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                            4
4 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          4
5 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                  3
6 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni           3
7 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                                   2
8 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      2
9 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                       1
10 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram                                    1

Combination classification
 
1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              120 pts
2 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                                 103
3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                           80
4 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                 75
5 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    48
6 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                      46
7 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team                                     40
8 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears            33
9 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 26
10 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears      26
11 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    22
12 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        22
13 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                     20
14 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       16
15 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 15
16 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                    14
17 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 11
18 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni         10
19 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                               9
20 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                               8
21 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                   8
22 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                   7
23 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram                                    6
24 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team CSC                                               5
25 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance                                     4
26 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                    2
27 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni               1
 
Most combative classification
 
1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               11 pts
2 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                                   7
3 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                  7
4 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                      6
5 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  6
6 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                         5
7 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                            4
8 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                                4
9 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      4
10 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         4
11 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    3
12 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                   3
13 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni          3
14 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) T-Mobile Team                                     2
15 Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                   2
16 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears            1
17 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                      1
18 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) AG2R Prevoyance                                     1
19 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Team Milram                                    1
 
Azzurri d'Italia classification
 
1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                4 pts
2 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                      4
3 Bradley McGee (Aus) Française des Jeux                                   2
4 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                         2
5 José E. Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                  1
6 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                                1
 
Trofeo Fuga Piaggio classification
 
1 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni        146 pts
2 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       146
3 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                               140
4 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   140

Trofeo Fast Team classification
 
1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                14.59.22
2 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                                        0.09
3 T-Mobile Team                                                         0.13
4 Gerolsteiner                                                          0.20
5 Team CSC                                                              0.23
6 Lampre-Fondital                                                       0.28
7 Liquigas                                                              0.36
8 Francaise Des Jeux                                                    0.37
9 Phonak Hearing Systems                                                0.43
10 Quickstep-Innergetic                                                 0.47
11 Cofidis                                                              0.55
12 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                                 0.59
13 Credit Agricole                                                      1.06
14 Davitamon-Lotto                                                      1.08
15 Bouygues Telecom                                                        
16 Team Milram                                                          1.14
17 Rabobank                                                                 
18 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                                               
19 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                                            1.22
20 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                      1.25
21 Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni                                1.31
22 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                    1.48
 
Trofeo Super Team classification
 
1 T-Mobile Team                                                           48 pts
2 Gerolsteiner                                                            39
3 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                      34
4 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                                          29
5 Francaise Des Jeux                                                      27
6 Liquigas                                                                22
7 Lampre-Fondital                                                         22
8 Davitamon-Lotto                                                         21
9 Phonak Hearing Systems                                                  20
10 Quickstep-Innergetic                                                   20
11 Cofidis                                                                20
12 Team CSC                                                               18
13 Team Milram                                                            17
14 Rabobank                                                               15
15 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                        15
16 Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni                                  14
17 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                      13
18 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                                              12
19 Credit Agricole                                                         9
20 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                                    5
21 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                                               
22 Bouygues Telecom                                                        

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