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41st Tirreno-Adriatico - ProT

Italy, March 8-14, 2006

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Stage 4 - March 11: Paglieta – Civitanova Marche, 219 km

The Viking strikes!

Hushovd wins, Freire leads

By Tim Maloney, European Editor

Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole)
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Showing an incredible burst of Nordic power, Credit Agricole's Thor Hushovd jumped from the gruppo in the last 150 meters in Civitanova Marche, went around the outside into a strong headwind and put his front wheel across the finish line 20cm ahead of a stunned Alessandro Petacchi to win Stage 4 of Tirreno-Adriatico.

The big Viking rode a great sprint to win, but the Team Milram play in the last kilometre showed that the Erik Zabel leadout train for Ale-Jet still has some fine-tuning before next Saturday's big appointment at Milano-Sanremo.

"The finish was flat with head wind, which is something I like," said Hushovd on his website, thor-hushovd.com. "When Milram led it out, I was far behind. One rider from Acqua e Sapone rode up and I took his wheel. When Alessandro Petacchi went for his sprint, I passed him. I was on the left hand side of the road and he was on the right. I beat him out by half a wheel. It wasn't easy but it went OK. I'm really happy to beat Petacchi now, it's a first time for me in a bunch sprint for the win. It's not a step in my career but it shows I'm one of the best sprinters at the right time, just one week before Milan-San Remo. And if I beat Petacchi, I can beat Boonen as well."

Oscar Freire (Rabobank)
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A seemingly confused Petacchi explained after the stage in Civitanova Marche, "It was tough in the finale with a strong headwind in the last kilometre. We were riding pretty slowly and I probably made a made a mistake when I told Erik to go and ended up going too soon. It's too bad because the team worked really well today. But I feel great and that's important with Sanremo coming up next Saturday. I feel stronger than last year and to start with number one is a big responsibility for me."

Oscar Freire (Rabobank) kept his race lead today with a smart third place in Civitanova Marche, but with tomorrow's Stage 5 TT in Servigliano and its rolling profile, the race lead will likely change from non-tester Freire. Look out for his Rabobank teammate Thomas Dekker, just 0'14 behind the Spaniard, or an in-form Jörg Jaksche (Liberty Seguros), Levi Leipheimer (Gerolsteiner), 0'23 behind Freire, or Discovery Channel's dynamic duo Tommy Danielson at 0'23 or George Hincapie at 0'29.

How it unfolded

The Belgies gather around
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On another day of bad weather in Abruzzo, 188 riders took the start in Paglieta at 11:10. Non starters were Tonti (Acqua & Sapone) Mori (Saunier Duval-Prodir) and Ongarato (Team Milram).

After 17km, Flickinger, Mengin, Haselbacher, Aggiano and Klier attacked and 2km later, they were joined by counterattackers Barry, Perez Moreno, Commesso and Rojas Gil. While these riders were going off the front, four riders hit the deck in the group, including Bodrogi, Christensen, De Groot and Simeoni (Naturino). The Naturino rider had to abandon and was brought to Lanciano hospital for further checks. Up front the nine leaders had gained some ground in the fast, hectic start but after 40km, Barry and Klier sat up under team orders and there were now seven away. In the first hour of the race, 47.6 km were covered! After 66km, the lead was just 1'34 as the Team Milram led gruppo wasn't letting the break get far. And then there were six when Perez Moreno sat up.

The peloton
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At the intermediate sprint in Grottammare after 120.2km, Flickinger took the points ahead of Haselbacher and Commesso while the gruppo was 2’10 behind. After three hours of racing, the average speed was 43.1km/h. Forty kilometres later, the gap was down to 1’23 and a group of counterattackers led by Astarloa, Zaballa, Garzelli and Gutierrez Cataluna tried to get away, but the move was soon brought back. On the climb to Rapagnano, Aggiano, Haselbacher and Flickinger were dropped, while with 50km to race, Mengin, Commesso and Rojas Gil were up front with the gruppo at 0'54.

On the day's second intermediate sprint in Monte S. Pietrangeli with 44km to go, Toto Commesso preceded Rojas Gil, Mengin, and big Andy Flickinger, who had come back to the break. Haselbacher and Aggiano were chasing at 0'20 and the gruppo was at 1’08, but Flickinger was dropped again and there were now two groups of three riders up front. Rabobank had joined Milram in the chase and with 39km to go, the two trios were separated by 0'20 with the gruppo less than one minute behind. 10km later, everyone had been caught with the exception of a determined Commesso, who took Rojas Gil with him.

I AM the God of Thunder!
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On the GPM with 24km to go in S. Elpidio a Mare, Rojas Gil held on to grab the points ahead of attackers Tino Zaballa, J.A., Flecha and the gruppo that was lined out on the steep drag up from the seafront. With gruppo compatto and 20km to go, riders tried attack after attack; Balducci, Ascani, Moletta and Rebellin and Flecha. With 10km to go, Rabobank and Milram had it all together again and on seafront finish on Lungomare Piermanni in Civitanova Marche, it was Petacchi who got nervous and went too early. Massive Viking Thor Hushovd came around the long way into the wind and with his incredible power, just got by Ale-Jet to win by 20cm, with Freire in third, who kept his race lead.

Photography

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Results

1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                             5.21.13 (40.906 km/h)
2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                 
3 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                     
4 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                           
5 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
6 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R.                                   
7 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                  
8 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                   
9 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               
10 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                            
11 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone               
12 Michele Maccanti (Ita) Team L.P.R.                                   
13 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           
14 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team                                   
15 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                                          
16 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
17 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                            
18 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux                           
19 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                  
20 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
21 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld                                         
22 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                            
23 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
24 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                        
25 Luca Ascani (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare                            
26 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                             
27 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                           
28 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears             
29 Christoph Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole                             
30 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                                  
31 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   
32 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                        
33 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                              
34 Massimili Gentili (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare                      
35 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                                   
36 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                         
37 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    
38 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
39 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               
40 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                        
41 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                     
42 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                   
43 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                     
44 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                
45 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
46 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                
47 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                         
48 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                       
49 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  
50 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone          
51 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   
52 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
53 Iker Leonet Iza (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 
54 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua Sapone                                 
55 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  
56 Juan Anto Flecha Gianonni (Spa) Rabobank                             
57 Alexander Arekeev (Rus) Acqua Sapone                                 
58 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas                                      
59 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              
60 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                        
61 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    
62 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                         
63 Massimo Iannetti (Ita) Team L.P.R.                                   
64 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                    
65 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                             
66 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                       
67 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
68 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
69 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  
70 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 
71 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        
72 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                    
73 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems               
74 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Barloworld                                       
75 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
76 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                      
77 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                            
78 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              
79 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                   
80 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Barloworld                                 
81 Alessandr Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram                               
82 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
83 Christian Gasperoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare                    
84 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    
85 Andreas Kloden (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   
86 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                       
87 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                     0.17
88 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
89 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Team L.P.R.                              1.00
90 Gene Bates (Aus) Team L.P.R.                                         
91 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                    
92 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                 1.26
93 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance                             1.59
94 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                  
95 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              
96 Mauricio Soler (Col) Acqua Sapone                                    
97 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                        
98 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                           
99 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                
100 Benat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
101 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                        
102 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare                    
103 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears               
104 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                   
105 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
106 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance                                  
107 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
108 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
109 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux                             
110 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
111 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld                                  
112 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                    2.29
113 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            2.40
114 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
115 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                              
116 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                 
117 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
118 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                
119 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
120 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              
121 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                     
122 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                    
123 Viatchesl Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           
124 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare                        
125 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                
126 Jose Joaqin Rojas Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team              
127 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                   
128 Ruben Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 
129 Paul Crake (Aus) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare                            
130 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner                                        
131 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                    
132 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                4.52
133 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         
134 Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               
135 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare                        
136 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R Prevoyance                                 
137 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone         
138 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                
139 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               
140 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                     6.13
141 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 
142 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                             
143 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                
144 Luciano A Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     
145 Alessandr Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                                
146 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas                                       
147 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                                         
148 Christoph Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                           
149 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua Sapone                                
150 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                            
151 Andrus Aug (Est) Acqua Sapone                                   7.30
152 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua Sapone                                 
153 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                               
154 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                 
155 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                        
156 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                       
157 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone               
158 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                  
159 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
160 Mauro Facci (Ita) Barloworld                                        
161 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        
162 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld                                      
163 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                  
164 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               
165 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                             
166 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC                                      
167 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                   
168 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
169 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Team L.P.R.                                   
170 Mads Christensen (Den) Barloworld                                   
171 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole                               
172 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                          
173 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                               
174 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Team L.P.R.                                      
175 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R.                                  
176 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance                           10.26
177 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                     
178 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole                            
179 Simone Masciareli (Ita) Acqua Sapone                           10.28
180 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
181 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
182 Ren‚ Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                 
183 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         11.38
184 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                12.14
DNS Andrea Tonti (Ita) Acqua Sapone                                     
DNS Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
DNS Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                  
DNF Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare                       
DNF Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
DNF Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto                                  
DNF Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas                                         
 
General classification after stage 4
 
1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                             18.00.35
2 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                           0.14
3 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                         
4 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                    
5 Massimili Gentili (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare                       
6 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua Sapone                                  
7 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           
8 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                         
9 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                        
10 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                         
11 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                     0.17
12 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                   0.21
13 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas                                  0.23
14 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
15 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                         
16 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                 
17 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                       
18 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                     
19 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    
20 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  
21 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                                   
22 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
23 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    
24 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Barloworld                                 
25 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
26 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         0.29
27 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                            
28 Christoph Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole                             
29 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                    
30 Juan Anto Flecha Gianonni (Spa) Rabobank                             
31 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        
32 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              0.32
33 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       0.35
34 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears             
35 Alexander Arekeev (Rus) Acqua Sapone                                 
36 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                    
37 Christian Gasperoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare                    
38 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                               0.36
39 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                        0.42
40 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                            
41 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems               
42 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
43 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld                                     0.50
44 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    
45 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                            0.54
46 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                      1.04
47 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        1.05
48 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         1.22
49 Luca Ascani (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare                        1.24
50 Massimo Iannetti (Ita) Team L.P.R.                               1.26
51 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R.                              1.41
52 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Team L.P.R.                              1.42
53 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team                               2.04
54 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears               2.06
55 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           2.13
56 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux                       2.21
57 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
58 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team               2.51
59 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears               3.01
60 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    3.06
61 Mauricio Soler (Col) Acqua Sapone                                3.08
62 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance                             3.46
63 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                3.52
64 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                             4.28
65 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                         4.31
66 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              4.57
67 Ruben Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              4.59
68 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                   5.02
69 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           5.10
70 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare                     5.17
71 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           5.19
72 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                                      5.20
73 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                     5.32
74 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears            5.48
75 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        5.50
76 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare                     6.20
77 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                         6.22
78 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            6.27
79 Paul Crake (Aus) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare                         6.36
80 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  6.43
81 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              7.15
82 Viatchesl Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        7.17
83 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          7.36
84 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Barloworld                                   7.52
85 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                           7.58
86 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          8.02
87 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             8.06
88 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                 8.32
89 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux                               
90 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld                               9.02
91 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                             9.26
92 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           9.54
93 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                         10.33
94 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                         10.43
95 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone         11.16
96 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                11.56
97 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole                        12.00
98 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         12.02
99 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole                           12.24
100 Gene Bates (Aus) Team L.P.R.                                   12.25
101 Iker Leonet Iza (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears           13.17
102 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone          13.25
103 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux                        13.28
104 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team                               13.39
105 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                        13.45
106 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                          13.48
107 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                  14.10
108 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                         14.19
109 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua Sapone                            14.40
110 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                            14.51
111 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                            15.04
112 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance                             15.09
113 Jose Joaqin Rojas Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team         15.28
114 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            15.50
115 Michele Maccanti (Ita) Team L.P.R.                             15.57
116 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          16.03
117 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    16.32
118 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                              16.43
119 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                  16.45
120 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                          
121 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                       16.54
122 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R.                             16.55
123 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                              17.09
124 Mads Christensen (Den) Barloworld                              17.49
125 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                               18.30
126 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare            19.04
127 Christoph Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                      19.08
128 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        19.29
129 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                   19.37
130 Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                          19.44
131 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                               20.05
132 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                          20.07
133 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           20.18
134 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner                                        
135 Mauro Facci (Ita) Barloworld                                   20.25
136 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                          20.30
137 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                    20.52
138 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        20.57
139 Luciano A Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     
140 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          21.08
141 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas                                       
142 Andreas Kloden (Ger) T-Mobile Team                             21.57
143 Alessandr Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram                         21.59
144 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears            22.14
145 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       22.42
146 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                22.45
147 Benat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         22.52
148 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC                                 23.02
149 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Team L.P.R.                                 23.10
150 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                     23.23
151 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                              23.35
152 Alessandr Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                           24.06
153 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                    24.28
154 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                          24.37
155 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         25.37
156 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                  25.53
157 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                   25.56
158 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                        26.41
159 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare               27.44
160 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua Sapone                           28.13
161 Andrus Aug (Est) Acqua Sapone                                  28.23
162 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                   28.24
163 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux                         29.28
164 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             29.29
165 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                  
166 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R Prevoyance                            29.38
167 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                           30.23
168 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone    30.47
169 Simone Masciareli (Ita) Acqua Sapone                           31.49
170 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                  31.56
171 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                           32.35
172 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                          32.56
173 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                                    33.23
174 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                34.24
175 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            35.26
176 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   36.21
177 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld                                 37.30
178 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 39.19
179 Ren‚ Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                            40.22
180 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                     40.49
181 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            41.22
182 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                45.33
183 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Team L.P.R.                              46.58
184 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance                           53.37
 
Points classification
 
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                  26 pts
2 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                   25
3 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                        20
4 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R.                                 20
5 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                             19
6 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                               15
7 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                  12
8 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua Sapone                                12
9 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           10
10 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Barloworld                                     10
11 Ruben Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 8
12 Jose Joaqin Rojas Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team              8
13 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                            7
14 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                         7
15 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              6
16 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                 6
17 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                       6
18 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            6
19 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 5
20 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas                                     5
21 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                       5
22 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                4
23 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R.                                  4
24 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                   4
25 Luca Ascani (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare                           3
26 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                 3
27 Christoph Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                           3
28 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                       3
29 Ren‚ Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                 3
30 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                        2
31 Massimili Gentili (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare                     1
32 Christoph Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole                            1
33 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                           1
34 Paul Crake (Aus) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare                            1
35 Mauro Facci (Ita) Barloworld                                        1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Jose Joaqin Rojas Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team              11 pts
2 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R.                                   8
3 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                        7
4 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                       5
5 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                    5
6 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears             3
7 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                    3
8 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    2
9 Mauricio Soler (Col) Acqua Sapone                                    2
10 Ruben Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 2
11 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                   1
12 Juan Anto Flecha Gianonni (Spa) Rabobank                            1
13 Luca Ascani (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare                           1
14 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               1
15 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                 1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Rabobank                                                      54.02.27
2 Gerolsteiner                                                      0.18
3 Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team                                            
4 Discovery Channel                                                 0.33
5 Naturino-Sapore Di Mare                                           0.36
6 Team CSC                                                          0.46
7 Phonak Hearing Systems                                            0.50
8 T-Mobile Team                                                     1.00
9 Credit Agricole                                                   2.11
10 Team L.P.R.                                                      2.14
11 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                2.17
12 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                             2.18
13 Acqua e Sapone                                                   3.15
14 Cofidis                                                          4.11
15 Barloworld                                                       4.14
16 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                                   4.21
17 Team Milram                                                      4.25
18 Francaise Des Jeux                                               4.42
19 Quick Step-Innergetic                                            5.14
20 Lampre-Fondital                                                  7.13
21 Liquigas                                                        12.07
22 Bouygues Telecom                                                14.59
23 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                                       18.40
24 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                 19.05
25 Davitamon-Lotto                                                 22.38

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