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43rd Tirreno-Adriatico - HC

Italy, March 12-18, 2008

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Stage 4 - March 15: Porto Recanati - Civitanova Marche, 166 km

'Ale-Jet' Petacchi hits back

Good showing by Milram sprinter with Sanremo on horizon

By Gregor Brown

The sixth win of 2008: Alessandro Petacchi (Team Milram), 34, celebrates after winning stage four of the 43rd Tirreno-Adriatico
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Beaten three days ago in the opening stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico, 'Ale-Jet' Alessandro Petacchi hit back in stage four by beating Oscar Freire (Rabobank) and Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) in Civitanova Marche. The 34 year-old Italian of Team Milram showed his form is on target for Milano-Sanremo, March 22, when he resisted a surge by Spaniard Freire at the end of the 166-kilometre day. Swede Niklas Axelsson (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli) kept in contact with the head group to retain the leader's maglia azzurra he claimed yesterday on Montelupone.

"I think that the team did a great bit of work," said an exhausted Petacchi after the win. "That last rise [GPM Corva, -8.7km - ed.] was demanding and I knew I needed the team. I had to fend off Freire who was stuck to my wheel. I went a little long, but I was able to pull it off. Thanks to my wife and [soon to be born] baby."

'Pippo' Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) in the race's finale
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Team Milram worked hard to ensure its captain ruled in the seaside resort town. It was hit with and successfully defended against an attack by Alessandro Ballan (Lampre) at eight kilometres to go, which drew along favourites Freire, Pozzato, Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC), World Champion Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) and race leader Axelsson.

After a surge by Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas), German Erik Zabel took control at 450 metres to go with his leader, Petacchi, in tow. It was a long lead-out and a good test for Sanremo, in one week's time. Zooming down the right hand side of the road, Petacchi came off the left of Zabel's wheel at 200 metres. The Italian from La Spezia held of Freire, who started just a little too late.

"We are near a great race [Sanremo - ed.] and it is clear that everyone wants to see how I am doing. Second the other day and winning today is good for the morale. I have always been up there in the last years at Sanremo," Petacchi added regarding La Classicissima.

'Pippo' Pozzato held with Petacchi and Freire – two riders who have a faster sprint – to finish with an impressive third. "I am happy with my condition, and the only thing that I missed is the win. If I win at Sanremo then all will be great," noted the rider from Veneto.

How it unfolded

Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) went with the final move on Corva
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After the battering of yesterday's Montelupone, 164 riders rolled out of Porto Recanati hoping for an easier day. At least with the parcours – the last 4.75 kilometres flat – it would be ridable, whereas yesterday many were forced to walk the final metres.

Joost Posthuma (Rabobank), who was involved in yesterday's crash with Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott), did not start.

There were many attempts at freedom, particularly from the USA-team, Slipstream, and after the first hour of racing, there was a successful move. Renaud Dion (Ag2r-La Mondiale) and Juan José Oroz (Euskaltel-Euskadi) broke free at kilometre 41, and they were joined by Sven Krauss (Gerolsteiner) some kilometres later. The trio had 2'15" at kilometre 47, and by the GPM of Petritoli (km 58.4) the gap was at 3'00" to the gruppo, led by yesterday's escapee, Loyd Mondory (Ag2r-La Mondiale).

Oroz got back to his buddies after a flat tire, and they were now holding a gap of 4'35" at kilometre 77 in Belmonte Piceno. However, from this point on the gap started to fall. The undulating roads were taking their toll on the leaders, and on the stretch leading to Innesto it was only Oroz and Krauss in the lead with 20 seconds on the group, which had seen an active Martyn Maaskant (Slipstream Chipotle - H30).

Italian Alessandro Ballan (Lampre) help start the move
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Heading towards the Corva GPM, the escape was washed away and a group of favourites were leading the affairs. Andrea Tonti (Quick Step) started a move with Ballan, and they were joined by Bettini, Tom Boonen (Quick Step), Marco Corti (Barloworld), Enrico Gasparotto (Barloworld), Luis Pasamontes (Caisse d'Epargne), Nick Nuyens (Cofidis), Emanuele Sella (CSF Group Navigare), race leader Axelsson, Jussi Veikkanen (Française des Jeux), Markus Fothen (Gerolsteiner), Gerald Ciolek (High Road), George Hincapie (High Road), Linus Gerdemann (High Road), Thomas Lövkvist (High Road), Patxi Vila (Lampre), Daniele Pietropolli (LPR Brakes), Freire, Matti Breschel (Team CSC), Cancellara, Igor Astarloa (Team Milram) and Luca Mazzanti (Tinkoff Credit Systems).

The move gained only 13" by the top of the climb (km 157.3), and with 8.7 kilometres to go it would be hard to hold off Milram, who were organising a chase. Petacchi's boys had their leader in the front group with 2000 metres remaining.

Photography

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Results

1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                           3.59.58 (41.505 km/h)
2 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                                      
3 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                                         
4 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road                                                     
5 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                          
6 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                   
7 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld                                                     
8 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare                                     
9 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                   
10 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                                           
11 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                          
12 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                          
13 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                      
14 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                                      
15 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli                 
16 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                                   
17 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                   
18 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                                          
19 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                                                 
20 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                                    
21 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team High Road                                                  
22 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                                      
23 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step                                                    
24 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                                         
25 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                               
26 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                                   
27 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli              
28 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                                                  
29 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road                                                  
30 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                             
31 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale                                               
32 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                                        
33 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre                                         
34 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                                              
35 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                                      
36 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road                                                    
37 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                      
38 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC                                                    
39 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                                         
40 Julian Dean (NZl) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                                
41 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                     
42 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                       
43 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 
44 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                                        
45 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                            
46 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld                                                     
47 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                              
48 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                            
49 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                                      
50 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                                             
51 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli        
52 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                                       
53 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                                            
54 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                             
55 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                              
56 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                                         
57 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                           
58 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2r - La Mondiale                                               
59 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                                               
60 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                                  
61 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale                                               
62 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                               
63 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre                                                            
64 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                                      
65 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                    
66 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                                         
67 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                           
68 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                                         
69 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                             
70 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux                                                   
71 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                                       0.11
72 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                     
73 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step                                                         
74 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                                       
75 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                       
76 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                           
77 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                         
78 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli                
79 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                                       
80 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                              0.14
81 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram                                             
82 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                                          
83 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                                 
84 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                                       
85 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                                     
86 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes                                                          
87 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step                                                  0.24
88 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                                0.26
89 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld                                     0.35
90 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                                  0.39
91 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                                        
92 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                        2.29
93 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                                         
94 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                               
95 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                                              
96 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld                                                          
97 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                                    
98 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road                                                     
99 Danilo Hondo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli                    
100 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                   
101 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                        
102 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott                        
103 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux                                          
104 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                          
105 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                               
106 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                                     
107 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2r - La Mondiale                                            
108 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale                                                 
109 William Frischkorn (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                        
110 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux                                             
111 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step                                                         
112 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                        
113 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                  
114 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                            
115 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road                                                  
116 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                                          
117 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                                       
118 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                        
119 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                               
120 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                                        
121 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                                                         
122 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre                                                         
123 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) CSF Group Navigare                                 
124 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                                           
125 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                      
126 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                                  
127 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                      7.42
128 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli           
129 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                           
130 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                               
131 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                   
132 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                              
133 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Scott                                      
134 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                      
135 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                           
136 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli               
137 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli              
138 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                        
139 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                        
140 Francesco Tomei (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                             
141 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                                      
142 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                                   
143 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road                                                     
144 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                         
145 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                    
146 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                                 
147 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r - La Mondiale                                              
148 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                       
149 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre                                                        
150 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                            
151 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                               
152 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre                                                          
153 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                               
154 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                    
155 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                   
156 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                       
157 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld                                                  
158 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                           
159 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                    7.52
160 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                      8.30
161 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                             
162 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 
163 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                          
164 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                                       
DNS Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                                        
 
General classification after stage 4
 
1 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli          17.56.12
2 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld                                                 0.10
3 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                           0.18
4 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team High Road                                               0.24
5 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                    0.32
6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                                               0.40
7 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                   0.50
8 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                            0.54
9 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                                       
10 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2r - La Mondiale                                               
11 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                        0.59
12 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre                                         
13 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                         1.05
14 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                                    1.08
15 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                                    1.12
16 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC                                                1.18
17 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes                                              1.24
18 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                      
19 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli          1.27
20 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                                          1.33
21 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli    1.39
22 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux                                                   
23 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             1.46
24 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step                                                1.55
25 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                                2.01
26 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                                  2.03
27 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                                     2.09
28 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                         2.40
29 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                          2.52
30 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                 3.05
31 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld                                                     
32 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road                                              3.11
33 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                        3.14
34 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli            3.28
35 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                                   3.59
36 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes                                                      4.11
37 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2r - La Mondiale                                         4.15
38 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step                                                     5.06
39 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                                                      5.20
40 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                                 5.29
41 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                   6.08
42 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                         7.14
43 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                 8.12
44 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                              8.26
45 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                       8.31
46 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                      9.25
47 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                     10.09
48 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              10.36
49 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                                    10.43
50 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                  11.01
51 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                                          11.04
52 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale                                          11.14
53 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                             11.27
54 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                         11.52
55 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                      11.53
56 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                          11.57
57 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                                  12.14
58 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                                    13.44
59 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step                                                 13.51
60 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                        14.05
61 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                           14.28
62 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli           14.59
63 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale                                          15.22
64 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                                 15.24
65 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                                             
66 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                    15.27
67 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram                                        15.38
68 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               15.43
69 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                    15.53
70 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) CSF Group Navigare                             16.42
71 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                                   17.09
72 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre                                                      17.46
73 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                               17.52
74 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                                    18.06
75 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                                     18.21
76 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                  
77 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                                      
78 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road                                               18.33
79 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road                                                    
80 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                    18.37
81 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                              18.45
82 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road                                                      
83 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                                            
84 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                                    18.50
85 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                              18.51
86 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                  18.56
87 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                              18.57
88 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                                            19.02
89 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                                  19.08
90 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                                     19.11
91 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    19.15
92 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli            
93 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                                    19.17
94 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                          19.25
95 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                                 19.36
96 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld                                    19.52
97 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road                                                20.50
98 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                    
99 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                                 20.51
100 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale                                            21.11
101 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre                                                    21.14
102 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                            
103 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                                     21.17
104 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                                 21.22
105 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                           21.27
106 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare                              21.35
107 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                           21.38
108 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                             21.43
109 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                     21.52
110 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                          21.54
111 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                      22.11
112 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                              22.37
113 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                      23.01
114 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                    23.25
115 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                               23.30
116 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                                        23.43
117 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux                                        23.49
118 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                      23.51
119 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld                                                    23.53
120 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                   23.59
121 Danilo Hondo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli              24.08
122 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes                                              24.12
123 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                                        
124 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                            26.00
125 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                                     26.19
126 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                  26.21
127 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                          26.40
128 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre                                                      26.56
129 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                   26.59
130 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                     27.04
131 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux                                     27.05
132 William Frischkorn (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                        
133 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                                  28.35
134 Julian Dean (NZl) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                               
135 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                          28.40
136 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                   29.16
137 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                  29.21
138 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                         29.37
139 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road                                             30.02
140 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld                                             30.49
141 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step                                                    31.01
142 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                                  31.08
143 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                     31.33
144 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott                   32.13
145 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               33.48
146 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                                34.02
147 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                          34.31
148 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre                                                   35.03
149 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                                      35.09
150 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli         36.46
151 Francesco Tomei (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                        37.59
152 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                     39.36
153 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                   39.39
154 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                                     39.45
155 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) LPR Brakes                                              39.49
156 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r - La Mondiale                                         40.49
157 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                                       
158 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            41.56
159 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                              42.53
160 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Scott                                 44.35
161 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                      44.42
162 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                                 44.52
163 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                               49.47
164 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                     50.20
 
Points classification
 
1 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld                                                   23 pts
2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                                22
3 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                                    22
4 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli                16
5 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                      14
6 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                        14
7 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                             12
8 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli               12
9 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team High Road                                                 12
10 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                                      12
11 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road                                                  11
12 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                      10
13 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                           8
14 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                        8
15 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                                                 7
16 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                                         7
17 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                     6
18 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                 6
19 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                                                         6
20 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                         6
21 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                           6
22 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                        5
23 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                    5
24 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                            5
25 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                      5
26 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                                 5
27 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                          5
28 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                              4
29 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2r - La Mondiale                                              3
30 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                                       3
31 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                               3
32 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale                                              3
33 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare                                   3
34 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                                  3
35 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld                                                    2
36 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                                        2
37 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                 2
38 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road                                                  2
39 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                                     1
40 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli               1
41 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                                    1
42 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                  1
43 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre                                                         1
44 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                                          1
45 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                               1
46 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                        1
47 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                                           1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                               11 pts
2 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale                                               7
3 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                     6
4 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli                 5
5 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                                        5
6 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                                  5
7 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld                                                    5
8 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team High Road                                                  4
9 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                                      3
10 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                      3
11 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                        3
12 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                                                 2
13 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                       2
14 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                                   2
15 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre                                        1
16 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                           1
17 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld                                                  1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                                           17.56.52
2 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step                                                 1.15
3 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                                 1.21
4 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                                      1.29
5 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                          6.34
6 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                               7.46
7 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                        7.51
8 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                                     13.04
9 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                     14.47
10 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre                                                      17.06
11 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                             17.41
12 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road                                               17.53
13 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                          18.45
14 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                                 18.56
15 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale                                             20.31
16 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                        20.34
17 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare                               20.55
18 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux                                         23.09
19 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                       23.11
20 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld                                                     23.13
21 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                    23.19
22 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes                                               23.32
23 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                                      25.39
24 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                   25.41
25 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                    26.19
26 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                      26.24
27 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux                                      26.25
28 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                                   27.55
29 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                    28.36
30 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                          28.57
31 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road                                              29.22
32 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld                                              30.09
33 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli          36.06
34 Francesco Tomei (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                         37.19
35 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                      38.56
36 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             41.16
 
Teams classification
 
1 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli                                53.51.18
2 Team High Road                                                                     1.36
3 Lampre                                                                             2.16
4 Caisse d'Epargne                                                                   2.24
5 LPR Brakes                                                                         2.27
6 Liquigas                                                                           2.42
7 Barloworld                                                                         3.33
8 Tinkoff Credit Systems                                                             4.53
9 Team CSC                                                                           7.46
10 Quick Step                                                                        7.56
11 Ag2r-La Mondiale                                                                 11.12
12 Slipstream Chipotle Presented by H30                                             12.31
13 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                              12.35
14 Française Des Jeux                                                               15.54
15 Saunier Duval-Scott                                                              18.35
16 CSF Group Navigare                                                               20.13
17 Silence-Lotto                                                                    24.01
18 Gerolsteiner                                                                     24.31
19 Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone                                                 25.05
20 Rabobank                                                                         28.34
21 Team Milram                                                                      50.14

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