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43rd Tirreno-Adriatico - HC

Italy, March 12-18, 2008

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Stage 7 - March 18: S.Benedetto del Tronto - S.Benedetto del Tronto, 176 km

Chicchi kicks in wet Tirreno finale

Cancellara takes home leader's jersey for 27 birthday

By Gregor Brown in San Benedetto del Tronto

Chicchi had the upper hand
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Italian Francesco Chicchi won the final stage of the 43rd Tirreno-Adriatico, 176 kilometres starting and ending in San Benedetto del Tronto. The 27 year-old of Team Liquigas out-sprinted Italy's Danilo Napolitano (Lampre) and Great Britain's Mark Cavendish (High Road) to win on the seaside roads. Team CSC controlled the day to ensure Fabian Cancellara kept the overall leader's maglia azzurra, which he gained two days ago after winning the time trial. The Swiss, who today celebrated his 27th birthday, won the race with 16 seconds over Italian Enrico Gasparotto (Barloworld).

"We have already selected the wine for tonight," said race overall winner Cancellara, who added to his win in the Tour of California prologue, Monte Paschi Eroica and stage five's time trial. "Last night we made a toast to the team's work this week. They put in some great efforts yesterday." He travels to Milano tomorrow and is considered a favourite for Saturday's Milano-Sanremo.

Chicchi, who started his professional career with Fassa Bortolo in 2003, gave himself his fist win of the year thanks to the support of his lime-green Liquigas team. The boys, who normally chauffeur Filippo Pozzato, were giving their all to the rider who captured two stages of the Danmark Rundt last August. Chicchi overcame the kick of compatriot Napolitano. "He is really at the top," said Chicchi.

The Italian, who was forced with a two-month stop last season with a crash in the Settimana Coppi e Bartali, was not afraid to have a go in the rain, "if a sprinter can't do a sprint [in these conditions] then what kind of sprinter is he? I knew that my team-mates gave me their all. I still had [Murilo] Fischer and Pozzato in the last kilometre; with 300 metres, I asked Pozzato to lay off to save himself for Sanremo, and I started my sprint on the left."

The wet and slippery finale looked suited for Robbie McEwen (Silence-Lotto). The Australian advanced as CSF Group Navigare took control for Maximiliano Richeze (sixth) in the last three kilometres; however, Rockin' Robbie seemed to depart too early for the sprint and was left with fourth. McEwen had the help of his Belgian team, whereas Mark Cavendish was left empty handed due to High Road's bad luck.

Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC) wins the overall
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The 21 year-old was seen drifting amongst the top sprinters looking for wheels to follow after team-mates George Hincapie and Gerald Ciolek crashed. "It was difficult," said Cavendish of the sprint. "You got lot of guys who can't sprint trying their luck. It was very dangerous in this weather. Everyone had crashed with two laps to go. My lead-out man had gone. I think I came from about 10 or 15 back."

The crash in the penultimate 10-kilometre circuit was mostly due to the rain that started to come down mid-way through the race. "It was just that everyone went down, the pavement was wet out there," Hincapie confirmed.

Alessandro Petacchi (Team Milram) did not make his mark in the sprint. The Italian looked isolated for the finale and maybe preferred to save his energy for Milano-Sanremo on Saturday.

How it unfolded

The 163 riders remaining in the 43rd Tirreno-Adriatico lined up today in San Benedetto del Tronto for the last stage of the race – a 176 run starting and ending on the Adriatico seaside. The percorso involved a clockwise journey inland, including the Cossignano GPM at 69.7 kilometres to go, or 9.7 before the first of seven finishing 10-kilometre circuits. The dead flat finale is designed for sprinters, as seen in the last few years, with 2007's victory going to Koldo Fernández (Euskaltel-Euskadi).

George Hincapie was one of the victims
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They departed at 11:41 to head into the Le Marche countryside. The rise to Castignano (km 59.4) and following climb to Cossignano (km 69.1) did nothing to form an escape group, but saw the mountain leader's maglia verde shift hands. A lack of attention on the part of Juan José Oroz (Euskaltel-Euskadi) was all it took for Frenchman Loyd Mondory (Ag2r-La Mondiale) bolt ahead to close the two point gap. Aitor Galdos (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Oroz and Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) followed before the gruppo. Mondory was in the early escape on the day to Montelupone where he earned points towards he green top.

Iñigo Landaluze (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Egoi Martínez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) tried to make up for Oroz's loss, and they went free at kilometre 104. The duo's move never got over three minutes and seemed doomed under the surveillance of the sprinters' teams, after CSC initially controlled the pace.

With five circuits to go the Spaniards had 2'41". Lampre (for Napolitano) and then Milram (for Petacchi) added their muscle to the chase.

As the rain started to come down on the seaside town of San Benedetto del Tronto the duo's gap came under one minute. The Spaniards had 54" with two circuits remaining. The slightly dampened roads were working in their favour, but the sprinters were hungry.

Daniele Pietropolli (LPR Brakes), Maarten Wynants (Quick Step), Ronny Scholz (Gerolsteiner), Francesco Ginanni (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli), Kim Kirchen (High Road), George Hincapie (High Road) and Gerald Ciolek (High Road) were amongst those involved in a rain-induced crash on the six circuit. Ginanni looked the worst of the victims, with cuts on his left shin bone.

With his finish, Freire remained in the maglia ciclamino of points leader. Thomas Lövkvist (High Road) took home the maglia bianca of best younger rider; finishing second was Italian Champion Giovanni Visconti (Quick Step).

Photography

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Results

1 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                             4.50.50 (36,309 km/h)
2 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                                      
3 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road                                                 
4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                                 
5 Danilo Hondo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli                  
6 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare                                  
7 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r - La Mondiale                                             
8 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                       
9 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                                        
10 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                                                       
11 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                            
12 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                      
13 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre                                                        
14 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                                
15 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                       
16 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                                
17 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                                   
18 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                                      
19 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld                                                  
20 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                               
21 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli              
22 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                              
23 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC                                                 
24 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                                               
25 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                                     
26 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                         
27 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                                         
28 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                                   
29 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli           
30 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld                                                 
31 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                          
32 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre                                      
33 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                      
34 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                                       
35 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli     
36 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                
37 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram                                          
38 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                                           
39 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                   
40 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road                                                  
41 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                                   
42 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 
43 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              
44 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                        
45 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux                                                
46 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                  
47 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                                           
48 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                                 
49 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                   
50 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli     0.10
51 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                             0.14
52 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                         0.18
53 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                                      
54 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              0.47
55 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                                1.00
56 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                                    
57 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                                 1.34
58 Francesco Tomei (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                           
59 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2r - La Mondiale                                          
60 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre                                                         
61 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road                                                 
62 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2r - La Mondiale                                            
63 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                             
64 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale                                            
65 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                           
66 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                             
67 Julian Dean (NZl) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                             
68 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                  
69 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                                              
70 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld                                      
71 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                        
72 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre                                                      
73 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                
74 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                        
75 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               
76 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                                         
77 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                                        
78 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                                  
79 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli             
80 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step                                                 
81 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                               
82 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                       
83 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                            
84 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                         
85 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                                    
86 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale                                            
87 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                     
88 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                 
89 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                                      
90 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                                      
91 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                                    
92 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux                                        
93 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road                                               
94 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                         
95 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Scott                                    
96 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                 
97 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                    
98 William Frischkorn (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                      
99 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                                   
100 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step                                                     
101 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                                       
102 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                       
103 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                                           
104 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                              2.32
105 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                                     
106 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step                                                  
107 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux                                          
108 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld                                               
109 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes                                                      
110 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                              
111 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli            
112 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                
113 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     
114 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                                         
115 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                     
116 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                        
117 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                     
118 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                                 
119 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                   2.37
120 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                             2.32
121 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     5.04
122 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                                       
123 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) CSF Group Navigare                              
124 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                           
125 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                          
126 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                           
127 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                          
128 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                                
129 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step                                                      
130 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                   
131 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                                    
132 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                                    
133 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld                                                      
134 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                    
135 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                       
136 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                            
137 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                            
138 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                         
139 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                         
140 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                   
141 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                                   
142 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                              
143 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale                                              
144 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                                    
145 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                                     
146 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                                     
147 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                       
148 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                     7.11
DNF Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                                
DNF Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli           
DNF Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                   
DNF Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road                                                
DNF Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road                                                  
DNF Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre                                                      
DNF Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes                                              
DNF Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott                     
DNF Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                      
DNF Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                                  
DNF Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                             
DNF David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                        
DNF Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                        
DNF Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                     
DNF Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                     
 
Final general classification
 
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                            28.08.21
2 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld                                              0.16
3 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                                            0.40
4 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                0.53
5 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli           1.32
6 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC                                              1.36
7 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                                  1.44
8 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                       1.53
9 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre                                   2.34
10 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux                                            2.45
11 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               3.00
12 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                     3.09
13 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                                 3.25
14 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2r - La Mondiale                                        3.27
15 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli     
16 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli       3.57
17 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                                       4.00
18 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step                                                 
19 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                        4.08
20 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                     5.27
21 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                               5.43
22 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road                                           6.14
23 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          7.08
24 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                7.35
25 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli         7.40
26 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld                                              7.55
27 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                       8.03
28 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) LPR Brakes                                              8.04
29 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step                                                  8.10
30 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                             9.00
31 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2r - La Mondiale                                      9.15
32 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                                  9.54
33 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                               10.11
34 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                      11.18
35 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                                                  11.42
36 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                          13.21
37 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                  13.31
38 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) LPR Brakes                                               14.03
39 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                             14.10
40 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           14.22
41 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                             15.22
42 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                                       15.48
43 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale                                            
44 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                     17.28
45 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                               18.01
46 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes                                                  18.27
47 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            18.46
48 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale                                       18.52
49 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                       18.54
50 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram                                     19.10
51 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 19.26
52 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                                 20.23
53 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                   20.37
54 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                   20.41
55 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                              21.15
56 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                          21.20
57 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                      21.28
58 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                           21.43
59 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               21.56
60 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                               22.02
61 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                                  22.23
62 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli        22.41
63 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                                 
64 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step                                              22.43
65 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     22.45
66 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                        22.54
67 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                                     22.56
68 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                                 23.00
69 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                                    23.01
70 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                     23.48
71 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                           23.51
72 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                                 24.32
73 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road                                             24.43
74 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                         25.17
75 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road                                            25.57
76 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                                 26.07
77 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                               26.14
78 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step                                                26.17
79 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli         
80 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                                       
81 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                            26.20
82 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                    26.25
83 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          26.31
84 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                        26.59
85 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                              27.04
86 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                                         27.15
87 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 27.19
88 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                                      27.55
89 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                                   28.02
90 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre                                                   28.15
91 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) CSF Group Navigare                          28.16
92 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                              29.01
93 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                                  
94 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 29.02
95 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                    29.10
96 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare                                 
97 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                  30.00
98 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                       30.13
99 Danilo Hondo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli            30.17
100 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                           30.30
101 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                  30.51
102 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                         31.02
103 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                32.07
104 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                       32.18
105 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                    32.25
106 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale                                         32.31
107 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes                                           33.37
108 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                      33.38
109 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                                  33.43
110 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  33.47
111 William Frischkorn (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                33.55
112 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld                                34.32
113 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                34.39
114 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                          35.36
115 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                               36.07
116 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                                36.55
117 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                          37.25
118 Julian Dean (NZl) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                       37.28
119 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre                                                   38.13
120 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                  39.05
121 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                40.27
122 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld                                          40.54
123 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                       41.43
124 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step                                                 42.13
125 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                                   42.34
126 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux                                     43.18
127 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                       43.55
128 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            44.21
129 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                                45.02
130 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                                  46.16
131 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road                                          46.59
132 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre                                                47.55
133 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld                                                 48.47
134 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Scott                              50.20
135 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                               52.18
136 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                             52.19
137 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes                                               52.40
138 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                              52.44
139 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  52.58
140 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r - La Mondiale                                      53.11
141 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                               53.33
142 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                  53.49
143 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         56.37
144 Francesco Tomei (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                     59.36
145 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                             1.00.30
146 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) LPR Brakes                                         1.02.58
147 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                1.08.56
148 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                          1.10.11
 
Points classification
 
1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                                 34 pts
2 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld                                                29
3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                             24
4 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                                    22
5 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes                                                   22
6 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                                              20
7 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli             18
8 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                     17
9 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                  14
10 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                                 13
11 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                         12
12 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli           12
13 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                                 12
14 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            10
15 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                   10
16 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                    10
17 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                                     10
18 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                                              10
19 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road                                              10
20 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                                   10
21 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2r - La Mondiale                                           9
22 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                        8
23 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                           8
24 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                   8
25 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare                                8
26 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step                                                7
27 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                                                      7
28 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                              7
29 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                6
30 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                        6
31 Danilo Hondo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli                6
32 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                                          5
33 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 5
34 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                         5
35 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                       5
36 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC                                                4
37 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r - La Mondiale                                           4
38 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                                    3
39 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli    3
40 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale                                           3
41 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                            3
42 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld                                                 2
43 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                       2
44 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                       2
45 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                                   2
46 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                              2
47 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                                     2
48 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                                        2
49 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli            1
50 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                          1
51 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                                   1
52 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                                 1
53 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               1
54 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre                                                     1
55 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                                       1
56 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                     1
57 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                            1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                            16 pts
2 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                   15
3 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale                                              11
4 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale                                            7
5 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                  6
6 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli              5
7 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                                     5
8 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld                                                 5
9 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                        4
10 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                     3
11 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                                  3
12 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                     3
13 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                                2
14 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                                              2
15 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                    2
16 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre                                     1
17 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                        1
18 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld                                               1
19 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre                                                     1
20 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) CSF Group Navigare                              1
21 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road                                        28.09.01
2 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step                                              3.20
3 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                              8.20
4 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas                                                   9.14
5 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                           12.41
6 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                      16.48
7 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                  18.46
8 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                                    19.57
9 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                           25.51
10 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre                                                   27.35
11 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                              28.21
12 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                    28.30
13 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare                                 
14 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                       29.33
15 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                 31.27
16 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                     31.45
17 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale                                          31.51
18 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes                                            32.57
19 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                       32.58
20 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                                   33.03
21 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   33.07
22 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                 33.59
23 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                                35.27
24 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                                 36.15
25 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                   38.25
26 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                 39.47
27 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld                                           40.14
28 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux                                      42.38
29 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road                                           46.19
30 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld                                                  48.07
31 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                                52.53
32 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                   53.09
33 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          55.57
34 Francesco Tomei (Ita) CSF Group Navigare                                      58.56
 
Teams classifciation
 
1 High Road                                                                   84.30.51
2 Diquigiovanni - Androni Gioc.                                                   2.44
3 Caisse D'Epargne                                                                3.37
4 Liquigas                                                                        3.38
5 Team CSC                                                                        6.34
6 Tinkoff Credit Systems                                                          8.24
7 Lampre                                                                          8.37
8 Barloworld                                                                     10.42
9 Quick Step                                                                     11.07
10 LPR Brakes                                                                    12.34
11 Ag2r La Mondiale                                                              15.17
12 Slipstream Chipotle                                                           16.36
13 Francaise Des Jeux                                                            19.19
14 Euskatel-Euskadi                                                              20.34
15 CSF Group Navigare                                                            24.54
16 Saunier Duval-Scott                                                           27.26
17 Silence-Lotto                                                                 27.36
18 Gerolsteiner                                                                  31.46
19 Rabobank                                                                      34.56
20 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephon                                                    
21 Team Milram                                                                   58.10

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