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43rd Tirreno-Adriatico - HC
Italy, March 12-18, 2008
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Stage 2 - March 13: Civitavecchia - Gubbio, 203 km
Illiano blasts back
By Gregor Brown
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Italian Raffaele Illiano, who hadn't won in four years, profited from his team-mate Niklas Axelsson's work to win stage two of the 43rd Tirreno-Adriatico. The 31 year-old of the Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli team took the sprint over Barloworld's Enrico Gasparotto after the duo broke free from their fellow escape companions at 200 metres from the line. Linus Gerdemann (High Road), Saunier Duval's Eros Capecchi and Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval) also formed part of the winning move that went on Belvedere climb, 17.2 kilometres to go. For his efforts, Italian Gasparotto took the maglia azzurra leader's jersey from Spaniard Oscar Freire (Rabobank).
"I had my crash yesterday... After seven years as a professional..." Illiano paused while holding back the tears following his win in Gubbio, one day after crashing and taking five stitches to his knee. His last win came in October 2004, a year that also included the Intergiro win in the Giro d'Italia.
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He turned professional with Colombia-Selle Italia, but last year he left the side of Team Manager Gianni Savio to ride for Ceramica Flaminia. However, in Gubbio he found that winning came easiest when working once more under the charming Italian.
"I am thankful to Savio, my parents, my wife and the trust given by Gianni Savio and [Team DS Marco] Bellini."
The day belonged to Savio's team, thanks to the two rockets fired by Swede Niklas Axelsson. The 35 year-old launched his first shot on the lower slopes of the 6.6-kilometre Belvedere to form the eventual winning move. He was immediately followed by Illiano before being joined by Gasparotto, Riccò, Capecchi and Gerdemann.
The second blast was fired by Axelsson after five hours of racing and with 800 metres to go to the line in the same city where 20 years ago Bjarne Riis recorded his first major win with a sprint over Rolf Sorensen. Riccò was most attentive to the power of Axelsson and reeled the cagey veteran back; however, Illiano countered without delay.
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The finale further went haywire for the Saunier Duval rider from Modena as he tried to re-accelerate and his rear wheel touched with Gerdemann's. He continued on but shortly before the line he had to dismount and walk his Scott bike over the line, where he immediately slammed it down in disgust, annoyed that the mechanical ruined his chances.
"While I was trying to bring back the sprint, Linus Gerdemann... I don't know," he tried to explain of the German that held the leader's jersey in last year's Tour de France. "His head was hanging low, and he did not have the legs. He touched my rear wheel. I would have won. I could have won." In fairness, looking at the re-play, it appeared that Riccò was the one who deviated from his line and not the German.
The chasing group trailed in 32 seconds later with Italian Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) leading the charge. It was always within reach of the six-man move, but never able to close in on the gap that stayed more or less at 25 seconds. "At five or six kilometres to go, it was too late to start the work," noted Pozzato, who is building his form for the upcoming Milano-Sanremo, March 22.
How it unfolded
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The day started out at 10:42 when 168 riders rolled out of Civitavecchia, the city where Oscar Freire (Rabobank) took the win and the overall leader's maglia azzurra. Four kilometres into the longest stage of the 43rd Tirreno-Adriatico, the day had its first escape: Daniele Contrini (Tinkoff Credit Systems) and 'Lucky' Fortunato Baliani (CSF Group Navigare).
Contrini and 'Lucky' were given their freedom and allowed to build an advantage of 7'58" by kilometre 105. However, with teams Rabobank, Lampre and Milram on the prowl the move was not to be successful. Shortly after entering Umbria's Perugia province, the gap was down to 5'20". In the main gruppo Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes) and Christian Murro (Lampre) were showing strong.
Antton Luengo (Euskaltel-Euskadi) abandoned with 30 kilometres remaining.
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The luck of the duo ran out at kilometre 179 and the door opened for stage finale tactics on the Belvedere GPM (Gran Premio della Montagna). Valerio Agnoli (Liquigas) launched himself up the road and was marked by, among others, Belgian Champion Stijn Devolder (Quick Step). The games were putting some of the sprinters on the ropes; Alessandro Petacchi (Team Milram) and World Champion Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) were seen near the rear end of the race. By the GPM they were 1'18" back of the race winning move that had been formed shortly into Belvedere (630m).
An elite chase group had formed with Emanuele Sella (CSF Group Navigare), Daniele Pietropolli (LPR Brakes) and Luca Mazzanti (Tinkoff Credit Systems). They were absorbed with the chase group that included Alessandro Ballan (Lampre), Pozzato, Di Luca, Paolo Savoldelli (LPR Brakes) and recent Eroica winner, Fabian Cancellara (Team CSC). The eventual 21-man move finished the race 32" back. Freire, who was not in this group, finished 8'23" back.
The Tirreno-Adriatico continues tomorrow with stage three, starting from Gubbio and travelling 195 kilometres to bring the riders to the 1.78-kilometre wall of a finish in Montelupone.
Photography
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- The nice surroundings in Italy.
- Fortunato Baliani (CSF Group Navigare) in the two-man move.
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) in the overall leader's jersey.
- Fortunato Baliani (CSF Group Navigare) rides with Daniele Contrini (Tinkoff Credit Systems) in the early escape.
- Fortunato Baliani (CSF Group Navigare) grits
- Fortunato Baliani (CSF Group Navigare)
- Fortunato Baliani (CSF Group Navigare) sees it is TV time.
- Fortunato Baliani (CSF Group Navigare) is blurred.
- LPR charges
- Fortunato Baliani (CSF Group Navigare)
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) lost his lead to Enrico Gasparotto (Barloworld).
- Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott)
- Pietro Algeri services Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott).
- Wonderful views.
- Gubbio below
- Fortunato Baliani (CSF Group Navigare)
- Lucky Fortunato Baliani (CSF Group Navigare) rides
- Keeping time.
- Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott)
- Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott) early on in the stage.
- Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott) takes a deep breath.
- Niklas Axelsson (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli) checks the damage done.
- Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) leads the bunch home.
- Great view of Gubbio on the decent.
- Daniele Pietropolli (LPR Brakes) attacks
- Team Manager Gianni Savio happy for Fortunato Baliani (CSF Group Navigare)
- Ermanno Capelli (Saunier Duval-Scott) made the winning move.
- Niklas Axelsson (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli) grits.
- The gap is timed.
- Niklas Axelsson (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli) does damage.
- Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott)
- Ermanno Capelli (Saunier Duval-Scott) rides along.
- Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott)
- Niklas Axelsson (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli) happy for his team-mate's win.
- Niklas Axelsson (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli)
- Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott)
- Niklas Axelsson (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli)
- Linus Gerdemann (High Road) made the winning six-man move.
- Mavic prepares for the day.
- Oscar Freire (Rabobank) at the start.
- Danilo Di Luca (LPR Brakes) is back racing.
- Mavic neutral support.
- LPR Brakes at the start.
- Fabio Baldato (Lampre) smiles
- Paolo Savoldelli (LPR Brakes)
- Emanuele Sella (CSF Group Navigare)
- Team CSC must be thinking about its title sponsor moving on.
- Italian champion Giovanni Visconti (Quick Step) rides with Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott).
- Chipotle in the back pocket.
- Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) takes a nap before the start.
- Luis Felipe Laverde (CSF Group Navigare)
- Paolo Savoldelli (LPR Brakes) readies for the stage.
- The race crew
- Stijn Devolder (Quick Step) rides along.
- Caisse d'Epargne ride out of the start.
- Tree-lined roads
- Stijn Devolder (Quick Step) tosses a water bottle.
- Oscar Gatto (Gerolsteiner)
- Trees line the road.
- Stijn Devolder (Quick Step) in the Belgian Champ jersey.
- Raffaele Illiano (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli)
- Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott)
- Rabobank lead the way.
- Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott) looks back.
- The race rolls
- Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) was first in the chasing group.
- Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott) flings his bike after crossing the line because he was frustrated with a mechanical in the final metres.
- Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott) launches his bike.
- Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott) walks his bike.
- The bike is tossed.
- Riccò's bike is on its own after being launched.
- Riccò's bike flies on its own.
- Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott) unhappy at the finish.
- Italian Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott) explains the situation to Alessandra Di Stefano of Rai.
- Enrico Gasparotto (Barloworld) takes the overall lead.
- Raffaele Illiano (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli) take the win.
- Raffaele Illiano (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli) awarded on stage.
- Niklas Axelsson (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli) in the mountains lead after the stage.
- Enrico Gasparotto (Barloworld) finished second for the day but took the overall lead.
- Raffaele Illiano (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli) back on top after four years.
- Riccardo Riccò (Saunier Duval-Scott) took the young riders' classification even though missing out on the stage.
- Raffaele Illiano (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli) on stage.
- Raffaele Illiano (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli) takes his first win after four years of trying.
- Italian Raffaele Illiano (Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli) overjoyed with his victory.
- Enrico Gasparotto (Barloworld) took the overall lead but had to be content with second on the stage.
Results
1 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 5.01.10 (40.442 km/h) 2 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 3 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 0.03 4 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team High Road 0.09 5 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 0.17 6 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 7 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 0.32 8 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 9 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 10 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes 11 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 12 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 13 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 15 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre 16 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 17 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 18 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 19 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 20 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes 21 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2r - La Mondiale 22 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 23 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC 24 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 26 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 27 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) LPR Brakes 28 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 0.43 29 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.02 30 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 31 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.04 32 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 1.05 33 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 34 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 1.06 35 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 36 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2r - La Mondiale 37 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 38 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 39 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld 40 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 41 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 42 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 43 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto 44 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 45 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 46 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 47 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) CSF Group Navigare 48 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 49 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road 50 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 51 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 52 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 53 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 54 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 55 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 56 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) LPR Brakes 57 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes 58 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto 59 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 60 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 61 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 62 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux 63 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 64 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 1.30 65 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.03 66 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 8.23 67 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 68 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 69 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale 70 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 71 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 72 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale 73 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre 74 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 75 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 76 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 77 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld 78 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 79 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 80 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road 81 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre 82 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 83 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road 84 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 85 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 86 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre 87 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 88 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 89 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 90 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 91 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 92 Danilo Hondo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 93 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 94 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 95 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux 96 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 97 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 98 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 99 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 100 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 101 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 102 Francesco Tomei (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 103 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes 104 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 105 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld 106 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 107 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott 108 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 109 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 110 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes 111 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 112 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 113 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre 114 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 115 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 116 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 117 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale 118 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 119 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence - Lotto 120 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 121 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 122 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare 123 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 124 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 125 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 126 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 127 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 128 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 129 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 130 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 131 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 132 Julian Dean (NZl) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 133 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 134 William Frischkorn (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 135 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 136 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 137 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 138 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld 139 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 140 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 141 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 142 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 143 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 144 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 145 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 146 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 147 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 148 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r - La Mondiale 12.07 149 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 150 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 151 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 16.10 152 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 153 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 154 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 155 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 156 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 157 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott 158 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 159 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 160 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 161 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) LPR Brakes 162 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 163 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 164 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Scott 165 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 166 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone DNF Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNF Antton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi General classification after stage 2 1 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 9.11.05 2 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 0.02 3 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team High Road 0.06 4 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 0.23 5 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 6 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes 0.36 7 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.37 8 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.38 9 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 10 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 11 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre 12 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 13 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 14 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes 15 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 16 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 17 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 18 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 19 Jose Rodolfo Serpa Perez (Col) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 20 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 21 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) AG2r - La Mondiale 22 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 23 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Team CSC 24 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) LPR Brakes 25 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 26 Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 27 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 0.49 28 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 1.08 29 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 30 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.10 31 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 1.11 32 Matteo Priamo (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 33 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.12 34 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road 35 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 36 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 37 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 38 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 39 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) AG2r - La Mondiale 40 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre 41 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux 42 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 43 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 44 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 45 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 46 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 47 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 48 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 49 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 50 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quick Step 51 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto 52 Timothy Duggan (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 53 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 54 Paolo Bailetti (Ita) LPR Brakes 55 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto 56 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld 57 Inigo Landaluze Intxaurraga (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 58 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 59 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) CSF Group Navigare 60 Jure Golcer (Slo) LPR Brakes 61 David Zabriskie (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 62 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Française des Jeux 63 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 1.36 64 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 2.09 65 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 5.47 66 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 8.19 67 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 8.23 68 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 8.24 69 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8.25 70 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 8.26 71 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale 8.27 72 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 8.29 73 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 74 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 75 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 76 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre 77 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 78 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 79 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 80 Danilo Hondo (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 81 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 82 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road 83 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 84 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Team High Road 85 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 86 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 87 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 88 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 89 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 90 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre 91 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 92 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 93 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 94 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2r - La Mondiale 95 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 96 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 97 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale 98 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes 99 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road 100 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare 101 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 102 Ronny Scholz (Ger) Gerolsteiner 103 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 104 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 105 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 106 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 107 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld 108 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) LPR Brakes 109 Igor Astarloa Ascasibar (Spa) Team Milram 110 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 111 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 112 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 113 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 114 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 115 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld 116 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 117 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 118 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 119 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 120 Egoi Martinez De Esteban (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 121 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 122 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 123 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 124 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 125 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto 126 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step 127 Félix Rafael Cardenas Ravalo (Col) Barloworld 128 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 8.57 129 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott 14.16 130 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 14.19 131 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 14.20 132 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre 133 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux 134 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 135 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 136 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 137 Francesco Tomei (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 138 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre 139 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 140 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 141 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence - Lotto 142 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 143 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 144 Julian Dean (NZl) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 145 William Frischkorn (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 146 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 147 José Vicente Garcia Acosta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 148 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 16.11 149 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 16.16 150 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 151 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) LPR Brakes 152 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott 153 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 154 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 155 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 156 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r - La Mondiale 18.04 157 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 158 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 159 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 22.07 160 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 161 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Scott 162 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 163 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 164 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 26.22 165 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 166 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 17.10.55 Points classification 1 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 12 pts 2 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank 12 3 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 10 4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram 10 5 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 8 6 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 8 7 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 8 8 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 9 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team High Road 7 10 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 7 11 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 6 12 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 6 13 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 5 14 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 5 15 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 5 16 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) LPR Brakes 4 17 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 4 18 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 4 19 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 3 20 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale 3 21 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 3 22 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 23 Emanuele Sella (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 2 24 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 2 25 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) LPR Brakes 1 26 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1 27 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 1 28 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre 1 29 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1 Mountains classification 1 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 5 pts 2 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r - La Mondiale 5 3 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team High Road 3 4 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3 5 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 2 6 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 2 7 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 1 8 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre 1 Young rider classification 1 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 9.11.28 2 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 3 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team High Road 0.15 4 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 5 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Liquigas 0.26 6 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 0.45 7 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 0.49 8 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 9 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto 10 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 11 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8.02 12 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 8.03 13 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team High Road 8.06 14 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre 15 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 16 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 17 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18 René Mandri (Est) AG2r - La Mondiale 19 Riccardo Chiarini (Ita) LPR Brakes 20 Ariel Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) CSF Group Navigare 21 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld 23 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld 24 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 25 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 26 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 27 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux 13.57 28 Francesco Ginanni (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 29 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 30 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 31 Francesco Tomei (Ita) CSF Group Navigare 32 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 33 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 34 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 15.53 35 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 36 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 17.41 Teams classification 1 Ag2r-La Mondiale 27.34.05 2 Barloworld 1.04 3 Cofidis 1.06 4 Team CSC 1.08 5 CSF Group Navigare 1.34 6 Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.37 7 Française des Jeux 1.38 8 Caisse d'Epargne 9 Gerolsteiner 1.39 10 Lampre 1.49 11 Liquigas 2.12 12 LPR Brakes 13 Team Milram 14 Quick Step 9.27 15 Rabobank 9.29 16 Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli 17 Saunier Duval-Scott 9.59 18 Silence-Lotto 10.03 19 Tinkoff Credit Systems 20 High Road 21 Slipstream Chipotle - H30 24.37
