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87th Giro d'Italia - Grand Tour

Italy, May 8-30, 2004

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Stage 2 - May 10: Novi Ligure - Pontremoli, 184 km

The kid comes good again

Climber Cunego sprints to stage win, McGee takes back Maglia Rosa

By Tim Maloney, European Editor

Damiano Cunego (Saeco)
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"I still can't believe it!", enthused emerging star Damiano Cunego (Saeco) as he grabbed his sixth win of the season and his first Grand Tour stage win in Pontremoli today. "I didn't expect this result, but my teammates really believed in me...but my main job at the Giro is to help our leader Simoni. I'll enjoy my win today but my work is to help Gilberto. The Giro is three weeks long so we'll see how it goes."

The talented 22 year old from Verona, 1999 Jr. World Champion, has won six races in the past three weeks (Giro del Trentino GC and two stages, GP Larciano and GP Appennino) and today showed why Saeco just re-signed him for two years.

Gibo Simoni, Saeco's leader and defending Giro champion, seemed happy about his young teammate and indeed the entire red train's performance today. "Once we got over the climb, we rode hard for Cunego - Garzelli and Popovych could have gotten time bonuses, so we couldn't ask for a better result than this."

On the dominant effect of Saeco's red train today, Simoni explained that "we didn't attack today, we just did what we had to do to not risk anything." It's doubtful that Cunego's ascendance will hurt Simoni. To have a young, strong teammate by his side can only help Gibo in his quest for a third Giro title.

Bradley McGee (FDJeux.com)
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Off a perfect leadout from teammate Eddy Mazzoleni and with a great closing rush in the last 40m of the uphill sprint, Cunego came around Brad McGee - who was determined to recapture the Maglia Rosa - to win by half a bike length. The classy Sydneysider and his FDJeux.com teammate Philippe Gilbert played the game perfectly in the final and with the 12" time bonus for second place, Brad was once again pretty in pink. In his decent Italian, McGee told Italian TV that, "I'm really happy to have the (Maglia Rosa) back, but I really wanted to win today. (Cunego) was just too fast for me!"

As for the future, McGee was uncertain how long he could hold on to the jersey. "I'll give it my best try tomorrow, but since I don't know the climb, it's hard to say what will happen."

Simoni's main Giro rival Stefano Garzelli (Vini Caldirola) was looking for the stage win and his team rode hard all day today to put the classy Varesino in position to win. "We were looking to make a selection on the final climb and reduced the group to forty riders or so. Saeco did a great job today and in the final I got boxed in in the sprint. Tomorrow is the first day of truth, so to speak and we'll see who has good legs and who doesn't."

How it unfolded

The early break
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On a sweet sunny spring morning in Novi Ligure, a Piemontese city know for chocolates, the Giro d'Italia embarked on Stage Two for a tough 184km run through the hilly hinterlands of Liguria and Emilia-Romana to Pontremoli, capital of the north Tuscan zone of Lunigiana.

Novi Ligure is the hometown of both Fausto Coppi and Costante Girardegno and the site of the Museo dei Campionissimi, dedicated to the greats of cycling. Earlier that morning, the spirit of Marco Pantani soared once again at this year's Giro d'Italia in a touching moment when Felice Gimondi presented one of Pantani's Bianchi bikes that he used to win the 1998 Giro d'Italia.

Olaf Pollack (Gerolsteiner)
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With a fast start at 12:25 and a regular first hour, it finally was after 36 km in Casella when 23 riders got away. By the day's first climb up the Passo della Scoffera 20km later, the big group had slimmed down to 16 riders, with some potential stage winners like Bertogliati (Saunier Duval), Bertolini (Alessio-Bianchi), Zampieri (Vini Caldirola) and Acqua e Sapone teammates Marzoli and Hamburger. But the break simply wasn't focused, as half of the riders were trying to stay away and half wanted to get to Pontremoli in the break. 4'05" was the biggest advantage they got.

With 46km to race at the Intergiro in Bedonia, Marzoli (Acqua Sapone) took the bonus while the Phonak and Gerolsteiner powered peloton began to ride hard with the Passo del Brattello just ahead. In the porcini mushroom capital of Borgo Val di Taro with 32km to race, the gap had dropped quickly and was now only 1'15".

Gorazd Stangelj (Saeco)
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With the chase looming behind, Colombian Luis Laverde (Formaggi Pinzolo) attacked on the first slopes of the Passo del Brattello, then Vanoti (De Nardi) and Gorazd Stangelj (Saeco) attacked too. Stangelj went by Laverde solo, and the Colombian could only follow 10" back. With 25km to go, Laverde was 10" behind, with the group at 50" and closing behind Saeco's Slovenian. The chase was fast and steady with Vini Caldirola's Steve Zampieri, who had dropped back to the group from the break, pounding on the front with teammates Tonkov and Mason. Stangelj's attack was the perfect situation for his Saeco and Simoni, who could just sit back and watch the action as Garzelli's team did the work.

With 4km to go to the summit of the climb, under Vini Caldirola's hard forcing, Petacchi went out the back and six of his Fassa Bortolo team peeled off to keep him company, as did Maglia Rosa Olaf Pollack. At 2km from the summit, Stangelj was caught as Panaria joined Caldirola on the front. Saeco then turned the tables and decided to test the others with another clever tactical move. Cunego went hard in the last kilometre up front and with Simoni on his wheel, a selection of 30 riders was quickly made. Phonak's Alexandre Moos took the GPM points and on the fast, twisting descent to Vignola before the finish in Pontremoli.

Pavel Tonkov (L) and Vini Caldirola
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In the front group, all the GC candidates were there; Simoni, Garzelli, Popovych and fast men like Rebellin were riding all out to maintain their 1'00 advantage on the gruppo Maglia Rosa, which included Alessandro Petacchi. Up front, Saeco's red train kept driving hard with big Eddy Mazzoleni up front, stretching the front group into one long Indian file. With 10 km to go, Slovenian champion Valjavec (Phonak) had a mechanical, dropping back to join World Champ Astarloa (Lampre) and seven others including Fred Rodriguez (Aqua Sapone), who were chasing hard at 15", with the group Maglia Rosa at 1'30".

With 5km to go, Astarloa joined the front group with Valjavec. There were now 40 riders in front, which was going all out. Saeco's red train powered away, making it difficult for any the fast men to make it to the front.

As the last kilometre started, Saeco was massed at the front, but after the sharp left hander and up and down section, Gilbert (FDJeux.com) started the leadout for McGee. With 250m to go, Brad hit the front on the slight uphill finish, but Cunego got by him in the final meters for the win. Fast closing Cristian Moreni (Alessio-Bianchi) was third, with World Champion Igor Astarloa (Lampre) once again burned by his former teammate Cunego in fourth.

Stage 3 - May 11: Pontremoli-Corno alle Scale,191km

Cloudy, cool weather with a possibility of rain showers is forecast for Tuesday, another day on the beautiful winding mountain roads of northern Tuscany through Lunigiana, Garfagnana, and then to the Giro's first mountaintop stage finish atop the steep Corno alle Scale climb. With Saeco HQ just down the road in Gaggio Montano, Gibo Simoni and his red Saeco train will be looking for an early stage win here.

Will Saeco to play their Cunego card here to put pressure on Simoni's rivals like Garzelli and Popovych? Or is it too soon for Saeco to take the Maglia Rosa in this year's Giro? Davide Rebellin may be able to profit from the situation and take the Maglia Rosa, and Popovych, currently sitting second on GC may have a shot at the prestigious pink tunic as well. Stage 3 won't decide the final of this year's Giro, but it will probably show who isn't going to win.

Climbs

Foce Carpinelli (842 m, 10 km, 5.2%)
Corno alle Scale (1,426 m, 12.8 km, 5.2%)

Photography

Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti

Images by Olympia Photo

Results

1 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                      4.37.08 (39.836 km/h)
2 Bradley McGee (Aus) FDJeux.com
3 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi
4 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre
5 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco
6 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo
7 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner
8 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie
9 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'
10 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
11 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
12 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
13 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
14 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo
15 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres
16 Fredy Gonzalez Martinez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia
17 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco
18 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo
19 Massimo Iannetti (Ita) Domina Vacanze
20 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
21 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo
22 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi
23 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi
24 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
25 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia
26 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
27 Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Lampre
28 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems
29 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) De Nardi
30 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre
31 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi
32 Franc Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre
33 Ondrej Sosenka (Cze) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo
34 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com
35 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Saeco
36 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres
37 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi
38 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres
39 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco
40 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco
41 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner
42 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres
43 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie             0.10
44 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                    2.39
45 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
46 Bo Hamburger (Den) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo
47 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
48 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
49 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
50 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo
51 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
52 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
53 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
54 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo
55 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo
56 Denys Kostuk (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf
57 Nicola Loda (Ita) Tenax
58 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Tenax
59 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia
60 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'
61 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner
62 Florent Brard (Fra) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf
63 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie
64 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi
65 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Lotto-Domo
66 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre
67 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo
68 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf
69 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems
70 Mauricio Al Ardila Cano (Col) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf
71 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco
72 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco
73 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Tenax
74 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) De Nardi
75 Renzo Mazzoleni (Ita) Tenax
76 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi
77 Charly Wegelius (GBr) De Nardi
78 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems
79 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia
80 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo
81 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi
82 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Saeco
83 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) FDJeux.com
84 Juan Gomis Lopez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
85 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie
86 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner
87 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie
88 Oscar Mason (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie
89 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres
90 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
91 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo
92 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo
93 Luis Filipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'
94 Volodimyr Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
95 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi
96 Igor Pugaci (Mda) De Nardi
97 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
98 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) De Nardi
99 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems
100 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi                                     3.07
101 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Colombia-Selle Italia                    4.18
102 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 5.11
103 Sergey Avdyeyev (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                    7.57
104 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
105 Bostjan Mervar (Slo) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'
106 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto-Domo
107 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Lampre
108 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
109 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie
110 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie
111 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie
112 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
113 Julio A. Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres
114 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Tenax
115 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir
116 Alejandro Albert Borrajo (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres
117 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                      9.45
118 Martin Derganc (Slo) Domina Vacanze                             10.31
119 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Domo
120 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Domina Vacanze
121 Andrus Aug (Est) Domina Vacanze
122 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Lotto-Domo
123 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo
124 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir
125 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze
126 Mario Scirea (Ita) Domina Vacanze
127 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Domina Vacanze
128 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze
129 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze
130 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres
131 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi
132 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi
133 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner
134 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
135 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre
136 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com
137 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf
138 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner
139 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Lotto-Domo
140 Maxim Rudenko (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf            12.47
141 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
142 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre                                 14.03
143 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                  14.07
144 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) Tenax
145 Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJeux.com                                 14.09
146 John Gadret (Fra) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf
147 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf
148 Trent Wilson (Aus) Colombia-Selle Italia
149 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com
150 Scott Davis (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres
151 Ruber Alverio Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia
152 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre
153 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Colombia-Selle Italia                    17.05
154 Giancarlo Ginestri (Ita) Tenax
155 Mario Manzoni (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'                     19.50
156 Dean Podgornik (Slo) Tenax
157 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'
158 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tenax
159 Corrado Serina (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'
160 Jacky Durand (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
161 Domenico Gualdi (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'
162 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJeux.com
163 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi
164 David Derepas (Fra) FDJeux.com
165 Freddy Bichot (Fra) FDJeux.com
166 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        21.37
167 Jurgen Vandewalle (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf        24.26
DNF Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
DNF Daniele Bennati (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems
 
Points
 
1 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                           25 pts
2 Bradley McGee (Aus) FDJeux.com                                       20
3 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                16
4 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre                                           14
5 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco                                           12
6 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo                 10
7 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                    9
8 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie             8
9 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo                    8
10 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'                     7
11 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                      6
12 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) De Nardi                                    6
13 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              5
14 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          4
15 Alejandro Albert Borrajo (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres             4
16 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    3
17 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                           3
18 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo                 2
19 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                    2
20 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                    1
21 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Saeco                                          1
 
Mountains
 
1 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                           5 pts
2 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                            3
3 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco                                           1
 
Intergiro
 
1 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo              3.28.36
2 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) De Nardi
3 Alejandro Albert Borrajo (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres
4 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi
5 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres
6 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Saeco
7 Ruber Alverio Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia
8 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie
9 Luis Filipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'
10 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir
 
Trofeo Fuga Piaggio
 
1 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie              12 pts
2 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Saeco                                           9

Most combative
 
1 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                            8 pts
2 Bradley McGee (Aus) FDJeux.com                                        5
3 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo                    5
4 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                 4
5 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) De Nardi                                     4
6 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre                                            3
7 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                           3
8 Alejandro Albert Borrajo (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres              3
9 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco                                            2
10 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                           2
11 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie              2
12 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                    2
13 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo                 1
14 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco                                          1
 
Azzurri d'Italia
 
1 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                            4 pts
2 Bradley McGee (Aus) FDJeux.com                                        2
3 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                 1
 
Trofeo Fast Team
 
1 Saeco                                                          13.51.24
2 Acqua&Sapone-Caffe' Mokambo
3 Alessio-Bianchi
4 Saunier Duval-Prodir
5 Lampre
6 Gerolsteiner
7 Ceramiche Panaria-Margres
8 Phonak-Hearing Systems                                             2.39
9 Colombia-Selle Italia
10 De Nardi
11 Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie                                2.49
12 Fassa Bortolo                                                     5.18
13 Lotto - Domo
14 Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'
15 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
16 Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                                  7.57
17 Tenax
18 FDJeux.com                                                       10.31
19 Domina Vacanze                                                   21.02
 
Trofeo Super Team
 
1 Saeco                                                                40 pts
2 Acqua&Sapone-Caffe' Mokambo                                          22
3 Gerolsteiner                                                         22
4 FDJeux.com                                                           19
5 Alessio-Bianchi                                                      18
6 Lampre                                                               17
7 Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie                                   13
8 Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'                                              12
9 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                                              11
10 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                                11
11 Phonak-Hearing Systems                                               9
12 Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                                            6
13 Colombia-Selle Italia                                                5
14 Lotto - Domo                                                         3
15 Domina Vacanze                                                       2
16 De Nardi
17 Fassa Bortolo
18 Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf
19 Tenax
 
General classification after stage 2
 
1 Bradley McGee (Aus) FDJeux.com                                  8.27.22
2 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                    0.32
3 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo               0.36
4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                         0.37
5 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                              0.39
6 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                              0.45
7 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                 0.47
8 Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Ukr) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo
9 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco
10 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                           0.48
11 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com
12 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi                                   0.51
13 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia            0.53
14 Juan Manuel Garate Cepa (Spa) Lampre                              0.55
15 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'
16 Ondrej Sosenka (Cze) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo                 0.56
17 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo
18 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres
19 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Saeco
20 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie         0.58
21 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 0.59
22 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                 1.00
23 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco                                        1.01
24 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre                                        1.03
25 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner
26 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Saeco
27 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Alessio-Bianchi                         1.04
28 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    1.05
29 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           1.06
30 Franc Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre                                1.07
31 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       1.08
32 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                1.10
33 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems
34 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie             1.11
35 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                    1.13
36 Fredy Gonzalez Martinez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia               1.16
37 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Saeco                                          1.17
38 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre
39 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                  1.20
40 Massimo Iannetti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                             1.25
41 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    1.40
42 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) De Nardi                                     1.41
43 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                     1.44
44 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   2.49
45 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                           3.09
46 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo              3.21
47 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                    3.23
48 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                              3.29
49 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo                                    3.33
50 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 3.34
51 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie
52 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Saeco                                       3.36
53 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  3.38
54 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre                                      3.39
55 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
56 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'
57 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo                 3.41
58 Florent Brard (Fra) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf              3.42
59 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo
60 Denys Kostuk (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf
61 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                            3.44
62 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                        3.45
63 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo                                  3.46
64 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) De Nardi
65 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo               3.47
66 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems                       3.48
67 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                        3.49
68 Ellis Rastelli (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                              3.50
69 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) FDJeux.com
70 Charly Wegelius (GBr) De Nardi                                    3.51
71 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                              3.52
72 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia
73 Nicola Loda (Ita) Tenax                                           3.54
74 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
75 Juan Gomis Lopez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
76 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie
77 Mauricio Al Ardila Cano (Col) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf    3.56
78 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie           3.57
79 Luis Filipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'
80 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Lotto-Domo                                    3.58
81 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems                      3.59
82 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner
83 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                 4.03
84 Renzo Mazzoleni (Ita) Tenax
85 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco                                      4.04
86 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco
87 Bo Hamburger (Den) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo                   4.05
88 Radoslav Rogina (Cro) Tenax                                       4.07
89 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf
90 Oscar Mason (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie              4.08
91 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) De Nardi                                    4.09
92 Volodimyr Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                      4.10
93 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia                      4.19
94 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Tenax                                   4.23
95 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi                                  4.24
96 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                4.25
97 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                              4.26
98 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi                                  4.28
99 Igor Pugaci (Mda) De Nardi                                        4.31
100 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Colombia-Selle Italia                    5.53
101 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 6.05
102 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi                                     6.18
103 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    8.57
104 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                9.01
105 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie         9.02
106 Bostjan Mervar (Slo) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'                     9.04
107 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie           9.05
108 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie         9.07
109 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      9.10
110 Sergey Avdyeyev (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                    9.15
111 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                    9.19
112 Alejandro Albert Borrajo (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres         9.26
113 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Lampre                                     9.27
114 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto-Domo                                      9.36
115 Oscar Pozzi (Ita) Tenax                                         10.05
116 Julio A. Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres           10.07
117 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                     10.37
118 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze                            11.18
119 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Domina Vacanze                             11.22
120 Andrus Aug (Est) Domina Vacanze                                 11.23
121 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                           11.31
122 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres
123 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi                         11.32
124 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf           11.41
125 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com                                11.42
126 Mario Scirea (Ita) Domina Vacanze
127 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre                                        11.46
128 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                             11.48
129 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze                           11.49
130 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                 11.50
131 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Lotto-Domo
132 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze                          11.56
133 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner                             11.57
134 Martin Derganc (Slo) Domina Vacanze                             12.00
135 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                 12.02
136 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir
137 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Domo                           12.03
138 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                               12.04
139 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                     12.12
140 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               13.40
141 Maxim Rudenko (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf            14.23
142 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre                                 15.14
143 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com
144 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                  15.18
145 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf    15.23
146 Trent Wilson (Aus) Colombia-Selle Italia                        15.30
147 John Gadret (Fra) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf              15.44
148 Scott Davis (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                     15.45
149 Ruber Alverio Marin (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia                 15.50
150 Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJeux.com                                 15.51
151 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) Tenax                                    16.00
152 Russell Van Hout (Aus) Colombia-Selle Italia                    18.41
153 Giancarlo Ginestri (Ita) Tenax                                  19.01
154 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi                          20.42
155 Benoit Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJeux.com                              20.45
156 David Derepas (Fra) FDJeux.com                                  20.55
157 Jacky Durand (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                      21.04
158 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tenax                                     21.19
159 Freddy Bichot (Fra) FDJeux.com                                  21.20
160 Mario Manzoni (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'                     21.21
161 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'                     21.28
162 Dean Podgornik (Slo) Tenax                                      21.29
163 Corrado Serina (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'                    21.47
164 Domenico Gualdi (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'                   21.54
165 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        23.58
166 Jurgen Vandewalle (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf        27.06
 
Points classification
 
1 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                           25 pts
2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                              25
3 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo                 22
4 Bradley McGee (Aus) FDJeux.com                                       20
5 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      20
6 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                19
7 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre                                           14
8 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo                                       14
9 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco                                           12
10 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie              12
11 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo                10
12 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com                                   10
13 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                   9
14 Jan Svorada (Cze) Lampre                                             9
15 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia               8
16 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo                   8
17 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie            8
18 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre                                      8
19 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'                     7
20 David Derepas (Fra) FDJeux.com                                       7
21 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                      6
22 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) De Nardi                                    6
23 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems                          6
24 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              5
25 Andrus Aug (Est) Domina Vacanze                                      5
26 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          4
27 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo                    4
28 Alejandro Albert Borrajo (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres             4
29 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tenax                                          4
30 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    3
31 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                           3
32 Maxim Rudenko (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                 3
33 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo                 2
34 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo                                     2
35 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                    2
36 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                 2
37 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                    1
38 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Saeco                                          1
39 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre                                         1
40 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) De Nardi                                       1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                           5 pts
2 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     3
3 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie               3
4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                            3
5 Fredy Gonzalez Martinez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia                   2
6 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                     2
7 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                 1
8 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco                                           1
9 Luis Filipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'             1
 
Intergiro classification
 
1 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo              6.11.37
2 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia
3 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) De Nardi                                  0.06
4 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo
5 Alejandro Albert Borrajo (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres           0.12
6 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo
7 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                         0.16
8 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi
9 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                  0.21
10 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo
11 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Saeco                                       0.26
12 Mariano Piccoli (Ita) Lampre
 
Most combative classification
 
1 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                            8 pts
2 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo                  8
3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               6
4 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                 6
5 Bradley McGee (Aus) FDJeux.com                                        5
6 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia                5
7 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo                    5
8 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       5
9 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) De Nardi                                     4
10 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Lampre                                           3
11 Alexandre Moos (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          3
12 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Domo                                       3
13 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo                    3
14 Alejandro Albert Borrajo (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres             3
15 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    2
16 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco                                           2
17 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                           2
18 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie              2
19 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                    2
20 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie               2
21 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo                 1
22 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saeco                                          1
23 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) FDJeux.com                                    1
24 Fredy Gonzalez Martinez (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia                  1
25 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo                                     1
 
 
Trofeo Fuga Piaggio classification
 
1 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia               68 pts
2 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie              12
3 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Saeco                                           9

Azzurri d'Italia classification
 
1 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Saeco                                            4 pts
2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               4
3 Bradley McGee (Aus) FDJeux.com                                        2
4 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       2
5 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                 1
6 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo                  1
 
Trofeo Fast Team classification
 
1 Lampre                                                         24.57.12
2 Saeco
3 Acqua&Sapone-Caffe' Mokambo
4 Alessio-Bianchi
5 Gerolsteiner
6 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                               0.08
7 Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                                          0.16
8 De Nardi                                                           2.39
9 Phonak-Hearing Systems                                             2.47
10 Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie                                2.49
11 Colombia-Selle Italia                                             3.03
12 Lotto - Domo                                                      5.18
13 Fassa Bortolo
14 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                                           5.26
15 Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'
16 Tenax                                                             8.05
17 Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                                  8.13
18 FDJeux.com                                                       10.31
19 Domina Vacanze                                                   21.02
 
Trofeo Super Team classification
 
1 FDJeux.com                                                           46 pts
2 Lampre                                                               44
3 Gerolsteiner                                                         41
4 Acqua&Sapone-Caffe' Mokambo                                          40
5 Saeco                                                                40
6 Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie                                   29
7 Domina Vacanze                                                       24
8 Fassa Bortolo                                                        20
9 Phonak-Hearing Systems                                               20
10 Lotto - Domo                                                        20
11 Alessio-Bianchi                                                     18
12 Formaggi Pinzolo Fiave'                                             16
13 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                                             14
14 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                                13
15 Tenax                                                               10
16 Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf                                     8
17 De Nardi                                                             6
18 Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                                            6
19 Colombia-Selle Italia                                                5