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88th Giro d'Italia - PT

Italy, May 7-29, 2005

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Stage 1 - May 8: Reggio Calabria - Tropea, 208 km

The return of golden boy: Paolo Bettini takes stage and maglia rosa

Sprinters foiled on steep final kilometre to Tropea

By Tim Maloney, European Editor, with additional reporting from John Trevorrow

Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step)
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Up until today, 2005 hasn't been much of a year for Paolo Bettini. Slowed by several tough bouts of the 'flu in the winter, Bettini didn't have a strong spring classics campaign. But Bettini came out of the back end of the classics in ever-improving form as demonstrated by his 4th place in Liege-Bastogne-Liege two weeks ago. But the Olympic champion had seen the finish in Tropea and explained in his new Maglia Rosa, "I saw the climb the other day and knew it was good for my characteristics as a rider. To say (I can win) is one thing, but to do it is another. So I'm happy because I haven't won yet this year."

With an acceleration on the Rocca Nettuno climb reminiscent of his winning move on the Licabetto climb in the Athens Olympic road race last August, Bettini powered away to a satisfying win for the rider nicknamed "Grillo" (cricket) for his explosive attacks.

Paolo Bettini, who had never won a Giro d'Italia stage, and never worn the Maglia Rosa before, achieved two major career goals with one shot today. Bettini added, "My objective at the Giro was to do well here and so far it's good! My wife and daughter were here today and my team rode very well for me." As for his tactics tomorrow on Stage 2, Bettini was noncommittal, saying, "We'll just have to see what happens. Maybe I won't defend it, but will try to get it back later."

Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto)
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Second place behind Bettini was Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto), who showed that he had good legs to hold of Petacchi in the tough finish. "I would have liked to have won but Bettini was too strong," McEwen told Cyclingnews at the finish. "He went away on the steep bit...he just went. Then Petacchi and Cookie followed him and we were just dangling on the wheel. Then he just went another gear and said 'catch this'. He opened up a big lead and I saw that we wouldn't catch him. I went from the last corner and I gapped everyone else. Bettini put everything into winning the jersey, but maybe tomorrow..."

As the gruppo exploded on the difficult final ascent to Tropea. Maglia Rosa Brett Lancaster (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare) had a respectable finish in 46th, but the finish was just not suited for the Australian rider who lost 0'14. GC favourites Cunego, Savoldelli, Simoni, Garzelli, Gonchar, Garate and Cioni all finished in the front group, but Basso got caught on the wrong side of the split on the Rocca Nettuno finish and he lost 0'05 on the final climb to Cunego.

A smiling Il Grillo
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After his long day out front in the break of the day, Veneberg (Rabobank) took the Maglia Verde as Best Climber, while his break companion Sven Krauss (Gerolsteiner) donned the Maglia Azzurra as Intergiro leader. Stage runner-up Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) will swap his Australian champions jersey for the Maglia Ciclamino of Points leadership.

How it unfolded

Brett Lancaster
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On a beautiful warm and sunny spring morning, Stage 1 of the 88th Giro d'Italia started in the centro storico of Reggio Calabria at the tip of the Italian boot at 11:55. Once the official start was given to 197 riders at 12:04, the first attack that stuck was by Scarselli (Selle Italia). Clearly in search of the first Maglia Verde of the Giro's best climber, the gruppo let Scarselli go alone. After 20km, Didier Rous (Bouygues Telecom) was the first rider to abandon the 88th Giro (stomach troubles) and now there were 196 riders left. Scarselli was gaining time, which provoked a three man counterattack of Veneberg (Rabobank), Zanini (Quick.Step) and Krauss (Gerolsteiner). They chasers caught Scarselli after 32km in Condofuri Marina at the very tippy-toe of the Italian boot and the average speed after one hour was 41.2km/h. After 51km in Capo Spartivento, the front quartet had gained major time to go over 10'00 as the rest of the gruppo dawdled along the Ionian Sea on a sunny spring day.

As Stage 1 headed north around the Aspromonte National Park, the gruppo began to up the pace and the front four hit the Intergiro in Locri after 92km with 8'00 in hand over the rest of the riders. Second year pro Krauss took the sprint ahead of Zanini, with the average speed now increasing to 43.090 km/h. Twelve kilometres later at the Gioiosa Jonica crossroads, the lead quartet made a left turn and began the 6km climb that would cross the toe of the boot on the Statale Tirenno-Ionico to the Golfo di Gioia and head for the day's GPM in Jonadi, then make the tricky, nervous run-in to Tropea on the Gulf of St.Eufemia. Their lead was now down to 6'30 as Fassa Bortolo and Cofidis upped the pace behind.

It was a lovely day
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As the break had a lead of 4'30 at the feed zone in Rosarno, Cofidis was still up front helping to chase with 60km to go. But as the break began to slow, Veneberg attacked on the climb just outside Mileto 5km before the GPM, with Scarselli chasing close behind, then Zanini and Krauss at 1'00 and the gruppo at 2'00. Veneberg had taken everyone by surprise and hung on to take the KOM, Scarselli cruised over at 0'30, while Zanini and Krauss had been absorbed by the gruppo, 2'24" behind. Liquigas had sent Charly Wegelius and Marco Milesi to the front to aid Fassa Bortolo, Davitamon and Quick.Step in the chase.

Veneberg kept pounding along solo as the chase let him stay out front, but on the looping 15km descent to the port town Vibo Valentia, the group gained ground. With 33km to go, the Rabobanker still had a lead of 2'00. As the 27 year-old hit Vibo Marina along the Gulf of S.Eufemia with 21km to go, he still had 1'45" as his sports director Joop Zoetemelk came alongside to check his rider who had been away for 170km. Lampre-Cafitta had moved up front in the gruppo to aid the pursuit of the Dutch escapee.

On the way to the finish in Tropea, the wide-open coast road allowed the gruppo to spot Veneberg and the solo rider was slowed by headwinds. Finally after 175km, the Rabobank rider was absorbed and it was gruppo compatto as Veneberg went to the back. T-Mobile had sent the huge Schaffrath to the front as the manoeuvres began for the sprint set-up. The finish in Tropea was not great for the pure sprinters, as the last 5km had narrow, twisting roads and the final kilometre had a steep initial pitch of 400m up the hill where the Rocca Nettuno castle dominates the Calabrian seaside village.

Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step)
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Tosatto, Cooke, and Petacchi
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Gerolsteiner's sprinter Forster had a rear flat with 12km to go, but the German chased back on after 2km. Bouygues Telecom rider Beneteau then made a solo move, but his suicide attack didn't last long. Maglia Rosa Lancaster was up front by himself among the sprinters teams as Quick.Step, Fassa Bortolo, T-Mobile, Davitamon-Lotto, CSC and Liquigas-Bianchi fighting tooth and nail for position.

With 4km to go, a sharp left hand turn left the wide coast road and onto the old coast road over a narrow bridge and down a descent into Tropea that stretched the gruppo into one long Indian file line where it became almost impossible to change position. Maglia Rosa Lancaster had been joined by his sprinter teammate Grillo up front as the Rocca Nettuno loomed above at the entrance to Tropea. The Fassa train tried to keep control on the front under the 1km kite, but as soon as Bettini saw the steep ramp (510m at 15%), the Quick.Step rider took off like a scared rabbit. As the climb leveled out with 400m to go, Bettini had gained 0'05 and went onto win the stage and conquer his first-ever Giro stage and Maglia Rosa.

Stage 2 - May 9: Catanzaro Lido-Santa Maria Del Cedro, 182km

It's a flat, flat, flat stage from Catanzaro Lido on the instep of the Italian boot up the Tirrenean coastline where the Giro's first big sprint will come down on Santa Maria Del Cedro's Corso Tireno after a 13.7km finishing circuit around the Calabrian coastside town. With McEwen just 0'12 and Petacchi 0'14 out of the Maglia Rosa and Monday's stage perfect a wide-open sprint, the generous time bonuses at the stage finish (20, 12, 8 seconds) could change the race lead in the Giro d'Italia tomorrow.

Photography

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Results

1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step                               5.09.32 (40.318 km/h)
2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                             0.03
3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                         0.04
4 Baden Cooke (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux                                
5 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
6 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      
7 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                               
8 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                
9 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                 
10 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto                 
11 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team          
12 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                               
13 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick.Step                                   
14 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                            
15 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze                               
16 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                     
17 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      
18 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                           
19 Andre' Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   
20 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                      0.09
21 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team                  
22 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears                             
23 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears                            
24 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze                              
25 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears                               
26 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                      
27 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                  
28 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                
29 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    
30 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                                  
31 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     
32 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
33 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                                   
34 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                            
35 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick.Step                               0.14
36 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               
37 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi                         
38 Francisco J Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita                   
39 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone         
40 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                       
41 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
42 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                              
43 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                  
44 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                 
45 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                         
46 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                    
47 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                      
48 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Illes Balears                           
49 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole                                  
50 Bjoern Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             
51 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team                  
52 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
53 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
54 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
55 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
56 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
57 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                             
58 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                 0.23
59 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team                   
60 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
61 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone               
62 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Illes Balears                            
63 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     
64 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone                
65 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                     
66 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team             
67 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team              
68 David Navas Chica (Spa) Illes Balears                              
69 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team                    0.26
70 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                            
71 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
72 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         
73 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
74 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
75 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia                       
76 Freddy Gonzalez Martinez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare           
77 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick.Step                                       
78 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
79 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare        
80 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       
81 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team          0.30
82 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita                               
83 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                            
84 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank                                     
85 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone       
86 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone               
87 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
88 Sergio Escobar Roure (Spa) Illes Balears                           
89 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 
90 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team                
91 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         
92 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       
93 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia                         0.34
94 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   
95 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                    
96 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       
97 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone               
98 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole                           
99 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
100 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                
101 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia                       
102 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team         
103 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank                                       
104 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                            
105 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita                                
106 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole                         
107 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita                              
108 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank                                    
109 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                             
110 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita                          
111 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team           
112 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team            
113 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                   
114 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          
115 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                   
116 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone               
117 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC                               
118 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole                             
119 Jose' Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia                  
120 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                          
121 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                            
122 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Illes Balears                      
123 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC                                     
124 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                              
125 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze                          0.42
126 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia                     
127 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                
128 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                
129 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team
130 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                              
131 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole                           0.48
132 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi              0.52
133 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                      
134 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 
135 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                      
136 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
137 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team            
138 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole                        0.55
139 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux                         0.57
140 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                          0.59
141 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                    
142 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                 
143 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step                                   
144 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              1.02
145 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  
146 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto                             
147 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux                     
148 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux                           
149 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              
150 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi                           
151 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   
152 Trent Wilson (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia                          
153 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze                                
154 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                        
155 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner                                      
156 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems           
157 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone             
158 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze                              
159 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step                                      
160 Jose' Antonio Garrido Lima (Spa) Quick.Step                       
161 Francisco J. Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir           
162 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                      
163 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     
164 Rene' Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team                     
165 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia                1.08
166 Antonio Tauler Llull (Spa) Illes Balears                      1.10
167 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                  
168 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia            
169 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare        
170 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                
171 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                             
172 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC                                  
173 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                        1.21
174 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                  
175 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                          1.28
176 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team          
177 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
178 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team     1.39
179 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir               1.50
180 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir               
181 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                              1.55
182 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
183 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                       
184 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                  
185 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                               
186 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick.Step                                 
187 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi                           
188 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
189 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia                       
190 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                              
191 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 
192 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                              
193 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 
194 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                  
195 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step                               2.32
196 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone            
DNF Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
 
Points
 
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step                                    25 pts
2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                               20
3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                           16
4 Baden Cooke (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux                              14
5 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           12
6 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    10
7 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                              9
8 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze                               8
9 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     8
10 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                               7
11 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto                6
12 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step                                   6
13 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team         5
14 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                              4
15 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                  4
16 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick.Step                                  3
17 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia                    3
18 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                           2
19 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       2
20 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze                              1
21 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia                       1
 
Mountains
 
Jonadi - km 161.8
 
1 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                   3 pts
2 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia                     2
3 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     1
 
Intergiro
 
1 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               2.07.30
2 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step                                     
3 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                    
4 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia                      
5 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
6 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia                         
7 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole                            
8 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                                
9 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                   
10 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone             
 
Most combative
 
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step                                     6 pts
2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                5
3 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                   5
4 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     5
5 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                            4
6 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step                                    4
7 Baden Cooke (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux                               3
8 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia                     3
9 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            2
10 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    1
11 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       1
 
Azzurri d'Italia
 
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step                                     4 pts
2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                2
3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                            1
 
Trofeo Fuga piaggio
 
1 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                 154 pts
2 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia                   144
3 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   118
4 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step                                  118
 
Trofeo Fast Team
 
1 Liquigas-Bianchi                                            15.28.48
2 Davitamon-Lotto                                                 0.04
3 Domina Vacanze                                                  0.05
4 Lampre-Caffita                                                      
5 Quick.Step-Innergetic                                           0.06
6 T-Mobile Team                                                   0.10
7 Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne                                  0.15
8 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                            0.19
9 Team CSC                                                        0.20
10 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                                      0.25
11 Phonak Hearing System                                              
12 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                              0.29
13 Gerolsteiner                                                   0.30
14 Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team                                     0.34
15 Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team                             0.38
16 Fassa Bortolo                                                      
17 Française Des Jeux                                             0.40
18 Rabobank                                                       0.41
19 Bouygues Telecom                                               0.42
20 Credit Agricole                                                0.46
21 Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone                                0.48
22 Selle Italia-Colombia                                          1.22
 
Trofeo Super Team
 
1 Davitamon-Lotto                                                   30 pts
2 Quick.Step-Innergetic                                             28
3 Liquigas-Bianchi                                                  24
4 Fassa Bortolo                                                     23
5 Lampre-Caffita                                                    21
6 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                              20
7 Domina Vacanze                                                    19
8 Française Des Jeux                                                17
9 T-Mobile Team                                                     17
10 Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team                               10
11 Team CSC                                                          1
12 Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team                                         
13 Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne                                     
14 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                                          
15 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                  
16 Phonak Hearing System                                              
17 Rabobank                                                           
18 Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone                                    
19 Gerolsteiner                                                       
20 Credit Agricole                                                    
21 Bouygues Telecom                                                   
22 Selle Italia-Colombia                                              
 
General classification after stage 1
 
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step                               5.10.35
2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                             0.12
3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                         0.14
4 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team       0.22
5 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  0.25
6 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                 
7 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick.Step                                    
8 Baden Cooke (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux                                
9 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                               
10 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  0.26
11 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                        0.27
12 Andre' Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   
13 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     
14 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                           
15 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto             0.28
16 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                           0.29
17 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze                               
18 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        0.30
19 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze                              
20 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze                           0.31
21 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                    
22 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears                             
23 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                                  
24 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                    
25 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears                           0.32
26 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                      
27 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                          
28 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     
29 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                               0.34
30 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone         
31 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              0.35
32 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                  
33 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                  0.36
34 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
35 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick.Step                                   
36 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team                  
37 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
38 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
39 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze                            0.37
40 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                              
41 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                       
42 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Illes Balears                       0.38
43 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team                  
44 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                            
45 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole                                  
46 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
47 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           0.39
48 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears                            
49 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               
50 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                             
51 Bjoern Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             
52 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                    0.40
53 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                  
54 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                     0.41
55 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                 
56 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone           0.42
57 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi                     0.43
58 Francisco J Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita                   
59 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team             
60 David Navas Chica (Spa) Illes Balears                          0.45
61 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team                    0.47
62 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                    0.48
63 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team              
64 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Illes Balears                            
65 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     
66 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare    0.49
67 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone                
68 Sergio Escobar Roure (Spa) Illes Balears                           
69 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                     
70 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                      0.50
71 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
72 Koldo Gil Perez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team               0.51
73 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         
74 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team            0.52
75 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
76 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               0.53
77 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
78 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                            
79 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole                              
80 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                        0.54
81 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia                       
82 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     
83 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone               
84 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team              
85 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team        0.55
86 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 
87 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank                                 0.56
88 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick.Step                                       
89 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team          
90 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
91 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   0.57
92 Freddy Gonzalez Martinez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare           
93 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       
94 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         
95 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                               
96 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC                                      
97 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team         0.58
98 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole                           
99 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
100 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                   
101 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone               
102 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita                              
103 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                        0.59
104 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                   
105 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          
106 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                        1.00
107 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank                                       
108 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                
109 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank                                    
110 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                          
111 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole                         
112 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                   
113 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita                          
114 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                         1.01
115 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Illes Balears                      
116 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita                              
117 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC                               
118 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita                            1.02
119 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      
120 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                
121 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone              
122 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia                   1.03
123 Jose' Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia                  
124 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone      
125 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia                        1.04
126 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                          1.05
127 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole                           1.07
128 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team       1.08
129 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze                          1.10
130 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia                     
131 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team        1.14
132 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare            1.15
133 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux                         1.16
134 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 
135 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                  1.17
136 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi              1.18
137 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         1.19
138 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole                            
139 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                  1.20
140 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                    
141 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                  1.23
142 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step                                   
143 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze                          1.24
144 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto                             
145 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner                                      
146 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step                                  1.25
147 Francisco J. Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir           
148 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                             1.26
149 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze                                
150 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                        
151 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  
152 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  
153 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                          1.27
154 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems           
155 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone         1.28
156 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi                           
157 Rene' Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team                 1.30
158 Jose' Antonio Garrido Lima (Spa) Quick.Step                   1.31
159 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux                           
160 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              
161 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                 1.32
162 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Francaise Des Jeux                 1.33
163 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC                                  
164 Alberto Lopez De Munain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi               1.35
165 Trent Wilson (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia                      1.36
166 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                
167 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare    1.37
168 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia            
169 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia                1.39
170 Antonio Tauler Llull (Spa) Illes Balears                          
171 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                             
172 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                              1.43
173 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team                              1.44
174 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                        1.49
175 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                          1.51
176 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             1.52
177 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team      1.53
178 Joseba Beloki Dorronsoro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team     2.01
179 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                2.08
180 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir               2.15
181 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                          2.16
182 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                             2.17
183 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              2.18
184 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                  
185 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                       
186 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                               
187 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                          2.20
188 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
189 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                             2.21
190 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick.Step                             2.22
191 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir           2.23
192 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi                           
193 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia                   2.24
194 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                              2.26
195 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step                               2.51
196 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone        2.59
 
Points classification
 
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step                                    25 pts
2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                               20
3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                           16
4 Baden Cooke (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux                              14
5 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           12
6 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    10
7 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                              9
8 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     8
9 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze                               8
10 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                               7
11 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto                6
12 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step                                   6
13 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team         5
14 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                              4
15 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                  4
16 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick.Step                                  3
17 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia                    3
18 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                           2
19 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       2
20 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze                              1
21 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia                       1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                   3 pts
2 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia                     2
3 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     1
 
Intergiro classification
 
1 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               2.07.30
2 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step                                     
3 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                    
4 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia                      
5 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
6 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia                         
7 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole                            
8 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                                
9 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                   
10 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone             
 
Most combative classification
 
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step                                     6 pts
2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                5
3 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                   5
4 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     5
5 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                            4
6 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step                                    4
7 Baden Cooke (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux                               3
8 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia                     3
9 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            2
10 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    1
11 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       1
 
Azzurri d'Italia classification
 
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step                                     4 pts
2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                2
3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                            1
 
Trofeo Fuga piaggio classification
 
1 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                 154 pts
2 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia                   144
3 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   118
4 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step                                  118
 
Trofeo Fast Team classification
 
1 Liquigas-Bianchi                                            15.28.48
2 Davitamon-Lotto                                                 0.04
3 Domina Vacanze                                                  0.05
4 Lampre-Caffita                                                      
5 Quick.Step-Innergetic                                           0.06
6 T-Mobile Team                                                   0.10
7 Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne                                  0.15
8 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                            0.19
9 Team CSC                                                        0.20
10 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                                      0.25
11 Phonak Hearing System                                              
12 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                              0.29
13 Gerolsteiner                                                   0.30
14 Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team                                     0.34
15 Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team                             0.38
16 Fassa Bortolo                                                      
17 Française Des Jeux                                             0.40
18 Rabobank                                                       0.41
19 Bouygues Telecom                                               0.42
20 Credit Agricole                                                0.46
21 Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone                                0.48
22 Selle Italia-Colombia                                          1.22
 
Trofeo Super Team classification
 
1 Davitamon-Lotto                                                   30 pts
2 Quick.Step-Innergetic                                             28
3 Liquigas-Bianchi                                                  24
4 Fassa Bortolo                                                     23
5 Lampre-Caffita                                                    21
6 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                              20
7 Domina Vacanze                                                    19
8 Française Des Jeux                                                17
9 T-Mobile Team                                                     17
10 Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team                               10
11 Team CSC                                                          1
12 Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team                                         
13 Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne                                     
14 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                                          
15 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                  
16 Phonak Hearing System                                              
17 Rabobank                                                           
18 Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone                                    
19 Gerolsteiner                                                       
20 Credit Agricole                                                    
21 Bouygues Telecom                                                   
22 Selle Italia-Colombia                                              

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