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41st Tirreno-Adriatico - ProT

Italy, March 8-14, 2006

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Stage 3 - March 10: Avezzano – Paglieta, 183 km

Oscar the cat is back, Cricket Bettini crashes out in race lead

By Tim Maloney, European Editor

Oscar Freire (Rabobank)
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With his fluid feline jump, sardonic smile and seemingly nine lives when he's come back from injury after injury, Oscar Freire may be the most enigmatic talents in cycling today. On Friday's stage three of Tirreno-Adriatico from the central Italian town of Avezzano to Paglieta, the 30 year-old Rabobank rider showed the class and smarts that have won him three world championships since 1999.

Wearing dossard #1 of defending Tirreno-Adriatico champion, Freire beat another Spanish comeback kid as he crossed the line a bike length of 2003 world champion Igor Astarloa, who recently won Milano-Torino. It was Freire's first win since March 27, 2005 when he was victorious in the Belgian semi-classic Brabantse Pijl and now the speedster from Torrelvega must be considered a major threat to win his second Milano-Sanremo in nine days' time.

Paolo Bettini (Quick.Step-Innergetic)
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Not to take anything away from Freire's win, but the sprint today in Paglieta might have been different if race leader Paolo Bettini hadn't crashed out. Already in superb form, Bettini had won the first two stages of Tirreno-Adriatico with alarming ease. The 31 year-old Olympic champion from Quick.Step tangled with CSC's Lars Bak on a descent after 80km of racing and went down hard. Bettini went to the local hospital in Popoli, near Pescara, where he was treated for cuts and abrasions, as well as an MRI of his pelvis and X-rays of his left knee and right ankle.

Bettini left Popoli Hospital in the late afternoon and went to the team hotel in Vasto. Quick.Step team spokesman Alessandro Tegner told Cyclingnews that "the exams showed that Paolo Bettini has not broken anything. He has a major abrasions and bruising to his left hand and left hip, as well as right knee and right side of his chest. Paolo is in a lot of pain and will have further exams in the next few days, and it's impossible to say now if [Bettini] will compete in Milano-Sanremo."

How it unfolded

Things were a bit chilly
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On a cool, overcast morning, 196 riders took the start of Stage 3 of Tirreno-Adriatico, a rolling 183km ride from the Abruzzese city of Avezzano to Paglieta. Things were quiet for the first two hours as just 70km were covered. At the 80km mark near Piano d'Orta, home-boy Danilo Di Luca made his first attack of the season in windy conditions and in the confusion behind to follow the 2005 ProTour winner, there was a crash on a descent that brought down race leader Bettini, his Quick.Step teammate Bramati, Tonti (Acqua & Sapone), Albizuri (Euskaltel) and Bak (CSC); Bettini and Bak were injured and forced to abandon.

Off the front went Moreni (Cofidis), Albizu (Euskaltel), Righi (Liquigas-Bianchi), Crake (Naturino) and Tankink (Quick.Step) who caught Di Luca, who was away with Urweider (Phonak) and Priamo (Ceramiche Panaria). After 10km, the 8 man break had 44" on the gruppo with Milram chasing. At the intermediate sprint in Manoppello Scalo after 92.5km, Danny Righi took the points ahead of Di Luca and Priamo with Aussie Crake in 4th and the gruppo chasing hard at 20". Although the small country roads of Abruzzo twisted and turned and went up and down over the next 30km, the break could never gain more than 43" thanks to the power tempo behind from the flying milkmen of Team Milram. The blue train was chugging away for Erik Zabel, who wanted to have his say in the uphill finish in Paglieta.

Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas-Bianchi)
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The fast pace up front shelled Moreni, Urweider and Righi out of the back of the break on the 10km ascent after the feed zone after 120km, but the three were soon replaced with two riders, two brothers named Alexander (Barloworld) and Vladimir (Caisse d'Epargne) Efimkin who came across to make seven fugitives The break was still away with the average speed after three hours almost 40km/hr over the difficult small roads of central Abruzzo. With 50km to go, the escape was sitting less than a minute ahead and still not making any headway. As the first of three finishing circuits of Paglieta started, Di Luca sat up, spelling doom for the break which was quickly absorbed by the peloton with the exception of the stubborn Efimkin boys.

Igor Astarloa (Barloworld)
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After crossing the finish line in Paglieta with two laps to go, 12 riders were on the attack, including Muraglia & Maccanti (LPR), the Efimkin Bros., Flecha (Rabobank), Arekeev & Soler (Acqua & Sapone), Figueras (Lampre-Fondital), Rojas Gil (Liberty Seguros), Ascani (Naturino), Ignacio Gutierrez (Phonak) and Kohl (T-Mobile) with the gruppo just behind. After 155km, Gutierrez took the GPM, as the gruppo was making contact with the back of the break. Ascani made a move to get away and was hanging out front, while Zaballa (Caisse d'Epargne, Moletta (Gerolsteiner) and Vicioso (Liberty Seguros) tried to bridge. But with 3km to go, it was gruppo compatto and then Kopp (T-Mobile) and Sabido (Barloworld) both gave it a shot. But Naturino's Gasperoni brought it all together and Freire won the uphill sprint in Piazza Martiri Lancianesi ahead of Astarloa for his first win of 2006 and the race lead in Tirreno-Adriatico.

Photography

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Results

1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                              4.27.22 (41.067 km/h)
2 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Barloworld                                        
3 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
4 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua Sapone                                  
5 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               
6 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                 
7 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                    
8 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                         
9 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                          
10 Massimili Gentili (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare                      
11 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                        
12 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone          
13 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                       
14 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                         0.07
15 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
16 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas                                  0.09
17 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Barloworld                                 
18 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                 
19 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    
20 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                       
21 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                         
22 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
23 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  
24 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                                   
25 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
26 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
27 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                     
28 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    
29 Christoph Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole                         0.15
30 Massimo Iannetti (Ita) Team L.P.R.                                   
31 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             
32 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                    
33 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare                         
34 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                            
35 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                         
36 Juan Anto Flecha Gianonni (Spa) Rabobank                             
37 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        
38 Mauricio Soler (Col) Acqua Sapone                                0.21
39 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                          
40 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                  
41 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           
42 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears             
43 Alexander Arekeev (Rus) Acqua Sapone                                 
44 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
45 Christian Gasperoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare                    
46 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                    
47 Jose Joaqin Rojas Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team               
48 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears               0.28
49 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Team L.P.R.                                  
50 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                            
51 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                            
52 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                 
53 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              
54 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
55 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems               
56 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance                                 
57 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld                                     0.36
58 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    
59 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                   
60 Ruben Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  
61 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team                               0.45
62 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                    
63 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare                         
64 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
65 Iker Leonet Iza (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 
66 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
67 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  
68 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                   
69 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 
70 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           0.54
71 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                          0.58
72 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team               1.10
73 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
74 Luca Ascani (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare                            
75 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                      
76 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              
77 Mads Christensen (Den) Barloworld                                    
78 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua Sapone                                  
79 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                            1.20
80 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole                             
81 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           1.30
82 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R.                              1.31
83 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                           1.35
84 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                 2.02
85 Gene Bates (Aus) Team L.P.R.                                         
86 Paul Crake (Aus) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare                             
87 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              
88 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                
89 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears            2.07
90 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux                           
91 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
92 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
93 Viatchesl Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
94 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                            
95 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
96 Mauro Facci (Ita) Barloworld                                         
97 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                          
98 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  
99 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                           
100 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                            
101 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
102 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                
103 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
104 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          2.28
105 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                       
106 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                    
107 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld                              2.37
108 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                             2.50
109 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto                                  
110 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                        3.24
111 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                      
112 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                    
113 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                           3.39
114 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                    4.18
115 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              
116 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                             
117 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone              
118 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                 
119 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                                     4.37
120 Andreas Kloden (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              4.40
121 Michele Maccanti (Ita) Team L.P.R.                                  
122 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole                               
123 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas                                       
124 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     4.52
125 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                      6.46
126 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         7.45
127 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
128 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    8.44
129 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux                             
130 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
131 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                   
132 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               
133 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R Prevoyance                                 
134 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance                                  
135 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                        
136 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               
137 Christoph Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                           
138 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
139 Alessandr Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                                
140 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                   
141 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                   
142 Luciano A Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     
143 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             
144 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 
145 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                             
146 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                                    
147 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare                    
148 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner                                        
149 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC                                      
150 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
151 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                 
152 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                    
153 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R.                                  
154 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        
155 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua Sapone                            9.33
156 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
157 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               
158 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Team L.P.R.                                      
159 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                14.38
160 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                                         
161 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone         
162 Alessandr Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram                              
163 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
164 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Acqua Sapone                                     
165 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                               
166 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                                
167 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare                       
168 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                               
169 Simone Masciareli (Ita) Acqua Sapone                                
170 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                       
171 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                     
172 Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               
173 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                       
174 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                  
175 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld                                      
176 Benat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              
177 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
178 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                 
179 Andrus Aug (Est) Acqua Sapone                                       
180 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                  
181 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                       
182 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                                
183 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                 
184 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                  
185 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                     20.14
186 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
187 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                     
188 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas                                         
189 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Team L.P.R.                                   
190 Ren‚ Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                 
191 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance                                
DNF Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                           
DNF Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                      
DNF Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole                                 
DNF Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                                
DNF Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears             
 
General classification after stage 3
 
1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                             12.39.26
2 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                           0.10
3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                    
4 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua Sapone                                  
5 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                         
6 Massimili Gentili (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare                       
7 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           
8 Jorg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                         
9 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                        
10 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                         
11 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                     0.13
12 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                   0.17
13 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas                                  0.19
14 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                         
15 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
16 Angel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                       
17 Kurt Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                     
18 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    
19 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                 
20 David Lopez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  
21 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    
22 Thomas Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
23 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Barloworld                                 
24 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner                                   
25 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
26 Christoph Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole                         0.25
27 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                            
28 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             
29 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                    
30 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        
31 Juan Anto Flecha Gianonni (Spa) Rabobank                             
32 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                              0.28
33 Alexander Arekeev (Rus) Acqua Sapone                             0.31
34 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                           
35 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears             
36 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                    
37 Christian Gasperoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare                    
38 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux                        0.38
39 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                            
40 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems               
41 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Team L.P.R.                                  
42 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
43 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                               0.42
44 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                0.46
45 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld                                         
46 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                            0.56
47 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                      1.00
48 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        1.01
49 Mauricio Soler (Col) Acqua Sapone                                1.05
50 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         1.18
51 Luca Ascani (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare                        1.20
52 Massimo Iannetti (Ita) Team L.P.R.                               1.22
53 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare                     1.24
54 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole                         1.30
55 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R.                              1.37
56 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance                             1.43
57 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team                               2.00
58 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears               2.02
59 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           2.09
60 Ruben Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                              2.15
61 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux                       2.17
62 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
63 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare                     2.33
64 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team               2.47
65 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                2.48
66 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears               2.57
67 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    3.02
68 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           3.07
69 Amael Moinard (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone             3.10
70 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears            3.45
71 Paul Crake (Aus) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare                         3.52
72 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                             4.24
73 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
74 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                         4.27
75 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          4.28
76 Viatchesl Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        4.33
77 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Credit Agricole                            4.50
78 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          4.52
79 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              4.53
80 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                   4.58
81 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                     5.11
82 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                           5.14
83 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone           5.15
84 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                                      5.16
85 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          5.18
86 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        5.46
87 Frederic Bessy (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            5.51
88 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                         6.18
89 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux                           6.29
90 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                    6.36
91 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                  6.39
92 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                             6.42
93 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld                               6.59
94 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                 7.02
95 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua Sapone                              7.06
96 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              7.11
97 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Barloworld                                   7.48
98 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           7.51
99 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                 9.12
100 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R.                              9.21
101 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto                              9.34
102 Mads Christensen (Den) Barloworld                              10.15
103 Sebastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                        10.29
104 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                        10.39
105 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                       10.41
106 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone        11.12
107 Gene Bates (Aus) Team L.P.R.                                   11.21
108 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux                        11.25
109 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                         11.35
110 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    11.36
111 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                        11.42
112 Inigo Chaurreau (Spa) AG2R Prevoyance                          12.33
113 Jose Joaqin Rojas Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team         12.46
114 Mauro Facci (Ita) Barloworld                                   12.51
115 Christoph Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                      12.52
116 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                            13.01
117 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance                             13.06
118 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                 
119 Iker Leonet Iza (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears           13.13
120 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          13.34
121 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                    
122 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team                               13.35
123 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                          13.44
124 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         13.58
125 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                              14.25
126 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                    14.35
127 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                              14.40
128 Luciano A Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     
129 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                            14.47
130 Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                          14.48
131 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas                                  14.51
132 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       15.08
133 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC                                 15.28
134 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                          15.34
135 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Team L.P.R.                                 15.36
136 Michele Maccanti (Ita) Team L.P.R.                             15.53
137 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears            15.57
138 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                          15.59
139 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                              16.01
140 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                  16.41
141 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic                          
142 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         16.50
143 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                    16.54
144 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC                               17.21
145 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                   17.34
146 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
147 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner                                        
148 Alessandr Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                           17.49
149 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                   18.22
150 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare            19.00
151 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        19.25
152 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        19.28
153 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                20.01
154 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                        20.24
155 Benat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                         20.49
156 Andrus Aug (Est) Acqua Sapone                                       
157 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        20.53
158 Simone Masciareli (Ita) Acqua Sapone                           21.17
159 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic                     21.20
160 Andreas Kloden (Ger) T-Mobile Team                             21.53
161 Alessandr Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram                         21.55
162 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                                  
163 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                  
164 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua Sapone                           21.56
165 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Acqua Sapone                                22.32
166 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                          22.34
167 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                23.54
168 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                             24.16
169 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2R Prevoyance                            24.42
170 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                          25.22
171 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare               25.41
172 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                  25.49
173 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone    25.51
174 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
175 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Credit Agricole                           26.18
176 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux                         26.44
177 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                                    27.06
178 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance                           27.39
179 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone            27.52
180 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 28.47
181 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        
182 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare                  28.58
183 Ren‚ Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner                            29.52
184 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                  29.53
185 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld                                 29.56
186 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            30.50
187 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas                                    32.42
188 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic                     33.15
189 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas                                     
190 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Team L.P.R.                              39.24
191 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance                           43.07
 
Points classification
 
1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram                                        20 pts
2 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                   17
3 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                             17
4 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R.                                 15
5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole                                  14
6 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                  12
7 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua Sapone                                12
8 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           10
9 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Barloworld                                      10
10 Ruben Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                 8
11 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                 6
12 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                       6
13 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 5
14 Jose Joaqin Rojas Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team              5
15 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas                                     5
16 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                               5
17 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                       5
18 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R.                                  4
19 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                   4
20 Luca Ascani (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare                           3
21 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                       3
22 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                        2
23 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare                       2
24 Massimili Gentili (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare                     1
25 Christoph Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole                            1
26 Paul Crake (Aus) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare                            1
27 Mauro Facci (Ita) Barloworld                                        1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L.P.R.                                   8 pts
2 Jose Joaqin Rojas Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team               6
3 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems                       5
4 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                    5
5 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                        5
6 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                    3
7 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team                    2
8 Mauricio Soler (Col) Acqua Sapone                                    2
9 Ruben Perez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                                  2
10 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare                       2
11 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                                   1
12 Luca Ascani (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare                           1
13 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               1
14 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone                 1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Rabobank                                                      37.58.48
2 Gerolsteiner                                                      0.18
3 Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team                                            
4 Discovery Channel                                                 0.33
5 Naturino-Sapore Di Mare                                           0.36
6 Team CSC                                                          0.46
7 Phonak Hearing Systems                                            0.50
8 T-Mobile Team                                                     1.00
9 Acqua e Sapone                                                    1.16
10 Credit Agricole                                                  2.11
11 Team L.P.R.                                                      2.14
12 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                2.17
13 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                             2.18
14 Cofidis                                                          4.11
15 Barloworld                                                       4.14
16 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears                                   4.21
17 Team Milram                                                      4.25
18 Francaise Des Jeux                                               4.42
19 Quick Step-Innergetic                                            5.14
20 Lampre-Fondital                                                  7.13
21 Bouygues Telecom                                                11.01
22 Liquigas                                                        12.07
23 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                 12.27
24 Davitamon-Lotto                                                 16.41
25 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                                       18.40

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