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Giro d'Italia, Italy

Stage 2, Catanzaro Lido - S.M. del Cedro, 182K

9 May

McEwen Wins Stage and Maglia Rosa

Stage List, Stage Profile, Photos

Robbie McEwen Wins

Robbie McEwen Wins, photo: Davitamon-Lotto

Today Robbie McEwen made a second win for Australia in the 88th Giro d'Italia, after Brett Lancaster won in the prologue on Saturday. The Fassa Bortolo train got shut-down for the second day in a row. Aussie-Champion, McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) won the sprint-fight with Isaac Gálvez, Robert Förster, and yes, even Alessandro Petacchi.

Early into today's stage there was a break that formed with Philippe Schnyder (Colombia-Selle Italia), Moreno Di Biase (Colombia-Selle Italia), Roy Sentjens (Rabobank), Freddy Bichot (Francaise des Jeux), Bram Schmitz (T-Mobile) and Sven Krauss (Gerolsteiner). The break was a long and suicidal effort that never really got out of the grasp of the peloton. As they raced up the Western coast the peloton was controlled by Fassa Bortolo for sprint-king Alessandro Petacchi.

Team Car

View from Team Car, photo: Matteo Algeri

Frenchman Bichot was the last man to give up the fight in the escape when the gruppo caught him with 25K to go. At that point forward it was a tense fight. There were all sorts of elbows and shoulders between the teams of Fassa Bortolo and Credit Agricole, the latter working for Jaan Kirsipuu.
 

Robbie McEwen

Robbie McEwen in Pink, photo: Davitamon-Lotto

Alessandro Petacchi was shut down in the last 250 meters by a fast moving Robbie McEwen and Baden Cooke, and lost another occasion to gain his first stage win in this 2005 edition. But for McEwen it was a glorious day, celebrating his 6th victory in the Giro d'Italia, and taking the Maglia Rosa from Paolo Bettini. McEwen dedicated his win to his son, who turns 3 years old tomorrow.

At 47 K to go, Giro spectators witnessed a scary crash involving Alberto López de Munaín, who touched wheels with the rider in front of him. Lopez de Munain went down hard, hitting his head and back on the guardrail. The Spaniard was immediately helped by the medical team and then loaded onto the ambulance. It was a terrible crash for Alberto, but doctors have confirmed it not to be serious after their first assessments. He has been reported with a broken shoulder and left collarbone. BiciRace.com sends out our best wishes to Alberto.

Results 4'34", 38.8 K/hr
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
2 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears
3 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
5 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux
6 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
7 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis
8 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank
9 Paride Grillo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
10 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak
11 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
12 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel
13 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile
14 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Domina Vacanze
15 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole
16 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak
17 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
18 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick-Step
19 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
20 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto
21 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner
22 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
23 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile
24 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
25 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
26 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears
27 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
28 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
29 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
30 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
31 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis
32 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears
33 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner
34 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile
35 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step
36 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
37 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth
38 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth
39 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze
40 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
41 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
42 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Caffita
43 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank
44 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
45 Fredy González (Col) Panaria-Navigare
46 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze
47 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi
48 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux
49 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze
50 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears
51 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
52 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
53 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi
54 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step
55 Sergio Escobar (Spa) Illes Balears
56 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis
57 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile
58 Laverde Felipe (Col) Panaria-Navigare
59 Aitor González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
60 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC
61 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC
62 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française Des Jeux
63 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze
64 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
65 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner
66 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
67 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak
68 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole
69 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel
70 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
71 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak
72 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
73 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
74 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel
75 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
76 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
77 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
78 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole
79 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel
80 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
81 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
82 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
83 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
84 José Rujano (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia
85 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole
86 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Panaria-Navigare
87 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
88 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole
89 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi
90 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux
91 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
92 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
93 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française Des Jeux
94 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita
95 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC
96 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
97 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis
98 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux
99 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto
100 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir
101 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile
102 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step
103 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank
104 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile
105 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth
106 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita
107 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Crédit Agricole
108 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
109 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita
110 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
111 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole
112 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak
113 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth
114 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel
115 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak
116 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux
117 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux
118 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
119 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis
120 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita
121 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
122 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia
123 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
124 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel
125 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile
126 Julio Pérez (Mex) Panaria-Navigare
127 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
128 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner
129 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
130 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze
131 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears
132 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
133 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze
134 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears
135 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Illes Balears
136 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
137 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak
138 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel
139 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia
140 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
141 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis
142 Trent Wilson (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia
143 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel
144 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick-Step
145 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis
146 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole
147 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
148 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC
149 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step 0.16
150 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
151 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.18
152 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.19
153 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile
154 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 0.48
155 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia
156 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 1.03
157 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
158 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth
159 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi
160 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
161 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC
162 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank
163 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
164 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak
165 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick-Step
166 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
167 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 1.50
168 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 1.54
169 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 2.12
170 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC
171 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 2.54
172 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 3.22
173 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak
174 Marlon Alirio Pérez Arango (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia
175 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank
176 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
177 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze
178 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick-Step
179 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Illes Balears
180 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
181 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis
182 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
183 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step
184 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo
185 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis
186 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
187 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
188 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux
189 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 4.37
190 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia
191 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia
192 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6.42
193 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner
194 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile
195 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia
DNF Alberto López de Munaín (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi

Points
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 25
2 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears 20
3 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16
4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 14
5 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 12
6 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10
7 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis 9
8 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 8
9 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8
10 Paride Grillo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 7
11 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak 6
12 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 6
13 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5
14 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 4
15 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 4
16 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile 3
17 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3
18 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2
19 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 2
20 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole 1
21 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 1

Mountains
Catanzaro
1 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 3
2 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 2
3 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 1

Intergiro
1 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.00.07
2 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile
3 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia
4 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux
5 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank
6 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia
7 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step
8 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
9 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo
10 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo

Most combative
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 6
2 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears 5
3 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5
4 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4
5 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 4
6 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3
7 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 3
8 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 2
9 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 2
10 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2
11 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1
12 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 1
13 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 1

GC:
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 9.45.14
2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 0.08
3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.22
4 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears 0.27
5 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 0.30
6 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.33
7 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
8 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step
9 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux
10 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
11 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.34
12 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.35
13 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile
14 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile
15 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
16 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 0.36
17 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 0.37
18 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze
19 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.38
20 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze
21 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.39
22 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
23 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC
24 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Panaria-Navigare
25 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 0.40
26 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
27 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC
28 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
29 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 0.42
30 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis
31 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.43
32 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
33 Paride Grillo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 0.44
34 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak
35 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick-Step
36 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth
37 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak
38 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
39 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.45
40 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole
41 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
42 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears 0.46
43 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth
44 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
45 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole
46 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
47 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.47
48 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears
49 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile
50 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
51 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak 0.48
52 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner
53 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 0.49
54 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
55 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis 0.50
56 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.51
57 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Caffita
58 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel
59 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears 0.53
60 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.55
61 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak 0.56
62 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel
63 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears
64 Aitor González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
65 Laverde Felipe (Col) Panaria-Navigare 0.57
66 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis
67 Sergio Escobar (Spa) Illes Balears
68 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
69 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak 0.58
70 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
71 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.59
72 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
73 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.00
74 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner
75 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile 1.01
76 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
77 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole
78 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Crédit Agricole
79 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 1.02
80 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
81 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis
82 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
83 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel 1.03
84 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner
85 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step 1.04
86 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel
87 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir
88 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.05
89 Fredy González (Col) Panaria-Navigare
90 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
91 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile
92 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 1.06
93 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole
94 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
95 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC
96 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis
97 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita
98 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak 1.07
99 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
100 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
101 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.08
102 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank
103 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole
104 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole
105 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
106 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita
107 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.09
108 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Illes Balears
109 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita
110 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 1.10
111 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
112 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile
113 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis
114 José Rujano (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 1.11
115 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis
116 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.13
117 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole 1.15
118 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 1.16
119 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.18
120 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 1.22
121 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française Des Jeux 1.24
122 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner
123 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak 1.25
124 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.26
125 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.27
126 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
127 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 1.32
128 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick-Step 1.33
129 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
130 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 1.34
131 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze
132 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux
133 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
134 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile
135 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.35
136 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.36
137 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française Des Jeux 1.39
138 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile
139 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.40
140 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux 1.41
141 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC
142 Trent Wilson (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 1.44
143 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Domina Vacanze
144 Julio Pérez (Mex) Panaria-Navigare 1.45
145 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 1.47
146 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.50
147 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.52
148 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.59
149 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 2.00
150 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.23
151 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.24
152 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 2.26
153 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
154 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 2.31
155 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 2.34
156 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick-Step
157 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak 2.38
158 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.41
159 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth
160 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 2.49
161 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.00
162 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3.12
163 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step 3.15
164 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 3.17
165 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 3.21
166 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 3.29
167 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.34
168 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi
169 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4.09
170 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 4.16
171 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4.24
172 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 4.26
173 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner
174 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.27
175 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 4.28
176 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.49
177 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak 4.50
178 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 4.58
179 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step 5.01
180 Marlon Alirio Pérez Arango (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 5.07
181 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Illes Balears 5.09
182 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
183 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 5.13
184 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 5.45
185 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5.48
186 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 5.50
187 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
188 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick-Step 5.52
189 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 5.53
190 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis 6.29
191 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 7.09
192 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 7.53
193 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 8.30
194 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.52
195 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9.11

Points
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 45
2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 30
3 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 26
4 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 25
5 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears 20
6 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16
7 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16
8 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12
9 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 10
10 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10
11 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 9
12 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis 9
13 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 8
14 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 8
15 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 7
16 Paride Grillo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 7
17 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 6
18 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak 6
19 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step 6
20 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 6
21 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 5
22 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5
23 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 4
24 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 4
25 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 4
26 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 4
27 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step 3
28 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile 3
29 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 3
30 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3
31 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2
32 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 2
33 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2
34 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 2
35 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 2
36 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 1
37 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole 1

Mountains
1 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 5
2 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 3
3 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 2
4 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 1
5 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1

Intergiro
1 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner
Most combative
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 11
2 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10
3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7
4 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 6
5 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 6
6 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears 5
7 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 5
8 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4
9 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step 4
10 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 4
11 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 3
12 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 3
13 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2
14 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 2
15 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2
16 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 1
17 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 1
18 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1
19 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 1

Tom Danielson

Tom Danielson Interview, Before the Giro d'Italia, "We looked at Lance a lot for that stage. And if I was able to do it, then I was going to try to do it. Lance had a lot of faith in me, and kind of stressed me out a little bit..."

Iban Mayo 2003 TDF

Iban Mayo ... "It depends on the situation. With the Euskaldunes riders you speak Basque, with those who don't know Basque you speak Castellano."

Phil Zajicek Tour Down Under

"Ha, not for me. I'll stick with flat black. Always in fashion." - Phil Zajicek

Mario Cipollini

He was often criticized by the nay-sayers for not getting over the big mountains. True, he never made it to Paris. But, he knows his talents. He got paid to win races and get publicity for his sponsors., "The End of an Era"

Osa and Landaluze

Race day action from Liège-Bastogne-Liège