Di Luca and Cunego in a Tight Sprint, Stage 3
Christophe Detilloux Abandons the Giro
Giro: Bettini still in Pink, Cooke battles on.
Michael Barry "there were a few obstacles: garbage cans, cars, spectators, that we had to avoid."
Giro d'Italia, Italy
Stage 5, Celano - L'Aquila, 223K
12 May
Di Luca at Home in Pink
Stage List, Stage Profile, Photos
![Stage Profile](javascript:ImagePopup("../../map/2005/Giro/Giro05.jpg", 640, 480, "Stage Map");){kind=link}
![Di Luca](javascript:ImagePopup("../../photo/2005/Giro/05/WatsonDiLucaPodium.jpg", 600, 430, "Di Luca In Pink"); "Di Luca In Pink, With the Kisses!!, photo: Graham Watson, Saunier Duval")
Di Luca In Pink, photo: Graham Watson, Saunier Duval
Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas-Bianchi) brought home a stage win, taking the overall in the process, today in the 5th stage of the 2005 Giro d'Italia. Di Luca hails from Spoltore, just north of today's finish, and it has been his dream to one day take the maglia rosa. Today he did just that, on home roads, in front of a home crowd, adding to an illustrious season.
Paolo Bettini (Quick-Step) needed some air today, away from a tense peloton, where surely he was not the favorite person of the day. After a near withdrawal yesterday, the Tuscan Terror decided to channel all of his energies in an early break. On the slopes of the Passo del Diavolo, the first GPM after 40K, the Olympic champion formed an attack. Soon a group of 21 were working their way down the Italian roads.
![Baden Cooke](javascript:ImagePopup("../../photo/2005/Giro/05/algeriStartAreaBadenCooke.jpg", 550, 631, "Baden Cooke at Start"); "Baden Cooke at Start, photo: Matteo Algeri")
Baden Cooke at Start, photo: Matteo Algeri
Group of 21: Paolo Bettini (Quick-Step), Matteo Tosatto (Fassa Bortolo), Vladimir Miholjevic and Charly Wegelius (Liquigas-Bianchi), Jose Rujano Guillen and Ivan Parra (Selle Italia-Colombia), Angel Gomez Gomez and Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Saunier Duval - Prodir), Ruslan Ivanov (Domina Vacanze), Dariusz Baranowski, René Andrle, Koldo Gil Perez (Liberty Seguros), Andrea Moletta (Gerolsteiner), Wim Van Huffel (Davitamon-Lotto), Evgeni Petrov (Lampre-Caffita), Rory Sutherland and Theo Eltink (Rabobank), Dmitriy Fofonov (Cofidis), Sandy Casar (FDJ), Dmitriy Muravyev (CA), David Lopez Garcia (Euskaltel-Euskadi).
![Liberty boys](javascript:ImagePopup("../../photo/2005/Giro/05/LswLibertyBoysAtStart.jpg", 640, 427, "Liberty boys"); "Liberty Seguros-Würth boys hanging out, photo: Liberty Seguros-Würth")
Liberty boys, photo: Liberty Seguros- Würth
On the second GPM, Valico di Monte Godi, the group was still ticking under the leadership of the maglia rosa. But the break started to fall apart as the group were on the slope of the sharp 1st category Monte Urano, 60K to go. The pressure of the big teams, Liquigas-Bianchi and Team CSC, brought back the maglia rosa. Last of the escapees to lay down their guns were: Parra, Eltink, Petrov and Gil Perez.
1K to go and it was the final uphill stretch to L'Aquila, after 222K of racing. Cunego, Basso, Di Luca and Salvodelli were among a select group around 30 strong. Kessler (T-Mobile) and then Bruseghin (Fassa Bortolo) made their separate moves. But on the fast power-climb, to a home crowd, it was Di Luca who seized the win. Bettini came in with his head down, 6" adrift, losing the maglia rosa after win bonuses were given to Di Luca. Di Luca was a proud winner, Mom, Dad, and friends were there to welcome the new Giro d'Italia leader.
Results, 6'01", 37.0 K/h
1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
2 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
3 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 0.02
4 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
5 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC
6 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
7 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
8 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel
9 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole
10 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
11 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak
12 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole
13 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears
14 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
15 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank
16 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth
17 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
18 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
19 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
20 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis
21 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick-Step
22 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
23 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
24 Aitor González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
25 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
26 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
27 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
28 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears
29 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
30 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
31 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze
32 Laverde Felipe (Col) Panaria-Navigare
33 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole
34 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
35 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze
36 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze
37 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth
38 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis
39 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step
40 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth
41 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel
42 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears
43 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
44 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
45 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile
46 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner
47 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis
48 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
49 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole
50 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir
51 Fredy González (Col) Panaria-Navigare
52 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step
53 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel
54 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis
55 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Illes Balears
56 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia
57 José Rujano (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 0.19
58 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
59 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel
60 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
61 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux
62 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.26
63 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.28
64 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 0.34
65 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth
66 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Caffita
67 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile
68 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak
69 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux
70 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 0.43
71 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 0.47
72 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
73 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole
74 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
75 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia
76 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
77 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak
78 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
79 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears
80 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
81 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
82 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
83 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo
84 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita
85 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
86 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step
87 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
88 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank
89 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita
90 Julio Pérez (Mex) Panaria-Navigare
91 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel
92 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel
93 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile
94 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Illes Balears
95 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears
96 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile
97 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole
98 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze
99 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC
100 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis
101 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux
102 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner
103 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 1.11
104 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank
105 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita 1.14
106 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita
107 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak 1.26
108 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
109 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 1.36
110 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick-Step
111 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia
112 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.39
113 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi
114 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 1.43
115 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
116 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.46
117 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step 1.48
118 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak 1.58
119 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak 1.59
120 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 2.01
121 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 2.04
122 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile 2.06
123 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.07
124 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
125 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis
126 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Panaria-Navigare
127 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
128 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
129 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
130 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.12
131 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 2.17
132 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC
133 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 2.56
134 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC
135 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.57
136 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Crédit Agricole 3.00
137 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC
138 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3.16
139 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 4.46
140 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
141 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi
142 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.33
143 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile 7.48
144 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak 8.15
145 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak 10.02
146 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner
147 Sergio Escobar (Spa) Illes Balears
148 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel
149 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia
150 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth
151 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC
152 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick-Step
153 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
154 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis
155 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis
156 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears
157 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
158 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
159 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
160 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank
161 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step
162 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
163 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux
164 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
165 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick-Step
166 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux
167 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 10.08
168 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.06
169 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi
170 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 14.40
171 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak
172 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile
173 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze
174 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze
175 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
176 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
177 Paride Grillo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
178 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia
179 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
180 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia
181 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
182 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 14.43
183 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole
184 Marlon Alirio Pérez Arango (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia
185 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française Des Jeux
186 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel
187 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Domina Vacanze 14.45
188 Trent Wilson (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia
189 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto
190 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux
191 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française Des Jeux
Points
1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 25
2 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 20
3 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 16
4 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 14
5 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 12
6 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 10
7 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 9
8 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 8
9 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 8
10 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7
11 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 6
12 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6
13 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak 5
14 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4
15 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 4
16 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 3
17 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3
18 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2
19 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 2
20 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 1
21 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1
Mountains
Monte Urano - K 161.8
1 José Rujano (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 10
2 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6
3 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4
4 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 2
5 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 1
Intergiro
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 3.43.53
2 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth
3 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi
4 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
5 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita
6 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux
7 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
8 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank
9 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank
10 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis
Most combative
1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 6
2 José Rujano (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 6
3 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5
4 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 5
5 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 4
6 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 4
7 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4
8 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 4
9 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3
10 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 3
11 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3
12 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3
13 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 2
14 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2
15 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1
16 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 1
17 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 1
18 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 1
Azzurri d'Italia
1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 4
2 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2
3 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 1
GC:
1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 26.20.55
2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 0.03
3 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 0.25
4 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.28
5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 0.30
6 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.36
7 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 0.37
8 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.41
9 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.46
10 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
11 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze
12 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 0.49
13 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
14 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 0.52
15 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick-Step 0.53
16 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
17 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.54
18 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears 0.55
19 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth
20 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.04
21 Aitor González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.05
22 Laverde Felipe (Col) Panaria-Navigare 1.06
23 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
24 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 1.10
25 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.12
26 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 1.13
27 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.15
28 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 1.18
29 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 1.22
30 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
31 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 1.28
32 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step 1.44
33 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 1.45
34 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.47
35 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.49
36 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis 1.53
37 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 1.56
38 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole
39 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 1.58
40 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 1.59
41 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 2.02
42 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.10
43 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.16
44 José Rujano (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia
45 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
46 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 2.18
47 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.25
48 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak 2.27
49 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
50 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.29
51 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
52 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 2.31
53 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 2.32
54 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 2.35
55 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 2.37
56 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak
57 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 2.42
58 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 2.44
59 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 2.45
60 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis 2.46
61 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.49
62 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile 2.53
63 Fredy González (Col) Panaria-Navigare 2.55
64 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.00
65 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.02
66 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3.04
67 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 3.06
68 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.08
69 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 3.09
70 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.21
71 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
72 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.22
73 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak 3.24
74 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 3.29
75 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.30
76 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Illes Balears 3.34
77 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.36
78 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3.44
79 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 4.04
80 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak 4.15
81 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.28
82 Julio Pérez (Mex) Panaria-Navigare 5.08
83 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 5.11
84 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 5.27
85 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.11
86 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6.19
87 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6.31
88 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears 6.32
89 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis 6.37
90 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 7.00
91 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.05
92 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step 7.38
93 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 8.08
94 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 8.15
95 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita 8.22
96 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 8.25
97 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8.29
98 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 8.42
99 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita 8.48
100 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears 9.04
101 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 9.07
102 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 9.08
103 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel 9.15
104 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile 9.30
105 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 9.31
106 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.39
107 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick-Step 9.51
108 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10.08
109 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 11.04
110 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile 11.07
111 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11.10
112 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 11.13
113 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Crédit Agricole 11.15
114 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 11.23
115 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11.43
116 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 11.52
117 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 11.57
118 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 12.35
119 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.59
120 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 13.05
121 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 13.09
122 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Illes Balears 13.24
123 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux
124 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 13.29
125 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 13.33
126 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 13.42
127 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak 13.52
128 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 14.07
129 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 14.35
130 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Panaria-Navigare 14.39
131 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 14.42
132 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 14.49
133 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15.43
134 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile 15.57
135 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears 16.16
136 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 16.21
137 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile
138 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 16.23
139 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 16.56
140 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak
141 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 17.09
142 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step 17.13
143 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 17.18
144 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17.31
145 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 17.58
146 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 18.02
147 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18.28
148 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 18.31
149 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel 19.05
150 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick-Step 19.40
151 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 19.41
152 Sergio Escobar (Spa) Illes Balears 19.51
153 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth 20.08
154 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 20.43
155 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21.25
156 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 21.42
157 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 21.45
158 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
159 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile 22.07
160 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 22.17
161 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 23.02
162 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23.24
163 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux
164 Paride Grillo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 23.30
165 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23.57
166 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC
167 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 24.02
168 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak 24.03
169 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 24.16
170 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis 24.33
171 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française Des Jeux 24.43
172 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole 24.45
173 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 25.43
174 Trent Wilson (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 26.17
175 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick-Step 26.32
176 Marlon Alirio Pérez Arango (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 26.54
177 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française Des Jeux 27.23
178 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 27.44
179 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak 27.56
180 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 28.08
181 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 28.10
182 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Domina Vacanze 28.12
183 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 28.40
184 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 28.49
185 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 28.57
186 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step 32.20
187 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 33.40
188 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 33.59
189 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 34.00
190 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 35.56
191 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 41.26
Points
1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 69
2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 63
3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 52
4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 42
5 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 40
6 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 34
7 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 34
8 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 30
9 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 26
10 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25
11 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25
12 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 22
13 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21
14 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 21
15 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears 20
16 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 19
17 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 19
18 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 16
19 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16
20 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick-Step 14
21 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 14
22 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step 13
23 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis 13
24 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 12
25 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12
26 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 11
27 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step 9
28 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8
29 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 8
30 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 8
31 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 7
32 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 7
33 Paride Grillo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 7
34 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6
35 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak 6
36 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 6
37 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak 5
38 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5
39 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 4
40 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 4
41 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4
42 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 4
43 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 4
44 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 4
45 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3
46 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 3
47 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3
48 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 3
49 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile 3
50 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3
51 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2
52 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2
53 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 2
54 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 2
55 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 2
56 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 2
57 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2
58 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 2
59 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 2
60 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 1
61 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 1
62 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 1
63 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1
64 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole 1
Mountains
1 José Rujano (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 13
2 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6
3 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 5
4 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5
5 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 5
6 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 5
7 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4
8 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 3
9 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3
10 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3
11 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 2
12 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 2
13 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1
14 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 1
15 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 1
16 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 1
17 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 1
18 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1
Intergiro
1 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13.32.51
2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 0.28
3 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step 0.44
4 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.52
5 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia
6 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 0.54
7 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.58
8 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis
9 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.04
10 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
11 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank
12 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia
13 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.08
14 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
15 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia
16 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux
17 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 1.13
18 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
19 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank
20 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak
Most combative
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 19
2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 14
3 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13
4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 11
5 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10
6 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 8
7 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 6
8 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 6
9 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 6
10 José Rujano (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 6
11 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 6
12 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step 6
13 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5
14 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 5
15 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 5
16 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5
17 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5
18 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears 5
19 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 5
20 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 4
21 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 4
22 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 4
23 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4
24 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 4
25 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 4
26 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 4
27 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4
28 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3
29 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3
30 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 3
31 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3
32 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 3
33 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 3
34 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 2
35 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2
36 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 2
37 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2
38 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2
39 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step 1
40 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 1
41 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 1
42 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 1
43 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 1
44 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 1
45 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 1
46 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 1
Chat with the Director Sportivo, "Very beautiful and "rigida"( how do you say in English?)"
Pedro Delgado Interview - "In my opinion, of the directors I know, I like Vicente Belda the most."
Robbie McEwen in Pink after stage 2 of the Giro d'Italia
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 ... "It depends on the situation. With the Euskaldunes riders you speak Basque, with those who don't know Basque you speak Castellano."
"Ha, not for me. I'll stick with flat black. Always in fashion." - Phil Zajicek
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"