Stage List, Stage Profile, Photos
Today was supposed to be the day for Alessandro Petacchi, but with 3K to go the Fassa Train was derailed. Petacchi's lead-out, Marzio Bruseghin, overshot a corner and took the Fassa Train with him. Robbie McEwen and Henk Vogels seized the opportunity and made a sweet win for McEwen and Davitamon-Lotto. Beating out the solid sprinters: Erik Zabel, Stuart O'Grady and Jaan Kirsipuu.
Stage 6 of the Giro d'Italia was a day of traveling north, heading for the Tuscan land of Paolo Bettini. Bettini snatched the Intergiro sprint bonuses at 65K, making him the virtual maglia rosa on the road, ahead of Danilo Di Luca. Soon after the Intergiro point it was the turn of the opportunist to give it a go. Cobo (Saunier Duval - Prodir) attacked and went clear for quite some time, but it was on the downhill run to Marina Di Grosseto when Thorwald Veneberg (Rabobank), Thierry Marichal (Cofidis) and Sascha Urweider (Phonak) joined with Cobo. The group never really worked well together and their advantage shrunk.
The sprinters picked up the escapees and gunned their way into town, onto the 3 finishing circuits of 6K. It was T-Mobile, Fassa Bortolo, and Davitamon-Lotto who were trying to get some organization. Finally the Fassa train started to form, but it all came crashing down in one of the last corners when Marzio Bruseghin overshot, taking out two other Fassa Bortolo riders. All hopes of a Petacchi win were dashed.
In the last corner Henk Vogels (Davitamon-Lotto) snuck away and McEwen let the others do the work to catch him. As Vogels started to fade, McEwen powered away past his teammate for the win. For McEwen it is his 7th Giro d'Italia win, and his second in this Giro d'Italia. For Bettini it was back into the pink jersey after gaining enough time bonuses from the Intergiro sprint.
Results, 3'37", 42.2 K/h
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
2 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole
3 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel
4 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears
5 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
6 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis
7 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
8 Paride Grillo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
9 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
10 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile
11 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze
12 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
13 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
14 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile
15 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole
16 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux
17 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step
18 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak
19 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak
20 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto
21 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze
22 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel
23 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank
24 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
25 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel
26 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
27 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia
28 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
29 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
30 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
31 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux
32 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
33 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
34 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
35 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Caffita
36 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
37 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel
38 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
39 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
40 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
41 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze
42 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth
43 Laverde Felipe (Col) Panaria-Navigare
44 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
45 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
46 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux
47 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze
48 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth
49 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth
50 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
51 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel
52 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
53 Aitor González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
54 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi
55 José Rujano (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia
56 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC
57 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank
58 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC
59 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
60 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole
61 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
62 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole
63 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
64 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto
65 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth
66 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner
67 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis
68 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
69 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile
70 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears
71 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis
72 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears
73 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears
74 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears
75 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis
76 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step
77 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner
78 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis
79 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel
80 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC
81 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile
82 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC
83 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick-Step
84 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank
85 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita
86 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile
87 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak
88 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Panaria-Navigare
89 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir
90 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis
91 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick-Step
92 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick-Step
93 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
94 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak
95 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
96 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux
97 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
98 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
99 Sergio Escobar (Spa) Illes Balears
100 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile
101 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
102 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
103 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel
104 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC
105 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak
106 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia
107 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Illes Balears
108 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
109 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step
110 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank
111 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis
112 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile
113 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita
114 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze
115 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze
116 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia
117 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
118 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
119 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
120 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita
121 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze
122 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita
123 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
124 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
125 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
126 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step
127 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi
128 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner
129 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo
130 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step
131 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Illes Balears
132 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
133 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française Des Jeux
134 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française Des Jeux
135 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC
136 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
137 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth
138 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
139 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
140 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak
141 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux
142 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux
143 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel
144 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole
145 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank
146 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
147 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
148 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
149 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
150 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
151 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze
152 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
153 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner
154 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile
155 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
156 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
157 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 3.46
158 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Crédit Agricole
159 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 4.43
160 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.14
161 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
162 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak 6.13
163 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak
164 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears
165 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
166 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia
167 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Domina Vacanze
168 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
169 Trent Wilson (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia
170 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak
171 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia
172 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick-Step
173 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC
174 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi
175 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
176 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
177 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
178 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
179 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank
180 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner
181 Julio Pérez (Mex) Panaria-Navigare
182 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner
183 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis
184 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel
185 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 7.38
186 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
187 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank
188 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile 9.01
DNF Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole
DNF Marlon Alirio Pérez Arango (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia
DNS Fredy González (Col) Panaria-Navigare
Points
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 25
2 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole 20
3 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 16
4 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears 14
5 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 12
6 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis 10
7 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9
8 Paride Grillo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 8
9 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 8
10 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7
11 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile 6
12 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step 6
13 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 5
14 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4
15 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4
16 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3
17 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 3
18 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 2
19 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 2
20 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1
21 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1
Mountains
Scansano - K 93
1 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3
2 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 2
3 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 1
Intergiro
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 1.37.28
2 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step
3 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner
4 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto
5 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel
6 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
7 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step
8 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
9 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
10 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze
Most combative
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 6
2 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole 5
3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 5
4 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 4
5 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step 4
6 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears 3
7 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3
8 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 2
9 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 2
10 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2
11 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis 1
12 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 1
13 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 1
GC:
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 29.58.09
2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.03
3 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 0.28
4 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.31
5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 0.33
6 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.39
7 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 0.40
8 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.44
9 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.49
10 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
11 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze
12 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 0.52
13 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
14 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 0.55
15 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick-Step 0.56
16 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
17 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.57
18 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears 0.58
19 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth
20 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.07
21 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 1.08
22 Aitor González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
23 Laverde Felipe (Col) Panaria-Navigare 1.09
24 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
25 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 1.13
26 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.15
27 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.18
28 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 1.21
29 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 1.25
30 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
31 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 1.31
32 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 1.39
33 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step 1.47
34 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 1.48
35 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.50
36 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.52
37 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis 1.56
38 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.59
39 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 2.01
40 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 2.02
41 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 2.05
42 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.13
43 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.19
44 José Rujano (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia
45 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
46 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 2.21
47 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.28
48 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak 2.30
49 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
50 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.32
51 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
52 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 2.34
53 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 2.38
54 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 2.40
55 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak
56 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 2.47
57 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 2.48
58 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis 2.49
59 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.52
60 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile 2.56
61 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.03
62 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.05
63 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3.07
64 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 3.09
65 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.11
66 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 3.12
67 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.24
68 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak 3.27
69 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 3.32
70 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.33
71 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Illes Balears 3.37
72 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.39
73 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3.47
74 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 4.07
75 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak 4.17
76 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.31
77 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 5.14
78 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 5.30
79 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.13
80 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 6.21
81 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
82 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis 6.39
83 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 7.03
84 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.07
85 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step 7.41
86 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 8.11
87 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 8.18
88 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita 8.25
89 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 8.28
90 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8.32
91 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.38
92 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 8.45
93 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita 8.51
94 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears 9.07
95 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 9.10
96 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 9.11
97 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile 9.33
98 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 9.34
99 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9.38
100 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick-Step 9.54
101 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10.10
102 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 11.07
103 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11.13
104 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 11.16
105 Julio Pérez (Mex) Panaria-Navigare 11.24
106 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 11.26
107 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 12.00
108 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 12.47
109 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears 12.48
110 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 13.05
111 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 13.11
112 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Illes Balears 13.27
113 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux
114 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 13.32
115 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 13.36
116 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 13.45
117 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak 13.55
118 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 14.10
119 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 14.38
120 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Panaria-Navigare 14.41
121 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 14.45
122 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 14.52
123 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Crédit Agricole 15.04
124 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel 15.31
125 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15.40
126 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15.55
127 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile 16.00
128 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears 16.19
129 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 16.24
130 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile
131 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 16.26
132 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 16.59
133 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step 17.12
134 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 17.21
135 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17.34
136 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 18.00
137 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 18.08
138 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18.31
139 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 18.34
140 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 18.51
141 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel 19.08
142 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19.15
143 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 19.24
144 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick-Step 19.43
145 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 19.44
146 Sergio Escobar (Spa) Illes Balears 19.54
147 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth 20.11
148 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile
149 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21.28
150 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 21.45
151 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile 22.10
152 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 22.20
153 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 23.05
154 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak 23.12
155 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 23.27
156 Paride Grillo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 23.33
157 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24.00
158 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 24.05
159 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 24.18
160 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 24.19
161 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole 24.36
162 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française Des Jeux 24.46
163 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 24.50
164 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 25.29
165 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française Des Jeux 27.26
166 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak 27.59
167 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 28.01
168 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
169 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 28.11
170 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 28.13
171 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 28.41
172 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 28.52
173 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29.40
174 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 30.13
175 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak 30.19
176 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis 30.49
177 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step 32.23
178 Trent Wilson (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 32.33
179 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick-Step 32.48
180 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 33.24
181 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 33.43
182 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 34.00
183 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 34.02
184 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 34.03
185 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Domina Vacanze 34.28
186 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 35.13
187 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 41.13
188 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 47.42
Points
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 77
2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 71
3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 69
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 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears 34
9 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 30
10 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 26
11 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25
12 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 25
13 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25
14 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25
15 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis 23
16 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 21
17 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 21
18 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 21
19 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole 21
20 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 20
21 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 16
22 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16
23 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step 15
24 Paride Grillo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 15
25 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick-Step 14
26 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 14
27 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step 13
28 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 12
29 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12
30 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 12
31 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 11
32 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10
33 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9
34 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9
35 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile 9
36 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8
37 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 8
38 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8
39 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 8
40 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 7
41 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6
42 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak 6
43 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 6
44 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak 5
45 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 5
46 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 4
47 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4
48 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 4
49 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 4
50 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 4
51 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 3
52 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3
53 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3
54 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 3
55 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3
56 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2
57 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2
58 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 2
59 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 2
60 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 2
61 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 2
62 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2
63 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 2
64 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 1
65 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 1
66 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 1
67 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1
68 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1
Mountains
1 José Rujano (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 13
2 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 7
3 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6
4 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 5
5 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 5
6 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5
7 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4
8 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 3
9 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3
10 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3
11 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3
12 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 2
13 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 2
14 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1
15 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 1
16 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 1
17 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 1
18 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 1
19 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 1
20 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1
Intergiro
1 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15.10.01
2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 0.16
3 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step 0.38
4 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 1.10
5 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
6 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 1.12
7 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.16
8 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis
9 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.22
10 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
11 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia
12 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank
13 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 1.26
14 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia
15 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
16 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux
17 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
18 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 1.31
19 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
20 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita
Most combative
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 24
2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 17
3 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16
4 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 14
5 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10
6 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step 10
7 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 8
8 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears 8
9 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 7
10 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 6
11 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 6
12 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 6
13 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 6
14 José Rujano (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 6
15 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5
16 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 5
17 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 5
18 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5
19 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5
20 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 5
21 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole 5
22 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 4
23 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 4
24 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 4
25 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4
26 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 4
27 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 4
28 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 4
29 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4
30 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3
31 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 3
32 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3
33 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 3
34 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3
35 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 3
36 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 2
37 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2
38 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 2
39 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2
40 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 2
41 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2
42 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2
43 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 1
44 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step 1
45 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 1
46 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 1
47 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis 1
48 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 1
49 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 1
50 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 1
51 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 1
52 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 1
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..."
Joseba Beloki Interview, "I'm not a real attacking kind of rider, but to attack one needs to have both confidence and physical strength to spare."