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Giro d'Italia, Italy

Stage 7, Grosseto - Pistoia, 211K

14 May

Koldo Gil with a fine Solo Win

Stage List, Stage Profile, Photos

Di Luca

Koldo Gil Going for Win, photo: Liberty Seguros-Würth

After 190K away, Koldo Gil (Liberty Seguros-Würth) won the 7th stage into Pistoia, arms in the air and enjoying the moment. Gil from Pamplona, the homeland of Miguel Indurain, rode just like the former Giro d'Italia champion, with style. Gil, 26 years old, obtained and his 4th career victory.

Gil's move was formed shortly after the riders left Grosseto, 32K into the stage. The escape group, strong in numbers and team representation, had a good chance of staying away. The group members: Dariusz Baranowski and Koldo Gil Perez (Liberty Seguros-Würth), Evgeni Petrov (Lampre), Laurent Lefevre (Bouygues Telecom), Thierry Marichal (Cofidis), Ivan Parra (Selle Italia-Colombia), Patrice Halgand (CA), Christophe Brandt (Davitamon-Lotto), Michael Barry (Discovery Channel), Mirko Celestino (Domina Vacanze), Marco Fertonani (Domina Vacanze), Sandy Casar (FDJ),Marcel Strauss (Gerolsteiner), Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Illes Balears), Charles Wegelius (Liquigas-Bianchi), Steve Zampieri (Phonak), Cristian Moreni (Quick-Step), Theo Eltink (Rabobank), Angel Gomez Gomez and Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Saunier Duval - Prodir), Matthias Kessler (T-Mobile).

Early Escape

Early Escape, photo: Graham Watson, Saunier Duval

The gruppo rolled over the Tuscan hills, northbound, for Pistoia and the finishing climbs. There was cooperation over the first GPM of San Baronto but in the valley, on the way to Sammommè, the group dynamics fell apart. It was then that Gil went with Zampieri (Phonak) and Gomez Gomez (Saunier Duval - Prodir), tackling the feared Sammommè as a threesome. On the steeper portions of Sammommè Gil attacked and went alone in search of his victory. He reached the top solo, and then it was a matter of 17K back down to Pistoia.

Behind, the GC was shaping up as the favorites showed their legs on the Sammommè. Team CSC, who was controlling the race earlier on, seemed to disappear for Basso. Liquigas-Bianchi was continuing in their strong form, riding hard for Garzelli and Danilo Di Luca. But it was Lampre-Caffita who were lighting up the slopes. Gilberto Simoni was the first to launch, and when he got reeled back, it was Damiano Cunego who countered. The Lampre-Caffita boys helped form a small group and managed to get over the top without Garzelli or Basso.

On the run-in to Pistoia it was Gil, followed a group that contained Cunego, Simoni, a strong Savoldelli and Di Luca (gunning for Pink), among others. The Lampre-Caffita boys (along with Petrov) were going balls-out to put time into the other GC contenders who had missed out. Behind Cioni, Noè and Garzelli were team time trialing to catch the Lampre-Caffita boys. They were helped by Basso in their efforts, who was without teammates. All came tumbling down when Garzelli hit a slick patch on one of the final bends, and went down hard. Garzelli got up slowly and will be roughed up for tomorrows TT.

Di Luca

Di Luca Again In Pink, photo: Graham Watson, Saunier Duval

Di Luca came in with the Lampre-Caffita boys, taking the pink jersey back from the Tuscan Terror. Cunego was unaware of Gil up the road and sprinted like the stage was up for grabs. He threw his hands in the air and celebrated, surely his earpiece malfunctioned. Basso, Cioni and Garzelli lost some time (50") and will be aiming to take it back on tomorrows TT to Firenze.


 

Results, 5'08", ave: 41.1 K/h)
1 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
2 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 0.20
3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
4 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze
5 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole
6 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux
7 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile
8 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
9 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel
10 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank
11 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia
12 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze
13 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
14 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 0.27
15 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.31
16 José Rujano (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia
17 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.47
18 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.50
19 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
20 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis
21 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak
22 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC
23 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick-Step
24 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto
25 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
26 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
27 Aitor González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.36
28 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
29 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
30 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
31 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner
32 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth
33 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
34 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth
35 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
36 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears
37 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 1.48
38 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.49
39 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
40 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears
41 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank
42 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Caffita
43 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole
44 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak
45 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze
46 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
47 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis
48 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
49 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
50 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Illes Balears
51 Laverde Felipe (Col) Panaria-Navigare
52 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
53 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel
54 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
55 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.26
56 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.50
57 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.26
58 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.39
59 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak
60 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.41
61 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step
62 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel
63 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.36
64 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.43
65 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.29
66 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze
67 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears
68 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile
69 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia
70 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis
71 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis
72 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 5.03
73 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole
74 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
75 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita
76 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner
77 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita 6.05
78 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth
79 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux 7.28
80 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.48
81 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
82 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 7.56
83 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo
84 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel
85 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis 8.27
86 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 9.05
87 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak
88 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Panaria-Navigare
89 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC
90 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 11.17
91 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
92 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
93 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank
94 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze
95 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC
96 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze
97 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner
98 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step 11.53
99 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
100 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
101 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC
102 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC
103 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
104 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
105 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
106 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC
107 Paride Grillo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 19.59
108 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step
109 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
110 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita
111 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia
112 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak
113 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile
114 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux
115 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak
116 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak
117 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis
118 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel
119 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank
120 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile
121 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole
122 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears
123 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile
124 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia
125 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Illes Balears
126 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
127 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
128 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner
129 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile
130 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank
131 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto
132 Trent Wilson (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia
133 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française Des Jeux
134 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française Des Jeux
135 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux
136 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux
137 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia
138 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux
139 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak
140 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
141 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick-Step
142 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia
143 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
144 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick-Step
145 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick-Step
146 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank
147 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank
148 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel
149 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
150 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi
151 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
152 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
153 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole
154 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak
155 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile
156 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth
157 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step
158 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze
159 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
160 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
161 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
162 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
163 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
164 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
165 Sergio Escobar (Spa) Illes Balears
166 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
167 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
168 Julio Pérez (Mex) Panaria-Navigare
169 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner
170 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
171 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC
172 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner
173 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
174 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis
175 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Crédit Agricole
176 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis
177 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel
178 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel
179 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC
180 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears
181 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears
182 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile
183 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
184 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
185 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
186 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
DNF Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Domina Vacanze
DNF David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi

Points
1 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 25
2 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 20
3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 16
4 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 14
5 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 12
6 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 11
7 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 10
8 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 9
9 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 8
10 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8
11 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 7
12 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 6
13 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 5
14 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4
15 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 4
16 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 3
17 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 2
18 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1
19 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis 1

Mountains
Salita Di Sammomme' - K 194.1
1 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 10
2 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6
3 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4
4 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2
5 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak 1

Intergiro
1 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.42.15
2 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner
3 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth
4 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
5 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank
6 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis
7 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
8 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel
9 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole
10 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze

Most combative
1 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 13
2 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 5
3 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5
4 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 4
5 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4
6 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4
7 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3
8 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3
9 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3
10 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2
11 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak 2
12 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1
13 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 1
14 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 1
15 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1

GC:
1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 35.06.41
2 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 0.26
3 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.54
4 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
5 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.06
6 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.14
7 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 1.15
8 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.16
9 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 1.26
10 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 1.27
11 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick-Step 1.31
12 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 1.33
13 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 1.44
14 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 1.49
15 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.53
16 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 2.06
17 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.13
18 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.19
19 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 2.23
20 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.25
21 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.29
22 Aitor González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
23 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
24 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.30
25 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.33
26 José Rujano (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 2.35
27 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.36
28 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 2.37
29 Laverde Felipe (Col) Panaria-Navigare 2.43
30 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 2.46
31 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
32 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 2.47
33 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 2.52
34 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.57
35 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 2.59
36 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3.12
37 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak 3.15
38 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 3.17
39 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 3.22
40 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.23
41 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3.38
42 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel 3.39
43 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.44
44 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak 4.04
45 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.06
46 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 4.08
47 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 4.14
48 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 4.22
49 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.45
50 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
51 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Illes Balears 5.11
52 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears 5.12
53 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.29
54 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak 5.51
55 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.06
56 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis 6.10
57 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 6.18
58 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6.47
59 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 6.48
60 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6.57
61 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 7.57
62 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 8.20
63 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 9.58
64 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 10.02
65 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step 10.07
66 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 10.41
67 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 11.28
68 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 12.42
69 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12.47
70 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 13.11
71 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile 13.47
72 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 13.54
73 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 13.57
74 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 14.10
75 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita 14.15
76 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 14.45
77 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 15.11
78 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 17.03
79 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 17.11
80 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.15
81 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 17.23
82 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 18.56
83 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20.28
84 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux 20.40
85 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 20.49
86 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 21.12
87 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 21.23
88 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step 21.31
89 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22.14
90 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 22.28
91 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis 22.33
92 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile 22.40
93 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22.47
94 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23.28
95 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Panaria-Navigare 23.31
96 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux 23.41
97 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak 24.01
98 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24.15
99 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 24.34
100 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 24.38
101 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 24.47
102 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 25.59
103 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 26.05
104 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis 26.23
105 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 26.47
106 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 26.51
107 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 26.57
108 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 27.25
109 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 27.55
110 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 28.01
111 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 28.02
112 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
113 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 28.16
114 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 28.22
115 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 28.29
116 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita 28.35
117 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step 28.50
118 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears 28.51
119 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 29.22
120 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick-Step 29.38
121 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 29.54
122 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 30.51
123 Julio Pérez (Mex) Panaria-Navigare 31.08
124 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 31.16
125 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 31.29
126 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 31.44
127 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 32.31
128 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears 32.32
129 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 32.49
130 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Illes Balears 33.11
131 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak 33.39
132 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 33.54
133 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 34.22
134 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 34.43
135 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Crédit Agricole 34.48
136 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel 35.15
137 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 35.20
138 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 35.43
139 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile 35.44
140 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears 36.03
141 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 36.08
142 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 36.10
143 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak 36.49
144 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 37.05
145 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 37.18
146 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 37.44
147 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 37.52
148 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 38.15
149 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 38.16
150 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 38.18
151 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel 38.52
152 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis 39.01
153 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick-Step 39.27
154 Sergio Escobar (Spa) Illes Balears 39.38
155 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth 39.55
156 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile
157 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 41.12
158 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile 41.54
159 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 42.04
160 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak 42.56
161 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 43.11
162 Paride Grillo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 43.17
163 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 43.44
164 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 44.03
165 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole 44.20
166 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française Des Jeux 44.30
167 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 44.34
168 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 45.13
169 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française Des Jeux 47.10
170 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 47.55
171 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 47.57
172 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 48.25
173 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 48.36
174 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 49.24
175 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 49.57
176 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak 50.03
177 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step 52.07
178 Trent Wilson (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 52.17
179 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick-Step 52.32
180 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 53.08
181 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 53.27
182 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 53.44
183 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 53.47
184 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 54.57
185 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.00.57
186 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 1.07.26

Points
1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 85
2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 77
3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 71
4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 62
5 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 48
6 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 40
7 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 34
8 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears 34
9 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 30
10 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 28
11 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 26
12 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 25
13 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25
14 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 25
15 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25
16 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25
17 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis 23
18 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 21
19 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 21
20 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole 21
21 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 20
22 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 20
23 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 16
24 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16
25 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 15
26 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step 15
27 Paride Grillo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 15
28 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick-Step 14
29 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 14
30 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step 13
31 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 12
32 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12
33 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 12
34 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 11
35 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 11
36 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10
37 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 10
38 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 9
39 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9
40 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9
41 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile 9
42 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 8
43 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8
44 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8
45 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 8
46 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 8
47 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 7
48 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 7
49 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 6
50 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak 6
51 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 6
52 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak 5
53 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 5
54 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 5
55 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 4
56 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4
57 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 4
58 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 4
59 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 4
60 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 3
61 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3
62 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3
63 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 3
64 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3
65 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2
66 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2
67 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 2
68 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 2
69 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 2
70 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 2
71 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 1
72 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 1
73 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1
74 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 1
75 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1
76 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis 1

Mountains
1 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 21
2 José Rujano (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 13
3 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 7
4 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6
5 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 5
6 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 5
7 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5
8 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4
9 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak 4
10 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4
11 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 3
12 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3
13 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3
14 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3
15 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 2
16 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 2
17 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 2
18 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2
19 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1
20 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 1
21 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 1
22 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 1
23 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 1
24 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1

Intergiro
1 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17.52.16
2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 0.16
3 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step 0.38
4 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.58
5 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.10
6 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
7 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia
8 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 1.12
9 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.16
10 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis
11 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.22
12 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi
13 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank
14 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia
15 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.26
16 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia
17 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux
18 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
19 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
20 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto

Most combative
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 24
2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 18
3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 17
4 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 16
5 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16
6 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 11
7 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10
8 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step 10
9 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 8
10 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 8
11 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears 8
12 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 7
13 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 7
14 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 6
15 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 6
16 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 6
17 José Rujano (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 6
18 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 5
19 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5
20 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5
21 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5
22 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5
23 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 5
24 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole 5
25 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 4
26 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4
27 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4
28 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 4
29 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 4
30 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4
31 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 4
32 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 4
33 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4
34 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3
35 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 3
36 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3
37 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 3
38 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3
39 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 3
40 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 2
41 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2
42 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak 2
43 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 2
44 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2
45 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 2
46 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2
47 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2
48 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 2
49 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2
50 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 1
51 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 1
52 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1
53 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 1
54 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 1
55 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step 1
56 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis 1
57 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1
58 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 1
59 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 1
60 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 1
61 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 1

Garzelli Mapei

Stefano Garzelli - "I have heard of Danielson and I know that he is very strong in the climbs. Together with Paolo, they will be a very terrible twosome!"

Boys from Bergamo

Chat with the Director Sportivo, "Very beautiful and "rigida"( how do you say in English?)"

McEwen In Pink

Robbie McEwen in Pink after stage 2 of the Giro d'Italia

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..."

Joseba Beloki

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."

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"

Allan Davis

"Every sprint is always different. There are always things going through my mind. The main thing I do is stay concentrated on the job and trying to get in the best position possible!" - Allan Davis

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