Bettini and Cooke

Giro: Bettini still in Pink, Cooke battles on.

Di Luca Cunego

Di Luca and Cunego in a Tight Sprint, Stage 3

Early Escape

Early Escape, stage 7 Giro

Michael Barry, MSR 2005

Michael Barry "there were a few obstacles: garbage cans, cars, spectators, that we had to avoid."

Giro d'Italia, Italy

Stage 9, Firenze - Ravenna, 139K

16 May

Petacchi Gets Win

Stage List, Stage Profile, Photos

Petacchi Wins

Petacchi Wins, photo: Davitamon-Lotto

It has been a long time since Milano-Sanremo, nearly two months, and now again we have a winning Alessandro Petacchi. The cement Fassa Bortolo boys set a blistering pace into Ravenna, wanting to wash away the disappointments of the first week. Ravenna was the ideal place for a Fassa Bortolo win, near the home town of iron-fist, Giancarlo Ferretti. Ale-jet flew ahead of Erik Zabel and Robbie "McJet" McEwen with ease.

Di Luca in Pink

Di Luca in Pink, photo: Bianchi

Stage 9, 139 km from Firenze to Ravenna, witnessed a long escape of three. Only 1K into the working day, Sven Krauss (Gerolsteiner), Mads Christensen (Quick-Step) and Eric Baumann (T-Mobile), bid farewell to the peloton. Krauss is the Intergiro leader and wanted to maintain his lead, but first had to clear the major GPM of the day. By the top of the Passo del Muraglione, 88K to go, Krauss and Christensen had a 3'22" advantage, Baumann had some difficulties and was left for the peloton.

The roads leveled off as the duo headed towards the Intergiro city of Forli, Krauss got across the line first. Soon, after 123k away, their day was over. after their day was over, after 123K away. The blue and white boys put into top gear, aided by Lampre-Caffita. From then on it was a matter of a few round-abouts and corners before Petacchi spread his arms in the air.

Danielson

Danielson talks, photo: Tour of Georgia

Of note is that the Tuscan Terror finished in 2nd, squeezing past Robbie McJet in the final. Also, some sad news for the American readers of BiciRace.com, Tom Danielson (Discovery Channel) dropped out. His knee was giving him all sorts of difficulties and he said "Basta!". We hope we are not to blame with our LONG interview just days before the start of the Giro d'Italia. All kidding aside, we wish Tom the best of luck. Finally, Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas-Bianchi) was able to stay in the maglia rosa for another day, and looks set to keep it until the end of Thursdays's stage 11. Tomorrow is a rest day, and Wednesday's stage 10 is flat as a pancake.

Results, 3'15", 43.6 K/h
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step
3 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak
4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
5 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile
6 Paride Grillo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
7 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears
8 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
9 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner
10 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze
11 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole
12 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank
13 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis
14 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis
15 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux
16 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak
17 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel
18 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux
19 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
20 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step
21 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
22 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux
23 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel
24 Sergio Escobar (Spa) Illes Balears
25 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia
26 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
27 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
28 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank
29 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
30 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Panaria-Navigare
31 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
32 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth
33 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
34 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française Des Jeux
35 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel
36 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia
37 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
38 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze
39 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
40 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze
41 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
42 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
43 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
44 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
45 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
46 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole
47 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth
48 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
49 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
50 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC
51 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC
52 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel
53 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
54 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
55 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
56 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
57 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
58 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
59 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Caffita
60 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze
61 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
62 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole
63 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita
64 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile
65 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi
66 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak
67 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears
68 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita
69 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
70 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis
71 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
72 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis
73 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner
74 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel
75 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze
76 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze
77 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank
78 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi
79 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
80 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner
81 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner
82 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak
83 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
84 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux
85 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole
86 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis
87 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth
88 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita
89 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears
90 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank
91 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile
92 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
93 Aitor González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
94 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth
95 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth
96 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step
97 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
98 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto
99 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
100 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir
101 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
102 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC
103 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux
104 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française Des Jeux
105 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis
106 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
107 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears
108 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick-Step
109 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
110 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
111 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
112 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita
113 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
114 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank
115 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
116 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole
117 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak
118 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
119 Trent Wilson (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia
120 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Crédit Agricole
121 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak
122 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo
123 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak
124 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile
125 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears
126 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
127 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze
128 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
129 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
130 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak
131 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia
132 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak
133 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step
134 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile
135 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick-Step
136 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
137 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick-Step
138 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis
139 José Rujano (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia
140 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
141 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi
142 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
143 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
144 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux
145 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia
146 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC
147 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC
148 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia
149 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step
150 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Illes Balears
151 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC
152 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel
153 Laverde Felipe (Col) Panaria-Navigare
154 Julio Pérez (Mex) Panaria-Navigare
155 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis
156 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel
157 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
158 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole
159 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
160 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
161 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner
162 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Illes Balears
163 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
164 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick-Step
165 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
166 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears
167 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank
168 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze
169 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner
170 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank
171 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
172 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile 0.33
173 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
174 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
175 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 0.41
176 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile
177 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 0.46
178 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.09
179 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 1.39
180 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 1.43
181 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.50
182 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 9.18
183 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 14.41
184 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel
185 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia
DNF Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel

Points
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25
2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 20
3 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 16
4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 14
5 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 12
6 Paride Grillo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 10
7 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears 9
8 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8
9 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8
10 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 7
11 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6
12 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick-Step 6
13 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole 5
14 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 4
15 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step 4
16 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis 3
17 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 3
18 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis 2
19 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 2
20 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 1
21 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step 1

Mountains
Passo Del Muraglione - K 51.2
1 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick-Step 3
2 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2
3 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 1

Intergiro
1 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.27.50
2 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick-Step
3 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step
4 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia
5 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile
6 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step
7 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
8 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick-Step
9 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis
10 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo

Most combative
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6
2 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick-Step 6
3 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6
4 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 5
5 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 4
6 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 3
7 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step 3
8 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 2
9 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 2
10 Paride Grillo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 1
11 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 1

GC:
1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 39.22.19
2 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 0.09
3 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 0.35
4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1.15
5 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.27
6 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.35
7 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.38
8 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 1.39
9 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.10
10 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2.11
11 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 2.24
12 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 2.25
13 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.28
14 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 3.09
15 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.18
16 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.21
17 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.24
18 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.37
19 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.44
20 Aitor González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.48
21 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.57
22 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick-Step 3.59
23 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4.13
24 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.22
25 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 4.30
26 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 4.35
27 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 4.49
28 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 4.59
29 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 5.08
30 Laverde Felipe (Col) Panaria-Navigare 5.10
31 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole
32 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 5.11
33 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 5.15
34 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak 5.38
35 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
36 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 5.44
37 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5.48
38 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5.55
39 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 6.02
40 José Rujano (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 6.04
41 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak 6.26
42 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6.39
43 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6.56
44 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 7.04
45 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 7.06
46 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 7.26
47 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 7.58
48 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears 8.17
49 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 8.20
50 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 8.29
51 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 8.35
52 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.49
53 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak 9.22
54 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.39
55 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Illes Balears 10.34
56 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 10.43
57 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 11.00
58 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 11.02
59 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11.22
60 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 11.29
61 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 13.06
62 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step 13.23
63 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis 13.34
64 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13.52
65 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 13.57
66 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 14.48
67 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 16.49
68 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 17.04
69 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 17.21
70 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
71 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile 17.44
72 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 18.09
73 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 18.25
74 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 18.36
75 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita 18.50
76 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 19.55
77 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 21.05
78 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 21.19
79 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 21.31
80 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 22.28
81 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 22.46
82 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22.53
83 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23.10
84 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step 24.11
85 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 24.47
86 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Panaria-Navigare 24.58
87 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis 25.04
88 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux 25.21
89 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25.54
90 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile 26.22
91 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 26.25
92 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 27.21
93 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 27.24
94 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 27.46
95 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 28.01
96 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 28.55
97 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 29.11
98 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29.27
99 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 29.51
100 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 30.10
101 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux 30.11
102 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 30.13
103 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita 30.26
104 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak 31.32
105 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 31.57
106 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step 32.01
107 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 32.02
108 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 32.33
109 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis 32.40
110 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 32.52
111 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 33.04
112 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 33.07
113 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 33.35
114 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 34.02
115 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 34.10
116 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 34.11
117 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears 34.45
118 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick-Step 35.11
119 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 36.07
120 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 36.08
121 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Crédit Agricole 36.30
122 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 36.46
123 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 37.01
124 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 37.20
125 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 37.23
126 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 37.37
127 Julio Pérez (Mex) Panaria-Navigare 38.00
128 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears 38.13
129 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 38.37
130 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 38.40
131 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Illes Balears 38.47
132 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak 38.58
133 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 39.05
134 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 40.05
135 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 40.34
136 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 40.37
137 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 41.06
138 Sergio Escobar (Spa) Illes Balears 41.15
139 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile 41.24
140 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak 42.10
141 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 42.31
142 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis 42.48
143 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears
144 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 43.04
145 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth 43.42
146 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
147 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 43.45
148 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 43.52
149 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 43.57
150 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 44.10
151 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick-Step 44.14
152 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 45.17
153 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile 45.32
154 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 45.46
155 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 45.50
156 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 46.03
157 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 46.14
158 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel 46.23
159 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 48.50
160 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 49.13
161 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile 49.19
162 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak 49.22
163 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole 49.23
164 Paride Grillo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 49.54
165 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française Des Jeux 50.33
166 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 51.10
167 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française Des Jeux 52.29
168 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 52.40
169 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 52.48
170 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 52.52
171 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak 53.58
172 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 54.06
173 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel 54.16
174 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick-Step 54.37
175 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 54.45
176 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step 57.42
177 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 58.20
178 Trent Wilson (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 58.48
179 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 59.06
180 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1.01.29
181 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 1.02.04
182 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 1.03.13
183 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.08.10
184 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 1.08.55
185 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 1.27.16

Points
1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 92
2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 91
3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 91
4 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 62
5 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 59
6 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 52
7 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 48
8 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears 43
9 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 42
10 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 40
11 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 36
12 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 35
13 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 33
14 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 33
15 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 31
16 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 27
17 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis 26
18 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole 26
19 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 25
20 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 25
21 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 25
22 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25
23 Paride Grillo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 25
24 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24
25 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 21
26 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 20
27 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19
28 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step 19
29 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 18
30 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 16
31 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 15
32 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 15
33 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick-Step 14
34 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step 14
35 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 14
36 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 13
37 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12
38 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 12
39 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 12
40 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 11
41 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 11
42 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 10
43 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 9
44 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9
45 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 9
46 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9
47 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile 9
48 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8
49 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8
50 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 8
51 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 8
52 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 8
53 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 7
54 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth 7
55 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 7
56 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 6
57 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 6
58 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak 6
59 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6
60 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick-Step 6
61 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5
62 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak 5
63 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 5
64 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 5
65 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 5
66 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 4
67 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4
68 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 4
69 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 4
70 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 4
71 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3
72 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3
73 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 3
74 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3
75 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2
76 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2
77 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis 2
78 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 2
79 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 2
80 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 1
81 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1
82 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 1
83 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1
84 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis 1

Mountains
1 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 21
2 José Rujano (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 16
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 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick-Step 3
14 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3
15 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3
16 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3
17 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 2
18 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 2
19 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 2
20 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 2
21 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2
22 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1
23 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 1
24 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 1
25 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 1
26 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 1
27 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 1
28 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 1

Intergiro
1 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21.01.01
2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 0.46
3 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step 0.50
4 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 1.24
5 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.28
6 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 1.33
7 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.40
8 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
9 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia
10 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 1.41
11 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC
12 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick-Step 1.46
13 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner
14 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis
15 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 1.48
16 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.52
17 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia
18 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
19 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank
20 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.54

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

Garzelli Maglia Rosa

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!"

Di Luca

Koldo Gil Going for Win, Giro Coverage

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Pedro Delgado

Pedro Delgado Interview - "In my opinion, of the directors I know, I like Vicente Belda the most."

Boys from Bergamo

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

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"