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Stage 10, Ravenna - Rossano Veneto, 212K

18 May

McJet Derails Fassa Train

Stage List, Stage Profile, Photos

McEwen After Win

McEwen After Win, photo: Davitamon-Lotto

Hands-down, Robbie McEwen is now the best sprinter of this 88th Giro d'Italia. This kid from Down-under knows how to throw the elbows and get to the line first. The Davitamon-Lotto rider has done so three times this Giro. It was all out warfare heading into Rossano Veneto for the 10th stage. T-Mobile and Fassa Bortolo were controlling the tempo on the three finishing circuits, but it was McEwen who took full advantage. He and Ale-Jet went nose-to-nose, and Mc-Jet won by about FIVE centimeters. Washed away were Zabel and O'Grady, but Zabel did give it lots of muscle.

Today's stage of the Giro was a calm day, averaging around 29.5 K/hr in the first two hours. During the first few hours it was a time for riders to log protests with the race director, regarding the dangerous circuit. After lots of arguing and Italian hand gestures, the final circuit was neutralized, meaning it was only a matter for sprinters to contest.

Di Luca Rides in Pink

Di Luca Rides in Pink, photo: Bianchi

The day was almost uneventful, but cue in Raffaele Illiano of Selle Italia-Colombia to give it a go. The move was strictly for publicity, but the tattooed rider from Napoli managed to stay clear for 70K. Selle Italia could not be happier, the race finished in their città. There was some off-roading in the final K's when Basso and Cunego took a short-cut through the grass, but it was realitivity low-key. Finally, with 30K to go, Illiano was back into the fold and it was time for the sprinters to light-up the road.

Danilo Di Luca is still in the maglia rosa, but all is sure to change tomorrow. The Giro d'Italia stage 11 goes vertical and there will be many casualties, so get out your startlist and start crossing off names as you are watcing TV.

Results, 5'29", 36.7 K/hr
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis
4 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile
5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step
6 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears
7 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
8 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step
9 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak
10 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze
11 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole
12 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze
13 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
14 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
15 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia
16 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank
17 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel
18 Sergio Escobar (Spa) Illes Balears
19 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
20 Paride Grillo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
21 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
22 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
23 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank
24 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Illes Balears
25 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux
26 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak
27 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner
28 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
29 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
30 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
31 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole
32 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis
33 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita
34 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia
35 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux
36 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
37 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel
38 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto
39 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
40 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
41 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita
42 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
43 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank
44 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears
45 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
46 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
47 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
48 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick-Step
49 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
50 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
51 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux
52 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
53 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
54 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
55 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak
56 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak
57 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
58 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel
59 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
60 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze
61 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
62 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Caffita
63 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth
64 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
65 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel
66 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak
67 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis
68 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis
69 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step
70 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi
71 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile
72 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
73 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis
74 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth
75 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank
76 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak
77 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto
78 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick-Step
79 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze
80 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth
81 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth
82 José Rujano (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia
83 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth
84 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze
85 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel
86 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo
87 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile
88 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner
89 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC
90 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC
91 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC
92 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
93 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step
94 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
95 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak
96 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis
97 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
98 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi
99 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
100 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel
101 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
102 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile
103 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile
104 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole
105 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner
106 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole
107 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
108 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Illes Balears
109 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears
110 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita
111 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
112 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
113 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
114 Trent Wilson (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia
115 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole
116 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
117 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole
118 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
119 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
120 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears
121 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank
122 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Panaria-Navigare
123 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
124 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Crédit Agricole
125 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner
126 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir
127 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis
128 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia
129 Laverde Felipe (Col) Panaria-Navigare
130 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
131 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi
132 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
133 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
134 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
135 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita
136 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
137 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
138 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux
139 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
140 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile
141 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
142 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze
143 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
144 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze
145 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak
146 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step
147 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
148 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis
149 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile
150 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française Des Jeux
151 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
152 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia
153 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner
154 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank
155 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
156 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux
157 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux
158 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze
159 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC
160 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
161 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner
162 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile
163 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française Des Jeux
164 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC
165 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
166 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick-Step
167 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC
168 Julio Pérez (Mex) Panaria-Navigare
169 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia
170 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank
171 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel
172 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak
173 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
174 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile
175 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears
176 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
177 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
178 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel
179 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears
180 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC
181 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC
182 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
183 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick-Step
184 Aitor González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
185 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 2.01

Points
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 25
2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 20
3 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis 16
4 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 15
5 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 14
6 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears 10
7 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 10
8 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9
9 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step 9
10 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 9
11 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 7
12 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step 6
13 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole 5
14 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4
15 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3
16 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2
17 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 2

Intergiro
1 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 3.27.09
2 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step
3 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze
4 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step
5 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile
6 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step
7 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner
8 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
9 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze
10 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner

Most combative
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 6
2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5
3 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 5
4 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis 4
5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 4
6 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step 4
7 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 3
8 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3
9 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears 1
10 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 1

GC:
1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 44.51.40
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 16.52
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 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 18.36
74 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita 18.50
75 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 19.55
76 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 20.26
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 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis 24.56
87 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Panaria-Navigare 24.58
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 27.01
93 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 27.24
94 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 27.46
95 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 27.59
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 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step 31.57
106 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
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 1.01.58
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 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 116
2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 106
3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 92
4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 79
5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 62
6 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears 53
7 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 52
8 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 48
9 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 47
10 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis 42
10 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 42
12 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 40
13 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 36
14 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 35
15 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 33
16 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole 32
17 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 31
18 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 29
19 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 27
20 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 26
21 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 25
21 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 25
21 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 25
21 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step 25
21 Paride Grillo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 25
26 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step 24
26 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24
28 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 21
29 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 20
30 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19
31 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 16
31 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 16
33 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 15
33 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 15
33 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 15
36 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 14
36 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick-Step 14
38 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 13
38 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 13
40 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12
40 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12
40 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 12
43 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 11
43 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 11
43 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 11
43 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 11
47 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 10
48 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9
48 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 9
48 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile 9
51 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8
51 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8
51 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 8
51 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 8
51 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 8
56 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 7
56 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 7
56 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth 7
59 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 6
59 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak 6
59 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick-Step 6
59 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 6
63 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 5
63 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5
63 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak 5
66 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 4
66 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 4
66 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 4
66 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4
66 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 4
71 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 3
71 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3
71 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3
71 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3
75 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 2
75 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2
75 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis 2
75 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 2
75 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2
80 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1
80 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 1
80 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis 1
80 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 1
80 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 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 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick-Step 5
9 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4
10 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak 4
11 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4
12 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4
13 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 3
14 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3
15 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3
16 Andrea Moletta (Ita) 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 24.28.10
2 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step 0.26
3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 0.32
4 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 1.18
5 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 1.24
6 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel
7 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.28
8 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.40
9 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia
10 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
11 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 1.41
12 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC
13 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick-Step 1.46
14 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis
15 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner
16 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.52
17 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
18 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia
19 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi
20 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank

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

Boys from Bergamo

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

Zabriskie

Dave Zabriskie Getting Kisses at the Giro, Adding to Andy Hampsten, Greg LeMond and Ron Keifel, Fred Rodriguez and Tyler Hamilton before him, David Zabriskie put his name down as one of the few Americans to score a stage victory in the Giro d'Italia.

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!"

Pedro Delgado

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

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..."

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"