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Giro d'Italia, Italy

Stage 11, Marostica - Zoldo Alto, 150K

19 May

Il Falco Flies, Basso in Rosa

Stage List, Stage Profile, Photos

Paolo Savoldelli Wins

Paolo Savoldelli Wins, photo: Trek

The Dolomites provided the first explosions of the Giro d'Italia. The first mountain stage set the race on fire, with Ivan Basso in Pink, Paolo Savoldelli with a stage win, and Damiano Cunego losing huge time.

It was an early day for Savoldelli's teammate, Benoît Joachim (Discovery Channel), he was away for the first 100K. After Joachim was reeled in then it was game-on for the contenders, with the Passo Duran looming (13K, ave 7.7%, max of 14%). Gilberto Simoni (Lampre-Caffita) put in the first attack and was immediately marked by a strong Basso (CSC). Behind, former winners, Cunego (Lampre-Caffita) and Stefano Garzelli (Liquigas-Bianchi) faded quickly, having a terrible day. The two were fading fast when Ivan Basso followed up the Simoni attack with a move of his own. Marking him was, none other than, Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas-Bianchi). Over the top of Duran it was Rujano (Selle Italia-Colombia), fighting for GPM points, then Basso, Savoldelli, Simoni, and Di Luca. The tifosi did not see Cunego and Garzelli until 3'20" later.

Peloton Mountains

Peloton Mountains Passo Duran, photo: Quick-Step

Enter Il Falco on the decent, cutting every corner on the road and starting the Zoldo Alto with a substantial advantage. Basso and Simoni joined il Falco as the slopes kicked in, and then it was a matter of putting in time to the GC rivals. Shelled was Di Luca, who rode excellent, way above himself. Soon, Basso and Savoldelli also dropped the 2x winner, Simoni, and were then trading turns making pace up the Zoldo Alto. At the line it was Savoldelli who got the sprint over Basso, who was happy to arrive as the new GC leader. Simoni came in 20 seconds back, and Di Luca 1 minute.

Basso In Pink

Ivan Basso In Pink, photo: DD

The race was reshaped today with an impressive show of force by Basso, the man Lance Armstrong picked as a favorite. Savoldelli rode impressively as well, and now we have our two favorites for the following stages. Because team Lampre-Caffita and Liquigas-Bianchi (besides Di Luca) really failed to show today. Simoni showed mediocre results and Cunego flat out bombed, at 6 minutes back. There will be a quite dinner table tonight in casa Lampre-Caffita. So too at the table of Liquigas-Bianchi, where the only good news is that Di Luca pedaled his heart out. Cioni, Noè, and Garzelli lost huge chunks of time, finishing 4, 6 and 6 minutes back.

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Results, 4'13", 35.5 K/h
1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel
2 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC
3 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 0.21
4 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.01
5 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 1.50
6 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.03
7 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole
8 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze
9 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.17
10 José Rujano (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 2.19
11 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 2.24
12 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.44
13 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 2.46
14 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.53
15 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
16 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.27
17 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.55
18 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 3.57
19 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears
20 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile
21 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
22 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.37
23 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 4.40
24 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak 5.40
25 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 6.02
26 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
27 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
28 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
29 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank
30 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
31 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze
32 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
33 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
34 Laverde Felipe (Col) Panaria-Navigare
35 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
36 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
37 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze
38 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth
39 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole
40 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
41 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
42 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 6.13
43 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6.17
44 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6.26
45 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi
46 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi
47 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 6.29
48 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak 8.18
49 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8.30
50 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita 8.40
51 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita
52 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 10.49
53 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears
54 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis
55 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
56 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick-Step 11.04
57 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 12.13
58 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 12.34
59 Julio Pérez (Mex) Panaria-Navigare 12.51
60 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13.29
61 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
62 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 14.08
63 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.16
64 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
65 Aitor González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.22
66 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis 14.28
67 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 14.32
68 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 14.35
69 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 14.54
70 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth 17.02
71 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel
72 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile
73 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile
74 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze
75 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak
76 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia
77 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
78 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak
79 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank
80 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
81 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile
82 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita
83 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux
84 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux
85 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 19.49
86 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth 21.36
87 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC
88 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
89 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC
90 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole
91 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
92 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank
93 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia
94 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
95 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC
96 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir
97 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 22.29
98 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 27.02
99 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 28.29
100 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 32.05
101 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze
102 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank
103 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step
104 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
105 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears
106 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
107 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank
108 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile
109 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank
110 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Illes Balears
111 Paride Grillo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
112 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile
113 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
114 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
115 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
116 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick-Step
117 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
118 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step
119 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
120 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
121 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak
122 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile
123 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak
124 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
125 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
126 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner
127 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia
128 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux
129 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze
130 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile
131 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
132 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
133 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel
134 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner
135 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux
136 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel
137 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia
138 Trent Wilson (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia
139 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner
140 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC
141 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC
142 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak
143 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française Des Jeux
144 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux
145 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak
146 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Panaria-Navigare
147 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
148 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis
149 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
150 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto
151 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
152 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
153 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel
154 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis
155 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
156 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
157 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
158 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner
159 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Crédit Agricole
160 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia
161 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears
162 Sergio Escobar (Spa) Illes Balears
163 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi
164 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
165 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
166 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick-Step
167 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step
168 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick-Step
169 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux
170 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Illes Balears
171 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner
172 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française Des Jeux
173 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis
174 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis
175 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner
176 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak
177 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
178 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel
179 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears
180 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step
181 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
182 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
183 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole
184 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
DNF Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile

Points
1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 25
2 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 20
3 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 16
4 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 14
5 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 12
6 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10
7 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 9
8 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 8
9 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 8
10 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 7
11 José Rujano (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 6
12 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 6
13 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 5
14 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4
15 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4
16 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 3
17 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 3
18 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2
19 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 2
20 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 1
21 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step 1

Mountains
Passo Di Cereda - K 93,5
1 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 5
2 José Rujano (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 3
3 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1

Forcella Aurine - K 105,3
1 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3
2 José Rujano (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 2
3 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita 1

Passo Duran - K 131,4
1 José Rujano (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 10
2 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 6
3 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 4
4 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 2
5 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1

Zoldo Alto - K 150
1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 15
2 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 10
3 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 6
4 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 4
5 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 2

Intergiro
1 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 1.24.44
2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step
3 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner
4 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile
5 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia
6 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step
7 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step
8 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia
9 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
10 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo

Most combative
1 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 8
2 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 8
3 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 7
4 José Rujano (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 7
5 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 6
6 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 4
7 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3
8 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3
9 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3
10 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 2
11 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 2
12 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1
13 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 1

GC:
1 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 49.05.20
2 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 0.18
3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.04
4 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2.27
5 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 3.45
6 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4.34
7 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 4.48
8 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 5.25
9 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 5.58
10 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.10
11 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 6.24
12 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.48
13 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 6.57
14 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 7.08
15 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 7.16
16 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 7.20
17 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 7.40
18 José Rujano (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 8.26
19 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8.42
20 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 8.53
21 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 8.59
22 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 9.26
23 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9.29
24 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 9.32
25 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 9.42
26 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 9.49
27 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.18
28 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 10.26
29 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10.27
30 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 10.54
31 Laverde Felipe (Col) Panaria-Navigare 11.15
32 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 11.28
33 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 11.49
34 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak 12.09
35 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 12.20
36 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 12.44
37 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 13.11
38 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 13.18
39 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 13.20
40 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 13.56
41 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 14.03
42 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 14.34
43 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 15.04
44 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick-Step 15.06
45 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 16.03
46 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 16.54
47 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak 17.43
48 Aitor González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18.13
49 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears 19.09
50 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 20.02
51 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak 22.43
52 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23.08
53 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 23.26
54 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 24.14
55 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 25.22
56 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 26.00
57 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 27.11
58 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 28.00
59 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis 28.05
60 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth 28.35
61 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 30.57
62 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 31.02
63 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 31.53
64 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 32.41
65 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 33.01
66 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile 34.49
67 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita 35.55
68 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 36.21
69 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 37.12
70 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 37.21
71 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 37.31
72 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 37.56
73 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 38.28
74 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita 39.09
75 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 41.18
76 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 41.47
77 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux 42.26
78 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Illes Balears 42.42
79 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 42.51
80 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 43.23
81 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile 43.27
82 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 43.30
83 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 43.49
84 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 45.02
85 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 45.07
86 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step 45.31
87 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 45.41
88 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 46.26
89 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 49.00
90 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 49.29
91 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 49.57
92 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 50.44
93 Julio Pérez (Mex) Panaria-Navigare 50.54
94 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 51.06
95 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 51.16
96 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 53.13
97 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 53.27
98 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 54.46
99 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 55.18
100 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step 56.19
101 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis 57.04
102 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Panaria-Navigare 57.06
103 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank 57.10
104 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 57.56
105 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 58.02
106 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 58.25
107 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 58.40
108 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 59.09
109 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak 59.15
110 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 59.32
111 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.00.07
112 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.00.47
113 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 1.01.03
114 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.02.19
115 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 1.02.21
116 Joseba Beloki (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.03.34
117 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak 1.03.40
118 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step 1.04.05
119 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
120 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.04.10
121 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 1.04.22
122 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.04.41
123 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis 1.04.48
124 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.05.43
125 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.06.09
126 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 1.06.10
127 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears 1.06.53
128 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 1.06.56
129 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick-Step 1.07.19
130 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 1.07.25
131 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.08.15
132 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.08.16
133 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Crédit Agricole 1.08.38
134 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 1.09.28
135 David Navas (Spa) Illes Balears 1.10.21
136 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.10.45
137 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 1.10.48
138 Antonio Tauler (Spa) Illes Balears 1.10.55
139 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak 1.11.06
140 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.11.13
141 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.12.42
142 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.12.45
143 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 1.13.14
144 Sergio Escobar (Spa) Illes Balears 1.13.23
145 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 1.14.39
146 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis 1.14.56
147 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears
148 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.15.12
149 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel
150 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.16.00
151 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 1.16.05
152 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 1.16.18
153 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick-Step 1.16.22
154 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile 1.17.40
155 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.17.58
156 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.18.11
157 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.18.22
158 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel 1.18.31
159 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.20.58
160 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.21.21
161 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile 1.21.27
162 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak 1.21.30
163 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole 1.21.31
164 Paride Grillo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 1.22.02
165 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française Des Jeux 1.22.41
166 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 1.23.18
167 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française Des Jeux 1.24.37
168 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.24.54
169 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 1.25.00
170 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak 1.26.06
171 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 1.26.14
172 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel 1.26.24
173 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick-Step 1.26.45
174 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.26.53
175 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step 1.29.50
176 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 1.30.28
177 Trent Wilson (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 1.30.56
178 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 1.31.14
179 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1.33.37
180 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 1.34.06
181 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 1.35.21
182 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.40.18
183 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 1.41.03
184 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 1.59.24

Points
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 116
2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 112
3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 106
4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 79
5 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 77
6 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 62
7 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 56
8 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears 53
9 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 48
10 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 47
11 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 44
12 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Cofidis 42
13 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 40
14 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 37
15 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 35
16 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 33
17 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 31
18 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole 31
19 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 30
20 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 28
21 Baden Cooke (Aus) Française Des Jeux 27
22 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step 26
23 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 25
24 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 25
25 Paride Grillo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 25
26 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 25
27 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 24
28 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 23
29 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 23
30 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 23
31 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step 23
32 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 21
33 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19
34 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 16
35 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 15
36 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 15
37 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick-Step 14
38 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 14
39 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 14
40 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 13
41 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 13
42 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 12
43 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12
44 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 12
45 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 12
46 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 11
47 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 11
48 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11
49 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 10
50 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 10
51 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 9
52 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 9
53 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9
54 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile 9
55 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8
56 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8
57 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 8
58 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 8
59 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 8
60 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 8
61 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth 7
62 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 7
63 José Rujano (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 6
64 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 6
65 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 6
66 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak 6
67 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick-Step 6
68 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5
69 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak 5
70 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 5
71 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 4
72 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4
73 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 4
74 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 4
75 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 4
76 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 4
77 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3
78 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 3
79 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3
80 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2
81 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2
82 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis 2
83 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 2
84 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 2
85 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1
86 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 1
87 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 1
88 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1
89 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis 1

Mountains
1 José Rujano (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 31
2 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 21
3 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 18
4 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 17
5 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 10
6 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 8
7 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 7
8 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 6
9 Marco Fertonani (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6
10 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 5
11 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 5
12 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 5
13 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5
14 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick-Step 5
15 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4
16 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak 4
17 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4
18 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 3
19 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3
20 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3
21 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3
22 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 2
23 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 2
24 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 2
25 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 2
26 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2
27 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 1
28 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita 1
29 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 1
30 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 1
31 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 1
32 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 1
33 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 1

Intergiro
1 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25.52.36
2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 0.26
3 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step 0.40
4 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 1.27
5 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 1.28
6 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 1.42
7 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.46
8 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 1.58
9 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia
10 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
11 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
12 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 1.59
13 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC
14 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 2.04
15 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick-Step
16 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner
17 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 2.10
18 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
19 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze
20 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi

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

Saul Raisin

"I am trying to stay focused on cycling but it has been hard since I am injured." - Raisin Recovering

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.

Lance Armstrong at Giro

Lance Armstrong visits 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."

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..."

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