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Giro d'Italia, Italy

Stage 15, Livigno - Lissone, 205K

23 May

Petacchi Gets 3rd on Shortened Stage

Stage List, Stage Profile, Photos

Peloton on a Wet Lake

Peloton on a Wet Lake Como Lecco, photo: Giro d'Italia

Alessandro Petacchi stamped his authority on a rain soaked peloton today in Lissone. The race is void of any real sprinting forces, besides Erik Zabel, who finished 2nd today. After early Giro defeats to McEwen, Ale-Jet has now won three stages to equal the Aussie. Also, he is up to 18 total Giro victories, one more than Gino Bartali.

The real challengers to Petacchi are out of this Giro: Jaan Kirsipuu, Stuart O'Grady, and Baden Cooke. The biggest challenge for the blue and white boys of cement was the finishing circuits of Lissone. The tricky bends and wet pavement provided some scary moments. The roads aided a late attack by FDJ rider, Matt Wilson. Wilson stayed away until the final K, when Fassa had control again. Zanini and Bettini gave some trouble, but the main goal was to get Bettini in the placings for Ciclamino points.

il Falco Rides

il Falco Rides, photo: Giro d'Italia

Due to bad weather in Livigno the stage was shortened by 50K. With temperatures at 4°C, and the intense rain, there was no way of starting the stage. This gave the riders a chance to sample some Bresaola, and then take a short team car ride to the new start in Tirano.

On the open roads, it was Roy Sentjens (Rabobank) who took off solo. He hammered his Colnago down the lake side roads, taking in Lake Como and Lake Lecco, and a cloudy view of Bellagio. His advantage maxed out at 2'50", and started to fall quickly after the Intergiro in Lecco. Behind Bettini cranked it up and was 1st in the gruppo to cross the Intergiro, giving him the maglia Azzurra (Intergiro jersey). A blow to the former wearer Krauss, from the insatiable Tuscan Terror.

Petacchi Wins 3rd

Petacchi Wins 3rd, photo: Fassa Bortolo

There was a small move by Illiano (Selle Italia-Colombia), bridging to Sentjens as the peloton closed in. And at 15K to go it was all set up for Ale-Jet to sore on the streets of Lissone. Paolo Savoldelli heads into the rest day in pink (he was under a dark blue rain-cape most of the day), still 25" in front of Di Luca, and 1'48 to Simoni.

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Results: 3'32", 41.5 K-h
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile
3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step
4 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze
5 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
6 Paride Grillo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
7 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
8 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
9 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears
10 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner
11 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak
12 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux
13 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française Des Jeux
14 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux
15 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
16 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole
17 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel
18 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia
19 Sergio Escobar (Spa) Illes Balears
20 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis
21 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC
22 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
23 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
24 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Crédit Agricole
25 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak
26 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel
27 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
28 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel
29 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
30 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole
31 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
32 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak
33 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
34 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
35 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
36 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak
37 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Caffita
38 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
39 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank
40 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
41 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
42 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth
43 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth
44 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
45 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner
46 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze
47 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita
48 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile
49 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank
50 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step
51 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole
52 José Rujano (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia
53 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
54 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears
55 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile
56 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis
57 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
58 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile
59 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
60 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile
61 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze
62 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze
63 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak
64 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi
65 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
66 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze
67 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step
68 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo
69 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile
70 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile
71 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole
72 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
73 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick-Step
74 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole
75 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
76 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
77 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
78 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
79 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth
80 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française Des Jeux
81 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank
82 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank
83 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC
84 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank
85 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
86 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia
87 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
88 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
89 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth
90 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita
91 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita
92 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
93 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel
94 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak
95 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
96 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 0.31
97 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
98 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux
99 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze
100 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick-Step
101 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
102 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel
103 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 0.31
104 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC
105 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick-Step
106 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth
107 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita
108 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
109 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 0.31
110 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
111 Antonio Tauler Lull (Spa) Illes Balears
112 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi
113 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak
114 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 0.31
115 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
116 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia
117 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Illes Balears 0.31
118 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears
119 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
120 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 0.31
121 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi
122 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC
123 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner
124 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
125 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.31
126 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis
127 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis
128 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
129 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis
130 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Panaria-Navigare
131 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis
132 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step 0.31
133 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC
134 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia
135 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel
136 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 0.31
137 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner
138 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak
139 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel
140 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak
141 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 0.31
142 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
143 Laverde Felipe (Col) Panaria-Navigare 0.31
144 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
145 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
146 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.02
147 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears 0.31
148 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
149 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step
150 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
151 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
152 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.31
153 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux
154 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.30
155 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
156 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.31
157 Trent Wilson (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 2.55
158 Julio Pérez (Mex) Panaria-Navigare 4.38
159 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6.18
DNS Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank

Points
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25
2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 22
3 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 20
4 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 14
5 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12
6 Paride Grillo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 10
7 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 9
8 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8
9 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8
10 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 8
11 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears 7
12 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 5
13 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4
14 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step 4
15 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française Des Jeux 3
16 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3
17 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2
18 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1
19 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 1

Intergiro
1 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 2.35.21
2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step
3 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step
4 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze
5 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner
6 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia
7 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile
8 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
9 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze
10 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo

Most combative
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 8
2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6
3 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 5
4 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 5
5 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3
6 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step 3
7 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2
8 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2
9 Paride Grillo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 1
10 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1

GC:
1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 70.54.09
2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.25
3 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1.48
4 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.11
5 José Rujano (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 2.18
6 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 3.25
7 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 4.05
8 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 5.50
9 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 6.40
10 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 6.44
11 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.51
12 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7.01
13 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 8.03
14 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 8.11
15 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 9.39
16 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.14
17 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 11.26
18 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 11.48
19 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 11.57
20 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 13.48
21 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 15.58
22 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak 18.06
23 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 18.24
24 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 19.55
25 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 20.02
26 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 20.43
27 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 21.56
28 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 28.36
29 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 32.35
30 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 33.03
31 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 33.56
32 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 35.37
33 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 38.11
34 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 38.45
35 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 38.47
36 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 39.53
37 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 41.43
38 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak 42.31
39 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 43.27
40 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 45.14
41 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak 45.19
42 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 46.25
43 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 47.23
44 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 47.59
45 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 49.27
46 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick-Step 49.41
47 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears 52.01
48 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 56.46
49 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.00.59
50 Laverde Felipe (Col) Panaria-Navigare 1.01.08
51 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile 1.02.16
52 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.04.45
53 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.05.02
54 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.08.28
55 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.12.26
56 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.14.30
57 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita 1.15.31
58 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.17.05
59 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 1.20.07
60 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile
61 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 1.21.15
62 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1.22.03
63 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita 1.22.32
64 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile 1.24.11
65 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 1.27.12
66 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.28.55
67 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.31.47
68 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.33.04
69 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.39.09
70 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.39.19
71 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.41.32
72 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step 1.42.04
73 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 1.44.25
74 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.46.51
75 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.47.51
76 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak 1.48.37
77 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Illes Balears 1.48.46
78 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 1.49.57
79 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.50.09
80 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 1.50.30
81 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 1.50.33
82 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.50.36
83 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 1.52.47
84 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1.53.21
85 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 1.53.26
86 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 1.54.25
87 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.57.30
88 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 1.58.09
89 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step 2.01.52
90 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.04.17
91 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.04.48
92 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 2.05.01
93 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.05.14
94 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.05.28
95 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.06.40
96 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.06.44
97 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.07.48
98 Julio Pérez (Mex) Panaria-Navigare 2.08.33
99 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.08.58
100 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.10.45
101 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.11.41
102 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 2.12.23
103 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Panaria-Navigare 2.12.41
104 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 2.13.31
105 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 2.15.13
106 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 2.15.22
107 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak 2.15.37
108 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.15.54
109 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step 2.16.12
110 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 2.16.18
111 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2.16.25
112 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 2.17.33
113 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.19.13
114 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 2.20.42
115 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step 2.21.12
116 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Crédit Agricole 2.21.13
117 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.21.49
118 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak 2.22.28
119 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis 2.22.37
120 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.23.13
121 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.24.16
122 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.25.09
123 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel 2.25.22
124 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 2.26.15
125 Antonio Tauler Lull (Spa) Illes Balears 2.27.49
126 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick-Step 2.27.56
127 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.28.13
128 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis 2.28.38
129 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.29.32
130 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile 2.29.42
131 Sergio Escobar (Spa) Illes Balears 2.30.17
132 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.30.27
133 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.30.47
134 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 2.31.03
135 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.31.06
136 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears 2.31.42
137 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak 2.33.14
138 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 2.33.57
139 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.34.31
140 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 2.34.56
141 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.35.12
142 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.35.15
143 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.35.26
144 Paride Grillo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 2.37.25
145 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak 2.38.27
146 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 2.39.46
147 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 2.40.01
148 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française Des Jeux 2.40.03
149 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick-Step 2.40.17
150 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française Des Jeux 2.43.54
151 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.44.15
152 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2.45.43
153 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 2.48.08
154 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 2.49.14
155 Trent Wilson (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 2.50.55
156 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 2.51.00
157 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 2.52.35
158 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.57.12
159 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 3.12.56

Points
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 142
2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 129
3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 123
4 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 90
5 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears 76
6 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 72
7 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 63
8 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 63
9 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 56
10 Paride Grillo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 55
11 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 50
12 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 48
13 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 48
14 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 47
15 José Rujano (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 44
16 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 40
17 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 39
18 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 38
19 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak 38
20 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 38
21 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step 36
22 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 31
23 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 30
24 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 29
25 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 26
26 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 26
27 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 26
28 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 25
29 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 24
30 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 23
31 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step 23
32 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 22
33 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 21
34 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 21
35 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 20
36 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 20
37 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 19
38 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 18
39 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 18
40 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 17
41 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 16
42 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 15
43 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 15
44 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 15
45 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 14
46 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick-Step 14
47 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 14
48 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 13
49 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 12
50 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12
51 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 11
52 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 11
53 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 10
54 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8
55 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8
56 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 8
57 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 8
58 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 8
59 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8
60 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth 7
61 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6
62 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 6
63 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak 6
64 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick-Step 6
65 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 5
66 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5
67 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 4
68 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 4
69 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 4
70 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 3
71 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 3
72 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3
73 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3
74 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 3
75 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française Des Jeux 3
76 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2
77 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2
78 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2
79 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 1
80 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1
81 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1
82 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis -3
83 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis -4
84 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi -5
85 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita -5
86 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner -5
87 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux -5
88 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi -5
89 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom -5
90 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Crédit Agricole -5
91 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak -5
92 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom -5
93 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française Des Jeux -5
94 Trent Wilson (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia -5
95 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner -8
96 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak -10
97 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom -10

Mountains
1 José Rujano (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 107
2 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 55
3 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 21
4 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 20
5 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 18
6 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 17
7 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 14
8 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 14
9 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 13
10 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 12
11 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak 9
12 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 8
13 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 7
14 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 6
15 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 5
15 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5
15 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick-Step 5
15 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 5
15 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 5
20 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4
20 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak 4
20 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 4
20 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4
20 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 4
25 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3
26 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 2
26 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 2
26 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2
29 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 1
29 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 1
29 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 1
29 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 1
29 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 1
29 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 1
29 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 1
29 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1
29 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita 1

Intergiro
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 42.50.23
2 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.02
3 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step 0.18
4 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 1.29
5 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 1.44
6 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 2.00
7 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 2.02
8 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.06
9 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 2.09
10 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.16
11 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.18
12 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel
13 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze
14 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
15 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia
16 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia
17 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 2.19
18 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC
19 José Rujano (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 2.24
20 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick-Step

Most combative
1 José Rujano (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 57
2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 48
3 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 39
4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 33
5 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 27
6 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step 24
7 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 23
8 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 19
9 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 17
10 Koldo Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 16
11 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15
12 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 13
13 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears 13
14 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak 11
15 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 11
16 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 10
17 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 10
18 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10
19 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 10
20 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 8
21 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 8
22 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 8
23 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 8
24 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 8
25 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 7
26 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 7
27 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 7
28 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 7
29 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 7
30 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7
31 Paride Grillo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 7
32 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 6
33 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 6
34 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 6
35 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick-Step 6
36 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 5
37 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5
38 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5
39 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 5
40 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 5
41 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5
42 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 5
43 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 5
44 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 4
45 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 4
46 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 4
47 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4
48 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 4
49 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 4
50 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4
51 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 3
52 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3
53 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 3
54 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 3
55 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3
56 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3
57 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3
58 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 2
59 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak 2
60 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2
61 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2
62 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2
63 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2
64 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 2
65 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 1
66 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 1
67 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 1
68 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 1
69 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1
70 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step 1
71 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1
72 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 1
73 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 1

Yaroslav Popovych

Volta Ciclista a Catalunya: Yaroslav Popovych Looking Strong

Iban Mayo

Iban Mayo Interview, "Without a doubt, it's a special team. It really is like a family. Of course, you notice that all the riders are from the same area, which fosters a different environment within the team."

Manuele Mori

2005 Giro d'Italia - The Dust Devil's Daily Wrap, "So, Basso is gone from the scene, just like that. It's really too bad. I had wanted to see him gunning for overall in the final few days. Basso's recent difficulty is just another example of how non-discriminating and cruel fate can sometimes be in life and cycling"

Battaglia Italiana

Battaglia Italiana, Simoni and Cunego Box? "Also, they have selected a photo where I appear fat."

Garzelli Maglia Rosa

Stefano Garzelli - "No, Even in Spain I train with some pros in the area. While in Italy, I ride with Nardello, Andriotto, Zanini, Mason, Peron, etc."

Boys from Bergamo

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

Pedro Delgado

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

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