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Giro d'Italia, Italy

Stage 19, Savigliano - Sestriere (Le Valli Olimpiche), 190K

28 May

Il Falco Saves Pink and Rujano Wins In Green

Stage List, Stage Profile, Photos

Rujano and Simoni, Finestre

Rujano and Simoni, Finestre, photo: Giro d'Italia

Paolo Savoldelli saved his maglia rosa on the final day in the mountains, after virtually losing it on the penultimate climb. José Rujano sealed up the maglia verde with a fabulous stage win for the Selle Italia-Colombia squad.

Today was the day of judgment for the riders of the Giro d'Italia, particularly Paolo Savoldelli and Gilberto Simoni. Il Falco, the winner of the 2002 edition, against Gibo, who is a 2X winner himself. Their test started on the 2nd GPM of the day, the Colle delle Finestre. The Finestre is 18.5K of climbing at an average slope of 9.2%, with a maximum of 9.2%. It was on these steep slopes that Simoni and José Rujano immediately went to work, shelling Ivan Basso for the day. Il Falco remained calm and looked set to close the gap, but he never did. A trio formed with Di Luca, Rujano and Simoni. Steadily up the climb the Disco rider held a gap of 30" to Simoni, but once the road turned to gravel mid-way up, the gap extended. Di Luca worked hard to help Simoni bury il Falco, while Rujano remained behind. By the top of the Finestre, Gibo was the virtual leader, by 11 seconds.

Josè Rujano

Josè Rujano, photo: BiciRace.com

There was a fast decent before the final climb to the finish to Sestriere (Le Valli Olimpiche) and the flying Falco was able to pull back 30" on the decent. Simoni lost a valuable ally in the valley before the true Sestriere started when Di Luca cramped and was forced to ease up. While behind, Savoldelli gained immeasurable help from the Davitamon-Lotto squad. Ardila and Van Huffel were at the front to the maglia rosa group, working their tails off for il Falco. Also in the group were Garate and Belli, and the Basque Garate was lending a hand. Rujano put in a fierce move near the top to shed Simoni and power on to the stage win. Simoni gave it his all, but could not beat the train from behind. By the finish the Lampre-Caffita rider only had 1'29" to il Falco and his new friends, not enough to give him the GC lead.

Il Falco in Maglia Rosa

Il Falco in Maglia Rosa, photo: Capture-The -Peloton.com

Tomorrow il Falco can enjoy himself on a flat stage to Milano, and the finish of the 88th Giro d'Italia. Simoni can finish satisfied that he gave all he had to win a third maglia rosa. Di Luca will wonder what would have been if he had not had cramped, but most likely the punchy Rujano would have stayed in third. Basso finished behind today, but is pleased with two stage victories. Cunego scratches his head and looks forward to the Tour de France.

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Results: 5'49" , 32.618 km/h
1 José Rujano (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia
2 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 0.26
3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.37
4 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.53
5 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.55
6 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze
7 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel
8 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak
9 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 2.38
10 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 5.07
11 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 5.14
12 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
13 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.01
14 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis
15 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 6.40
16 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears
17 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole
18 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 7.51
19 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 8.01
20 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 9.02
21 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.51
22 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 10.29
23 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank
24 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner
25 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears
26 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Caffita
27 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak
28 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak
29 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi
30 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 10.44
31 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 12.01
32 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
33 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 12.33
34 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 13.56
35 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14.09
36 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 14.20
37 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 15.21
38 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile
39 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15.42
40 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
41 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak
42 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth
43 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15.55
44 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank
45 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16.22
46 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.40
47 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
48 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 21.38
49 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
50 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC
51 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
52 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita
53 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
54 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth
55 Laverde Felipe (Col) Panaria-Navigare
56 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole
57 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
58 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis
59 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole
60 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux
61 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
62 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux
63 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze
64 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
65 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 27.54
66 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 29.08
67 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step 29.11
68 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
69 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel
70 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile
71 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
72 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth
73 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
74 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile
75 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
76 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC
77 Julio Pérez (Mex) Panaria-Navigare
78 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita
79 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 29.33
80 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 36.24
81 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita
82 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 39.27
83 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
84 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step
85 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile
86 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo
87 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Crédit Agricole
88 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux
89 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak
90 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
91 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux
92 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
93 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
94 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
95 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
96 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
97 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner
98 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
99 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel
100 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel
101 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
102 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick-Step
103 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
104 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC
105 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis
106 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak
107 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia
108 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
109 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel
110 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC
111 Paride Grillo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
112 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Illes Balears
113 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis
114 Antonio Tauler Lull (Spa) Illes Balears
115 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
116 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile
117 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
118 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Panaria-Navigare
119 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française Des Jeux
120 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
121 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
122 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia
123 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick-Step
124 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
125 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner
126 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak
127 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
128 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner
129 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel
130 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze
131 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
132 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia
133 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC
134 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi
135 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step
136 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile
137 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC
138 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile
139 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
140 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner
141 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française Des Jeux
142 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak
143 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step
144 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank
145 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak
146 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step
147 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis
148 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze
149 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick-Step
150 Trent Wilson (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia
151 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears
152 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC
153 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth
DNF Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare

Points
1 José Rujano (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 25
2 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 20
3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 16
4 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14
5 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 12
6 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 10
7 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 9
8 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak 8
9 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 8
10 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 7
11 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 6
12 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 6
13 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 5
14 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4
15 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step 4
16 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3
17 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3
18 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 2
19 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 2
20 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 1
21 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 1
22 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner -5
23 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi -5
24 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi -5
25 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank -5
26 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank -5
27 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto -10
28 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux -15

Mountains

Sestriere (Le Valli Olimpiche) - K 190
1 José Rujano (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 15
2 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 10
3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 6
4 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4
5 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2

Intergiro
1 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 3.54.54
2 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze
3 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step
4 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner
5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step
6 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile
7 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner
8 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick-Step
9 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick-Step
10 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step

Most combative
1 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 8
2 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 8
3 José Rujano (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 6
4 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 5
5 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 4
6 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3
7 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step 3
8 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2
9 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2
10 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française Des Jeux 2
11 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 1
12 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1
13 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 1

GC:
1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 88.01.43
2 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 0.28
3 José Rujano (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 0.45
4 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.42
5 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.11
6 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 4.22
7 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 11.15
8 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 11.38
9 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 11.40
10 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 12.33
11 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 13.49
12 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14.42
13 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 15.26
14 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 15.52
15 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak 19.22
16 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 20.46
17 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21.55
18 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 24.05
19 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 24.29
20 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 25.37
21 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 34.50
22 Patxi Vila (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 38.17
23 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 44.55
24 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 46.19
25 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 50.49
26 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 52.40
27 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 56.02
28 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 57.05
29 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 1.01.02
30 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak 1.03.32
31 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.05.04
32 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
33 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.05.59
34 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.10.14
35 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.10.42
36 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 1.12.25
37 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears 1.14.24
38 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 1.18.08
39 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 1.19.47
40 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis 1.21.06
41 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak 1.21.41
42 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 1.23.44
43 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.24.06
44 Laverde Felipe (Col) Panaria-Navigare 1.28.51
45 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.29.11
46 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.30.13
47 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.33.08
48 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.35.46
49 Haimar Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.42.00
50 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita 1.43.33
51 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 1.44.57
52 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.47.24
53 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick-Step 1.49.31
54 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 1.50.10
55 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1.52.27
56 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile 1.57.49
57 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.04.12
58 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile 2.05.22
59 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.05.27
60 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 2.10.40
61 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.11.16
62 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.11.59
63 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita 2.14.29
64 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 2.14.37
65 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.15.08
66 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita 2.15.19
67 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita 2.18.42
68 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.21.21
69 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step 2.24.32
70 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 2.24.49
71 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.26.08
72 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.26.30
73 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 2.27.24
74 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.29.35
75 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 2.30.20
76 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak 2.30.31
77 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 2.31.24
78 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.33.28
79 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.37.52
80 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.39.51
81 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.44.09
82 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.48.13
83 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.49.50
84 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step 2.51.29
85 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.53.27
86 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 2.53.38
87 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC 2.57.00
88 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 2.57.09
89 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 2.57.21
90 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Illes Balears 2.58.31
91 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 3.00.13
92 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 3.01.43
93 Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo 3.01.50
94 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak 3.05.22
95 Julio Pérez (Mex) Panaria-Navigare 3.05.35
96 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.06.25
97 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.06.26
98 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3.08.38
99 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.09.25
100 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.09.50
101 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 3.11.01
102 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3.12.35
103 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.13.24
104 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC
105 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.15.06
106 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.15.34
107 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 3.15.50
108 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 3.16.00
109 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3.16.02
110 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.17.22
111 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step 3.18.43
112 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Panaria-Navigare 3.19.06
113 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile 3.19.35
114 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 3.20.46
115 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 3.21.05
116 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 3.22.50
117 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis 3.22.58
118 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3.23.21
119 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.27.30
120 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak 3.29.50
121 José Antonio Garrido (Spa) Quick-Step 3.29.54
122 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.30.54
123 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Crédit Agricole 3.31.44
124 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.33.23
125 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis 3.34.09
126 Antonio Tauler Lull (Spa) Illes Balears
127 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick-Step 3.34.42
128 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 3.35.39
129 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel 3.36.36
130 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3.36.40
131 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears 3.38.04
132 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.39.28
133 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak 3.41.04
134 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.41.15
135 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 3.41.54
136 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 3.42.24
137 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 3.42.58
138 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.43.09
139 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.44.22
140 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak 3.44.35
141 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 3.44.52
142 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick-Step 3.46.06
143 Paride Grillo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 3.48.26
144 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française Des Jeux 3.49.32
145 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.50.01
146 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française Des Jeux 3.50.51
147 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.53.13
148 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 3.57.20
149 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 3.57.37
150 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 3.59.09
151 Trent Wilson (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 4.02.55
152 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 4.04.03
153 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia 4.25.47

Points
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 151
2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 136
3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 129
4 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 124
5 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 114
6 José Rujano (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 89
7 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 81
8 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 80
9 Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Illes Balears 76
10 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 72
11 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 70
12 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 64
13 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 63
14 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 58
15 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak 57
16 Paride Grillo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 55
17 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 50
18 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 50
19 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step 48
20 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 48
21 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 46
22 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 45
23 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 45
24 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 44
25 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 40
26 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 38
27 Mauricio Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto 37
28 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 36
29 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 35
30 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34
31 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 26
32 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 25
33 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 24
34 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 24
35 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 23
36 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step 23
37 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 22
38 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 22
39 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 21
40 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 19
41 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 18
42 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 18
43 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 18
44 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 17
45 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 16
46 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak 15
47 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick-Step 14
48 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis 14
49 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 12
50 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 12
51 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12
52 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11
53 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 11
54 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 11
55 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 11
56 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 10
57 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step 10
58 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9
59 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8
60 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 8
61 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 8
62 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8
63 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth 7
64 Rubén Lobato (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6
65 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis 6
66 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 6
67 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile 6
68 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick-Step 6
69 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 5
70 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux 5
71 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5
72 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 4
73 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 3
74 Samuel Sánchez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3
75 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank 3
76 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 3
77 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3
78 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3
79 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 3
80 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 3
81 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française Des Jeux 3
82 Javier Ramirez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2
83 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2
84 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1
85 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1
86 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 1
87 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1
88 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis 1
89 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak 1
90 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi -1
91 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita -1
92 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank -3
93 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis -3
94 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux -4
95 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi -5
96 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi -5
97 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner -5
98 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita -5
99 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux -5
100 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom -5
101 Igor Antón (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi -5
102 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Crédit Agricole -5
103 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom -5
104 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak -5
105 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi -5
106 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom -5
107 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom -5
108 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia -7
109 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak -10
110 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Française Des Jeux -10
111 Trent Wilson (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia -10
112 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner -13

Mountains
1 José Rujano (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia 143
2 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia 57
3 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 45
4 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 41
5 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 29
6 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole 27
7 Juan Manuel Gárate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 27
8 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 17
9 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 15
10 Daniel Atienza (Spa) Cofidis 14
11 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak 14
12 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 13
13 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10
14 Unai Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 8
15 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 7
16 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 6
17 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 6
18 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6
19 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 5
20 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 5
21 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick-Step 5
22 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 5
23 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole 4
24 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 4
25 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak 4
26 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4
27 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française Des Jeux 4
28 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3
29 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3
30 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 2
31 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 2
32 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2
33 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2
34 Joaquím Rodríguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2
35 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia 2
36 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis 2
37 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1
38 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi 1
39 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 1
40 Andrea Noè (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1
41 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita 1
42 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita 1
43 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 1
44 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1
45 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 1
46 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 1
47 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 1
48 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 1

Intergiro
1 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick-Step 52.59.09
2 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.18
3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step 0.21
4 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 1.46
5 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC 2.01
6 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel 2.11
7 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC 2.22
8 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia 2.30
9 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.34
10 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.36
11 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears 2.37
12 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 2.39
13 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.46
14 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 2.47
15 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank 2.48
16 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze
17 Dario Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
18 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia
19 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel
20 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze

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

Matteo Driving

Matteo Algeri talks with Adriano Baffi, the BiciRace.com crew was there, flying down the road.

Stelvio Climbing

Chat with the Director Sportivo, "It's good ... as I've told you the most important thing is not to have cold on downhill."

Donne

The Giro d'Italia, Podium Girls, Stage 16 Photos are in and they are exciting.

peloton on lake

2005 Giro d'Italia - The Dust Devil's Daily Wrap, "The weather was far from hospitable in the normally scenic Lake Como/Lecco region, with most of the riders unrecognizable due to being covered by their rain capes."

Yaroslav Popovych

Volta Ciclista a Catalunya: Yaroslav Popovych, Discovery Channel, Wins a Big GC race

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."

Pedro Delgado

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