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Volta Ciclista a Catalunya, Spain
Stage 7, Pallejà - Barcelona, 113.1K
22 May
Popovych Seals the Deal in Spain
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Thor Hushovd at the Line, photo: Volta Ciclista a Catalunya
While teammate, Paolo Savoldelli, was taking care of business over in Italy, Yaroslav Popovych notched an impressive victory in the 85th edition of the Volta a Catalunya. Popovych, who hails from the Ukraine, also has the distinction of being the first winner of this race from his country.
The main task for the day was basically to maintain his slim 20 second margin over second place rider, Leonardo Piepoli (Saunier Duval - Prodir) and do it with a scant 3 remaining domestiques that were left in the race for Team Discovery.
With 106 km left to race, 7 riders flew the coop looking for individual glory. Among those seven were Floyd Landis (Phonak), David Arroyo (Illes Balears), Rubens Bertogliati (Saunier Duval - Prodir), Egoi Martinez (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole), Sergey Ivanov (T-Mobile) and Javier Pascual Rodríguez (Comunidad Valenciana). The seven immediately got down to business gaining a maximum advantage of 1 minute 50 seconds.
The lights went out for Bertogliati at kilometer 43 and he was promptly spit out the back of the train. Wanting to eliminate any unwanted surprises, Team Discovery put their remaining riders on the front to shut down the break and bring it all back together.
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Popovych - Final GC Winner, photo: Trek
With that task now complete, all they had to do was wait it out for the final 13 kilometers of the race and then collect their prize money. The Spanish escape artist, Juan Antonio Flecha, took a last minute dig, but wasn't able to seal the deal. Amazingly enough, Thor Hushovd, who had taken part in the day's earlier breaks, still had some gas left in the tank. He took a nice victory on the fashionable streets of Barcelona, ahead of Fast Freddy (Davitamon Lotto).
- Paco
Results: 2:33'57"
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
2 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto
3 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak
4 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner
5 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
6 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
7 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
8 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
9 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
10 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku
11 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
12 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
13 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada
14 Angel Edo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
15 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears
16 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step
17 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
18 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank
19 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
20 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux
21 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
22 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Lampre-Caffita
23 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis
24 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada
25 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo
26 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
27 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
28 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank
29 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita
30 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
31 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada
32 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi
33 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner
34 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner
35 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel
36 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana
37 Israel Nunez (Spa) Kaiku
38 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux
39 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Fassa Bortolo
40 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears
41 Javier Pascual Rodríguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana
42 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze
43 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux
44 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile
45 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak
46 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears
47 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank
48 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
49 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
50 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Kaiku
51 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile
52 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
53 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
54 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile
55 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak
56 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick-Step
57 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile
58 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
59 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
60 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole
61 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Kaiku
62 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
63 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
64 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis
65 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC
66 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth
67 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
68 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC
69 Francisco Lara (Spa) T-Mobile
70 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole
71 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick-Step
72 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears
73 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
74 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
75 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak
76 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth
77 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick-Step
78 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
79 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
80 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
81 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis
82 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux
83 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile
84 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
85 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears
86 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel
87 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
88 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
89 Luis Perez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada
90 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
91 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis
92 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile
93 Moisés Dueñas (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada
94 Jonathan Gonzalez (Spa) Illes Balears
95 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana
96 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
97 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
98 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana
99 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
100 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis
101 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears
102 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
103 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis
104 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
105 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak
106 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
107 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
108 Julian Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo
109 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana
110 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC
111 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze
112 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi
113 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 0.30
114 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.09
115 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 8.25
116 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
117 Alessandr Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
118 Manuel Lloret (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana
119 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir
120 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
121 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux
122 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel
123 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel
Points
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 25
2 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 20
3 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 16
4 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14
5 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12
6 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 10
7 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9
8 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 8
9 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7
10 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku 6
11 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5
12 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 4
13 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 3
14 Angel Edo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2
15 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears 1
Mountains
Alt De Corbera - Cat. 3, K 25,40
1 Javier Pascual Rodríguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 6
2 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears 4
3 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2
4 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1
Alt De Corbera - Cat. 3, K 47,20
1 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears 6
2 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4
3 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile 2
4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1
Alt D'ullastrell - Cat. 3, K 83,60
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 6
2 Javier Pascual Rodríguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 4
3 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2
4 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile 1
Metas Volantes
Fontpineda-Palleja, K 5,40
1 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3
2 Javier Pascual Rodríguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2
3 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1
Molins De Rei, K 100,50
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 3
2 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2
3 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 1
Teams
1 Lampre-Caffita 7.38.51
2 Saunier Duval-Prodir
3 Bouygues Telecom
4 Rabobank
5 Gerolsteiner
6 Relax-Fuenlabrada
7 Fassa Bortolo
8 Euskaltel-Euskadi
9 Kaiku
10 Illes Balears
11 Française Des Jeux
12 Phonak
13 Crédit Agricole
14 Liquigas-Bianchi
15 Quick-Step
16 T-Mobile
17 Liberty Seguros-Würth
18 Cofidis
19 Comunidad Valenciana
20 Davitamon-Lotto
21 Team CSC
22 Discovery Channel 8.25
Final GC:
1 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 22:36'56"
2 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.20
3 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 0.59
4 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick-Step 1.18
5 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 1.23
6 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 2.01
7 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2.09
8 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.18
9 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.20
10 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Kaiku 2.25
11 Francisco Lara (Spa) T-Mobile 2.37
12 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak 2.41
13 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.06
14 Benjamin Noval (Spa) Discovery Channel 3.16
15 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.26
16 Manuel Calvente (Spa) Team CSC 3.29
17 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3.38
18 Jan Ullrich (Ger) T-Mobile
19 David Arroyo (Spa) Illes Balears
20 Luis Perez (Spa) Cofidis 3.46
21 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 4.15
22 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.16
23 Bingen Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis 4.27
24 Santos Gonzalez (Spa) Phonak 4.44
25 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
26 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.53
27 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis 4.59
28 Floyd Landis (USA) Phonak 5.07
29 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 5.13
30 David Latasa (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 5.21
31 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 5.28
32 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.29
33 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 5.31
34 Julian Sanchez (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 5.33
35 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 5.57
36 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 6.29
37 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.30
38 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears 6.36
39 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 6.37
40 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6.47
41 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.33
42 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 7.38
43 Oscar Sevilla (Spa) T-Mobile 8.00
44 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 8.27
45 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 9.15
46 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 9.16
47 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9.33
48 Moisés Dueñas (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 10.17
49 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 10.26
50 José Miguel Elías (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 10.30
51 Jonathan Gonzalez (Spa) Illes Balears 10.31
52 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 10.32
53 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis 10.38
54 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 11.05
55 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11.11
56 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12.02
57 Rémy Di Gregorio (Fra) Française Des Jeux 12.10
58 David De La Fuente (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12.43
59 Luis Perez (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 12.46
60 Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Fassa Bortolo
61 Dionisio Galparsoro (Spa) Kaiku 12.58
62 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 13.00
63 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 13.24
64 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth 13.43
65 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.16
66 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Relax-Fuenlabrada 15.28
67 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15.39
68 Carlos Garcia (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 15.42
69 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 16.01
70 David Blanco (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 16.41
71 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel 16.57
72 Javier Pascual Rodríguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 17.22
73 Juan Fuentes (Spa) Lampre-Caffita 17.36
74 Alessandr Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 19.04
75 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 19.54
76 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile 20.19
77 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 20.29
78 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick-Step 20.37
79 Carlos Sastre (Spa) Team CSC 20.40
80 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Illes Balears 21.06
81 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 21.14
82 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile 21.20
83 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Caffita 21.53
84 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 22.07
85 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 22.16
86 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step 22.24
87 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 22.34
88 Angel Edo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22.49
89 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile 22.52
90 Egoi Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23.25
91 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23.31
92 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 24.24
93 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 26.08
94 Oscar Mason (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 26.12
95 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 26.26
96 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux 26.43
97 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 26.51
98 Ricardo Serrano (Spa) Kaiku 27.00
99 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth 27.13
100 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 27.20
101 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 27.22
102 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 27.38
103 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears 27.43
104 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile 27.46
105 Gorka Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
106 Inaki Isasi (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 27.59
107 Marc Lotz (Ned) Quick-Step 28.17
108 José Vicente Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears 28.43
109 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 28.46
110 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 28.48
111 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 29.10
112 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 29.11
113 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 29.26
114 Israel Nunez (Spa) Kaiku 29.58
115 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 30.30
116 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 32.11
117 Manuel Lloret (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 34.42
118 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 35.12
119 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux 35.36
120 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak 35.49
121 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 39.00
122 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 43.02
123 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 48.05
Points
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 65
2 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 51
3 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 50
4 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 48
5 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 45
6 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 32
7 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 26
8 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25
9 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 25
10 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 25
11 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick-Step 24
12 Aitor Osa (Spa) Illes Balears 20
13 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 20
14 Beat Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 20
15 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 16
16 José Luis Arrieta (Spa) Illes Balears 16
17 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Kaiku 14
18 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 14
19 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14
20 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 14
21 Francisco Lara (Spa) T-Mobile 13
22 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12
23 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12
24 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak 11
25 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10
Mountains
1 Iñigo Cuesta (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 46
2 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 41
3 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 33
4 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 26
5 Ezequiel Mosquera (Spa) Kaiku 26
6 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 24
7 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick-Step 24
8 David Moncoutie (Fra) Cofidis 23
9 Francisco Lara (Spa) T-Mobile 22
10 Iban Mayo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21
11 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19
Metas Volantes
1 Eladio Jiménez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 9
2 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6
3 Maryan Hary (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6
4 Miguel Angel Perdiguero (Spa) Phonak 4
5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 3
6 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 3
7 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 3
8 Javier Pascual Rodríguez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2
9 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 2
10 Santiago Botero (Col) Phonak 2
11 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2
Teams
1 Cofidis 67.59.24
2 Phonak 0.52
3 Illes Balears 1.47
4 Crédit Agricole 3.49
5 Bouygues Telecom 4.40
6 T-Mobile 5.20
7 Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.23
8 Liberty Seguros-Würth 6.09
9 Rabobank 9.42
10 Discovery Channel 11.43
11 Comunidad Valenciana 12.34
12 Fassa Bortolo 13.20
13 Kaiku 15.11
14 Relax-Fuenlabrada 15.27
15 Davitamon-Lotto 19.32
16 Euskaltel-Euskadi 20.11
17 Gerolsteiner 21.06
18 Lampre-Caffita 29.11
19 Française Des Jeux 33.46
20 Quick-Step 35.31
21 Team CSC 42.20
22 Liquigas-Bianchi 52.53
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."
Passo Duran, Giro d'Italia, The race was reshaped today with an impressive show of force by Basso, the man Lance Armstrong picked as a favorite.
Battaglia Italiana, Simoni and Cunego Box? "Also, they have selected a photo where I appear fat."
2005 Giro d'Italia - The Dust Devil's Daily Wrap, "The next two stages should be nothing short of DY-NO-MITE!"
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."
Chat with the Director Sportivo, "Very beautiful and "rigida"( how do you say in English?)"
Pedro Delgado Interview - "In my opinion, of the directors I know, I like Vicente Belda the most."
