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2006 Tirreno-Adriatico, Stage 3

Tirreno-Adriatico, Italy

Stage 3, Avezzano - Paglieta, 183K

10 March

Rabobank Fire with Freire

Freire Fires off Iberian Missile, photo: RCS Sport

The orange Dutch Rabobank squadra fired perfectly in the final uphill kilometers to the finish in Paglieta. Their efforts helped Oscar Freire out-gun Igor Astarloa (Barloworld) to the line for stage 3 of the 41st Tirreno-Adriatico. After battling from all sorts of medical problems Freire is back with a stage win and the leader's yellow-red jersey.

The first half shook up the race but was also marred by crashes, specifically one involving GC leader Paolo Bettini (Quick-Step). The Livornese hit the pavement around 80K into affairs and was forced to abandon. Report are that he is doing fine, but it is just some scrapes and bruises.

A group of eight did form containing: Cristian Moreni (Cofidis), Beñat Albizuri (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Daniele Righi (Lampre-Fondital), Paul Crake (Naturino-Sapore di Mare), Bram Tankink (Quick-Step), Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas), Sascha Urweider (Phonak) and Matteo Priamo (Panaria-Navigare).

Behind the eight, Milram was keeping tempo at 40", but did allow the Efimkin twin brothers freedom to join the eight ahead. Both Vladimir (Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears) and Alexander (Barloworld) added to the escape's numbers but their twin-power was not to be enough. The escape did not work well together and was brought back into the fold at -30K.

The riders approached the 3.6K climb to Paglieta for the first time before beginning the two 13K circuits. They would cover the Paglieta climb two more times, the final being for the stage victory. Another group tried to form and it was Luca Ascani (Naturino-Sapore di Mare) who was given some freedom. He was sucked in and then Hugo Sabido (Barloworld) and David Kopp (Gerolsteiner) busted a move.

Coming to the final 2K curly-haired Franco Pellizotti (Liquigas) was pulling hard on the front with Alessandro Ballan (Lampre-Fondital) and Lorenzo Bernucci (T-Mobile) in his wake. The efforts helped swallow, now-solo, Sabido before l'ultimo chilometro and set-up for a showdown on the slopes to Paglieta.

The Spanish-Dutch Rabobank machine started firing off their missiles in the form of Boogerd, Dekker and Flecha, all working for Freire. Flecha gave a dig that was followed-up by Dutch favorite Boogerd. Freire was right behind, but so too was Astarloa. Leonardo Bertagnolli (Cofidis) suddenly blasted up the road to rock affairs. Il Trentino looked strong but was nailed back by an ever-pounding Boogerd before it was the turn of the 2003 World Champion.

Freire Takes GC Lead, photo: Rabobank

Igor Astarloa gunned with 250 meters remaining and looked to have the strength to carry it all the way to the line in Piazza Martiri Lancianesi. Marking Astarloa was the 3X World Champion, Freire, who cooly came around in the final 50 meters. Impressive stuff for the Rabobank Spaniard who has been battling every sort of medical problem over the last year since winning the 2005 edition of the Tirreno-Adriatico.

Does this Rabobank fire-power signal trouble for the other Milano-Sanremo contenders? La Classicissima is only eight days away and Freire appears very strong for a repeat victory on the Via Roma. Nonetheless, the rider from the Iberian Peninsula will wear the leader's yellow-red jersey for tomorrow's stage to Civitanova Marche. Stay tuned.

Results: 4:27'22", 41.067 K/h
1 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank
2 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Barloworld
3 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
4 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
5 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
6 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram
7 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner
8 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
9 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
10 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare
11 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth
12 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis
13 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
14 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick-Step 0.07
15 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak
16 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 0.09
17 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Barloworld
18 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile
19 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth
20 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
21 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC
22 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
23 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
24 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner
25 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel
26 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel
27 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC
28 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth
29 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.15
30 Massimo Iannetti (Ita) Team LPR
31 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel
32 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile
33 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare
34 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak
35 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram
36 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank
37 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir
38 Mauricio Soler (Col) Acqua & Sapone 0.21
39 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step
40 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
41 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
42 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
43 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone
44 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
45 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare
46 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner
47 José Joaquín Rojas (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
48 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.28
49 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Team LPR
50 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC
51 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux
52 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis
53 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis
54 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak
55 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak
56 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prévoyance
57 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 0.36
58 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile
59 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
60 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
61 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile 0.45
62 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
63 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Naturino-Sapore di Mare
64 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
65 Iker Leonet (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
66 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
67 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile
68 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
69 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile
70 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 0.54
71 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.58
72 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 1.10
73 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi
74 Luca Ascani (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare
75 Javier Ramírez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
76 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir
77 Mads Christensen (Den) Barloworld
78 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
79 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.20
80 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole
81 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.30
82 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team LPR 1.31
83 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak 1.35
84 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 2.02
85 Gene Michael Bates (Aus) Team LPR
86 Paul Crake (Aus) Naturino-Sapore di Mare
87 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
88 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis
89 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.07
90 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux
91 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
92 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
93 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel
94 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak
95 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux
96 Mauro Facci (Ita) Barloworld
97 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step
98 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel
99 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick-Step
100 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step
101 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner
102 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
103 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux
104 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 2.28
105 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank
106 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank
107 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 2.37
108 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 2.50
109 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto
110 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3.24
111 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram
112 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile
113 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3.39
114 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 4.18
115 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
116 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole
117 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis
118 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
119 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 4.37
120 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 4.40
121 Michele Maccanti (Ita) Team LPR
122 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole
123 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas
124 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.52
125 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick-Step 6.46
126 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.45
127 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
128 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 8.44
129 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux
130 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner
131 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram
132 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
133 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R Prévoyance
134 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prévoyance
135 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank
136 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
137 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux
138 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak
139 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas
140 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld
141 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
142 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir
143 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel
144 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole
145 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux
146 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC
147 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare
148 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner
149 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC
150 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
151 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis
152 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC
153 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team LPR
154 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
155 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 9.33
156 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
157 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
158 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Team LPR
159 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Panaria-Navigare 14.38
160 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank
161 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis
162 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Milram
163 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak
164 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
165 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
166 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
167 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare
168 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
169 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
170 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas
171 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
172 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
173 Paride Grillo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
174 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
175 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld
176 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
177 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
178 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis
179 Andrus Aug (Est) Acqua & Sapone
180 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram
181 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
182 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole
183 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Panaria-Navigare
184 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Milram
185 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick-Step 20.14
186 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux
187 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas
188 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas
189 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Team LPR
190 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner
191 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R Prévoyance
DNF Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick-Step
DNF Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC
DNF Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole
DNF Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto
DNF Isaac Gálvez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears

GC:
1 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 12:39'26"
2 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.10
3 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner
4 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
5 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
6 Massimiliano Gentili (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare
7 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis
8 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Liberty Seguros-Würth
9 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
10 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
11 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 0.13
12 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak 0.17
13 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Liquigas 0.19
14 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC
15 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner
16 Ángel Vicioso (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
17 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC
18 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth
19 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile
20 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
21 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth
22 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel
23 Pedro Arreitunandia (Spa) Barloworld
24 Levi Leipheimer (USA) Gerolsteiner
25 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel
26 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.25
27 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak
28 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel
29 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile
30 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir
31 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank
32 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.28
33 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone 0.31
34 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
35 Constantino Zaballa (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
36 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner
37 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare
38 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 0.38
39 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC
40 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak
41 Giuseppe Muraglia (Ita) Team LPR
42 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak
43 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 0.42
44 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile 0.46
45 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld
46 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram 0.56
47 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick-Step 1.00
48 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.01
49 Mauricio Soler (Col) Acqua & Sapone 1.05
50 Guido Trentin (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.18
51 Luca Ascani (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 1.20
52 Massimo Iannetti (Ita) Team LPR 1.22
53 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 1.24
54 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole 1.30
55 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team LPR 1.37
56 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.43
57 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile 2.00
58 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.02
59 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel 2.09
60 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.15
61 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.17
62 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux
63 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 2.33
64 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.47
65 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 2.48
66 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.57
67 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.02
68 Walter Bénéteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.07
69 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis 3.10
70 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.45
71 Paul Crake (Aus) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 3.52
72 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile 4.24
73 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
74 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step 4.27
75 Unai Etxebarria (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.28
76 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 4.33
77 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.50
78 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.52
79 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile 4.53
80 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 4.58
81 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 5.11
82 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak 5.14
83 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis 5.15
84 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 5.16
85 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.18
86 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak 5.46
87 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis 5.51
88 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick-Step 6.18
89 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6.29
90 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 6.36
91 Javier Ramírez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6.39
92 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 6.42
93 Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld 6.59
94 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas 7.02
95 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 7.06
96 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 7.11
97 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Barloworld 7.48
98 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel 7.51
99 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 9.12
100 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team LPR 9.21
101 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 9.34
102 Mads Christensen (Den) Barloworld 10.15
103 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 10.29
104 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 10.39
105 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 10.41
106 Bingen Fernández (Spa) Cofidis 11.12
107 Gene Michael Bates (Aus) Team LPR 11.21
108 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 11.25
109 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 11.35
110 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11.36
111 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 11.42
112 Iñigo Chaurreau (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance 12.33
113 José Joaquín Rojas (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 12.46
114 Mauro Facci (Ita) Barloworld 12.51
115 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 12.52
116 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 13.01
117 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prévoyance 13.06
118 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis
119 Iker Leonet (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 13.13
120 David Herrero (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.34
121 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC
122 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 13.35
123 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 13.44
124 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13.58
125 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 14.25
126 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step 14.35
127 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 14.40
128 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir
129 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 14.47
130 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 14.48
131 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas 14.51
132 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15.08
133 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 15.28
134 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 15.34
135 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Team LPR 15.36
136 Michele Maccanti (Ita) Team LPR 15.53
137 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 15.57
138 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15.59
139 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 16.01
140 Paride Grillo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 16.41
141 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick-Step
142 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16.50
143 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak 16.54
144 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 17.21
145 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 17.34
146 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
147 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner
148 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas 17.49
149 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 18.22
150 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Panaria-Navigare 19.00
151 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19.25
152 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 19.28
153 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 20.01
154 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 20.24
155 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20.49
156 Andrus Aug (Est) Acqua & Sapone
157 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 20.53
158 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 21.17
159 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick-Step 21.20
160 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 21.53
161 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Milram 21.55
162 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
163 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Milram
164 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 21.56
165 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 22.32
166 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 22.34
167 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Panaria-Navigare 23.54
168 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 24.16
169 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Ag2R Prévoyance 24.42
170 Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 25.22
171 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 25.41
172 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas 25.49
173 Luis Pérez (Spa) Cofidis 25.51
174 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak
175 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole 26.18
176 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 26.44
177 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 27.06
178 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 27.39
179 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 27.52
180 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 28.47
181 Roberto Laiseka (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
182 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 28.58
183 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 29.52
184 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 29.53
185 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 29.56
186 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30.50
187 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas 32.42
188 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick-Step 33.15
189 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas
190 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Team LPR 39.24
191 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R Prévoyance 43.07

Points
1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 20
2 Oscar Freire (Spa) Rabobank 17
3 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 17
4 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team LPR 15
5 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 14
6 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 12
7 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 12
8 Riccardo Riccò (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10
9 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Barloworld 10
10 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8

Mountains
1 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team L:P'R." 8
2 José Joaquín Rojas (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6
3 Ignacio Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak 5
4 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 5
5 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 5
6 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3
7 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2
8 Mauricio Soler (Col) Acqua & Sapone 2
9 Rubén Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2
10 Filippo Simeoni (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 2
11 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile 1
12 Luca Ascani (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 1
13 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1
14 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 1

Teams
1 Rabobank 37:58'48"
2 Gerolsteiner 0.18
3 Liberty Seguros-Würth
4 Discovery Channel 0.33
5 Naturino-Sapore di Mare 0.36
6 Team CSC 0.46
7 Phonak 0.50
8 T-Mobile 1.00
9 Acqua & Sapone 1.16
10 Crédit Agricole 2.11