Stage 18

The Passo Gavia is the climb today, and Ricco makes the first move. Danielson and Capecchi counter.


Contador waited until Di Luca attacked before making his move


Contador, Savoldelli, Di Luca, Ortega, Valverde, Rodas and Soler from a group chasing Ricco, Danielson and Capecchi as well as the early break.


But the peleton chased Contador's group down


But while the others gave up, Contador kept going and bridged up to the front group


Contador, Capecchi, Danielson and Ricco dropped the early break riders and pressed on - this is a great chance for Contador to secure the Giro


Capecchi was dropped near the top and Contador pulled away slightly from Ricco and Danielson taking full points


The 3 came back together in the descent, heading towards the finish


Contador would lead the sprint, but 2nd is probably the best he can hope for


As expected, Riccardo Ricco is too strong in the sprint and takes the stage


1 Riccardo Riccò BARLOWORLD 4h15'03
2 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
3 Tom Danielson DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
4 Eros Capecchi LIQUIGAS + 1'11
5 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1'59
6 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
7 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS s.t.
8 Danilo Di Luca T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
9 Marco Marzano LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
10 Daniele Pietropolli CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
11 David Blanco CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
12 Edwin Orozco BARLOWORLD s.t.
13 Leonardo Bertagnolli LIQUIGAS s.t.
14 Evgeni Petrov TEAM CSC s.t.
15 Samuel Sánchez TEAM ASTANA s.t.
16 Manuel Medina CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
17 Sandy Casar FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
18 Damiano Cunego TEAM ASTANA s.t.
19 Mauricio Soler RABOBANK s.t.
20 Juan Carlos López EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
21 Julián Rodas TEAM ASTANA s.t.
22 Santiago Botero TEAM ASTANA s.t.
23 Luca Mazzanti EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
24 Gabriele Tassinari QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
25 Paolo Savoldelli LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
26 Amets Txurruka EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
27 Robert Gesink RABOBANK s.t.
28 Jens Voigt TEAM CSC s.t.
29 José Angel Gómez Marchante TEAM CSC s.t.
30 Mauricio Ortega SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
31 Leonardo Piepoli SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
32 Guillaume Levarlet AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
33 José Azevedo LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
34 Levi Leipheimer RABOBANK s.t.
35 Leonardo Duque CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
36 Michael Rasmussen CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
37 John-Lee Augustyn DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
38 Freddy Piamonte QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
39 Enrico Gasparotto LIQUIGAS s.t.
40 Andrea Tonti AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 2'59
41 Vladimir Efimkin PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
42 Nicki Sörensen TEAM CSC s.t.
43 Matthew Lloyd RABOBANK s.t.
44 Wim Van Huffel DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 3'32
45 Pietro Caucchioli BARLOWORLD s.t.
46 Matija Kvasina UNIBET.COM s.t.
47 David Moncoutié AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
48 Laurens Ten Dam UNIBET.COM s.t.
49 Tadej Valjavec UNIBET.COM s.t.
50 Daniel Rincón DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.

GC1 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 74h58'34
2 Danilo Di Luca T-MOBILE TEAM + 3'36
3 Mauricio Soler RABOBANK + 5'52
4 Julián Rodas TEAM ASTANA + 7'06
5 Robert Gesink RABOBANK + 15'40
6 Riccardo Riccò BARLOWORLD + 16'55
7 Tom Danielson DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 18'37
8 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 22'20
9 Damiano Cunego TEAM ASTANA + 23'33
10 Santiago Botero TEAM ASTANA + 24'28
11 Matija Kvasina UNIBET.COM + 27'27
12 Mauricio Ortega SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 27'37
13 José Angel Gómez Marchante TEAM CSC + 29'45
14 Sandy Casar FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 30'14
15 Samuel Sánchez TEAM ASTANA + 30'31
16 Eros Capecchi LIQUIGAS + 30'43
17 Daniele Pietropolli CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE + 32'27
18 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 32'31
19 Edwin Orozco BARLOWORLD + 33'45
20 Vladimir Efimkin PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 34'03
21 Leonardo Piepoli SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 35'57
22 Levi Leipheimer RABOBANK + 36'01
23 John-Lee Augustyn DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 36'27
24 Pietro Caucchioli BARLOWORLD + 39'08
25 David Blanco CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 39'09

Points
1 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 155
2 Eros Capecchi LIQUIGAS 139
3 Danilo Di Luca T-MOBILE TEAM 130
4 Julián Rodas TEAM ASTANA 112
5 Paolo Bettini QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 106
6 Riccardo Riccò BARLOWORLD 94
7 Alex Rasmussen UNIBET.COM 88
8 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE 85
9 Mauricio Soler RABOBANK 84
10 Tom Danielson DISCOVERY CHANNEL 67

KoM
1 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 79
2 Julián Rodas TEAM ASTANA 62
3 Mauricio Soler RABOBANK 54
4 Danilo Di Luca T-MOBILE TEAM 53
5 Philip Deignan DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 50
6 Riccardo Riccò BARLOWORLD 45
7 Mauricio Ortega SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 25
8 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE 20
9 Tom Danielson DISCOVERY CHANNEL 16
10 Fabio Sacchi TEAM MILRAM 15


Stats boost for Blythe:

GReat results really, and good wth Blyths boost aswell.

GReat results really, and good wth Blyths boost aswell.

Nice 2nd place and Blythe is really good now

Since Im now back after a few days away, expect the Giro to finish today, as well as the Tour of Belgium, which I will probably keep to a report in just the 1 post

Stage 19



Its the last chance for Philip Deignan to get KoM points today, whoever leads after today will win the Maglia Verde. Currently the top 3 are: 1. Contador (79) 2. Rodas (62) 3. Deignan (50). 29 points may seem like a lot - but 45 points are on offer on the first 3 climbs of the day alone, with a further 10 on the one later in the stage.

Deignan went on the attack but there was a problem: Aleksandr Kolobnev of Quick Step was able to attack for twice the amount of time as Deignan, who had the unhelpful Laverde as company. Deignan did his best to close the gap but whenever it got close, it just extended again. Deignan would never manage to catch Kolobnev and settle for 2nd in all of the first 3 climbs.


Those 2nd places could be enough for Deignan though. It gave him 33 points - putting him ahead of Contador by 4 points. The problem now though is that Contador may take points in the final climb, while defending his GC lead. Deignan needs Contador to cross the climb in no higher than 4th position.

Kolobnev, Deignan and Laverde were all caught and dropped inbetween the summit of the 3rd climb and base of the 4th. Danielson initiated the moves as both Soler and Di Luca countered - it was bad timing since Contador was drinking at the time


Contador made a countermove as soon as he could though


He made it up to Soler and Danielson, but not Di Luca


Di Luca crossed over the top with a 38 second advantage


Rodas, Ortega and Valverde had all joined Contador's group and in crossing 5th, Contador has allowed Deignan to win the KoM competition!!


Having held back slightly in order to do that, Contador could then try to inject some pace into the chase on the descent


Danilo di Luca is desperate to add to his Zoncolan stage win though. He is taking plenty of risks and with 1.6km to go victory looked his, until he took 1 risk too many and crashed!!


The group of 6 all avoided Di Luca, with Contador right at the back having had a slight difficulty in falling the furious pace. Who will win the stage now?


Valverde of course! An easy win for the ProTour leader as Contador safely finishes in 6th


Danilo di Luca slowly pedalled towards the line, a dejected figure, losing 1'55 on the lead 6 - meaning the crash cost him roughly 2 and a half minutes - possibly more if he is injured.


A large group of 72 followed Di Luca in, led by Enrico Gasparotto and containing both Alex Efimkin and Dan Lloyd

1 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE 6h31'32
2 Mauricio Ortega SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
3 Julián Rodas TEAM ASTANA s.t.
4 Mauricio Soler RABOBANK s.t.
5 Tom Danielson DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
6 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
7 Danilo Di Luca T-MOBILE TEAM + 1'55
8 Enrico Gasparotto LIQUIGAS + 2'24
9 Samuel Sánchez TEAM ASTANA s.t.
10 Christopher Sutton UNIBET.COM s.t.
11 Eros Capecchi LIQUIGAS s.t.
12 Damiano Cunego TEAM ASTANA s.t.
13 Leonardo Duque CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
14 Andrea Moletta GEROLSTEINER s.t.
15 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS s.t.
16 Edwin Orozco BARLOWORLD s.t.
17 Matija Kvasina UNIBET.COM s.t.
18 Daniele Pietropolli CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
19 Pierrick Fédrigo CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
20 Santo Anzà AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
21 Davide Rebellin TEAM CSC s.t.
22 �ngel Vicioso PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
23 Riccardo Riccò BARLOWORLD s.t.
24 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
25 Robert Gesink RABOBANK s.t.
26 Andrea Tonti AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
27 Alexander Efimkin DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
28 Pietro Caucchioli BARLOWORLD s.t.
29 Matthew Lloyd RABOBANK s.t.
30 Gabriele Tassinari QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
31 Kenny Van der Schueren RABOBANK s.t.
32 Evgeni Petrov TEAM CSC s.t.
33 Laurens Ten Dam UNIBET.COM s.t.
34 Leonardo Bertagnolli LIQUIGAS s.t.
35 Francesco Bellotti BARLOWORLD s.t.
36 Martin Gilbert T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
37 Santiago Botero TEAM ASTANA s.t.
38 Mauricio Ardila CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
39 Luca Mazzanti EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
40 José Angel Gómez Marchante TEAM CSC s.t.
41 Dario Cataldo BARLOWORLD s.t.
42 Nicki Sörensen TEAM CSC s.t.
43 Vladimir Efimkin PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
44 Andriy Grivko FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
45 Jens Voigt TEAM CSC s.t.
46 Manuele Mori FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
47 Amets Txurruka EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
48 Juan Carlos López EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
49 Sergio Ghisalberti TEAM MILRAM s.t.
50 Guillaume Levarlet AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
51 Levi Leipheimer RABOBANK s.t.
52 Leonardo Piepoli SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
53 Sandy Casar FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
54 Giampaolo Cheula SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
55 Mario Aerts PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
56 David Moncoutié AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
57 Matthias Ruß GEROLSTEINER s.t.
58 Rémi Pauriol CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
59 Pasquale Muto RABOBANK s.t.
60 Tadej Valjavec UNIBET.COM s.t.
61 Steven Kleynen COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
62 Freddy Piamonte QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
63 Steve Zampieri COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
64 David Blanco CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
65 Ivan Santaromita QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
66 Jenning Huizenga COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
67 Manuel Medina CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
68 Wim Van Huffel DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
69 José Joaquín Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
70 John-Lee Augustyn DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
71 Michael Rasmussen CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
72 José Rujano DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
73 David George DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
74 Daniel Rincón DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
75 David Muñoz CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
76 Rubén Lobato SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
77 Andreas Klöden LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
78 Massimo Giunti CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
79 Daniel Lloyd DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
80 Dimitri Champion SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 4'48
81 Dimitri Fofonov CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
82 Dioni Galparsoro EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 5'20
83 Mirko Celestino RABOBANK s.t.
84 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
85 Steven Cummings DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
86 Pablo Lastras CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
87 Hector Orlando Mesa CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
88 Paolo Savoldelli LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
89 Danilo Napolitano LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
90 José Azevedo LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
91 Marco Marzano LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
92 Adam Blythe DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 6'50
93 Vladimir Bileka DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 9'33
94 Paolo Bailetti T-MOBILE TEAM + 13'54
95 Paolo Bettini QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 14'50
96 Joost Posthuma AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
97 Alexandr Kolobnev QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
98 Fabio Sacchi TEAM MILRAM + 15'30
99 Marco Pinotti T-MOBILE TEAM + 15'54
100 Benoît Vaugrenard T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.

GC
1 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 81h30'06
2 Danilo Di Luca T-MOBILE TEAM + 5'31
3 Mauricio Soler RABOBANK + 5'52
4 Julián Rodas TEAM ASTANA + 6'58
5 Robert Gesink RABOBANK + 18'04
6 Tom Danielson DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 18'37
7 Riccardo Riccò BARLOWORLD + 19'19
8 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 22'00
9 Damiano Cunego TEAM ASTANA + 25'57
10 Santiago Botero TEAM ASTANA + 26'52
11 Mauricio Ortega SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 27'25
12 Matija Kvasina UNIBET.COM + 29'51
13 José Angel Gómez Marchante TEAM CSC + 32'09
14 Sandy Casar FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 32'38
15 Samuel Sánchez TEAM ASTANA + 32'55
16 Eros Capecchi LIQUIGAS + 33'07
17 Daniele Pietropolli CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE + 34'51
18 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 34'55
19 Edwin Orozco BARLOWORLD + 36'09
20 Vladimir Efimkin PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 36'27

Points
1 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 165
2 Eros Capecchi LIQUIGAS 146
3 Danilo Di Luca T-MOBILE TEAM 139
4 Julián Rodas TEAM ASTANA 128
5 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE 110
6 Paolo Bettini QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 106
7 Mauricio Soler RABOBANK 98
8 Riccardo Riccò BARLOWORLD 94
9 Alex Rasmussen UNIBET.COM 88
10 Tom Danielson DISCOVERY CHANNEL 79

KoM
1 Philip Deignan DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 83
2 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 80
3 Julián Rodas TEAM ASTANA 66
4 Danilo Di Luca T-MOBILE TEAM 63
5 Mauricio Soler RABOBANK 60
6 Riccardo Riccò BARLOWORLD 47
7 Alexandr Kolobnev QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 45
8 Mauricio Ortega SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 27
9 Luis Felipe Laverde CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE 24
10 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE 20

Great riding in the Giro.

Kind of feel sad for Di Luca but ah well.

Stage 20

Sebastien Langeveld was the early leader, shown here passing Geraint Thomas


Here is Philip Deignan in his first outing in the KoM jersey


Eros Capecchi wears the points jersey but it is Contador who leads that competition. Capecchi is an incredible 16th overall in the GC.


Robert Gesink secured 5th overall and the young riders jersey


The man starting in 4th overall, Julian Rodas, was a man on a mission today. He won the stage.


Rodas was also able to pass Soler and Di Luca in the GC - although he is now on the same time overall as Di Luca.


Alberto Contador had an easy ride today. Taking a fairly conservative approach before putting in a fast finish to take 3rd on the stage - his best TT performances of the Giro


1 Julián Rodas TEAM ASTANA 41'06
2 Sebastian Langeveld GEROLSTEINER + 23
3 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 37
4 Santiago Botero TEAM ASTANA + 41
5 Benoît Vaugrenard T-MOBILE TEAM + 50
6 Levi Leipheimer RABOBANK + 51
7 Mauricio Ortega SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 52
8 Robert Gesink RABOBANK + 55
9 Tom Danielson DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 56
10 Joost Posthuma AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 1'08
11 Tim Gudsell FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 1'21
12 Evgeni Petrov TEAM CSC + 1'23
13 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
14 Danilo Di Luca T-MOBILE TEAM + 1'27
15 Shaun Higgerson FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 1'28
16 Dimitri Champion SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 1'30
17 Matija Kvasina UNIBET.COM + 1'35
18 David George DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 1'41
19 José Angel Gómez Marchante TEAM CSC + 1'42
20 Steven Cummings DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 1'43
21 Paolo Savoldelli LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 1'45
22 Andreas Klöden LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
23 Torsten Hiekmann GEROLSTEINER + 1'48
24 Jenning Huizenga COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 1'49
25 Edwin Orozco BARLOWORLD + 1'51
26 Jens Voigt TEAM CSC + 1'56
27 Kurt-Asle Arvesen TEAM CSC + 1'57
28 Christopher Sutton UNIBET.COM s.t.
29 Sebastian Lang GEROLSTEINER + 2'02
30 José Azevedo LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 2'03
31 Matthias Ruß GEROLSTEINER + 2'04
32 David Blanco CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 2'06
33 Riccardo Riccò BARLOWORLD + 2'07
34 Manuel Medina CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 2'08
35 Olivier Kaisen PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
36 Maxime Bouet COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
37 Andriy Grivko FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
38 �ngel Vicioso PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 2'09
39 Tyler Farrar GEROLSTEINER s.t.
40 John-Lee Augustyn DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 2'11
41 Yuri Krivtsov LIQUIGAS + 2'16
42 Gabriele Tassinari QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 2'17
43 Juan Carlos López EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 2'19
44 José Rujano DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
45 Mauricio Soler RABOBANK + 2'21
46 Laurens Ten Dam UNIBET.COM + 2'23
47 Marco Pinotti T-MOBILE TEAM + 2'25
48 Alex Rasmussen UNIBET.COM + 2'26
49 Sandy Casar FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
50 Mathieu Ladagnous FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 2'31
51 Carlos Eduardo Alzate EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 2'38
52 Samuel Sánchez TEAM ASTANA + 2'41
53 Daniel Foder QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 2'46
54 Assan Bazayev CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 2'48
55 José Joaquín Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
56 Pablo Lastras CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 2'50
57 Michael Rasmussen CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
58 Vladimir Efimkin PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 2'52
59 David Moncoutié AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 2'53
60 Damiano Cunego TEAM ASTANA + 2'56
61 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 2'57
62 Andrea Moletta GEROLSTEINER + 2'58
63 William Bonnet TEAM MILRAM + 3'04
64 Gert Dockx PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 3'05
65 Eros Capecchi LIQUIGAS + 3'08
66 Matthew Lloyd RABOBANK s.t.
67 Adam Blythe DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 3'09
68 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS s.t.
69 Daniele Pietropolli CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE + 3'10
70 Alexander Efimkin DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 3'15
71 Sergio Ghisalberti TEAM MILRAM + 3'16
72 Amets Txurruka EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
73 Daniel Rincón DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
74 Pierrick Fédrigo CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 3'19
75 Leonardo Bertagnolli LIQUIGAS + 3'20
76 Pietro Caucchioli BARLOWORLD + 3'21
77 Anxo Celades CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
78 Geraint Thomas DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 3'22
79 Pieter Riis Andersen TEAM CSC s.t.
80 Diego Caccia BARLOWORLD s.t.
81 Cyril Lemoine CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
82 Davide Rebellin TEAM CSC + 3'23
83 Mario Aerts PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
84 Hector Orlando Mesa CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 3'24
85 Dario Cataldo BARLOWORLD + 3'26
86 Alexandr Kolobnev QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 3'29
87 Paolo Bettini QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 3'30
88 Ian Stannard DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
89 Daniel Lloyd DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 3'32
90 Massimilliano Mori COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
91 Mikhail Timochine LIQUIGAS + 3'33
92 Sérgio Sousa T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
93 Guillaume Levarlet AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
94 Antonio Bucciero CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE + 3'34
95 Dainius Grigalevichius SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
96 Alan Pérez EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 3'35
97 Leonardo Duque CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
98 Tadej Valjavec UNIBET.COM + 3'36
99 Enrico Gasparotto LIQUIGAS + 3'37
100 Nicki Sörensen TEAM CSC + 3'38

GC
1 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 82h11'49
2 Julián Rodas TEAM ASTANA + 6'21
3 Danilo Di Luca T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
4 Mauricio Soler RABOBANK + 7'36
5 Robert Gesink RABOBANK + 18'22
6 Tom Danielson DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 18'56
7 Riccardo Riccò BARLOWORLD + 20'49
8 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 22'46
9 Santiago Botero TEAM ASTANA + 26'56
10 Mauricio Ortega SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 27'40
11 Damiano Cunego TEAM ASTANA + 28'16
12 Matija Kvasina UNIBET.COM + 30'49
13 José Angel Gómez Marchante TEAM CSC + 33'14
14 Sandy Casar FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 34'27
15 Samuel Sánchez TEAM ASTANA + 34'59
16 Eros Capecchi LIQUIGAS + 35'38
17 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 37'15
18 Edwin Orozco BARLOWORLD + 37'23
19 Daniele Pietropolli CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE + 37'24
20 Levi Leipheimer RABOBANK + 38'39
21 Vladimir Efimkin PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 38'42
22 John-Lee Augustyn DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 40'25
23 Leonardo Piepoli SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 41'50
24 David Blanco CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 43'02
25 Manuel Medina CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 43'20

Points
1 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 181
2 Julián Rodas TEAM ASTANA 153
3 Eros Capecchi LIQUIGAS 146
4 Danilo Di Luca T-MOBILE TEAM 141
5 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE 113
6 Paolo Bettini QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 106
7 Mauricio Soler RABOBANK 98
8 Riccardo Riccò BARLOWORLD 94
9 Alex Rasmussen UNIBET.COM 88
10 Tom Danielson DISCOVERY CHANNEL 86

KoM
1 Philip Deignan DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 83
2 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 80
3 Julián Rodas TEAM ASTANA 66
4 Danilo Di Luca T-MOBILE TEAM 63
5 Mauricio Soler RABOBANK 60
6 Riccardo Riccò BARLOWORLD 47
7 Alexandr Kolobnev QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 45
8 Mauricio Ortega SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 27
9 Luis Felipe Laverde CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE 24
10 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE 20

Great Giro

Yay the master of stories is back
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Stage 21

So, the final stage of the Giro. Geraint Thomas went with the break which included 17th Overall Nocentini, 20th Overall Leipheimer and Quick Step's Tassinari.


Lampre and Liquigas chased the break down though, Thomas and Leipheimer were the last to be caught

All 4 riders dropped off the peleton, so Nocentini and Leipheimer will drop down the GC

The real action of the stage happened in the last 10km: Crashes

9.6km to go, 6th Overall Tom Danielson crashes. 19th overall Pietropolli does too while 22nd overall Augustyn is amongst the Discovery Channel riders to drop back to help Danielson.


5.4km to go, a Huge crash.

Amongst the carnage are Di Luca, Rodas, Cunego, Sanchez, Casar, Ricco, Orozco, Lloyd, Blythe and Deignan

Just over 1km to go, Danielson and Pietropolli crashed again


Meanwhile, William Bonnet won the stage ahead of Napolitano and Duque


Contador crossed the line safely to secure Giro victory


1 William Bonnet TEAM MILRAM 3h14'49
2 Danilo Napolitano LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
3 Leonardo Duque CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
4 Eros Capecchi LIQUIGAS s.t.
5 Alex Rasmussen UNIBET.COM s.t.
6 Christopher Sutton UNIBET.COM s.t.
7 Tyler Farrar GEROLSTEINER s.t.
8 Ersilio Calogero TEAM MILRAM s.t.
9 Enrico Gasparotto LIQUIGAS s.t.
10 Fabio Sacchi TEAM MILRAM s.t.
11 Carlos Eduardo Alzate EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
12 Marco Marcato UNIBET.COM s.t.
13 Assan Bazayev CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
14 Allan Davis TEAM MILRAM s.t.
15 Alberto Loddo TEAM MILRAM s.t.
16 Michal Golas UNIBET.COM s.t.
17 Matija Kvasina UNIBET.COM s.t.
18 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
19 Alan Pérez EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
20 José Joaquín Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
21 Patrice Halgand CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
22 �ngel Vicioso PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
23 Martin Pedersen UNIBET.COM s.t.
24 Kurt-Asle Arvesen TEAM CSC s.t.
25 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS s.t.
26 Davide Rebellin TEAM CSC s.t.
27 René Weissinger TEAM ASTANA s.t.
28 Robert Gesink RABOBANK s.t.
29 Anthony Charteau CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
30 Daniel Foder QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
31 Mirko Celestino RABOBANK s.t.
32 Nicki Sörensen TEAM CSC s.t.
33 Yuri Krivtsov LIQUIGAS s.t.
34 Pasquale Muto RABOBANK s.t.
35 Maxime Bouet COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
36 Vladimir Efimkin PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
37 Stéphane Augé COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
38 Tadej Valjavec UNIBET.COM s.t.
39 Mauricio Ortega SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
40 Kenny Van der Schueren RABOBANK s.t.
41 Mauricio Soler RABOBANK s.t.
42 Sergio Ghisalberti TEAM MILRAM s.t.
43 Matthias Ruß GEROLSTEINER s.t.
44 José Angel Gómez Marchante TEAM CSC s.t.
45 Mario Aerts PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
46 Massimilliano Mori COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
47 Laurens Ten Dam UNIBET.COM s.t.
48 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
49 Cyril Lemoine CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
50 David Muñoz CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
51 José Antonio Baños COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
52 Pablo Lastras CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
53 Paolo Bettini QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
54 Amets Txurruka EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
55 Andreas Klöden LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
56 Juan Carlos López EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
57 Alexandr Kolobnev QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
58 Guillaume Levarlet AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
59 Santiago Botero TEAM ASTANA s.t.
60 Pierrick Fédrigo CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
61 Manuel Medina CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
62 Raúl Alarcón SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
63 José Luis Arrieta AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
64 Paolo Savoldelli LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
65 Dimitri Fofonov CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
66 Rémi Pauriol CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
67 Dioni Galparsoro EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
68 Joost Posthuma AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
69 David Moncoutié AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
70 Ivan Santaromita QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
71 Elia Rigotto TEAM MILRAM s.t.
72 Ian Stannard DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
73 Alexander Efimkin DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
74 Lucas De Visscher RABOBANK s.t.
75 Leonardo Piepoli SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
76 René Haselbacher TEAM ASTANA + 2'18
77 Samuel Sánchez TEAM ASTANA s.t.
78 Robert Retschke CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
79 Yoann Offredo BARLOWORLD s.t.
80 Edwin Orozco BARLOWORLD s.t.
81 Guennadi Mikhailov TEAM ASTANA s.t.
82 Gorazd Stangelj LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
83 Paride Grillo CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
84 Paul Voss TEAM ASTANA s.t.
85 Sebastian Langeveld GEROLSTEINER s.t.
86 Fabio Sabatini TEAM MILRAM s.t.
87 Mathieu Ladagnous FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
88 Danilo Di Luca T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
89 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
90 Juan José Haedo TEAM CSC s.t.
91 Mirko Lorenzetto TEAM MILRAM s.t.
92 Claudio Corioni AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
93 Max Van Heeswijk COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
94 Alessandro Proni QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
95 Luca Mazzanti EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
96 Manuele Mori FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
97 Damiano Cunego TEAM ASTANA s.t.
98 Andrea Moletta GEROLSTEINER s.t.
99 Riccardo Riccò BARLOWORLD s.t.
100 Sérgio Sousa T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
101 Mickael Delage FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
102 Dario Cataldo BARLOWORLD s.t.
103 Tim Gudsell FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
104 Shaun Higgerson FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
105 Andrea Tonti AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
106 Jens Voigt TEAM CSC s.t.
107 Julián Rodas TEAM ASTANA s.t.
108 Martin Gilbert T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
109 Santo Anzà AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
110 Lucio Capozzi BARLOWORLD s.t.
111 Benoît Vaugrenard T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
112 Yon Bru EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
113 Mikhail Timochine LIQUIGAS s.t.
114 Evgeni Petrov TEAM CSC s.t.
115 Giampaolo Cheula SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
116 Jenning Huizenga COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
117 Sebastian Lang GEROLSTEINER s.t.
118 Sandy Casar FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
119 Paolo Bossoni LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
120 Antonio Bucciero CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
121 David Blanco CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
122 Andriy Grivko FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
123 Paolo Bailetti T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
124 Mauricio Ardila CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
125 Steve Zampieri COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
126 Leonardo Bertagnolli LIQUIGAS s.t.
127 Matthew Lloyd RABOBANK s.t.
128 Rubén Lobato SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
129 Freddy Piamonte QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
130 Michael Rasmussen CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
131 Pieter Riis Andersen TEAM CSC s.t.
132 Marco Pinotti T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
133 Steven Kleynen COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
134 Jesús Herrada EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
135 Aaron Olson T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
136 Marco Marzano LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
137 Philip Deignan DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
138 Aitor Ocampos EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
139 Ernesto Bertini LIQUIGAS s.t.
140 Dailos Díaz FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
141 Ricardo Martins T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
142 Hector Orlando Mesa CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
143 Massimo Giunti CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
144 Anxo Celades CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
145 Diego Caccia BARLOWORLD s.t.
146 Murilo Fischer LIQUIGAS s.t.
147 Dainius Grigalevichius SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
148 Cetteo Carlotti PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
149 Daniel Lloyd DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 3'56
150 Adam Blythe DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
151 Olivier Kaisen PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
152 José Azevedo LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
153 Steven Cummings DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 5'04
154 José Rujano DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
155 Vladimir Bileka DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
156 John-Lee Augustyn DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
157 Daniele Pietropolli CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
158 Tom Danielson DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
159 Daniel Rincón DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
160 Leonardo Scarselli QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
161 Pietro Caucchioli BARLOWORLD s.t.
162 David George DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
163 Luis Felipe Laverde CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE s.t.
164 Levi Leipheimer RABOBANK + 8'53
165 Geraint Thomas DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 10'02
166 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 13'56
167 Gabriele Tassinari QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 16'52


Final GC
1 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 85h26'38
2 Mauricio Soler RABOBANK + 7'36
3 Danilo Di Luca T-MOBILE TEAM + 8'39
4 Julián Rodas TEAM ASTANA s.t.
5 Robert Gesink RABOBANK + 18'22
6 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 22'46
7 Riccardo Riccò BARLOWORLD + 23'07
8 Tom Danielson DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 24'00
9 Santiago Botero TEAM ASTANA + 26'56
10 Mauricio Ortega SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 27'40
11 Damiano Cunego TEAM ASTANA + 30'34
12 Matija Kvasina UNIBET.COM + 30'49
13 José Angel Gómez Marchante TEAM CSC + 33'14
14 Eros Capecchi LIQUIGAS + 35'38
15 Sandy Casar FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 36'45
16 Samuel Sánchez TEAM ASTANA + 37'17
17 Vladimir Efimkin PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 38'42
18 Edwin Orozco BARLOWORLD + 39'41
19 Leonardo Piepoli SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 41'50
20 Daniele Pietropolli CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE + 42'28
21 Manuel Medina CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 43'20
22 Juan Carlos López EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 43'59
23 David Blanco CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 45'20
24 John-Lee Augustyn DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 45'29
25 Leonardo Bertagnolli LIQUIGAS + 47'26
26 Levi Leipheimer RABOBANK s.t.
27 Andreas Klöden LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 47'32
28 Matthew Lloyd RABOBANK + 47'37
29 Amets Txurruka EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 48'06
30 José Rujano DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 48'45
31 Michael Rasmussen CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 49'20
32 Pietro Caucchioli BARLOWORLD s.t.
33 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS + 50'02
34 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 51'07
35 Laurens Ten Dam UNIBET.COM + 51'08
36 Tadej Valjavec UNIBET.COM + 53'49
37 Dario Cataldo BARLOWORLD + 53'56
38 Matthias Ruß GEROLSTEINER + 55'51
39 Mauricio Ardila CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE + 57'01
40 Leonardo Duque CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 57'13
41 Daniel Rincón DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 58'27
42 José Joaquín Rojas CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1h00'29
43 Enrico Gasparotto LIQUIGAS + 1h00'50
44 Guillaume Levarlet AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
45 Luca Mazzanti EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 1h02'57
46 Giampaolo Cheula SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 1h06'47
47 Andrea Tonti AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 1h06'49
48 David Moncoutié AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 1h08'35
49 �ngel Vicioso PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 1h08'36
50 Andriy Grivko FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 1h08'50
51 Alexander Efimkin DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 1h09'03
52 Steve Zampieri COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 1h09'13
53 Jenning Huizenga COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 1h09'15
54 Pablo Lastras CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1h11'44
55 Mario Aerts PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 1h12'33
56 Joost Posthuma AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 1h15'47
57 Manuele Mori FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 1h19'00
58 Freddy Piamonte QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 1h21'03
59 Kenny Van der Schueren RABOBANK + 1h23'32
60 Paolo Bettini QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 1h23'44
61 David Muñoz CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1h24'49
62 Pierrick Fédrigo CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 1h25'54
63 Gabriele Tassinari QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 1h26'36
64 Andrea Moletta GEROLSTEINER + 1h27'25
65 David George DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 1h28'30
66 Fabio Sacchi TEAM MILRAM + 1h28'57
67 Mirko Celestino RABOBANK + 1h29'12
68 Hector Orlando Mesa CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1h29'23
69 Alexandr Kolobnev QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 1h32'49
70 Martin Gilbert T-MOBILE TEAM + 1h35'49
71 Santo Anzà AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 1h39'05
72 Marco Pinotti T-MOBILE TEAM + 1h41'59
73 Luis Felipe Laverde CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE + 1h42'25
74 Patrice Halgand CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 1h43'04
75 Pasquale Muto RABOBANK + 1h43'27
76 Evgeni Petrov TEAM CSC + 1h44'13
77 Rubén Lobato SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 1h44'37
78 Nicki Sörensen TEAM CSC + 1h45'31
79 Sergio Ghisalberti TEAM MILRAM + 1h45'50
80 Philip Deignan DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 1h49'00
81 Jens Voigt TEAM CSC + 1h49'24
82 Marco Marzano LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 1h51'15
83 Rémi Pauriol CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 1h52'41
84 Dimitri Fofonov CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 1h55'18
85 Paolo Savoldelli LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 1h58'17
86 Daniel Lloyd DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 1h58'23
87 Steven Kleynen COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 2h00'57
88 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 2h01'18
89 Shaun Higgerson FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 2h02'08
90 Massimo Giunti CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE + 2h07'11
91 Danilo Napolitano LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 2h07'17
92 Robert Retschke CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE + 2h07'36
93 Dailos Díaz FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 2h08'32
94 Dioni Galparsoro EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 2h12'15
95 José Azevedo LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 2h12'52
96 Adam Blythe DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 2h13'18
97 Ivan Santaromita QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 2h13'56
98 Benoît Vaugrenard T-MOBILE TEAM + 2h14'01
99 Daniel Foder QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 2h15'42
100 Paolo Bailetti T-MOBILE TEAM + 2h17'53
101 Davide Rebellin TEAM CSC + 2h24'21
102 Vladimir Bileka DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 2h33'29
103 Alessandro Proni QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 2h34'28
104 Stéphane Augé COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 2h34'47
105 Christopher Sutton UNIBET.COM + 2h37'07
106 Kurt-Asle Arvesen TEAM CSC + 2h38'14
107 Tyler Farrar GEROLSTEINER + 2h41'02
108 José Luis Arrieta AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 2h41'19
109 Pieter Riis Andersen TEAM CSC + 2h48'13
110 Massimilliano Mori COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 2h49'02
111 Steven Cummings DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 2h50'02
112 Ian Stannard DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 2h52'34
113 Marco Marcato UNIBET.COM + 2h53'57
114 Anthony Charteau CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 2h55'51
115 Olivier Kaisen PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 2h57'50
116 Mikhail Timochine LIQUIGAS + 3h01'02
117 Fabio Sabatini TEAM MILRAM + 3h01'18
118 Elia Rigotto TEAM MILRAM + 3h01'44
119 Alex Rasmussen UNIBET.COM + 3h02'10
120 Lucas De Visscher RABOBANK + 3h02'27
121 Carlos Eduardo Alzate EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 3h02'28
122 René Weissinger TEAM ASTANA + 3h02'59
123 Juan José Haedo TEAM CSC + 3h04'27
124 Martin Pedersen UNIBET.COM + 3h05'53
125 Claudio Corioni AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 3h06'29
126 Mathieu Ladagnous FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 3h07'08
127 Sebastian Langeveld GEROLSTEINER + 3h08'18
128 Paolo Bossoni LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 3h08'26
129 William Bonnet TEAM MILRAM + 3h09'20
130 Allan Davis TEAM MILRAM + 3h10'14
131 Assan Bazayev CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 3h12'53
132 Maxime Bouet COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 3h15'05
133 Yuri Krivtsov LIQUIGAS + 3h15'21
134 Alan Pérez EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 3h15'57
135 Mirko Lorenzetto TEAM MILRAM + 3h16'48
136 Paride Grillo CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE + 3h17'46
137 Max Van Heeswijk COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 3h18'14
138 Geraint Thomas DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 3h19'06
139 Tim Gudsell FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 3h22'34
140 Ersilio Calogero TEAM MILRAM + 3h22'48
141 Sérgio Sousa T-MOBILE TEAM + 3h28'59
142 Guennadi Mikhailov TEAM ASTANA + 3h30'56
143 Yoann Offredo BARLOWORLD + 3h31'00
144 José Antonio Baños COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 3h31'42
145 Lucio Capozzi BARLOWORLD + 3h32'21
146 Sebastian Lang GEROLSTEINER + 3h33'50
147 Gorazd Stangelj LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 3h34'02
148 Paul Voss TEAM ASTANA s.t.
149 Cetteo Carlotti PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 3h34'09
150 Mickael Delage FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 3h34'41
151 Diego Caccia BARLOWORLD + 3h36'52
152 Yon Bru EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 3h38'24
153 Michal Golas UNIBET.COM + 3h38'42
154 René Haselbacher TEAM ASTANA + 3h39'34
155 Raúl Alarcón SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 3h40'04
156 Antonio Bucciero CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE + 3h41'03
157 Dainius Grigalevichius SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 3h44'28
158 Cyril Lemoine CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 3h44'44
159 Alberto Loddo TEAM MILRAM + 3h49'56
160 Murilo Fischer LIQUIGAS + 3h51'12
161 Aaron Olson T-MOBILE TEAM + 3h52'13
162 Anxo Celades CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 3h55'29
163 Ricardo Martins T-MOBILE TEAM + 3h57'21
164 Ernesto Bertini LIQUIGAS + 4h04'25
165 Aitor Ocampos EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 4h20'10
166 Leonardo Scarselli QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 4h27'10
167 Jesús Herrada EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 4h35'17

Points
1 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 181
2 Eros Capecchi LIQUIGAS 160
3 Julián Rodas TEAM ASTANA 153
4 Danilo Di Luca T-MOBILE TEAM 141
5 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE 113
6 Paolo Bettini QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 106
7 Alex Rasmussen UNIBET.COM 100
8 Mauricio Soler RABOBANK 98
9 Riccardo Riccò BARLOWORLD 94
10 Danilo Napolitano LAMPRE - FONDITAL 87
24 Geraint Thomas DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 40
49 Ian Stannard DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 22
72 Philip Deignan DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 8

KoM
1 Philip Deignan DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 83
2 Alberto Contador DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 80
3 Julián Rodas TEAM ASTANA 66
4 Danilo Di Luca T-MOBILE TEAM 63
5 Mauricio Soler RABOBANK 60
6 Riccardo Riccò BARLOWORLD 47
7 Alexandr Kolobnev QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 45
8 Mauricio Ortega SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 27
9 Luis Felipe Laverde CERAMICA PANARIA - NAVIGARE 24
10 Alejandro Valverde CAISSE D'EPARGNE 20

With Goss going for the sprints and Nolf hoping for a strong showing, Millar, Ignatiev, Iglinski and Swift are here in their TDF buildup as Oliphant and Sulzberger make up the numbers.

Stage 1

Matt Goss had looked good in the few days at the Giro before his abandonment, but could only manage 4th on Stage 1.


1 Hans Dekkers PREDICTOR - LOTTO 4h05'42
2 Kenny De Ketele CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN s.t.
3 Angelo Furlan UNIBET.COM s.t.
4 Matthew Goss DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
5 Bobbie Traksel DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
6 Marcel Sieberg PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
7 Grégory Joseph DAVITAMON - WIN FOR LIFE - JONG VLAANDEREN s.t.
8 Sebastian Schwager SKIL - SHIMANO s.t.
9 Antonio Aldegani QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
10 Graeme Brown RABOBANK s.t.
22 Ben Swift DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.

Stage 2

A stage with a couple of cobbled hills at around 60km from the finish. Nolf looked to take advantage.


And he severely strecthed the field


Instead of risking going on a 60km solo, he waited for 2 Chocolaude Jacques riders, Verbist and 2nd Overall De Ketele.


De Ketele just sat in the wheels as Nolf and Verbist relayed, until an intermediate sprint with 23km to go. De Ketele went for it, so Nolf had to too. But Verbist dropped off and De Ketele still would not relay with Nolf.

There was little Nolf could do but drag De Ketele to the finish, 2nd is better than being caught


None of the rest of the team finished in the peleton whilst Iglinsky and Sulzberger were amongst those outside of the time limit.

1 Kenny De Ketele CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN 4h36'01
2 Frederik Nolf DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
3 Evert Verbist CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN + 1'47
4 Gorik Gardeyn UNIBET.COM s.t.
5 Michaël Polazzi PÔLE CONTINENTAL WALLON BODYSOL - EUROMILLIONS s.t.
6 Antonio Aldegani QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
7 Thomas Degand DAVITAMON - WIN FOR LIFE - JONG VLAANDEREN s.t.
8 Matthew Hayman RABOBANK s.t.
9 Grégory Joseph DAVITAMON - WIN FOR LIFE - JONG VLAANDEREN s.t.
10 Bobbie Traksel DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.

Stage 3

We were optimistic going into the 15km flat TT but things didnt work out well. Nolf couldnt gain 16 seconds on De Ketele - and infact lost time. While Ignatiev and particularly Millar are too out of form to produce a good time trial at the moment. Goss did surprisingly well though. Nolf:


1 Michael Schär BABES ONLY - VILLAPARK LINGEMEER - FLANDERS 19'46
2 Rick Flens RABOBANK + 2
3 Niels Scheuneman UNIBET.COM s.t.
4 Stefan Schumacher TEAM SLIPSTREAM + 5
5 Bram Deprez JARTAZI PROMO FASHION + 9
6 Marcel Sieberg PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 23
7 Jan Ghyselinck DAVITAMON - WIN FOR LIFE - JONG VLAANDEREN + 30
8 Sergio Paulinho RABOBANK + 32
9 Piotr Przydzial PÔLE CONTINENTAL WALLON BODYSOL - EUROMILLIONS + 33
10 Kristof Goddaert DAVITAMON - WIN FOR LIFE - JONG VLAANDEREN s.t.
11 Gerben Löwik RABOBANK + 36
12 Serge Pauwels CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN + 39
13 Pavel Brutt QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 48
14 Mikhail Ignatiev DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 50
15 Michaël Polazzi PÔLE CONTINENTAL WALLON BODYSOL - EUROMILLIONS + 52
16 Rémy Di Gregorio DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 53
17 Kenny De Ketele CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN + 54
18 Tom Criel BABES ONLY - VILLAPARK LINGEMEER - FLANDERS + 55
19 Alan Suchoparek DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 57
20 Xavier Hérinne PÔLE CONTINENTAL WALLON BODYSOL - EUROMILLIONS + 58
21 Antonio Quadranti UNIBET.COM + 1'02
22 Taylor Phinney DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
23 Bobbie Traksel DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
24 Denis Kudashev UNIBET.COM + 1'04
25 Stefano Barberi QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 1'06
26 William Frischkorn TEAM SLIPSTREAM s.t.
27 Matthew Goss DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 1'07
28 Frederik Nolf DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 1'10
29 Laurent Fontaine PÔLE CONTINENTAL WALLON BODYSOL - EUROMILLIONS s.t.
30 Jérôme Baugnies DAVITAMON - WIN FOR LIFE - JONG VLAANDEREN + 1'16
31 Bart Aernouts LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER + 1'18
32 David Millar DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 1'19
33 Ben Swift DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
34 Fabio Polazzi PÔLE CONTINENTAL WALLON BODYSOL - EUROMILLIONS + 1'20
35 Pieter Jacobs JARTAZI PROMO FASHION + 1'21

Stage 4

The hilly stage included the Mur de Huy midway through and Col de la Redoute towards the end. Kenny de Ketele proved to be the strongest in the race as he won the stage, outsprinting Stefan Schumacher of Slipstream after both had broken clear. Nolf drops to 3rd overall after losing time to Schumacher.


1 Kenny De Ketele CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN 4h37'28
2 Stefan Schumacher TEAM SLIPSTREAM s.t.
3 Rémy Di Gregorio DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 1'00
4 Matthew Goss DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 2'12
5 Nico Sijmens LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER s.t.
6 Marcel Sieberg PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
7 Frederik Nolf DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
8 Pavel Brutt QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
9 Wim De Vocht PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
10 Mikhail Ignatiev DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
11 David Millar DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
12 Michaël Polazzi PÔLE CONTINENTAL WALLON BODYSOL - EUROMILLIONS s.t.
13 Gorik Gardeyn UNIBET.COM s.t.
14 Fabio Polazzi PÔLE CONTINENTAL WALLON BODYSOL - EUROMILLIONS s.t.
15 Jérôme Baugnies DAVITAMON - WIN FOR LIFE - JONG VLAANDEREN s.t.

Stage 5

Our team's last chance for a win and with an intermediate sprint at 9km to go, we developed a plan. Goss won that sprint, ahead of Nolf


Nolf then buried himself with Goss in his wheel, to keep a gap on the peleton


The gap kept and Goss immediately went with 3km to go. There was only ever 1 outcome: A win for Goss! Kenny de Ketele came through for 2nd, a great race for him


1 Matthew Goss DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 4h01'30
2 Kenny De Ketele CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN s.t.
3 Antonio Aldegani QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
4 Jens Erik Madsen JARTAZI PROMO FASHION s.t.
5 Hans Dekkers PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
6 Nico Sijmens LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER s.t.
7 Frederik Nolf DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
8 Michaël Polazzi PÔLE CONTINENTAL WALLON BODYSOL - EUROMILLIONS s.t.
9 Bobbie Traksel DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
10 Grégory Joseph DAVITAMON - WIN FOR LIFE - JONG VLAANDEREN s.t.
11 Gorik Gardeyn UNIBET.COM s.t.
12 Graeme Brown RABOBANK s.t.
13 Stefan Schumacher TEAM SLIPSTREAM s.t.
14 Sebastian Schwager SKIL - SHIMANO s.t.
15 Tom Steels JARTAZI PROMO FASHION s.t.
16 Tom Criel BABES ONLY - VILLAPARK LINGEMEER - FLANDERS s.t.
17 Marcel Sieberg PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
18 Ben Swift DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
19 Steven De Jongh QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
20 Matthew Hayman RABOBANK s.t.

Final GC
1 Kenny De Ketele CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN 17h40'05
2 Stefan Schumacher TEAM SLIPSTREAM + 1'58
3 Frederik Nolf DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 3'18
4 Michael Schär BABES ONLY - VILLAPARK LINGEMEER - FLANDERS + 4'21
5 Bram Deprez JARTAZI PROMO FASHION + 4'30
6 Marcel Sieberg PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 4'44
7 Sergio Paulinho RABOBANK + 4'53
8 Serge Pauwels CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN + 4'56
9 Michaël Polazzi PÔLE CONTINENTAL WALLON BODYSOL - EUROMILLIONS + 5'13
10 Tom Criel BABES ONLY - VILLAPARK LINGEMEER - FLANDERS + 5'16
11 Bobbie Traksel DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 5'23
12 William Frischkorn TEAM SLIPSTREAM + 5'27
13 Jérôme Baugnies DAVITAMON - WIN FOR LIFE - JONG VLAANDEREN + 5'37
14 Thomas Riber-Sellebjerg TEAM SLIPSTREAM + 5'42
15 Evert Verbist CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN + 5'48
48 Matthew Goss DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 11'55
74 Ben Swift DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 19'45
80 Mikhail Ignatiev DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 20'48
85 David Millar DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 21'47
108 Evan Oliphant DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 40'58
111 Mashahiro Shinagawa SKIL - SHIMANO + 51'29

Points
1 Kenny De Ketele CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN 102
2 Matthew Goss DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 59
3 Frederik Nolf DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED 52
4 Stefan Schumacher TEAM SLIPSTREAM 45
5 Hans Dekkers PREDICTOR - LOTTO 37
6 Marcel Sieberg PREDICTOR - LOTTO 34
7 Antonio Aldegani QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC 33
8 Jan Ghyselinck DAVITAMON - WIN FOR LIFE - JONG VLAANDEREN 27
9 Bobbie Traksel DISCOVERY CHANNEL 25
10 Gorik Gardeyn UNIBET.COM 25

Great win in the Giro, and great 3rd in GC in TOB

Great Giro Sporting. And not a bad race in belgium. Were you expecting Kenny De Ketele to be so strong? What are his stats?

Great results in the Giro and TOB. Looking forward to your next race

De Ketele was a bit of a surprise yes. His important stats are 76 Sprint, 72 Hill, 68 TT and 69 Cobbles.

Great riding - the story is as great as ever

Our team has a mix of the TTers on the Tour line up and still building form, and riders still inform from the Giro.
Cadel Evans, Mikhail Ignatiev, Bradley Wiggins and David Millar will race the Tour, while Matt Goss, Adam Blythe, Philip Deignan and Alex Efimkin did the Giro.

Stage 1

Supposed to be a flat 8km prologue, we turned up at the start to find it was only 2km. The gaps were therefore very tight, and the winner was Thomas Dekker


1 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK 2'39
2 Vladimir Karpets RABOBANK s.t.
3 Laszló Bodrogi BARLOWORLD + 1
4 Roman Kreuziger LIQUIGAS s.t.
5 Kevin De Weert FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 2
6 Michael Rogers T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
7 Dmytro Grabovskyy GEROLSTEINER s.t.
8 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
9 Niels Scheuneman UNIBET.COM + 3
10 Bernhard Kohl TEAM ASTANA s.t.
11 Benoît Vaugrenard T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
12 Jurgen Van den Broeck PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 4
13 Mikhail Ignatiev DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
14 José Iván Gutiérrez SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
15 Luis León Sánchez DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
16 Luke Roberts TEAM CSC s.t.
17 Markus Fothen GEROLSTEINER + 5
18 Maxime Bouet COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
19 Andrei Kunitski COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
20 Vincenzo Nibali T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
21 Bradley Wiggins DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
22 Markus Eichler UNIBET.COM s.t.
23 Libardo Niño PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 6
24 David Millar DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
25 Andrei Sartasov BARLOWORLD s.t.
26 José Azevedo LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
27 Sylvain Chavanel COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
28 Bobby Julich QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
29 Bauke Mollema SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 7
30 Martin Mortensen TEAM CSC s.t.
31 Maxim Belkov BARLOWORLD s.t.
32 Manuel Medina CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
33 Stijn Devolder EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
34 Tom Veelers COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
35 Tomas Vaitkus DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
36 Christopher Sutton UNIBET.COM s.t.
37 Sandy Casar FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
38 Leif Hoste PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
39 Sébastien Joly TEAM CSC s.t.
40 Xavi Tondo TEAM ASTANA + 8
41 Carlos Eduardo Alzate EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
42 Pavel Brutt QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
43 Christophe Edaleine CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
44 Giovanni Chacón CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
45 Darren Lill TEAM ASTANA s.t.
46 Denis Menchov LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
47 Cadel Evans DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
48 Carlos Sastre TEAM CSC s.t.
49 Chris Horner CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
50 Fabian Cancellara TEAM CSC s.t.
51 Jimmy Engoulvent FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
52 Jérôme Coppel AG2R PRÉVOYANCE + 9
53 Piotr Mazur SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
54 Guillaume Levarlet AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
55 Johan Lindgren FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
56 Kevin Van Impe RABOBANK s.t.
57 Fränk Schleck TEAM CSC s.t.
58 Charles Wegelius RABOBANK s.t.
59 Tyler Farrar GEROLSTEINER s.t.
60 Anxo Celades CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.

Stage 2

Coming down to a sprint, Goss was well placed behind Boonen


But could only manage 8th as Sutton took the win


1 Christopher Sutton UNIBET.COM 3h15'28
2 Daniele Bennati LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
3 Tyler Farrar GEROLSTEINER s.t.
4 Tom Boonen QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
5 Eros Capecchi LIQUIGAS s.t.
6 Jimmy Casper UNIBET.COM s.t.
7 Romain Feillu AGRITUBEL s.t.
8 Matthew Goss DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
9 Carlos Eduardo Alzate EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
10 Steven Tronet AGRITUBEL s.t.
11 Tomas Vaitkus DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
12 Pieter Riis Andersen TEAM CSC s.t.
13 Mikhail Ignatiev DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
14 Manuel Cardoso GEROLSTEINER s.t.
15 Cândido Barbosa EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
16 Tom Veelers COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
17 Greg Van Avermaet PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
18 Florent Bonnet BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
19 Wim Stroetinga UNIBET.COM s.t.
20 Francesco Gavazzi LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
21 Koldo Fernández de Larrea EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
22 Stuart O'Grady DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
23 Maxime Bouet COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
24 Kazuo Inoue AGRITUBEL s.t.
25 Jérôme Pineau EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.

GC
1 Christopher Sutton UNIBET.COM 3h18'04
2 Thomas Dekker RABOBANK + 3
3 Vladimir Karpets RABOBANK s.t.
4 Laszló Bodrogi BARLOWORLD + 4
5 Roman Kreuziger LIQUIGAS s.t.
6 Dmytro Grabovskyy GEROLSTEINER + 5
7 Michael Rogers T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
8 Janez Brajkovic DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
9 Kevin De Weert FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
10 Benoît Vaugrenard T-MOBILE TEAM + 6
11 Bernhard Kohl TEAM ASTANA s.t.
12 Niels Scheuneman UNIBET.COM s.t.
13 Mikhail Ignatiev DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 7
14 José Iván Gutiérrez SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
15 Luis León Sánchez DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.