- Daniele Bennati
- Yukiya Arashiro
- Aleksander Bespalov
- Guillaume Blot
- Lars Boom
- Tiziano Dall'Antonia
- Mitch Docker
- Konstantin Siutsou
- Antonio Tauler
Bennati is our leader here, after this he will have a long break and come back for Paris Tours and the Vuelta. In the sprints Docker and Dall Antonia have to help him and Docker may also choose to sprint for himself on some occasions. Tauler brings a bucketload of experience and will help, together with Boom, to get Bennati to the front when the sprinting starts. Bespalov, Blot and Arashiro are, together with Tauler, the guys who have to get the waterbottles for the leaders and at last Siutsou will be the man in the mountains but we dont expect anything from him altough competing for a stage win in a mountain stage would be nice
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
The 2nd mountain stage, again there was a break but they were caught quickly and because of the hard work a group of about 40 riders was formed with 80 kms to go!
Docker and Duenas are the only Nippo's that managed to hang on
They stay together until the 3rd climb when Duenas decides to attack early on, Noe and Ladino join him but the lazy pigs refuse to work :x
Duenas up front while Ladino and Noe are just sitting in his wheel...
And so because of the lack of cooperation they are caught and then a Kazakh and an Austrian get up front and one of them increases his lead and is currently virtually in the lead!
Left: Iglinski seems to be in great shape today! Right: Kohl tries to get back
Behind them there are 2 chasing groups
Left: Moncoutie leads a group of 6 with Lovkvist in it, Right: Beltran leads E4 who caught Duenas at the top
From there on there were no more photos, but as expected Iglinski defended his lead and won in front of Kohl. Duenas ended 16th again but does jump to the 14th spot in the GC while Maxim Iglinski is also our new leader!
Result:
01. Maxim Iglinski ASTANÁ 3h49'03
02. Bernhard Kohl GEROLSTEINER + 1'42
03. Mauricio Ardila RABOBANK + 2'12
04. Tadej Valjavec LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
05. David Moncoutié COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
06. Igor Antón EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
07. Andrea Noè LIQUIGAS s.t.
08. Vladimir Efimkin CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
09. Thomas Lövkvist FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
10. Gregorio Ladino COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
11 Axel Merckx T-MOBILE TEAM + 3'22
12 Iban Mayo SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
13 John Gadret AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
14 Ivan Parra Pinto TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
15 Manuel Beltran LIQUIGAS s.t. 16 Moises Dueñas NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
17 Carlos Sastre TEAM CSC + 4'45
18 Sérgio Paulinho DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
19 Saul Raisin CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
20 Addy Engels QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC + 5'52
21 Beat Zberg GEROLSTEINER s.t.
22 Ivan Santaromita QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
23 Christophe Brandt SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
24 Gianpaolo Caruso LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
25 Maxime Monfort COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
26 Paolo Tiralongo LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
27 David López Garcia CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
28 Óscar Solis COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
29 Charles Wegelius LIQUIGAS + 7'17
30 Jurgen Vandenbroeck SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
31 Dominique Cornu SILENCE - LOTTO + 7'49
32 Trent Lowe DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
33 Gorka Verdugo EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 9'39
34 Steffen Weigold TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
35 Maxim Gourov ASTANÁ + 10'31 36 Mitch Docker NIPPO CORPORATION + 12'35
37 Mathieu Perget CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
38 Nicki Sørensen TEAM CSC s.t.
39 Christophe Rinero SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
40 Mario Aerts SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
41 Christophe Edaleine CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
42 Nikolai Trusov TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
43 Frantisek Rabon T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
44 Dries Devenyns SILENCE - LOTTO + 13'23
45 Florent Brard CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 14'03
46 Jurgen Van Goolen DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
47 Markus Zberg GEROLSTEINER + 15'27
48 Eric Berthou CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
49 Alberto Benitez SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
50 David Cañada SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t
Stage 6/6:
We trained well for this TT earlier this morning and it paid off, Tauler and Dall'Antonia did well but Boom managed to end 4th and Duenas was the biggest surprise ending 2nd! Lovkvist however was too strong but he doesnt manage to take back the jersey and so Maxim Iglinski wins.
Result:
01. Thomas Lövkvist FRANÇAISE DES JEUX 27'11 02. Moises Dueñas NIPPO CORPORATION + 22
03. Maxim Iglinski ASTANÁ + 27 04. Lars Boom NIPPO CORPORATION + 34
05. Igor Antón EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 43
06. Dominique Cornu SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
07. David Moncoutié COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 48
08. Manuel Beltran LIQUIGAS + 50
09. Gianpaolo Caruso LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 51
10. Bernhard Kohl GEROLSTEINER + 52
11 Tiziano Dall'Antonia NIPPO CORPORATION + 53
12 Mauricio Ardila RABOBANK + 54
13 Imanol Erviti CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 56
14 Ivan Parra Pinto TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS + 1'02
15 Carlos Sastre TEAM CSC s.t.
16 Sebastian Lang GEROLSTEINER + 1'05 17 Antonio Tauler NIPPO CORPORATION + 1'06
18 Sérgio Paulinho DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
19 Florent Brard CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1'07
20 Joost Posthuma RABOBANK + 1'13
21 Jurgen Vandenbroeck SILENCE - LOTTO + 1'15
22 Michael Schär ASTANÁ s.t.
23 Dmitri Grabovski QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
24 Gregorio Ladino COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 1'18
25 John Gadret AG2R LA MONDIALE + 1'19
26 Iban Mayo SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 1'20
27 Jurgen Van Goolen DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
28 Niki Terpstra TEAM MILRAM + 1'22
29 Saul Raisin CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
30 Frantisek Rabon T-MOBILE TEAM + 1'24
31 Raivis Belohvosciks SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 1'25
32 Andrea Noè LIQUIGAS s.t.
33 Bert Roesems SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
34 Nicki Sørensen TEAM CSC s.t.
35 David Boucher AG2R LA MONDIALE + 1'26
36 Eric Berthou CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
37 Steven Cummings DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 1'27
38 David Cañada SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
39 Axel Merckx T-MOBILE TEAM + 1'28
40 Vladimir Efimkin CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
41 Maxime Monfort COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 1'29
42 Andrea Moletta GEROLSTEINER s.t.
43 Nikolai Trusov TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
44 Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC + 1'30
45 Martin Elmiger AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
46 Roberto Petito LIQUIGAS + 1'32
47 Mauro Santambrogio LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 1'33
48 Tadej Valjavec LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 1'35
49 Kurt-Asle Arvesen TEAM CSC s.t.
50 Mathieu Perget CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
FINAL GC:
01. Maxim Iglinski ASTANÁ 16h44'44
02. Thomas Lövkvist FRANÇAISE DES JEUX + 44
03. David Moncoutié COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 1'46
04. Bernhard Kohl GEROLSTEINER + 2'03
05. Igor Antón EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 2'29
06. Mauricio Ardila RABOBANK + 2'36
07. Gregorio Ladino COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 3'13
08. Iban Mayo SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 3'27
09. John Gadret AG2R LA MONDIALE + 3'34
10. Vladimir Efimkin CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
11 Manuel Beltran LIQUIGAS + 3'45
12 Tadej Valjavec LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 4'01 13 Moises Dueñas NIPPO CORPORATION + 4'43
14 Axel Merckx T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
15 Ivan Parra Pinto TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS + 6'09
16 Andrea Noè LIQUIGAS s.t.
17 Sérgio Paulinho DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 6'24
18 Carlos Sastre TEAM CSC + 6'40
19 Saul Raisin CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 7'31
20 Gianpaolo Caruso LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 8'09
21 David López Garcia CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 8'54
22 Christophe Brandt SILENCE - LOTTO + 9'54
23 Dominique Cornu SILENCE - LOTTO + 10'40
24 Paolo Tiralongo LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 12'05
25 Jurgen Vandenbroeck SILENCE - LOTTO + 12'24
26 Maxime Monfort COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 12'30
27 Gorka Verdugo EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 14'39
28 Beat Zberg GEROLSTEINER + 15'05
29 Trent Lowe DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 15'38
30 Óscar Solis COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 15'48
31 Charles Wegelius LIQUIGAS + 16'09
32 Ivan Santaromita QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC + 16'57
33 Addy Engels QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC + 17'09
34 Dries Devenyns SILENCE - LOTTO + 20'17
35 Steffen Weigold TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS + 20'22
36 Nikolai Trusov TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS + 21'13
37 Nicki Sørensen TEAM CSC + 21'26
38 Frantisek Rabon T-MOBILE TEAM + 21'37 39 Mitch Docker NIPPO CORPORATION + 21'42
40 Mathieu Perget CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 21'49 41 Lars Boom NIPPO CORPORATION + 22'30
42 Christophe Edaleine CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 22'34
43 Mario Aerts SILENCE - LOTTO + 22'43
44 Florent Brard CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 22'48
45 Christophe Rinero SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 23'10
46 Maxim Gourov ASTANÁ + 23'14
47 Markus Zberg GEROLSTEINER + 24'12
48 Steven Cummings DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 24'13
49 Eric Berthou CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 24'33
50 Raffaele Ferrara TEAM LPR + 25'11
Up next: Giro D'Italia,
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
Liquigas: Danilo Di Luca, Franco Pellizotti, Luca Paolini, Magnus Backstedt Lampre: Damiano Cunego, Marzio Bruseghin, Danilo Napolitano Saunier Duval: Riccardo Ricco, Gilberto Simoni, Leonardo Piepoli Caisse D'Epargne: Ruben Plaza, Oscar Pereiro, Alexander Markov, Vicente Reynes Astana: Alexander Kascheckin, Igor Abakoumov, Antonio Colom CSC: Carlos Sastre, Matt Goss, Bobby Julich, Stuart O'Grady Tinkoff: Emanuelle Sella, Oscar Parra Pinto Euskaltel: Igor Anton, Mikel Astarloza, Koldo Fernandez AG2R: Rinaldo Nocentini, Christophe Moreau, Simon Gerrans Cofidis: Manuel Medina, Tyler Farrar, Santos Gonzalez Selle Italia: Jose Serpa, Alberto Loddo Credit Agricole: Pietro Cauchiolli, Angelo Furlan, Thor Hushovd Quick Step: Juan manuel Garate, Alessandro Proni Milram: Alessandro Petacchi, Sergio Ghisalberti, Mirko Celestino Discovery Channel: JJ Rubiera, Trent Lowe, Benjamin Noval Rabobank: Mauricio Ardila, Juan Antonio Flecha, Pieter Weening Nippo: Daniele Bennati, Konstantin Siutsou, Mitch Docker Gerolsteiner: Davide Rebellin T-Mobile: Mark Cavendish, Lorenzo Bernucci Silence Lotto: Robbie McEwen CSF Group: Fortunato Baliani Francaise Des Jeux: Fredy Piamonte, Benoit Vaugrenard
Stage 1/21:
The opening TTT, main favourites were Liquigas, Lampre and Discovery. Liquigas soon made it clear that they wnated the maglia rosa immediatly by setting a great time. But then we came, we started slow and in the end it seemed that we had to make sure that we wouldnt lose too much time. But we came back, we were 2nd at the 2nd checkpoint and at the finish we were 7 seconds faster than Liquigas! To make it even better, Bennati crossed the line as first but perhaps it seemed that the win was in the favour of the teams that rode later on, as Gerolsteiner, who started after us...beat us by just a few hundreds of a second. And so Johannes Frohlinger takes the maglia rosa :cry:
Result:
01. GEROLSTEINER 34'31 02. NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
03. LIQUIGAS + 6
04. AG2R LA MONDIALE + 8
05. DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 11
06. RABOBANK + 12
07. LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 14
08. T-MOBILE TEAM + 16
09. TEAM MILRAM + 18
10. TEAM CSC + 19
losers of the day were the Selle Italians who lost over 1'40! Bennati has the same time as Frohlinger so when everything goes as planned, it seems that Bennati will definately get his hands on the maglia rosa, which is ofcourse the dream of every Italian cyclist B)
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
The first stage, it will probably end up in a mass sprint but the hilly ending could be used by some riders to launch an attack on. First there is an early break of 6 riders. Surprisingly Selle Italia sends its only sprinter along in the break (Lodd)
Loddo and Padrnos leading the group of 6
With 100 kms to go the pack starts to chase, and everyone knows that getting a puncture is one of the worst things that can happen when the pack ups the pace...
Gilberto Simoni punctures! Will he get back?
Saunier only decided to let Fernandez drop back and so Simoni would eventually lose 10 minutes today and so it seems sure that Ricco will be their lead. And then speaking of Ricco, on the big hill the pro tour leader himself decided to launch a surprise attack together with Landaluze and Petito!
Ricco follows Landaluze as Petito attacks aswell
And then Liquigas, Lampre and many other teams made a big mistake, letting Gerolsteiner, Nippo and Silence Lotto do all the work as they didnt think that Ricco would go all out this early on. But they were wrong, after letting Petito and Landaluze behind he continued to ride hard, increasing his advantage over the pack and witrh 25 kms to go he had 3 and a half minutes! And so Nippo's maglia rose dreams were also fading away. Lars Boom was so dissapointed about this that he launched a desperate attack on the last hill together with Celestino.
Left: Ricco...what a display of power...where's the pack!?! Right: Boom and Celestino fighting for the podium places
When Ricco crosses the line, 2 minutes and 15 seconds pass by before Celestino crosses the finishline with O'Grady, Boom and Bennati. And so Ricco wants to dominate the Giro early on, but will his attacking way of riding cost him energy that he may need in the last week? We'll find out in 2 weeks.
A much easier stage than the one we had yesterday, however Saunier Duval lets a big break of 11 get away
The break of the day featuring 11 riders
The pack reacts when they have a lead of 10 minutes with 100 kms to go but unfortunately everyone up front continues to do his share of work and so it seems that the pack has reacted too late, when they realize this up front we get the first attacks. 1 rider in the break manages to break loose!
Rojas Gil leaves the others behind as Van de Walle tries to join him!
Rojas Gil is strong but behind him the group starts to work well again, meanwhile in Cagliari some dangerous corners cause havoc in the pack and in one of those corners we have a crash with about 25 riders involved including some big names
Pellizotti gets up as also Sastre just got back on his back, Tauler was the only one from Nippo to go down
Initially Tauler was hurt but he did finish the race, tommorow we'll see whether he is still strong enough to continue. Meanwhile we had one abandonee:
And so the Giro is over for the 'Kiwi' who broke his wrist, up front Rojas fights for the stage win and since the pack has gotten closer Van de Walle can also forget about taking over the Maglia Rosa. Rojas looks strong but then the stronger riders in the break take him down in the final metres
Minard and Abakoumov sprint past Rojas, Abakoumov has to finish it off now!
Igor Abakoumov was the best sprinter in the group but Minard slowly increases his advantage over the Belgian Astana rider and so we have a very surprising winner today. Ricco stays pretty in pink while Bennati is 2nd in the bunchsprint behind O'Grady. Pellizoti, Sastre, Cuesta, Medina and Lowe all lose 3 minutes.
Everyone expected a bunch sprint but its Minard who takes the win!
Result:
01. Sébastien Minard COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE 3h56'20
02. Igor Abakoumov ASTANÁ s.t.
03. Jan Boven RABOBANK s.t.
04. Stefano Zanini SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
05. Arnaud Gérard FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
06. José Joaquin Rojas Gil CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
07. Klaas Sys CSF GROUP - NAVIGARE s.t.
08. Nicolas Rousseau AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
09. Rubén Pérez Moreno EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
10. Jürgen Van de Walle QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
11 Kuei-hsiang Peng SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA s.t.
12 Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC + 1'47 13 Daniele Bennati NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
14 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
15 Martin Pedersen TEAM CSC s.t.
16 Claudio Corioni LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
17 Nikolai Trusov TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
18 Robbie McEwen SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
19 Mark Cavendish T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
20 Aitor Perez Arrieta CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
21 Alessandro Petacchi TEAM MILRAM s.t. 22 Tiziano Dall'Antonia NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
23 Mitch Docker NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
24 Vicente Reynès CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
25 Oscar Gatto GEROLSTEINER s.t.
26 Mark Renshaw CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
27 Lorenzo Bernucci T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
28 Max Van Heeswijk RABOBANK s.t.
29 Andrea Moletta GEROLSTEINER s.t.
30 Javier Mejias SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
31 René Haselbacher ASTANÁ s.t.
32 Matthew Hayman RABOBANK s.t.
33 Frantisek Rabon T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
34 Leon Van Bon RABOBANK s.t.
35 Greg Van Avermaet SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
36 Michael Barry T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
37 Mirko Celestino TEAM MILRAM s.t.
38 Roy Sentjens SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
39 Paolo Bossoni LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
40 David Tanner TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
41 Bert Grabsch T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
42 Carlo Scognamiglio TEAM MILRAM s.t.
43 Luke Roberts TEAM CSC s.t.
44 Adam Hansen T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
45 Aleksei Markov CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
46 Thomas Fothen GEROLSTEINER s.t.
47 Alberto Ongarato TEAM MILRAM s.t.
48 Geert Steurs SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
49 Johannes Frohlinger GEROLSTEINER s.t.
50 Rubén Plaza CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
51 Beat Zberg GEROLSTEINER s.t.
52 Mikel Astarloza EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
53 Pieter Weening RABOBANK s.t.
54 Juan-Antonio Flecha RABOBANK s.t.
55 Luciano Pagliarini SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
56 Bart Dockx SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
57 Jimmy Engoulvent CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t. 58 Yukiya Arashiro NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
59 Angelo Furlan CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
60 Moises Aldape CSF GROUP - NAVIGARE s.t.
61 Antonio Bucciero CSF GROUP - NAVIGARE s.t.
62 Fortunato Baliani CSF GROUP - NAVIGARE s.t.
63 Matthew Lloyd SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
64 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez CSF GROUP - NAVIGARE s.t.
65 Nick Ingels SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
66 Paolo Fornaciari LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
67 Santos Gonzalez Capilla COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t. 68 Aleksandr Bespalov NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
69 Kasper Klostergaard TEAM CSC s.t.
70 Marco Pinotti T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
71 Sébastien Portal CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
72 Juan Manuel Gárate QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
73 Nicolas Roche CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
74 Raúl Alarcón García SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
75 Mario Aerts SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
76 Aaron Olson T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
77 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
78 Michael Blaudzun TEAM CSC s.t.
79 Giuseppe Guerini T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
80 Marco Fertonani CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
81 Alessandro Cortinovis TEAM MILRAM s.t.
82 Raivis Belohvosciks SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
83 Alex Coutts TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
84 Christophe Moreau AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
85 Steffen Weigold TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
86 Andrei Kashechkin ASTANÁ s.t.
87 Gabriele Missaglia SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA s.t.
88 José Serpa SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA s.t.
89 Jonathan Patrick McCarty SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA s.t.
90 Riccardo Ricco' SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
91 Alberto Loddo SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA s.t. 92 Guillaume Blot NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
93 Carlos Zarate SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
94 Frédéric Guesdon FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
95 Michael Schär ASTANÁ s.t.
96 Sébastien Rosseler QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
97 Roberto Petito LIQUIGAS s.t.
98 Ludovic Auger FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
99 Magnus Bäckstedt LIQUIGAS s.t.
100 Guido Trenti LIQUIGAS s.t.
The first tough stage in this years Giro, with the climb to Montevergine di Mercogliano being the first real test. Early on a group of 10 gets away with young Tiziano in it
Tiziano in the break together with Minard who won yesterday
Once we start climbing 1 man in the break seems too strong for the others
Phillip Deignan goes solo!
But once the Irishman gets caught its time for the favourites to show off, and then Saunier does something surprising. Piepoli takes off, all the Sauniers stop working and now all the favs are looking at eachother. Finally 1 km later Di Luca reacts while the young Basque Anton follows him surprisingly easy
Left: Piepoli on his own! Right: Di Luca and Anton are trying to join Piepoli
Behind them many others then attack, while Ricco stays in the pack other guys like Cunego, Plaza, Parra, Nocentini and many others attack. Plaza has the strongest attacks as he creates a gap with the first big chase group
Left: Plaza trying to gain some time on others, Right: Parra leads the 'Gruppo Cunego'
In the back Ricco still doesnt do anything and this asks for questions, was the cobra not strong enough or was he just acting? It doesnt matter really since his teammate takes the win while he keeps the jersey. Di Luca and Anton also gain time while Siutsou does what he is supposed to do, he stays in the 'Gruppo Maglia Rosa' and ends 21st.
Victory for Piepoli, he and Ricco are now 1 and 2 in the GC
Result:
01. Leonardo Piepoli SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 4h04'16
02. Danilo Di Luca LIQUIGAS + 29
03. Igor Antón EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
04. Rubén Plaza CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1'17
05. Damiano Cunego LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 1'25
06. Bobby Julich TEAM CSC s.t.
07. Sergio Ghisalberti TEAM MILRAM s.t.
08. Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
09. Antonio Colom ASTANÁ s.t.
10. Ivan Parra Pinto TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
11 Pietro Caucchioli CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
12 Davide Rebellin GEROLSTEINER s.t.
13 Andrea Tonti QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC + 1'59
14 Mauricio Ardila RABOBANK s.t.
15 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
16 Marzio Bruseghin LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
17 Riccardo Ricco' SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
18 Pieter Weening RABOBANK s.t.
19 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS s.t.
20 José Serpa SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA s.t. 21 Konstantin Siutsou NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
22 Mikel Astarloza EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
23 José Luis Rubiera DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
24 Fortunato Baliani CSF GROUP - NAVIGARE s.t.
25 Óscar Pereiro Sio CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
26 Fredy Piamonte FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
27 Juan Manuel Gárate QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
28 Santos Gonzalez Capilla COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
29 Iñigo Cuesta TEAM CSC s.t.
30 Carlos Barredo QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
31 Emanuele Sella TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
32 Andrei Grivko TEAM MILRAM s.t.
33 Andrei Kashechkin ASTANÁ s.t.
34 Christophe Moreau AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
35 Iñigo Landaluze EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 2'50
36 Leonardo Bertagnolli LIQUIGAS s.t.
37 Mirko Celestino TEAM MILRAM s.t.
38 Manuel Medina COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
39 Trent Lowe DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
40 Dmitri Grabovski QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC + 3'25
41 Alessandro Proni QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
42 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez CSF GROUP - NAVIGARE s.t.
43 Dmitri Fofonov CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 3'38
44 Johannes Frohlinger GEROLSTEINER + 4'08 45 Lars Boom NIPPO CORPORATION + 4'16
46 Mario Aerts SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
47 Ivan Santaromita QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC + 4'28
48 Steffen Weigold TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
49 Simon Gerrans AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
50 Giuseppe Guerini T-MOBILE TEAM + 4'47
51 Lorenzo Bernucci T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
52 Nicolas Roche CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
53 Marco Pinotti T-MOBILE TEAM + 5'12
54 Adam Hansen T-MOBILE TEAM + 5'20
55 Matthew Lloyd SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
56 Marco Fertonani CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
57 Fredy Vargas CSF GROUP - NAVIGARE + 5'28
58 Frantisek Rabon T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
59 Aitor Perez Arrieta CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t. 60 Mitch Docker NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
61 Beat Zberg GEROLSTEINER + 6'00
62 Philip Deignan AG2R LA MONDIALE + 6'24
63 René Mandri AG2R LA MONDIALE + 6'32
64 Eric Berthou CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
65 Vladimir Bileka DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 7'20
66 Steven Cummings DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
67 Nikolai Trusov TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
68 Andrea Moletta GEROLSTEINER + 7'36
69 Matteo Bono LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
70 Arnaud Lesvenan SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA s.t.
71 Mauro Santambrogio LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 7'44
72 Alberto Fernandez de la Puebla SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
73 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
74 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 7'52
75 Clément Lhotellerie TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
76 Roberto Petito LIQUIGAS + 10'08
77 Luca Paolini LIQUIGAS s.t.
78 Pavel Padrnos DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
79 Brian Vandborg DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 10'16
80 Benoît Vaugrenard FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
81 Jürgen Van de Walle QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
82 Michael Barry T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
83 Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC + 10'24
84 Aaron Olson T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
85 Claudio Corioni LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
86 Julien Loubet AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
87 Kai Reus RABOBANK s.t.
88 Markel Irizar EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 10'32
89 Bert Grabsch T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
90 Juan-Antonio Flecha RABOBANK s.t.
91 Michael Schär ASTANÁ s.t.
92 Klaas Sys CSF GROUP - NAVIGARE s.t.
93 Alex Coutts TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
94 Geert Steurs SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
95 Sergio Barbero SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA s.t.
96 Thomas Fothen GEROLSTEINER + 10'40
97 Francesco Failli LIQUIGAS s.t.
98 Antonio Bucciero CSF GROUP - NAVIGARE s.t.
99 Carlos Sastre TEAM CSC s.t.
100 José Joaquin Rojas Gil CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 10'48
GC:
01. Riccardo Ricco' SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 13h21'14
02. Leonardo Piepoli SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 16
03. Danilo Di Luca LIQUIGAS + 39
04. Igor Antón EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 1'10
05. Davide Rebellin GEROLSTEINER + 1'41
06. Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R LA MONDIALE + 1'49
07. Damiano Cunego LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 1'55
08. Rubén Plaza CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1'56
09. Sergio Ghisalberti TEAM MILRAM + 1'59
10. Bobby Julich TEAM CSC + 2'00
11 Konstantin Siutsou NIPPO CORPORATION + 2'15
12 Ivan Parra Pinto TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS + 2'17
13 Antonio Colom ASTANÁ + 2'19
14 Christophe Moreau AG2R LA MONDIALE + 2'23
15 José Luis Rubiera DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 2'26
16 Pieter Weening RABOBANK + 2'27
17 Marzio Bruseghin LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 2'29
18 Andrei Grivko TEAM MILRAM + 2'33
19 Óscar Pereiro Sio CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 2'38
20 Pietro Caucchioli CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 2'40
21 Andrea Tonti QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC + 2'42
22 Santos Gonzalez Capilla COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
23 Juan Manuel Gárate QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
24 Carlos Barredo QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
25 Mikel Astarloza EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 2'48
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
Would the sprinters suceed today? Not a single sprinter has won thus far and the hill at the end could make it difficult for the sprinters once again. Since we didnt want to miss out on any break this time Tauler got up front in a group that existed out of 15 riders!
The big break...do the sprinterteams even care?
Since no one in the break is a threat to Ricco's lead it takes quite a long time before the pack reacts but ofcourse since a Nippo rider is in it the pack actually gets close, on top of the hill they still lead by only 1 minute and the group is down to 8 riders...
Tauler leads the break that is about to be caught
But then 1 rider in the break gives it 1 more go
Boucher attacks!
And to everyone's surprise the sprinters bite the dust yet again, today its David Boucher who wins...
David Boucher wins the 5th stage!
Result:
01. David Boucher AG2R LA MONDIALE 4h22'35
02. Robbie McEwen SILENCE - LOTTO + 40
03. Alessandro Petacchi TEAM MILRAM s.t.
04. Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC s.t. 05. Daniele Bennati NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
06. Aitor Perez Arrieta CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
07. Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t. 08. Mitch Docker NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
09. Martin Pedersen TEAM CSC s.t.
10. Claudio Corioni LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
11 Antonio Tauler NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
12 Tiziano Dall'Antonia NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
13 Max Van Heeswijk RABOBANK s.t.
14 Nikolai Trusov TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
15 Andrea Moletta GEROLSTEINER s.t.
16 Mark Renshaw CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
17 Raúl Alarcón García SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
18 Mark Cavendish T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
19 Paul Van Schalen COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
20 Jan Boven RABOBANK s.t.
21 Adam Hansen T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
22 Igor Abakoumov ASTANÁ s.t.
23 Oscar Gatto GEROLSTEINER s.t.
24 Mirko Celestino TEAM MILRAM s.t.
25 Jimmy Engoulvent CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
26 Riccardo Ricco' SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
27 Paolo Bossoni LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
28 Frantisek Rabon T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
29 Pavel Padrnos DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
30 Danilo Napolitano LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
31 Lorenzo Bernucci T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
32 Michael Barry T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
33 Greg Van Avermaet SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
34 Damiano Cunego LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
35 Daniele Rìghi LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
36 Mauro Santambrogio LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
37 Eric Berthou CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
38 Bram De Groot RABOBANK s.t.
39 Pieter Weening RABOBANK s.t.
40 Bert Grabsch T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
41 Jonathan Patrick McCarty SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA s.t.
42 Mauricio Ardila RABOBANK s.t.
43 Aaron Olson T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
44 Davide Rebellin GEROLSTEINER s.t.
45 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
46 Trent Lowe DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
47 René Mandri AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
48 Geert Steurs SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
49 Philip Deignan AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
50 Juan-Antonio Flecha RABOBANK s.t.
51 Carlos Barredo QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
52 Nicolas Roche CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
53 Beat Zberg GEROLSTEINER s.t.
54 Dmitri Grabovski QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
55 Peter Wrolich GEROLSTEINER s.t.
56 Alberto Ongarato TEAM MILRAM s.t.
57 Marco Pinotti T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
58 Matthew Lloyd SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
59 Leonardo Piepoli SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
60 Vladimir Bileka DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
61 Johannes Frohlinger GEROLSTEINER s.t.
62 Mario Aerts SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
63 Marco Fertonani CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
64 Steven Cummings DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
65 Gabriele Missaglia SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA s.t.
66 José Luis Rubiera DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
67 Santos Gonzalez Capilla COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
68 Dmitri Fofonov CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
69 José Serpa SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA s.t.
70 Sébastien Minard COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
71 Simon Gerrans AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
72 Manuel Medina COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
73 Carlo Westphal GEROLSTEINER s.t.
74 Pietro Caucchioli CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
75 Raivis Belohvosciks SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
76 Christophe Moreau AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
77 Michael Blaudzun TEAM CSC s.t.
78 Kai Reus RABOBANK s.t.
79 Marzio Bruseghin LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
80 Brian Vandborg DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
81 Martin Mortensen TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
82 Iñigo Landaluze EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
83 Leonardo Bertagnolli LIQUIGAS s.t.
84 Luca Paolini LIQUIGAS s.t.
85 Andrei Kashechkin ASTANÁ s.t.
86 Markel Irizar EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
87 Clément Lhotellerie TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
88 Ivan Parra Pinto TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t. 89 Aleksandr Bespalov NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
90 Vicente Reynès CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
91 Danilo Di Luca LIQUIGAS s.t.
92 Volker Ordowski GEROLSTEINER s.t.
93 Igor Antón EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
94 Roberto Petito LIQUIGAS s.t.
95 Rubén Plaza CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
96 Michael Schär ASTANÁ s.t.
97 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
98 Andrea Tonti QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
99 Mikel Astarloza EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
100 Andrei Grivko TEAM MILRAM s.t.
GC:
01. Riccardo Ricco' SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 13h21'14
02. Leonardo Piepoli SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR + 16
03. Danilo Di Luca LIQUIGAS + 39
04. Igor Antón EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 1'10
05. Davide Rebellin GEROLSTEINER + 1'41
06. Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R LA MONDIALE + 1'49
07. Damiano Cunego LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 1'55
08. Rubén Plaza CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1'56
09. Sergio Ghisalberti TEAM MILRAM + 1'59
10. Bobby Julich TEAM CSC + 2'00
11 Konstantin Siutsou NIPPO CORPORATION + 2'15
12 Ivan Parra Pinto TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS + 2'17
13 Antonio Colom ASTANÁ + 2'19
14 Christophe Moreau AG2R LA MONDIALE + 2'23
15 José Luis Rubiera DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 2'26
16 Pieter Weening RABOBANK + 2'27
17 Marzio Bruseghin LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 2'29
18 Andrei Grivko TEAM MILRAM + 2'33
19 Óscar Pereiro Sio CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 2'38
20 Pietro Caucchioli CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 2'40
21 Andrea Tonti QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC + 2'42
22 Santos Gonzalez Capilla COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
23 Juan Manuel Gárate QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
24 Carlos Barredo QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
25 Mikel Astarloza EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 2'48
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
Your Giro is like the won irl, attackers always making it
Macquet wrote:
"We all know that wasn't the real footage of the Worlds anyway. That was just the staged footage to perpetuate the coverup that it was actually Vinokourov that won the race."
A nasty stage but since there are a lot of descending kms some sprinters still have a shot at winning today. Since breaks have been quite succesful thus far there were also lots of riders today trying to get away, a group of 10 gets away but when we are almost on the top of today;'s biggest climb there are only 3 riders left over
Bespalov, Missaglia and Quinziato up front
While many people are already surprises that Bespalov is amongst the best 3 climbers in the break he even proves to be stronger than Missaglia. With 20 kms to go its down to Quinziato and Bespalov with the pack behind at 2 minutes!
Bespalov and Quinziato, will they surprise everyone by making it?
Meanwhile in the back there are quite alot of crashes since there is alot of rain falling down, amongst them is one of the favourites!
The number 2 in the GC, Piepoli falls! He would lose 6 minutes today!
Meanwhile up front the pack can see the escapees, in the pack some riders get nervous and attack in order to catch the escapees
Bespalov and Quinziato up front but Rebellin is almost there!
With 2 kms to go Rebellin catches them, but Bespalov doesnt want to give up and attacks once more but with 1 km to go he and Quinziato know enough, they wont be winning today. In the sprint they are taken in and Bespalov would eventually end 9th.
Bespalov is caught with the finishline in sight
Todays winner is a sprinter who managed to hold on...
Stuart O'Grady wins in Spoleto!
Result:
01. Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC 4h52'01
02. Damiano Cunego LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
03. Davide Rebellin GEROLSTEINER s.t.
04. Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS s.t.
05. Andrea Moletta GEROLSTEINER s.t.
06. Antonio Colom ASTANÁ s.t.
07. Danilo Di Luca LIQUIGAS s.t.
08. Riccardo Ricco' SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t. 09. Aleksandr Bespalov NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
10. Dmitri Fofonov CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
11 Simon Gerrans AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
12 Leonardo Bertagnolli LIQUIGAS s.t.
13 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
14 Carlos Barredo QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
15 Ivan Parra Pinto TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
16 Mauricio Ardila RABOBANK s.t.
17 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
18 Manuel Quinziato LIQUIGAS s.t.
19 Nikolai Trusov TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
20 Andrei Kashechkin ASTANÁ s.t.
21 Pieter Weening RABOBANK s.t.
22 Bobby Julich TEAM CSC s.t.
23 Luca Paolini LIQUIGAS s.t.
24 Andrei Grivko TEAM MILRAM s.t.
25 Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
26 Robbie McEwen SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
27 Mikel Astarloza EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
28 Marzio Bruseghin LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
29 Alessandro Petacchi TEAM MILRAM s.t.
30 Iñigo Cuesta TEAM CSC s.t.
31 Emanuele Sella TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
32 Óscar Pereiro Sio CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
33 Igor Antón EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
34 Mirko Celestino TEAM MILRAM s.t.
35 Trent Lowe DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t. 36 Lars Boom NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
37 Konstantin Siutsou NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
38 Rubén Plaza CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
39 Mauro Santambrogio LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
40 Sergio Ghisalberti TEAM MILRAM s.t.
41 Alessandro Proni QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
42 Andrea Tonti QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t. 43 Daniele Bennati NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
44 Fortunato Baliani CSF GROUP - NAVIGARE s.t.
45 Iñigo Landaluze EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
46 Eric Berthou CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
47 Nicolas Roche CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
48 Christophe Moreau AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
49 Johannes Frohlinger GEROLSTEINER s.t.
50 Dmitri Grabovski QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
51 Matteo Bono LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
52 Manuel Medina COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
53 Juan Manuel Gárate QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
54 Matthew Lloyd SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
55 José Serpa SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA s.t.
56 Pietro Caucchioli CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
57 Philip Deignan AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
58 Mario Aerts SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
59 Gabriele Missaglia SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA + 3'14 60 Mitch Docker NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
61 José Luis Rubiera DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM + 3'50
62 Greg Van Avermaet SILENCE - LOTTO + 5'08
63 Klaas Sys CSF GROUP - NAVIGARE + 5'46
64 Benoît Vaugrenard FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t. 65 Tiziano Dall'Antonia NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
66 Giuseppe Guerini T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
67 Leonardo Piepoli SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
68 Santos Gonzalez Capilla COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
69 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez CSF GROUP - NAVIGARE s.t.
70 Geert Steurs SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
71 Carlos Sastre TEAM CSC s.t.
72 Francesco Failli LIQUIGAS + 6'42
73 Pavel Padrnos DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
74 Matthew Goss TEAM CSC s.t.
75 Vicente Reynès CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
76 Markel Irizar EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
77 Sébastien Rosseler QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
78 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
79 Michael Barry T-MOBILE TEAM + 7'24
80 David Boucher AG2R LA MONDIALE + 8'05
81 Seweryn Skowron CSF GROUP - NAVIGARE s.t.
82 René Mandri AG2R LA MONDIALE + 8'27
83 Mark Renshaw CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
84 Beat Zberg GEROLSTEINER s.t.
85 Claudio Corioni LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
86 Roberto Petito LIQUIGAS s.t.
87 Clément Lhotellerie TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
88 Antonio Bucciero CSF GROUP - NAVIGARE s.t.
89 Paolo Bossoni LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
90 Vladimir Bileka DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
91 Jürgen Van de Walle QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
92 Ivan Santaromita QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
93 Steven Cummings DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
94 Brian Vandborg DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
95 Daniele Rìghi LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 9'55
96 Steffen Weigold TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
97 Bram De Groot RABOBANK s.t.
98 Michael Schär ASTANÁ s.t.
99 Juan-Antonio Flecha RABOBANK s.t.
100 Kai Reus RABOBANK s.t.
GC:
01. Riccardo Ricco' SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 22h36'30
02. Danilo Di Luca LIQUIGAS + 39
03. Igor Antón EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 1'10
04. Davide Rebellin GEROLSTEINER + 1'41
05. Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R LA MONDIALE + 1'49
06. Damiano Cunego LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 1'55
07. Rubén Plaza CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1'56
08. Sergio Ghisalberti TEAM MILRAM + 1'59
09. Bobby Julich TEAM CSC + 2'00 10. Konstantin Siutsou NIPPO CORPORATION + 2'15
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
A stage for the sprinters today, however even though O'Grady won yesterday we havent seen 1 mass sprint so far and thats what makes this Giro so exciting, the sprinter teams dont have any control over the race which makes it more interesting for the attackers. As Ducrot would say it, 'dit is het nieuwe wielrennen' --8) Thats why its very strange that early on only 1 rider breaks away. Its the Frenchman Lesvenan who goes solo
Arnaud Lesvenan on his own
His solo lasted 160 kms and when he was caught the pack took it easy. But then with 40 kms to go two Spanish riders attacked, Landaluze from Euskaltel attacked but then had a puncture, leaving Quick Steps Carlos Barredo alone up front. It seemed to be a suicidal attack since he was on his own against the pack but by maintaining his lead on the climb he had 4 minutes with 20 kms to go! One can only wonder how Barredo did it, was he so strong, did the sprinterteams not care or were the sprinterteams just so weak? Fact is that Barredo gets rewarded with the win even though he only wins by 50 seconds which means that Ricco stays pretty in pink.
Where's the pack? Barredo on his way to a spectacular Giro win!
Result:
01. Carlos Barredo QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC 6h03'05
02. Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC + 50
03. Robbie McEwen SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
04. Alessandro Petacchi TEAM MILRAM s.t.
05. Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
06. Nikolai Trusov TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t. 07. Daniele Bennati NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
08. Andrea Moletta GEROLSTEINER s.t.
09. Igor Abakoumov ASTANÁ s.t.
10. Adam Hansen T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
11 Damiano Cunego LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
12 Claudio Corioni LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
13 Luca Paolini LIQUIGAS s.t.
14 Lorenzo Bernucci T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
15 Mirko Celestino TEAM MILRAM s.t.
16 Max Van Heeswijk RABOBANK s.t.
17 Mauro Santambrogio LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
18 Frantisek Rabon T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
19 Juan-Antonio Flecha RABOBANK s.t.
20 Riccardo Ricco' SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
21 Greg Van Avermaet SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
22 Matteo Bono LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
23 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS s.t.
24 Dmitri Fofonov CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
25 Danilo Di Luca LIQUIGAS s.t.
26 Mark Cavendish T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
27 Andrea Tonti QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
28 Davide Rebellin GEROLSTEINER s.t.
29 Leonardo Bertagnolli LIQUIGAS s.t.
30 Nicolas Roche CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
31 Michael Schär ASTANÁ s.t.
32 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
33 Martin Pedersen TEAM CSC s.t.
34 Mauricio Ardila RABOBANK s.t.
35 Pieter Weening RABOBANK s.t.
36 Manuel Medina COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
37 Antonio Colom ASTANÁ s.t.
38 Andrei Kashechkin ASTANÁ s.t.
39 Mikel Astarloza EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
40 Ivan Parra Pinto TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
41 Mark Renshaw CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
42 Markel Irizar EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
43 Fortunato Baliani CSF GROUP - NAVIGARE s.t.
44 Alessandro Proni QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
45 Rubén Plaza CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
46 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
47 Dmitri Grabovski QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
48 Juan Manuel Gárate QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
49 Óscar Pereiro Sio CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
50 Kai Reus RABOBANK s.t.
51 Geert Steurs SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
52 Emanuele Sella TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
53 Igor Antón EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
54 Trent Lowe DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
55 Leon Van Bon RABOBANK s.t.
56 Andrei Grivko TEAM MILRAM s.t.
57 Sébastien Rosseler QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
58 José Luis Rubiera DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
59 Pietro Caucchioli CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
60 Simon Gerrans AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
61 Marzio Bruseghin LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
62 Michael Barry T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
63 Leonardo Piepoli SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
64 Matthew Goss TEAM CSC s.t.
65 Bobby Julich TEAM CSC s.t.
66 Roberto Petito LIQUIGAS s.t.
67 Benoît Vaugrenard FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
68 Christophe Moreau AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
69 Paolo Bossoni LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
70 Sergio Ghisalberti TEAM MILRAM s.t. 71 Tiziano Dall'Antonia NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
72 Marco Pinotti T-MOBILE TEAM s.t. 73 Mitch Docker NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
74 Lars Boom NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
75 Konstantin Siutsou NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
76 José Serpa SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA s.t.
77 Marco Fertonani CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
78 Clément Lhotellerie TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
79 Iñigo Cuesta TEAM CSC s.t.
80 Carlos Sastre TEAM CSC s.t.
81 Giuseppe Guerini T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
82 Mario Aerts SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
83 Aitor Perez Arrieta CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
84 Martin Mortensen TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
85 Klaas Sys CSF GROUP - NAVIGARE s.t.
86 Johannes Frohlinger GEROLSTEINER s.t.
87 Bram De Groot RABOBANK s.t.
88 Matthew Lloyd SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
89 Raivis Belohvosciks SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
90 Santos Gonzalez Capilla COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
91 Brian Vandborg DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
92 Manuel Quinziato LIQUIGAS s.t.
93 Bart Dockx SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
94 Eric Berthou CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
95 Peter Wrolich GEROLSTEINER s.t.
96 Jürgen Van de Walle QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t. 97 Aleksandr Bespalov NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
98 Alberto Ongarato TEAM MILRAM s.t.
99 David Boucher AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
100 Michael Blaudzun TEAM CSC s.t.
GC:
01. Riccardo Ricco' SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 22h36'30
02. Danilo Di Luca LIQUIGAS + 39
03. Igor Antón EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 1'10
04. Davide Rebellin GEROLSTEINER + 1'41
05. Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R LA MONDIALE + 1'49
06. Damiano Cunego LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 1'55
07. Rubén Plaza CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1'56
08. Sergio Ghisalberti TEAM MILRAM + 1'59
09. Bobby Julich TEAM CSC + 2'00 10. Konstantin Siutsou NIPPO CORPORATION + 2'15
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
Bespalov only needed 2 points to grab the KOM jersey, and so he attacked early on just so he could grab enough points to take Piepoli's green jersey
Bespalov is now the leader in the KOM classification
After this we again had a solo, this time it was Pavel Padrnos who escaped but didnt get anyone to go along with him
Pavel Padrnos all by himself
And then on the climb we got a surprise attack, Gibo who already lost lots of minutes attacked together with...Barredo who's at it again!
Barredo and Gibo up front!
First it seemed that they would make it because everytime Barredo took over they didnt lose time, however Simoni isnt that strong on the flat roads and so they were just caught! Bennati followed O'Grady but this didnt seem to be a smart decision. O'Grady and Bennati had to come from far...
And yet he wins! O'Grady wins while Bennati did get stuck with 200 metres to go and ends only 12th...
Result:
01. Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC 5h21'41
02. Robbie McEwen SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
03. Nikolai Trusov TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
04. Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
05. Damiano Cunego LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
06. Claudio Corioni LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
07. Matthew Goss TEAM CSC s.t.
08. Luca Paolini LIQUIGAS s.t.
09. Adam Hansen T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
10. Igor Abakoumov ASTANÁ s.t.
11 Alessandro Petacchi TEAM MILRAM s.t. 12 Daniele Bennati NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
13 Mirko Celestino TEAM MILRAM s.t.
14 Riccardo Ricco' SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
15 Frantisek Rabon T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
16 Danilo Di Luca LIQUIGAS s.t.
17 Dmitri Fofonov CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
18 Lorenzo Bernucci T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
19 Daniele Rìghi LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
20 Andrea Moletta GEROLSTEINER s.t.
21 Mauro Santambrogio LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t. 22 Tiziano Dall'Antonia NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
23 Leonardo Bertagnolli LIQUIGAS s.t.
24 Mark Cavendish T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
25 Antonio Colom ASTANÁ s.t. 26 Mitch Docker NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
27 Nicolas Roche CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
28 Alessandro Proni QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
29 Michael Schär ASTANÁ s.t.
30 Andrea Tonti QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
31 Dmitri Grabovski QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
32 Matteo Bono LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
33 Davide Rebellin GEROLSTEINER s.t.
34 Trent Lowe DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
35 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS s.t.
36 Francesco Failli LIQUIGAS s.t.
37 Mauricio Ardila RABOBANK s.t.
38 Thomas Fothen GEROLSTEINER s.t.
39 Juan Manuel Gárate QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
40 Manuel Quinziato LIQUIGAS s.t.
41 Iñigo Landaluze EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
42 Mikel Astarloza EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
43 Matthew Lloyd SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
44 Jürgen Van de Walle QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
45 Beat Zberg GEROLSTEINER s.t.
46 Bram De Groot RABOBANK s.t.
47 Marzio Bruseghin LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
48 Andrei Kashechkin ASTANÁ s.t.
49 Andrei Grivko TEAM MILRAM s.t.
50 Klaas Sys CSF GROUP - NAVIGARE s.t.
51 Antonio Bucciero CSF GROUP - NAVIGARE s.t.
52 Fortunato Baliani CSF GROUP - NAVIGARE s.t.
53 José Serpa SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA s.t.
54 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
55 Johannes Frohlinger GEROLSTEINER s.t.
56 Christophe Moreau AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
57 Roberto Petito LIQUIGAS s.t.
58 Sébastien Rosseler QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
59 Ivan Santaromita QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
60 Ivan Parra Pinto TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
61 Geert Steurs SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
62 Iñigo Cuesta TEAM CSC s.t.
63 Carlos Barredo QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
64 Mario Aerts SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
65 Markel Irizar EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
66 Steffen Weigold TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
67 Clément Lhotellerie TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
68 Giuseppe Guerini T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
69 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez CSF GROUP - NAVIGARE s.t.
70 Igor Antón EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
71 Santos Gonzalez Capilla COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
72 Gabriele Missaglia SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA s.t.
73 Martin Mortensen TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
74 Emanuele Sella TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
75 Simon Gerrans AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
76 Pietro Caucchioli CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t. 77 Lars Boom NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
78 Carlo Westphal GEROLSTEINER s.t. 79 Konstantin Siutsou NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
80 Arnaud Lesvenan SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA s.t.
81 Greg Van Avermaet SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
82 Carlos Sastre TEAM CSC s.t.
83 Marco Pinotti T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
84 Bobby Julich TEAM CSC s.t.
85 Eric Berthou CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
86 Leonardo Piepoli SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
87 Manuel Medina COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
88 Pieter Weening RABOBANK s.t.
89 Beñat Albizuri EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
90 Brian Vandborg DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
91 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
92 Rubén Plaza CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
93 Sergio Ghisalberti TEAM MILRAM s.t.
94 Óscar Pereiro Sio CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
95 Philip Deignan AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
96 René Mandri AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
97 David Boucher AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
98 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
99 Benoît Vaugrenard FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
100 Steven Cummings DISCOVERY CHANNEL PRO CYCLING TEAM s.t.
GC:
01. Riccardo Ricco' SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 22h36'30
02. Danilo Di Luca LIQUIGAS + 39
03. Igor Antón EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 1'10
04. Davide Rebellin GEROLSTEINER + 1'41
05. Carlos Barredo QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC + 1'46
06. Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R LA MONDIALE + 1'49
07. Damiano Cunego LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 1'55
08. Rubén Plaza CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1'56
09. Sergio Ghisalberti TEAM MILRAM + 1'59
10. Bobby Julich TEAM CSC + 2'00
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
Still no mountains, meanwhile Bennati seems to be worried about himself since he hasnt got a win yet. And personally I think Bennati's season will end in dissapointment, already yesterday he came to me saying he was starting feel tired already after 5 months into the season... Back to the race, Docker decides to attack today and after the climb only 3 riders manage to join him
Docker and Missaglia together with the French Minard and Boucher who have won already
In the sprint Daniele follows O'Grady again, but this time his bad placement is just bad luck. Robbie McEwen cuts him off his line and Bennati falls to the back...he still fights back for a top 10 spot thats all. Meanwhile the O'Grady domination stops as Robbie and Ale-Jet fight it out for the win!
Victory for Alessandro Petacchi!
Result:
01. Alessandro Petacchi TEAM MILRAM 4h27'02
02. Robbie McEwen SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
03. Stuart O'Grady TEAM CSC s.t.
04. Thor Hushovd CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
05. Nikolai Trusov TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
06. Claudio Corioni LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
07. Mark Cavendish T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
08. Igor Abakoumov ASTANÁ s.t. 09. Daniele Bennati NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
10. Max Van Heeswijk RABOBANK s.t.
11 Martin Pedersen TEAM CSC s.t.
12 Aleksei Markov CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
13 Peter Wrolich GEROLSTEINER s.t.
14 Mark Renshaw CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
15 Aitor Perez Arrieta CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
16 Matthew Goss TEAM CSC s.t.
17 Riccardo Ricco' SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
18 Frantisek Rabon T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
19 Bram De Groot RABOBANK s.t.
20 Danilo Napolitano LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
21 Mirko Celestino TEAM MILRAM s.t.
22 Paolo Bossoni LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
23 Greg Van Avermaet SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
24 Adam Hansen T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
25 Luke Roberts TEAM CSC s.t.
26 Leon Van Bon RABOBANK s.t.
27 Eric Berthou CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
28 Luca Paolini LIQUIGAS s.t.
29 Bert Grabsch T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
30 Nicolas Roche CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
31 Damiano Cunego LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
32 Geert Steurs SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
33 Michael Barry T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
34 Michael Schär ASTANÁ s.t.
35 Alberto Ongarato TEAM MILRAM s.t.
36 Antonio Bucciero CSF GROUP - NAVIGARE s.t.
37 Mauro Santambrogio LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
38 Paul Van Schalen COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
39 Gilberto Simoni SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
40 Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
41 Manuel Medina COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
42 Kai Reus RABOBANK s.t.
43 Klaas Sys CSF GROUP - NAVIGARE s.t.
44 Daniele Rìghi LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
45 Matteo Bono LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
46 Fortunato Baliani CSF GROUP - NAVIGARE s.t.
47 Simon Gerrans AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
48 Santos Gonzalez Capilla COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
49 Mauricio Ardila RABOBANK s.t.
50 Aaron Olson T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
51 Giuseppe Guerini T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
52 Mario Aerts SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
53 Matthew Lloyd SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
54 Marco Fertonani CAISSE D'EPARGNE s.t.
55 Stefano Zanini SILENCE - LOTTO s.t.
56 Philip Deignan AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
57 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez CSF GROUP - NAVIGARE s.t.
58 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
59 Dmitri Fofonov CRÉDIT AGRICOLE s.t.
60 Lorenzo Bernucci T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
61 Arnaud Lesvenan SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA s.t.
62 Carlos Sastre TEAM CSC s.t.
63 José Serpa SERRAMENTI PVC DIQUIGIOVANNI - SELLE ITALIA s.t.
64 Martin Mortensen TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
65 Oscar Gatto GEROLSTEINER s.t.
66 Leonardo Piepoli SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR s.t.
67 Mikel Astarloza EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
68 Seweryn Skowron CSF GROUP - NAVIGARE s.t.
69 Steffen Weigold TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
70 Bart Dockx PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t. 71 Tiziano Dall'Antonia NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
72 Thomas Fothen GEROLSTEINER s.t.
73 Iñigo Landaluze EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
74 Nicolas Rousseau AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
75 Christophe Moreau AG2R LA MONDIALE s.t.
76 Markel Irizar EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
77 René Mandri AG2R LA MONDIALEE s.t.
78 Nick Ingels PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
79 Sébastien Rosseler QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t. 80 Yukiya Arashiro NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
81 Beñat Albizuri EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
82 Iván Velasco EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
83 Kay Van den Brande CSF GROUP - NAVIGARE s.t.
84 Igor Antón EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI s.t.
85 Franco Pellizotti LIQUIGAS s.t.
86 Beat Zberg GEROLSTEINER s.t.
87 Michael Blaudzun TEAM CSC s.t. 88 Lars Boom NIPPO CORPORATION s.t. 89 Aleksandr Bespalov NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
90 Johannes Frohlinger GEROLSTEINER s.t.
91 Davide Rebellin GEROLSTEINER s.t.
92 Andrea Moletta GEROLSTEINER s.t.
93 Frédéric Guesdon FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t. 94 Konstantin Siutsou NIPPO CORPORATION s.t.
95 Carlo Westphal GEROLSTEINER s.t.
96 Carlos Barredo QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
97 Marzio Bruseghin LAMPRE - FONDITAL s.t.
98 Dmitri Grabovski QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
99 David Tanner TINKOFF CREDIT SYSTEMS s.t.
100 Marco Pinotti T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
GC:
01. Riccardo Ricco' SAUNIER DUVAL - PRODIR 22h36'30
02. Danilo Di Luca LIQUIGAS + 39
03. Igor Antón EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI + 1'10
04. Davide Rebellin GEROLSTEINER + 1'41
05. Carlos Barredo QUICK STEP - INNERGETIC + 1'46
06. Rinaldo Nocentini AG2R LA MONDIALE + 1'49
07. Damiano Cunego LAMPRE - FONDITAL + 1'55
08. Rubén Plaza CAISSE D'EPARGNE + 1'56
09. Sergio Ghisalberti TEAM MILRAM + 1'59
10. Bobby Julich TEAM CSC + 2'00
Dwight K. Schrute: 'I'm not a hero. Im just a mere defender of the office. You know who is a hero? Hiro from Heroes. That's a hero. And Bono'.
The first mountain stage, a group of 12 gets away but after a while its down to only 1 rider
Fertonani up front
But ofcourse the real action takes place on the final mountain, and unfortunately Siutsou has to let go quickly, he is already tired and today I noticed this as he ended 38th and so we have something else planned for the Belarussian. Up front Piepoli tries to get away but then the little prince comes! Behind him Di Luca comes but he just cant reach him
Left: Cunego attacks! Right: Di Luca on the chase, will he get back?
The answer to that question is, no. Cunego was too strong and wins the first real test.
Back to the race, Docker decides to attack today and after the climb only 3 riders manage to join him
