Verbrugghe holds on for Giro stage win
- By VeloNews.com
- Published May. 13, 2006
Saturday’s 236km stage from Cesana to Saltara certainly won’t decide the overall winner of the 2006 Giro d’Italia, but it may have revealed some cracks in at least one of the pre-race favorites.
While Belgian Rik Verbrugghe was off the front gunning his way to a hard-fought solo stage win, Italian Danilo Di Luca was noticeably absent from a fast-closing group that included the rest of the Giro’s big GC guns — Paolo Savoldelli, Gilberto Simoni and Damiano Cunego.
At the finish Di Luca (Liquigas) managed to limit his losses to second-place finisher Savoldelli (Discovery Channel) to 20 seconds, plus a 12-second time bonus. But the steady, not-overly steep closing climb into Saltara was one most figured would favor last year’s fourth place finisher. And Di Luca looked even worse on the day’s biggest grind, the 15km Category 1 ascent of Monte Catria, where he was dropped by his fellow favorites and had to fight his way back on.
Mini-climber Jose Rujano (Selle-Italia) also surrendered time, coming across 35th at 1:03.
“On the steeper climbs, Di Luca did not look so good,” said CSC’s Jens Voigt, whose team leader Ivan Basso was sixth just two seconds back of Il Falco. “Maybe [Di Luca] is not as good as people think. We will see.”
In the meantime, the coveted maglia rosa was swapped among T-Mobile teammates for the second time in as many days. After surrendering the pink jersey to Olaf Pollack at the finish of stage 6 in Forli, Ukraine’s Sergei Honchar took it back after finishing seventh on Saturday, 16 seconds back of Verbrugghe. Pollack, a sprinter through and through, was 71st at 11:42. Afterwards Honchar denied that he been angry with his teammate for taking his prize, but he was clearly a happy to be back in the limelight.
“No, it was a great thing for Olaf,” Honchar said. “He did a good job in the time trial. But today I had [teammate Matthias] Kessler in front, so that was good for me. I didn’t think this stage would be so hard.”
Verbrugghe (Cofidis) also did his share of suffering. After making his way into the day’s breakaway of the day, the Belgian who hail from near Liège, attacked his four fellow escapees with 5km to go. From there Verbrugghe grabbed hard on the top of his handlebars, put his head down and dug for all he was worth.
“I was feeling very good all day, but the last 600 meters were very hard,” said Verbrugghe, who won a time trial stage at the 2001 Giro and a stage in the Tour de France that same year, but has only four smaller victories since. “I didn’t know the gap on the climb, but I saw the Mavic [neutral support] car was behind me, so I knew it was more than 30 seconds. I was afraid to look back so I didn’t.”
If Verbrugghe had taken a peek, first he would have seen his former breakaway companions — Victor Hugo Peña (Phonak), Juan Manuel Garate (Quick Step-Innergetic), Francisco Vila Errandonea (Lampre-Fondital) and Manuele Mori (Saunier Duval-Prodir) being absorbed by what was left of the peloton.
Savoldelli would have been next into view, as the defending champion jumped away at the finish to grab a few precious seconds from his chief rivals.
“Savoldelli attacked and he’s got such a punch it’s incredible,” said teammate Tom Danielson, one of three Discovery riders around to aid their team captain in the race’s waning moments. “At the end it got harder and harder and harder, but we were just trying to keep Paolo in the front. I did a little effort before the climb and a little bit on the climb. From there I just tried to ride my own race up to the top. My legs are good, but this type of effort, a 500-meter uphill sprint, it’s not good for me.”
Still Danielson was 17th across the line, at 0:29, and is seventh in the overall standings. Danielson spoke for many, calling it by far the toughest day thus far of the 2006 Giro.
“It had everything,” he said. “I can’t even remember the gravel road it’s been such a long day. It was incredible. It was really hot. You could see towards the end people all had goose bumps. Everyday is a different story, a different adventure, a different struggle.”
After some early-race action, the race’s first big move was the two-man break of Belgian Staf Scheirlinckx (Cofidis) and France’s Sylvain Calzati (Ag2R). They were given a lengthy on a day that would end up lasting 6:42:15, opening up a gap that neared 20 minutes. Then, as the bunch began to pull things back together, a 30-man counter attack formed 150km from the finish that included the final five. They quickly ate into Scheirlinckx and Calzati’s advantage, while Discovery kept the tempo high behind them because they only had one rider in the big move.
“The group of 30 meant we had to chase,” said Jason McCartney. “I did some work before the cat. 1 climb and then was popped and that was it. I had a bad day. Hopefully it’s only one.”
McCartney finished with the laughing group, more than 20 minutes back.
Back at the front the endgame was afoot, with Garate the most aggressive of the five. He attacked several times on the run in to the finish, but to no avail.
Finally Verbrugghe, who hadn’t done any work earlier in the day because he had teammate Scheirlinckx up the road, made his decisive move.
“The others were a little angry with my attack,” the blond Belgian admitted. “But the early escape had been good for me. I had wanted to win the prologue, but I thought maybe I would have some other opportunities. I thought today might be good because the climbs were not so bad. It turned out that it was.”
Race Notes
The Big 6
With seven of 21 stages in the books, here’s a look at how the six top contenders stand against each other in the chase for this year’s overall Giro d’Italia title. A year ago the difference between first and second place was 28 seconds.
1. Paolo Savoldelli (I), Discovery Channel
2. Ivan Basso (I), CSC, at 0:05
3. Danilo Di Luca (I), Liquigas, at 1:01
4. Damiano Cunego (I), Lampre-Fondital, at 1:15
5. Gilberto Simoni (I), Saunier Duval-Prodir, at 1:50
6. Jose Rujano (Ven), Selle Italia, at 3:27
The North Americans
With seven of 21 stages in the books, here’s a look at the overall rankings for the six North Americans racing in this year’s Giro d’Italia.
7. Tom Danielson (USA), Discovery Channel, at 0:57
90. Patrick McCarty (USA), Phonak, 16:10
112. Bobby Julich (USA), Team CSC, 21:26
131. Jason McCartney (USA), Discovery Channel, at 23:16
165. Aaron Olson (USA), Saunier Duval-Prodir, at 26:55
177. Julio Perez (Mex), Ceramica Panaria-Navigare, at 30:11
181. Moises Chavez (Mex), Ceramica Panaria-Navigare, at 32:31
Results – Stage 7
1. Rik Verbrugghe (B) Cofidis, 236km in 6:42:15 (35.201kph)
2. Paolo Savoldelli (I) Discovery Channel, at 0:14
3. Luca Mazzanti (I) Ceramica Panaria – Navigare, at 0:14
4. Gutierrez Cataluna José E. (Sp) Phonak, at 0:14
5. Davide Rebellin (I) Gerolsteiner, at 0:16
6. Ivan Basso (I) CSC, at 0:16
7. Sergei Honchar (Ukr) T-Mobile, at 0:16
8. Gilberto Simoni (I) Saunier Duval, at 0:16
9. Laurent Lefevre (F) Bouygues Telecom, at 0:20
10. Michele Scarponi (I) Liberty Seguros, at 0:20
Overall, at after 7 stages
1. Sergei Honchar (Ukr) T-Mobile, at 27:37:07
2. Paolo Savoldelli (I) Discovery Channel, at 0:06
3. Ivan Basso (I) CSC, at 0:11
4. Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile, at 0:32
5. Davide Rebellin (I) Gerolsteiner, at 0:54
6. Rubiera Vigil José Luis (Sp) Discovery Channel, at 0:56
7. Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel, at 0:57
8. Gutierrez Cataluna José E. (Sp) Phonak, at 1:03
9. Danilo Di Luca (I) Liquigas-Bianchi, at 1:07
10. Jens Voigt (G) CSC, at 1:09
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Results – Stage 7
1. Rik Verbrugghe (B) Cofidis, 236km in 6:42:15 (35.201kph)
2. Paolo Savoldelli (I) Discovery Channel, at 0:14
3. Luca Mazzanti (I) Ceramica Panaria – Navigare, at 0:14
4. Gutierrez Cataluna José E. (Sp) Phonak, at 0:14
5. Davide Rebellin (I) Gerolsteiner, at 0:16
6. Ivan Basso (I) CSC, at 0:16
7. Sergei Honchar (Ukr) T-Mobile, at 0:16
8. Gilberto Simoni (I) Saunier Duval, at 0:16
9. Laurent Lefevre (F) Bouygues Telecom, at 0:20
10. Michele Scarponi (I) Liberty Seguros, at 0:20
11. Damiano Cunego (I) Lampre, at 0:20
12. Pena Grisales Victor Hugo (Col) Phonak, at 0:24
13. Giampaolo Caruso (I) Liberty Seguros, at 0:24
14. Juan Manuel Garate (Sp) Quick Step-Innergetic, at 0:24
15. Vila Errandonea Francisco J. (Sp) Lampre, at 0:24
16. Manuele Mori (I) Saunier Duval, at 0:24
17. Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel, at 0:29
18. Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Sp) Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 0:29
19. Franco Pellizotti (I) Liquigas-Bianchi, at 0:34
20. Emanuele Sella (I) Ceramica Panaria – Navigare, at 0:34
21. Axel Merckx (B) Phonak, at 0:34
22. Danilo Di Luca (I) Liquigas-Bianchi, at 0:34
23. Andrea Noe' (I) Liquigas-Bianchi, at 0:34
24. Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Sp) Liberty Seguros, at 0:34
25. Rubiera Vigil José Luis (Sp) Discovery Channel, at 0:34
26. Wladimir Belli (I) Colombia – Selle Italia, at 0:39
27. Gutierrez Palacios José Ivan (Sp) Caisse d'Epargne-I.B., at 0:42
28. Manuel Beltran Martinez (Sp) Discovery Channel, at 0:42
29. Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile, at 0:42
30. Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, at 0:42
31. Josep Jufre Pou (Sp) Davitamon-Lotto, at 0:54
32. Sandy Casar (F) Francaise des Jeux, at 0:54
33. Serrano Rodriguez Marcos A. (Sp) Liberty Seguros, at 0:54
34. John Gadret (F) Ag2r Prevoyance, at 0:54
35. Rujano Guillen José (Vz) Colombia – Selle Italia, at 1:03
36. Jan Ullrich (G) T-Mobile, at 1:03
37. Francesco Bellotti (I) Credit Agricole, at 1:03
38. Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre, at 1:03
39. Javier Ramirez Abeja (Sp) Liberty Seguros, at 1:03
40. Patrice Halgand (F) Credit Agricole, at 1:19
41. Carlos Sastre Candil (Sp) CSC, at 1:19
42. Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak, at 1:19
43. Jens Voigt (G) CSC, at 1:19
44. Theo Eltink (Nl) Rabobank, at 1:33
45. Leonardo Piepoli (I) Saunier Duval, at 1:58
46. Guido Trentin (I) Saunier Duval, at 2:03
47. Paolo Tiralongo (I) Lampre, at 2:04
48. Marzio Bruseghin (I) Lampre, at 2:50
49. Tadej Valjavec (SLO) Lampre, at 2:54
50. Inigo Chaurreau Bernardez (Sp) Ag2r Prevoyance, at 5:05
51. Daniel Navarro Garcia (Sp) Liberty Seguros, at 5:05
52. David Lopez Garcia (Sp) Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 5:05
53. Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole, at 5:24
54. Addy Engels (Nl) Quick Step-Innergetic, at 5:26
55. Rubiano Chavez Miguel Angel (Col) Ceramica Panaria – Navigare, at 5:26
56. Grischa Niermann (G) Rabobank, at 5:26
57. Wim Van Huffel (B) Davitamon-Lotto, at 5:39
58. Nicki Sorensen (Dk) CSC, at 5:39
59. Joan Horrach Rippoll (Sp) Caisse d'Epargne-I.B., at 5:51
60. Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Sp) CSC, at 6:01
61. Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Liberty Seguros, at 6:06
62. Laverde Jimenez Luis Felipe (Col) Ceramica Panaria – Navigare, at 7:04
63. Markel Irizar Aranburu (Sp) Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 9:01
64. Julia Cegarra Jose Cayetano (Sp) Caisse d'Epargne-I.B., at 9:01
65. Carlos Da Cruz (F) Francaise des Jeux, at 9:01
66. Matthias Kessler (G) T-Mobile, at 9:01
67. Ruben Lobato Elvira (Sp) Saunier Duval, at 9:53
68. Stefan Schumacher (G) Gerolsteiner, at 11:41
69. Staf Scheirlinckx (B) Cofidis, at 11:42
70. Joerg Ludewig (G) T-Mobile, at 11:42
71. Olaf Pollack (G) T-Mobile, at 11:42
72. Christian Knees (G) Milram, at 11:49
73. Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-I.B., at 13:19
74. Paolo Bettini (I) Quick Step-Innergetic, at 13:47
75. Maxime Monfort (B) Cofidis, at 13:47
76. Alessandro Vanotti (I) Milram, at 13:47
77. Sergio Ghisalberti (I) Milram, at 13:47
78. Olivier Bonnaire (F) Bouygues Telecom, at 13:47
79. Andrea Moletta (I) Gerolsteiner, at 13:47
80. Jussi Veikkanen (FIN) Francaise des Jeux, at 13:47
81. Michael Rasmussen (Dk) Rabobank, at 13:47
82. William Bonnet (F) Credit Agricole, at 13:47
83. Christophe Edaleine (F) Credit Agricole, at 13:47
84. Hubert Dupont (F) Ag2r Prevoyance, at 13:47
85. Renaud Dion (F) Ag2r Prevoyance, at 13:47
86. Ardila Cano Mauricio Alberto (Col) Rabobank, at 13:47
87. Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank, at 13:47
88. Arnaud Labbe (F) Bouygues Telecom, at 13:47
89. Benoit Poilvet (F) Credit Agricole, at 13:47
90. Leonardo Scarselli (I) Quick Step-Innergetic, at 13:47
91. Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Sp) Caisse d'Epargne-I.B., at 13:47
92. Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria – Navigare, at 13:47
93. Fortunato Baliani (I) Ceramica Panaria – Navigare, at 13:47
94. Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel, at 13:47
95. Pavel Padrnos (Cz) Discovery Channel, at 13:47
96. Mc Carty Jonathan Patrick (USA) Phonak, at 13:47
97. Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak, at 13:47
98. Parra Pinto Ivan Ramiro (Col) Cofidis, at 13:47
99. Marco Pinotti (I) Saunier Duval, at 13:47
100. Jurgen Van De Walle (B) Quick Step-Innergetic, at 13:47
101. Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre, at 13:47
102. Serge Baguet (B) Quick Step-Innergetic, at 13:47
103. Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) CSC, at 13:47
104. Rast Grégory (Swi) Phonak, at 13:47
105. Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval, at 13:47
106. Nicolas Vogondy (F) Credit Agricole, at 13:47
107. Yannick Talabardon (F) Credit Agricole, at 13:47
108. Iker Flores Galarza (Sp) Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 13:47
109. Imanol Erviti (Sp) Caisse d'Epargne-I.B., at 13:47
110. Yoann Le Boulanger (F) Bouygues Telecom, at 13:47
111. Santo Anza' (I) Colombia – Selle Italia, at 13:47
112. Angel Gomez Gomez (Sp) Saunier Duval, at 13:47
113. Alessandro Spezialetti (I) Liquigas-Bianchi, at 21:09
114. Alberto Loddo (I) Colombia – Selle Italia, at 21:09
115. Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r Prevoyance, at 21:09
116. Alessandro Cortinovis (I) Milram, at 21:09
117. Jan Kuyckx (B) Davitamon-Lotto, at 21:09
118. Erik Gustav Erik (Swe) Francaise des Jeux, at 21:09
119. Philippe Gilbert (B) Francaise des Jeux, at 21:09
120. Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak, at 21:09
121. Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros, at 21:09
122. Gorazd Stangelj (SLO) Lampre, at 21:09
123. Mickael Delage (F) Francaise des Jeux, at 21:09
124. Stef Clement (Nl) Bouygues Telecom, at 21:09
125. Volker Ordowski (G) Gerolsteiner, at 21:09
126. Torsten Hiekmann (G) Gerolsteiner, at 21:09
127. Michael Blaudzun (Dk) CSC, at 21:09
128. Bobby Julich (USA) CSC, at 21:09
129. Koen De Kort (Nl) Liberty Seguros, at 21:09
130. Fabrizio Guidi (I) Phonak, at 21:09
131. Vladimir Miholjevic (CRO) Liquigas-Bianchi, at 21:09
132. Fabio Sacchi (I) Milram, at 21:09
133. Sergio Barbero (I) Colombia – Selle Italia, at 21:09
134. Arnaud Gerard (F) Francaise des Jeux, at 21:09
135. Gabriele Missaglia (I) Colombia – Selle Italia, at 21:09
136. Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel, at 21:09
137. Raffaele Illiano (I) Colombia – Selle Italia, at 21:09
138. Pauriol Rémi (F) Credit Agricole, at 21:09
139. David Dario David (I) Liquigas-Bianchi, at 21:09
140. Giovanni Lombardi (I) CSC, at 21:09
141. Paolo Fornaciari (I) Lampre, at 21:09
142. Garrido Lima José Antonio (Sp) Quick Step-Innergetic, at 21:09
143. Sylvain Calzati (F) Ag2r Prevoyance, at 21:09
144. Charles Wegelius (GB) Liquigas-Bianchi, at 21:09
145. Cyrille Monnerais (F) Francaise des Jeux, at 21:09
146. Bert Roesems (B) Davitamon-Lotto, at 21:09
147. Carl Naibo (F) Ag2r Prevoyance, at 21:09
148. Anton Luengo Celaya (Sp) Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 21:09
149. Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi, at 21:09
150. Marc Wauters (B) Rabobank, at 21:09
151. Francisco Perez Sanchez (Sp) Caisse d'Epargne-I.B., at 21:09
152. Moises Aldape Chavez (MEX) Ceramica Panaria – Navigare, at 21:09
153. Marc De Maar (Nl) Rabobank, at 21:09
154. Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank, at 21:09
155. Mark Scanlon (IRL) Ag2r Prevoyance, at 21:09
156. Dario Andriotto (I) Liquigas-Bianchi, at 21:09
157. Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel, at 21:09
158. Davide Bramati (I) Quick Step-Innergetic, at 21:09
159. Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto, at 21:09
160. Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Sp) Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 21:09
161. Frantisek Rabon (Cz) T-Mobile, at 21:09
162. Matthias Russ (G) Gerolsteiner, at 21:09
163. Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile, at 21:09
164. Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel, at 21:09
165. Ronny Scholz (G) Gerolsteiner, at 21:09
166. Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto, at 21:09
167. Perez Cuapio Julio Alberto (MEX) Ceramica Panaria – Navigare, at 21:09
168. Aaron Olsen (USA) Saunier Duval, at 21:09
169. Yohann Gene (F) Bouygues Telecom, at 21:09
170. Giovanni Bernaudeau (F) Bouygues Telecom, at 21:09
171. Ivan Mayoz (Sp) Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 21:09
172. Marco Fertonani (I) Caisse d'Epargne-I.B., at 21:09
173. Mirco Lorenzetto (I) Milram, at 21:09
174. Elia Rigotto (I) Milram, at 21:09
175. Andy Flickinger (F) Bouygues Telecom, at 21:09
176. Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Sp) Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 21:09
177. Sven Krauss (G) Gerolsteiner, at 21:09
178. Robert Forster (G) Gerolsteiner, at 21:09
179. Preben Van Hecke (B) Davitamon-Lotto, at 21:09
180. Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto, at 21:09
181. Carrasco Gamiz Jose Luis (Sp) Caisse d'Epargne-I.B., at 21:09
182. Jose Serpa (Col) Colombia – Selle Italia, at 21:09
183. Amael Moinard (F) Cofidis, at 21:09
184. Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Francaise des Jeux, at 21:09
185. Alberto Ongarato (I) Milram, at 21:09
186. Tomas Vaitkus (Lit) Ag2r Prevoyance, at 24:52
187. Maximiliano Axel Maximiliano (ARG) Ceramica Panaria – Navigare, at 30:10
Overall, at after 7 stages
1. Sergei Honchar (Ukr) T-Mobile, at 27:37:07
2. Paolo Savoldelli (I) Discovery Channel, at 0:06
3. Ivan Basso (I) CSC, at 0:11
4. Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile, at 0:32
5. Davide Rebellin (I) Gerolsteiner, at 0:54
6. Rubiera Vigil José Luis (Sp) Discovery Channel, at 0:56
7. Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel, at 0:57
8. Gutierrez Cataluna José E. (Sp) Phonak, at 1:03
9. Danilo Di Luca (I) Liquigas-Bianchi, at 1:07
10. Jens Voigt (G) CSC, at 1:09
11. Damiano Cunego (I) Lampre, at 1:21
12. Andrea Noe' (I) Liquigas-Bianchi, at 1:27
13. Franco Pellizotti (I) Liquigas-Bianchi, at 1:30
14. Vila Errandonea Francisco J. (Sp) Lampre, at 1:32
15. Juan Manuel Garate (Sp) Quick Step-Innergetic, at 1:35
16. Gutierrez Palacios José Ivan (Sp) Caisse d'Epargne-I.B., at 1:37
17. Pena Grisales Victor Hugo (Col) Phonak, at 1:38
18. Axel Merckx (B) Phonak, at 1:54
19. Rik Verbrugghe (B) Cofidis, at 1:56
20. Gilberto Simoni (I) Saunier Duval, at 1:56
21. Michele Scarponi (I) Liberty Seguros, at 2:04
22. Jan Ullrich (G) T-Mobile, at 2:07
23. Francesco Bellotti (I) Credit Agricole, at 2:13
24. Manuele Mori (I) Saunier Duval, at 2:20
25. Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Sp) Liberty Seguros, at 2:26
26. Giampaolo Caruso (I) Liberty Seguros, at 2:29
27. Josep Jufre Pou (Sp) Davitamon-Lotto, at 2:29
28. Leonardo Duque (Col) Cofidis, at 2:30
29. Luca Mazzanti (I) Ceramica Panaria – Navigare, at 2:32
30. Manuel Beltran Martinez (Sp) Discovery Channel, at 2:32
31. Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Sp) Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 2:39
32. John Gadret (F) Ag2r Prevoyance, at 2:40
33. Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre, at 2:40
34. Sandy Casar (F) Francaise des Jeux, at 2:45
35. Wladimir Belli (I) Colombia – Selle Italia, at 2:49
36. Patrice Halgand (F) Credit Agricole, at 2:52
37. Emanuele Sella (I) Ceramica Panaria – Navigare, at 3:05
38. Rujano Guillen José (Vz) Colombia – Selle Italia, at 3:33
39. Serrano Rodriguez Marcos A. (Sp) Liberty Seguros, at 3:35
40. Theo Eltink (Nl) Rabobank, at 3:44
41. Javier Ramirez Abeja (Sp) Liberty Seguros, at 3:44
42. Marzio Bruseghin (I) Lampre, at 3:46
43. Carlos Sastre Candil (Sp) CSC, at 3:47
44. Guido Trentin (I) Saunier Duval, at 4:18
45. Paolo Tiralongo (I) Lampre, at 4:26
46. Tadej Valjavec (SLO) Lampre, at 4:58
47. Nicki Sorensen (Dk) CSC, at 5:52
48. Laurent Lefevre (F) Bouygues Telecom, at 5:56
49. Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole, at 6:51
50. Joan Horrach Rippoll (Sp) Caisse d'Epargne-I.B., at 7:06
51. Grischa Niermann (G) Rabobank, at 7:07
52. Addy Engels (Nl) Quick Step-Innergetic, at 7:13
53. Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak, at 7:17
54. Daniel Navarro Garcia (Sp) Liberty Seguros, at 7:28
55. Leonardo Piepoli (I) Saunier Duval, at 7:32
56. Inigo Chaurreau Bernardez (Sp) Ag2r Prevoyance, at 7:39
57. Wim Van Huffel (B) Davitamon-Lotto, at 7:44
58. Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Liberty Seguros, at 8:20
59. Inigo Cuesta Lopez De Castro (Sp) CSC, at 8:44
60. Laverde Jimenez Luis Felipe (Col) Ceramica Panaria – Navigare, at 9:43
61. David Lopez Garcia (Sp) Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 9:48
62. Olaf Pollack (G) T-Mobile, at 11:24
63. Julia Cegarra Jose Cayetano (Sp) Caisse d'Epargne-I.B., at 11:29
64. Stefan Schumacher (G) Gerolsteiner, at 11:56
65. Rubiano Chavez Miguel Angel (Col) Ceramica Panaria – Navigare, at 12:52
66. Joerg Ludewig (G) T-Mobile, at 13:25
67. Christian Knees (G) Milram, at 13:36
68. Matthias Kessler (G) T-Mobile, at 13:38
69. Ruben Lobato Elvira (Sp) Saunier Duval, at 13:47
70. Staf Scheirlinckx (B) Cofidis, at 14:12
71. Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) CSC, at 14:31
72. Paolo Bettini (I) Quick Step-Innergetic, at 14:35
73. Jussi Veikkanen (FIN) Francaise des Jeux, at 14:58
74. Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre, at 15:03
75. Pavel Padrnos (Cz) Discovery Channel, at 15:08
76. Imanol Erviti (Sp) Caisse d'Epargne-I.B., at 15:09
77. Andrea Moletta (I) Gerolsteiner, at 15:12
78. Serge Baguet (B) Quick Step-Innergetic, at 15:14
79. Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-I.B., at 15:20
80. Ardila Cano Mauricio Alberto (Col) Rabobank, at 15:25
81. Angel Gomez Gomez (Sp) Saunier Duval, at 15:33
82. Jurgen Van De Walle (B) Quick Step-Innergetic, at 15:34
83. Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel, at 15:37
84. Yannick Talabardon (F) Credit Agricole, at 15:42
85. Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Sp) Caisse d'Epargne-I.B., at 15:42
86. Sergio Ghisalberti (I) Milram, at 15:48
87. Benoit Poilvet (F) Credit Agricole, at 15:54
88. Marco Pinotti (I) Saunier Duval, at 16:04
89. Rast Grégory (Swi) Phonak, at 16:07
90. Mc Carty Jonathan Patrick (USA) Phonak, at 16:10
91. Parra Pinto Ivan Ramiro (Col) Cofidis, at 16:12
92. Hubert Dupont (F) Ag2r Prevoyance, at 16:13
93. William Bonnet (F) Credit Agricole, at 16:19
94. Maxime Monfort (B) Cofidis, at 16:23
95. Carlos Da Cruz (F) Francaise des Jeux, at 16:30
96. Alessandro Vanotti (I) Milram, at 16:40
97. Yoann Le Boulanger (F) Bouygues Telecom, at 16:51
98. Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak, at 16:54
99. Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria – Navigare, at 17:12
100. Santo Anza' (I) Colombia – Selle Italia, at 17:13
101. Renaud Dion (F) Ag2r Prevoyance, at 17:23
102. Arnaud Labbe (F) Bouygues Telecom, at 17:23
103. Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank, at 17:30
104. Fortunato Baliani (I) Ceramica Panaria – Navigare, at 17:40
105. Olivier Bonnaire (F) Bouygues Telecom, at 18:27
106. Markel Irizar Aranburu (Sp) Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 18:45
107. Leonardo Scarselli (I) Quick Step-Innergetic, at 19:32
108. Nicolas Vogondy (F) Credit Agricole, at 19:32
109. Iker Flores Galarza (Sp) Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 19:36
110. Christophe Edaleine (F) Credit Agricole, at 19:38
111. Peter Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval, at 19:53
112. Bobby Julich (USA) CSC, at 21:26
113. David Dario David (I) Liquigas-Bianchi, at 21:49
114. Bradley Mcgee (Aus) Francaise des Jeux, at 21:52
115. Michael Blaudzun (Dk) CSC, at 22:05
116. Francisco Perez Sanchez (Sp) Caisse d'Epargne-I.B., at 22:07
117. Philippe Gilbert (B) Francaise des Jeux, at 22:13
118. Vladimir Miholjevic (CRO) Liquigas-Bianchi, at 22:23
119. Volker Ordowski (G) Gerolsteiner, at 22:30
120. Gorazd Stangelj (SLO) Lampre, at 22:30
121. Sven Krauss (G) Gerolsteiner, at 22:35
122. Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel, at 22:43
123. Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto, at 22:44
124. Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile, at 22:48
125. Frantisek Rabon (Cz) T-Mobile, at 22:51
126. Michael Rasmussen (Dk) Rabobank, at 23:04
127. Bert Roesems (B) Davitamon-Lotto, at 23:07
128. Pauriol Rémi (F) Credit Agricole, at 23:11
129. Marc De Maar (Nl) Rabobank, at 23:14
130. Fabio Sacchi (I) Milram, at 23:15
131. Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel, at 23:16
132. Cyrille Monnerais (F) Francaise des Jeux, at 23:19
133. Carrasco Gamiz Jose Luis (Sp) Caisse d'Epargne-I.B., at 23:20
134. Marc Wauters (B) Rabobank, at 23:28
135. Arnaud Gerard (F) Francaise des Jeux, at 23:29
136. Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto, at 23:33
137. Alessandro Cortinovis (I) Milram, at 23:39
138. Sylvain Calzati (F) Ag2r Prevoyance, at 23:39
139. Marco Fertonani (I) Caisse d'Epargne-I.B., at 23:43
140. Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2r Prevoyance, at 23:49
141. Ivan Mayoz (Sp) Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 23:49
142. Jose Serpa (Col) Colombia – Selle Italia, at 24:01
143. Mark Scanlon (IRL) Ag2r Prevoyance, at 24:04
144. Robert Forster (G) Gerolsteiner, at 24:06
145. Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto, at 24:08
146. Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak, at 24:15
147. Jan Kuyckx (B) Davitamon-Lotto, at 24:27
148. Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel, at 24:28
149. Mickael Delage (F) Francaise des Jeux, at 24:31
150. Paolo Fornaciari (I) Lampre, at 24:36
151. Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi, at 24:37
152. Ronny Scholz (G) Gerolsteiner, at 24:43
153. Anton Luengo Celaya (Sp) Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 24:54
154. Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank, at 24:57
155. Alberto Loddo (I) Colombia – Selle Italia, at 25:40
156. Giovanni Bernaudeau (F) Bouygues Telecom, at 26:03
157. Koen De Kort (Nl) Liberty Seguros, at 26:09
158. Tomas Vaitkus (Lit) Ag2r Prevoyance, at 26:13
159. Erik Gustav Erik (Swe) Francaise des Jeux, at 26:13
160. Giovanni Lombardi (I) CSC, at 26:16
161. Charles Wegelius (GB) Liquigas-Bianchi, at 26:21
162. Andy Flickinger (F) Bouygues Telecom, at 26:23
163. Gabriele Missaglia (I) Colombia – Selle Italia, at 26:26
164. Preben Van Hecke (B) Davitamon-Lotto, at 26:37
165. Aaron Olsen (USA) Saunier Duval, at 26:55
166. Stef Clement (Nl) Bouygues Telecom, at 27:07
167. Davide Bramati (I) Quick Step-Innergetic, at 27:17
168. Alessandro Spezialetti (I) Liquigas-Bianchi, at 27:22
169. Dario Andriotto (I) Liquigas-Bianchi, at 27:33
170. Matthias Russ (G) Gerolsteiner, at 27:35
171. Torsten Hiekmann (G) Gerolsteiner, at 27:46
172. Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros, at 27:49
173. Fabrizio Guidi (I) Phonak, at 27:49
174. Sergio Barbero (I) Colombia – Selle Italia, at 28:18
175. Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Sp) Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 30:05
176. Raffaele Illiano (I) Colombia – Selle Italia, at 30:11
177. Perez Cuapio Julio Alberto (MEX) Ceramica Panaria – Navigare, at 30:11
178. Yohann Gene (F) Bouygues Telecom, at 30:15
179. Amael Moinard (F) Cofidis, at 30:52
180. Garrido Lima José Antonio (Sp) Quick Step-Innergetic, at 31:29
181. Moises Aldape Chavez (MEX) Ceramica Panaria – Navigare, at 32:31
182. Maximiliano Axel Maximiliano (ARG) Ceramica Panaria – Navigare, at 36:57
183. Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Sp) Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 37:10
184. Elia Rigotto (I) Milram, at 37:18
185. Alberto Ongarato (I) Milram, at 37:32
186. Mirco Lorenzetto (I) Milram, at 37:57
187. Carl Naibo (F) Ag2r Prevoyance, at 41:57
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