Giro 12: Di Luca wins; back in pink

Giro 12: Di Luca wins; back in pink

Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) regained his hold on the Giro d'Italia's maglia rosa after winning the 12t

Published: May 23, 2007 at 11:00 pm

Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) regained his hold on the Giro d'Italia's maglia rosa after winning the 12t

PIC: Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) Italy's Danilo Di Luca let the peloton and the tifosi know who was in charge today, winning Stage 12 of the 2007 Giro d'Italia and regaining the overall leader's pink jersey from his teammate Andrea Noe. Fellow Italian Gilberto Simoni (Saunier Duval-Prodir) was second with the same time, followed by young Luxembourg sensation Andy Schleck (Team CSC), seven seconds behind Di Luca. "I played it very well during the breakaway," Di Luca said. "It was a nice stage. I'm very happy." Di Luca powered his Cannondale away from a leading group of five riders one kilometer (0.6 miles) from the finish line in this French town in the Haute Provence region and held on for victory. Di Luca has a lead of 1:03 over second-place Marzio Bruseghin (Lampre-Fondital) in the overall standings. Spaniard David Arroyo Duran (Caisse d'Epargne) is third, 1:16 off the lead. French riders Yoann Le Boulanger (Bouygues Telecom) and Christophe Riblon (Ag2r Prevoyance) built a 17-minute lead on the remaining 167 riders before the big climbing began. Riblon couldn't match the cadence of Le Boulanger on the long climb up the 2,744-meter (9,002-foot) Colle Dell'Agnello, the highest point of this year's Giro, losing nearly two minutes to his French rival. The tipping point in Stage 12 came when seven riders gave chase, including former Giro winners Stefano Garzelli (2000), Simoni (2001, 2003), Damiano Cunego (2004), and Di Luca. They cut Le Boulanger's lead to 8:10 by the time he had reached the summit, 102.4 kilometers (63.6 miles) into the leg. Riblon was 2:18 behind Le Boulanger. Le Boulanger lost another three minutes on the descent, just 5:28 ahead of the seven-man pack, 50 kilometers (31.1 miles) from the finish. Riblon was reeled in at Chateau-Queyras, just before the beginning of the leg's second climb to Col D'Izoard. Simoni's teammate and Stage 10 winner Leonardo Piepoli, completing his duty for the Saunier team captain up to that point, dropped out of the chasing pack on the winding ascent, while Simoni, Cunego, Di Luca, Schleck and Eddy Mazzoleni (Astana) overtook Le Boulanger, with 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) remaining. The ever-tenacious Di Luca attacked shortly before the top of the climb, and was first into the steep downhill section. The five riders remained in a group over the next 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) until Di Luca sprinted clear. Simoni and Schleck did all they could to hold on, but it was Di Luca's day in the Briancon sun. "The Giro is still open," Di Luca said. "My advantages are not earth-shaking. I hope I will go well in the next week." Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez, George Hincapie, Robert Forster, and Robbie McEwen did not start Stage 12, opting to begin their Tour de France preparations. Tim Klinger, Simone Masciarelli, and Gabriele Balducci abandoned at various points of the stage. Hernandez Gutierrez was among those who fell Wednesday in a bizarre finish-line crash. Friday's 13th stage is a 12.6-kilometer (7.8-mile) individual time trial, Biella to Santuario di Oropa, in Piedmont. The spoiler? Andy Schleck has the momentum, and, nothing to lose. Stage 12 results 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita, Liquigas) 04:46:39 2 Gilberto Simoni (Ita, Saunier Duval - Prodir) 00:00:00 3 Andy Schleck (Lux, Team CSC) 00:00:07 4 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita, Astana) 00:00:15 5 Damiano Cunego (Ita, Lampre-Fondital) 00:00:19 6 Stefano Garzelli (Ita, Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo) 00:02:17 7 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra, Bouygues Telecom) 00:02:33 8 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita, Lampre-Fondital) 00:02:33 9 Riccardo Ricco' (Ita, Saunier Duval - Prodir) 00:02:33 10 Franco Pellizotti (Ita, Liquigas) 00:02:38 11 David Arroyo Duran (Spa, Caisse d'Epargne) 00:02:39 12 Francisco J. Vila Errandonea (Spa, Lampre-Fondital) 00:02:39 13 Emanuele Sella (Ita, Ceramica Panaria - Navigare) 00:02:48 14 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita, Ceramica Panaria - Navigare) 00:02:51 15 Evgeni Petrov (Rus, Tinkoff Credit Systems) 00:03:38 16 Branislau Samoilau (Blr, Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo) 00:05:11 17 Christophe Riblon (Fra, Ag2r Prevoyance) 00:05:34 18 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita, Astana) 00:05:49 19 Massimo Codol (Ita, Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo) 00:05:51 20 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col, Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone) 00:06:22 21 Hubert Dupont (Fra, Ag2r Prevoyance) 00:06:22 22 Wim Vanhuffel (Bel, Predictor-Lotto) 00:06:36 23 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz, Astana) 00:06:36 24 Mario Aerts (Bel, Predictor-Lotto) 00:06:38 25 Luca Mazzanti (Ita, Ceramica Panaria - Navigare) 00:06:38 26 Matthias Russ (Ger, Gerolsteiner) 00:06:41 27 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita, Lampre-Fondital) 00:06:45 28 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr, Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team) 00:06:45 29 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col, Ceramica Panaria - Navigare) 00:06:45 30 Marco Marzano (Ita, Lampre-Fondital) 00:08:23 31 Charles Wegelius (GBr, Liquigas) 00:08:23 32 Francis Mourey (Fra, Franaise des Jeux) 00:08:25 33 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa, Caisse d'Epargne) 00:08:27 34 Hubert Schwab (Swi, Quick Step - Innergetic) 00:08:33 35 Dario David Cioni (Ita, Predictor-Lotto) 00:08:56 36 David Zabriskie (USA, Team CSC) 00:09:06 37 Steve Zampieri (Swi, Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone) 00:09:32 38 Marco Pinotti (Ita, T-Mobile Team) 00:09:32 39 Paolo Bettini (Ita, Quick Step - Innergetic) 00:09:45 40 Andrea Noe' (Ita, Liquigas) 00:09:45 41 Fortunato Baliani (Ita, Ceramica Panaria - Navigare) 00:09:45 42 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus, Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo) 00:09:47 43 Amael Moinard (Fra, Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone) 00:09:47 44 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz, Astana) 00:09:47 45 Michael Rasmussen (Den, Rabobank) 00:09:47 46 Carl Naibo (Fra, Ag2r Prevoyance) 00:09:47 47 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita, Credit Agricole) 00:09:47 48 William Walker (Aus, Rabobank) 00:09:47 49 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol, Lampre-Fondital) 00:09:47 50 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor, Team CSC) 00:10:01 51 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra, Bouygues Telecom) 00:10:13 52 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa, Predictor-Lotto) 00:11:44 53 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa, Caisse d'Epargne) 00:11:44 54 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro, Liquigas) 00:11:44 55 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel, Quick Step - Innergetic) 00:11:44 56 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita, Liquigas) 00:11:44 57 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa, Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone) 00:11:44 58 Addy Engels (Ned, Quick Step - Innergetic) 00:12:00 59 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita, Saunier Duval - Prodir) 00:13:17 60 Francesco Bellotti (Ita, Credit Agricole) 00:14:56 61 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita, Liquigas) 00:15:26 62 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa, Saunier Duval - Prodir) 00:15:26 63 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr, Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team) 00:16:10 64 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz, Astana) 00:16:10 65 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra, Bouygues Telecom) 00:17:31 66 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita, Liquigas) 00:17:54 67 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa, Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:17:54 68 Mathieu Perget (Fra, Caisse d'Epargne) 00:18:57 69 Mauro Facci (Ita, Quick Step - Innergetic) 00:19:55 70 Matthew White (Aus, Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team) 00:22:32 71 Koos Moerenhout (Ned, Rabobank) 00:22:32 72 Frdric Bessy (Fra, Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone) 00:22:32 73 Andrea Pagoto (Ita, Ceramica Panaria - Navigare) 00:22:32 74 Salvatore Commesso (Ita, Tinkoff Credit Systems) 00:22:32 75 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa, Tinkoff Credit Systems) 00:22:32 76 Pavel Brutt (Rus, Tinkoff Credit Systems) 00:22:32 77 Eric Berthou (Fra, Caisse d'Epargne) 00:22:32 78 Benoit Joachim (Lux, Astana) 00:22:32 79 Steve Morabito (Swi, Astana) 00:22:32 80 Axel Merckx (Bel, T-Mobile Team) 00:22:32 81 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin, Franaise des Jeux) 00:22:32 82 Nicolas Roche (Irl, Credit Agricole) 00:22:32 83 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa, Caisse d'Epargne) 00:22:32 84 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita, Ag2r Prevoyance) 00:22:32 85 Lloyd Mondory (Fra, Ag2r Prevoyance) 00:26:06 86 Herv Duclos-Lassalle (Fra, Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone) 00:26:06 87 David Canada Gracia (Spa, Saunier Duval - Prodir) 00:26:06 88 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr, Ag2r Prevoyance) 00:26:06 89 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun, Credit Agricole) 00:26:06 90 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel, Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team) 00:26:06 91 Jos Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa, Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team) 00:26:06 92 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa, Saunier Duval - Prodir) 00:26:06 93 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col, Rabobank) 00:26:06 94 Andrei Kunitski (Blr, Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo) 00:26:06 95 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita, Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo) 00:26:06 96 Matthew Lloyd (Aus, Predictor-Lotto) 00:26:06 97 Pavel Padrnos (Cze, Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team) 00:26:06 98 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa, Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:26:06 99 Laurent Mangel (Fra, Ag2r Prevoyance) 00:26:06 100 Lilian Jegou (Fra, Franaise des Jeux) 00:26:06 101 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa, Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:26:06 102 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita, Liquigas) 00:26:06 103 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa, Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:26:06 104 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus, Rabobank) 00:26:06 105 Aliaksandr Usau (Blr, Ag2r Prevoyance) 00:26:06 106 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr, Team CSC) 00:26:06 107 Assan Bazayev (Kaz, Astana) 00:26:06 108 Brian Bach Vandborg (Den, Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team) 00:26:06 109 Ariel Maximilian Richeze (Arg, Ceramica Panaria - Navigare) 00:26:06 110 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex, Ceramica Panaria - Navigare) 00:26:06 111 Pierre Drancourt (Bel, Bouygues Telecom) 00:26:06 112 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo, Lampre-Fondital) 00:26:53 113 Matteo Bono (Ita, Lampre-Fondital) 00:26:53 114 Daniele Contrini (Ita, Tinkoff Credit Systems) 00:28:29 115 Alexandre Pichot (Fra, Bouygues Telecom) 00:30:59 116 Manuele Mori (Ita, Saunier Duval - Prodir) 00:31:00 117 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita, T-Mobile Team) 00:31:00 118 Oscar Gatto (Ita, Gerolsteiner) 00:31:00 119 Matteo Tosatto (Ita, Quick Step - Innergetic) 00:31:00 120 Steven Cummings (GBr, Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team) 00:31:00 121 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita, Quick Step - Innergetic) 00:31:00 122 Christophe Kern (Fra, Credit Agricole) 00:31:00 123 Mickael Buffaz (Fra, Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone) 00:31:00 124 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat, Saunier Duval - Prodir) 00:32:54 125 Nick Gates (Aus, Predictor-Lotto) 00:32:54 126 Martin Mller (Ger, Team Milram) 00:32:54 127 Fabio Sabatini (Ita, Team Milram) 00:32:54 128 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita, Team Milram) 00:32:54 129 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita, Team Milram) 00:32:54 130 Christian Knees (Ger, Team Milram) 00:32:54 131 Dario Andriotto (Ita, Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo) 00:32:54 132 Julian Dean (NZl, Credit Agricole) 00:32:54 133 Maxim Gourov (Kaz, Astana) 00:32:54 134 Brett Lancaster (Aus, Team Milram) 00:32:54 135 Fabien Patanchon (Fra, Franaise des Jeux) 00:32:54 136 Ivan Rovny (Rus, Tinkoff Credit Systems) 00:32:54 137 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa, Rabobank) 00:32:54 138 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus, Tinkoff Credit Systems) 00:32:54 139 Franck Renier (Fra, Bouygues Telecom) 00:32:54 140 Frantisek Rabon (Cze, T-Mobile Team) 00:32:54 141 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel, Predictor-Lotto) 00:32:54 142 Thomas Fothen (Ger, Gerolsteiner) 00:32:54 143 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa, Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:32:54 144 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned, Rabobank) 00:32:54 145 Oliver Zaugg (Swi, Gerolsteiner) 00:32:54 146 Arnaud Gerard (Fra, Franaise des Jeux) 00:32:54 147 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi, Saunier Duval - Prodir) 00:32:54 148 Matti Breschel (Den, Team CSC) 00:32:54 149 Aaron Olson (USA, T-Mobile Team) 00:32:54 150 Elio Aggiano (Ita, Tinkoff Credit Systems) 00:32:54 151 Sven Krauss (Ger, Gerolsteiner) 00:32:54 152 Stefano Zanini (Ita, Predictor-Lotto) 00:32:54 153 Giovanni Visconti (Ita, Quick Step - Innergetic) 00:32:54 154 Angelo Furlan (Ita, Credit Agricole) 00:32:54 155 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita, Team Milram) 00:32:54 156 Koldo Fernandez (Spa, Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:33:03 157 Nikolai Trussov (Rus, Tinkoff Credit Systems) 00:33:06 158 Tristan Valentin (Fra, Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone) 00:33:09 159 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned, Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone) 00:33:19 General classification after stage 12 1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita, Liquigas) 08:42:25 2 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita, Lampre-Fondital) 00:01:03 3 David Arroyo Duran (Spa, Caisse d'Epargne) 00:01:16 4 Andy Schleck (Lux, Team CSC) 00:01:25 5 Francisco J. Vila Errandonea (Spa, Lampre-Fondital) 00:01:39 6 Damiano Cunego (Ita, Lampre-Fondital) 00:02:10 7 Emanuele Sella (Ita, Ceramica Panaria - Navigare) 00:02:14 8 Gilberto Simoni (Ita, Saunier Duval - Prodir) 00:02:34 9 Evgeni Petrov (Rus, Tinkoff Credit Systems) 00:02:48 10 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita, Astana) 00:03:28 11 Franco Pellizotti (Ita, Liquigas) 00:04:03 12 Riccardo Ricco' (Ita, Saunier Duval - Prodir) 00:05:11 13 Stefano Garzelli (Ita, Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo) 00:06:03 14 Andrea Noe' (Ita, Liquigas) 00:07:07 15 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita, Astana) 00:07:51 16 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita, Ceramica Panaria - Navigare) 00:08:16 17 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz, Astana) 00:09:15 18 Mario Aerts (Bel, Predictor-Lotto) 00:09:20 19 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr, Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team) 00:09:34 20 Marco Pinotti (Ita, T-Mobile Team) 00:10:05 21 Luca Mazzanti (Ita, Ceramica Panaria - Navigare) 00:11:13 22 Wim Vanhuffel (Bel, Predictor-Lotto) 00:11:55 23 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita, Lampre-Fondital) 00:11:58 24 Dario David Cioni (Ita, Predictor-Lotto) 00:12:02 25 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz, Astana) 00:12:08 26 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col, Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone) 00:12:10 27 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra, Bouygues Telecom) 00:13:16 28 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col, Ceramica Panaria - Navigare) 00:13:28 29 Hubert Schwab (Swi, Quick Step - Innergetic) 00:13:40 30 Matthias Russ (Ger, Gerolsteiner) 00:14:05 31 William Walker (Aus, Rabobank) 00:14:16 32 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita, Saunier Duval - Prodir) 00:15:11 33 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita, Liquigas) 00:16:15 34 Massimo Codol (Ita, Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo) 00:16:57 35 Branislau Samoilau (Blr, Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo) 00:17:06 36 Steve Zampieri (Swi, Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone) 00:17:37 37 Amael Moinard (Fra, Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone) 00:18:13 38 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa, Caisse d'Epargne) 00:18:51 39 David Zabriskie (USA, Team CSC) 00:18:51 40 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita, Credit Agricole) 00:19:20 41 Francis Mourey (Fra, Franaise des Jeux) 00:19:24 42 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa, Saunier Duval - Prodir) 00:19:40 43 Hubert Dupont (Fra, Ag2r Prevoyance) 00:20:00 44 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol, Lampre-Fondital) 00:20:12 45 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra, Bouygues Telecom) 00:20:26 46 Paolo Bettini (Ita, Quick Step - Innergetic) 00:20:42 47 Charles Wegelius (GBr, Liquigas) 00:20:44 48 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus, Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo) 00:20:56 49 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa, Caisse d'Epargne) 00:22:34 50 Marco Marzano (Ita, Lampre-Fondital) 00:23:25 51 Francesco Bellotti (Ita, Credit Agricole) 00:23:53 52 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa, Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone) 00:24:28 53 Carl Naibo (Fra, Ag2r Prevoyance) 00:25:37 54 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita, Ag2r Prevoyance) 00:26:01 55 Jos Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa, Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team) 00:26:50 56 Fortunato Baliani (Ita, Ceramica Panaria - Navigare) 00:27:16 57 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz, Astana) 00:27:31 58 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro, Liquigas) 00:30:40 59 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin, Franaise des Jeux) 00:30:40 60 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr, Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team) 00:32:29 61 Koos Moerenhout (Ned, Rabobank) 00:34:49 62 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex, Ceramica Panaria - Navigare) 00:35:32 63 Mauro Facci (Ita, Quick Step - Innergetic) 00:36:10 64 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa, Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:37:02 65 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor, Team CSC) 00:37:52 66 Matthew Lloyd (Aus, Predictor-Lotto) 00:38:12 67 Christophe Riblon (Fra, Ag2r Prevoyance) 00:38:46 68 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col, Rabobank) 00:39:59 69 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa, Caisse d'Epargne) 00:41:33 70 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita, Liquigas) 00:43:18 71 Steve Morabito (Swi, Astana) 00:45:12 72 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr, Ag2r Prevoyance) 00:45:30 73 Pavel Padrnos (Cze, Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team) 00:46:20 74 Addy Engels (Ned, Quick Step - Innergetic) 00:46:33 75 Pavel Brutt (Rus, Tinkoff Credit Systems) 00:46:38 76 Axel Merckx (Bel, T-Mobile Team) 00:48:00 77 David Canada Gracia (Spa, Saunier Duval - Prodir) 00:48:01 78 Oliver Zaugg (Swi, Gerolsteiner) 00:48:25 79 Christian Knees (Ger, Team Milram) 00:49:11 80 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa, Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:49:12 81 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr, Team CSC) 00:50:19 82 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa, Predictor-Lotto) 00:50:28 83 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun, Credit Agricole) 00:50:32 84 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra, Bouygues Telecom) 00:51:06 85 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel, Predictor-Lotto) 00:53:20 86 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel, Quick Step - Innergetic) 00:53:51 87 Lilian Jegou (Fra, Franaise des Jeux) 00:54:07 88 Ivan Velasco Murillo (Spa, Euskaltel - Euskadi) 00:54:43 89 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita, Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo) 00:55:11 90 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel, Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team) 00:55:47 91 Salvatore Commesso (Ita, Tinkoff Credit Systems) 00:56:06 92 Frdric Bessy (Fra, Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone) 00:56:23 93 Frantisek Rabon (Cze, T-Mobile Team) 00:56:44 94 Andrei Kunitski (Blr, Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo) 00:56:49 95 Andrea Pagoto (Ita, Ceramica Panaria - Navigare) 00:58:30 96 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita, Liquigas) 00:58:35 97 Mathieu Perget (Fra, Caisse d'Epargne) 00:58:48 98 Daniele Contrini (Ita, Tinkoff Credit Systems) 01:03:16 99 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa, Tinkoff Credit Systems) 01:03:31 100 Eric Berthou (Fra, Caisse d'Epargne) 01:04:10 101 Aliaksandr Usau (Blr, Ag2r Prevoyance) 01:04:22 102 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo, Lampre-Fondital) 01:05:10 103 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita, T-Mobile Team) 01:05:31 104 Michael Rasmussen (Den, Rabobank) 01:05:43 105 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita, Quick Step - Innergetic) 01:05:51 106 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa, Saunier Duval - Prodir) 01:06:20 107 Assan Bazayev (Kaz, Astana) 01:07:44 108 Herv Duclos-Lassalle (Fra, Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone) 01:07:47 109 Benoit Joachim (Lux, Astana) 01:08:37 110 Matthew White (Aus, Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team) 01:09:22 111 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita, Team Milram) 01:10:16 112 Matteo Tosatto (Ita, Quick Step - Innergetic) 01:10:23 113 Ariel Maximilian Richeze (Arg, Ceramica Panaria - Navigare) 01:11:05 114 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi, Saunier Duval - Prodir) 01:11:25 115 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita, Liquigas) 01:11:43 116 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita, Team Milram) 01:12:22 117 Manuele Mori (Ita, Saunier Duval - Prodir) 01:12:58 118 Steven Cummings (GBr, Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team) 01:14:06 119 Lloyd Mondory (Fra, Ag2r Prevoyance) 01:15:17 120 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus, Rabobank) 01:17:09 121 Franck Renier (Fra, Bouygues Telecom) 01:17:17 122 Julian Dean (NZl, Credit Agricole) 01:17:43 123 Maxim Gourov (Kaz, Astana) 01:19:29 124 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita, Team Milram) 01:19:40 125 Brett Lancaster (Aus, Team Milram) 01:19:57 126 Matti Breschel (Den, Team CSC) 01:21:09 127 Angelo Furlan (Ita, Credit Agricole) 01:21:36 128 Christophe Kern (Fra, Credit Agricole) 01:22:01 129 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa, Rabobank) 01:23:02 130 Giovanni Visconti (Ita, Quick Step - Innergetic) 01:23:21 131 Thomas Fothen (Ger, Gerolsteiner) 01:24:14 132 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa, Euskaltel - Euskadi) 01:24:29 133 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat, Saunier Duval - Prodir) 01:25:22 134 Dario Andriotto (Ita, Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo) 01:26:04 135 Laurent Mangel (Fra, Ag2r Prevoyance) 01:26:30 136 Mickael Buffaz (Fra, Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone) 01:26:53 137 Nicolas Roche (Irl, Credit Agricole) 01:30:48 138 Arnaud Gerard (Fra, Franaise des Jeux) 01:31:05 139 Alexandre Pichot (Fra, Bouygues Telecom) 01:31:59 140 Pierre Drancourt (Bel, Bouygues Telecom) 01:32:37 141 Martin Mller (Ger, Team Milram) 01:32:51 142 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned, Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone) 01:35:08 143 Nikolai Trussov (Rus, Tinkoff Credit Systems) 01:36:16 144 Ivan Rovny (Rus, Tinkoff Credit Systems) 01:36:32 145 Brian Bach Vandborg (Den, Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team) 01:36:36 146 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus, Tinkoff Credit Systems) 01:37:04 147 Tristan Valentin (Fra, Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone) 01:37:36 148 Fabien Patanchon (Fra, Franaise des Jeux) 01:39:26 149 Stefano Zanini (Ita, Predictor-Lotto) 01:43:07 150 Elio Aggiano (Ita, Tinkoff Credit Systems) 01:48:15 151 Koldo Fernandez (Spa, Euskaltel - Euskadi) 01:49:18 152 Nick Gates (Aus, Predictor-Lotto) 01:50:47 153 Matteo Bono (Ita, Lampre-Fondital) 01:51:23 154 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned, Rabobank) 01:54:28 155 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa, Euskaltel - Euskadi) 01:57:23 156 Oscar Gatto (Ita, Gerolsteiner) 01:59:29 157 Sven Krauss (Ger, Gerolsteiner) 02:02:05 158 Fabio Sabatini (Ita, Team Milram) 02:06:05 159 Aaron Olson (USA, T-Mobile Team) 02:06:56 Got a comment? 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