In the finale Team Milram excellently prepared the sprint for Alessandro Petacchi. 2.000 meters before the finish Christian Knees and his team-mates took over the lead and did the speed work in the peloton. They took their captain Petacchi to the 250 meter mark, then he only had to admit defeat to the fast Australian and the World Champion. "My team was perfect today, thanks to them although I didn't win," Alessandro Petacchi said after the race. "I reached the finale very tired because the bunch did the last climb very fast. My sprints are sometimes good and sometimes less good. But I hope to win one stage in this Giro," Petacchi continued.

The first stage was dominated by a top group of three. Pavel Brutt (Tinkoff), Mauro Facci (Quick Step) and Frederic Bessy (Cofidis). First five riders were in the break, on the only climb, however, the three escaped from the rest of the group and established a lead of 5:21 minutes. But their lead decreased in the finale. Eight kilometers to the finish Pavel Brutt, who broke away again 23 kilometers to the finish, was caught as well.

Ale-Jet was not the only sprinter who had trouble at the last climb. JJ Haedo and Graeme Brown were dropped at the final climb. "At the end we only had seven guys in the front group, when Matti Breschel and Haedo had to let go on the climb. In my opinion the stage tomorrow is much better for Haedo, and once he got left behind today he was told not to use up all his strength in order to get back up there. The Giro has only just started and he'll get his chance to go for a stage win at some point I'm sure,” said CSC sports director Alain Gallopin after the stage. Rabobank's sports director Adri Van Houwelingen said: "But, the climb was tougher than the Cauberg (Holland's most famous climb)," Van Houwelingen continued by saying: "After two hundred kilometers, that climb is difficult for every rider. More than half of the pack fell behind. It is not a disgrace that Graeme was among them. That was sort of expectable."

On the third stage on Monday the sprinter will have their next chance. Despite a wavy profile on the 181 kilometers from Barumini to Cagliari another bunch sprint is to be expected.

Results

Stage 2

1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                               5.07.13
2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                
3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                     
4 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                                
5 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                     
6 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                                      
7 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
8 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                     
9 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                      
10 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 
11 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                            
12 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                            
13 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                
14 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank                                          
15 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                       
16 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                   
17 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       
18 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana                                            
19 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
20 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             
21 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                         
22 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                                     
23 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                          
24 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                        
25 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                           
26 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                     
27 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                                
28 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r Prévoyance                                  
29 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                       
30 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                
31 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               
32 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                  
33 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital                 
34 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               
35 Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   
36 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                 
37 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                        
38 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   
39 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                                 
40 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                              
41 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                                  
42 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas                                               
43 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                                         
44 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                    
45 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
46 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                      
47 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         
48 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana                                             
49 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                       
50 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                              
51 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
52 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                              
53 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                          
54 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                       
55 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                            
56 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          
57 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         
58 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                    
59 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                
60 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare            
61 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                         
62 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                      
63 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         
64 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                         
65 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                    
66 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                     
67 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                         
68 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                      
69 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                          
70 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto                                
71 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           
72 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                                  
73 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit System                     
74 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                          
75 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
76 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                 
77 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
78 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                   
79 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana                                              
80 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
81 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team                                          
82 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                              
83 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         
84 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team                                      
85 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                         
86 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                              
87 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana                                            
88 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                                  
89 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        
90 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                             
91 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                          
92 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                  
93 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                    
94 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                          
95 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                            
96 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                     
97 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare             
98 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                                     
99 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                        
100 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
101 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                       
102 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                          
103 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                1.01
104 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  
105 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           
106 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         
107 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                       1.37
108 Iban Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                  
109 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                 
110 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
111 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 
112 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                     
113 Nicholas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole                                    
114 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                   
115 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic                              
116 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 
117 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas                                      
118 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   
119 Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
120 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                     
121 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                        
122 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                         
123 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                          
124 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                                 2.17
125 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram                                 
126 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                        
127 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                        
128 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana                                             
129 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana                                               
130 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                     
131 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  
132 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                          
133 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                     
134 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                     
135 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                             
136 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
137 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                     
138 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                                
139 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  
140 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                           
141 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                
142 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                   
143 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                               
144 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           
145 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                                  
146 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                                
147 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
148 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                         
149 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
150 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre - Fondital                                 
151 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
152 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                
153 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                               
154 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                            
155 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
156 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor - Lotto                                  
157 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank                                    2.25
158 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team                                   
159 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                  
160 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                                          
161 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                         
162 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                             3.19
163 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      
164 Aaron Olson (USA) T-Mobile Team                                      4.23
165 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                    
166 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                    
167 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        
168 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
169 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                 
170 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                       
171 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        
172 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
173 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                 
174 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          
175 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                   5.05
176 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                         
177 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                
178 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                        
179 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                              
180 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                     
181 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank                                             
182 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                             
183 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               6.42
184 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                                7.40
185 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
186 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                8.50
187 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          
188 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                      
189 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 11.42
190 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux                                
191 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                          
192 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux                          12.50
193 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           
194 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                               
195 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic

DNF Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner

DNS Michael Barry (Can) T-Mobile                            


General Classification after stage 2

1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                       5.40.51
2 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                                          
3 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                            
4 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                           
5 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas                                                
6 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                          
7 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana                                          0.13
8 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana                                              
9 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana                                               
10 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana                                            
11 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                            
12 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                      0.30
13 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                              
14 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                         
15 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                          
16 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                           
17 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                0.42
18 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital                 
19 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                  
20 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                                  
21 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                 
22 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              0.49
23 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               
24 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
25 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         
26 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                 1.02
27 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                    
28 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                       
29 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                     
30 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                    
31 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                             1.04
32 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                                  
33 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                             
34 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                 1.08
35 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                     1.13
36 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                 
37 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                  
38 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                            1.14
39 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             1.23
40 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               
41 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
42 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           
43 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
44 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          1.25
45 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                              
46 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                              
47 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            
48 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          
49 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                    
50 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                             1.26
51 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                               1.28
52 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                            
53 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                    
54 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto                                
55 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                   
56 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      1.31
57 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                    1.32
58 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         
59 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                          
60 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                           
61 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                    1.33
62 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                       
63 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                        
64 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                         
65 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                                     
66 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                        
67 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                1.38
68 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          
69 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        
70 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                   1.43
71 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                         1.47
72 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank                                          
73 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                              
74 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                  1.49
75 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team                                          
76 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team                                      
77 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                        
78 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             1.52
79 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         1.53
80 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                       2.01
81 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare            
82 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                         
83 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                     
84 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare             
85 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             2.07
86 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
87 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 2.14
88 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                                  2.17
89 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r Prévoyance                                  
90 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                      
91 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                 2.19
92 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                       2.23
93 Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              2.26
94 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      2.38
95 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                
96 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
97 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo               2.39
98 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                       2.41
99 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                       2.43
100 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                             2.50
101 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   
102 Nicholas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole                                    
103 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                          3.03
104 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic                              
105 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                       3.05
106 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                3.15
107 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                               3.21
108 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                            
109 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                                 3.30
110 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                           3.39
111 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                  3.40
112 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   3.41
113 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                       3.43
114 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit System                    
115 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                        
116 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                         
117 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                  3.44
118 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
119 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
120 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    3.49
121 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram                              3.50
122 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                  3.54
123 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             3.55
124 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                 4.01
125 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre - Fondital                              4.02
126 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                       4.04
127 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                     
128 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                     4.07
129 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas                                   4.09
130 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team                                4.14
131 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                4.22
132 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               4.24
133 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                                 4.26
134 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                              4.27
135 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                  4.34
136 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                        
137 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            4.38
138 Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  
139 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  
140 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                4.58
141 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                    5.06
142 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française des Jeux                                  5.07
143 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                               
144 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
145 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                             5.20
146 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                 5.25
147 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  
148 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             5.26
149 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                  5.38
150 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     5.54
151 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                            5.57
152 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                             6.00
153 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              6.01
154 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo               6.04
155 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                      6.06
156 Iban Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               6.15
157 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                             6.21
158 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                        6.24
159 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana                                            6.26
160 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana                                          6.28
161 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                             
162 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                                       6.32
163 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor - Lotto                               6.38
164 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                              6.40
165 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               6.41
166 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                     6.52
167 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              7.05
168 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank                                    7.23
169 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                      7.24
170 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     7.32
171 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     7.54
172 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo              7.58
173 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone     8.02.00
174 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                8.07.00
175 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
176 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            8.18.00
177 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          8.37.00
178 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                               8.45.00
179 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        8.47.00
180 Aaron Olson (USA) T-Mobile Team                                   8.48.00
181 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                              
182 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                9.26.00
183 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                              9.43.00
184 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank                                      10.03.00
185 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                             
186 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                            10.12.00
187 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                10.18.00
188 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   12.27.00
189 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            12.51.00
190 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                      
191 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              13.43.00
192 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux                         14.58.00
193 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                   15.19.00
194 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    15.28.00
195 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux                       15.40.00

Points jersey

1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                    25 pts
2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                               20
3 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                    16
4 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                               14
5 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                    12
6 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                                     10
7 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             9
8 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                       8
9 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                     8
10 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                     7
11 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 6
12 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                  6
13 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                            5
14 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                            4
15 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   4
16 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                                  3
17 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                3
18 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank                                          2
19 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                 2
20 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                       1
21 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                                    1

Mountains jersey

1 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                                   5 pts
2 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                  3
3 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                   1

Most combative rider

1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                     6 pts
2 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                       5
3 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                                   5
4 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                5
5 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                   5
6 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                     4
7 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                                3
8 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                  3
9 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    3
10 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                    2
11 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                                     1

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