No less than 22 riders escaped after about 60 kilometers of the 200-kilometer stage.

Three or four times during the final five kilometers attempts were made, but Arvesen waited with ice in his stomach till the very end. For a second it looked like it was too late, when Emanuele Sella (Ceramica Panaria) tore himself loose and got a nice gap just before the finish line. This meant Bettini had to open up the sprint with about 600 meters to go.

And that was where Arvesen showed serious class. He closed the gap to the World Champ and continued to soar for the final 200 meters winning the stage with three bike lengths.
”I'm extremely happy to finally win a big one again. I've been second a few times too many now and today was my day. It was a tough finish after a tough day and I was well aware that I only had one shot or I'd run out of strength. I actually decided on going solo, when there was one kilometer left, but then Bettini was off at the exact same moment and I went along with him. I had brilliant legs today and just the right amount of luck to pull it off,” said a very happy Kurt Asle Arvesen.

”Kurt was in a league of his own out there today. He timed it perfectly and won a fantastic victory. He did an absolutely perfect finish and the fact that he beat Bettini himself speaks volumes. Kurt is always the first to sacrifice himself for his teammates, so he truly deserves to win this one and it's great to see him on the podium,” said sports director Alain Gallopin after Kurt Asle's triumph, which is his second in the Giro. In 2003 the strong Norwegian rider won the tenth stage.

Results

Stage 8

1 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                  4.44.59 (41.476 km/h)
2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                              
3 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                              
4 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                               
5 Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  
6 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
7 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                                   
8 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r Prévoyance                                 
9 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                        
10 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
11 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                  
12 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital               
13 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                          
14 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
15 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas                                             
16 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                    
17 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                               
18 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto                              
19 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                  
20 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       
21 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana                                          
22 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                             0.06
23 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                   4.19
24 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          
25 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                          
26 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana                                          
27 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana                                            
28 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana                                            
29 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana                                           
30 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana                                              
31 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                            
32 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
33 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             
34 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                    
35 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                        
36 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                        
37 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic                             
38 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                
39 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                      
40 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team                                    
41 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                                   
42 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                 
43 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                  
44 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                                       
45 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                  
46 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                   
47 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                                   
48 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                     
49 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas                                     
50 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
51 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                          
52 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                            
53 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
54 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                        
55 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                         
56 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                
57 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           
58 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                       
59 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
60 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                               
61 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        
62 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
63 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       
64 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                             
65 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                    
66 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
67 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                       
68 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
69 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                    
70 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
71 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                      
72 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                         
73 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                  
74 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                     
75 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            
76 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                 
77 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                              
78 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                          
79 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                       
80 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                   
81 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                                
82 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                   
83 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
84 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank                                      
85 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                     
86 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
87 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram                                
88 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              
89 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         
90 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                                
91 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               
92 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre - Fondital                                
93 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
94 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                                 
95 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      
96 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
97 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                        
98 Iban Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 
99 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    
100 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole                              
101 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                              
102 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                       
103 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                           
104 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor - Lotto                                
105 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
106 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                   
107 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                  
108 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       
109 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                        
110 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           
111 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo               
112 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                    
113 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
114 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 
115 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare          
116 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                        
117 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                           
118 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 
119 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                        
120 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
121 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
122 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
123 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                 
124 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           
125 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
126 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
127 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                               
128 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                      
129 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
130 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            
131 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                         
132 Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
133 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
134 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                 
135 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                    
136 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                       
137 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit System                  
138 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      4.41
139 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                                  
140 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
141 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare         
142 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo               4.52
143 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                    4.54
144 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                    
145 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                     
146 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                                  
147 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                              
148 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
149 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team                                       
150 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                     
151 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                              5.08
152 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                      
153 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                   5.09
154 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             
155 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       
156 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                5.13
157 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                5.20
158 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                              
159 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                          
160 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
161 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           5.26
162 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Prodir                   5.50
163 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                       7.57
164 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                         11.08
165 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                              11.10
166 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     12.37
167 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                   
168 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team                             22.47
169 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                                        
170 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                  24.22
171 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                        
172 Aaron Olson (USA) T-Mobile Team                                       
173 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank                                       
174 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo               
175 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                 
176 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               
177 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              
178 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                
179 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
180 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole                                   
181 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         24.25
DNS Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
DNF Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux

General Classification after stage 8

1 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                34.48.34
2 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas                                           0.28
3 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana                                        0.54
4 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                             1.06
5 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital             1.10
6 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team     1.36
7 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            1.43
8 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                            1.51
9 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto                            2.13
10 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo               2.17
11 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                    2.27
12 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                 2.58
13 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r Prévoyance                             3.04
14 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               
15 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic                          3.30
16 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                       4.06
17 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                       4.12
18 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                    4.38
19 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                      4.47
20 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                               5.05
21 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                            
22 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                              5.06
23 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare       5.11
24 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                      5.15
25 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana                                       5.19
26 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana                                            
27 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana                                           
28 Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi              5.25
29 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                             5.29
30 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                                
31 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                     5.36
32 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo               5.37
33 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         5.45
34 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          5.55
35 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                          6.08
36 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        6.12
37 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          
38 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                             6.21
39 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          6.29
40 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         6.31
41 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                              6.34
42 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                  6.36
43 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                     6.39
44 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone     6.44
45 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare        6.48
46 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                       6.51
47 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         6.55
48 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                       6.57
49 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                   7.05
50 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                7.07
51 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              7.12
52 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      
53 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                     7.21
54 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                 7.23
55 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           7.27
56 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo               7.30
57 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Crédit Agricole                            7.41
58 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    7.42
59 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo             7.45
60 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                               7.56
61 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                         8.00
62 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      8.01
63 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                             8.06
64 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    8.10
65 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                             8.17
66 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               8.21
67 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                            8.24
68 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             8.41
69 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                  8.44
70 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                     9.10
71 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           9.12
72 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           9.17
73 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 9.28
74 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                             9.53
75 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                9.54
76 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit System               10.21
77 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                   10.29
78 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                               10.32
79 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             12.10
80 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                     12.23
81 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                12.42
82 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             12.46
83 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                   12.53
84 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                    13.16
85 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                         13.31
86 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      13.35
87 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   14.14
88 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                    14.23
89 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas                                 14.26
90 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team                                14.28
91 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                              14.32
92 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                   14.57
93 Iban Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             15.00
94 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                               15.34
95 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                           15.54
96 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                              16.15
97 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                               17.09
98 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                 17.53
99 Sergio Ghisalberti (Ita) Team Milram                               17.55
100 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                       18.10
101 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                                  18.56
102 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                    19.21
103 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre - Fondital                           19.40
104 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                      19.50
105 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                              20.04
106 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone     20.06
107 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team        20.29
108 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team                                   20.58
109 Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          21.00
110 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                             21.57
111 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare             23.24
112 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                             23.42
113 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                 24.02
114 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                   24.18
115 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                     24.35
116 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana                                         25.00
117 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            25.03
118 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             25.05
119 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                       25.10
120 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            25.15
121 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                 25.28
122 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          26.01
123 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                  26.40
124 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole                               26.47
125 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                 26.51
126 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              27.01
127 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         27.45
128 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                    28.52
129 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                           28.54
130 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  29.03
131 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 29.20
132 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank                                 29.28
133 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                            29.31
134 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC                                  29.40
135 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                          29.44
136 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  29.45
137 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana                                       29.48
138 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                  29.55
139 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                              30.11
140 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                30.39
141 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                               30.44
142 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          30.51
143 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo              31.35
144 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                               31.57
145 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                   32.22
146 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                               32.46
147 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                            33.07
148 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                   33.11
149 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram                           33.37
150 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Prodir                  35.06
151 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                35.34
152 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                         36.04
153 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                         36.05
154 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor - Lotto                            36.06
155 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                37.18
156 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    37.38
157 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                              38.49
158 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               38.53
159 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                      39.25
160 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            41.48
161 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          42.32
162 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           43.26
163 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           43.38
164 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo           43.39
165 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           44.13
166 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                47.15
167 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                        48.57
168 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                             50.17
169 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank                                   50.56
170 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                          52.52
171 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         53.50
172 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole                               53.51
173 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                               55.22
174 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo            55.23
175 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                                    56.39
176 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    58.33
177 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                1.01.27
178 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                  1.03.04
179 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team                           1.03.24
180 Aaron Olson (USA) T-Mobile Team                                 1.03.31
181 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   1.14.28

Points jersey

1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                  94 points
2 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                             60
3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                  56
4 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      50
5 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                                   48
6 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                  46
7 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                     40
8 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          38
9 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                             37
10 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                         29
11 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                      29
12 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare         28
13 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 24
14 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                     24
15 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   21
16 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                 20
17 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           20
18 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                             20
19 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                          18
20 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             17
21 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                             17
22 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                                      16
23 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              16
24 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic                            16
25 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                16
26 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                      14
27 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                           14
28 Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                12
29 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                                  12
30 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                          12
31 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      10
32 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                              10
33 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                      10
34 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                   10
35 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                                 10
36 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                        9
37 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                    9
38 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              9
39 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana                                          8
40 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                         8
41 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 8
42 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r Prévoyance                                8
43 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                          8
44 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                8
45 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                  7
46 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                                7
47 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                   7
48 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                         6
49 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              6
50 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        6
51 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                6
52 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank                                        6
53 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                         6
54 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                  5
55 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             5
56 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare           5
57 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital               4
58 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto                              4
59 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    4
60 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          4
61 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 4
62 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                               3
63 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                                3
64 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                          3
65 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                              3
66 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                3
67 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                    2
68 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          2
69 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                                2
70 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit System                   2
71 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                               2
72 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas                                             1
73 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team       1
74 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                1
75 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           1
76 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                      1
77 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                     1
78 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                        1
79 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  -1
80 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team                                 -5
81 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                 -6
82 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                                        -8

Mountains jersey

1 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare          18 points
2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                          15
3 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                       11
4 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            10
5 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                                 8
6 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                       8
7 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic                              8
8 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                  6
9 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                             4
10 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        3
11 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 3
12 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                               3
13 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                  3
14 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital               2
15 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                  2
16 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       2
17 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                   2
18 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                              2
19 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                          1
20 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                1
21 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                                   1
22 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                           1
23 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 1
24 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                    1

Best young rider

1 Alexandr Arekeev (Rus) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo            34.50.51
2 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic                           1.13
3 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                        1.49
4 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                       2.30
5 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                          2.48
6 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          3.28
7 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                        4.40
8 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                 4.50
9 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo              5.28
10 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                               5.39
11 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      5.44
12 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    5.53
13 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               6.04
14 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             6.24
15 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 7.11
16 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                             7.36
17 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                7.37
18 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                   10.36
19 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      11.18
20 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                    12.06
21 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team                                12.11
22 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                           13.37
23 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                        15.53
24 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                                   16.39
25 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                              19.40
26 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare              21.07
27 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                      22.18
28 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                     26.35
29 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank                                  27.11
30 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                             27.14
31 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   27.28
32 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                28.27
33 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           28.34
34 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                    30.05
35 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                             30.50
36 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                          33.47
37 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     35.21
38 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                       37.08
39 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           40.15
40 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            41.21
41 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            41.56
42 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                         46.40
43 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole                                51.34
44 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                53.05
45 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     56.16
46 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram                                   59.10
47 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                   1.00.47
48 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team                            1.01.07

Most combative rider

1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                  21 points
2 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare          17
3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                             14
4 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                  13
5 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    12
6 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                      12
7 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      11
8 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                  11
9 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                                10
10 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                    10
11 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic                             8
12 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                              8
13 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                           8
14 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       7
15 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                       7
16 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                             7
17 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                          6
18 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                       6
19 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                           6
20 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                  6
21 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        6
22 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana                                          5
23 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                         5
24 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 5
25 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                               5
26 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                              5
27 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            5
28 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                5
29 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                               4
30 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                 4
31 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                                   4
32 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                                   4
33 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto                              3
34 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                            3
35 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                               3
36 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 3
37 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                              3
38 Dionisio Galparsoro Martinez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 2
39 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                  2
40 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                          2
41 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 2
42 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          2
43 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                2
44 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital               1
45 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                    1
46 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               1
47 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                       1
48 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                  1
49 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                1
50 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                    1
51 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                   1

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