Making things hard for "Maglia Rosa" Danilo di Luca, the red birds launched an old-style attack halfway through the San Pellegrino (that is, with about have the race ahead). They could only be followed by Iván Parra (Cofidis) and Julio Pérez Cuapio (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare), and the four of them made an indestructible quartet, reaching the bunch of breakaways who dreamt of making the headlines of the day on the Giau. This bunch included Saunier Duval´s David Cañada, whose impeccable pace-setting job was helped his winning teammates a lot. The leading quartet held on to their time advantage, being i the breakaway for 90 kilometres, until they reached Tre Cime di Lavaredo and began putting on a never-ending series of attacks and counter-attacks. With 350 metres to go, Piepoli and Riccò upped the pace to beat Parra, their only survivor, and make their unforgettable one-two for Saunier Duval-Prodir. Two generations united by a yellow outfit: the ambitious youngster and the generous and experienced man.

Today, Riccò (23) has added his name to the list of those gifted riders who have been the youngest men to conquer a stage of the Giro -and probably the toughest one, for that matter. The stage win moved him up to spot 6 in the GC, and closer to his pre-Giro objective, the young riders´ "Maglia Bianca." He is now only 43" behind leader Andy Schleck (Team CSC).

"Andy didn't really have much of a choice. He did good and the fact that he's still third overall is more than satisfactory – especially after the queen stage and ahead of names like Cunego and Simoni, so he's still happy. There was nothing he could do about Ricco's attack, but the battle for the white jersey continues next week and it'll no doubt be both interesting and nerve wracking," said CSC sports director Alain Gallopin after the difficult stage.

As for Piepoli (35), who came in 2nd, he had worn the "Maglia Verde" of Best Climber all day, but it had been on loan from Di Luca. Now the red bird has set affairs correct by moving in the lead with 19 points, thus becoming the strongest candidate to wear the King of the Mountains green jersey in the final podium in Milan. Gilberto Simoni couldn´t mount an offensive on Di Luca in today´s stage, losing 37" to the overall leader but moving one place up in the GC (at 3´19"). 

Tomorrow is rest day two; afterwards, other tough stages and more mountain monsters are coming, including the fearsome Monte Zoncolan, known as one of the most difficult ascents in Europe, in stage 17 on Wednesday.

Results

Stage 15

1 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          5.47.22
2 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                              
3 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         0.10
4 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare            0.32
5 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana                                             1.29
6 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                           2.53
7 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            3.30
8 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                  3.36
9 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                             3.52
10 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                       6.03
11 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              6.07
12 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana                                             
13 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                       6.27
14 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                       6.59
15 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                              7.11
16 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                         7.32
17 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                    8.07
18 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                   8.43
19 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                                9.50
20 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana                                          10.21
21 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo               10.49
22 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            11.20
23 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                              11.27
24 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                   11.31
25 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                     12.26
26 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                             
27 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare         12.44
28 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital                  
29 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                               12.56
30 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                        13.06
31 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             13.19
32 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team      15.36
33 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                   15.40
34 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                               16.17
35 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                    17.29
36 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                     
37 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team                                       
38 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                              17.35
39 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank                                     18.34
40 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                18.48
41 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                         19.01
42 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone     20.43
43 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 20.48
44 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               21.02
45 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                          21.12
46 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                   21.42
47 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                 21.58
48 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                  22.25
49 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team                                       24.50
50 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                     25.05
51 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           25.14
52 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          
53 Aaron Olson (USA) T-Mobile Team                                       26.36
54 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                               26.44
55 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                 27.28
56 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             27.52
57 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                           29.08
58 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                               
59 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                            
60 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           29.21
61 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                   
62 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r Prévoyance                                   
63 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                            29.27
64 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                       29.47
65 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                      33.17
66 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                    33.22
67 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                    
68 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                              33.37
69 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                           33.44
70 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto                             34.03
71 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                34.27
72 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                       34.37
73 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic                            34.39
74 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor - Lotto                                34.42
75 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                                     
76 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                      
77 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                  34.45
78 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                           
79 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
80 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre - Fondital                                   
81 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                             
82 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                     34.51
83 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                 34.53
84 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas                                    35.03
85 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                              
86 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                              35.09
87 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana                                           35.17
88 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         35.40
89 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas                                            35.48
90 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                 35.57
91 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                        35.59
92 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                        36.09
93 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                                36.16
94 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                      36.27
95 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                       
96 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          
97 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole                                       
98 Iban Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                    
99 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                       36.50
100 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                            36.54
101 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                       37.04
102 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                                     37.09
103 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit System                 37.11
104 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                                 37.14
105 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           
106 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                   37.18
107 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                              37.20
108 Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             37.23
109 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                                 37.33
110 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                37.37
111 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                                    
112 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           37.44
113 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                 37.46
114 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                  37.53
115 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                    37.54
116 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram                                  
117 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                    
118 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                    38.16
119 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              38.21
120 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                      38.24
121 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         
122 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                  38.30
123 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               38.41
124 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                      38.44
125 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                             38.52
126 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                
127 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                              39.00
128 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     39.01
129 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                        39.08
130 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                       39.12
131 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana                                                
132 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                      
133 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             39.29
134 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   
135 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                           39.34
136 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         
137 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        39.38
138 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                             39.44
139 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    
140 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                                 39.48
141 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                           39.50
142 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              40.01
143 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 40.10
DNS Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                   
DNF Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          
DNF Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         
DNF Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) Astana

General Classification after stage 15

1 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                       68.00.55
2 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana                                             1.51
3 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                             2.56
4 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            3.19
5 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                  3.23
6 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             3.39
7 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               6.05
8 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                        7.02
9 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                               7.29
10 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                               9.29
11 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                       9.30
12 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone       10.17
13 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana                                         12.08
14 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital              12.35
15 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         13.51
16 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                  16.13
17 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                 20.02
18 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                     21.59
19 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo               26.44
20 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                   27.58
21 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Astana                                          28.26
22 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                        30.18
23 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                   34.35
24 Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                    35.05
25 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                   36.02
26 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                               41.25
27 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare         42.40
28 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                               47.03
29 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                            48.50
30 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                               49.18
31 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                               49.44
32 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare          50.08
33 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team      50.28
34 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            51.21
35 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone     52.44
36 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                       53.02
37 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                       53.47
38 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 55.10
39 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                         56.28
40 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas                                            57.43
41 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               58.42
42 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      59.14
43 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                               1.00.24
44 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                            1.00.51
45 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         1.01.09
46 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r Prévoyance                             1.02.34
47 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto                           1.03.24
48 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           1.03.51
49 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic                          1.08.15
50 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         1.09.10
51 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           1.09.46
52 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                       1.09.53
53 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                      1.12.12
54 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                    1.17.29
55 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           1.17.58
56 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française des Jeux                            1.18.07
57 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                    1.19.42
58 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile Team                                     1.20.08
59 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                             1.21.45
60 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas                                  1.21.51
61 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                         1.24.21
62 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                    1.26.46
63 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                   1.29.01
64 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                      1.30.38
65 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                    1.31.11
66 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                       1.32.32
67 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                      1.34.03
68 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team                                 1.34.50
69 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                               1.34.54
70 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              1.35.48
71 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                               1.36.51
72 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      1.36.52
73 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                             1.37.24
74 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              1.38.07
75 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                                1.39.00
76 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                         1.40.15
77 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Team CSC                                     1.42.44
78 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                             1.44.42
79 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                1.45.06
80 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                            1.45.41
81 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                              
82 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                1.46.53
83 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                 1.47.04
84 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                               1.47.12
85 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    1.47.22
86 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo               1.48.03
87 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Crédit Agricole                                1.48.11
88 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              1.50.02
89 Iban Velasco (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              1.52.25
90 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux                               1.53.21
91 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                     1.55.35
92 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          1.56.10
93 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre - Fondital                             1.56.28
94 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank                                   1.56.37
95 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                                    1.57.37
96 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                         1.57.51
97 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            1.59.32
98 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                          2.02.40
99 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit System                2.03.33
100 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             2.04.42
101 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                               2.05.06
102 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                    2.05.32
103 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      2.05.35
104 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana                                        2.05.37
105 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                     2.06.19
106 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                  2.06.26
107 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare              2.07.04
108 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                              2.09.24
109 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                 2.11.59
110 Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           2.12.50
111 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                  2.13.31
112 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                2.14.16
113 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo               2.17.49
114 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram                            2.18.35
115 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana                                          2.20.23
116 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                  2.20.25
117 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               2.20.48
118 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              2.21.24
119 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                2.21.26
120 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                      2.22.05
121 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                2.24.16
122 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Prodir                   2.25.03
123 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                               2.26.19
124 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   2.26.42
125 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             2.28.56
126 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                             2.29.28
127 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole                                2.29.32
128 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            2.31.45
129 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                       2.32.27
130 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                    2.33.27
131 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            2.34.55
132 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                         2.37.50
133 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                          2.38.12
134 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor - Lotto                             2.39.38
135 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           2.40.53
136 Nick Gates (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                 2.46.38
137 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                2.51.02
138 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                           2.51.12
139 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          2.51.53
140 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     2.52.24
141 Aaron Olson (USA) T-Mobile Team                                    2.55.24
142 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                     2.57.48
143 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      2.58.14

Points jersey

1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                    135 points
2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                            108
3 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                96
4 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             73
5 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                               70
6 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                              67
7 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                     65
8 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                               59
9 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                     59
10 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                   57
11 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                                     56
12 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                 51
13 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana                                              47
14 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                         38
15 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                               37
16 David Arroyo Duran (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                36
17 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                      33
18 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          32
19 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                        32
20 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare             32
21 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                                32
22 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                         30
23 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                         29
24 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare            28
25 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana                                            26
26 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    24
27 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   20
28 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                           20
29 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                             18
30 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                17
31 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic                               16
32 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   15
33 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                                         12
34 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital                 12
35 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                                     12
36 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            12
37 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                      12
38 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                             12
39 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   11
40 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                    11
41 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         10
42 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                10
43 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Liquigas                                    10
44 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                           9
45 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                            8
46 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas                                                8
47 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2r Prévoyance                                   8
48 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   8
49 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                                   7
50 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                      7
51 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank                                       7
52 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                                   6
53 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            6
54 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                   6
55 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                          5
56 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 5
57 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                   4
58 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto                                 4
59 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                      4
60 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   4
61 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                                4
62 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                                  3
63 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                             3
64 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                             3
65 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 3
66 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                      2
67 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                       2
68 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                       2
69 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   2
70 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                  2
71 Ricardo Serrano Gonzalez (Spa) Tinkoff Credit System                      2
72 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                   1
73 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          1
74 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                               1
75 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Rabobank                               1
76 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                         1
77 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram                                           1
78 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                            1
79 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                           -5
80 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                  -5
81 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               -5
82 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas                                          -5
83 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     -5
84 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                            -5
85 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         -5
86 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                    -6
87 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                        -9
88 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              -10
89 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                -15
90 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana                                             -20

Mountains jersey

1 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             60 pts
2 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                             41
3 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                               36
4 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                       31
5 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare             23
6 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 20
7 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                              16
8 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                  15
9 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                   15
10 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                         14
11 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                              14
12 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          13
13 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                   11
14 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare              9
15 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                                   8
16 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                         8
17 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic                                8
18 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana                                               7
19 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                          7
20 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                   6
21 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                                   6
22 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana                                             5
23 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                                   4
24 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                            4
25 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                  3
26 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                              3
27 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                     3
28 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                          2
29 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital                  2
30 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                     2
31 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                      2
32 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          2
33 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 2
34 José Luis Rubiera Vigil (Spa) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          1
35 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                             1
36 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                            1
37 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    1
38 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            1
39 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                                      1
40 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                       1

Best young rider

1 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                         68.03.51
2 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             0.43
3 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                   13.17
4 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                23.48
5 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                         27.22
6 Amaël Moinard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  52.14
7 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                55.46
8 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       56.18
9 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                               57.55
10 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic                          1.05.19
11 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                       1.06.57
12 Carl Naibo (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                    1.16.46
13 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                       1.29.36
14 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team                                 1.31.54
15 Matthew Lloyd (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                               1.33.55
16 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      1.33.56
17 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana                                         1.37.19
18 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                             1.41.46
19 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                1.42.10
20 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                               1.44.16
21 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                     1.52.39
22 Dmitry Kozontchouk (Rus) Rabobank                                   1.53.41
23 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                                    1.54.41
24 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                      2.03.23
25 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare               2.04.08
26 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                 2.11.20
27 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                       2.19.09
28 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    2.23.46
29 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux                              2.26.32
30 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Crédit Agricole                                 2.26.36
31 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             2.28.49
32 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                        2.29.31
33 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             2.31.59
34 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                          2.34.54
35 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                           2.35.16
36 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            2.37.57
37 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                 2.48.06
38 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      2.49.28
39 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                      2.54.52

TV Girabaldy competition

1 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    13 points
2 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     9
3 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                          8
4 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                               8
5 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            7
6 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     7
7 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           6
8 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                        6
9 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    6
10 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare              5
11 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 5
12 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                            5
13 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                     5
14 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                                  5
15 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                                   5
16 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                  4
17 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             4
18 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            4
19 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                   4
20 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                                      4
21 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                              4
22 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                               3
23 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                3
24 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto                                 3
25 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                      3
26 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare             2
27 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                                 2
28 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                                   2
29 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                             2
30 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                     2
31 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 2
32 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                     1
33 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana                                             1
34 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                       1
35 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                       1
36 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                     1
37 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                  1
38 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic                                1
39 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                          1

Most combative rider

1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Team Milram                                     31 points
2 Leonardo Piepoli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             29
3 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas                                             26
4 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                       25
5 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                24
6 Riccardo Ricco (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                               21
7 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare             20
8 Marco Pinotti (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                         17
9 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Saunier Duval - Prodir                              17
10 Ivan Ramiro Parra Pinto (Col) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          15
11 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   13
12 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                              13
13 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare             11
14 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    11
15 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                 10
16 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                    10
17 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                                  10
18 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 9
19 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    9
20 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Astana                                               9
21 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                          9
22 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quickstep - Innergetic                                8
23 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                              8
24 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          7
25 Frédéric Bessy (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    7
26 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                   7
27 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                              7
28 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana                                                7
29 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                          6
30 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                    6
31 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Astana                                             6
32 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria - Navigare                     6
33 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   6
34 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                            5
35 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                                  5
36 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                                 5
37 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                   4
38 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre - Fondital                                   4
39 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank                                          4
40 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            4
41 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance                                      4
42 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r Prévoyance                                      4
43 Franco Pellizotti (Ita) Liquigas                                          3
44 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                  3
45 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Predictor - Lotto                                 3
46 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                            3
47 Josep Jufre Pou (Spa) Predictor - Lotto                                   3
48 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                      3
49 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 3
50 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                             2
51 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                     2
52 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 2
53 Francisco Javier Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre - Fondital                  1
54 Mario Aerts (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                       1
55 Hubert Dupont (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                       1
56 Marco Marzano (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                     1
57 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team                                      1
58 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                       1

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