Giro d'Italia 2006 / stages

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1st stage on May 6th in Seraing (6.2 km; EZF )

Result of the 1st stage
Stage winner Paolo Savoldelli 7:50 min
(47.489 km / h)
Second Bradley McGee + 0:11 min
Third José Enrique Gutiérrez + 0:13 min
Fourth Stefan Schumacher + 0:13 min
fifth Serhiy Honchar + 0:15 min
Sixth Francisco Perez + 0:16 min
seventh José Iván Gutiérrez + 0:16 min
Eighth Michael Rogers + 0:17 min
Ninth Davide rebel + 0:18 min
Tenth Danilo Di Luca + 0:19 min
Intermediate result after the 1st stage
First Paolo Savoldelli 7:50 min
Second Bradley McGee + 0:11 min
Third José Enrique Gutiérrez + 0:13 min
Scoring Paolo Savoldelli 33 P.
Second Bradley McGee 23 p.
Third José Enrique Gutiérrez 20 p.
Mountain scoring Paolo Savoldelli 3 p.
Second Bradley McGee 2 p.
Third Danilo Di Luca 1 P.
Combination scoring Paolo Savoldelli 60 p.
Second Bradley McGee 54 P.
Third Danilo Di Luca 43 P.
Team evaluation Discovery Channel 24:22 min
Second Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears + 0:09 min
Third T-Mobile team + 0:13 min

Last year's winner Paolo Savoldelli won the start of the 89th Giro d'Italia by a clear eleven seconds over Bradley McGee . In third place followed José Enrique Gutiérrez , thirteen seconds behind. Best German driver was Stefan Schumacher of the Gerolsteiner team ranked fourth Danilo Di Luca came in tenth at 19 seconds back, Ivan Basso finished 13th at 23 seconds behind and Damiano Cunego in 15th at 25 seconds, followed by Gilberto Simoni with another second behind. Jan Ullrich , who used the Giro to build up his form, finished 80th, 49 seconds behind.

With his victory, Savoldelli took the lead in all special classifications. In the team standings, the Discovery Channel took first place.

Intermediate sprints

Intermediate sprint on the Boulevard Pasteur (3.1 km)

First Paolo Savoldelli 5 p.
Second Danilo Di Luca 4 p.
Third José Enrique Gutiérrez 3 p.
Fourth Bradley McGee 2 p.
fifth Michael Rogers 1 P.
Sixth Stefan Schumacher 0 p.

Mountain ratings

Place des Houilleurs , category 3 (3.9 km)

First Paolo Savoldelli 3 p.
Second Bradley McGee 2 p.
Third Danilo Di Luca 1 P.

2nd stage on May 7th from Mons to Charleroi (200 km)

Result of the 2nd stage
Stage winner Robbie McEwen 4:51:40 h
(41.142 km / h)
Second Olaf Pollack equal time
Third Paolo Bettini equal time
Fourth Alessandro Petacchi equal time
fifth Leonardo Duque equal time
Sixth Tomas Vaitkus equal time
seventh Alberto Loddo equal time
Eighth Koldo Fernández equal time
Ninth Maximiliano Richeze equal time
Tenth Graeme Brown equal time
Intermediate result after the 2nd stage
First Paolo Savoldelli 4:59:30 h
Second Bradley McGee + 0:11 min
Third José Enrique Gutiérrez + 0:13 min
Scoring Paolo Savoldelli 33 P.
Second Robbie McEwen 25 p.
Third Bradley McGee 23 p.
Mountain scoring Paolo Savoldelli 3 p.
Second Arnaud Labbe 3 p.
Third Bradley McGee 2 p.
Combination scoring Paolo Savoldelli 120 p.
Second Bradley McGee 103 P.
Third Danilo Di Luca 80 p.
Team evaluation Discovery Channel 14:59:22 h
Second Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears + 0:09 min
Third T-Mobile team + 0:13 min

On the way to Charleroi , a group of four drivers around Gabriele Missaglia , Arnaud Labbe , Mickaël Delage and Beñat Albizuri had a maximum of seven minutes ahead of the field. Fifteen kilometers from the finish, however, they were overtaken by the field. After a few more unsuccessful stages, Robbie McEwen won the mass sprint ahead of Olaf Pollack and Olympic champion Paolo Bettini .

Paolo Savoldelli defended the lead in all ratings.

Intermediate sprints

Intermediate sprint in Morlanwelz (98.4 km)

First Mickael Delage 5 p. And 6 s
Second Beñat Albizuri 4 p. And 4 s
Third Gabriele Missaglia 3 p. And 2 s
Fourth Arnaud Labbe 2 p.
fifth Alessandro Vanotti 1 P.
Sixth Jan Kuyckx 0 p.

Mountain ratings

Silenrieux , category 3 (144.4 km)

First Arnaud Labbe 3 p.
Second Mickael Delage 2 p.
Third Beñat Albizuri 1 P.

3rd stage on May 8th from Perwez to Namur (205 km)

Result of the 3rd stage
Stage winner Stefan Schumacher 5:14:41 h
(39.086 km / h)
Second José Luis Rubiera + 0:02 min
Third Davide rebel +0: ​​06 min
Fourth Paolo Bettini equal time
fifth Philippe Gilbert equal time
Sixth Jens Voigt equal time
seventh Andrea Moletta equal time
Eighth José Iván Gutiérrez equal time
Ninth Paolo Savoldelli equal time
Tenth Franco Pellizotti + 0:09 min
Intermediate result after the 3rd stage
First Stefan Schumacher 10:14:04 h
Second Paolo Savoldelli + 0:13 min
Third Davide rebel + 0:23 min
Scoring Stefan Schumacher 45 p.
Second Paolo Savoldelli 40 p.
Third Paolo Bettini 30 p.
Mountain scoring Moisés Aldape 5 p.
Second Amael Moinard 5 p.
Third Paolo Savoldelli 3 p.
Combination scoring Paolo Savoldelli 176 p.
Second Bradley McGee 139 P.
Third Danilo Di Luca 102 P.
Team evaluation Discovery Channel 30:43:42 h
Second Team Gerolsteiner + 0:15 min
Third Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears + 0:20 min

As on the previous day, a four-man group pulled away from the field. In it were Amaël Moinard , Moisés Aldape , Markel Irízar and Raffaele Illiano . They were caught ten kilometers from the stage finish at the citadel in Namur . On the small, two-kilometer final climb up to the citadel, Stefan Schumacher and José Luis Rubiera were able to easily break away from their opponents. In the end, Schumacher won confidently in front of Rubiera and Davide Rebellin , who completed the success of the Gerolsteiner team .

With his victory, Schumacher took the lead in the overall standings and points. Aldape secured the Maglia Verde tied with Moinard.

On a wet road, Alessandro Petacchi collided with Dario Cioni on the descent from the Cote d'Ahin. Although he finished the stage, the hospital diagnosed a broken left kneecap.

Intermediate sprints

Intermediate sprint in Andenne (132.5 km)

First Markel Irízar 5 p. And 6 s
Second Raffaele Illiano 4 p. And 4 s
Third Moisés Aldape 3 p. And 2 s
Fourth Amael Moinard 2 p.
fifth Davide Bramati 1 P.
Sixth Leonardo Scarselli 0 p.

Mountain ratings

Evrehailles , category 3 (101.5 km)

First Amael Moinard 3 p.
Second Moisés Aldape 2 p.
Third Markel Irízar 1 P.

Côte d'Ahin , category 3 (145.5 km)

First Moisés Aldape 3 p.
Second Amael Moinard 2 p.
Third Markel Irízar 1 P.

4th stage on May 9th from Wanze to Hotton (193 km)

Result of the 4th stage
Stage winner Robbie McEwen 4:38:58 h
(41.527 km / h)
Second Paolo Bettini equal time
Third Alberto Loddo equal time
Fourth Maximiliano Richeze equal time
fifth Olaf Pollack equal time
Sixth Mirco Lorenzetto equal time
seventh Philippe Gilbert equal time
Eighth Tomas Vaitkus equal time
Ninth Koldo Fernández equal time
Tenth Sébastien Chavanel equal time
Intermediate result after the 4th stage
First Stefan Schumacher 14:53:02 h
Second Paolo Savoldelli + 0:13 min
Third Davide rebel + 0:23 min
Scoring Robbie McEwen 50 p.
Second Paolo Bettini 50 p.
Third Stefan Schumacher 45 p.
Mountain scoring Sandy Casar 6 p.
Second Moisés Aldape 5 p.
Third Amael Moinard 5 p.
Combination scoring Paolo Savoldelli 229 P.
Second Bradley McGee 167 p.
Third Danilo Di Luca 120 p.
Team evaluation Discovery Channel 44:40:15 h
Second Team Gerolsteiner + 0:15 min
Third Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears + 0:20 min

A five-man breakaway group around Sandy Casar , Grischa Niermann , Patrick Calcagni , Jurgen Van De Walle and Alessandro Bertolini had pulled away after ten kilometers and largely shaped the race. However, the maximum lead of 6:45 minutes was equalized by the peloton 17 kilometers from the finish. In the mass sprint, Robbie McEwen secured his second win of the day ahead of Paolo Bettini and Alberto Loddo .

McEwen took the lead in the scoring for the points jersey with his victory.

Alessandro Petacchi and Christophe Brandt did not take part in the stage due to serious injuries sustained when they fell the day before and gave up the race.

tasks

Intermediate sprints

Intermediate sprint in Francorchamps (98.2 km)

First Sandy Casar 5 p. And 6 s
Second Patrick Calcagni 4 p. And 4 s
Third Jurgen Van De Walle 3 p. And 2 s
Fourth Grischa Niermann 2 p.
fifth Alessandro Bertolini 1 P.
Sixth Matthias Russ 0 p.

Mountain ratings

Côte de Wanne , category 3 (83.7 km)

First Sandy Casar 3 p.
Second Jurgen Van De Walle 2 p.
Third Alessandro Bertolini 1 P.

La Haute Levee , Category 3 (94.2 km)

First Sandy Casar 3 p.
Second Alessandro Bertolini 2 p.
Third Grischa Niermann 1 P.

5th stage on May 11th from Piacenza to Cremona (35 km; MZF )

Result of the 5th stage
Stage winner Team CSC 36:56 min
(56.859 km / h)
Second T-Mobile team + 0:01 min
Third Discovery Channel + 0:39 min
Fourth Liquigas-Bianchi + 0:42 min
fifth La Française des Jeux + 1:00 min
Sixth Quick · Step-Innergetic + 1:03 min
seventh Lampre-Fondital + 1:04 min
Eighth Phonak Hearing Systems + 1:04 min
Ninth Crédit Agricole + 1:07 min
Tenth Davitamon Lotto + 1:08 min
Intermediate result after the 5th stage
First Serhiy Honchar 15:30:23 h
Second Jens Voigt + 0:06 min
Third Michael Rogers + 0:06 min
Scoring Robbie McEwen 50 p.
Second Paolo Bettini 50 p.
Third Stefan Schumacher 45 p.
Mountain scoring Sandy Casar 6 p.
Second Moisés Aldape 5 p.
Third Amael Moinard 5 p.
Combination scoring Paolo Savoldelli 229 P.
Second Bradley McGee 167 p.
Third Danilo Di Luca 120 p.
Team evaluation T-Mobile team 45:17:43 h
Second Team CSC + 0:06 min
Third Discovery Channel + 0:07 min

In a tight team time trial, the Danish team CSC won with their captain and Giro favorite Ivan Basso one second ahead of the T-Mobile team . Team Discovery Channel was third, 39 seconds behind . The T-Mobile team narrowly missed the day's victory because the fifth driver, Matthias Kessler , fell back a little on the last few meters and the time was only then stopped. In addition, the CSC team set a record with an average speed of 56.859 km / h.

Serhij Hontschar from the T-Mobile team secured the pink jersey at the end of the day and gave the team a conciliatory end to the day.

tasks

6th stage on May 12th from Busseto to Forlì (231 km)

Result of the 6th stage
Stage winner Robbie McEwen 5:24:13 h
(42.749 km / h)
Second Olaf Pollack equal time
Third Tomas Vaitkus equal time
Fourth Leonardo Duque equal time
fifth Koldo Fernández equal time
Sixth Fabrizio Guidi equal time
seventh Paolo Bettini equal time
Eighth Elia Rigotto equal time
Ninth Maximiliano Richeze equal time
Tenth Manuele Mori equal time
Intermediate result after the 6th stage
First Olaf Pollack 20:54:34 h
Second Serhiy Honchar + 0:02 min
Third Jens Voigt + 0:08 min
Scoring Robbie McEwen 75 p.
Second Paolo Bettini 59 P.
Third Olaf Pollack 52 P.
Mountain scoring Sandy Casar 6 p.
Second Moisés Aldape 5 p.
Third Amael Moinard 5 p.
Combination scoring Paolo Savoldelli 276 P.
Second Bradley McGee 180 p.
Third Danilo Di Luca 138 P.
Team evaluation T-Mobile team 61:30:22 h
Second Team CSC + 0:06 min
Third Discovery Channel + 0:07 min

This time, too, the scenario was similar to the previous flat stages. After just six kilometers, a trio with Christophe Edaleine , Andoni Aranaga and Serhij Matwjejew pulled away. But under T-Mobile's speed work , the seven-minute lead was not enough. In the mass sprint Robbie McEwen secured the day's victory for the third time , while Olaf Pollack and Tomas Vaitkus took the other places.

Pollack took over the pink jersey from his teammate Serhij Hontschar for second place due to the time bonus of twelve seconds .

Intermediate sprints

Intermediate sprint in Rio Saliceto (83.6 km)

First Andoni Aranaga 5 p. And 6 s
Second Christophe Edaleine 4 p. And 4 s
Third Serhiy Matvyeev 3 p. And 2 s
Fourth Mickael Delage 2 p.
fifth Patrick Calcagni 1 P.
Sixth Jurgen Van De Walle 0 p.

7th stage on May 13th from Cesena to Saltara (236 km)

Result of the 7th stage
Stage winner Rik Verbrugghe 6:42:15 h
(35,201 km / h)
Second Paolo Savoldelli + 0:14 min
Third Luca Mazzanti equal time
Fourth José Enrique Gutiérrez equal time
fifth Davide rebel + 0:16 min
Sixth Ivan Basso equal time
seventh Serhiy Honchar equal time
Eighth Gilberto Simoni equal time
Ninth Laurent Lefèvre + 0:20 min
Tenth Michele Scarponi equal time
Intermediate result after the 7th stage
First Serhiy Honchar 27:37:07 h
Second Paolo Savoldelli + 0:06 min
Third Ivan Basso + 0:11 min
Scoring Robbie McEwen 75 p.
Second Paolo Bettini 63 P.
Third Paolo Savoldelli 60 p.
Mountain scoring Staf Scheirlinckx 13 P.
Second Juan Manuel Gárate 9 p.
Third Sandy Casar 7 p.
Combination scoring Paolo Savoldelli 324 P.
Second Bradley McGee 185 p.
Third Danilo Di Luca 153 P.
Team evaluation Discovery Channel 81:38:31 h
Second T-Mobile team + 0:37 min
Third Liquigas-Bianchi + 1:18 min

For a long time, the breakaway duo Staf Scheirlinckx and Sylvain Calzati were at the top. They were overtaken by a group of 30 after driving about 145 kilometers alone. Juan Manuel Gárate , Francisco Vila , Víctor Hugo Peña , Manuele Mori and Rik Verbrugghe were able to break away from this large group . Verbrugghe distanced his companions five kilometers from the goal. With the exception of Verbrugghe, the first in the main field caught up with all the runaway drivers. Paolo Savoldelli reached the finish line, which was at the end of a 600 meter climb, fourteen seconds behind. Luca Mazzanti followed at the same time .

In the overall standings Serhij Hontschar won back the pink jersey. In the mountain classification, Staf Scheirlinckx took the lead.

tasks

Intermediate sprints

Intermediate sprint in Urbino (87.2 km)

First Sylvain Calzati 5 p. And 6 s
Second Staf Scheirlinckx 4 p. And 4 s
Third Paolo Bettini 3 p. And 2 s
Fourth Philippe Gilbert 2 p.
fifth Markel Irízar 1 P.
Sixth Manuele Mori 0 p.

Mountain ratings

San Marino , category 3 (42.8 km)

First Staf Scheirlinckx 3 p.
Second Sylvain Calzati 2 p.
Third Sandy Casar 1 P.

Monte Catria , category 1 (137.5 km)

First Staf Scheirlinckx 10 p.
Second Juan Manuel Gárate 6 p.
Third Francisco Vila 4 p.
Fourth Vladimir Yefimkin 2 p.
fifth Víctor Hugo Peña 1 P.

Monte delle Cesane , category 2 (196.5 km)

First Rik Verbrugghe 5 p.
Second Juan Manuel Gárate 3 p.
Third Francisco Vila 1 P.

8th stage on May 14th from Civitanova Marche to Maielletta on the Passo Lanciano (171 km)

Result of the 8th stage
Stage winner Ivan Basso 4:04:19 h
(41.994 km / h)
Second Damiano Cunego + 0:30 min
Third José Enrique Gutiérrez equal time
Fourth Giampaolo Caruso + 0:45 min
fifth Luca Mazzanti + 1:09 min
Sixth Leonardo Piepoli + 1:15 min
seventh Gilberto Simoni equal time
Eighth Danilo Di Luca equal time
Ninth José Rujano + 1:50 min
Tenth Julio Pérez Cuapio + 1:52 min
Intermediate result after the 8th stage
First Ivan Basso 31:41:17 h
Second José Enrique Gutiérrez + 1:34 min
Third Damiano Cunego + 1:48 min
Scoring Robbie McEwen 75 p.
Second Paolo Bettini 63 P.
Third Paolo Savoldelli 61 P.
Mountain scoring Ivan Basso 15 p.
Second Staf Scheirlinckx 13 P.
Third Damiano Cunego 10 p.
Combination scoring Paolo Savoldelli 365 p.
Second Bradley McGee 185 p.
Third José Enrique Gutiérrez 179 P.
Team evaluation Discovery Channel 93:58:47 h
Second Lampre-Fondital + 0:03 min
Third Phonak Hearing Systems + 1:19 min

Before the first mountain arrival of this year's Giros was due, a breakaway group was caught up again in good time by the main field. After Carlos Sastre had driven for Ivan Basso at high speed in the twelve-kilometer final climb, Jan Ullrich , Serhij Hontschar and Paolo Savoldelli lost the connection. Damiano Cunego attacked five kilometers from the finish and Basso was the only one who could follow him. Basso countered the attack a little later and was the first to reach the summit. Cunego won the sprint for second place against José Enrique Gutiérrez . The favorites Gilberto Simoni , Danilo Di Luca and Savoldelli all lost more than a minute on Basso.

At the end of the day, Basso was allowed to slip on the maglia pink for the lead in the overall ranking and the maglia verde for the lead in the mountain ranking.

Intermediate sprints

Intermediate sprint in Manoppello (154.1 km)

First Serge Baguet 5 p. And 6 s
Second Grischa Niermann 4 p. And 4 s
Third Andrea Moletta 3 p. And 2 s
Fourth Alessandro Cortinovis 2 p.
fifth Iker Flores 1 P.
Sixth Marzio Bruseghin 0 p.

Mountain ratings

Passo Lanciano , mountain arrival (171 km)

First Ivan Basso 15 p.
Second Damiano Cunego 10 p.
Third José Enrique Gutiérrez 6 p.
Fourth Giampaolo Caruso 4 p.
fifth Luca Mazzanti 2 p.

9th stage on May 15th from Francavilla al Mare to Termoli (132 km)

Result of the 9th stage
Stage winner Tomas Vaitkus 3:05:13 h
(42.760 km / h)
Second Paolo Bettini equal time
Third Olaf Pollack equal time
Fourth Robbie McEwen equal time
fifth Philippe Gilbert equal time
Sixth Alexander Bocharov equal time
seventh Manuele Mori equal time
Eighth Maximiliano Richeze equal time
Ninth Leonardo Duque equal time
Tenth Alessandro Spezialetti equal time
Intermediate result after the 9th stage
First Ivan Basso 34:46:30 h
Second José Enrique Gutiérrez + 1:34 min
Third Damiano Cunego + 1:48 min
Scoring Robbie McEwen 89 P.
Second Paolo Bettini 83 P.
Third Olaf Pollack 68 P.
Mountain scoring Ivan Basso 15 p.
Second Staf Scheirlinckx 13 P.
Third Damiano Cunego 10 p.
Combination scoring Paolo Savoldelli 404 P.
Second José Enrique Gutiérrez 215 p.
Third Bradley McGee 185 p.
Team evaluation Discovery Channel 103: 14: 26 h
Second Lampre-Fondital + 0:03 min
Third Phonak Hearing Systems + 1:19 min

On the 127 km short stage Jurij Kriwzow and Cyrille Monnerais pulled away after five kilometers . Monnerais was overtaken after fleeing 100 kilometers. On the undulating profile that followed, Paolo Bettini made the race difficult for the sprinters. With his speed work he was hoping for a mass sprint that was as unrivaled as possible. The three-time stage winner Robbie McEwen lost touch for a short time and used too much strength to return to the main field.

In a very tight mass sprint, Tomas Vaitkus secured victory in the photo finish ahead of Paolo Bettini and Olaf Pollack .

Intermediate sprints

Intermediate sprint in Vasto (63.5 km)

First Cyrille Monnerais 5 p. And 6 s
Second Yuri Krivtsov 4 p. And 4 s
Third Mickael Delage 3 p. And 2 s
Fourth Patrick Calcagni 2 p.
fifth Grischa Niermann 1 P.
Sixth Markel Irízar 0 p.

Mountain ratings

Guglionesi , category 3 (104.2 km)

First José Enrique Gutiérrez 3 p.
Second Davide rebel 2 p.
Third Jens Voigt 1 P.

10th stage on May 16 from Termoli to Peschici (190 km)

Result of the 10th stage
Stage winner Franco Pellizotti 4:39:47 h
(40.745 km / h)
Second Vladimir Yefimkin equal time
Third Sergei Yakovlev + 0:02 min
Fourth Hubert Dupont equal time
fifth Theo Eltink + 0:03 min
Sixth José Luis Carrasco equal time
seventh Marco Pinotti + 0:05 min
Eighth Sven Krauss equal time
Ninth Alexander Kolobnew + 0:08 min
Tenth Joan Horrach equal time
Intermediate result after the 10th stage
First Ivan Basso 39:29:40 h
Second José Enrique Gutiérrez + 1:34 min
Third Damiano Cunego + 1:48 min
Scoring Robbie McEwen 89 P.
Second Paolo Bettini 83 P.
Third Olaf Pollack 68 P.
Mountain scoring Ivan Basso 15 p.
Second Staf Scheirlinckx 13 P.
Third Damiano Cunego 10 p.
Combination scoring Paolo Savoldelli 441 P.
Second José Enrique Gutiérrez 251 P.
Third Danilo Di Luca 197 P.
Team evaluation Liquigas-Bianchi 117: 20: 43 h
Second Discovery Channel + 0:10 min
Third Phonak Hearing Systems + 1:22 min

On the transition stage, a group of 19 broke out of the peloton after 52 kilometers. The best-placed driver in the overall classification was Franco Pellizotti in 23rd place. Despite the attempts by Lampre-Fondital to catch up with the breakaway, they managed to save a lead of 3:23 minutes at the finish. After Axel Merckx started a solo fifteen kilometers from the finish, Pellizotti's teammate Charles Wegelius closed the hole again. Pellizotti won the sprint ahead of Vladimir Jefimkin . Sergei Yakovlev followed two seconds behind .

tasks

Intermediate sprints

Intermediate sprint in Manfredonia (110.5 km)

First Marco Pinotti 5 p. And 6 s
Second Alexander Kolobnew 4 p. And 4 s
Third Benoît Poilvet 3 p. And 2 s
Fourth Charles Wegelius 2 p.
fifth Franco Pellizotti 1 P.
Sixth Theo Eltink 0 p.

Mountain ratings

Monte San Angelo , category 3 (126.5 km)

First Sylvain Calzati 3 p.
Second Joan Horrach 2 p.
Third Marco Pinotti 1 P.

11th stage on May 18th in Pontedera (50 km; EZF )

Result of the 11th stage
Stage winner Jan Ullrich 58:48 min
(51.020 km / h)
Second Ivan Basso + 0:28 min
Third Marco Pinotti + 1:01 min
Fourth Serhiy Honchar + 1:09 min
fifth Paolo Savoldelli + 1:19 min
Sixth José Enrique Gutiérrez + 1:42 min
seventh Jens Voigt + 2:12 min
Eighth Gustav Larsson + 2:22 min
Ninth Dario Cioni + 2:24 min
Tenth Vyacheslav Yekimov + 2:27 min
Intermediate result after the 11th stage
First Ivan Basso 40:28:56 h
Second José Enrique Gutiérrez + 2:48 min
Third Serhiy Honchar + 3:24 min
Scoring Robbie McEwen 89 P.
Second Paolo Bettini 83 P.
Third Paolo Savoldelli 73 P.
Mountain scoring Ivan Basso 15 p.
Second Staf Scheirlinckx 13 P.
Third Damiano Cunego 10 p.
Combination scoring Paolo Savoldelli 480 p.
Second José Enrique Gutiérrez 287 P.
Third Danilo Di Luca 205 p.
Team evaluation Discovery Channel 120: 23: 38 h
Second Phonak Hearing Systems + 5:47 min
Third Liquigas-Bianchi + 6:06 min

After a three-hour bus ride to the airport on the evening of the last stage and a 700-kilometer flight transfer on the rest day , the individual time trial with the duel between Ivan Basso and Jan Ullrich offered a first foretaste of the upcoming Tour de France .

Ullrich, who was building his form, distanced himself from the overall leader in his parade discipline by 28 seconds at the end of the day and secured his first win of the season. It was also his first Giro stage win. Ullrich has now achieved stage wins in the four largest tours. Marco Pinotti finished the stage in third place, 1:01 minutes behind.

With his second place, Basso extended his lead in the overall standings.

tasks

Intermediate sprints

Intermediate sprint in Pisa (28 km)

First Marc Wauters 5 p.
Second Bert Roesems 4 p.
Third Jan Ullrich 3 p.
Fourth Serhiy Matvyeev 2 p.
fifth Gustav Larsson 1 P.
Sixth Tomas Vaitkus 0 p.

12th stage on May 19th from Livorno to Sestri Levante (169 km)

Result of the 12th stage
Stage winner Joan Horrach 3:55:53 h
(42.987 km / h)
Second Addy Engels + 0:05 min
Third Emanuele Sella equal time
Fourth Manuele Mori equal time
fifth Fortunato Baliani equal time
Sixth Vladimir Belli equal time
seventh Sven Krauss + 1:03 min
Eighth Alberto Ongarato equal time
Ninth Jörg Ludewig equal time
Tenth Manuel Beltran equal time
Intermediate result after the 12th stage
First Ivan Basso 44:31:52 h
Second José Enrique Gutiérrez + 2:48 min
Third Paolo Savoldelli + 3:26 min
Scoring Robbie McEwen 89 P.
Second Paolo Bettini 83 P.
Third Olaf Pollack 68 P.
Mountain scoring Ivan Basso 15 p.
Second Staf Scheirlinckx 13 P.
Third Damiano Cunego 10 p.
Combination scoring Paolo Savoldelli 518 P.
Second José Enrique Gutiérrez 323 P.
Third Ivan Basso 223 P.
Team evaluation Discovery Channel 132: 26: 26 h
Second Phonak Hearing Systems + 7:19 min
Third Liquigas-Bianchi + 7:28 min

In front of the mountains, a 15-man breakaway group seized the opportunity and pulled away from the peloton. The strongest rider in the group turned out to be Joan Horrach , who secured the day's victory from Addy Engels and Emanuele Sella .

There was a curiosity in the breakaway group on the last descent. There Manuele Mori fell , which Emanuele Sella could no longer avoid. Both got back on their bikes and continued the race before Mori fell a second time and Sella could not avoid him again. Nevertheless, they reached the goal in fourth and third place with only five seconds behind.

tasks

Intermediate sprints

Intermediate sprint in Volastra (114.3 km)

First Joan Horrach 5 p. And 6 s
Second Patrick Calcagni 4 p. And 4 s
Third Manuele Mori 3 p. And 2 s
Fourth Vladimir Belli 2 p.
fifth Manuel Beltran 1 P.
Sixth Alberto Ongarato 0 p.

Mountain ratings

Biassa , category 3 (103.1 km)

First Fortunato Baliani 3 p.
Second Joan Horrach 2 p.
Third Manuele Mori 1 P.

Valico Guaitarola , category 2 (147.3 km)

First Fortunato Baliani 5 p.
Second Emanuele Sella 3 p.
Third Manuele Mori 1 P.

13th stage on May 20th from Alessandria to La Thuile (216 km)

Result of the 13th stage
Stage winner Leonardo Piepoli 5:21:12 h
(40.348 km / h)
Second Ivan Basso + 0:44 min
Third José Enrique Gutiérrez + 1:19 min
Fourth Gilberto Simoni equal time
fifth Michele Scarponi + 2:09 min
Sixth Franco Pellizotti equal time
seventh John Gadret + 2:13 min
Eighth Julio Pérez Cuapio + 2:18 min
Ninth Damiano Cunego + 2:36 min
Tenth Paolo Savoldelli equal time
Intermediate result after the 13th stage
First Ivan Basso 49:53:36 h
Second José Enrique Gutiérrez + 3:27 min
Third Paolo Savoldelli + 5:30 min
Scoring Paolo Bettini 86 P.
Second Paolo Savoldelli 79 P.
Third Ivan Basso 78 P.
Mountain scoring Ivan Basso 21 p.
Second Staf Scheirlinckx 13 P.
Third José Enrique Gutiérrez 13 P.
Combination scoring Paolo Savoldelli 555 P.
Second José Enrique Gutiérrez 362 P.
Third Ivan Basso 266 P.
Team evaluation Discovery Channel 148: 39: 57 h
Second Liquigas-Bianchi + 6:49 min
Third Saunier Duval-Prodir + 7:25 min

The first stages in the Alps saw a six-man breakaway group with Benoît Poilvet , Christian Knees , Olivier Bonnaire , José Julia , Marzio Bruseghin and José Serpa , who had pulled away after 87 kilometers.

On the last mountain, however, the favorites took over. Leonardo Piepoli were the only ones who could keep up with Ivan Basso . Also José Rujano continued meanwhile with the two. Basso and Piepoli together reached the last pass of the day 18 kilometers from the finish. In adverse weather conditions, Piepoli gained a lead over Basso on the descent, who did not want to endanger his Tour de France start. The behavior of Rujano, who got off his bike three kilometers before the finish and gave up the race lying in a good position, remained unexplained. At the finish, Basso was 44 seconds behind the winner of the day, Piepoli, who did not pose a threat to the overall standings. Third place went to the surprisingly strong Spaniard José Enrique Gutiérrez , 1:19 minutes behind.

In the overall standings, Basso extended his lead to 3:27 minutes on Gutiérrez, while Paolo Bettini took over the points jersey from Robbie McEwen , who gave up the race due to stomach problems.

tasks

Intermediate sprints

Intermediate sprint in Ivrea (103.5 km)

First Benoît Poilvet 5 p. And 6 s
Second Christian Knees 4 p. And 4 s
Third Olivier Bonnaire 3 p. And 2 s
Fourth José Julia 2 p.
fifth Marzio Bruseghin 1 P.
Sixth José Serpa 0 p.

Mountain ratings

Colle San Carlo , Category 1 (211.5 km)

First Leonardo Piepoli 10 p.
Second Ivan Basso 6 p.
Third José Enrique Gutiérrez 4 p.
Fourth Gilberto Simoni 2 p.
fifth Michele Scarponi 1 P.

14th stage on May 21st from Aosta to Domodossola (220 km)

Result of the 14th stage
Stage winner Luis Felipe Laverde 5:27:05 h
(40.356 km / h)
Second Francisco Perez equal time
Third Paolo Tiralongo + 0:07 min
Fourth Stefan Schumacher equal time
fifth Raffaele Illiano equal time
Sixth Fortunato Baliani equal time
seventh Sandy Casar equal time
Eighth Iker Flores equal time
Ninth Steve Zampieri equal time
Tenth Johann Tschopp equal time
Intermediate result after the 14th stage
First Ivan Basso 55:28:25 h
Second José Enrique Gutiérrez + 3:27 min
Third Paolo Savoldelli + 5:30 min
Scoring Paolo Bettini 90 p.
Second Paolo Savoldelli 79 P.
Third Ivan Basso 78 P.
Mountain scoring Fortunato Baliani 24 p.
Second Sandy Casar 23 p.
Third Ivan Basso 21 p.
Combination scoring Paolo Savoldelli 577 P.
Second José Enrique Gutiérrez 386 P.
Third Ivan Basso 292 P.
Team evaluation Phonak Hearing Systems 165: 21: 09 h
Second Discovery Channel + 3:15 min
Third Liquigas-Bianchi + 10:04 min

The transition stage was used by an eleven-strong breakaway group that had separated 27 kilometers after the start. Five and a half kilometers from the finish, the Spaniard Francisco Pérez attacked , followed by Luis Felipe Laverde . In the end, Laverde won ahead of Pérez un Paolo Tiralongo , who led the group of former companions. The peloton crossed the finish line 7:44 minutes behind.

In the mountain classification, the Italian Fortunato Baliani took the lead from Sandy Casar .

tasks

Intermediate sprints

Intermediate sprint in Brig (156.9 km)

First Sandy Casar 5 p. And 6 s
Second Raffaele Illiano 4 p. And 4 s
Third Francisco Perez 3 p. And 2 s
Fourth Iker Flores 2 p.
fifth Steve Zampieri 1 P.
Sixth Stefan Schumacher 0 p.

Mountain ratings

Passo del Gran San Bernardo , Category 1 (29.4 km)

First Sandy Casar 10 p.
Second Fortunato Baliani 6 p.
Third Luis Felipe Laverde 4 p.
Fourth Iker Flores 2 p.
fifth Raffaele Illiano 1 P.

Passo del Sempione , Category 1 (176.9 km)

First Fortunato Baliani 10 p.
Second Sandy Casar 6 p.
Third Paolo Tiralongo 4 p.
Fourth Steve Zampieri 2 p.
fifth Stefan Schumacher 1 P.

15th stage on May 22nd from Mergozzo to Brescia (190 km)

Result of the 15th stage
Stage winner Paolo Bettini 4:15:42 h
(44.583 km / h)
Second Olaf Pollack equal time
Third Robert Forster equal time
Fourth Henk Vogels equal time
fifth Maximiliano Richeze equal time
Sixth Fabrizio Guidi equal time
seventh Leonardo Duque equal time
Eighth Alberto Loddo equal time
Ninth Carlos Da Cruz equal time
Tenth Gorazd Štangelj equal time
Intermediate result after the 15th stage
First Ivan Basso 59:44:07 h
Second José Enrique Gutiérrez + 3:27 min
Third Paolo Savoldelli + 5:30 min
Scoring Paolo Bettini 115 p.
Second Olaf Pollack 88 P.
Third Paolo Savoldelli 79 P.
Mountain scoring Fortunato Baliani 24 p.
Second Sandy Casar 23 p.
Third Ivan Basso 21 p.
Combination scoring Paolo Savoldelli 609 P.
Second José Enrique Gutiérrez 423 P.
Third Ivan Basso 332 P.
Team evaluation Phonak Hearing Systems 178: 05: 15 h
Second Discovery Channel + 3:15 min
Third Liquigas-Bianchi + 10:04 min

On the last stage before the Dolomites , Iban Mayoz , Christophe Edaleine , Gabriele Missaglia and Gustav Larsson had pulled away after 23 kilometers . Due to the speed work of the Quick · Step-Innergetic team from Paolo Bettini , the lead only increased to just over five minutes. The breakaway attempt was then ended by the field nine kilometers from the finish.

On the home stretch, Bettini rewarded his team for their hard work and clinched victory just ahead of Olaf Pollack , who came second for the third time, and Robert Förster .

tasks

  • 145 Axel Merckx - before the start of the stage, stomach pain

Intermediate sprints

Intermediate sprint in Cesano Maderno (89.4 km)

First Iban Mayoz 5 p. And 6 s
Second Christophe Edaleine 4 p. And 4 s
Third Gabriele Missaglia 3 p. And 2 s
Fourth Gustav Larsson 2 p.
fifth Mickael Delage 1 P.
Sixth Patrick Calcagni 0 p.

16th stage on May 23 from Rovato to Trenti on Monte Bondone (168 km)

Result of the 16th stage
Stage winner Ivan Basso 4:51:30 h
(34.579 km / h)
Second Gilberto Simoni + 1:26 min
Third Leonardo Piepoli + 1:37 min
Fourth José Enrique Gutiérrez equal time
fifth John Gadret + 2:40 min
Sixth Julio Pérez Cuapio + 2:45 min
seventh Vladimir Belli + 3:12 min
Eighth Franco Pellizotti + 3:25 min
Ninth Giampaolo Caruso + 3:27 min
Tenth David López García equal time
Intermediate result after the 16th stage
First Ivan Basso 64:35:17 h
Second José Enrique Gutiérrez + 5:24 min
Third Paolo Savoldelli + 9:17 min
Scoring Paolo Bettini 121 P.
Second Ivan Basso 103 P.
Third José Enrique Gutiérrez 90 p.
Mountain scoring Ivan Basso 36 P.
Second Fortunato Baliani 26 p.
Third Sandy Casar 23 p.
Combination scoring Paolo Savoldelli 638 P.
Second José Enrique Gutiérrez 462 P.
Third Ivan Basso 376 P.
Team evaluation Phonak Hearing Systems 192: 54: 49 h
Second Discovery Channel + 5:23 min
Third Liquigas-Bianchi + 9:20 min

tasks

Intermediate sprints

Intermediate sprint in Arco (123.3 km)

First Miguel Ángel Rubiano 5 p. And 6 s
Second Paolo Bettini 4 p. And 4 s
Third Elia Rigotto 3 p. And 2 s
Fourth Patrick Calcagni 2 p.
fifth Mickael Delage 1 P.
Sixth Raffaele Illiano 0 p.

Mountain ratings

Lodrino , category 3 (41.5 km)

First Miguel Ángel Rubiano 3 p.
Second Fortunato Baliani 2 p.
Third Rubén Lobato 1 P.

Monte Bondone , mountain arrival (168 km)

First Ivan Basso 15 p.
Second Gilberto Simoni 10 p.
Third Leonardo Piepoli 6 p.
Fourth José Enrique Gutiérrez 4 p.
fifth John Gadret 2 p.

17th stage on May 24th from Tramin to Plan de Corones (133 km *)

Result of the 17th stage
Stage winner Leonardo Piepoli 3:21:26 h
(34.254 km / h)
Second Ivan Basso equal time
Third José Enrique Gutiérrez + 0:15 min
Fourth Franco Pellizotti + 0:19 min
fifth Julio Pérez Cuapio + 0:28 min
Sixth John Gadret + 0:37 min
seventh Damiano Cunego + 0:41 min
Eighth Gilberto Simoni + 0:48 min
Ninth Sergio Ghisalberti + 0:58 min
Tenth Giampaolo Caruso equal time
Intermediate result after the 17th stage
First Ivan Basso 67:56:31 h
Second José Enrique Gutiérrez + 5:43 min
Third Gilberto Simoni + 10:34 min
Scoring Ivan Basso 123 P.
Second Paolo Bettini 121 P.
Third José Enrique Gutiérrez 106 P.
Mountain scoring Ivan Basso 46 P.
Second Leonardo Piepoli 31 P.
Third Fortunato Baliani 26 p.
Combination scoring Paolo Savoldelli 666 P.
Second José Enrique Gutiérrez 500 p.
Third Ivan Basso 421 P.
Team evaluation Phonak Hearing Systems 203: 02: 26 h
Second Discovery Channel + 8:30 min
Third Liquigas-Bianchi + 9:18 min

tasks

Intermediate sprints

Intermediate sprint in San Vigilio di Marebbe (112.7 km)

First Benoît Poilvet 5 p. And 6 s
Second Raffaele Illiano 4 p. And 4 s
Third Dario Cioni 3 p. And 2 s
Fourth Grischa Niermann 2 p.
fifth Volodymyr Hustov 1 P.
Sixth Jens Voigt 0 p.

Mountain ratings

Passo di Furcia , Category 1 (115 km)

First Leonardo Piepoli 15 p.
Second Ivan Basso 10 p.
Third José Enrique Gutiérrez 6 p.
Fourth Franco Pellizotti 4 p.
fifth Julio Pérez Cuapio 2 p.

* shortened to 115 kilometers due to snowfall on the Würzjoch and Kronplatz

18th stage on May 25th from Sillian to Gemona del Friuli (207 km)

Result of the 18th stage
Stage winner Stefan Schumacher 5:31:33 h
(37.460 km / h)
Second Marzio Bruseghin equal time
Third José Iván Gutiérrez equal time
Fourth David López García + 0:02 min
fifth Charles Wegelius + 0:07 min
Sixth Paolo Bettini + 2:43 min
seventh Alberto Ongarato equal time
Eighth Matthew White equal time
Ninth José Enrique Gutiérrez equal time
Tenth Paolo Tiralongo equal time
Intermediate result after the 18th stage
First Ivan Basso 73:30:47 h
Second José Enrique Gutiérrez + 5:43 min
Third Gilberto Simoni + 10:34 min
Scoring Paolo Bettini 139 P.
Second Ivan Basso 123 P.
Third José Enrique Gutiérrez 113 P.
Mountain scoring Ivan Basso 46 P.
Second Leonardo Piepoli 31 P.
Third Fortunato Baliani 26 p.
Combination scoring Paolo Savoldelli 693 P.
Second José Enrique Gutiérrez 538 P.
Third Ivan Basso 465 P.
Team evaluation Phonak Hearing Systems 219: 45: 24 h
Second Liquigas-Bianchi + 6:32 min
Third Discovery Channel + 8:20 min

After the two difficult arrivals on the last two stages, after about 60 kilometers, on the initiative of Marzio Bruseghin, a top group of five pulled away. He was followed by Stefan Schumacher , David López García , José Iván Gutiérrez and Charles Wegelius . The two Olympic champions Paolo Bettini and Jan Ullrich tried to catch up with the leading group, but in vain. The quintet gained a lead of around seven minutes before the Phonak team took up the chase in the peloton as they feared losing the lead in the team standings.

The outliers reached the home straight together in Gemona del Friuli , where Schumacher proved to be the strongest sprinter and secured his second stage success. Marzio Bruseghin and José Iván Gutiérrez followed on the other places. The peloton crossed the finish line 2:43 minutes behind.

Paolo Bettini took back the jersey of Ivan Basso's best points.

tasks

Intermediate sprints

Intermediate sprint in Lienz (31 km)

First Paolo Bettini 5 p. And 6 s
Second Mickael Delage 4 p. And 4 s
Third Patrick Calcagni 3 p. And 2 s
Fourth Raffaele Illiano 2 p.
fifth Addy Engels 1 P.
Sixth Yevgeny Petrov 0 p.

Mountain ratings

Monte Croce Carnico , Category 2 (80.2 km)

First Marzio Bruseghin 5 p.
Second José Iván Gutiérrez 3 p.
Third Stefan Schumacher 1 P.

Cuel de Forchia , category 1 (142.8 km)

First Stefan Schumacher 10 p.
Second Marzio Bruseghin 6 p.
Third José Iván Gutiérrez 4 p.
Fourth Charles Wegelius 2 p.
fifth David López García 1 P.

Sammardenchia , category 2 (185.7 km)

First Marzio Bruseghin 5 p.
Second Charles Wegelius 3 p.
Third Stefan Schumacher 1 P.

19th stage on May 26th from Pordenone to the Passo di San Pellegrino (221 km)

Result of the 19th stage
Stage winner Juan Manuel Gárate 7:13:36 h
(30.581 km / h)
Second Jens Voigt + 0:04 min
Third Francisco Vila + 1:21 min
Fourth Tadej Valjavec + 1:55 min
fifth Emanuele Sella + 2:06 min
Sixth Iván Parra equal time
seventh Gilberto Simoni + 2:15 min
Eighth Ivan Basso equal time
Ninth Johann Tschopp equal time
Tenth Danilo Di Luca + 2:19 min
Intermediate result after the 19th stage
First Ivan Basso 80:46:38 h
Second José Enrique Gutiérrez + 6:07 min
Third Gilberto Simoni + 10:34 min
Scoring Paolo Bettini 147 P.
Second Ivan Basso 131 P.
Third José Enrique Gutiérrez 118 P.
Mountain scoring Fortunato Baliani 51 P.
Second Ivan Basso 46 P.
Third Juan Manuel Gárate 39 P.
Combination scoring Paolo Savoldelli 720 p.
Second José Enrique Gutiérrez 575 P.
Third Ivan Basso 508 P.
Team evaluation Phonak Hearing Systems 241: 35: 22 h
Second Lampre-Fondital + 7:36 min
Third Discovery Channel + 12:53 min

On the stage peppered with two legendary passes, Danilo Di Luca attacked at the foot of Forcella Staulanza, the first mountain of the day when there were still more than 150 kilometers to be covered. With him another 19 drivers broke up, including Paolo Bettini , Bobby Julich , Jens Voigt , Tadej Valjavec , Iván Parra , Francisco Vila and Juan Manuel Gárate . They got a lead of up to seven minutes. On the way to the final ascent, the Passo di San Pellegrino , the size of the group decreased. So twelve drivers stayed together at Passo Pordoi.

The remaining riders in the leading group reached the 18-kilometer climb to San Pellegrino with a lead of five and a half minutes on the main field. Valjavec was the first to attack. After Voigt followed him, it took a while for the rest of the drivers to catch up again. Then Gárate attacked and Voigt was able to follow again. Together they reached the top of the pass, where Voigt Gárate patted Gárate on the shoulder 300 meters from the finish line and let him win without a fight. Voigt crossed the finish line four seconds behind the Spanish champions, while Francisco Vila came in third, 1:21 minutes behind. Ivan Basso crossed the finish line with Gilberto Simoni and increased his lead over José Enrique Gutiérrez .

Fortunato Baliani secured the Maglia Verde because, as part of the leading group, he was the first to cross the first three passes and thus overtook Basso in the ranking.

tasks

Intermediate sprints

Intermediate sprint in Longarone (67.8 km)

First Paolo Bettini 5 p. And 6 s
Second Raffaele Illiano 4 p. And 4 s
Third Patrick Calcagni 3 p. And 2 s
Fourth Mickael Delage 2 p.
fifth Yuri Krivtsov 1 P.
Sixth Cyrille Monnerais 0 p.

Mountain ratings

Forcella Staulanza , category 2 (101.3 km)

First Fortunato Baliani 5 p.
Second Juan Manuel Gárate 3 p.
Third Francisco Vila 1 P.

Passo Fedaia , category 1 (135.9 km)

First Fortunato Baliani 10 p.
Second Juan Manuel Gárate 6 p.
Third Francisco Vila 4 p.
Fourth Luis Felipe Laverde 2 p.
fifth Emanuele Sella 1 P.

Passo Pordoi , category 1 (161.5 km)

First Fortunato Baliani 10 p.
Second Juan Manuel Gárate 6 p.
Third Tadej Valjavec 4 p.
Fourth Luis Felipe Laverde 2 p.
fifth Emanuele Sella 1 P.

Passo di San Pellegrino , category 1 (221 km)

First Juan Manuel Gárate 10 p.
Second Jens Voigt 6 p.
Third Francisco Vila 4 p.
Fourth Tadej Valjavec 2 p.
fifth Emanuele Sella 1 P.

20th stage on May 27th from Trento to Aprica (211 km)

Result of the 20th stage
Stage winner Ivan Basso 6:51:15 h
(30.784 km / h)
Second Gilberto Simoni + 1:17 min
Third Damiano Cunego + 2:51 min
Fourth José Enrique Gutiérrez equal time
fifth Paolo Savoldelli + 6:03 min
Sixth Leonardo Piepoli equal time
seventh Sandy Casar + 7:26 min
Eighth Juan Manuel Gárate equal time
Ninth Víctor Hugo Peña equal time
Tenth Giampaolo Caruso equal time
Intermediate result after the 20th stage
First Ivan Basso 87:37:33 h
Second José Enrique Gutiérrez + 9:18 min
Third Gilberto Simoni + 11:59 min
Scoring Ivan Basso 158 P.
Second Paolo Bettini 147 P.
Third José Enrique Gutiérrez 132 P.
Mountain scoring Juan Manuel Gárate 64 P.
Second Ivan Basso 56 P.
Third Fortunato Baliani 52 P.
Combination scoring Paolo Savoldelli 748 p.
Second José Enrique Gutiérrez 613 P.
Third Ivan Basso 552 P.
Team evaluation Phonak Hearing Systems 262: 33: 22 h
Second Lampre-Fondital + 7:36 min
Third Discovery Channel + 16:05 min
The group of Maglia Rosa at Passo di Gávia . Far left in the pink jersey is Ivan Basso with another helper (in front of it), José Enrique Gutiérrez drives to the right

tasks

Intermediate sprints

Intermediate sprint in Bormio (135.5 km)

First José Serpa 5 p. And 6 s
Second Rubén Lobato 4 p. And 4 s
Third Jens Voigt 3 p. And 2 s
Fourth Volodymyr Hustov 2 p.
fifth Ivan Basso 1 P.
Sixth Bobby Julich 0 p.

Mountain ratings

Passo del Tonale , category 2 (83.5 km)

First Juan Manuel Gárate 5 p.
Second José Antonio Garrido 3 p.
Third Fortunato Baliani 1 P.

Passo di Gávia , Cima Coppi (109.8 km)

First Juan Manuel Gárate 20 p.
Second José Serpa 15 p.
Third David López García 10 p.
Fourth Francisco Vila 6 p.
fifth Sylvain Calzati 4 p.
Sixth Gilberto Simoni 2 p.

Passo del Mortirolo , category 1 (178.7 km)

First Ivan Basso 10 p.
Second Gilberto Simoni 6 p.
Third José Enrique Gutiérrez 4 p.
Fourth Damiano Cunego 2 p.
fifth Leonardo Piepoli 1 P.

21st stage on May 28th from Ghisallo to Milan (140 km)

Result of the 21st stage
Stage winner Robert Forster 3:56:03 h
(30.784 km / h)
Second Maximiliano Richeze equal time
Third Olaf Pollack equal time
Fourth Paolo Bettini equal time
fifth Leonardo Duque equal time
Sixth Elia Rigotto equal time
seventh Yuri Krivtsov equal time
Eighth Sven Krauss equal time
Ninth Renaud Dion equal time
Tenth Koen de Kort equal time
Final result after the 21st stage
First Ivan Basso 91:33:36 h
Second José Enrique Gutiérrez + 9:18 min
Third Gilberto Simoni + 11:59 min
Scoring Paolo Bettini 169 P.
Second Ivan Basso 158 P.
Third José Enrique Gutiérrez 132 P.
Mountain scoring Juan Manuel Gárate 64 P.
Second Ivan Basso 56 P.
Third Fortunato Baliani 52 P.
Combination scoring Paolo Savoldelli 775 P.
Second José Enrique Gutiérrez 651 P.
Third Ivan Basso 595 P.
Team evaluation Phonak Hearing Systems 274: 21: 31 h
Second Lampre-Fondital + 7:36 min
Third Discovery Channel + 16:05 min

On the final stage, the field went closed on the course to be lapped eleven times in Milan , after starting at the Cycling Museum in Ghisallo above Lake Como . In the final sprint, the German Robert Förster secured the greatest success of his career. He won ahead of Maximiliano Richeze and Olaf Pollack .

In the end, Ivan Basso secured the overall victory with the greatest advantage in 40 years over José Enrique Gutiérrez and Gilberto Simoni . Paolo Bettini won the points jersey with his fourth place on the final stage with eleven points ahead of Basso. In the mountain classification, Juan Manuel Gárate also won ahead of Ivan Basso. The combined classification went to the otherwise disappointing Paolo Savoldelli , who did not hand over the jersey during the entire tour. The Phonak Hearing Systems team won the team championship.

tasks

Intermediate sprints

Intermediate sprint in Cambiago (58 km)

First Paolo Bettini 5 p. And 6 s
Second Mickael Delage 4 p. And 4 s
Third Patrick Calcagni 3 p. And 2 s
Fourth Jurgen Van De Walle 2 p.
fifth Raffaele Illiano 1 P.
Sixth Leonardo Scarselli 0 p.