Members19 teams of the UCI ProTeam category took part in the race. Also, the organizers provided special invitations ( Wild Card ) for 5 pro continental teams. [2] In total, 199 riders came out at the start of the competition. The finish line reached 169 athletes.
ProTeams (19)- Bouygues Telecom
- Caisse d'Γpargne-Illes Balears
- Cofidis
- CrΓ©dit agricole
- CSC
- Davitamon-lotto
- Discovery channel
- Euskaltel-euskadi
- La francaise des jeux
- Lampre-fondital
- Liquigas
- Phonak Hearing Systems
- Rabobank
- Saunier duval-prodir
- T-mobile
- Liberty Seguros-WΓΌrth
- AG2R PrΓ©voyance
- Quick Step-Innergetic
- Milram
Professional Continental Teams (5)- Barloworld
- Ceramica Panaria-Navigare
- Acqua & Sapone
- LPR
- Naturino-Sapore di Mare
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The race consisted of 7 stages with a total length of 1090 kilometers. The fifth stage was held in the format of an individual split race .
| Stage | date | Route | type | Length (km) | Winner | The leader of the general classification |
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| one | March 8 | Tivoli - Tivoli | | 167 | Paolo bettini | Paolo bettini |
| 2 | 9th of March | Tivoli - Frascati | | 171 | Paolo bettini | Paolo bettini |
| 3 | 10th of March | Avezzano - Paleta | | 183 | Oscar Freire | Oscar Freire |
| four | 11th of March | Palheta - Civitanova Marche | | 219 | Tour Hushovd | Oscar Freire |
| five | March 12 | Servigliano - Servigliano | | 20 | Fabian Cancellara | Thomas Decker |
| 6 | March 13 | San Benedetto del Tronto - San Giacomo | | 164 | Leonardo Bertagnoli | Thomas Decker |
| 7 | March 14th | Campley - San Benedetto del Tronto | | 166 | Alessandro Petacchi | Thomas Decker |
Stage 1
| Stage results |
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| Racer | Team | Time |
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| 1st | Paolo bettini | Quick Step-Innergetic | 4h 08 '55 | | 2nd | Eric Zabel | Milram | + 0 | | 3rd | Tour Hushovd | CrΓ©dit agricole | + 0 | | 4th | Mikhail Khalilov | LPR | + 0 | | 5th | David Rebellin | Gerolsteiner | + 0 | | 6th | Stefano Garcelli | Liquigas | + 0 | | 7th | Alessandro Ballan | Lampre-fondital | + 0 | | 8th | Luka Mazzanti | Ceramica Panaria-Navigare | + 0 | | 9th | Riccardo ricco | Saunier duval-prodir | + 0 | | 10th | Oscar Freire | Rabobank | + 0 | | |
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| General classification |
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| Racer | Team | Time |
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| 1st | Paolo bettini | Quick Step-Innergetic | 4h 08 '55 | | 2nd | Eric Zabel | Milram | + 4 | | 3rd | Tour Hushovd | CrΓ©dit agricole | + 6 | | 4th | Mikhail Khalilov | LPR | + 10 | | 5th | David Rebellin | Gerolsteiner | + 10 | | 6th | Stefano Garcelli | Liquigas | + 10 | | 7th | Alessandro Ballan | Lampre-fondital | + 10 | | 8th | Luka Mazzanti | Ceramica Panaria-Navigare | + 10 | | 9th | Riccardo ricco | Saunier duval-prodir | + 10 | | 10th | Oscar Freire | Rabobank | + 10 | | |
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Stage 2
| Stage results |
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| Racer | Team | Time |
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| 1st | Paolo bettini | Quick Step-Innergetic | 4h 03 '19 | | 2nd | Eric Zabel | Milram | + 0 | | 3rd | Mikhail Khalilov | LPR | + 0 | | 4th | Alessandro Ballan | Lampre-fondital | + 0 | | 5th | Tour Hushovd | CrΓ©dit agricole | + 0 | | 6th | Rinaldo Nocentini | Acqua & Sapone | + 0 | | 7th | Oscar Freire | Rabobank | + 0 | | 8th | Luka Ascani | Naturino-Sapore di Mare | + 0 | | 9th | David Rebellin | Gerolsteiner | + 0 | | 10th | Christoph Le Mevel | CrΓ©dit agricole | + 0 | | |
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| General classification |
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| Racer | Team | Time |
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| 1st | Paolo bettini | Quick Step-Innergetic | 8h 11 '54 | | 2nd | Eric Zabel | Milram | + 8 | | 3rd | Mikhail Khalilov | LPR | + 16 | | 4th | Tour Hushovd | CrΓ©dit agricole | + 16 | | 5th | Alessandro Ballan | Lampre-fondital | + 20 | | 6th | David Rebellin | Gerolsteiner | + 20 | | 7th | Oscar Freire | Rabobank | + 20 | | 8th | Stefano Garcelli | Liquigas | + 20 | | 9th | Rinaldo Nocentini | Acqua & Sapone | + 20 | | 10th | Massimiliano Gentile | Naturino-Sapore di Mare | + 20 | | |
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Stage 3
| Stage results |
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| Racer | Team | Time |
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| 1st | Oscar Freire | Rabobank | 4h 27 '22 | | 2nd | Igor Astarloa | Barloworld | + 0 | | 3rd | Riccardo ricco | Saunier duval-prodir | + 0 | | 4th | Rinaldo Nocentini | Acqua & Sapone | + 0 | | 5th | Alessandro Ballan | Lampre-fondital | + 0 | | 6th | Alessandro Petacchi | Milram | + 0 | | 7th | David Rebellin | Gerolsteiner | + 0 | | 8th | Luka Mazzanti | Ceramica Panaria-Navigare | + 0 | | 9th | Thomas Decker | Rabobank | + 0 | | 10th | Massimiliano Gentile | Naturino-Sapore di Mare | + 0 | | |
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| General classification |
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| Racer | Team | Time |
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| 1st | Oscar Freire | Rabobank | 12h29 '36 | | 2nd | Alessandro Ballan | Lampre-fondital | + 10 | | 3rd | David Rebellin | Gerolsteiner | + 10 | | 4th | Rinaldo Nocentini | Acqua & Sapone | + 10 | | 5th | Luka Mazzanti | Ceramica Panaria-Navigare | + 10 | | 6th | Massimiliano Gentile | Naturino-Sapore di Mare | + 10 | | 7th | Leonardo Bertagnoli | Cofidis | + 10 | | 8th | Joerg Yakshe | Liberty Seguros-WΓΌrth | + 10 | | 9th | Michael boerd | Rabobank | + 10 | | 10th | Thomas Decker | Rabobank | + 10 | | |
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Stage 4
| Stage results |
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| Racer | Team | Time |
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| 1st | Tour Hushovd | CrΓ©dit agricole | 5h 21 '13 | | 2nd | Alessandro Petacchi | Milram | + 0 | | 3rd | Oscar Freire | Rabobank | + 0 | | 4th | Filippo Pozzato | Quick Step-Innergetic | + 0 | | 5th | George Hinkeypie | Discovery channel | + 0 | | 6th | Mikhail Khalilov | LPR | + 0 | | 7th | Lorenzo Bernucci | T-mobile | + 0 | | 8th | Maximiliano Riche | Ceramica Panaria-Navigare | + 0 | | 9th | Alessandro Ballan | Lampre-fondital | + 0 | | 10th | Gregory Rast | Phonak Hearing Systems | + 0 | | |
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| General classification |
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| Racer | Team | Time |
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| 1st | Oscar Freire | Rabobank | 12h29 '36 | | 2nd | Alessandro Ballan | Lampre-fondital | + 14 | | 3rd | Luka Mazzanti | Ceramica Panaria-Navigare | + 14 | | 4th | David Rebellin | Gerolsteiner | + 14 | | 5th | Massimiliano Gentile | Naturino-Sapore di Mare | + 14 | | 6th | Rinaldo Nocentini | Acqua & Sapone | + 14 | | 7th | Leonardo Bertagnoli | Cofidis | + 14 | | 8th | Joerg Yakshe | Liberty Seguros-WΓΌrth | + 14 | | 9th | Michael boerd | Rabobank | + 14 | | 10th | Thomas Decker | Rabobank | + 14 | | |
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Stage 5
| Stage results |
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| Racer | Team | Time |
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| 1st | Fabian Cancellara | CSC | 27 '37 | | 2nd | Liif Hoste | Discovery channel | + 3 | | 3rd | Thomas Decker | Rabobank | + 18 | | 4th | Joerg Yakshe | Liberty Seguros-WΓΌrth | + 32 | | 5th | Alessandro Ballan | Lampre-fondital | + 38 | | 6th | Sergey Matveyev | Ceramica Panaria-Navigare | + 39 | | 7th | Franco Pellizotti | Liquigas | + 42 | | 8th | Ivan Basso | CSC | + 44 | | 9th | Paolo Savoldelli | Discovery channel | + 49 | | 10th | Tom Danielson | Discovery channel | + 56 | | |
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| General classification |
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| Racer | Team | Time |
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| 1st | Thomas Decker | Rabobank | 18h 28 '44 | | 2nd | Joerg Yakshe | Liberty Seguros-WΓΌrth | + 14 | | 3rd | Alessandro Ballan | Lampre-fondital | + 20 | | 4th | Paolo Savoldelli | Discovery channel | + 40 | | 5th | Michael boerd | Rabobank | + 46 | | 6th | Tom Danielson | Discovery channel | + 47 | | 7th | Ivan Basso | CSC | + 54 | | 8th | Carsten Kron | CSC | + 59 | | 9th | George Hinkeypie | Discovery channel | + 1 '01 | | 10th | Leonardo Bertagnoli | Cofidis | + 1 '04 | | |
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Stage 6
| Stage results |
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| Racer | Team | Time |
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| 1st | Leonardo Bertagnoli | Cofidis | 4h 40 '40 | | 2nd | Alessandro Petacchi | Milram | + 0 | | 3rd | Riccardo ricco | Saunier duval-prodir | + 0 | | 4th | Filippo Pozzato | Quick Step-Innergetic | + 0 | | 5th | Igor Astarloa | Barloworld | + 0 | | 6th | Rinaldo Nocentini | Acqua & Sapone | + 0 | | 7th | Mikhail Khalilov | LPR | + 0 | | 8th | David Rebellin | Gerolsteiner | + 0 | | 9th | Pedro Arredzhtunandia | Barloworld | + 0 | | 10th | Tour Hushovd | CrΓ©dit agricole | + 0 | | |
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| General classification |
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| Racer | Team | Time |
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| 1st | Thomas Decker | Rabobank | 23h09 '24 | | 2nd | Joerg Yakshe | Liberty Seguros-WΓΌrth | + 14 | | 3rd | Alessandro Ballan | Lampre-fondital | + 20 | | 4th | Paolo Savoldelli | Discovery channel | + 40 | | 5th | Michael boerd | Rabobank | + 46 | | 6th | Leonardo Bertagnoli | Cofidis | + 54 | | 7th | Ivan Basso | CSC | + 54 | | 8th | Carsten Kron | CSC | + 59 | | 9th | Tom Danielson | Discovery channel | + 59 | | 10th | George Hinkeypie | Discovery channel | + 1 '01 | | |
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Stage 7
| Stage results |
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| Racer | Team | Time |
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| 1st | Alessandro Petacchi | Milram | 4h 22 '50 | | 2nd | Robbie McEwen | Davitamon-lotto | + 0 | | 3rd | Paride Grillo | Ceramica Panaria-Navigare | + 0 | | 4th | Tour Hushovd | CrΓ©dit agricole | + 0 | | 5th | Eric Zabel | Milram | + 0 | | 6th | Steven de jong | Quick Step-Innergetic | + 0 | | 7th | Mikhail Khalilov | LPR | + 0 | | 8th | Jimmy Casper | Cofidis | + 0 | | 9th | Uros murn | Phonak Hearing Systems | + 0 | | 10th | Murilu Fisher | Naturino-Sapore di Mare | + 0 | | |
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| Stage | Winner | General
| Spectacle
| Mountain
| Command
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| one | Paolo bettini | Paolo bettini | Paolo bettini | Matteo Priamo | Gerolsteiner |
| 2 | Oscar Freire | Daniele Contrini | CrΓ©dit Agricole |
| 3 | Oscar Freire | Oscar Freire | Eric Zabel | Rabobank |
| four | Tour Hushovd | Tour Hushovd | JosΓ© Joaquim Rojas |
| five | Fabian Cancellara | Thomas Decker | Discovery channel |
| 6 | Leonardo Bertagnoli |
| 7 | Alessandro Petacchi | Alessandro Petacchi |
| Total | Thomas Decker | Alessandro Petacchi | JosΓ© Joaquim Rojas | Discovery channel |
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| General classification |
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| Racer | Team | Time |
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| 1st | Thomas Decker | Rabobank | 27h 50 '04 | | 2nd | Joerg Yakshe | Liberty Seguros-WΓΌrth | + 14 | | 3rd | Alessandro Ballan | Lampre-fondital | + 20 | | 4th | Paolo Savoldelli | Discovery channel | + 40 | | 5th | Michael boerd | Rabobank | + 46 | | 6th | Leonardo Bertagnoli | Cofidis | + 54 | | 7th | Ivan Basso | CSC | + 54 | | 8th | George Hinkeypie | Discovery channel | + 56 | | 9th | Carsten Kron | CSC | + 58 | | 10th | Tom Danielson | Discovery channel | + 59 | | |
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| Eyeglass classification |
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| Racer | Team | Glasses |
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| 1st | Alessandro Petacchi | Milram | 37 points | | 2nd | Tour Hushovd | CrΓ©dit agricole | 34 points | | 3rd | Mikhail Khalilov | LPR | 28 points | | 4th | Eric Zabel | Milram | 26 points | | 5th | Oscar Freire | Rabobank | 25 points | | 6th | Alessandro Ballan | Lampre-fondital | 25 points | | 7th | Riccardo ricco | Saunier duval-prodir | 18 points | | 8th | Fabian Cancellara | CSC | 17 points | | 9th | Rinaldo Nocentini | Acqua & Sapone | 17 points | | 10th | Igor Astarloa | Barloworld | 16 points |
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| | Mountain classification |
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| Racer | Team | Glasses |
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| 1st | JosΓ© Joaquin Rojas | Liberty Seguros-WΓΌrth | 11 points | | 2nd | Daniele Contrini | | 11 points | | 3rd | Matteo Priamo | Ceramica Panaria-Navigare | 8 points | | 4th | Jose Ignacio Gutierrez | | 7 points | | 5th | Alessandro Ballan | Lampre-fondital | 5 points | | 6th | Vladimir Efimkin | Caisse d'Γpargne-Illes Balears | 5 points | | 7th | Fortunato Baliani | Ceramica Panaria-Navigare | 5 points | | 8th | Zhoseba Albuzi | | 5 points | | 9th | Giampaolo Keula | Barloworld | 5 points | | 10th | Ivan Basso | CSC | 3 points |
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| Team classification by time |
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| Team | Time |
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| 1st | Discovery channel | 82h 38 '09 | | 2nd | CSC | + 17 | | 3rd | Liberty Seguros-WΓΌrth | + 2 '40 | | 4th | Gerolsteiner | + 2 '58 | | 5th | Phonak Hearing Systems | + 3 '34 |
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Italy
Thomas Dekker ( Rabobank )
Joerg Yakshe (Liberty Seguros-WΓΌrth)
