May 26, 2005: Varazze ? Limone Piemonte (194 km):
1 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC       05:15:46

2 Jose' Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia                   1.06

3 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                  

4 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                               1.32

5 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia                             1.48

6 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         

7 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team             

8 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze                                  

9 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                           

10 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears                                  

11 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                          1.55

12 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare             2.25

13 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                              2.29

14 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team           2.34

15 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi              2.45

16 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                             2.49

17 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                               

18 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  2.59

19 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears                           3.01

20 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                               3.24

21 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone         

22 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                                  4.14

23 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  4.20

24 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                   4.45

25 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                           4.55

26 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              5.06

27 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone              5.20

28 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare   5.51

29 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto                6.02

30 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                        6.22

31 Francisco J Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita                  7.34

32 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                             7.47

33 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole                         8.12

34 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step                                    8.16

35 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Illes Balears                         10.02

36 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi                       10.05

37 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                      10.34

38 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                      13.34

39 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                         

40 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze                             14.28

41 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                       

42 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   

43 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team                          

44 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                                      

45 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              

46 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                   

47 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         16.47

48 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                     16.53

49 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         

50 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  

51 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                             17.15

52 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi                          17.20

53 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                               20.38

54 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole                             

55 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       

56 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                        

57 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita                             

58 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                      

59 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone                  

60 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                   

61 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 21.01

62 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team               

63 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                              21.18

64 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick.Step                                 21.28

65 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick.Step                                      

66 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank                                   22.25

67 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                                23.29

68 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC                                     

69 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                      

70 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                         

71 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                                 

72 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                                

73 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step                                      

74 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               

75 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       23.33

76 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita                               24.04

77 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone     24.32

78 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze                          24.37

79 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team                               24.53

80 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank                                      25.20

81 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                    

82 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                    

83 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita                                 

84 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                  

85 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick.Step                                    

86 Antonio Tauler Lull (Spa) Illes Balears                              

87 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia                       

88 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team               

89 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  

90 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         

91 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team            

92 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare           

93 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team                  

94 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                      

95 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         

96 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               

97 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              

98 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                       

99 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems              

100 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone                 

101 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia                       

102 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                         

103 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                    

104 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team               

105 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                        

106 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone               

107 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                

108 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                           

109 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          

110 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze                                   

111 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  

112 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                

113 Jose' Antonio Garrido Lima (Spa) Quick.Step                         

114 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears                              

115 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                       

116 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   

117 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                            

118 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                              

119 Rene' Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team                       

120 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                   

121 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux                             

122 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC                                 

123 Bjoern Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                              

124 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                                    

125 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick.Step                                        

126 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC                                       

127 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team                    

128 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step                                     

129 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                      

130 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                          

131 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                             

132 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                                   

133 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           26.51

134 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole                          27.05

135 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                27.45

136 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             27.49

137 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia                    28.11

138 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team   28.32

139 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux                               

140 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team            

141 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole                               

142 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                           28.38

143 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                   28.44

144 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                               

145 Aur?lien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                     29.07

146 Andre' Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                    

147 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                

148 Frank H?j (Den) Gerolsteiner                                        

149 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team               

150 Trent Wilson (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia                            

151 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia                          

152 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Illes Balears                        

153 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                               

154 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      

155 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia                         

156 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita                            29.28

DNF Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              

DNF Sergio Escobar Roure (Spa) Illes Balears

Overall rankings after stage 17:
1 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team       81:24:50

2 Gilberto Simoni (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                               0.58

3 Jose' Rujano Guillen (Ven) Selle Italia-Colombia              1.24

4 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                              1.26

5 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir               2.11

6 Serguei Gonchar (Ukr) Domina Vacanze                         4.05

7 Pietro Caucchioli (Ita) Credit Agricole                            4.26

8 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare             6.27

9 Vladimir Karpets (Rus) Illes Balears                               6.44

10 Dario David Cioni (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                        6.47

11 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                            7.42

12 Markus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                9.23

13 Damiano Cunego (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                             9.39

14 Daniel Atienza Urendez (Spa) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone   9.47

15 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team        10.25

16 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                             11.10

17 Samuel Sanchez Gonzalez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi           12.11

18 Unai Osa Eizaguirre (Spa) Illes Balears                          13.01

19 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                  18.06

20 Ivan Parra (Col) Selle Italia-Colombia                           18.24

21 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team                           19.16

22 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Rabobank                              22.21

23 Patrice Halgand (Fra) Credit Agricole                            26.01

24 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                      26.02

25 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze                          26.28

26 Francisco J Vila Errandonea (Spa) Lampre-Caffita          26.29

27 Christophe Le Mevel (Fra) Credit Agricole                      30.13

28 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare   34.36

29 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Domina Vacanze                           35.29

30 Ivan Basso (Ita) Team CSC                                        37.45

31 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step                                     39.31

32 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare          41.42

33 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank                                       42.45

34 Ruben Lobato Elvira (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir             50.38

35 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems              51.17

36 Mauricio Alberto Ardila Cano (Col) Davitamon-Lotto       51.37

37 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) Liquigas-Bianchi                     51.44

38 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team       52.08

39 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare             54.27

40 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      55.41

41 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone       56.07

42 Francesco Bellotti (Ita) Credit Agricole                         57.37

43 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Illes Balears                       1.00.15

44 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC                                   1.02.12

45 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Lampre-Caffita                             1.03.59

46 Luis Felipe Laverde Jimenez (Col) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare   1.05.11

47 Andrea Noe' (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                             1.06.49

48 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems         1.08.51

49 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Quick.Step                               1.09.21

50 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile Team                          1.14.56

51 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Liquigas-Bianchi                    1.16.31

52 Andrea Tonti (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                              1.18.27

53 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      1.19.44

54 Roberto Laiseka Jaio (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi               1.23.33

55 Haimar Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi           1.23.52

56 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone    1.30.44

57 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 1.32.47

58 Marius Sabaliauskas (Ltu) Lampre-Caffita                    1.34.21

59 Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                              1.34.43

60 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team   1.40.28

61 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team       1.40.37

62 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team                  1.41.35

63 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick.Step                                   1.43.36

64 Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team    1.43.38

65 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Caffita                           1.43.39

66 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team                           1.47.43

67 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre-Caffita                           1.50.12

68 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi               1.50.37

69 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                             1.51.54

70 Rene' Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Wurth Team                  1.52.19

71 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC                                    2.01.43

72 Sandy Casar (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                           2.02.18

73 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                     2.02.41

74 Carlos Dacruz (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                         2.02.51

75 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                        2.05.35

76 Angel Gomez Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   2.05.41

77 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                2.06.06

78 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole                       2.08.46

79 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        2.11.23

80 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                   2.12.09

81 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze                             2.14.02

82 Peter Luttenberger (Aut) Team CSC                              2.14.05

83 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC                               2.14.28

84 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                   2.15.02

85 Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone          2.15.03

86 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Illes Balears                   2.16.05

87 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team   2.17.57

88 Raffaele Illiano (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia                   2.19.49

89 Volodymir Gustov (Ukr) Fassa Bortolo                           2.19.50

90 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                         2.21.07

91 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick.Step                               2.21.32

92 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir            2.24.03

93 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                         2.24.29

94 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Francaise Des Jeux                          2.24.37

95 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                               2.25.57

96 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                           2.27.42

97 Igor Anton Hernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi                   2.28.20

98 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team    2.28.33

99 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        2.28.34

100 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                       2.28.46

101 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                             2.29.00

102 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                2.31.20

103 Bjoern Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                        2.31.38

104 Julio Alberto Perez Cuapio (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare   2.32.05

105 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        2.32.26

106 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze                         2.34.30

107 Andre' Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              2.35.35

108 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank                                2.35.50

109 David Zabriskie (USA) Team CSC                                2.35.55

110 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare               2.36.13

111 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step                               2.37.47

112 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC                           2.38.54

113 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia                2.39.50

114 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner                             2.39.57

115 Matthew White (Aus) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone           2.41.25

116 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team   2.44.17

117 Jose' Antonio Garrido Lima (Spa) Quick.Step                   2.44.44

118 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole                        2.45.59

119 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                     2.46.10

120 Massimo Codol (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                             2.46.45

121 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole                         2.47.57

122 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                            2.48.41

123 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team                              2.49.16

124 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                           2.50.17

125 Antonio Tauler Lull (Spa) Illes Balears                       2.51.21

126 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cofidis-Le Credit Par Telephone        2.51.22

127 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step                               2.51.28

128 Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                    2.51.45

129 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team     2.52.41

130 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              2.53.00

131 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                             2.54.38

132 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Illes Balears                        2.55.14

133 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems   2.56.42

134 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto                             2.57.29

135 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                2.57.46

136 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel-Pro Cycling Team   2.57.47

137 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                          2.58.03

138 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank                                   2.58.28

139 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             2.58.47

140 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze                          2.58.58

141 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           3.01.13

142 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems           3.01.59

143 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC                                 3.03.18

144 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick.Step                             3.03.49

145 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                 3.04.21

146 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux                         3.06.47

147 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Francaise Des Jeux                       3.07.26

148 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel-Euskadi                 3.07.47

149 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         3.09.17

150 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Colombia                 3.12.46

151 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita                         3.13.02

152 Aur?lien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                   3.15.27

153 Trent Wilson (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia                      3.18.14

154 Moreno Di Biase (Ita) Selle Italia-Colombia                   3.18.19

155 Frank H?j (Den) Gerolsteiner                                  3.19.54

156 Russel Van Hout (Aus) Selle Italia-Colombia                   3.40.15