March 16, 2004: Stage 7: San Benedetto del Tronto - San Benedetto del Tronto (162 km):
1 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo       04:43:29
2 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      
3 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Saeco                                       
4 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
5 Andrus Aug (Est) Domina Vacanze                                     
6 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie              
7 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         
8 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems                         
9 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                   
10 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo                                   
11 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                              
12 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
13 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                           
14 Luciano Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Lampre                           
15 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie              
16 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 
17 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                
18 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                   
19 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone              
20 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) De Nardi                                    
21 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     
22 S?bastien Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                    
23 Oskar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
24 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                     
25 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                
26 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi                             
27 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                    
28 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                        
29 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone   
30 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone               
31 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                          
32 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                  
33 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                      
34 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
35 Marcell Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 
36 Rubens Lobato Elvire (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    
37 Martin Derganc (Slo) Domina Vacanze                                
38 C?dric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 
39 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi                                    
40 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
41 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                            
42 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone              
43 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 
44 St?phane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole                                
45 S?bastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                            
46 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
47 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                      
48 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                     
49 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre                                         
50 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank                                     
51 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                        
52 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros                          
53 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco                                       
54 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                     
55 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Lampre                                     
56 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre                                        
57 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               
58 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                
59 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze                             
60 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros                             
61 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team                                 
62 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                 
63 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  
64 Ludo Dierckxssens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                    
65 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros                                   
66 Michael Skelde (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                               
67 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                           
68 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre                                        
69 Ren? Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros                                  
70 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                  
71 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                
72 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      
73 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) De Nardi                                      
74 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
75 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                     
76 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                
77 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                 
78 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie       
79 Leif Hoste (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                        
80 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          
81 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                               
82 Jacky Durand (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                         
83 Gr?gory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
84 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros                    
85 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                    
86 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                    
87 Eugeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco                                          
88 Mario Scirea (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                  
89 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco                                         
90 Andreas Kloeden (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                
91 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Lotto-Domo                                     
92 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank                                     
93 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Domina Vacanze                           
94 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                              
95 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                   
96 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco                                  0.12
97 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi                                
98 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
99 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                      
100 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                
101 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  
102 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone         
103 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre                                   
104 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                         
105 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
106 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie             
107 Laszio Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon                         
108 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                 
109 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon                         
110 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                   
111 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                      
112 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                          
113 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                      
114 Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres         
115 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                
116 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco                                
117 M?d?ric Clain (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone              
118 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                                       
119 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie             
120 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone              
121 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                   
122 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                  
123 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                     
124 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                            
125 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                      0.36
126 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank                                   0.39
127 Robert Bartko (Ger) Rabobank                                      
128 Igor Pugaci (Mda) De Nardi                                     0.46
129 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi                                   1.04
130 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi                                    1.06
131 Rony Martias (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                      1.09
DNF Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole

Final overall rankings:
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon       33:47:06
2 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                0.05
3 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   0.11
4 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone             0.18
5 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone            0.21
6 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                   0.22
7 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   0.26
8 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                   
9 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros                        0.27
10 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir             0.28
11 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                     0.29
12 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                    
13 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone   
14 Oskar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
15 Rubens Lobato Elvire (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    
16 Marcell Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 
17 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               
18 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                          
19 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone              
20 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                        
21 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre                                        
22 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                 
23 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                     0.30
24 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 0.32
25 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco                                      0.34
26 C?dric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole                              0.44
27 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                   0.48
28 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi                                 0.50
29 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                  0.58
30 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                       1.03
31 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie       
32 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                   1.05
33 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) De Nardi                                   1.07
34 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                     1.18
35 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                             1.20
36 Eugeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco                                          
37 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros                          1.21
38 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre                                     1.26
39 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre                                      1.47
40 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         1.59
41 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros                 2.03
42 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               2.37
43 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                         3.05
44 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi                             3.06
45 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                     3.38
46 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros                                4.13
47 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                4.22
48 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                4.37
49 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  5.03
50 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                             5.21
51 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                   5.29
52 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone       6.04
53 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                            6.39
54 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              7.05
55 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo                              7.39
56 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                    7.43
57 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie       7.45
58 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone            7.51
59 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team                              7.54
60 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                           8.03
61 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                 9.11
62 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Lampre                                  9.25
63 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          10.13
64 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                       11.13
65 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago               11.30
66 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                                    11.48
67 Gr?gory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                      11.54
68 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                       12.03
69 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco                             12.12
70 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                 12.15
71 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo                               12.19
72 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank                                   12.39
73 Laszio Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon                      12.51
74 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon                      13.28
75 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                        13.36
76 Ludo Dierckxssens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                14.08
77 Andreas Kloeden (Ger) T-Mobile Team                            14.12
78 Mario Scirea (Ita) Domina Vacanze                              14.25
79 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  15.09
80 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          15.21
81 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                15.35
82 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) De Nardi                                15.52
83 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone            16.06
84 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                16.20
85 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo                              17.10
86 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                      17.27
87 S?bastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                        17.48
88 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                             17.50
89 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems                    18.25
90 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                             18.55
91 Ren? Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros                              19.18
92 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              19.34
93 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                  19.54
94 Michael Skelde (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                           19.58
95 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo                               21.26
96 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Lotto-Domo                                 22.18
97 Leif Hoste (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                    22.21
98 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank                                 22.46
99 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Credit Agricole                             23.56
100 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi                        24.17
101 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi                                  25.04
102 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                  25.05
103 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             27.18
104 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank                                27.22
105 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                        27.30
106 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze                        27.57
107 M?d?ric Clain (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone          28.35
108 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                     30.32
109 Igor Pugaci (Mda) De Nardi                                    31.37
110 Martin Derganc (Slo) Domina Vacanze                           31.45
111 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                             
112 Robert Bartko (Ger) Rabobank                                  31.54
113 Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres     31.59
114 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                           32.08
115 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Domina Vacanze                      32.48
116 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie         33.08
117 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Saeco                                 33.32
118 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres               34.23
119 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                             34.30
120 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre                               34.43
121 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie        35.07
122 Luciano Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Lampre                      37.30
123 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco                                  38.29
124 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco                                41.29
125 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   41.53
126 Rony Martias (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                     42.27
127 Andrus Aug (Est) Domina Vacanze                               42.46
128 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi                                   42.59
129 Jacky Durand (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                    43.47
130 St?phane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole                           55.44
131 S?bastien Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere             1.09.24