March 12, 2004: Stage 3: Maddaloni - Isernia (168 km):
1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank       04:47:55
2 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                         
3 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                      
4 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
5 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                      
6 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco                                          
7 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                   
8 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 
9 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                     
10 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                        
11 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
12 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros                          
13 Rubens Lobato Elvire (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    
14 C?dric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole                                 
15 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone               
16 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi                                    
17 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre                                        
18 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                     
19 Oskar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
20 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               
21 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
22 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone              
23 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                
24 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi                                
25 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre                                         
26 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                           
27 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                      
28 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                 
29 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone              
30 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre                                        
31 Marcell Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 
32 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone   
33 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie              
34 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                          
35 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie        
36 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie       
37 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     
38 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco                                        
39 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) De Nardi                                      
40 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                0.14
41 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                   0.19
42 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                      
43 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                            
44 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                      
45 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros                             
46 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 
47 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                    
48 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
49 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                   
50 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                     
51 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros                                   
52 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                0.32
53 Eugeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco                                       0.44
54 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros                    
55 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
56 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                 1.05
57 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  
58 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
59 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                          
60 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team                              1.14
61 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre                                     1.29
62 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                1.53
63 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco                                 
64 Andreas Kloeden (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                
65 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank                                    2.32
66 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                                        
67 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone             4.52
68 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          
69 Laszio Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon                          
70 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                           
71 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon                          
72 Alexandre Naulleau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                    
73 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                             
74 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                 
75 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Lampre                                       
76 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone          
77 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo                                   
78 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone               
79 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                
80 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                      
81 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                               
82 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      
83 Gr?gory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
84 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                     
85 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                       
86 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Lotto-Domo                                     
87 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                       
88 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                           5.12
89 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Lampre                                     
90 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                    
91 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi                                   
92 Ren? Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros                                  
93 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi                                   
94 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Credit Agricole                              5.33
95 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                           
96 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              5.34
97 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole                               5.52
98 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie           9.21
99 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                  
100 M?d?ric Clain (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone              
101 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie             
102 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank                                    
103 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) De Nardi                                   
104 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                           
105 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
106 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                        
107 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
108 Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres         
109 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi                                      
110 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                
111 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                
112 Mario Scirea (Ita) Domina Vacanze                                 
113 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank                                    
114 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre                                   
115 Leif Hoste (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                       
116 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                 
117 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                             
118 Jaun Jos? Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   
119 Igor Pugaci (Mda) De Nardi                                        
120 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                         
121 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
122 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                             11.19
123 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Saeco                                     
124 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
125 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco                                      
126 Timothy Johnson (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        
127 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       
128 Ludo Dierckxssens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                   
129 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                   
130 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                               
131 Robert Bartko (Ger) Rabobank                                      
132 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
133 Mauro Zinetti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie            
134 Luciano Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Lampre                          
135 S?bastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                           
136 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie            
137 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                   
138 Michael Skelde (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                              
139 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi                                       
140 Christophe Kern (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                      
141 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi                        12.12
142 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                             
143 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Lotto-Domo                                 
144 Andrus Aug (Est) Domina Vacanze                                   
145 Rony Martias (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                         
146 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Domina Vacanze                          
147 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze                            
148 St?phane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole                               
149 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze                             
150 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze                              
151 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) Liberty Seguros                           
152 Jacky Durand (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                        
153 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco                                    
154 Dario Pieri (Ita) Saeco                                           
155 Martin Derganc (Slo) Domina Vacanze                               
156 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole                          13.07
157 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      13.14
158 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres           13.23
159 S?bastien Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere

Overall rankings after stage 3:
1 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank       13:36:41
2 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                   0.03
3 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   0.04
4 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                         
5 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  0.06
6 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                            
7 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone            0.07
8 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                
9 C?dric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole                                  
10 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                  
11 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros                       0.08
12 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco                                         
13 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir             0.09
14 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 0.10
15 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
16 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre                                        
17 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie        
18 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco                                        
19 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi                                    
20 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi                                
21 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre                                         
22 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone   
23 Oskar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
24 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
25 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                
26 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     
27 Rubens Lobato Elvire (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    
28 Marcell Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 
29 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               
30 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone              
31 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                          
32 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie       
33 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                      
34 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) De Nardi                                      
35 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                     
36 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                        
37 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie              
38 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                 
39 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre                                        
40 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                0.16
41 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  0.28
42 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros                          0.29
43 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                      
44 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                      
45 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                   
46 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                      
47 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                            
48 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros                                   
49 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 
50 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                    
51 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
52 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                0.42
53 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         0.54
54 Eugeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco                                          
55 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros                    
56 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                       1.15
57 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  
58 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                    
59 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
60 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team                              1.24
61 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre                                     1.39
62 Andreas Kloeden (Ger) T-Mobile Team                             2.03
63 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                   
64 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco                                 
65 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                                     2.42
66 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank                                       
67 Gr?gory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       5.02
68 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo                                   
69 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                     
70 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Lampre                                       
71 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Lotto-Domo                                     
72 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                
73 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          
74 Alexandre Naulleau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                    
75 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                 
76 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                           
77 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon                          
78 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                       
79 Laszio Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon                          
80 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                               
81 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                             
82 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone               
83 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone          
84 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                      
85 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                       
86 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi                                5.22
87 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Lampre                                     
88 Ren? Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros                                  
89 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                              
90 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                    
91 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Credit Agricole                              5.43
92 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                           
93 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              5.44
94 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   5.53
95 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole                               6.02
96 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone             6.03
97 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi                                7.36
98 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                         9.11
99 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank                                  9.29
100 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          9.30
101 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) De Nardi                                9.31
102 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
103 Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres         
104 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank                                    
105 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                
106 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
107 Leif Hoste (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                       
108 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie             
109 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi                                      
110 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                        
111 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                         
112 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                 
113 M?d?ric Clain (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone              
114 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre                                   
115 Igor Pugaci (Mda) De Nardi                                        
116 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                 
117 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                             9.54
118 Mario Scirea (Ita) Domina Vacanze                              9.56
119 Jaun Jos? Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir               10.32
120 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                             
121 Luciano Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Lampre                      11.25
122 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                           11.29
123 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie            
124 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
125 Ludo Dierckxssens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                   
126 S?bastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                           
127 Michael Skelde (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                              
128 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Saeco                                     
129 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                   
130 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                 
131 Mauro Zinetti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie            
132 Christophe Kern (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                      
133 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       
134 Robert Bartko (Ger) Rabobank                                      
135 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                   
136 Timothy Johnson (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        
137 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi                                       
138 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
139 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco                                  11.52
140 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                12.08
141 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze                          12.16
142 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi                        12.22
143 Dario Pieri (Ita) Saeco                                           
144 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Lotto-Domo                                 
145 Andrus Aug (Est) Domina Vacanze                                   
146 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze                             
147 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) Liberty Seguros                           
148 Rony Martias (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                         
149 Martin Derganc (Slo) Domina Vacanze                               
150 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                             
151 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze                        13.00
152 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole                          13.17
153 St?phane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole                           13.20
154 Jacky Durand (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                    13.23
155 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      13.24
156 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Domina Vacanze                      13.25
157 Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres           13.33
158 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco                                14.40
159 S?bastien Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere               15.18