Saturday, March 31: 5th and final stage, Caselgrande - Sassuolo, 168.9 km.

Scarponi (left, in red) and Ricco are gone.....

1. Riccardo Ricco (Saunier Duval) 4hr 16min 33sec

2. Michele Scarponi (Acqua & Sapone) s.t.

3. Mirco Lorenzetto (Milram) @ 21sec

4. Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) s.t.

5. Alexander Efimkin (Barloworld) s.t.

Final GC after Stage 5:

1. Michele Scarponi (Acqua & Sapone) 19hr 43min 36sec. 778.7 km ridden at an average speed of 39.474 km/hr

2. Riccardo Ricco (Saunier Duval) @ 8sec

3. Luca Pierfelici (Aurum Hotels) @ 25sec

4. Michael Rogers (T-Mobile) @ 34sec

5. Morris Possoni (Lampre) @ 56sec

6. Josep Jufre (Predictor-Lotto) @ 1min 1sec

7. Mirco Lorenzetto (Milram) @ 1min 3sec

8. Massimo Giunti (Miche) @ 1min 4sec

9. Kanstantsin Siutsou (Barloworld) @ 1min 7sec

10. Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) @ 1min 12sec

11. Daniel Navarro (Astana) @ 1min 17sec

12. Evgeni Petrov (Tinkoff) @ 1min 21sec

13. Sylvester Szmyd (Lampre) @ 1min 32sec

14. Paolo Tiralongo (Lampre) s.t.

15. Marco Marzano (Lampre) s.t.

16. Cristian Gasparoni (Flaminia) @ 1min 35sec

17. Pedro Arreitunandia (Barloworld) @ 1min 39sec

18. Sergey Lagutin (Navigators) @ 1min 45sec

19. Daniele Pietropolli (Tenax-Menikini) @ 1min 47sec

Friday, March 30: Stage 4, Carpi - Finale Emilia, rain shortened to about 170 km.

1. Robert Forster (Gerolsteiner) 4hr 24min 34sec

2. Elia Rigotto (Milram) s.t.

3. Andre Greipel (T-Mobile) s.t.

4. Adam Wedecki (Flaminia) s.t.

5. Roberto Ferreri (Tenax) s.t.

GC after Stage 4:

1. Luca Pierfelici (Aurum Hotels) 15hr 27min 7sec

2. Michele Scarponi (Acqua & Sapone) @ 2sec

3. Michael Rogers (T-Mobile) @ 9sec

4. Riccardo Ricco (Saunier Duval) @ 14sec

5. Morris Possoni (Lampre) @ 31sec

Thursday, March 29: Stage 3, Scandiano - Serramazzoni, 165.9 km.

1. Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) 4hr 23min 7sec. 37.831 km/hr

2. Riccardo Ricco (Saunier Duval) s.t.

3. Alexander Efimkin (Barloworld) s.t.

4. Krzysztof Szczawinski (Miche) s.t.

5. Hubert Schwab (Quick Step) s.t.

GC after Stage 3:

1. Luca Pierfelici (Aurum Hotels) 11hr 2min 33sec

2. Michele Scarponi (Acqua & Sapone) @ 2sec

3. Michael Rogers (T-Mobile) @ 9sec

4. Riccardo Ricco (Saunier Duval) @ 14sec

5. Morris Possoni (Lampre) @ 31sec

Wednesday, March 28: Stage 2, Castel San Pietro Terme - Faenza, 175.6 km.

Should be the final climb before Faenza, left to right: Michael Rogers, Massimo Guinti, Michele Scarponi, Riccardo Ricco. Sirotti photo.

1. Michele Scarponi (Acqua & Sapone) 4hr 28min 11sec

2. Riccardo Ricco (Saunier Duval) @ 6sec

3. Michael Rogers (T-Mobile) @ 6sec

4. Morris Passoni (Lampre) s.t.

5. Massimo Guinti (Miche) s.t.

GC after Stage 2:

1. Luca Pierfelici (Aurum Hotels) 6hr 39min 26sec

2. Michele Scarponi (Acqua & Sapone) @ 2sec

3. Michael Rogers (T-Mobile) @ 9sec

4. Riccardo Ricco (Saunier Duval) @ 20sec

5. Morris Possoni (Lampre) @ 31sec

Tuesday, March 27: Stage 1b, Misano Adriatico 11.8 km Team Time Trial

1. Predictor-Lotto 13min 39sec

2. Milram @ 6sec

3. T-Mobile @ 9sec

4. Astana @ 12sec

5. Gerolsteiner @ 14sec

GC after Stage 1b:

1. Pavel Brutt (Tinkoff) 2hr 10min 30sec

2. Luca Pierfelici (Aurum Hotels) @ 7sec

3. Alessandro Bertolini (Serramenti PVC-Diquigiovanni) @ 36sec

4. Josep Jufre (Predictor-Lotto) @ 43sec

5. Christophe Brandt (Predictor-Lotto) s.t.

Tuesday March 27: Stage 1a: Riccione - Riccione, 95.2 km

1. Alessandro Bertolini (Serramenti PVC-Diquigiovanni) 2hr 12min 20sec

2. Pavel Brutt (Tinkoff) s.t.

3. Luca Pierfelici (Aurum Hotels) s.t.

4. Ivan De Nobile (Universal Caffe) @ 41sec

5. Francesco Chicchi (Liquigas) s.t.

GC after Stage 1a:

1. Alessandro Bertolini (Serramenti PVC-Diquigiovanni) 1hr 56min 29sec

2. Pavel Brutt (Tinkoff) @ 2sec

3. Luca Pierfelici (aurum Hotels) @ 4sec

4. Ivan De Nobile (Universal Caffe) @ 1min 5sec

5. Francesco Chicchi (Liquigas) s.t.

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