Tirreno - Adriatico (Pro Tour)
March 9 - March 15, 2005
Podium history of Tirreno-Adriatico
Tuesday, March 15: 7th and Final Stage, San Benedetto del Tronto, 164 km.
- 1. Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) 4hr 23min 22sec
- 2. Mario Cipollini (Liquigas) s.t.
- 3. Danilo Hondo (Gerolsteiner) s.t.
- 4. Stuart O'Grady (Cofidis) s.t.
- 5. Fabrizio Guidi (Phonak) s.t.
- 6. Mark Renshaw (FDJ) s.t.
- 7. Ivan Quaranta (Domina Vacanze) s.t.
- 8. Julian Dean (Credit Agricole) s.t.
- 9. Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) s.t.
- 10. Giosue Bonomi (Lampre) s.t.
Final GC after Stage 7:
- 1. Oscar Freire (Rabobank) 32hr 37min 19sec. 1235.4 km ridden at an average speed of 37.86 km/hr
- 2. Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) @ 9sec
- 3. Fabrizio Guidi (Phonak) @ 25sec
- 4. Danilo Hondo (Gerolsteiner) s.t.
- 5. Laurent Brochard (Bourgues Telecom) @ 33sec
- 6. George Hincapie (Discovery) @ 36sec
- 7. Angel Vicioso (Liberty Seguros) @ 37sec
- 8. Marcus Zberg (Gerolsteiner) @ 40sec
- 9. Patrice Halgand (Credit Agricole) s.t.
- 10. Andreas Klier (T-Mobile) @ 42sec
- 11. Serguei Gontchar (Domina Vacanze) @ 43sec
- 12. Kyrylo Pospyeyev (Acqua & Sapone) s.t.
- 13. Leonardo Bertagnolli (Cofidis) s.t.
- 14. Luca Mazzanti (Panaria) s.t.
- 15. Emanuele Sella (Panaria) s.t.
- 16. Fabio Sacchi (Fassa Bortolo) s.t.
- 17. Steffen Wesemann (T-Mobile) s.t.
- 18. Paolo Tiralongo (Panaria) s.t.
- 19. Giampaolo Caruso (Liberty SEguros) s.t.
- 20. David Lopez Garcia (Euskaltel) s.t.
The winner of the stage? That would be me. Petacchi beats the usual suspects to win the final stage of Tirreno-Adriatico. A Fassa Bortolo teammate raises his arms in the background. Picture by Fotoreporter Sirotti |
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Monday, March 14: Stage 6, Civitanova Marche - Civitanova Marche, 164 km.
- 1. Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) 3hr 53min
- 2. Oscar Freire (Rabobank) s.t.
- 3. Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) s.t.
- 4. Paride Grillo (Panaria) s.t.
- 5. Daniele Bennati (Lampre) s.t.
- 6. Sergio Marinangeli (Naturino) s.t.
- 7. Mario Cipollini (Liquigas) s.t.
- 8. Baden Cooke (FDJ) s.t.
- 9. Fabrizio Guidi (Phonak) s.t.
- 10. Volodymyr Bileka (Discovery) s.t.
GC after Stage 6:
- 1. Oscar Freire (Rabobank) 28hr 13min 57sec
- 2. Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) @ 19sec
- 3. Fabrizio Guidi (Phonak) @ 30sec
- 4. Danilo Hondo (Gerolsteiner) s.t.
- 5. Laurent Brochard (Bouygues Telecom) @ 33sec
- 6. Angel Vicioso (Liberty Seguros) @ 37sec
- 7. Marcu Zberg (Gerolsteiner) @ 40sec
- 8. Patrice Halgand (Credit Agricole) s.t.
- 9. George Hincapie (Discovery) @ 41sec
- 10. Andreas Klier (T-Mobile) @ 43sec
Rehearsal for Saturday's Milano-San Remo? Almost the entire sprinting gang is here with Petacchi beating Freire (far right) by just a bit in stage 6. Fotoreproter Sirotti picture. |
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Sunday, March 13: Stage 5, Saltara - Saltara, 170.4 km.
- 1. Servais Knaven (Quick Step) 4hr 22min 42sec
- 2. Andrea Peron (CSC) @ 17sec
- 3. Pavel Padrnos (Discovery) s.t.
- 4. Christophe Le Mevel (Credit Agricole) @ 21sec
- 5. Marco Pinotti (Saunier Duval) @ 23sec
- 6. Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) @ 1min 33sec
- 7. Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) s.t.
- 8. Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) s,t,
- 9. Oscar Freire (Rabobank) s.t.
- 10. Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) s.t.
GC after Stage 5:
- 1. Oscar Freire (Rabobank) 24hr 20min 24sec
- 2. Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) @ 23sec
- 3. Danilo Hondo (Gerolsteiner) s.t.
- 4. Laurent Brochard (Bouygues Telecom) @ 26sec
- 5. Fabrizio Guidi (Phonak) @ 28sec
- 6. Angel Vicioso (Liberty Seguros) @ 30sec
- 7. Patrice Halgand (Credit Agricole) @ 33sec
- 8. Marcus Zberg (Gerolsteiner) s.t.
- 9. Stijn Devolder (Discovery) @ 34sec
- 10. George Hncapie (Discovery) @ 36sec
Left: Danilo Di Luca (Liquigas) helps the others to feel his pain. Right: Servais Knaven powers in to a solo victory. Pictures by Fotoreporter Sirotti. |
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Saturday, March 12: Stage 4, Teramo - Servigliano, 160 km.
- 1. Oscar Freire (Rabobank) 4hr 53min 27sec
- 2. Danilo Hondo (Gerolsteiner) s.t.
- 3. Fabrizio Guidi (Phonak) s.t.
- 4. Paride Grillo (Panaria) s.t.
- 5. Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) s.t.
- 6. George Hincapie (Discovery) s.t.
- 7. Nick Nuyens (Quick Step) s.t.
- 8. Manuele Mori (Saunier Duval) s.t.
- 9. Marcus Zberg (Gerolsteiner) s.t.
- 10. Sergio Marinangeli (Naturino) s.t.
GC after Stage 4:
- 1. Oscar Freire (Rabobank) 19hr 56min 9sec
- 2. Danilo Hondo (Gerolsteiner) @ 23sec
- 3. Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) s.t.
- 4. Laurent Brochard (Bouygues Telecom) @ 26sec
- 5. Fabrizio Guidi (Phonak) @ 28sec
- 6. Angel Vicioso (Liberty Seguros) @ 30sec
- 7. Patrice Halgand (Credit Agicole) @ 33sec
- 8. Marcus Zberg (Gerolsteiner) s.t.
- 9. Stijn Devolder (Discovery) @ 34sec
- 10. George Hincapie (Discovery) @ 36sec
Again Oscar Freire makes it look easy. |
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Sunny Italy! The pack descends snow-covered hills. Both pictures by Fotoreporter Sirotti. |
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Friday, March 11: Stage 3, Tivoli - Torricella. Originally 215 kilometers but re-routed to avoid icy roads to 228 kilometers.
- 1. Oscar Freire (Rabobank) 5hr 52min 7sec
- 2. Laurent Brochard (Bouygues Telecom) s.t.
- 3. Danilo Hondo (Gerolsteiner) s.t.
- 4. Emanuele Sella (Panaria) s.t.
- 5. Mirco Lorenzetto (Domina Vacanze) s.t.
- 6. George Hincapie (Discovery) s.t.
- 7. Ruggero Marzoli (Acqua & Sapone) s.t.
- 8. Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) s.t.
- 9. Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) s.t.
- 10. Fabrizio Guidi (Phonak) s.t.
GC after Stage 3:
- 1. Oscar Freire (Rabobank) 15hr 2min 55sec
- 2. Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) @ 11sec
- 3. Laurent Brochard (Bouygues Telecom) @ 13sec
- 4. Danilo Hondo (Gerolsteiner) @ 16sec
- 5. Angel Vicioso (Liberty Seguros) @ 17sec
- 6. Fabrizio Guidi (Phonak) @ 19sec
- 7. Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) @ 21sxec
- 8. Marcus Zberg (Gerolsteiner) s.t.
- 9. Stuart O'Grady (Cofidis) @ 23sec
- 10. George Hincapie (Discovery) s.t.
Thursday, March 10: Stage 2, Civitavecchia - Tivoli, 181 km.
- 1. Oscar Freire (Rabobank) 4hr 45min 36sec
- 2. Angel Vicioso (Liberty Seguros) s.t.
- 3. Laurent Brochard (Bouygues Telecom) s.t.
- 4. Stijn Devolder (Discovery) s.t.
- 5. Leonardo Bertagnolli (Cofidis) s.t.
- 6. Stuart O'Grady (Cofidis) s.t.
- 7. Manuele Mori (Saunier Duval) s.t.
- 8. Giuseppe Palumbo (Acqua & Sapone) s.t.
- 9. Patrice Halgand (Credit Agricole) s.t.
- 10. Kyrylo Pospyevev (Acqua & Sapine) s.t.
GC after Stage 2:
- 1. Oscar Freire (Rabobank) 9hr 11min 1sec
- 2. Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) s.t.
- 3. Angel Vicioso (Liberty Seguros) @ 4sec
- 4. Laurent Brochard (Bouygues Telecom) @ 6sec
- 5. Danilo Hondo (Gerolsteiner) @ 7sec
- 6. Fabrizio Guidi (Phonak) s.t.
- 7. Marcus Zberg (Gerolsteiner) @ 8sec
- 8. Fabian Wegmann (Gerolsteiner) s.t.
- 9. Danilo Di Luca Liquigas) s.t.
- 10. Manuele Mori (Saunier Duval) @ 10sec
When the incredibly talented Oscar Freire has good stuff, he's unstoppable. He makes winning the second stage of the Tirreno-Adriatico look easy. Picture by Fotoreporter Sirotti. |
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Wednesday, March 9: Stage 1, Civitavecchia - Civitavecchia, 160 km.
- 1. Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) 4hr 25min 35sec
- 2. Bernhard Eisel (FDJ) s.t.
- 3. Robbie McEwen (Davitamon-Lotto) s.t.
- 4. Oscar Freire (Rabobank) s.t.
- 5. Fabrizio Guidi (Phonak) s.t.
- 6. Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) s.t.
- 7. Paride Grillo (Panaria) s.t.
- 8. Giosue Bonome (Lampre) s.t.
- 9. Marco Velo (Fassa Bortolo) s.t.
- 10. Simone Cadamuro (Domina Vacanze) s.t.
Alessandro Petacchi has another good day at the office. Fotoreporter Sirotti picture. |
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