2007 Giro d'Italia

July 2020 Giro d Italia 2007.png 300px Overview of the stages: route from Caprera, in Sardinia, to Milan covered by the riders on the bicycle (red) and distances between stages (green). Map of Italy showing the path of the race in red and green lines, starting on the island of Sardinia and crossing the Tyrrhenian Sea to the southern part of the mainland, then heading north, going counter-clockwise to eventually end in Milan 12 May – 3 June 2007 21 3486 km 92h 59' 39" Danilo Di Luca ITA LIQ 2007 pink Andy Schleck LUX SAX 2007 Eddy Mazzoleni ITA AST 2007 Alessandro Petacchi none violet Leonardo Piepoli ITA FUJ 2007 green Andy Schleck LUX SAX 2007 white Mikhail Ignatiev RUS TCS 2007 Alessandro Petacchi none red number FUJ 2007 LAM 2007 2006 2008 The 2007 Giro d'Italia was the 90th running of the Giro d'Italia, one of cycling's Grand Tours. It took place from 12 May to 3 June 2007. The race began in Sardinia and finished in Milan, and featured five mountain top finishes, of which one was an individual time trial. The race also visited France and Austria in three stages. Danilo Di Luca of the LIQ 2007 team won the race, with Andy Schleck from SAX 2007 and Eddy Mazzoleni from AST 2007 rounding out the podium. Schleck also won the youth classification, which featured in the Giro for the first time since 1994. Di Luca's team dominated the overall classification, holding the race leader's pink jersey for 17 of the 21 stages. During the race, Alessandro Petacchi tested positive for elevated levels of salbutamol at a doping control on 23 May, after winning Stage 11. http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/07/04/cycling.petacchi/index.html Drug charge ends Petacchi Tour bid 2007-07-04 CNN Time Warner 2009-12-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303194658/http://edition.cnn.com/2007/SPORT/07/04/cycling.petacchi/index.html 3 March 2016 live Petacchi has a medical exemption to use salbutamol in the treatment of asthma, but the concentration of the drug in his urine sample from this control was above the therapeutically accepted level. Though the Italian Cycling Federation originally refused to punish him, the Italian National Olympic Committee appealed the case to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, resulting in a suspension for the rider and forfeiture of all his results from the Giro.http://www.velonews.com/article/75891/cas-suspends-petacchi CAS suspends Petacchi 7 May 2008 Charles Pelkey VeloNews Competitor Group, Inc 16 May 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20080515100310/http://www.velonews.com/article/75891/cas-suspends-petacchi 15 May 2008 live Teams List of teams and cyclists in the 2007 Giro d'Italia The Giro, along with the season's other Grand Tours (the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España), was one of several events run in 2007 as a UCI ProTour event but without a ProTour license. This meant that while ProTour points were awarded in the race, the organizers were not obligated to invite the 20 ProTour teams. Nineteen of the twenty ProTour teams, COS 2007 being the exception, were invited, with three UCI Professional Continental teams rounding out the event's 22-team peloton. Each team entered nine riders, so the race began with 198 in total. The 22 teams who took part in the race were:http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/?id=startlist Start list 2007-05-11 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2009-12-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20100108141034/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/?id=startlist 8 January 2010 live 22em ASA 2007 ALM 2007 AST 2007 BBO 2007 GCE 2007 CSF 2007 COF 2007 C.A 2007 DSC 2007 EUS 2007 FDJ 2007 GST 2007 LAM 2007 LIQ 2007 SIL 2007 QST 2007 RAB 2007 FUJ 2007 THR 2007a SAX 2007 MRM 2007 TCS 2007 Pre-race favorites thumb|upright|alt=A man in his early thirties, wearing a black and white cycling jersey with blue trim. He also wears a matching cap, with a pair of sunglasses on the cap|Defending Giro champion Ivan Basso originally intended to seek overall victory in this event with the DSC 2007 team, but he pulled out of the race before it began. In the months leading up to the Giro, headlines centered on defending champion Ivan Basso. After having been removed from SAX 2006's start list for the 2006 Tour de France due to his apparent involvement in the Operación Puerto doping case, Andrew Hood http://velonews.competitor.com/2006/06/news/drug-scandal-changes-face-of-06-tour_10185 Drug scandal changes face of '06 Tour 2006-06-30 VeloNews Competitor Group, Inc 2009-12-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20140715024908/http://velonews.competitor.com/2006/06/news/drug-scandal-changes-face-of-06-tour_10185 15 July 2014 live Basso and Team CSC mutually agreed on the termination of his contract with them. Andrew Hood http://velonews.competitor.com/2006/10/news/road/basso-and-csc-cut-ties_11055 Basso and CSC cut ties 2006-10-18 VeloNews Competitor Group, Inc 2009-12-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20140715000626/http://velonews.competitor.com/2006/10/news/road/basso-and-csc-cut-ties_11055 15 July 2014 live Days later, Basso appeared to be cleared of any connection to Puerto, as the Italian Cycling Federation (FCI) shelved his case, Tim Maloney Gregor Brown http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2006/oct06/oct27news4 Basso's Operación Puerto case officially shelved 2006-10-26 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2009-12-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20141028042032/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2006/oct06/oct27news4 28 October 2014 live and he signed with DSC 2007. Gregor Brown http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2006/oct06/oct27news4 Ivan Basso back on the road – with Discovery Channel 2006-12-03 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2009-12-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20141028042032/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2006/oct06/oct27news4 28 October 2014 liveJames Startt http://www.bicycling.com/tourdefrance/article/0,6802,s1-7-127-15290-1,00.html Basso to Disco Bicycling.com Rodale Inc 2009-12-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20070707032056/http://www.bicycling.com/tourdefrance/article/0%2C6802%2Cs1-7-127-15290-1%2C00.html 7 July 2007 dead He rode part of the 2007 season with Discovery, and had intended to seek overall victory both in this Giro and in the 2007 Tour de France with his new team.James Startt http://www.2009tourdefrancenews.com/article/0,6610,s1-3-9-14401-1,00.html 2007 Giro d'Italia Preview Bicycling.com Rodale Inc 2010-12-30 https://web.archive.org/web/20110707061321/http://www.2009tourdefrancenews.com/article/0,6610,s1-3-9-14401-1,00.html 7 July 2011 deadGregoire LeMarchand http://www.bicycling.com/tourdefrance/article/0,6802,s1-7-127-15367-1,00.html https://archive.today/20070707032056/http://www.bicycling.com/tourdefrance/article/0,6802,s1-7-127-15367-1,00.html dead 2007-07-07 Wait And See 2006-12-02 Bicycling.com Rodale Inc 2009-12-05Jean Montois http://www.bicycling.com/article/0,6610,s1-3-9-14401-1,00.html Basso's Bid Conjures Memories of Pantani Bicycling.com Rodale Inc 2009-12-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20110902212900/http://www.2009tourdefrancenews.com/article/0%2C6610%2Cs1-3-9-14401-1%2C00.html 2 September 2011 dead In April 2007, Basso's case was re-opened by the FCI, a step rarely taken on cases formally shelved. Facing further investigations into his involvement with the doping ring, team Discovery asked him to stop racing late in April. Laura Weislo http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2007/apr07/apr24news3 Basso's Giro participation in doubt 2007-04-24 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2009-12-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20131205231951/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2007/apr07/apr24news3 5 December 2013 live Shortly afterward, just two weeks before the Giro was to begin, Basso terminated his contract with Discovery, Associated Press https://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/01/sports/othersports/01cycling.html With Case Reopened, Basso Leaves His Team 2007-05-01 The New York Times 2009-12-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20220606093149/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/01/sports/othersports/01cycling.html?_r=0 6 June 2022 live meaning the Giro started without its defending champion. Basso subsequently admitted to planning on doping in the 2006 Tour, Agence France Presse http://velonews.competitor.com/2007/05/news/basso-admits-only-to-attempted-doping_12220 Basso admits only to 'attempted' doping 2007-05-08 VeloNews Competitor Group, Inc 2009-12-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20140714171429/http://velonews.competitor.com/2007/05/news/basso-admits-only-to-attempted-doping_12220 14 July 2014 live and the FCI handed him a two-year suspension, with credit for time already served in 2006 after he was first connected to the doping ring. Associated Press https://www.espn.com/olympics/cycling/news/story?id=2905482 Italian cycling federation suspends Basso two years for doping 2007-07-15 ESPN 2009-12-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20121103204308/http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/cycling/news/story?id=2905482 3 November 2012 live Paolo Bettini, the reigning world champion, wore bib number one in Basso's place. Basso's removal left wide open the possibilities for overall victory in this Giro. Gregor Brown http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/ Open Giro on the horizon 2007-05-10 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2009-12-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20140627095646/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/ 27 June 2014 live Four former Giro winners started this race – Damiano Cunego, Paolo Savoldelli, Gilberto Simoni, and Stefano Garzelli – and they were expected to be among the favorites. John Wilcockson http://velonews.competitor.com/2007/05/news/road/giro-2007-spectacular-opening-vicious-finale_12228 Giro 2007: Spectacular opening, vicious finale 2007-05-10 VeloNews Competitor Group, Inc 2009-12-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20140714200239/http://velonews.competitor.com/2007/05/news/road/giro-2007-spectacular-opening-vicious-finale_12228 14 July 2014 live Simoni's FUJ 2006 team was noted to contain many strong climbers, including Riccardo Riccò and Leonardo Piepoli. The passage of the Giro over Monte Zoncolan, where Simoni won a stage en route to overall victory in the 2003 Giro d'Italia, was also noted as a factor in his favor. Classics specialist Danilo Di Luca of LIQ 2007 was also named as a contender, chiefly because of his strong team. Further riders named as contenders included Pietro Caucchioli and Yaroslav Popovych. The most high-profile sprinters lined up to begin the 2007 Giro were Alessandro Petacchi and Robbie McEwen. They, along with countrymen Mario Cipollini and Baden Cooke, had had a back-and-forth rivalry for sprinting supremacy that had gone back several years Tim Maloney http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2004/tour04/?id=results/prologue Un bravo ragazzo: Cancellara crushes in Tour prologue 2004-07-13 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2009-12-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20141129184220/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2004/tour04/?id=results/prologue 29 November 2014 live but had been stunted in 2006 when Petacchi missed most of the season, including all but the first three stages of the Giro, due to a fractured kneecap sustained from a crash. http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/petacchi-out-of-giro-and-tour-9757/ Petacchi out of Giro – and Tour? 2006-05-09 BikeRadar.com 2009-12-05 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303184158/http://www.bikeradar.com/news/article/petacchi-out-of-giro-and-tour-9757/ 3 March 2016 live One pre-race analysis viewed Petacchi's 2007 Giro and season as a chance at redemption for him. Other fast men in the race noted to be contenders in the flat stages included two-time points classification winner Bettini, Danilo Napolitano, and Graeme Brown. Route and stages Race director Angelo Zomegnan commented that the route was designed to be easier than that of the extremely climbing-intensive 2006 Giro. The Giro's twenty-one stages were divided into the following classifications: three time trials (one team and two individual), eleven flat or undulating stages (officially there was no distinction made between flat and undulating), four intermediate stages, and three mountain stages. http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2007/tappe/tappe_en.shtml Stages Gazzetta 2009-12-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20130314002802/http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2007/tappe/tappe_en.shtml 14 March 2013 live The race began with a team time trial on the island of Sardinia. This was followed by two flat stages and an unusually early rest day to transfer from Sardinia to Italy's mainland. The riders transferred by plane while the Giro caravan, race officials and team cars made the trip by boat.Gregor Brown http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/?id=features/route 90th Giro d'Italia celebrates the climbers Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2009-12-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20100108102705/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/?id=features%2Froute 8 January 2010 live The final stage, as was tradition, was a flat, mostly ceremonial road stage to Milan, finishing with ten circuits on the Corso Venezia of the Via Montenapoleone.Tim Maloney http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/?id=stages/giro0721 Stage 21 – Sunday, June 3: Vestone – Milano, 185 km 2007-05-11 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2009-12-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20100108103638/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/?id=stages%2Fgiro0721 8 January 2010 live right|thumb|alt=Three distinctive rock faces jut out above a sandy mountainside|The Tre Cime di Lavaredo hosted the finish to the Giro's queen stage. There were three stages that began or ended outside Italy. Stage 12, the first high mountain stage, ended at the French city Briançon, a frequent destination for the Tour de France.Tim Maloney http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/?id=stages/giro0712 Stage 12 – Thursday, May 24: Scalenghe – Briançon (Francia), 163 km 2007-05-11 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2009-12-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20100108103621/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/?id=stages%2Fgiro0712 8 January 2010 live The 16th stage ended at Lienz in Austria,Tim Maloney http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/?id=stages/giro0716 Stage 16 – Tuesday, May 29: Agordo (Dolomiti Stars) – Lienz (Austria), 189 km 2007-05-11 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2009-12-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20100108140942/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/?id=stages%2Fgiro0716 8 January 2010 live and the 17th began there.Tim Maloney http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/?id=stages/giro0717 Stage 17 – Wednesday, May 30: Lienz (Austria) – Monte Zoncolan, 142 km 2007-05-11 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2009-12-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20100108140948/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/?id=stages%2Fgiro0717 8 January 2010 live Five stages ended with climbs. Stage 4, the first intermediate stage, ended at Montevergine di Mercogliano at 1260 m on.Tim Maloney http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/?id=stages/giro074 Stage 4 – Wednesday, May 16: Salerno – Montevergine Di Mercogliano, 153 km 2007-05-11 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2009-12-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20100108141009/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/?id=stages%2Fgiro074 8 January 2010 live The tenth stage, also classified intermediate, had a less imposing final climb of 760 m on, but it was nonetheless expected to change the race's overall standings as it was very long it had numerous small climbs.Tim Maloney http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/?id=stages/giro0710 Stage 10 – Tuesday, May 22: Lido Di Camaiore – Santuario Nostra Signora Della Guardia, 250 km 2007-05-11 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2009-12-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20100108103616/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/?id=stages%2Fgiro0710 8 January 2010 live Stage 13 was a climbing time trial, to Santuario di Oropa at 1142 m on, with gradients on the climb reaching as high as 13%.Tim Maloney http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/?id=stages/giro0713 Stage 13 – Friday, May 25: Biella – Santuario Di Oropa (Mountain TT), 12.6 km 2007-05-11 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2009-12-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20100108140932/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/?id=stages%2Fgiro0713 8 January 2010 live Two stages later was perhaps the race's most difficult stage, featuring four major climbs and ending at 2304 m on at Tre Cime di Lavaredo.Tim Maloney http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/?id=stages/giro0715 Stage 15 – Sunday, May 27: Trento – Tre Cime Di Lavaredo, 184 km 2007-05-11 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2009-12-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20100108103626/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/?id=stages%2Fgiro0715 8 January 2010 live The last mountaintop arrival was in the seventeenth stage, and featured one of the hardest climbs in the world, Monte Zoncolan. Though the summit of this climb was lesser than some other peaks visited in the race, at 1730 m on, its gradients were crushing, with the steepest stretches reaching over 20% incline. Though the number of mountain stages was small, it was nonetheless expected that it would take a strong climber to win the race. + Stage characteristics and winnersStageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinner112 MayCaprera to La Maddalena 25.6 km 1 on22px|link=|alt=Team time trialLIQ 2007213 MayTempio Pausania to Bosa 205 km on22px|link=|alt=Flat or undulating stageRobbie McEwen AUS314 MayBarumini to Cagliari 181 km on22px|link=|alt=Flat or undulating stageAlessandro Petacchi ITA15 May Rest day416 MaySalerno to Montevergine di Mercogliano 153 km onlink=|alt=Intermediate stageDanilo Di Luca ITA517 MayTeano to Frascati 173 km on22px|link=|alt=Flat or undulating stageRobert Förster GER618 MayTivoli to Spoleto 177 km onlink=|alt=Intermediate stageLuis Felipe Laverde COL719 MaySpoleto to Scarperia 254 km on22px|link=|alt=Flat or undulating stageAlessandro Petacchi ITA820 MayBarberino di Mugello to Fiorano Modenese 200 km on22px|link=|alt=Flat or undulating stageKurt Asle Arvesen NOR921 MayReggio Emilia to Lido di Camaiore 177 km on22px|link=|alt=Flat or undulating stageDanilo Napolitano ITA1022 MayCamiaore to Santuario Nostra Signora della Guardia 250 km onlink=|alt=Intermediate stageLeonardo Piepoli ITA1123 MaySerravalle Scrivia to Pinerolo 198 km on22px|link=|alt=Flat or undulating stageAlessandro Petacchi ITA1224 MayScalenghe to Briançon (France) 163 km on link=|alt=Mountain stageDanilo Di Luca ITA1325 MayBiella to Santuario di Oropa 12.6 km 1 on22px|link=|alt=Individual time trialMarzio Bruseghin ITA1426 MayCantù to Bergamo 192 km onlink=|alt=Intermediate stageStefano Garzelli ITA1527 MayTrento to Tre Cime di Lavaredo 184 km on link=|alt=Mountain stageRiccardo Riccò ITA28 MayRest day1629 MayAgordo to Lienz (Austria) 189 km onlink=|alt=Flat or undulating stageStefano Garzelli ITA1730 MayLienz (Austria) to Monte Zoncolan 142 km on link=|alt=Mountain stageGilberto Simoni ITA1831 MayUdine to Riese Pio X 203 km onlink=|alt=Flat or undulating stageAlessandro Petacchi ITA191 JuneTreviso to Terme di Comano 179 km onlink=|alt=Flat or undulating stageIban Mayo ESP202 JuneBardolino to Verona 43 km 0 on22px|link=|alt=Individual time trialPaolo Savoldelli ITA213 JuneVestone to Milan185 km onlink=|alt=Flat or undulating stageAlessandro Petacchi ITA Total 3486 km 0 on Race overview 2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 1 to Stage 11 2007 Giro d'Italia, Stage 12 to Stage 21 The Giro began with a team time trial on the island of Sardinia. The winning team was LIQ 2007 yes, but due to unusual stage-ending tactics, it was Enrico Gasparotto and not team leader Danilo Di Luca who took the first pink jersey.Gregor Brown Tim Maloney Jean-François Quénet http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/?id=results/giro071 Gasparotto Surprises 2007-05-12 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2009-12-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20100108102858/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/?id=results%2Fgiro071 8 January 2010 live Gasparotto faced intense questioning from his teammates and the media after not yielding first position to his team's captain, as is usual practice in a team time trial.Laura Weislo http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/news.php?id=/news/2007/may07/may13news2 Pink jersey apologises for "mistake" 2007-05-13 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2009-12-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20100108102710/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/news.php?id=%2Fnews%2F2007%2Fmay07%2Fmay13news2 8 January 2010 live Gasparotto yielded the jersey to Di Luca after stage 2, when Di Luca finished higher-placed in the mass finish,Gregor Brown Tim Maloney http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/?id=results/giro072 Rockin' Robbie McEwen sprints ahead of greats 2007-05-14 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2009-12-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20100108103537/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/?id=results%2Fgiro072 8 January 2010 live but took it back again after stage 3 when he contested the sprint and finished eighth.Gregor Brown Tim Maloney http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/?id=results/giro073 Finalmente Petacchi – Ale-Jet strikes back 2007-05-15 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2009-12-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20100108140918/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/?id=results%2Fgiro073 8 January 2010 live Finally, after stage 4, the six-way tie involving the Liquigas riders who finished together in the team time trial was broken, as Di Luca won the stage into Montevergine and took the pink jersey again.Gregor Brown Tim Maloney http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/?id=results/giro074 The Killer returns to Montevergine 2007-05-16 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2009-12-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20100108103547/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/?id=results%2Fgiro074 8 January 2010 live thumb|alt=A cyclist riding a bicycle with a solid rear wheel and wearing a skin-tight lime green and blue jersey with white trim, with an aerodynamic helmet. Spectators watch him from the roadside.|Enrico Gasparotto was unexpectedly the first race leader, having crossed the line first in the stage 1 team time trial ahead of his team's captain. Di Luca held the race lead until the conclusion of stage 6, which was decided by a breakaway. Luis Felipe Laverde and Marco Pinotti were the last members of a five-man morning breakaway still together at the finish. Since Pinotti started the day better-placed in the overall classification and became the new race leader because of their time gap over the peloton, he allowed Laverde to take the stage win. Laverde took the green jersey as mountains classification leader after the stage.Gregor Brown Tim Maloney http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/?id=results/giro076 Double success: Laverde Stage and Pinotti Rosa 2007-05-18 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2009-12-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20100108140922/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/?id=results%2Fgiro076 8 January 2010 live The next three stages were flat and contested among sprinters and breakaways. This meant Pinotti was able to maintain his race lead with little difficulty, until stage 10, the Giro's next intermediate stage. The race's overall contenders showed themselves on this stage, with Leonardo Piepoli putting in a decisive attack 5 km on from the summit of the Santuario Nostra Signora della Guardia to claim victory by 19 seconds over Di Luca. Pinotti finished more than four minutes back, and surrendered the pink jersey to Di Luca's teammate Andrea Noè, who was tenth on the stage. At age 38, Noè was the oldest rider in the Giro and the oldest ever to lead a Grand Tour. Di Luca took the green jersey after this stage, his second stint in the maglia verde to go along with his two in pink. SAX 2007 yes's Andy Schleck took the white jersey after this stage by finishing third, after Di Luca passed him for second in the final kilometer.Gregor Brown Tim Maloney http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/?id=results/giro0710 Piepoli takes Santuario win – Noè new Rosa 2007-05-22 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2009-12-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20100108140848/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/?id=results%2Fgiro0710 8 January 2010 live left|thumb|upright|alt=A cyclist on his bicycle, wearing a red and black jersey with white trim.|This Giro was the first Grand Tour in the career of Andy Schleck, who finished second overall. Stage 12 into Briançon in France was the Giro's first high mountain stage, and it shook up the standings for the final time. Di Luca took the stage win, twice attacking from an elite group of five that had made the climb together. As Noè finished nearly ten minutes behind, Di Luca took the pink jersey for a third time, while still holding the green jersey.Gregor Brown Tim Maloney http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/?id=results/giro0712 Di Luca takes day: Rosa and stage 2007-05-24 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2009-12-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20100108140850/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/?id=results%2Fgiro0712 8 January 2010 live As Di Luca concentrated on winning the race overall, Piepoli took the green jersey after stage 15, the race's queen stage, topping two of that stage's climbs in first position. His lead in the mountains classification quickly became unassailable, and he won the jersey in Milan. It was also on this stage that AST 2007 yes's Eddy Mazzoleni distinguished himself as a podium contender, taking a minute and a half out of Di Luca to move into second overall. Schleck lost time to Di Luca and Mazzoleni, but gained time over other riders in the top of the overall standings and stood third overall. Gregor Brown Tim Maloney http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/?id=results/giro0715 Riccò takes his first on mythical Tre Cime di Lavaredo 2007-05-27 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-03-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20140303095206/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/?id=results/giro0715 3 March 2014 live The last minor change to the top of the overall standings took place during stage 17, to Monte Zoncolan. The stage itself was conquered by the FOT 2007 yes duo of Gilberto Simoni and Piepoli. Since the climb had personal significance for Simoni, having won a stage there four years earlier, his teammate allowed him to cross the line first. Schleck, for his part, was third, just seven seconds back, and gained over two minutes against Mazzoleni to move up to the second step of the podium. Mazzoleni fell to fifth on this stage,Gregor Brown Tim Maloney http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/?id=results/giro0717 Simoni: King of Zoncolan 2007-05-30 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-03-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20140303075909/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/?id=results%2Fgiro0717 3 March 2014 live but returned to the podium after the race's final time trial. Mazzoleni's teammate Paolo Savoldelli won the stage by a comfortable margin, but Mazzoleni took back nearly all the time he had lost on the Zoncolan stage and finished the race third overall. Gregor Brown Tim Maloney http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/?id=results/giro0720 Savoldelli blasts into Verona 2007-06-02 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-03-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20140303170807/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/?id=results/giro0720 3 March 2014 live Di Luca was not seriously challenged after taking the race lead in stage 12, and comfortably won the Giro in Milan with a two-minute gap over Schleck in second.Gregor Brown Tim Maloney http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/?id=results/giro0721 Petacchi reigns sprint king – Di Luca secures Giro win 2007-06-03 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-03-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20131205125816/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/?id=results%2Fgiro0721 5 December 2013 live right|thumb|alt=A cyclist on his bicycle, wearing a skintight pink jersey with pink shorts and shoes. A lime green car and two motorcycles follow behind him, and spectators are visible on the roadside behind barricades.|2007 Giro d'Italia champion Danilo Di Luca. Di Luca's team Liquigas was dominant. They took three stage wins, two with Di Luca himself to go along with the race's opening team time trial, and held the pink jersey for all but four days. With Alessandro Petacchi's disqualification (see below), Saunier Duval-Prodir took the most stage wins. Three of their victories came in the high mountains, with Piepoli, Riccò, and Simoni all winning high-profile stages. Iban Mayo added a breakaway win in Stage 18. ASA 2007 yes team leader Stefano Garzelli, a former Giro winner, also won two stages. Danilo Napolitano and Marzio Bruseghin both took wins for LAM 2007 yes, and four other teams were single stage winners. The teams classifications and the classifications which awarded jerseys were all won by teams who had won stages, meaning eight of the 22 teams in the race took significant victories. Doping cases The most noteworthy doping case from the 2007 Giro involved sprinter Alessandro Petacchi. Petacchi took five stage wins, but after the third of them, he tested non-negative for salbutamol, an asthma medication which Petacchi has a medical exemption to use. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/petacchi-heard-by-coni-over-salbutamol-use Antonio J. Salmerón Petacchi heard by CONI over Salbutamol use 2007-06-27 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2009-11-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20120910205809/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/petacchi-heard-by-coni-over-salbutamol-use 10 September 2012 live Petacchi was obligated as the stage winner to give a urine sample to the doping authorities, and it had a concentration of 1,352 nanograms per milliliter of salbutamol, above the 1,000 allowed by the medical exemption. Salbutamol has anabolic effects at high concentrations. http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2007/aug07/aug24news Laura Weislo Petacchi's case sent to CAS 2007-08-24 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2009-11-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20140104081951/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news%2F2007%2Faug07%2Faug24news 4 January 2014 live Team Milram placed Petacchi on immediate provisional suspension following the Giro, which kept him from participating in the Tour de France later that season as he had planned. The Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) asked the Italian Cycling Federation (FCI) for a one-year ban for Petacchi. http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2007/jul07/jul05news Paul Verkuylen Sidelined Petacchi facing 12-month suspension 2007-07-05 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-01-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20140112144116/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2007/jul07/jul05news 12 January 2014 live thumb|left|upright|alt=A man in his early thirties, wearing white-framed sunglasses with red lenses and a blue cycling jersey with white trim.|As a result of a control taken after stage 11, Italian sprinter Alessandro Petacchi was embroiled in a doping controversy that was not fully resolved for almost a year. The FCI refused to suspend Petacchi, and he returned to racing in late July.http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2007/aug07/aug12news Paul Verkuylen Petacchi set to return, UCI to investigate 2007-07-25 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-01-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20130620120054/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news%2F2007%2Faug07%2Faug12news 20 June 2013 live Their decision, however, was not made to exonerate Petacchi, but rather because they did not believe they should hear the case, instead deferring to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/antidoping-briefs-petacchi-piepoli-cleared-d-tour-blood-tests-moreni-kloden-reacts Cycling News Antidoping briefs: Petacchi, Piepoli cleared, D-Tour blood tests, Moreni, Klöden reacts 2007-08-12 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-01-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20120910205935/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/antidoping-briefs-petacchi-piepoli-cleared-d-tour-blood-tests-moreni-kloden-reacts 10 September 2012 live The CAS heard the case, and Petacchi testified to the court, stating that the hot and humid day on which the stage was the run had made it so that he took several extra puffs from his inhaler, but that this was accidental and that most had come after he had already crossed the finish line and won the stage. http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=features/2008/petacchi_suspension_may08 Innocently Guilty – the Petacchi case 2008-05-09 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-01-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20140104043835/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=features%2F2008%2Fpetacchi_suspension_may08 4 January 2014 live In its decision, the CAS ruled that Petacchi had likely not intended to cheat, but that he had not exercised the "utmost caution" it deemed necessary to abide by doping rules. Petacchi was suspended for a year, minus the time he had already sat out after Team Milram first provisionally suspended him, and his results from the Giro were all stripped. http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/petacchi-suspended-for-one-year Susan Westemeyer Petacchi suspended for one year 2008-05-06 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-01-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20120910210036/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/petacchi-suspended-for-one-year 10 September 2012 livehttp://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/petacchi-banned-for-salbutamol-positive-96336 Stephen Farrand Petacchi Banned for Salbutamol Positive 2008-05-06 Cyclingweekly.cou.uk IPC Media Limited 2010-01-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20140713163800/http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest-news/petacchi-banned-for-salbutamol-positive-96336 13 July 2014 live Team Milram subsequently fired Petacchi, http://velonews.competitor.com/2008/05/news/road/milram-sacks-petacchi_76355 VeloNews.com Milram sacks Petacchi 2008-05-15 VeloNews Competitor Group, Inc 2010-01-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20140715005933/http://velonews.competitor.com/2008/05/news/road/milram-sacks-petacchi_76355 15 July 2014 live and he was without a team until late in the 2008 season. While the court's decision explicitly stripped Petacchi of his results from this race, it does not seem that it granted those victories retroactively to other riders. http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2009/may09/may11news Jean-François Quénet Petacchi refutes the idea of his cancelled wins 2009-05-11 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-01-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20150906231253/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2009/may09/may11news 6 September 2015 live Petacchi was not the only rider identified as giving a non-negative doping test during the Giro. Reports emerged in June that three riders were under suspicion of doping, later identified as Petacchi, Leonardo Piepoli, and Iban Mayo. Petacchi and Piepoli both gave tests showing elevated levels of salbutamol, while Mayo's had abnormally high testosterone levels. http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2007/jun07/jun14news Jean-François Quénet Riders with non-negative Giro doping tests named 2007-06-14 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-01-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20140104081102/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news%2F2007%2Fjun07%2Fjun14news 4 January 2014 live Mayo was quickly cleared, as further testing revealed that his testosterone levels were of natural origin and that his team FOT 2007 yes had informed the UCI of this. Though Piepoli's level of salbutamol was, at 1,800 nanograms per milliliter, even higher than Petacchi's, http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2007/aug07/aug06news2 Gregor Brown Piepoli heard by Monaco federation 2007-08-06 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-01-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20140104081826/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2007/aug07/aug06news2 4 January 2014 live he was cleared by his national federation of any doping charges in August.http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/piepoli-cleared Cycling News Piepoli cleared 2007-08-10 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-01-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20120910210111/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/piepoli-cleared 10 September 2012 live Giro champion Danilo Di Luca also gave an irregular doping test, after stage 17 to Monte Zoncolan. The test, given spontaneously hours after the routine test Di Luca gave for being race leader at the time, reportedly showed hormone levels like "those of a child," causing anti-doping authorities to suspect that Di Luca was using some means to cover the presence of banned substances. http://velonews.competitor.com/2008/05/news/road/cas-upholds-di-luca-suspension_75642 CAS upholds Di Luca suspension 2008-05-01 VeloNews 2009-11-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20140714233351/http://velonews.competitor.com/2008/05/news/road/cas-upholds-di-luca-suspension_75642 14 July 2014 live These unusual levels were not present in the routine test, leading to suspicions that Di Luca had received an autologous blood transfusion between the two tests. http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/cycling/2008-04-01-4044563273_x.htm Andrew Dampf Associated Press Giro d'Italia champion Danilo Di Luca skips doping hearing 2008-04-21 USA Today Gannett Company 2009-11-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20121025192813/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/cycling/2008-04-01-4044563273_x.htm 25 October 2012 live A CONI commission later cleared Di Luca on the basis of insufficient evidence to conclude that he had doped. https://www.espn.com/espn/print?id=3349348&type=story Reuters UPDATE 2-Cycling-Di Luca cleared of doping 2008-04-16 ESPN 2009-11-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20121103164635/http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/print?id=3349348&type=story 3 November 2012 live Mayo and Piepoli would both test positive for erythropoietin later in their careers at the Tour de France, http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/mayo-tests-positive-for-epo Sue George Susan Westemeyer Mayo tests positive for EPO 2007-07-31 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-01-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20160312082547/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/mayo-tests-positive-for-epo/ 12 March 2016 livehttp://www.cyclingnews.com/news/piepoli-and-schumacher-tour-de-france-samples-positive-for-cera Sue George Laura Weislo Piepoli and Schumacher Tour de France samples positive for CERA 2008-10-07 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-01-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20120408094322/http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/piepoli-and-schumacher-tour-de-france-samples-positive-for-cera 8 April 2012 live and Di Luca likewise at the 2009 Giro d'Italia,http://in.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-41628520090808 Italian Di Luca's positive CERA test confirmed 2009-08-08 Reuters 2009-08-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20120913074756/http://in.reuters.com/article/2009/08/08/idINIndia-41628520090808 13 September 2012 dead all leading to lengthy suspensions, while Petacchi made a successful return to top-level cycling and to the Giro in 2009.http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/riders/2008/interviews/?id=alessandro_petacchi_dec08 Petacchi puts troubles behind for 2009 2008-12-24 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-01-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20091213073336/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/riders/2008/interviews/?id=alessandro_petacchi_dec08 13 December 2009 live Classification leadership In the 2007 Giro d'Italia, four different jerseys were awarded. For the general classification, calculated by adding each cyclist's finishing times on each stage, and allowing time bonuses for the first three finishers on mass start stages, the leader received a pink jersey. This classification is considered the most important of the Giro d'Italia, and the winner is considered the winner of the Giro.Laura Weislo Tim Maloney http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/?id=/features/2007/giro_classifications07 Giro d'Italia classifications demystified 2007-05-18 Cycling News 2009-12-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20100108140708/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/giro07/?id=%2Ffeatures%2F2007%2Fgiro_classifications07 8 January 2010 live Additionally, there was a points classification, which awarded a mauve jersey. In the points classification, cyclists got points for finishing in the top 15 in a stage. The stage win awarded 25 points, second place awarded 20 points, third 16, fourth 14, fifth 12, sixth 10, and one point less per place down the line, to a single point for 15th. In addition, some points could be won in intermediate sprints. There was also a mountains classification, which awarded a green jersey. In the mountains classifications, points were won by reaching the top of a mountain before other cyclists. Each climb was categorized, either first, second, or third category, with more points available for the higher-categorized climbs. The highest point in the Giro (called the Cima Coppi), which in 2007 was the Colle dell'Agnello in stage 12, afforded still more points than the other first-category climbs. The fourth was the young rider classification, which awarded a white jersey. This was decided the same way as the general classification, but only riders born on or after 1 January 1982 were eligible. This classification was featured in the Giro in 2007 for the first time since 1994. Gregor Brown http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2006/dec06/dec04news Maglia bianca returns to Giro d'Italia 2006-12-04 Cycling News 2009-12-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20140729210034/http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/news.php?id=news/2006/dec06/dec04news 29 July 2014 live There were also two classifications for teams. The first was the Trofeo Fast Team. In this classification, the times of the best three cyclists per team on each stage are added, and the team with the lowest time is leading team. The Trofeo Super Team was a team points classification, with the top 20 placed riders on each stage earning points (20 for first place, 19 for second place and so on, down to a single point for 20th) for their team. The rows in the following table correspond to the jerseys awarded after that stage was run. A year after the race, Alessandro Petacchi was stripped of all his results; this table reflects the stages and jersey awards he originally won. Stage WinnerGeneral classification25px Points classification25px Mountains classification25px Young rider classification25pxTrofeo Fast TeamTrofeo Super Team 1 LIQ 2007 Enrico Gasparotto not awarded not awarded Enrico Gasparotto not awarded LIQ 2007 2 Robbie McEwen Danilo Di Luca Robbie McEwen Pavel Brutt LIQ 2007 AST 2007 3 Alessandro Petacchi Enrico Gasparotto Alessandro Petacchi GCE 2007 4 Danilo Di Luca Danilo Di Luca Robbie McEwen Danilo Di Luca Vincenzo Nibali LIQ 2007 5 Robert Förster Alessandro Petacchi LAM 2007 6 Luis Felipe Laverde Marco Pinotti Luis Felipe Laverde Hubert Schwab CSF 2007 CSF 2007 7 Alessandro Petacchi 8 Kurt Asle Arvesen Alexandr Arekeev LAM 2007 9 Danilo Napolitano 10 Leonardo Piepoli Andrea Noè Danilo Di Luca Andy Schleck LAM 2007 11 Alessandro Petacchi 12 Danilo Di Luca Danilo Di Luca 13 Marzio Bruseghin 14 Stefano Garzelli 15 Riccardo Riccò Leonardo Piepoli FUJ 2007 16 Stefano Garzelli CSF 2007 17 Gilberto Simoni FUJ 2007 18 Alessandro Petacchi 19 Iban Mayo 20 Paolo Savoldelli 21 Alessandro PetacchiFinalDanilo Di LucaAlessandro PetacchiLeonardo PiepoliAndy Schleck FUJ 2007 LAM 2007 Final standings Legend   20px|alt=A pink jersey   Denotes the winner of the General classification it http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2007/classifiche/it/classifica.shtml?t=21&c=CLGEN Classifica generale – General classification La Gazzetta dello Sport 2009-12-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20130314002539/http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2007/classifiche/it/classifica.shtml?t=21&c=CLGEN 14 March 2013 live   20px|alt=A green jersey   Denotes the winner of the Mountains classification it http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2007/classifiche/it/classifica.shtml?t=21&c=CLGPMGEN Classifica GPM Generale – Mountains classification La Gazzetta dello Sport 2009-12-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20121012172544/http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2007/classifiche/it/classifica.shtml?t=21&c=CLGPMGEN 12 October 2012 live   20px|alt=A violet jersey   Denotes the winner of the Points classification it http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2008/classifiche/it/classifica.shtml?t=21&c=CLPUNGEN Classifica a punti generale – Points classification La Gazzetta dello Sport 2009-12-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212208/http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2008/classifiche/it/classifica.shtml?t=21&c=CLPUNGEN 3 March 2016 live   20px|alt=A white jersey   Denotes the winner of the Young rider classification it http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2008/classifiche/it/classifica.shtml?t=21&c=CLGENGIO Classifica Generale Giovani – Young rider classification La Gazzetta dello Sport 2009-12-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20121012135732/http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2008/classifiche/it/classifica.shtml?t=21&c=CLGENGIO 12 October 2012 live General classification RiderTeamTime 1 Danilo Di Luca ITA 20px|alt=Pink jersey LIQ 2007 yes 92h 59' 39" 2 Andy Schleck LUX 20px|alt=White jersey SAX 2007 yes + 1' 55" 3 Eddy Mazzoleni ITA AST 2007 yes + 2' 25" 4 Gilberto Simoni ITA FUJ 2007 yes + 3' 15" 5 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2007 yes + 3' 49" 6 Riccardo Riccò ITA FUJ 2007 yes + 7' 00" 7 Evgeni Petrov RUS TCS 2007 yes + 8' 34" 8 Marzio Bruseghin ITA LAM 2007 yes + 10' 14" 9 Franco Pellizotti ITA LIQ 2007 yes + 10' 44" 10 David Arroyo ESP GCE 2007 yes + 11' 58" Mountains classification RiderTeamPoints 1 Leonardo Piepoli ITA 20px|alt=Green jersey FUJ 2007 yes 79 2 Fortunato Baliani ITA CSF 2007 yes 46 3 Danilo Di Luca ITA 20px|alt=Pink jersey LIQ 2007 yes 45 4 Gilberto Simoni ITA FUJ 2007 yes 41 5 Riccardo Riccò ITA FUJ 2007 yes 36 6 Yoann Le Boulanger FRA BBO 2007 yes 24 7 Luis Felipe Laverde COL CSF 2007 yes 23 8 Andy Schleck LUX 20px|alt=White jersey SAX 2007 yes 20 9 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2007 yes 17 10 Marzio Bruseghin ITA LAM 2007 yes 15 Points classification RiderTeamPoints 1 Alessandro Petacchi ITA20px|alt=Mauve jersey MRM 2007 yes 185 2 Danilo Di Luca ITA 20px|alt=Pink jersey LIQ 2007 yes 130 3 Paolo Bettini ITA QST 2007 yes 120 4 Maximiliano Richeze ARG CSF 2007 yes 107 5 Leonardo Piepoli ITA 20px|alt=Green jersey FUJ 2007 yes 93 6 Gilberto Simoni ITA FUJ 2007 yes 92 7 Stefano Garzelli ITA ASA 2007 yes 91 8 Andy Schleck LUX 20px|alt=White jersey SAX 2007 yes 85 9 Riccardo Riccò ITA FUJ 2007 yes 76 10 Damiano Cunego ITA LAM 2007 yes 76 Young rider classification RiderTeamTime 1 Andy Schleck LUX 20px|alt=White jersey SAX 2007 yes 93h 01' 34" 2 Riccardo Riccò ITA FUJ 2007 yes + 5' 05" 3 Domenico Pozzovivo ITA CSF 2007 yes + 22' 00" 4 Vincenzo Nibali ITA LIQ 2007 yes + 29' 47" 5 Branislau Samoilau BLR ASA 2007 yes + 32' 24" 6 Mauro Facci ITA QST 2007 yes + 1h 07' 00" 7 Olivier Bonnaire FRA BBO 2007 yes + 1h 24' 46" 8 Amael Moinard FRA COF 2007 yes + 1h 24' 52" 9 Carl Naibo FRA ALM 2007 yes + 1h 33' 11" 10 Matthias Russ GER GST 2007 yes + 1h 34' 56" Trofeo Fast Team classification TeamTime1FUJ 2007 yes 278h 11' 31"2LIQ 2007 yes + 3' 53"3LAM 2007 yes + 6' 06"4AST 2007 yes + 6' 56"5CSF 2007 yes + 10' 15"6ASA 2007 yes + 1h 02' 26"7 GCE 2007 yes + 1h 51' 04"8COF 2007 yes + 1h 52' 21"9SIL 2007 yes + 1h 53' 14"10QST 2007 yes + 2h 21' 31" Trofeo Super Team classification TeamPoints1LAM 2007 yes 4082LIQ 2007 yes 3643CSF 2007 yes 3594FUJ 2007 yes 3365AST 2007 yes 2876SAX 2007 yes 2617ASA 2007 yes 2378QST 2007 yes 2199TCS 2007 yes 21210GCE 2007 yes 205 Minor classifications thumb|alt=A cyclist wearing a yellow and gray cycling jersey, riding over cobblestones. Spectators on the roadside are looking behind him, out of the frame.|Mikhail Ignatiev won the Traguardo Volante Garibaldi and Trofeo Fuga Gilera classifications. Other less well-known classifications were awarded during the Giro, whose leaders did not receive a special jersey. These awards were based on points earned throughout the three weeks of the tour. Each mass start stage had one intermediate sprint, awarding points to the Traguardo Volante Garibaldi classification. These sprints gave bonus seconds towards the general classification, points towards the regular points classification, and also points towards the Traguardo Volante Garibaldi. This award was known in previous years as the Intergiro, and was previously time-based, awarding a blue jersey. TCS 2007 yes rider Mikhail Ignatiev won this classification. it http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2007/classifiche/it/classifica.shtml?t=21&c=110KMGEN Traguardo Volante Garibaldi La Gazzetta dello Sport 2009-12-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303200801/http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2007/classifiche/it/classifica.shtml?t=21&c=110KMGEN 3 March 2016 live Additional minor classifications included the combativity classification, which was a compilation of points gained for position on crossing intermediate sprints, mountain passes and stage finishes. Alessandro Petacchi was the original winner, but with all his 2007 Giro results forfeited, it appears there is no official winner of this award. it http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2007/classifiche/it/classifica.shtml?t=21&c=CLCOMGEN Classifica combattività generale La Gazzetta dello Sport 2009-12-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20121012172604/http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2007/classifiche/it/classifica.shtml?t=21&c=CLCOMGEN 12 October 2012 live The Azzurri d'Italia classification was based on finishing order, but points were awarded only to the top three finishers in each stage. Petacchi originally won this as well. it http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2007/classifiche/it/classifica.shtml?t=21&c=CLAZZGEN Class. azzurri d'italia generale La Gazzetta dello Sport 2009-12-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20160303203328/http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2007/classifiche/it/classifica.shtml?t=21&c=CLAZZGEN 3 March 2016 live Also, the Trofeo Fuga Gilera rewarded riders who took part in a breakaway at the head of the field, each rider in an escape of ten or fewer riders getting one point for each kilometre that the group stays clear. Along with the Traguardo Volante Garibadli, Mikhail Ignatiev also finished first in this classification. it http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2007/classifiche/it/classifica.shtml?t=21&c=CLFUGGEN Fuga gilera generale La Gazzetta dello Sport 2009-12-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20121012172621/http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2007/classifiche/it/classifica.shtml?t=21&c=CLFUGGEN 12 October 2012 live Teams were given penalty points for minor technical infringements. FDJ 2007 yes was not assessed any penalties, and so was the winner of the Fair Play classification. it http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2007/classifiche/it/classifica.shtml?t=21&c=CLFAPGEN Classifica FAIR PLAY La Gazzetta dello Sport 2009-12-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20121012172632/http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2007/classifiche/it/classifica.shtml?t=21&c=CLFAPGEN 12 October 2012 live References Citations 30em External links http://www.gazzetta.it/Speciali/Giroditalia/2007/en/ cyclingnews.com – race reports and news features 2007 Giro d'Italia 1 11 12 21 Category:2007 UCI ProTour 2007 Category:May 2007 sports events in Italy Category:June 2007 sports events in Italy