March 13, 2004: Stage 4: Isernia - Paglieta (179 km):
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon       04:39:31
2 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone                
3 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                   
4 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 
5 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                   
6 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                      
7 Oskar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
8 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                     
9 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                
10 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                      
11 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros                          
12 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                 
13 Rubens Lobato Elvire (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    
14 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone   
15 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone              
16 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                        
17 Marcell Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 
18 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                
19 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre                                        
20 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     
21 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                     
22 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                          
23 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                      
24 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
25 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone              
26 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone          
27 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco                                         
28 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
29 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                        
30 Eugeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco                                          
31 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
32 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                  0.16
33 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie       
34 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
35 C?dric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole                              0.20
36 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
37 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                           
38 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) De Nardi                                      
39 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                 
40 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) De Nardi                                    
41 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre                                        
42 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi                                    
43 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre                                        
44 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                    
45 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros                             
46 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                  
47 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                    
48 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                    0.30
49 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      
50 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco                                     0.38
51 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                
52 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros                    
53 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone               
54 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                   
55 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre                                         
56 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                      
57 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            
58 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                 
59 Gr?gory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                          
60 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                               
61 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                      
62 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie     0.47
63 Ludo Dierckxssens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                 1.03
64 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                            
65 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                           1.08
66 Laszio Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon                          
67 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi                                   
68 Mario Scirea (Ita) Domina Vacanze                               1.39
69 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                         1.45
70 Alexandre Naulleau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                    
71 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                     
72 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon                          
73 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                   
74 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                    
75 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros                                   
76 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole                                  
77 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi                                
78 Andreas Kloeden (Ger) T-Mobile Team                             2.48
79 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie              
80 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                       3.04
81 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Lampre                                     
82 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze                             
83 Leif Hoste (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                        
84 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                  
85 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                   
86 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank                                       
87 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco                                 
88 Ren? Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros                                  
89 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi                                    3.30
90 S?bastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                         4.00
91 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone             4.31
92 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                
93 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  
94 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 
95 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo                                   
96 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                 
97 M?d?ric Clain (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone               
98 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                             
99 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                      
100 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                          
101 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                                       
102 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie         
103 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
104 Jaun Jos? Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   
105 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                    
106 Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres         
107 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team                                
108 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                  
109 Christophe Kern (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                      
110 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Saeco                                  7.30
111 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze                              
112 Rony Martias (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                         
113 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                             
114 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
115 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
116 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                 
117 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Lotto-Domo                                    
118 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole                              
119 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie            
120 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                   
121 Igor Pugaci (Mda) De Nardi                                        
122 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
123 Michael Skelde (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                              
124 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi                                  
125 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                         
126 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Domina Vacanze                          
127 Martin Derganc (Slo) Domina Vacanze                               
128 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie             
129 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi                         8.52
130 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank                                    
131 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Lotto-Domo                                 
132 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                        
133 Luciano Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Lampre                          
134 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre                                   
135 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie             
136 Andrus Aug (Est) Domina Vacanze                                   
137 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                   
138 Robert Bartko (Ger) Rabobank                                      
139 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       
140 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank                                    
141 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco                                      
142 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                      
143 Jacky Durand (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                        
144 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi                                       
145 St?phane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole                               
146 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco                                    
147 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Credit Agricole                                
148 S?bastien Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere               10.35
149 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                                 
150 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze                         11.31
151 Dario Pieri (Ita) Saeco                                           
152 Mauro Zinetti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie            
153 Timothy Johnson (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    15.49
154 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          
DNF Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Lampre                                      
DNF Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros                             
DNF Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa) Liberty Seguros                           
DNF Guillermo Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres               
DNS Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner

Overall rankings after stage 4:
1 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon       18:16:05
2 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank                                0.03
3 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone             0.08
4 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                   0.10
5 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   0.11
6 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone               
7 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                         
8 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  0.13
9 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team                                   0.14
10 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                  
11 Angel Vicioso Arcos (Spa) Liberty Seguros                       0.15
12 Danilo Di Luca (Ita) Saeco                                         
13 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir             0.16
14 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 0.17
15 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
16 Oskar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       
17 Bingen Fernandez Bustinza (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone   
18 Rubens Lobato Elvire (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    
19 Marcell Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 
20 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               
21 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone              
22 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole                          
23 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                      
24 Mickael Pichon (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                        
25 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                 
26 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre                                        
27 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems                       0.33
28 Roberto Sgambelluri (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie       
29 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                     
30 C?dric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole                              0.34
31 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                   0.36
32 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre                                     0.37
33 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi                                    
34 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) De Nardi                                      
35 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco                                     0.55
36 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre                                         
37 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                
38 Giampaolo Caruso (Ita) Liberty Seguros                          0.56
39 Paolo Tiralongo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                    
40 Niki Aebersold (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                        
41 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo                1.01
42 Eugeni Petrov (Rus) Saeco                                          
43 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie     1.04
44 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                   1.14
45 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                     1.22
46 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         1.39
47 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                            
48 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros                    
49 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               1.42
50 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                    
51 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Alessio-Bianchi                             2.02
52 Wladimir Belli (Ita) Lampre                                     2.06
53 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                  2.20
54 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros                                2.21
55 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                3.40
56 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                3.55
57 Andreas Kloeden (Ger) T-Mobile Team                             4.58
58 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                   5.07
59 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                             5.09
60 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone          
61 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Saeco                              5.14
62 Cristian Gasperoni (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                5.20
63 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                        5.29
64 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                    5.39
65 Gr?gory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                       5.47
66 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                 
67 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                               
68 Guido Trentin (Ita) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone               
69 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                      
70 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank                                    5.53
71 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team                              6.02
72 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile Team                              6.11
73 Laszio Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon                       6.17
74 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   6.30
75 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                           6.37
76 Alexandre Naulleau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                 6.54
77 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon                          
78 Igor Gonzalez De Galdeano (Spa) Liberty Seguros                 7.14
79 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                                     7.20
80 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole                               7.54
81 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Lampre                                  8.33
82 Ren? Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros                                  
83 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi                                8.51
84 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                       8.52
85 Pavel Tonkov (Rus) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie           9.09
86 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo                                9.40
87 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                     
88 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          
89 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                             
90 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) De Nardi                                 9.58
91 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                       10.21
92 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone            10.41
93 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                        11.03
94 Mario Scirea (Ita) Domina Vacanze                              11.42
95 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie          12.26
96 Ludo Dierckxssens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                12.39
97 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Lotto-Domo                                     
98 Leif Hoste (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                    12.42
99 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                          
100 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo                                 
101 Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi                              12.59
102 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi                                  13.08
103 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                  14.01
104 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems                   14.09
105 Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres         
106 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
107 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                                
108 M?d?ric Clain (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone              
109 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo                            14.32
110 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Credit Agricole                            14.42
111 Jaun Jos? Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir               15.10
112 S?bastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole                       15.36
113 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                           16.07
114 Christophe Kern (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                      
115 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Domina Vacanze                        16.11
116 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie         17.07
117 Fortunato Baliani (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres             17.08
118 Igor Pugaci (Mda) De Nardi                                        
119 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank                                18.28
120 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank                                18.30
121 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                        
122 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre                                   
123 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie        19.06
124 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
125 Michael Skelde (Den) Alessio-Bianchi                              
126 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Saeco                                     
127 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres                   
128 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
129 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                19.45
130 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Domina Vacanze                          19.53
131 Rony Martias (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere                     19.59
132 Alessio Galletti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                             
133 Martin Derganc (Slo) Domina Vacanze                               
134 Luciano Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Lampre                      20.24
135 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres               20.28
136 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       
137 Robert Bartko (Ger) Rabobank                                      
138 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi                                       
139 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco                                  20.51
140 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole                          20.54
141 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Domina Vacanze                      21.02
142 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi                        21.21
143 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Lotto-Domo                                 
144 Andrus Aug (Est) Domina Vacanze                                   
145 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi                             22.08
146 St?phane Auge (Fra) Credit Agricole                           22.19
147 Jacky Durand (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                    22.22
148 Mauro Zinetti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie        23.07
149 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco                                23.39
150 Dario Pieri (Ita) Saeco                                       24.00
151 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Domina Vacanze                             
152 S?bastien Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere               26.00
153 Timothy Johnson (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    27.25
154 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      29.20