Although he got his 11th win of the season today in

San Benedetto Del Tronto, Alessandro Petacchi still fell

just 9" short of winning Tirreno-Adriatico after over

32 hours of racing in 7 days! But Petacchi picked up three stage wins on his Pinarello Dogma FP and is now one of the

favorites for Saturday's Milano-San Remo.



40th Tirreno-Adriatico

Tuesday, March 15

Stage 7: San Benedetto Del Tronto / 164 km

1. Alessandro Petacchi (ITA) Fassa Bortolo 4h23'22"

2. Mario Cipollini (ITA) Liquigas-Bianchi

3. Danilo Hondo (GER) Gerolsteiner / all same time



40th Tirreno-Adriatico

Final General Classification

1. Oscar Freire (SPA) Rabobank 32h37'19"

2. Alessandro Petacchi (ITA) Fassa Bortolo @:09"