Team Milram came to the Giro d'Italia with the objective of winning at least a few stages, but suffered a huge setback when Alessandro Petacchi crashed out in stage 3. The loss of the captain saw Milram really struggle to make an impact on the results, even if they often rode like they still had a top sprinter in their team. There were, of course, several other fast men wearing the light blue colours, such as the experienced leadout man Alberto Ongarato, as well as Elia Rigotto and Mirco Lorenzetto, but none of them could quite manage to win.
In the final stage, Milram did set up a train in the final three kilometres, but by that stage had already lost Lorenzetto to a crash. He was bitterly disappointed not to finish the Giro. "From the Tour de Romandie, I thought about the sprint in Milano," said Lorenzetto. "I was convinced that my characteristics were suited perfectly to this finale. Unfortunately, this time also, the bad luck hit hard. I skidded unexpectedly and I fell on my right thigh. More than the physical pain, I have the emotional disappointment for losing a chance like this in the stupidest manner."
