March 14, 2004 – Roberto Petito (Fassa Bortolo) took stage five of Tirreno Adriatico, ahead of Ceranmiche's Sergiy Matveyev. Check out the pics from Cor Vos.

Stage 5: Paglieta-Torricella Sicura, 215km

1. Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo, 5.20.51 (40.205 km/h)
2. Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres, 0.10
3. Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi, 1.06
4. Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie, 1.07
5. Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon, 3.10
6. Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
7. Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
8. Igor Astarloa (Spa) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone
9. Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Rabobank
10. Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team

March 12, 2004 – Paolo Bettini (Quick-Step/Davitamon) took today's stage of Tirreno-Adriatico, over World Champ Igor Astarloa (Cofidis) and former champ Oscar Friere. Check out the pics from Cor Vos…

Stage 4:

1. Paolo Bettini (ITA) Quick-Step/Davitamon, 4.39.31 (37.135 km/h)
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