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3rd Tour of Qatar - 2.3
Qatar, February 2-6, 2004
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Stage 4 - February 5: Al Wakra - Al Wakra, 168.5 km
Cancellara does more than time trial
Hunter keeps his jersey
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Swiss rider Fabian Cancellara (Fassa Bortolo) won Thursday's fourth stage of the Tour of Qatar, attacking in the closing kilometres and taking victory at the precise moment of his capture by the speeding peloton. Robert Hunter conserved his overall lead while best young rider Tom Boonen continued his string of strong performances in the bunch sprints. The stage took the riders on a 168 kilometre circuit beginning and ending in Al Wakra.
"This winter I worked a lot on my sprint, and today it paid off," the excited Cancellara said after his triumph. "I've won my share of time trials, but never a road stage. This victory means a lot to me."
Cancellara won ahead of Lotto-Domo's Koos Moerenhout, who tagged along with the Swiss in a strong attack launched with 4km to go. Moerenhout didn't take a single pull, but still tried a last-ditch attack within sight of the line. Whether he was hoping teammate and sprinter McEwen would come back, or just didn't have the strength, the Dutchman had no answer for Cancellara's final acceleration as the pack swooped down on their escape. Frank Høj (Team CSC) took third on the day ahead of Boonen.
Once again it was the first intermediate sprint which prompted an increase in pace in the peloton, as 115 riders took off from Al Wakra at 12:30pm. As Ag2r-Prévoyance, Quick.Step-Davitamon and Saunier Duval wound up the sprint, Boonen took the points ahead of McEwen and race leader Hunter. As the sprinters caught their breath, Anthony Geslin (Brioches La Boulangère) decided to attack and found company in Christophe Agnolutto (Ag2r) and Sven Krauss (Gerolsteiner).
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The three leaders worked together to build a lead of up to seven minutes before Boonen's Quick.Step team decided enough was enough. The trio did well to keep their break alive, and at the second intermediate sprint in Al Wakra it was Agnolutto who came through ahead of Krauss and Geslin. Under the steady pressure of Quick.Step, Hunter's Rabobank team, and Lotto-Domo, the time gaps fell as the kilometres rolled by. Eventually, with their capture a foregone conclusion, the three eased up to await the field.
By this time, the winds were once more taking their toll on the fast-moving bunch, and a small lead group had formed just as in days past. Twenty four riders found themselves ahead, including the principal players such as gold jersey Hunter and his sprint rivals Boonen, McEwen, and Jean-Patrick Nazon (Ag2r). Although the lead trio had ceased to force the pace, their advantage still remained with less than 10km to the line.
With the escapees back in the fold, it was Cancellara's turn to try an escape to foil the sprinters. The Swiss was powerful and put some daylight between himself and the leaders, with Quick.Step doing most of the work to chase them down. Nonetheless, with Moerenhout on his wheel, Cancellara managed to stay clear and took the stage just as the field reached their back wheels.
Photography
Images by AFP Photo/Karim Jaafar-STR
- Quick.Step-Davitamon leads the chase for its sprinter Tom Boonen
- Fabian Cancellara (Fassa Bortolo) wins a career first road race
- Fabian Cancellara (Fassa Bortolo) accepts his stage winner's prize
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step-Davitamon) held onto the blue jersey of best young rider
- Robert Hunter (Rabobank) is the first rider of this year's tour to hold the leader's jersey a second day
Results
1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 3.02.37 2 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 3 Frank Hoj (Den) Team CSC 4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) De Nardi 7 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8 Robbie Mc Ewen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 9 Francesco Chichi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 11 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Team Saeco 12 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 13 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto-Domo 14 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 15 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 16 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Domo 0.04 17 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 18 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 19 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 21 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo 22 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 23 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.15 24 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.39 25 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 0.50 26 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 27 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 28 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Crédit Agricole 29 Matej Jurco (Svk) De Nardi 30 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) De Nardi 31 Wesley Van Speybroeck (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 32 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 33 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank 34 Michael Sandstod (Den) Team CSC 35 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 36 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval 37 Stéphane Berges (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 38 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 39 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 40 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 41 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile 42 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team CSC 43 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 44 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval 45 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Rabobank 46 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 47 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 48 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) De Nardi 49 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 50 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 51 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 52 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 53 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval 54 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile 55 Mario Aerts (Bel) T-Mobile 56 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 57 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 58 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Team Saeco 59 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile 60 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 61 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 62 Rony Martias (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 63 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 64 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 65 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Team Saeco 66 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 67 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 68 Luca De Angeli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 69 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile 70 Jimmi Madsen (Den) Team CSC 71 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) De Nardi 72 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 73 Leif Hoste (Bel) Lotto-Domo 74 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Team Saeco 75 Dario Pieri (Ita) Team Saeco 76 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Saeco 77 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 78 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 79 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 80 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 81 Christophe Kern (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 82 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 83 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile 84 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 85 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 86 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi 87 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC 88 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval 89 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval 90 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Team Saeco 91 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 92 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Saunier Duval 1.02 93 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Lotto-Domo 94 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 0.50 95 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile 2.42 96 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 97 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 98 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi 99 Kevin Van Der Slagmolen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 100 Julien Laidoun (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 101 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.53 102 David Meys (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 4.20 103 Igor Pugaci (Mda) De Nardi 104 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 7.48 105 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 106 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 107 Christophe Oriol (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 108 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 109 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Crédit Agricole 110 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Crédit Agricole 111 Koen Barbe (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 112 David Loosli (Swi) Team Saeco 113 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval 114 Alexandre Naulleau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 115 Bart De Spiegelaere (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 8.22 Points 1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 30 pts 2 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 27 3 Frank Hoj (Den) Team CSC 25 4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 23 5 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 21 6 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) De Nardi 19 7 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 17 8 Robbie Mc Ewen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 15 9 Francesco Chichi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 13 10 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 11 11 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Team Saeco 10 12 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 9 13 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto-Domo 8 14 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 7 15 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6 16 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Domo 5 17 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 18 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 3 19 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 20 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1 Sprints Mesaieed, 21.30 km 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 3 pts 2 Robbie Mc Ewen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 2 3 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 1 Al Wakra, 68.20 km 1 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 3 pts 2 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 3 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1 Young rider 1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 3.02.37 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 3 Francesco Chichi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 0.04 5 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 7 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 0.50 8 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 9 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 10 Matej Jurco (Svk) De Nardi 11 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) De Nardi 12 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank 13 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval 14 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 15 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 16 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 17 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Rabobank 18 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) De Nardi 19 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 21 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 22 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval 23 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 24 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile 25 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 26 Rony Martias (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 27 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 28 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 29 Christophe Kern (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 30 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 31 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval 32 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval 33 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Saunier Duval 1.02 34 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 0.50 35 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 2.42 36 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 37 Kevin Van Der Slagmolen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 38 Julien Laidoun (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 39 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.53 40 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 7.48 41 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 42 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Crédit Agricole 43 Koen Barbe (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 44 David Loosli (Swi) Team Saeco 45 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval 46 Alexandre Naulleau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère Teams 1 Fassa Bortolo 9.07.51 2 Lotto-Domo 3 Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.08 4 Team CSC 0.50 5 Rabobank 0.54 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.29 7 De Nardi 1.40 8 Ag2R Prevoyance 9 Saeco 10 Gerolsteiner 1.44 11 Vlaanderen-T Interim 2.30 12 T-Mobile Team 13 Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 Brioches La Boulangere 15 Credit Agricole General classification after stage 4 1 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 14.04.47 2 Robbie Mc Ewen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 0.01 3 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 0.03 4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.07 5 Frank Hoj (Den) Team CSC 0.22 6 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo 0.23 7 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 0.27 8 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Team Saeco 9 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 10 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto-Domo 0.29 11 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 0.33 13 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Domo 15 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.39 16 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.44 17 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.45 18 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 0.47 19 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.19 20 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team CSC 21 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 22 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval 23 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 24 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 25 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Team Saeco 26 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 27 Francesco Chichi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.24 28 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 1.31 29 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.40 30 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 31 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 1.41 32 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 1.56 33 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 2.00 34 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.47 35 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 6.40 36 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 37 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 8.57 38 Leif Hoste (Bel) Lotto-Domo 9.25 39 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 9.43 40 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr) De Nardi 10.01 41 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 10.03 42 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 10.05 43 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 44 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10.36 45 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 10.37 46 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 11.39 47 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 15.13 48 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Rabobank 15.14 49 Wesley Van Speybroeck (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 50 Mario Aerts (Bel) T-Mobile 51 Stéphane Berges (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 52 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Team Saeco 53 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15.31 54 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 16.57 55 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 17.05 56 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22.43 57 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval 25.50 58 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Crédit Agricole 27.38 59 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34.33 60 Matej Jurco (Svk) De Nardi 34.35 61 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 62 Tomas Konecny (Cze) T-Mobile 63 David Canada (Spa) Saunier Duval 64 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Team Saeco 65 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 66 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC 67 Stephane Goubert (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 68 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 34.40 69 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile 34.50 70 Jimmi Madsen (Den) Team CSC 35.00 71 Luca De Angeli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 35.15 72 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 35.24 73 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 35.29 74 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) De Nardi 36.12 75 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 38.31 76 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) De Nardi 42.19 77 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 42.36 78 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 42.58 79 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval 43.06 80 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 43.09 81 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile 82 Daniel Schnider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 83 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval 84 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Team Saeco 85 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank 86 Rony Martias (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 87 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 88 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) De Nardi 89 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 90 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile 91 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 92 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Lotto-Domo 43.21 93 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 43.41 94 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Saunier Duval 44.02 95 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) De Nardi 45.01 96 David Meys (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 46.39 97 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Saeco 48.35 98 Christophe Kern (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 99 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) De Nardi 100 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile 101 Dario Pieri (Ita) Team Saeco 102 Michael Sandstod (Den) Team CSC 49.07 103 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 50.07 104 Koen Barbe (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 105 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Crédit Agricole 106 Julien Laidoun (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 50.25 107 Serguei Yakovlev (Kaz) T-Mobile 50.27 108 Kevin Van Der Slagmolen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 50.53 109 Igor Pugaci (Mda) De Nardi 52.05 110 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 55.33 111 David Loosli (Swi) Team Saeco 112 Alexandre Naulleau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 113 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval 114 Christophe Oriol (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 115 Bart De Spiegelaere (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 56.07 Points classification 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 97 pts 2 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 85 3 Robbie Mc Ewen (Aus) Lotto-Domo 81 4 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 72 5 Francesco Chichi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 57 6 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 43 7 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 40 8 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 36 9 Frank Hoj (Den) Team CSC 36 10 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Team Saeco 31 11 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 30 12 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 30 13 Matej Jurco (Svk) De Nardi 30 14 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 27 15 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Crédit Agricole 26 16 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25 17 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 24 18 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 24 19 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo 23 20 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) De Nardi 21 21 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 20 22 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval 20 23 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 17 24 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 16 25 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile 13 26 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Domo 12 27 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team CSC 11 28 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 11 29 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Rabobank 10 30 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto-Domo 9 31 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 9 32 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Team Saeco 8 33 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 6 34 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6 35 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 36 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 6 37 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 5 38 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 5 39 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 40 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 41 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Team Saeco 2 42 Julien Laidoun (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 2 43 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 1 44 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 1 45 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 1 Young rider classification 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 14.04.54 2 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 0.26 3 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.38 5 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 0.40 6 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval 1.12 7 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 8 Francesco Chichi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.17 9 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2r Prévoyance 1.24 10 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank 1.34 11 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 1.49 12 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 6.33 13 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 9.36 14 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 9.56 15 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 9.58 16 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 11.32 17 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 15.06 18 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Rabobank 15.07 19 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 16.58 20 Marcus Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22.36 21 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval 25.43 22 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34.26 23 Matej Jurco (Svk) De Nardi 34.28 24 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 25 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 26 Torsten Hiekmann (Ger) T-Mobile 34.43 27 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) De Nardi 36.05 28 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval 42.59 29 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 43.02 30 Oliver Zaugg (Swi) Saunier Duval 31 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank 32 Rony Martias (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 33 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 34 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) De Nardi 35 Mauro Facci (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 36 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Saunier Duval 43.55 37 Christophe Kern (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 48.28 38 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 50.00 39 Koen Barbe (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 40 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Crédit Agricole 41 Julien Laidoun (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 50.18 42 Kevin Van Der Slagmolen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 50.46 43 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 55.26 44 David Loosli (Swi) Team Saeco 45 Alexandre Naulleau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangère 46 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval Teams classification 1 Fassa Bortolo 42.15.32 2 Lotto-Domo 0.06 3 Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.12 4 Rabobank 0.57 5 Team CSC 1.06 6 Ag2R Prevoyance 1.58 7 Gerolsteiner 2.12 8 Saeco 7.17 9 Vlaanderen-T Interim 13.28 10 Saunier Duval-Prodir 21.51 11 Brioches La Boulangere 25.15 12 Credit Agricole 41.28 13 T-Mobile Team 55.33 14 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.18.28 15 De Nardi 1.18.47
