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4th Tour of Qatar - 2.1
Qatar, January 31-February 4, 2005
Stage 1 - January 31: Al Khor Corniche - Doha Hyatt Plaza, 143 km
Boonen gets his first win
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Tom Boonen (Quick.Step-Davitamon) has started his 2005 season in a good way, winning the first stage of the Tour of Qatar which finished outside the Hyatt Plaza in Doha. In a bunch sprint at the end of a 143 km stage, Boonen beat Mario Cipollini (Liquigas-Bianchi) and Robert Hunter (Phonak) to take the win and the first golden leader's jersey
"This was one of my best ever finishing sprints," said Boonen, who had made up a lot of ground in the final straight and jumped from 500m out. "I am extremely happy with my form and winning straight away after the problems I had this winter certainly boosts my morale. Here in Qatar we are working on perfecting the workings of the train that will be piloting me during the season. Having won straight away is important for me and my team-mates."
Mario Cipollini came very close to recording his first victory in quite some time, but was beaten by the flying Boonen. "I want to thank the team; They worked very hard," said the Lion King afterwards, adding that he was very satisfied with "the excellent sensations I felt."
How it unfolded
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The first stage of the 4th Tour of Qatar started at the Al Khor Corniche and finished at the Hyatt Plaza in Doha. It didn't take long for the first attack to occur as Hong-Kong's Chiyin Leung (Marco Polo) set off after 5 km. He wasn't chased at first, and gained a maximum lead of 9'45 by km 56. Leung won the first sprint at Al Jemailiya (71 km) ahead of Robert Hunter and Björn Schröder (Wiesenhof), while conserving 9'15 of his lead. But 30 km later he was caught by Laurens Ten Dam and Rik Reinerink (Shimano-Memory Corp), who won the second sprint at Oryx Farm (km 103), with Leung getting third.
The breakaway trio was caught by the peloton after 112 km, and from then on the sprinters teams controlled the pace. In the run in to the finish, Boonen said that he had a "little incident" with an Ag2r rider, "I was in 15th or 20th position," he recalled. "With 500m to go, I gave everything I had, I started passing guys and went to Cipollini’s wheel. He started sprinting and I passed him immediately. I'm glad that everything went as it did."
Photography
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- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) is served tea
- Three Bouygues Telecom riders: Romy Martias, Anthony Charteau and Christophe Kern drinking tea
- Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) is served tea
- Mario Cipollini (Liquigas-Bianchi) waits for the start of stage 1
- Cruising along in Qatar
- Chiyin Leung (Marco Polo) on his own, complete with race banana
- Riders in the desert during stage 1
- Riders through the palm trees during stage 1
- Riders in the desert during stage 1
- A camel seems fascinated by the action
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) beats Mario Cipollini (C) to win stage 1
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) raises his arms in triumph after winning stage 1
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) in the golden leader's jersey, with trophy
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) receives a trophy after winning stage 1
Results
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 3.45.17 2 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 4 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 5 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile 7 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 8 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Wiesenhof 9 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R 10 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 11 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 12 Wesley Van Speybrock (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 13 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Shimano 14 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R 15 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 16 Andre Greipel (Ger) Wiesenhof 17 Roger Hammond (Gbr) Discovery Channel 18 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team CSC 19 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 20 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 21 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 22 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 23 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 24 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 25 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval 26 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak 27 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R 28 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) Shimano 29 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile 30 Guido Trentin (Ita) Quick Step 31 Eelke Van Der Wal (Ned) Shimano 32 Marco Bos (Ned) Shimano 33 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 34 Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh (Mgl) Marco Polo 35 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 36 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 37 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Ag2R 38 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 39 Cédric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 40 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 41 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R 42 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 43 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 44 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Discovery Channel 45 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile 46 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo 47 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Saunier Duval 48 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 49 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 50 Mohcena Rhiele (Mar) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel 51 Edmunds Hollands (Aus) Marco Polo 52 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval 53 Tareq Esmaeili (Qat) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel 54 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 55 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak 56 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile 57 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 58 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 59 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 60 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 61 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 62 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 63 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 64 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 65 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 66 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 67 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 68 Björn Schröder (Ger) Wiesenhof 69 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Shimano 70 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Shimano 71 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 72 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 73 Kilian Patour (Fra) Credit Agricole 74 Rene Obst (Ger) Wiesenhof 75 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Ag2R 76 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval 77 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole 78 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 79 Mihsien Reauf (Irq) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel 80 Fuyu Li (Chn) Marco Polo 81 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 82 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 83 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 84 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 85 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 86 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 87 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 88 Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 89 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 90 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R 91 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Marco Polo 92 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Phonak 93 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak 94 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 95 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2R 96 Thomas Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 97 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 98 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval 99 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 100 Farkad Mohammed (Irq) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel 101 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC 102 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 103 Sacha Urweider (Swi) Phonak 104 Christian Knees (Ger) Wiesenhof 105 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 106 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step 107 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 108 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval 109 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step 110 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 111 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel 112 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step 113 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 114 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 115 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 116 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 117 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval 118 Ahmed Abduljaleel (Irq) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel 119 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano 120 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 121 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 122 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step 123 Rene Van Oord (NZl) Marco Polo 124 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel 125 Michael Carter (USA) Marco Polo 126 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 127 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 128 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Shimano 0.17 129 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel 1.17 130 Chiyin Leung (HKg) Marco Polo 1.25 131 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Wiesenhof 1.34 132 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 133 Rdhwan Al-Moraqab (Qat) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel 4.07 Points 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 30 pts 2 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 27 3 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 25 4 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 23 5 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 21 6 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile 19 7 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 17 8 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Wiesenhof 15 9 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R 13 10 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 11 11 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 10 12 Wesley Van Speybrock (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 9 13 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Shimano 8 14 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R 7 15 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 6 16 Andre Greipel (Ger) Wiesenhof 5 17 Roger Hammond (Gbr) Discovery Channel 4 18 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team CSC 3 19 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 2 20 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1 Sprints Al Jemailiya, 71.00 km 1 Chiyin Leung (HKg) Marco Polo 3 pts 2 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 2 3 Björn Schröder (Ger) Wiesenhof 1 Oryx Farm, 103.50 km 1 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Shimano 3 pts 2 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Shimano 2 3 Chiyin Leung (HKg) Marco Polo 1 Best young rider 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 3.45.17 2 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 3 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R 4 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 5 Andre Greipel (Ger) Wiesenhof 6 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 7 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 8 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak 9 Eelke Van Der Wal (Ned) Shimano 10 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 11 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 12 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Ag2R 13 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 14 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 15 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 16 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 17 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile 18 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 19 Mohcena Rhiele (Mar) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel 20 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval 21 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 22 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 25 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 26 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 27 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 28 Björn Schröder (Ger) Wiesenhof 29 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Shimano 30 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 31 Kilian Patour (Fra) Credit Agricole 32 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Ag2R 33 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval 34 Mihsien Reauf (Irq) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel 35 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 36 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 37 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 38 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Marco Polo 39 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Phonak 40 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2R 41 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval 42 Sacha Urweider (Swi) Phonak 43 Christian Knees (Ger) Wiesenhof 44 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 45 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step 46 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel 47 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 48 Rene Van Oord (NZl) Marco Polo 49 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Shimano 0.17 50 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel 1.17 51 Chiyin Leung (HKg) Marco Polo 1.25 52 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Wiesenhof 1.34 Teams 1 Phonak Hearing Systems 11.15.51 2 Davitamon-Lotto 3 Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 4 Ag2R Prevoyance 5 T-Mobile Team 6 Shimano-Memory Corp 7 Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 Quick.Step 9 Team Csc 10 Team Wiesenhof 11 Discovery Channel Team 12 Domina Vacanze 13 Liquigas-Bianchi 14 Marco Polo Cycling Team 15 Credit Agricole 16 Aljazeera Sport Channel 17 Bouygues Telecom General classification after stage 1 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 3.45.07 2 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.04 3 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 4 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Shimano 0.08 5 Björn Schröder (Ger) Wiesenhof 0.09 6 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 0.10 7 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 8 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile 9 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 10 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Wiesenhof 11 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R 12 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 13 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 14 Wesley Van Speybrock (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 15 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Shimano 16 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R 17 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 18 Andre Greipel (Ger) Wiesenhof 19 Roger Hammond (Gbr) Discovery Channel 20 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team CSC 21 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 22 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 23 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 24 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 25 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 26 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 27 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval 28 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak 29 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R 30 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) Shimano 31 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile 32 Guido Trentin (Ita) Quick Step 33 Eelke Van Der Wal (Ned) Shimano 34 Marco Bos (Ned) Shimano 35 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 36 Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh (Mgl) Marco Polo 37 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 38 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 39 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Ag2R 40 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 41 Cédric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 42 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 43 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R 44 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 45 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 46 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Discovery Channel 47 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile 48 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo 49 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Saunier Duval 50 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 51 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 52 Mohcena Rhiele (Mar) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel 53 Edmunds Hollands (Aus) Marco Polo 54 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval 55 Tareq Esmaeili (Qat) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel 56 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 57 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak 58 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile 59 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 60 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 61 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 62 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 63 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 64 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 65 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 66 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 67 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 68 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 69 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 70 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Shimano 71 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 72 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 73 Kilian Patour (Fra) Credit Agricole 74 Rene Obst (Ger) Wiesenhof 75 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Ag2R 76 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval 77 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole 78 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 79 Mihsien Reauf (Irq) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel 80 Fuyu Li (Chn) Marco Polo 81 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 82 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 83 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 84 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze 85 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 86 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 87 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 88 Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 89 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 90 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R 91 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Marco Polo 92 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Phonak 93 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak 94 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 95 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2R 96 Thomas Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 97 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 98 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval 99 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 100 Farkad Mohammed (Irq) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel 101 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC 102 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 103 Sacha Urweider (Swi) Phonak 104 Christian Knees (Ger) Wiesenhof 105 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 106 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step 107 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 108 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval 109 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step 110 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 111 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel 112 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step 113 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 114 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 115 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 116 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 117 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval 118 Ahmed Abduljaleel (Irq) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel 119 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano 120 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 121 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 122 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step 123 Rene Van Oord (NZl) Marco Polo 124 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel 125 Michael Carter (USA) Marco Polo 126 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 127 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 128 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Shimano 0.24 129 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel 1.27 130 Chiyin Leung (HKg) Marco Polo 1.31 131 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Wiesenhof 1.44 132 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 133 Rdhwan Al-Moraqab (Qat) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel 4.17 Points classification 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 30 pts 2 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 27 3 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 27 4 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 23 5 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 21 6 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile 19 7 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 17 8 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Wiesenhof 15 9 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R 13 10 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 11 11 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 10 12 Wesley Van Speybrock (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 9 13 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Shimano 8 14 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R 7 15 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 6 16 Andre Greipel (Ger) Wiesenhof 5 17 Chiyin Leung (HKg) Marco Polo 4 18 Roger Hammond (Gbr) Discovery Channel 4 19 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Shimano 3 20 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team CSC 3 21 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Shimano 2 22 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 2 23 Björn Schröder (Ger) Wiesenhof 1 24 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1 Young rider classification 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 3.45.07 2 Björn Schröder (Ger) Wiesenhof 0.09 3 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 0.10 4 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R 5 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 6 Andre Greipel (Ger) Wiesenhof 7 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 8 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 9 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak 10 Eelke Van Der Wal (Ned) Shimano 11 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 12 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 13 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Ag2R 14 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 15 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 16 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 17 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 18 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile 19 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 20 Mohcena Rhiele (Mar) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel 21 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval 22 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 23 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 25 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 26 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 27 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 28 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 29 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Shimano 30 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 31 Kilian Patour (Fra) Credit Agricole 32 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Ag2R 33 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval 34 Mihsien Reauf (Irq) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel 35 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 36 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 37 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 38 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Marco Polo 39 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Phonak 40 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2R 41 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval 42 Sacha Urweider (Swi) Phonak 43 Christian Knees (Ger) Wiesenhof 44 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 45 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step 46 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel 47 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 48 Rene Van Oord (NZl) Marco Polo 49 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Shimano 0.24 50 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel 1.27 51 Chiyin Leung (HKg) Marco Polo 1.31 52 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Wiesenhof 1.44 Teams classification 1 Phonak Hearing Systems 11.15.51 2 Davitamon-Lotto 3 Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 4 Ag2R Prevoyance 5 T-Mobile Team 6 Shimano-Memory Corp 7 Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 Quick.Step 9 Team Csc 10 Team Wiesenhof 11 Discovery Channel Team 12 Domina Vacanze 13 Liquigas-Bianchi 14 Marco Polo Cycling Team 15 Credit Agricole 16 Aljazeera Sport Channel 17 Bouygues Telecom
