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4th Tour of Qatar - 2.1
Qatar, January 31-February 4, 2005
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Stage 4 - February 3: Al Zubarah - Doha Landmark, 169 km
"Little old man" proves he still has the stuff
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On the second-last day of the Tour of Qatar, Mario Cipollini (Liquigas-Bianchi) proved that there's live I the old lion yet as he beat Tom Boonen (Quick Step) by a whisker at the end of the day's 169km journey from Al Zubarah to Doha.
The pace was hot from the start as the CSC team piled on the pressure to defend the lead of yellow jersey Lars Michaelsen and Liquigas-Bianchi responded in search of a stage victory for their superstar sprinter. The peloton split up with a 55-strong lead group making all the day's action; the back half eventually finished over 30 minutes down.
Liquigas' big Swedish sprinter Magnus Backstedt took the first intermediate sprint ahead of Marco Bos (Shimano) and at this 24km mark the gap was already 1.20. After another 39km the margin was 3.30 and the chasing group sat up, apparently deciding to enjoy a pleasant afternoon's club ride instead of pursuing the lead group.
By the second sprint, the gap was 16.15 and Supermario flexed his sprinting legs to take the points from Rudi Kemna (Shimano) and Damien Nazon (Credit Agricole) and the peloton rolled on for the circuit finale in Doha.
Andy Flickinger (Ag2R) and Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) were among the riders that tried to break away in the finishing circuits, but the sprinters' teams were having none of it and the attacks were quickly neutralized. In the ensuing bunch dash, Cipllini proved he's still got the right stuff, edging out Boonen by a quarter of a wheel or so.
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An understandably delighted Cipollini said, "Every win encourages you a lot and this one in particular since it comes after months full of sacrifices and very tough training. I believe this is the first and partial answer to the understandable doubts surrounding a "little old man" like me at the beginning of his seventeenth season as a pro!"
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- Riders cast long shadows as the stage gets underway in the winter sunshine.
- Mario Cipollini (Liquigas-Bianchi) - perhaps planning the finale's winning move.
- Lars Michaelsen (Team CSC) rides in the yellow jersey which he retained after stage 4.
- The peloton passes some bovine spectators.
- A medieval fort provides the backdrop to a thoroughly modern race.
- Mario Cipollini just edges out Tom Boonen (Quick STep) on the line.
- Mario Cipollini claims victory over Tom Boonen (Quick Step) and Aart Vierhouten (Davitamon-Lotto)
- Mario Cipollini is congratulated on the podium by the president of the Qatar Cycling Federation, Sheikh Khaled bin Ali Al-Thani.
Results
1 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3.31.37 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 3 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 4 Björn Schröder (Ger) Wiesenhof 5 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 6 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R 7 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 8 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R 9 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 10 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R 12 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 13 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Shimano 14 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 15 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team CSC 16 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole 17 Marco Bos (Ned) Shimano 18 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 19 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 20 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 21 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R 22 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R 23 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile 24 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Discovery Channel 25 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 26 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Shimano 27 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 28 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 29 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 30 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 31 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo 32 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak 33 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Wiesenhof 34 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Saunier Duval 35 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 36 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 37 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 38 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 39 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval 40 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 41 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 42 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Phonak 43 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2R 44 Guido Trentin (Ita) Quick Step 0.13 45 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.21 46 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak 0.24 47 Sacha Urweider (Swi) Phonak 0.26 48 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 0.33 49 Thomas Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 50 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Shimano 0.37 51 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.40 52 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step 0.42 53 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step 0.48 54 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC 2.29 55 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 56 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval 8.44 57 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 58 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval 59 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak 60 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 31.29 61 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 62 Roger Hammond (Gbr) Discovery Channel 63 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 64 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 65 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval 66 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 67 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Marco Polo 68 Edmunds Hollands (Aus) Marco Polo 69 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 70 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 71 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval 72 Wesley Van Speybrock (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 73 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 74 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 75 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 76 Eelke Van Der Wal (Ned) Shimano 77 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile 78 Farkad Mohammed (Irq) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel 79 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 80 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 81 Mohcena Rhiele (Mar) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel 82 Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 83 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 84 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Ag2R 85 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 86 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 87 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 88 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 89 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 90 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 91 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 92 Ahmed Abduljaleel (Irq) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel 93 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Shimano 94 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 95 Kilian Patour (Fra) Credit Agricole 96 Michael Carter (USA) Marco Polo 97 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 98 Christian Knees (Ger) Wiesenhof 99 Cédric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 100 Rene Obst (Ger) Wiesenhof 101 Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh (Mgl) Marco Polo 102 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Ag2R 103 Andre Greipel (Ger) Wiesenhof 104 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) Shimano 105 Rene Van Oord (NZl) Marco Polo 106 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step 107 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step 108 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 109 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 110 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel 111 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel 112 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Wiesenhof 113 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile 114 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 115 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 116 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 117 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 118 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 119 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel 120 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 121 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 122 Tareq Esmaeili (Qat) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel DNS Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze Points 1 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 30 pts 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 27 3 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 25 4 Björn Schröder (Ger) Wiesenhof 23 5 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 21 6 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R 19 7 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 17 8 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R 15 9 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 13 10 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 11 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R 10 12 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 9 13 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Shimano 8 14 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 7 15 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team CSC 6 16 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole 5 17 Marco Bos (Ned) Shimano 4 18 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 3 19 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 2 20 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 1 Sprints Madinat Al Shamal (24.00 km) 1 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 3 pts 2 Marco Bos (Ned) Shimano 2 3 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R 1 Umm Suwaiya (93.00 km) 1 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3 pts 2 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Shimano 2 3 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole 1 Best young rider 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 3.31.37 2 Björn Schröder (Ger) Wiesenhof 3 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 4 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R 6 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 7 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 8 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 9 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 10 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 11 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak 12 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Wiesenhof 13 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 14 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 15 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 16 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Phonak 17 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2R 18 Sacha Urweider (Swi) Phonak 0.26 19 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Shimano 0.37 20 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval 8.44 21 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval 22 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Marco Polo 31.29 23 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 24 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 25 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 26 Eelke Van Der Wal (Ned) Shimano 27 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile 28 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 29 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 30 Mohcena Rhiele (Mar) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel 31 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Ag2R 32 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 33 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 34 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Shimano 35 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 36 Kilian Patour (Fra) Credit Agricole 37 Christian Knees (Ger) Wiesenhof 38 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Ag2R 39 Andre Greipel (Ger) Wiesenhof 40 Rene Van Oord (NZl) Marco Polo 41 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step 42 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 43 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel 44 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 45 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel 46 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 47 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom Teams 1 AG2R Prevoyance 10.34.51 2 Liquigas - Bianchi 3 Phonak Hearing Systems 4 Shimano - Memory Corp 5 Team CSC 6 T-Mobile Team 7 Saunier Duval - Prodir 8 Credit Agricole 9 Quick Step 0.13 10 Domina Vacanze 8.44 11 Davitamon - Lotto 31.29 12 Discovery Channel Team 13 Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 14 Bouygues Telecom 15 Team Wiesenhof 16 Marco Polo Cycling Team 1.02.58 17 Aljazeera Sport Channel 1.34.27 General classification after stage 4 1 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 15.22.00 2 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 1.14 3 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team CSC 1.28 4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 5.21 5 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo 5.43 6 Thomas Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 8.50 7 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 8 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 12.27 9 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval 12.30 10 Marco Bos (Ned) Shimano 32.06 11 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 32.08 12 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R 32.14 13 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 14 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R 16 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 32.18 17 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 18 Guido Trentin (Ita) Quick Step 32.31 19 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 32.59 20 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 33.05 21 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step 33.22 22 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 35.16 23 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Saunier Duval 36.00 24 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 37.06 25 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 37.10 26 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Shimano 37.37 27 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 38.51 28 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Shimano 38.53 29 Björn Schröder (Ger) Wiesenhof 38.54 30 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R 31 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 38.55 32 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 33 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R 34 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 35 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 36 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 37 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 38 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 39.16 39 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step 39.43 40 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Wiesenhof 40.29 41 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 41.09 42 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 43.54 43 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 43.59 44 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 45 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval 47.39 46 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Shimano 47.41 47 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole 47.42 48 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 47.43 49 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R 50 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 51 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 52 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile 53 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak 54 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Phonak 55 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Discovery Channel 56 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 57 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2R 58 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 59 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak 48.07 60 Sacha Urweider (Swi) Phonak 48.09 61 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 48.28 62 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC 50.12 63 Michele Gobbi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 50.23 64 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Ag2R 52.47 65 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak 56.27 66 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval 67 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 1.03.43 68 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 69 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 1.03.45 70 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step 1.03.59 71 Roger Hammond (Gbr) Discovery Channel 1.04.47 72 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Ag2R 73 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 74 Andre Greipel (Ger) Wiesenhof 1.05.40 75 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 1.07.29 76 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 1.10.24 77 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 78 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile 79 Wesley Van Speybrock (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 80 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 81 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile 82 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 83 Christian Knees (Ger) Wiesenhof 84 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 85 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 86 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 87 Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 88 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 89 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 90 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step 1.10.49 91 Eelke Van Der Wal (Ned) Shimano 1.17.03 92 Farkad Mohammed (Irq) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel 1.18.23 93 Ahmed Abduljaleel (Irq) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel 1.18.41 94 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) Shimano 1.19.12 95 Kilian Patour (Fra) Credit Agricole 96 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 97 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Wiesenhof 98 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 99 Cédric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole 100 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 101 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 102 Tareq Esmaeili (Qat) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel 103 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval 104 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 105 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Marco Polo 106 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 107 Jamsran Ulzii-Orshikh (Mgl) Marco Polo 108 Rene Obst (Ger) Wiesenhof 109 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 110 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Shimano 111 Edmunds Hollands (Aus) Marco Polo 112 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval 113 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 114 Rene Van Oord (NZl) Marco Polo 115 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 116 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel 117 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 118 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 119 Michael Carter (USA) Marco Polo 120 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel 121 Mohcena Rhiele (Mar) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel 1.19.38 122 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel 1.20.29 Points classification 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 102 pts 2 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 71 3 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 60 4 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team CSC 59 5 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 49 6 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 47 7 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 46 8 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R 44 9 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 32 10 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 30 11 Marco Bos (Ned) Shimano 27 12 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 27 13 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 25 14 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 25 15 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24 16 Björn Schröder (Ger) Wiesenhof 24 17 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo 23 18 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R 23 19 Thomas Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 21 20 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 21 21 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 21 22 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R 19 23 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile 19 24 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Shimano 18 25 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC 17 26 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 17 27 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 15 28 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Wiesenhof 15 29 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Ag2R 11 30 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 11 31 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval 10 32 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R 10 33 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 9 34 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 9 35 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 9 36 Wesley Van Speybrock (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 9 37 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 8 38 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Shimano 6 39 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole 6 40 Andre Greipel (Ger) Wiesenhof 6 41 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 6 42 Guido Trentin (Ita) Quick Step 5 43 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5 44 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 4 45 Roger Hammond (Gbr) Discovery Channel 4 46 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step 4 47 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 3 48 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 3 49 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Shimano 2 50 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step 2 51 Eelke Van Der Wal (Ned) Shimano 2 52 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step 1 53 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1 54 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 1 Best young rider classification 1 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 15.23.14 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 4.07 3 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R 31.00 4 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 31.04 6 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 35.52 7 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Shimano 36.23 8 Björn Schröder (Ger) Wiesenhof 37.40 9 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval 37.41 10 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 11 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 12 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Wiesenhof 39.15 13 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 42.40 14 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval 46.25 15 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 46.29 16 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 17 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak 18 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Phonak 19 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 20 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2R 21 Sacha Urweider (Swi) Phonak 46.55 22 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Ag2R 51.33 23 Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval 55.13 24 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 1.02.29 25 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step 1.02.45 26 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Ag2R 1.03.33 27 Andre Greipel (Ger) Wiesenhof 1.04.26 28 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 1.06.15 29 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 1.09.10 30 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 31 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile 32 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 33 Christian Knees (Ger) Wiesenhof 34 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 35 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 36 Eelke Van Der Wal (Ned) Shimano 1.15.49 37 Kilian Patour (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.17.58 38 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 39 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze 40 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Marco Polo 41 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 42 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Shimano 43 Rene Van Oord (NZl) Marco Polo 44 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 45 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel 46 Mohcena Rhiele (Mar) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel 1.18.24 47 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Al-Jazeera Sports Channel 1.19.15 Teams classification 1 Team CSC 46.09.08 2 Davitamon - Lotto 42.39 3 Liquigas - Bianchi 50.55 4 Quick Step 59.07 5 AG2R Prevoyance 1.08.13 6 Saunier Duval - Prodir 1.18.40 7 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.33.34 8 Shimano - Memory Corp 1.42.38 9 T-Mobile Team 1.46.56 10 Discovery Channel Team 1.53.04 11 Credit Agricole 1.55.48 12 Domina Vacanze 2.05.05 13 Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 2.13.45 14 Bouygues Telecom 2.18.25 15 Team Wiesenhof 2.20.22 16 Marco Polo Cycling Team 2.41.05 17 Aljazeera Sport Channel 3.53.08
