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KBC Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde - 2.HC
Belgium, March 29-31, 2005
Stage 1 - March 29: Middelkerke - Zottegem, 202 km
Ballan too good for Devolder in Zottegem
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By Jeff Jones
Alessandro Ballan (Lampre-Cafitta) has done what his current teammate Gianluca Bortolami did here two years ago, winning the first stage of the Driedaagse van De Panne in Zottegem. Like Bortolami in 2003, Ballan won a two man sprint as he jumped around breakaway companion Stijn Devolder (Discovery Channel) with 200m to go to take a clear win. Third place went to young Spaniard Luis Sanchez (Liberty Seguros), who attacked the chasing group with 10 km to go to come in 19 seconds behind the two leaders.
"I want to celebrate this one well," said a happy Ballan to VRT after winning. "I can't think of the final win yet. I have to look at it each day. This is a race that suits me, but I thought I attacked a bit too soon. Luckily I got help from Devolder."
Devolder had no answer to the Italian's speed, saying, "My team director Dirk Demol told me in my radio that the Italian was fast in the sprint. Furthermore I'd already spent a cartouche on the Berendries, so I didn't have enough in the sprint. I am thinking mainly of the time trial on Thursday and the Ronde van Vlaanderen. I certainly have a chance, because the legs feel good.
How it unfolded
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The 202 km stage from Middelkerke to Zottegem was run in fairly miserable and typically Belgian conditions. Although there wasn't too much wind, intermittent rain showers and a lot of mud on the roads resulted in some very dirty riders. It was also dangerous, and a crash in the first half of the race took out Bram Schmitz (T-Mobile), who had to go to hospital to have his finger x-rayed. His teammate Steffen Wesemann and Davitamon-Lotto sprinter Tom Steels were involved, and they ended up finishing in the second peloton, losing 20 minutes.
It took until halfway through the stage before the decisive breakaway was established, when nine riders attacked: Stijn Devolder (Discovery Channel), Luis Sanchez (Liberty Seguros), Michael Albasini (Liquigas - Bianchi), Roberto Petito (Fassa Bortolo), Roy Sentjens and Mathew Hayman (Rabobank), Servais Knaven (Quickstep), Christophe Detilloux (Française des Jeux) and Mirko Celestino (Domina Vacanze). The nine were chased by Nico Mattan (Davitamon-Lotto) and then Alessandro Ballan (Lampre-Caffita), and the winning break was formed
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Although the gap never grew to much over 2'30, the leaders had the benefit of small roads and wet conditions, which slowed the front peloton's chase. With 50 km to go, Gerolsteiner, Bouygues, Chocolade Jacques and MrBookmaker made a concerted effort to bridge the gap, bringing it back to 1'40 with 38 km to go, but no more. On the Haaghoek cobbles, Mattan forced the pace, then again on the Leberg. But he couldn't get a gap on the others and instead it was Alessandro Ballan who made the big attack on the climb.
Ballan gained 13 seconds on the now very tired leading group, and tackled the Berendries alone. Behind him, Sentjens tried to close the gap on his own, before Stijn Devolder hammered over the top of the climb and set about chasing down the Italian. With 21 km to go, Ballan looked back and saw Devolder coming, opting to ease up and wait for the Belgian. The pair quickly gained half a minute, and despite some strong efforts by Knaven and Mattan in the chase group, they weren't coming back.
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With 10 km to go, Luis Sanchez attacked in pursuit of the leaders and managed to get within 20 seconds, but he was never going to catch the pair in such a short distance. In the downhill sprint that finished next to Zottegem's railway station, Ballan jumped from Devolder's wheel with 200m to go and comfortably held off the young Discovery rider for the win and the leader's jersey.
Tomorrow's second stage is a 231 km marathon between Zottegem and Koksijde, and should suit the sprinters who virtually had a day off today.
Photography
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- Alessandro Ballan (Lampre) wins the first stage into Zottegem
Images by Matthew Conn
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) ready for the start in Middelkerke
- Another year, another Vlaamse Wielerweek for Viatcheslav Ekimov
- Roger Hammond (Discovery) discussing his chances
- Matt Hayman (Rabobank) at the start
- Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros) psyching up at the start
- The start of the Driedaagse van De Panne in Middelkerke
- Matt Hayman (Rabobank) on the Edelare during stage 1
- Stijn Devolder (Discovery Channel) leads the break on the Berendries
- Boonen leads on the Berendries in stage 1
- The main peloton on the Berendries
- Alessandro Ballan (Lampre) raises his arms in triumph
- Sean Sullivan (Barloworld) somewhat muddy at the finish
Results
1 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 4.43.42 2 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.19 4 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.25 5 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 6 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 8 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step 9 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux 10 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 11 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 12 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 4.56 13 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 14 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 15 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 16 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française Des Jeux 17 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 18 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 19 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 20 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 21 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 22 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Barloworld-Valsir 23 Angel Castresana (Spa) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech 24 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Flanders 4.59 25 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.01 26 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 27 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Team Barloworld-Valsir 28 David Boucher (Fra) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech 29 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech 30 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 31 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech 32 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux 33 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 34 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 35 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 36 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quick Step 37 Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 38 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 39 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 40 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 41 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 42 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 43 Dean Podgornik (Slo) Tenax-Nobili Rubinetterie 44 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 45 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 46 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir 47 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 48 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 49 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 50 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 51 Andrus Aug (Est) Fassa Bortolo 52 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 53 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 54 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 55 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 56 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 57 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 58 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 59 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 60 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 61 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 62 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick Step 63 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 64 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 65 Wesle Van Der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 66 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 5.12 67 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 68 Juan Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 69 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 5.01 70 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9.35 71 Michael Blanchy (Bel) Jartazi Granville Team 18.12 72 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Ed' System-Zvvz 73 David Kupka (Cze) Ed' System-Zvvz 74 Peter Ronsse (Bel) Jartazi Granville Team 75 Jeroen Van Rij (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong Vlaanderen 76 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tenax-Nobili Rubinetterie 77 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 78 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 79 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 80 Kristof De Zutter (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong Vlaanderen 81 Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 82 Steven De Neef (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong Vlaanderen 83 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong Vlaanderen 84 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 85 Johan Svensson (Swe) Jartazi Granville Team 86 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 18.17 87 Raimondas Vilcinskas (Ltu) Jartazi Granville Team 88 Josef Soukup (Cze) Ed' System-Zvvz 89 Alessandr Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 90 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 91 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 92 Vladimir Efimkim (Rus) Team Barloworld-Valsir 93 Ben Day (Aus) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech 94 André Greipel (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 95 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 96 Kevin Van Der Slagmolen (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong Vlaanderen 97 René Obst (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 98 Ronny Poelvoorde (Bel) Flanders 99 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 100 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 101 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 102 Leonardo Duque (Col) Jartazi Granville Team 103 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 104 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 105 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 106 Roman Bronis (Svk) Ed' System-Zvvz 107 David Betts (Aus) Tenax-Nobili Rubinetterie 108 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 109 Jan Valach (Svk) Ed' System-Zvvz 110 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech 111 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 112 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 113 Corrado Serina (Ita) Tenax-Nobili Rubinetterie 114 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 115 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 116 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 117 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 118 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 119 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 120 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 121 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) Tenax-Nobili Rubinetterie 122 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Flanders 123 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 124 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 125 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 126 Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong Vlaanderen 127 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux 128 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 129 Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Tenax-Nobili Rubinetterie 130 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Ed' System-Zvvz 131 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 132 Florian Stalder (Swi) Ed' System-Zvvz 133 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 134 Wesle Van Speybroeck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 135 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech 136 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 137 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step 138 Glenn Dhollander (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 139 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 140 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 141 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 142 Giulio Tomi (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir 143 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 144 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 145 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech 146 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 147 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 148 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 149 Thierry Masschelein (Bel) Flanders 150 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step 151 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 152 Luca Celli (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir 153 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 154 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 155 Kenneth Mercken (Bel) Flanders 156 Alexandre Naulleau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 157 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Tenax-Nobili Rubinetterie 158 Ivan Santos Martinez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 159 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 160 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 161 Kamil Vrana (Cze) Ed' System-Zvvz 162 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 163 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 164 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 165 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 166 Maxim Rudenko (Ukr) Jartazi Granville Team 167 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 168 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 169 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Jartazi Granville Team 170 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 171 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 172 Alex Coutts (GBr) Flanders 173 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 174 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 175 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 176 Giovanni De Nolf (Bel) Flanders 177 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 21.06 DNF Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team DNF Dario Pieri (Ita) Lampre-Caffita DNF Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF David Kopp (Ger) Team Wiesenhof DNF David Mcpartland (Aus) Tenax-Nobili Rubinetterie DNF Gregg Germer (USA) Flanders DNF Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Jartazi Granville Team DNF Sam Van Rooy (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong Vlaanderen DNF Erik Lievens (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong Vlaanderen DNS Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team DNS Antonio Salomone (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir Points 1 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 20 pts 2 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18 3 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 16 4 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 14 5 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 12 6 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10 7 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 9 8 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step 8 9 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux 7 10 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6 11 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 5 12 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 4 13 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 3 14 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2 15 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 1 Mountains Edelare - km 90 1 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 pts 2 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 3 3 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step 1 Leberg - km 99 1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 5 pts 2 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 3 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 Berendries - km 104 1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 5 pts 2 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 3 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 Leberg - km 127 1 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech 5 pts 2 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 3 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step 1 Berendries - km 131 1 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 5 pts 2 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 3 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 1 Kloosterboosstraat - km 134 1 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 pts 2 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 3 3 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 1 Grotenberge - km 149 1 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 5 pts 2 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3 3 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1 Leberg - km 169 1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 5 pts 2 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 3 3 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1 Berendries - km 173 1 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 5 pts 2 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 3 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1 Kloosterbosstraat - km 176 1 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 5 pts 2 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 3 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 1 Grottenberge - km 197 1 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 5 pts 2 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 3 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1 Sprints Zottegem - km 112 1 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step 3 pts 2 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 2 3 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 1 Zottegem - km 157 1 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 3 pts 2 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2 3 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 1 Teams 1 Rabobank 14.16.54 2 Discovery Channel 3 Lampre Caffita 4.11 4 Liberty Seguros 4.25 5 Liquigas Bianchi 4.26 6 Davitamon-Lotto 4.31 7 Francaise Des Jeux 8 Domina Vacanze 9 Quick.Step 4.36 10 Fassa Bortolo 4.47 11 Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 9.07 12 Team Barloworld-Valsir 13 Mrbookmaker.com-Sportstech 14 Gerolsteiner 9.12 15 T Mobile Team 22.23 16 Bouygues Telecom 22.28 17 Team Wiesenhof 35.39 18 Tenax 19 Flanders 35.42 20 Phonak Hearing Systems 35.44 21 Jartazi Granville 48.45 22 Bodysol 23 Ed System Zvvz 48.50 24 Lanbouwkrediet-Colnago 48.55 General classification after stage 1 1 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 4.43.31 2 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.04 3 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.25 4 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 0.32 5 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step 6 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 7 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.33 8 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.34 9 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.35 10 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux 11 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 12 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 5.06 13 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 14 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 15 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 16 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française Des Jeux 17 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 18 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 19 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 20 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 21 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 22 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Barloworld-Valsir 23 Angel Castresana (Spa) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech 24 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Flanders 5.09 25 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5.11 26 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 27 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Team Barloworld-Valsir 28 David Boucher (Fra) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech 29 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech 30 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 31 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech 32 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux 33 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 34 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 35 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 36 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quick Step 37 Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 38 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 39 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 40 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 41 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 42 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 43 Dean Podgornik (Slo) Tenax-Nobili Rubinetterie 44 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 45 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 46 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir 47 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 48 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 49 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 50 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 51 Andrus Aug (Est) Fassa Bortolo 52 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 53 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 54 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 55 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 56 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 57 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 58 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 59 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 60 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 61 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 62 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick Step 63 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 64 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 65 Wesle Van Der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 66 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 67 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 5.22 68 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 69 Juan Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 70 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9.45 71 Michael Blanchy (Bel) Jartazi Granville Team 18.22 72 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Ed' System-Zvvz 73 David Kupka (Cze) Ed' System-Zvvz 74 Peter Ronsse (Bel) Jartazi Granville Team 75 Jeroen Van Rij (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong Vlaanderen 76 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tenax-Nobili Rubinetterie 77 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 78 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 79 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 80 Kristof De Zutter (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong Vlaanderen 81 Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 82 Steven De Neef (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong Vlaanderen 83 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong Vlaanderen 84 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 85 Johan Svensson (Swe) Jartazi Granville Team 86 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 18.27 87 Raimondas Vilcinskas (Ltu) Jartazi Granville Team 88 Josef Soukup (Cze) Ed' System-Zvvz 89 Alessandr Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 90 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 91 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 92 Vladimir Efimkim (Rus) Team Barloworld-Valsir 93 Ben Day (Aus) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech 94 André Greipel (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 95 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 96 Kevin Van Der Slagmolen (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong Vlaanderen 97 René Obst (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 98 Ronny Poelvoorde (Bel) Flanders 99 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 100 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 101 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 102 Leonardo Duque (Col) Jartazi Granville Team 103 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 104 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 105 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 106 Roman Bronis (Svk) Ed' System-Zvvz 107 David Betts (Aus) Tenax-Nobili Rubinetterie 108 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 109 Jan Valach (Svk) Ed' System-Zvvz 110 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech 111 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 112 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 113 Corrado Serina (Ita) Tenax-Nobili Rubinetterie 114 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 115 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 116 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 117 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 118 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 119 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 120 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 121 Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) Tenax-Nobili Rubinetterie 122 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Flanders 123 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 124 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 125 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 126 Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong Vlaanderen 127 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux 128 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 129 Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Tenax-Nobili Rubinetterie 130 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Ed' System-Zvvz 131 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 132 Florian Stalder (Swi) Ed' System-Zvvz 133 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 134 Wesle Van Speybroeck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 135 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech 136 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 137 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step 138 Glenn Dhollander (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 139 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 140 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 141 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 142 Giulio Tomi (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir 143 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 144 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 145 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech 146 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 147 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 148 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 149 Thierry Masschelein (Bel) Flanders 150 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step 151 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 152 Luca Celli (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir 153 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 154 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 155 Kenneth Mercken (Bel) Flanders 156 Alexandre Naulleau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 157 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Tenax-Nobili Rubinetterie 158 Ivan Santos Martinez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 159 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 160 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 161 Kamil Vrana (Cze) Ed' System-Zvvz 162 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 163 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 164 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 165 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 166 Maxim Rudenko (Ukr) Jartazi Granville Team 167 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 168 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 169 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Jartazi Granville Team 170 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 171 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 172 Alex Coutts (GBr) Flanders 173 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 174 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 175 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 176 Giovanni De Nolf (Bel) Flanders 177 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 21.16 Points classification 1 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 20 pts 2 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18 3 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 16 4 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 14 5 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 12 6 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10 7 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 9 8 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step 8 9 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux 7 10 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6 11 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 5 12 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 4 13 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 3 14 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2 15 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 1 Mountains classification 1 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 20 pts 2 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 17 3 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 15 4 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15 5 Michael Rich (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 6 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech 5 7 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5 8 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 9 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3 10 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 10 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 12 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step 2 13 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1 14 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 Sprints classification 1 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 3 pts 2 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step 3 3 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 3 4 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2 5 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 1 Teams classification 1 Rabobank 14.16.54 2 Discovery Channel 3 Lampre Caffita 4.11 4 Liberty Seguros 4.25 5 Liquigas Bianchi 4.26 6 Davitamon-Lotto 4.31 7 Francaise Des Jeux 8 Domina Vacanze 9 Quick.Step 4.36 10 Fassa Bortolo 4.47 11 Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 9.07 12 Team Barloworld-Valsir 13 Mrbookmaker.com-Sportstech 14 Gerolsteiner 9.12 15 T Mobile Team 22.23 16 Bouygues Telecom 22.28 17 Team Wiesenhof 35.39 18 Tenax 19 Flanders 35.42 20 Phonak Hearing Systems 35.44 21 Jartazi Granville 48.45 22 Bodysol 23 Ed System Zvvz 48.50 24 Lanbouwkrediet-Colnago 48.55
