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5th Tour of Qatar - 2.1
Qatar, January 30-February 3, 2006
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Stage 1 - January 30: Khalifa Stadium - Al Khor Corniche, 131.5 km
Two from two for Boonen
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World Champion Tom Boonen followed on from his success last Friday in the Doha GP by winning the first stage of the Tour of Qatar in Al Khor Corniche. The stage finished in a small bunch sprint controlled by Quick.Step and Phonak, and the top three riders were the same as they were on Friday. But this time, Erik Zabel (Milram) finished second, with Robert Hunter (Phonak) taking third.
"Today the team has made the difference," said Boonen. "Now I have also the leader's jersey, but for the moment I don't want to think about the general classification. The most important thing is to be in good condition and try test the mechanics of our 'train' in the final sprint."
Quick.Step's director Wilfried Peeters said, "Also today the wind was the decisive factor. The guys were good not to be surprised by the wind and in the finale, Tom was able to count on the support of five teammates. In the last kilometre first Trenti, then Tosatto and De Jongh, worked splendidly for Tom, who began his sprint at about 200 meters from the finish."
Milram's Erik Zabel commented, "I was in the break of fifteen riders from the beginning of the race. I made a good sprint but right now Boonen is stronger than everybody."
Hot it unfolded
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135 riders started the first stage from Khalifa Stadium under clear skies, with a strong wind blowing against them for much of the early part. Boonen was obviously feeling good as he, together with five of his teammates, along with Hunter and three Phonaks, and Zabel, escaped in a bunch of 30 in the first 20 km. The group had 1'15 by km 23, and kept that until the first sprint at km 30, won by Quick.Step's Steven de Jongh ahead of Aurélien Clerc (Phonak) and Kenny Van Hummel (Skil-Shimano).
Chocolade Jacques started working behind, pegging the lead back to 0'45, but even with the help of Team CSC, the chasing bunch couldn't close the gap. After 74 km, the lead had gone up to 2'00 as Quick.Step and Phonak team time trialled it in front.
Several riders punctured out of the break, which was reduced to just 18 riders at 50 km to go. The chase didn't relent, and even came within 42 seconds at 20 km to go, but it wasn't enough, and the leaders stayed away until the finish. With three in-form sprinters in front, including the World Champion, it was clear that Phonak and Quick.Step were going to work for a bunch sprint, with Zabel doing his best to upset the apple cart. But in the end, there was no stopping Boonen and his Quick.Step train, who recorded their second victory of the season.
Photography
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- Sheik Khalid Bin Ali Al Thani President of the Qatar Cycling Federation, answers journalists' questions next to to former champion Eddy Merckx (C) and Tour de France general director Jean-Marie Leblanc during a press conference before the Tour of Qatar
- Tour de France general director Jean-Marie Leblanc answers journalists' questions during a press conference before the Tour of Qatar
- Fabian Cancellara poses before the first stage
- Fabian Cancellara poses before the first stage
- Fabian Cancellara poses before the first stage
- Fabian Cancellara poses before the first stage
- A Qatari man talks to the Quick.Step team before the first stage
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step-Innergetic) gets ready with his teammates
- A Belgian woman gets ready to cheer on the Quick.Step boys
- According to my calculations we should be in Biarritz. So what's with all the headgear around here?'
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step-Innergetic) inspects a local Qatari monument
- Frenchman Gilles Canquet (Agritubel) rides to the start of stage 1
- Riders pass camels during the first stage of the Tour of Qatar
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step-Innergetic) in action during the stage
- Erik Zabel (Milram) follows Robert Hunter (Phonak)
- Erik Zabel (Milram) in the leading break
- There's not much in the way of shelter out here
- A camel doesn't watch the race go past
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step-Innergetic) beats Erik Zabel and Robbie Hunter to win stage 1
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step-Innergetic) wins the first stage of the Tour of Qatar
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step-Innergetic) is delighted to have won the first stage
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step-Innergetic) is congratulated by his teammates
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step-Innergetic) accepting his trophy for winning the first stage
Results
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 2.56.34 (44.685 km/h) 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 3 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 5 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 Nick Ingels (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 8 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil - Shimano 10 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step - Innergetic 11 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 0.03 13 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil - Shimano 0.06 14 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano 15 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step - Innergetic 0.10 16 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step - Innergetic 0.12 17 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 0.26 18 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step - Innergetic 19 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 1.33 20 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto 21 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Team CSC 22 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française des Jeux 23 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 24 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 3.10 25 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 26 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 27 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 28 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) Naturino - Sapore di Mare 29 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 30 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 31 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 32 Kévin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic 33 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 34 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 35 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 36 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 4.10 37 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 38 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 39 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team CSC 40 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux 12.23 41 Geert Omloop (Bel) Unibet.com 42 David Boucher (Fra) Unibet.com 43 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 44 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel 45 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 46 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 47 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis 48 Luca Ascani (Ita) Naturino - Sapore di Mare 49 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 50 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 51 Alexandr Dymovskikh (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 52 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 53 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 54 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Naturino - Sapore di Mare 55 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com 56 Ben Johnson (Aus) Agritubel 57 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Team Milram 58 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 59 Martin Müller (Swi) Team Milram 60 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 61 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 62 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 63 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Skil - Shimano 64 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil - Shimano 65 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 66 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria 67 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 68 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 69 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 70 David Vitoria (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 71 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria 72 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 73 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis 74 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 75 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Naturino - Sapore di Mare 76 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 77 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 14.24 78 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 79 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Unibet.com 80 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 81 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 82 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 83 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 84 Miguel Angel Rubiano (Col) Ceramiche Panaria 85 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 86 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 87 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 88 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 89 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 90 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria 91 Tiziano Dall’Antonia (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria 92 Arno Wallaard (Ned) Skil - Shimano 93 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil - Shimano 94 Luis Laverde (Col) Ceramiche Panaria 95 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis 96 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Naturino - Sapore di Mare 97 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 98 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria 99 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 100 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 101 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 102 René Weissinger (Ger) Skil - Shimano 103 Ilya Chernyshov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 104 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 105 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 106 Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 19.31 107 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Naturino - Sapore di Mare 108 Camille Bouquet (Fra) Unibet.com 109 Valeriy Dmitriyev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 110 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 111 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 112 Jérémy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 113 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 114 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 115 Gilles Canouet (Fra) Agritubel 116 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 117 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 118 Alexey Zaitsev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 119 Tim Klinger (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 120 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 121 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 122 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Ceramiche Panaria 123 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 124 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis 125 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Unibet.com 126 Martin Mares (Cze) Naturino - Sapore di Mare 127 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Naturino - Sapore di Mare 128 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 129 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 130 Nicholas Roche (Irl) Cofidis 131 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon - Lotto 132 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel 133 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank DNF Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank DNF Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon - Lotto Points 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step Innergetic 30 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 27 3 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 25 4 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 23 5 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 21 6 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 19 7 Nick Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 17 8 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15 9 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 13 10 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step Innergetic 11 11 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 12 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 9 13 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 8 14 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 7 15 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step Innergetic 6 16 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step Innergetic 5 17 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step Innergetic 4 18 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step Innergetic 3 19 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 2 20 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 1 Sprints Oryx Farm - km 30 1 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step Innergetic 3 pts 2 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2 3 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1 Umm Suwaiya - km 122.5 1 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 pts 2 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2 3 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Young rider 1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 2.56.34 2 Nick Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 0.03 4 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.06 5 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 1.33 6 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 3.10 7 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 8 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 9 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 10 Kévin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step Innergetic 11 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 12 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 4.10 13 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team CSC 14 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 12.23 15 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis 17 Luca Ascani (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 18 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 19 Alexandr Dymovskikh (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 20 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 21 Ben Johnson (Aus) Agritubel 22 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 23 Martin Müller (Swi) Team Milram 24 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 25 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 26 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 27 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria 28 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 29 David Vitoria (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 30 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria 31 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 32 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis 33 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 34 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 35 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 14.24 36 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 37 Miguel Angel Rubiano (Col) Ceramiche Panaria 38 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 39 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 40 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 41 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria 42 Tiziano Dall’Antonia (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria 43 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 44 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis 45 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 46 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 47 Ilya Chernyshov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 48 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 49 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 50 Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 19.31 51 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 52 Valeriy Dmitriyev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 53 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 54 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 55 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 56 Alexey Zaitsev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 57 Tim Klinger (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 58 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 59 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis 60 Martin Mares (Cze) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 61 Nicholas Roche (Irl) Cofidis Teams 1 Phonak Hearing Systems 8.49.42 2 Quick Step-Innergetic 0.10 3 Skil-Shimano 0.12 4 Team CSC 1.36 5 Davitamon-Lotto 4.43 6 Team Milram 6.20 7 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport 9.30 8 Rabobank 18.06 9 Gerolsteiner 24.46 10 Francaise des Jeux 26.19 11 Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 27.56 12 Team Wiesenhof Akud 28.20 13 Unibet.com 37.09 14 Agritubel 15 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 16 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 39.10 17 Cycling Team Capec 41.11 General classification after stage 1 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step Innergetic 2.56.24 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 0.04 3 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.05 4 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.06 5 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step Innergetic 0.07 6 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.09 7 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 0.10 8 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 Nick Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 12 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 0.13 13 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 14 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.16 15 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step Innergetic 0.20 16 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step Innergetic 0.22 17 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step Innergetic 0.36 18 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step Innergetic 0.36 19 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 1.43 20 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 21 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Team CSC 22 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française des Jeux 23 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 24 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 3.20 25 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 26 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 27 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step Innergetic 28 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) Naturino - Sapore di Mare 29 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 30 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 31 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 32 Kévin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step Innergetic 33 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 34 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 35 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 36 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 4.20 37 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 38 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 39 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team CSC 40 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux 12.33 41 Geert Omloop (Bel) Unibet.com 42 David Boucher (Fra) Unibet.com 43 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 44 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel 45 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 46 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 47 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis 48 Luca Ascani (Ita) Naturino - Sapore di Mare 49 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 50 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 51 Alexandr Dymovskikh (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 52 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 53 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 54 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Naturino - Sapore di Mare 55 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com 56 Ben Johnson (Aus) Agritubel 57 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Team Milram 58 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 59 Martin Müller (Swi) Team Milram 60 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 61 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 62 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 63 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Skil-Shimano 64 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 65 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 66 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria 67 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 68 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 69 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 70 David Vitoria (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 71 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria 72 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 73 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis 74 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 75 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Naturino - Sapore di Mare 76 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 77 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 14.34 78 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 79 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Unibet.com 80 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 81 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 82 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 83 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 84 Miguel Angel Rubiano (Col) Ceramiche Panaria 85 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 86 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaand 87 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 88 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 89 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 90 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria 91 Tiziano Dall’Antonia (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria 92 Arno Wallaard (Ned) Skil-Shimano 93 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 94 Luis Laverde (Col) Ceramiche Panaria 95 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis 96 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Naturino - Sapore di Mare 97 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 98 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria 99 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 100 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 101 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 102 René Weissinger (Ger) Skil-Shimano 103 Ilya Chernyshov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 104 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 105 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 106 Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 19.41 107 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Naturino - Sapore di Mare 108 Camille Bouquet (Fra) Unibet.com 109 Valeriy Dmitriyev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 110 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 111 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 112 Jérémy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 113 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 114 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 115 Gilles Canouet (Fra) Agritubel 116 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 117 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 118 Alexey Zaitsev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 119 Tim Klinger (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 120 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 121 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 122 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Ceramiche Panaria 123 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 124 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis 125 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Unibet.com 126 Martin Mares (Cze) Naturino - Sapore di Mare 127 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Naturino - Sapore di Mare 128 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 129 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 130 Nicholas Roche (Irl) Cofidis 131 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 132 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel 133 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank Points classification 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step Innergetic 30 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 27 3 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 25 4 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 24 5 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 23 6 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 21 7 Nick Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 17 8 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15 9 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step Innergetic 14 10 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 13 11 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 12 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 10 13 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 9 14 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 8 15 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step Innergetic 6 16 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step Innergetic 5 17 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step Innergetic 4 18 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step Innergetic 3 19 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 2 20 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 1 Young rider classification 1 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 2.56.34 2 Nick Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 0.03 4 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 5 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 1.33 6 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 3.10 7 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 8 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 9 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 10 Kévin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step Innergetic 11 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 12 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 4.10 13 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team CSC 14 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 12.23 15 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis 17 Luca Ascani (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 18 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 19 Alexandr Dymovskikh (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 20 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 21 Ben Johnson (Aus) Agritubel 22 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 23 Martin Müller (Swi) Team Milram 24 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 25 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 26 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 27 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria 28 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 29 David Vitoria (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 30 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria 31 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 32 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis 33 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 34 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 35 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 14.24 36 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 37 Miguel Angel Rubiano (Col) Ceramiche Panaria 38 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 39 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 40 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 41 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria 42 Tiziano Dall’Antonia (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria 43 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 44 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis 45 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 46 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 47 Ilya Chernyshov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 48 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 49 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 50 Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 19.31 51 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 52 Valeriy Dmitriyev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 53 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 54 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 55 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 56 Alexey Zaitsev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 57 Tim Klinger (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 58 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 59 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis 60 Martin Mares (Cze) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 61 Nicholas Roche (Irl) Cofidis Teams classification 1 Phonak Hearing Systems 8.49.42 2 Quick Step-Innergetic 0.10 3 Skil-Shimano 0.12 4 Team CSC 1.36 5 Davitamon-Lotto 4.43 6 Team Milram 6.20 7 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport 9.30 8 Rabobank 18.06 9 Gerolsteiner 24.46 10 Francaise des Jeux 26.19 11 Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 27.56 12 Team Wiesenhof Akud 28.20 13 Unibet.com 37.09 14 Agritubel 15 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 16 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 39.10 17 Cycling Team Capec 41.11
