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5th Tour of Qatar - 2.1
Qatar, January 30-February 3, 2006
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Stage 3 - February 1: Sealine Beach Resort - Khalifa Stadium, 160 km
Unbeatable Boonen
'Tornado' Tom Boonen has done it again, recording his fourth victory in a row by winning the third stage of the Tour of Qatar. With the 160 km stage between Sealine Beach Resort and Khalifa Stadium again ending in a bunch sprint, Boonen preceded Erik Zabel (Milram) and Matt Breschel (CSC) across the line. He now has a 12 second lead over Zabel in the general classification, with two stages to race.
Boonen's win was set up by his eight Quick.Step teammates, who were all present in the lead group of 60 riders that made it to the finish. Team director Wilfried Peeters commented, "The team is showing day after day that it's a winning group, solid around its captain. In Qatar, the race conditions are different from those that we usually meet on the European roads. The strong wind is a constant that makes the race nervous and difficult to manage. In the last few days we have had numerous echelons that have forced the team to work strongly, but we are happy with our results."
How it unfolded
129 riders were left to start the third stage from Sealine Beach Resort, on the south eastern coast of Qatar. The stage headed north along the coast before doing a U-turn just before Doha, then travelled back south before turning northwestward, doing a big loop around Doha and entering the outskirts of the city for the finish at Khalifa Stadium. Once again, the wind was the main obstacle during the stage.
After 12 km, a three man breakaway formed with Bart Vanheule (Chocolade Jacques), René Weissinger (Skil-Shimano), and Geert Omloop (Unibet.com). At 36 km, they were joined by Chris Horner (Davitamon-Lotto), Sven Krauss (Gerolsteiner), Tristan Valentin (Cofidis), Christian Knees (Team Milram), Lilian Jégou (Française des Jeux) and Rik Reinerink (Skil-Shimano). Jégou was the best placed on GC, but was 12'43 behind, so the break didn't present a threat to Tom Boonen.
At the first sprint in Messaieed (54.5 km), Krauss won ahead of Valentin and Reinerink, with the gap going up to a maximum of eight minutes. The riders turned northwest after the sprint, and with the wind behind, Quick.Step and CSC stepped on the gas and split the peloton into three groups, with 50 riders in the front group. The breakaway was absorbed with 58 km to go as the two strongest teams maintained control. Quick.Step had all its riders there, while Team CSC had seven, and Milram five.
The second sprint at Ramdat Rashed (km 111) saw the GC riders get involved, with Aurélien Clerc (Phonak) winning ahead of Erik Zabel and Matti Breschel. The lull that followed allowed a 17 man group to escape for 10 km, but it was brought back by a vigilant peloton. Tim Klinger (Wiesenhof) tried a solo move with 12 km to go, but he never gained more than 15 seconds and was caught at 4 km out.
In the sprint, Boonen and his team were were untouchable as Zabel had to settle for second again behind the world champion, and Matti Breschel took over the young rider's jersey after finishing third.
Photography
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- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) looks very relaxed before the start of the third stage of the Tour of Qatar.
- The peloton rides past an oil refinery
- The Quick.Step team - with Tom Boonen (R), in the yellow jersey, leads the peloton in stage 3
- A bird's eye view of Quick.Step and Boonen.
- Quick.Step protects Boonen - his team's efforts have been instrumental in delivering Tom Boonen four wins from four starts this season.
- Tom Boonen (C) and Erik Zabel (Milram,L) contend for the win
- Tom Boonen celebrates as he notches up yet another victory.
- Tom Boonen (R) is congratuled by Erik Zabel (L, Milram) after his victory.
- Tom Boonen chats with Qatari men after winning the third stage.
- Tom Boonen waves from the podium.
Results
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step Innergetic 3.34.50 (44.685 km/h) 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 3 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 4 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria 5 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step Innergetic 7 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 8 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 9 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Team CSC 10 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 11 Nick Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 12 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 13 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 15 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 16 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 17 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 18 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 19 René Weissinger (Ger) Skil-Shimano 20 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 21 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 22 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 23 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française des Jeux 24 Alexandr Dymovskikh (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 25 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 26 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 27 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 28 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 29 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 30 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 31 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 32 Tim Klinger (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 33 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 34 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 35 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 36 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 37 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 38 Luca Ascani (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 39 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step Innergetic 40 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis 41 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 42 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Skil-Shimano 43 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 44 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 45 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 46 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 47 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux 48 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 49 Martin Müller (Swi) Team Milram 50 Geert Omloop (Bel) Unibet.com 51 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 52 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 53 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 54 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 55 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 56 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 57 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 58 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 59 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step Innergetic 60 Jérémy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 0.12 61 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria 62 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 63 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel 64 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 0.31 65 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step Innergetic 0.41 66 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step Innergetic 67 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 0.50 68 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step Innergetic 1.59 69 Kévin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step Innergetic 70 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 5.29 71 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 72 David Boucher (Fra) Unibet.com 7.00 73 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 74 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 75 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 76 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 77 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com 78 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 79 Camille Bouquet (Fra) Unibet.com 80 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 81 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 82 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria 83 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 84 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel 85 Arno Wallaard (Ned) Skil-Shimano 86 Nicholas Roche (Irl) Cofidis 87 Ben Johnson (Aus) Agritubel 88 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 89 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria 90 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 91 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team CSC 92 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 93 Alexey Zaitsev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 14.42 94 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 95 Ilya Chernyshov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 96 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Unibet.com 97 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 98 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 99 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Team Milram 100 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 101 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 102 Martin Mares (Cze) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 103 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Unibet.com 104 Miguel Angel Rubiano (Col) Ceramiche Panaria 105 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 106 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 107 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis 108 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 109 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 110 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 111 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 112 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 113 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 114 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 115 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 116 David Vitoria (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 117 Gilles Canouet (Fra) Agritubel 118 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 119 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 120 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 121 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis 122 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 123 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Ceramiche Panaria 124 Luis Laverde (Col) Ceramiche Panaria 125 Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 25.35 126 Valeriy Dmitriyev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 127 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 128 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec DNF Kenny De Haes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen Points 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step Innergetic 30 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 27 3 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 25 4 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria 23 5 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21 6 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step Innergetic 19 7 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 17 8 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 15 9 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Team CSC 13 10 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 11 11 Nick Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10 12 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 9 13 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 14 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 7 15 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 6 16 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 17 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4 18 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 3 19 René Weissinger (Ger) Skil-Shimano 2 20 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Sprints Messaieed, 54.5 km 1 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 pts 2 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis 2 3 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1 Rawdat Rashed, 111.5 km 1 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 2 3 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 1 Young riders 1 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 3.34.50 2 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria 3 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 4 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 5 Nick Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 7 Alexandr Dymovskikh (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 8 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 9 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 10 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 11 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 12 Tim Klinger (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 13 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 14 Luca Ascani (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 15 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis 16 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 17 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 18 Martin Müller (Swi) Team Milram 19 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 20 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 21 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 22 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria 0.12 23 Kévin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step Innergetic 1.59 24 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 5.29 25 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 26 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 7.00 27 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 28 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 29 Nicholas Roche (Irl) Cofidis 30 Ben Johnson (Aus) Agritubel 31 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria 32 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team CSC 33 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 34 Alexey Zaitsev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 14.42 35 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 36 Ilya Chernyshov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 37 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 38 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 39 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 40 Martin Mares (Cze) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 41 Miguel Angel Rubiano (Col) Ceramiche Panaria 42 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 43 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 44 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis 45 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 46 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 47 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 48 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 49 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 50 David Vitoria (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 51 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 52 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis 53 Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 25.35 54 Valeriy Dmitriyev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 55 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 56 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec Teams 1 Team CSC 10.44.30 2 Quick Step-Innergetic 3 Phonak Hearing Systems 4 Gerolsteiner 5 Skil-Shimano 6 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport 7 Team Milram 8 Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 9 Francaise des Jeux 10 Team Wiesenhof Akud 11 Rabobank 12 Davitamon-Lotto 0.50 13 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 7.00 14 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 7.12 15 Agritubel 16 Unibet.com 17 Cycling Team Capec 29.24 General classification after stage 3 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step Innergetic 10.02.00 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 0.12 3 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.18 4 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.26 5 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 0.27 6 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step Innergetic 7 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.29 8 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.30 9 Nick Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 11 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 12 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.32 14 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.36 15 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step Innergetic 1.01 16 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step Innergetic 1.33 17 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step Innergetic 1.47 18 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Team CSC 2.03 19 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 20 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 21 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française des Jeux 22 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 2.13 23 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step Innergetic 3.05 24 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 3.40 25 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Milram 3.50 26 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 4.40 27 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step Innergetic 5.16 28 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 8.07 29 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10.40 30 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 31 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 10.50 32 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 11.33 33 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 11.45 34 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 12.33 35 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria 12.47 36 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Skil-Shimano 12.52 37 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12.53 38 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 39 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux 40 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 41 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 42 Luca Ascani (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 43 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 44 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 45 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 13.03 46 Geert Omloop (Bel) Unibet.com 47 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 48 Martin Müller (Swi) Team Milram 49 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 50 Kévin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step Innergetic 13.32 51 Alexandr Dymovskikh (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 13.34 52 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 14.29 53 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14.51 54 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 55 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 14.54 56 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 57 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 58 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 59 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis 15.02 60 René Weissinger (Ger) Skil-Shimano 15.04 61 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 62 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 63 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria 15.16 64 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 16.21 65 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 17.12 66 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 18.22 67 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team CSC 19.33 68 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 19.42 69 David Boucher (Fra) Unibet.com 19.53 70 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com 71 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 72 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 20.01 73 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 74 Tim Klinger (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 75 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 20.03 76 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria 77 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 20.32 78 José Alberto Martinez (Spa) Agritubel 20.58 79 Ben Johnson (Aus) Agritubel 21.29 80 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 21.54 81 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria 82 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 22.04 83 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 84 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 22.47 85 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 22.57 86 Jérémy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 24.45 87 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 27.01 88 Camille Bouquet (Fra) Unibet.com 89 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel 90 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 27.11 91 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 27.35 92 David Vitoria (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 93 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis 94 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Team Milram 27.45 95 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 96 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 27.58 97 Nicholas Roche (Irl) Cofidis 28.37 98 Christopher Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 28.44 99 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 29.11 100 Arno Wallaard (Ned) Skil-Shimano 29.47 101 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 30.17 102 Ilya Chernyshov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 30.18 103 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 31.12 104 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 32.02 105 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 33.49 106 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Ceramiche Panaria 34.43 107 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 108 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis 109 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 110 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 34.53 111 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 34.54 112 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 35.28 113 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 35.56 114 Gilles Canouet (Fra) Agritubel 36.19 115 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Agritubel 37.18 116 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Unibet.com 37.29 117 Miguel Angel Rubiano (Col) Ceramiche Panaria 118 Luis Laverde (Col) Ceramiche Panaria 119 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 120 Alexey Zaitsev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 42.36 121 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 122 Martin Mares (Cze) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 123 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Unibet.com 124 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 125 Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 53.29 126 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 127 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 128 Valeriy Dmitriyev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec Points classification 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step Innergetic 90 pts 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Milram 81 3 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria 50 4 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 41 5 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 36 6 Stuart O’Grady (Aus) Team CSC 36 7 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 35 8 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step Innergetic 33 9 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 29 10 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 28 11 Nick Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 27 12 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 26 13 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 23 14 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 23 15 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 23 16 Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 19 17 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 17 18 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15 19 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 13 20 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 13 21 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Ceramiche Panaria 13 22 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 23 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française des Jeux 10 24 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 10 25 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 9 26 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 9 27 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 8 28 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com 8 29 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 7 30 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 6 31 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step Innergetic 6 32 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6 33 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step Innergetic 5 34 David Boucher (Fra) Unibet.com 5 35 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step Innergetic 4 36 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4 37 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 38 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step Innergetic 3 39 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 3 40 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 3 41 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis 2 42 René Weissinger (Ger) Skil-Shimano 2 43 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 1 44 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1 45 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 1 46 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) Naturino-Sapore di Mare -5 Young riders classification 1 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 10.02.27 2 Nick Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.03 3 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC 4 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.05 5 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 1.36 6 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 7.40 7 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 10.13 8 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 11.06 9 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria 12.20 10 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 12.26 11 Luca Ascani (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 12 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 12.36 13 Martin Müller (Swi) Team Milram 14 Kévin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step Innergetic 13.05 15 Alexandr Dymovskikh (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 13.07 16 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel 14.02 17 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14.24 18 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 14.27 19 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 20 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis 14.35 21 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria 14.49 22 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 15.54 23 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 16.45 24 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 17.55 25 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team CSC 19.06 26 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank 19.15 27 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 19.26 28 Tim Klinger (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 19.34 29 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 19.36 30 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramiche Panaria 31 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 20.05 32 Ben Johnson (Aus) Agritubel 21.02 33 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis 21.37 34 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 22.20 35 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 27.08 36 David Vitoria (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 37 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis 38 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 27.18 39 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 27.31 40 Nicholas Roche (Irl) Cofidis 28.10 41 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 28.44 42 Ilya Chernyshov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 29.51 43 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 30.45 44 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 31.35 45 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 33.22 46 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis 34.16 47 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 35.29 48 Miguel Angel Rubiano (Col) Ceramiche Panaria 37.02 49 Alexey Zaitsev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 42.09 50 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 51 Martin Mares (Cze) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 52 Christian Leben (Ger) Team Wiesenhof-Akud 53 Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 53.02 54 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 55 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 56 Valeriy Dmitriyev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec Teams classification 1 Phonak Hearing Systems 30.07.30 2 Skil-Shimano 0.12 3 Quick Step-Innergetic 0.20 4 Team CSC 1.36 5 Davitamon-Lotto 5.33 6 Team Milram 6.30 7 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport 10.57 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 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 44.09 14 Unibet.com 44.21 15 Agritubel 45.57 16 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 46.22 17 Cycling Team Capec 1.02.39
