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KBC Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde - 2.HC
Belgium, March 28-30, 2006
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Stage 2 - March 29: Zottegem - Oostduinkerke, 227 km
Revenge!
By Gabriella Ekström
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Third became second when Gert Steegmans (Davitamon-Lotto) crashed out with a nasty gash in his arm, and second became first for Bernhard Eisel (Française des Jeux) when he won the stage 2 sprint in Oostduinkerke. Eisel took advantage of the other teams organised sprint trains, and negotiated his way up to a striking position in the last kilometres. He could easily fight off Lampre's Danilo Napolitano and Chocolade Jacques' Nico Eeckhout over the line. The stage win with the leader's jersey on top proved a nice consolation for yesterday's stage where Eisel failed to outsprint Leif Hoste in a sprint that he had already won on paper.
"I am much happier today, and my team is much happier, that is for sure," Eisel said after the finish. "Today I felt really good. At the beginning I had a problem on the first climb when I punctured, so I had to change my wheel. My teammate Christophe Detilloux gave me his wheel and I went back on on the descent when everybody crashed. I didn't know what was going on there. It's very dangerous to do this race in the rain on the cobbles. And then it was hard to get back on. Then we attacked again in the crosswind and I was in the first group again so I thought 'ok, the legs are good'.
"Lampre had a perfect train, but they went a little bit too early in the wind. Then Baden Cooke went through, my ex-teammate, and I jumped on his wheel and I could go through, it was headwind in the sprint so you had to wait and wait, and then it was 'yes, today it's my day.'"
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After getting confirmation of his acquired leadership, Eisel looked pleased but not overly confident. "That's nice, but it's hard work. I'm happy I got the jersey now because if we had the jersey today with my team, it would have been a really, really hard day. Discovery did an awesome job. I'm happy, I have a victory. For 90 percent, I think that Leif Hoste will get this jersey back tomorrow afternoon on the podium.
"Tomorrow morning is a really tough stage. You have to be every time in front and it's a short stage. I don't normally like to wake up at such an early time. Normally I should feel good on a day like tomorrow. It's a strange finish tomorrow, it's a hard corner with 300 metres to go. Every time it's dangerous there. Probably it rains again so I'll take a little bit less risk because the Tour of Flanders is a big goal for me this year."
How it unfolded
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The 227 kilometre stage between Zottegem and Oostduinkerke had a headwind forecast for most parts, and the Discovery Channel team were facing a tough day in the office. There were numerous attacks from the start, since many riders were keen to build a gap to Hoste in particular. After several failed attempts, the peloton was content with letting a group of nine go. Michael Barry (Discovery Channel), Wouter Weylandt (Quickstep), Carlos Abellan (Liberty Seguros), Frederic Finot (FDJ), Daniele Righi (Lampre), Christian Murro (Team Tenax), Giairo Ermeti (LPR), Nico Eeckhout (Chocolate Jacques) and Peter Ronsse (Jartazi), were allowed a gap of six minutes, despite the fact that all but Finot and Ronsse were only 1'11 down on Hoste.
After the four early climbs of Kanarieberg, Taaienberg, Eikenberg and Tiegemberg, wind, speed and nerves were the main difficulties for the riders. Second placed GC rider Gert Steegmans (Davitamon-Lotto) became the victim of an early crash, and had to be take to the hospital for stitches, but he believes he'll be ready to ride on Sunday. After the Tiegemberg, with approximately 180 kilometres left to race, it became obvious that the nine man break would last for a while, and Discovery Channel could ease up back in the peloton thanks to the presence of Michael Barry in the break.
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With 100 kilometres to go the peloton faced some serious cross winds, and was literally blown to pieces. 27 strong and attentive riders formed a first chasing group. Stijn Devolder, George Hincapie and race leader Leif Hoste represented Discovery Channel. Tom Boonen, Steven De Jongh, Kevin Hulsmans, Wilfried Cretskens, Filippo Pozzato, and Matteo Tosatto made Quickstep an almost complete team, and joining them were Jose Joaquin Rojas and Luis Leon Sanchez (Liberty Seguros), Christophe Detilloux and Bernhard Eisel (Française des Jeux), Alessandro Ballan, Matteo Carrara, Claudio Corioni, Paolo Fornaciari, Enrico Franzoi and Danilo Napolitano (Lampre), Marco Milesi and Luca Paolini (Liquigas), Nico Mattan, Bert Roesems, Tom Steels and Henk Vogels (Davitamon), Jurgen Van Loocke and James Vanlandschoot (Landbouwkrediet).
This group with so many protagonists quickly gained a lot of time on the nine escaping riders, and the third group on the road lost some good time before mainly T-mobile led by Andreas Klier got organized and started to chase.
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With the group of nine doomed, Nico Eeckhout got nervous and tried countless attacks as the riders approached the ocean. Finally, it was Peter Ronsse who was able to get a few seconds as the group got caught by the big names chasing them. Nico Eeckhout managed to join him for a while together with Rony Martias (Bouygues), but was brought back again. Shortly after, the group driven by T-mobile managed to catch up with the peloton, but many riders were still behind.
A compact group not driven fast enough by Discovery Channel soon resulted in new attacks, and Unibet's Angel Castresana got away together with Landbouwkrediet duo Andy Capelle and Sven Renders. The break was allowed in order to release the pressure on Discovery Channel, and was only ever allowed two and a half minutes, but that was enough for Castresana to win both intermediate sprints and take over the blue sprint jersey at the end of the day.
Their advantage quickly shrank as the sprinters' teams started to prepare for the finish. Lampre had a nicely organised train for Napolitano, while QuickStep seemed to prepare a finish for Steven de Jongh. Davitamon was frequently seen at the front, as was the ever-present Bernhard Eisel.
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With eight kilometres to go, the three riders in the break were caught, and the peloton allowed no more jumps. Leif Hoste sat in a smart position, even when the peloton started to fall apart during the final kilometre. Unibet's Baden Cooke started an early sprint, but was quickly passed as a determined Eisel jumped, and in the end, Napolitano was close but could not threaten the Austrian who made up for yesterday's sprint mistake in the best possible way.
Eisel will start tomorrow morning with a four second lead over Leif Hoste and 35 seconds ahead of Luis Leon Sanchez.
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- No tilting at windmills today
- Danilo Napolitano (Lampre) chasing back on
- Wilfried Cretskens (Quick Step) keeps Boonen out of trouble
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) back in the mode
- Hey whassup? Luca Paolini looks for assistance
- Stijn Devolder (Discovery Channel) looking good
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) in the front group
- The front group after a peloton split
- Nico Mattan (Davitamon-Lotto) suffering
- Castresana, Renders and Capelle tried to get away late in the race
- Discovery Channel working hard in the peloton
- Bernhard Eisel (Francaise des Jeux) beats Danilo Napolitano (LPR)
- Bernhard Eisel (Francaise des Jeux) makes amends for yesterday
- Bernhard Eisel (Francaise des Jeux) on the podium in the leader's jersey
Results
1 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 5.34.14 (40.75 km/h) 2 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 4 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 5 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 6 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 7 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 8 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 9 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 10 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 11 Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 12 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 14 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 15 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 17 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 18 Michael Blanchy (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 19 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 20 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 21 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 22 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française des Jeux 23 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 24 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 25 Sebastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 26 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 27 David McPartland (Aus) Team Tenax Salmilano 28 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 29 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Jartazi-7Mobile 30 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.06 31 Roberto Petito (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 32 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 33 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 34 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 35 Luis Leos Sanchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 36 Angel Castresana Del Val (Spa) Unibet.com 37 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 38 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.09 39 Robby Meul (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 0.11 40 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 41 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 0.14 42 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 43 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 44 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 45 Jurgen Van Loocke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 46 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 47 Dario Pieri (Ita) Team L.P.R. 0.18 48 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.21 49 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas 50 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 0.23 51 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas 52 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 53 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com 54 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 55 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 56 Michele Maccanti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 57 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 58 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 59 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 60 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 61 Jens Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 62 Carlos Abellan (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 63 Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Team Tenax Salmilano 64 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 65 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 0.04 66 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 67 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 68 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 69 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 70 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Unibet.com 71 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 72 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 73 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) T-Mobile Team 74 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 75 Frederic Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 76 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 77 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 78 Christian Murro (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 79 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 80 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 81 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.01 82 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 83 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 84 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 85 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com 86 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 87 Marcin Lewandowski (Pol) Intel-Action 88 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 89 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 90 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 91 Peter Ronsse (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 92 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 93 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 94 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 95 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12.18 96 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 97 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 98 Werner Van Zimmeren (Ned) Flanders 16.11 99 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 100 Werner Van Zandbeek (Ned) Flanders 101 Ivan Santos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 102 Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 103 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 104 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 105 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 106 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas 107 Christo Girschweider (Swi) Team Vorarlberg 108 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 109 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 110 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 111 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 112 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Intel-Action 113 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 114 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Unibet.com 115 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Wiesenhof Akud 116 Roberto Traficante (Ita) Team L.P.R. 117 Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Team L.P.R. 118 Christian Lener (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 119 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 120 Marcin Osinski (Pol) Intel-Action 121 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R. 122 Lukasz Bodnar (Pol) Intel-Action 123 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux 124 Pascal Hungerbuhler (Swi) Team Vorarlberg 125 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 126 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 127 Stijn Dedecker (Bel) Flanders 128 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 129 Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld 130 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Barloworld 131 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas 132 Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 133 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 134 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 135 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 136 Ronny Poelvoorde (Bel) Flanders 137 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 138 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 139 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 140 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Flanders 141 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 142 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Barloworld DNF Alexander Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld DNF Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Bouygues Telecom DNF Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Alexander Kareev (Rus) Flanders DNF Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen DNF Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago DNF Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas DNF Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas DNF Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team DNF Javier Ramirez Abeja (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team DNF Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank DNF Andre Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team DNF Tomas Konecny (Cze) Team Wiesenhof Akud DNS Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen DNS Alessandro Bertuola (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano Points 1 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 20 pts 2 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 18 3 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 16 4 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 14 5 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 12 6 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 10 7 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 9 8 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 8 9 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 7 10 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 6 11 Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5 12 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 13 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 3 14 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 2 15 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 Climbs Kanarieberg 1 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 5 pts 2 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3 3 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1 Taaienberg 1 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 5 pts 2 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 3 3 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 1 Eikenberg 1 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 5 pts 2 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 3 3 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 Tiegemberg 1 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 5 pts 2 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 3 3 Carlos Abellan (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1 Sprints Oostduinkerke - Lap 1 1 Angel Castresana Del Val (Spa) Unibet.com 3 pts 2 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 2 3 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1 Oostduinkerke - Lap 2 1 Angel Castresana Del Val (Spa) Unibet.com 3 pts 2 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 2 3 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1 General classification after stage 2 1 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 10.13.52 2 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.04 3 Luis Leos Sanchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.35 4 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.59 5 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 6 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.05 7 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 1.11 8 Roberto Petito (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 9 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 1.15 10 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 11 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 11 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 13 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 14 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 15 Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 16 Michael Blanchy (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 17 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 17 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 19 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Jartazi-7Mobile 20 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 21 Sebastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 22 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 23 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française des Jeux 23 David McPartland (Aus) Team Tenax Salmilano 25 Angel Castresana Del Val (Spa) Unibet.com 26 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 26 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 28 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 29 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 30 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 1.21 31 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 32 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 33 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 34 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.24 35 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.26 36 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 1.29 37 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 38 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 39 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1.34 40 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.36 41 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 1.38 42 Michele Maccanti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 43 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 44 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 45 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 46 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas 46 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com 48 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 49 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 49 Jens Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 51 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) T-Mobile Team 52 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 53 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 54 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 55 Carlos Abellan (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 55 Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Team Tenax Salmilano 57 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 58 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 58 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 60 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 61 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 62 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 63 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 63 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 65 Christian Murro (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 66 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.16 67 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 68 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 68 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 70 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 5.46 71 Robby Meul (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 5.51 72 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.41 73 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 74 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6.56 75 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 75 Jurgen Van Loocke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 77 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 7.02 78 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas 7.03 79 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 7.41 80 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com 7.43 81 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 9.02 82 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.17 83 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 12.50 84 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12.54 85 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13.18 86 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 13.33 87 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 88 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 89 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 17.26 90 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas 91 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Barloworld 92 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 93 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 94 Ivan Santos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 94 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 96 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 97 Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld 98 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 99 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Barloworld 100 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 17.31 101 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 18.43 102 Dario Pieri (Ita) Team L.P.R. 19.01 103 Frederic Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 19.06 104 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Unibet.com 105 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 106 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 19.44 107 Marcin Lewandowski (Pol) Intel-Action 108 Peter Ronsse (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 109 Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 21.51 110 Pascal Hungerbuhler (Swi) Team Vorarlberg 111 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 22.53 112 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Unibet.com 113 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 114 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 25.13 115 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 32.41 116 Christo Girschweider (Swi) Team Vorarlberg 117 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 118 Roberto Traficante (Ita) Team L.P.R. 119 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 34.34 120 Werner Van Zimmeren (Ned) Flanders 34.54 121 Werner Van Zandbeek (Ned) Flanders 122 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas 123 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 124 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Wiesenhof Akud 125 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 126 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 127 Lukasz Bodnar (Pol) Intel-Action 127 Marcin Osinski (Pol) Intel-Action 127 Ronny Poelvoorde (Bel) Flanders 130 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux 131 Christian Lener (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 132 Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Team L.P.R. 133 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R. 134 Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 135 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 136 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 137 Stijn Dedecker (Bel) Flanders 138 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 139 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 140 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 141 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Flanders 142 Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Intel-Action 40.47 Points classification 1 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 38 pts 2 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 27 3 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20 4 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 20 5 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 19 6 Luis Leos Sanchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 14 7 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 14 8 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 12 9 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 12 10 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 12 11 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 11 12 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 10 13 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 9 14 Roberto Petito (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 8 15 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 8 16 Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6 17 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas 6 18 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 19 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 3 20 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 Climbs classification 1 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 22 pts 2 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 22 3 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 20 4 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 13 5 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 13 6 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 4 7 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 8 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3 9 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 3 10 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 3 11 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 12 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 13 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1 14 Carlos Abellan (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1 15 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1 16 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 1 Sprints classification 1 Angel Castresana Del Val (Spa) Unibet.com 6 pts 2 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 4 3 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 3 4 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 5 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 2 6 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 1
