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KBC Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde - 2.HC
Belgium, March 28-30, 2006
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Stage 3 - March 30: De Panne - De Panne, 119 km
De Jongh shows Quick.Step's strength without Boonen
By Gabriella Ekström
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Steven De Jongh of Quickstep took a cunning victory in Stage 3 when he broke away from a brave group of 20 or so riders, together with team mate Sebastian Rosseler and Italian Claudio Corioni (Lampre-Fondital). With solid help from Rosseler, De Jongh could stay behind Corioni for the last kilometres, and jumped hard with a few hundred metres to go. Corioni put up some resistance, but was all over the road in his attempt, before he finally tried to pass De Jongh on the right hand side. De Jongh moved slightly to the right during his sprint, but Corioni looked beaten already.
After the line, De Jongh agreed his win had meant a great relief to him: "Yes, sure. In Dwars door Vlaanderen, I was very good, but after Saturday's E3 Prijs I could barely sit down, I was coughing from the mucus. On Sunday I did nothing. I started a course of antibiotics and felt better. With Tom Boonen not starting today, we had a free role. We immediately showed that Quick.Step can win without him."
Race leader Bernhard Eisel kept his white leader's jersey despite a scare in the last kilometre where he toppled over Napolitano who had fallen on the last corner. "It was just Napolitano, his back wheel slipped away or if it was his front wheel, I don't know," said the Austrian. "I had no chance of avoiding it, and I couldn't go through either. It's not bad though, I'll have a small hematoma where I landed. We crash every year in that spot. I wasn't really surprised," he shrugged.
"We went around the corner, but not really fast, it was just for fourth place, so we said we shouldn't risk our lives. I was there for the sprint, but there was nothing to do. There was no seconds left to take, it was just for the points jersey.
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"It was a really tough stage. My team had to work from the beginning on and suddenly we went in the crosswinds. I have to say thanks to Nico Mattan, who warned me that I should ride at the front."
On his chances against the former Belgian time trial champion Leif Hoste this afternoon, Eisel was modest. Was he beaten already? "No, I will try. For sure I will go full gas. It's the first time I'm in this position in my life. My team manager Marc Madiot will be behind me, screaming at me for sure. I think Leif is also in good shape. I saw him flying in the time trial in Tirreno. For me it's a good distance, 11.5 km, and I'll start last, so for sure I'll finish last too. I can't get caught by anybody. That's nice.
How it unfolded
Among the non-starters for this morning's 119 km stage around De Panne were Tom Boonen (Quickstep), Luca Paolini (Liquigas) and Baden Cooke (Unibet). A short stage is no guarantee for an easy stage, and a crash after only six kilometres effectively took out Max Van Heeswijk (Discovery Channel), Bram De Groot (Rabobank), Stefano Zanini (Liquigas) and Ronny Poelvoorde (Flanders).
After 25 kilometres of mostly tailwind racing, a group of three riders got away. Sjef De Wilde (Landbouwkrediet), David Loosli (Lampre) and Marlon Perez (Tenax) worked well together until the three climbs of Monteberg, Rodeberg and Vidaigneberg, where De Wilde could no longer follow, and the two remaining riders voted to leave him.
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Loosli and Perez rode on with three and a half minutes advantage over a peloton that initially had not been chasing. Things were to change when the riders reached the halfway turning point and headed back towards De Panne, now facing a severe side wind. The riders who were in it for the GC or the stage grouped up at the front, and after only seconds, the splits were a fact.
To sit in the first echelon was no laughing matter, but it was twice as hard for the unlucky riders who didn't make it. Some who did make it were Andreas Klier (T-mobile), and Danilo Napolitano, with almost all his teammates who put on an impressive Lampre show, most of the Quick.Step riders, Leif Hoste together with George Hincapie and Stijn Devolder (Discovery Channel) and race leader Bernhard Eisel (Française des Jeux).
Behind them the peloton split up in several echelons and those left behind would not see the front group again until lunch time. Eisel's group rode strongly together with no other purpose than to stay alive in the harsh wind, and by doing so they quickly caught the two leading riders. For a while it looked like the last 35 kilometres would be an all together story, but things stirred up as some riders in the front group started to move the echelon further and further out to the right side of the road, hence depriving most members of their windshield.
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The Quick.Step riders decided they would have none of it, and went to the front and did what seemed impossible, they attacked. Thanks to a solid performance in strength, they dropped the whole Discovery Channel team including Leif Hoste, and only Bernhard Eisel and three Lampre riders were able to follow. Unfortunately for the new front group, Napolitano was not one of the Lampre riders with them, and therefore his team mates wouldn't participate in the work with Quick.Step. Discovery Channel eventually brought them back, but the minutes in between were nervous as Hoste saw the white jersey on Eisel's shoulders ride away.
Approaching De Panne and the first passage of the line, the Quick.Step riders once again launched an attack, and Steven de Jongh got away with Rosseler and Claudio Corioni (Lampre). The two teammates didn't offer the Italian any chance, and being an appropriate group, they were allowed a 30 second gap by the peloton. De Jongh led out the sprint with a few hundred metres to go, and was never really threatened by Corioni.
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Just under the red one kilometre flag, Danilo Napolitano, who was fourth on the GC after Paolini didn't start, lost his wheel on the slippery cobbles and brought down a teammate and Eisel. They were both given the time of the group they were riding with, and Eisel will start the afternoon's 11.5 kilometre time trial with a four second advantage over Leif Hoste.
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- Rosseler leads De Jongh on the last lap
- Joaquin Rojas Gil (Liberty) in pursuit of the three leaders
- Steven de Jongh (Quick.Step) beats Claudio Corioni (Lampre-Fondital) to win stage 3
- Bernhard Eisel (Francaise des Jeux) rolls in at the back after his crash on the last corner
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) did a ton of work today
- Winner Steven de Jongh on the podium
Results
1 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.48.23 (42.403 km/h) 2 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3 Sebastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 4 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.27 5 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 9 Luis Leos Sanchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 10 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 12 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 13 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 14 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 15 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 16 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 17 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 18 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 19 Michael Blanchy (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 2.18 20 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Jartazi-7Mobile 21 Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Team Tenax Salmilano 22 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 23 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas 24 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Barloworld 25 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 26 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 27 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 28 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 29 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 30 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 31 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 32 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 9.00 33 Robby Meul (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 34 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Unibet.com 19.18 35 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 36 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Flanders 37 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 38 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 38 Werner Van Zandbeek (Ned) Flanders 40 Werner Van Zimmeren (Ned) Flanders 41 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 42 Christo Girschweider (Swi) Team Vorarlberg 43 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 44 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 45 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 46 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 47 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Unibet.com 48 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 49 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 50 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 51 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 52 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 53 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 54 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 55 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 56 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 57 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas 58 Christian Lener (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 59 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 60 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux 61 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 62 Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 63 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 64 Roberto Traficante (Ita) Team L.P.R. 65 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 66 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 67 Dario Pieri (Ita) Team L.P.R. 68 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 69 Pascal Hungerbuhler (Swi) Team Vorarlberg 70 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 71 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 72 Marcin Lewandowski (Pol) Intel-Action 73 Lukasz Bodnar (Pol) Intel-Action 74 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 75 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 76 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française des Jeux 77 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 78 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R. 79 Michele Maccanti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 80 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 81 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Wiesenhof Akud 82 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 83 Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld 84 Marcin Osinski (Pol) Intel-Action 85 Frederic Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 86 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 87 Christian Murro (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 88 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 89 Ivan Santos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 90 Carlos Abellan (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 91 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 92 Jens Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 93 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 94 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 95 Roberto Petito (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 96 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 19.33 97 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 98 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 99 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 100 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 101 Angel Castresana Del Val (Spa) Unibet.com 102 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com 103 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 104 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas 105 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 106 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 107 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 108 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 109 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Barloworld 110 Peter Ronsse (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 111 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com 112 David McPartland (Aus) Team Tenax Salmilano 113 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 114 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 115 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 116 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 117 Jurgen Van Loocke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 118 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 119 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 120 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 121 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 122 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago DNF Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team DNF Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas DNF Stefano Zanini (Ita) Liquigas DNF Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank DNF Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team DNF Carlo Westphal (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud DNF Mariusz Witecki (Pol) Intel-Action DNF Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Team L.P.R. DNF Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen DNF Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago DNF Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago DNF Stijn Dedecker (Bel) Flanders DNF Ronny Poelvoorde (Bel) Flanders DNS Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic DNS Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas DNS Steffen Wesemann (Swi) T-Mobile Team DNS Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com DNS Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld Points 1 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 10 pts 2 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 9 3 Sebastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 8 4 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 7 5 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 6 Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5 7 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 8 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 3 9 Luis Leos Sanchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2 10 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1 Climbs Monteberg 1 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 5 pts 2 Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Team Tenax Salmilano 3 3 Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1 Rodeberg 1 Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Team Tenax Salmilano 5 pts 2 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 3 3 Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1 Vidaigneberg 1 Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Team Tenax Salmilano 5 pts 2 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 3 3 Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1 Sprints De Panne 1 Sebastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 3 pts 2 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 2 3 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 Teams 1 Quick Step-Innergetic 8.25.38 2 Lampre-Fondital 0.25 3 Discovery Channel 0.52 4 Liberty Seguros-Wurth 5 Jartazi-7Mobile 6.25 6 Francaise Des Jeux 21.34 7 Davitamon-Lotto 23.25 8 Choc Jacques-Topsport 40.25 9 Barloworld 10 Team Tenax Salmilano 11 Liquigas 40.40 12 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 47.22 13 Flanders-Villapark 57.25 14 Phonak Hearing Systems 15 Rabobank 16 Team Vorarlberg 17 Team Wiesenhof Akud 18 T-Mobile Team 19 Team L.P.R. 20 Intel-Action 21 Unibet.com 57.40 22 Bouygues Telecom 57.55 General classification after stage 3 1 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 13.02.42 2 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.04 3 Luis Leos Sanchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.35 4 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.40 5 Sebastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.45 6 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.59 7 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.04 8 Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.15 9 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 10 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.29 12 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.38 13 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 14 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 15 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 16 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 17 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.16 18 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 3.02 19 Michael Blanchy (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 3.06 20 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Jartazi-7Mobile 21 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 22 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 23 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.15 24 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 3.20 25 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas 3.29 26 Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Team Tenax Salmilano 27 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 8.53 28 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 10.07 29 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 13.33 30 Robby Meul (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 14.24 31 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15.24 32 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Barloworld 19.17 33 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 19.22 34 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 19.56 35 Roberto Petito (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 20.02 36 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 20.06 37 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 38 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française des Jeux 39 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 40 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 20.12 41 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 42 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 43 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 44 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 20.20 45 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 20.21 46 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 47 Angel Castresana Del Val (Spa) Unibet.com 48 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 48 David McPartland (Aus) Team Tenax Salmilano 50 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 51 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 20.29 52 Michele Maccanti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 53 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 54 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 55 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 56 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 57 Jens Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 58 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 59 Carlos Abellan (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 60 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 61 Christian Murro (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 62 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20.32 63 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com 20.44 64 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 65 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 66 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 67 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 21.07 68 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 24.37 69 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 25.47 70 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 71 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 72 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 26.02 73 Jurgen Van Loocke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 74 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 26.32 75 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com 26.49 76 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 27.53 77 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 31.23 78 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 31.41 79 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 31.45 80 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 32.24 81 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 82 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 36.17 83 Ivan Santos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 84 Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld 85 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas 36.32 86 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 87 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 88 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Barloworld 89 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 37.34 90 Dario Pieri (Ita) Team L.P.R. 37.52 91 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Unibet.com 37.57 92 Frederic Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 93 Marcin Lewandowski (Pol) Intel-Action 38.35 94 Peter Ronsse (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 38.50 95 Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 40.42 96 Pascal Hungerbuhler (Swi) Team Vorarlberg 97 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 41.44 98 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Unibet.com 99 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 100 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 51.32 101 Christo Girschweider (Swi) Team Vorarlberg 102 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 103 Roberto Traficante (Ita) Team L.P.R. 104 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 53.25 105 Werner Van Zimmeren (Ned) Flanders 53.45 106 Werner Van Zandbeek (Ned) Flanders 107 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 108 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas 109 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 110 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 111 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Wiesenhof Akud 112 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux 113 Christian Lener (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 114 Lukasz Bodnar (Pol) Intel-Action 115 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Flanders 116 Marcin Osinski (Pol) Intel-Action 117 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R. 118 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 119 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 54.00 120 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 121 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 122 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 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 26 4 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 21 5 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 20 6 Luis Leos Sanchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 16 7 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 14 8 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 12 9 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 12 10 Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 11 11 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 10 12 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 9 13 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 9 14 Sebastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 8 15 Roberto Petito (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 8 16 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 8 17 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 7 18 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas 6 19 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 20 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 21 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 3 22 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 3 23 Stijn Devolder (Bel) 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 Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Team Tenax Salmilano 13 6 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 13 7 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 11 8 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 4 9 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 10 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3 11 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 3 12 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1 13 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1 14 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 15 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 16 Carlos Abellan (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1 17 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 Sebastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 3 4 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 3 5 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 6 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 2 7 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 2 8 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 1 9 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 Teams classification 1 Quick Step-Innergetic 39.10.49 2 Discovery Channel 0.13 3 Lampre-Fondital 0.25 4 Liberty Seguros-Wurth 0.45 5 Jartazi-7Mobile 6.35 6 Francaise Des Jeux 20.46 7 Davitamon-Lotto 23.05 8 Team Tenax Salmilano 40.31 9 Choc Jacques-Topsport 41.04 10 Liquigas 41.18 11 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 53.36 12 Phonak Hearing Systems 57.53 13 Rabobank 57.58 14 Team L.P.R. 58.16 15 Unibet.com 58.19 16 T-Mobile Team 58.21 17 Bouygues Telecom 1.03.42 18 Barloworld 1.12.57 19 Team Wiesenhof Akud 1.39.49 20 Team Vorarlberg 1.49.43 21 Intel-Action 2.23.22 22 Flanders-Villapark 2.38.32
