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KBC Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde - 2.HC
Belgium, March 28-30, 2006
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Stage 4 - March 30: De Panne - De Panne ITT, 12 km
Discovery dominate final time trial and overall
By Jeff Jones
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On a cold, windy day in the seaside town of De Panne, the Discovery Channel team finished off a fine performance by placing three riders in the top three in the final time trial of the Driedaagse van De Panne. The winner - of the stage and the overall - was Leif Hoste, who crossed the cobbled finish line in 14'17.99, an exceptional average speed on this course of 48.2 km/h. His teammates George Hincapie (14'31) and Stijn Devolder (14'35) were second and third, with Sebastian Rosseler (Quick.Step) the best non-Discovery rider in fourth at 14'44. Race leader Bernhard Eisel (Française des Jeux) was respectable in 14'51, but it wasn't enough to keep the jersey.
"If you see who finished behind me here, that says enough, I think," was Hoste's first reaction to Sporza after the stage. "Above all, I want to thank my teammates. Chapeau for Viatcheslav Ekimov and George Hincapie. That those riders would ride for me is unbelievable.
Although he targeted De Panne for the win, now Hoste moves up into the favourites' list for Sunday's Ronde Van Vlaanderen. "Yes, but Paris-Roubaix is at least as important for me. Now this is done, I should recover well."
Team manager Dirk Demol was delighted with the win, saying it was a "fantastic result under pressure. the team worked hard for him, so the pressure was on him. It was also good to see Devolder in third, because there was a bit of doubt over him."
For Sunday, Demol has got several riders to choose from, with George Hincapie and Leif Hoste the standouts, and Stijn Devolder able to play a more than useful support role.
How it unfolded
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The afternoon time trial was held over a short but difficult 11.5 km parcours between De Panne and Koksijde and back. The wind was still blowing strongly, although the roads were fairly dry. But the riders still had to content with cobbles, tram tracks and plenty of corners.
After Sweden's Gustav Erik Larsson (Française des Jeux) set an early best time of 15'16, a highly motivated Frank Vandenbroucke (Unibet.com) rode an enormous gear to knock 20 seconds off Larsson's time, putting him into the hot seat. "I wanted to have a good go, because I haven't done anything here yet," said VDB. "On the first day I was still too tired, Wednesday was a bit better. I gave everything in the time trial, but I nearly crashed and lost five seconds."
VDB's sub-15 minute time was good enough to withstand the efforts of Belgian TT champion Marc Wauters, who came within eight seconds, and last year's De Panne TT winner Viatcheslav Ekimov (Discovery Channel). Bert Roesems (Davitamon-Lotto) finally broke VDB's time with an impressive 14'47, but then the times started to come down even further.
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First Stijn Devolder (Discovery Channel) in 14'35, then his teammate George Hincapie, in 14'31, pushed the fastest time down, and it looked like Discovery was on a roll today. That proved correct when Leif Hoste went through the intermediate check two seconds quicker than Hincapie - and that was after a relaxed start.
Among the other riders, Luis Sanchez (Liberty Seguros), who was looking to defend or better his third place on GC, had a mini-disaster when he punctured halfway. A very smooth bike change got him going again at the cost of 15 seconds, and he finished in a decent time of 14'51. It was just enough to stop Sebastian Rosseler (Quick.Step, 14'44) from overtaking him on GC.
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Race leader Bernhard Eisel (Française des Jeux) was already 14 seconds behind Hoste at halfway, and his jersey was effectively gone. However, the Austrian rode well to finish in 14'51 for eighth place, giving him second overall in the Driedaagse. The stage win and the overall honours belonged to Hoste though, who powered back home into the headwind to finish in an amazing 14'17.99, an average of 48.2 km/h. That gave Discovery a 1-2-3 for the stage and also the hattrick of wins in the Driedaagse. Dirk Demol's boys are now ready to challenge in the Ronde van Vlaanderen.
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- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) showed his good form by finishing second
- Stijn Devolder (Discovery Channel) was third in today's time trial - better than last year
- Sebastien Rosseler (Quick.Step) was the first non-Discovery rider in fourth
- Bernhard Eisel (Francaise des Jeux) defended the jersey valiantly, but lost out to Hoste
- Frank Vandenbroucke (Unibet.com) produced a great ride to finish 9th
- Serguei Ivanov (T-Mobile) during his effort
- Fred Rodriguez (Davitamon-Lotto) struggles to get the TT over with
- Danilo Napolitano (Lampre-Fondital) better known as a sprinter
- Bert Roesems (Davitamon-Lotto) was the first to beat VDB's time
- Slava Ekimov (Discovery Channel) wasn't at his best, but wasn't too far off the pace
- Jan Boven (Rabobank) was one of his team's three finishers
- Angel Castresana (Unibet.com) during his ride
- Leif Hoste (Discovery Channel) on the podium with the trophy
- Hoste throws the bouquet
- The podium (L to R): Angel Castresana (sprints), Bernhard Eisel (points, 2nd overall), Leif Hoste (1st overall, mountains), and Luis Sanchez (3rd overall)
Results
1 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14.17.99 (48.2 km/h) 2 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.14 3 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.18 4 Sebastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.27 5 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.30 6 Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.34 7 Luis Leos Sanchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 9 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Unibet.com 0.39 10 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.41 11 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.43 12 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 0.47 13 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 0.51 14 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.52 15 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.57 16 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 17 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.58 18 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux 0.59 19 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1.01 20 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 1.03 21 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas 1.06 22 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Jartazi-7Mobile 23 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.09 24 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.10 25 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.12 26 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.15 27 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 28 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.16 29 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 30 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas 31 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.18 32 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.19 33 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 34 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com 1.21 35 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 1.23 36 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.26 37 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.29 38 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.31 39 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 40 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 41 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.33 42 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.34 43 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.35 44 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.37 45 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.38 46 Michele Maccanti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 47 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 1.42 48 Jurgen Van Loocke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1.43 49 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Unibet.com 50 Carlos Abellan (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.44 51 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 52 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 1.45 53 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.47 54 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 1.48 55 Frederic Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.49 56 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 57 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.50 58 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.52 59 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 60 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.54 61 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 62 Ivan Santos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 63 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1.55 64 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.57 65 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 1.58 66 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.59 67 Peter Ronsse (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 68 Michael Blanchy (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 69 Lukasz Bodnar (Pol) Intel-Action 2.01 70 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.04 71 Roberto Traficante (Ita) Team L.P.R. 2.05 72 Jens Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 2.06 73 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 74 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 2.07 75 Christian Murro (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 76 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 77 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 2.11 78 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.13 79 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Wiesenhof Akud 2.14 80 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 2.18 81 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas 82 Angel Castresana Del Val (Spa) Unibet.com 2.21 83 Robby Meul (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 2.30 84 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 85 Christo Girschweider (Swi) Team Vorarlberg 2.31 86 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 87 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 2.41 88 Werner Van Zimmeren (Ned) Flanders 2.43 89 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 90 Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Team Tenax Salmilano 2.45 91 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française des Jeux 2.47 92 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 93 Marcin Osinski (Pol) Intel-Action 2.49 94 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Barloworld 3.00 95 Roberto Petito (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 3.02 96 David McPartland (Aus) Team Tenax Salmilano 3.03 97 Werner Van Zandbeek (Ned) Flanders 3.06 98 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 3.19 99 Christian Lener (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 3.21 100 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 3.24 101 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Flanders 3.30 Outside time limit (hors delai) HD Marcin Lewandowski (Pol) Intel-Action HD Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld HD Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Vorarlberg HD Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano HD Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team L.P.R. HD Pascal Hungerbuhler (Swi) Team Vorarlberg HD Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud HD Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com HD Dario Pieri (Ita) Team L.P.R. HD Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com DNS Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team DNS Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team DNS Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic DNS Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto DNS Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com DNS Igor Astarloa (Spa) Barloworld DNS Fabio Baldato (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano DNS Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen DNS Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago DNS Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile DNS Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile Points 1 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 pts 2 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9 3 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8 4 Sebastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 7 5 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6 6 Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5 7 Luis Leos Sanchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4 8 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 3 9 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Unibet.com 2 10 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 Teams 1 Discovery Channel 43.23.00 2 Liberty Seguros-Wurth 1.46 3 Quick Step-Innergetic 2.08 4 Davitamon-Lotto 2.18 5 Francaise Des Jeux 2.48 6 Lampre-Fondital 2.52 7 Rabobank 2.54 8 T-Mobile Team 3.02 9 Unibet.com 3.11 10 Phonak Hearing Systems 3.21 11 Bouygues Telecom 3.49 12 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 4.07 13 Liquigas 4.08 14 Jartazi-7Mobile 4.15 15 Choc Jacques-Topsport 16 Team L.P.R. 5.18 17 Barloworld 6.44 18 Team Wiesenhof Akud 7.12 19 Team Tenax Salmilano 7.22 20 Team Vorarlberg 7.23 21 Flanders-Villapark 8.47 Final General classification 1 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13.17.03 2 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 0.30 3 Luis Leos Sanchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.05 4 Sebastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.08 5 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.25 6 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.34 7 Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.45 8 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.52 9 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.15 10 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.35 11 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.42 12 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2.44 13 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.49 14 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 15 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.50 16 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.59 17 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 3.31 18 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.32 19 Michael Barry (Can) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3.54 20 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 3.55 21 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Jartazi-7Mobile 4.08 22 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas 4.41 23 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 4.49 24 Michael Blanchy (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 5.01 25 Henk Vogels (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 5.46 26 Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Team Tenax Salmilano 6.10 27 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 10.31 28 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 12.09 29 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 15.21 30 Robby Meul (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 16.50 31 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 21.16 32 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak Hearing Systems 21.17 33 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 21.28 34 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 21.29 35 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 21.34 36 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 21.37 37 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 21.41 38 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 21.54 39 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile Team 21.56 40 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 21.58 41 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21.59 42 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com 22.01 43 Michele Maccanti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 22.03 44 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 22.05 45 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 46 Carlos Abellan (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 22.09 47 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 22.12 48 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 22.13 49 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Barloworld 50 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 22.15 51 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française des Jeux 22.17 52 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 22.24 53 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 54 Jens Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 22.31 55 Christian Murro (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 22.32 56 Angel Castresana Del Val (Spa) Unibet.com 22.38 57 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française des Jeux 22.49 58 Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 59 Roberto Petito (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 23.00 60 David McPartland (Aus) Team Tenax Salmilano 23.20 61 Giairo Ermeti (Ita) Team L.P.R. 23.21 62 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 26.40 63 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27.02 64 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 27.06 65 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27.14 66 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 27.29 67 Jurgen Van Loocke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 27.41 68 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 30.20 69 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 32.52 70 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 33.12 71 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 33.23 72 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 34.33 73 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 37.00 74 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas 37.34 75 Ivan Santos (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 38.07 76 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 38.26 77 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Unibet.com 38.32 78 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 39.18 79 Frederic Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 39.42 80 Peter Ronsse (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 40.45 81 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Unibet.com 43.23 82 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 43.25 83 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 45.04 84 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 52.57 85 Roberto Traficante (Ita) Team L.P.R. 53.33 86 Christo Girschweider (Swi) Team Vorarlberg 53.59 87 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 54.39 88 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux 54.40 89 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 55.18 90 Lukasz Bodnar (Pol) Intel-Action 55.42 91 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 55.45 92 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Team Wiesenhof Akud 55.55 93 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 94 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas 55.59 95 Werner Van Zimmeren (Ned) Flanders 56.24 96 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 97 Marcin Osinski (Pol) Intel-Action 56.30 98 Werner Van Zandbeek (Ned) Flanders 56.47 99 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 57.00 100 Christian Lener (Aut) Team Vorarlberg 57.02 101 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Flanders 57.11 Points classification 1 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française des Jeux 41 pts 2 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 36 3 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 27 4 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 21 5 Luis Leos Sanchez Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 20 6 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 20 7 Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 16 8 Sebastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 15 9 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14 10 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 14 11 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 12 12 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 10 13 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9 14 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 9 15 Roberto Petito (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 8 16 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 8 17 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 7 18 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6 19 Daniele Colli (Ita) Liquigas 6 20 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 21 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 3 22 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 3 23 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Unibet.com 2 24 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 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 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 11 7 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 8 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 4 9 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3 10 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 3 11 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1 12 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1 13 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 14 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 15 Carlos Abellan (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 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 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 Discovery Channel 39.54.25 2 Quick Step-Innergetic 1.55 3 Liberty Seguros-Wurth 2.18 4 Lampre-Fondital 3.04 5 Jartazi-7Mobile 10.37 6 Francaise Des Jeux 23.21 7 Davitamon-Lotto 25.10 8 Choc Jacques-Topsport 45.06 9 Liquigas 45.13 10 Team Tenax Salmilano 47.40 11 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 57.30 12 Rabobank 1.00.39 13 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.01.01 14 T-Mobile Team 1.01.10 15 Unibet.com 1.01.17 16 Team L.P.R. 1.03.21 17 Bouygues Telecom 1.07.18 18 Barloworld 1.19.28 19 Team Wiesenhof Akud 1.46.48 20 Team Vorarlberg 1.56.53 21 Flanders-Villapark 2.47.06
