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52nd Quatre Jours de Dunkerque - 2.HC
France, May 3-7, 2006
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Stage 1 - May 3: Dunkerque – Gravelines, 161km
Chicchi puts Quick.Step on top
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Quick.Step has plenty of sprinters to choose from in its roster in the Four Days of Dunkirk, and today in Gravelines, it was Italian Francesco Chicchi who was the best of them. The Italian, who won the U23 world championship in 2002, beat seasoned campaigners Fred Rodriguez (Davitamon-Lotto) and Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) in the 100 rider rush to the line. Not only that, Quick.Step placed Steven de Jongh (4th) and Wouter Weylandt (9th) in the top 10.
"I'm happy," said Chicchi after his second win of the season. "Today I had to be the 'pilot' of Wouter Weylandt: in the last kilometre, Wouter lost my wheel, so I decided to do my sprint. I moved to the left side of the road and I took the wheel of my teammate Steven De Jongh, only thinking to do my best to win."
The 25 year-old now wears the pink jersey of the leader of the race. "It has the same colour as the Giro's leader's jersey. Who knows, this could be a good sign for our guys at Saturday’s Giro!" joked Chicchi.
How it unfolded
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In excellent weather, the first stage between Dunkirk and Gravelines was run over 161 km. After 60 km, four riders broke clear: Nicolas Roche (Cofidis), Claudio Cucinotta (Tenax-Salmilano), Mathieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom) and Niels Brouzes (Auber 93). The quartet reached a maximum lead of 6'40 after 96 km, but when Crédit Agricole, AG2R and CSC started to chase, the gap started to shrink again. However, it wasn't until 600m to go when Roche and Brouzes were finally caught as the bunch swallowed everyone.
Photography
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- Francesco Chicchi (Quick.Step) wins the first stage, with Steven de Jongh (4th) and Wouter Weylandt (9th) completing a strong Quick.Step performance
- Francesco Chicchi (Quick.Step) in pink as the first leader
Images by Miwako Sasaki
- The French Agritubel team on the podium for the presentation before the start.
- Local cycling club boys keep a pro rider's bike under the podium: 'Mum! I touched Agnolutto's bike!'
- Skil-Shimano's Japanese riders: 'We are on TV today!?'
- Claudio Cucinotta (Tenax-Salmilano) relaxes before the start. He got the mountains jersey as a result of his excellent breakaway.
- The start ceremony with defending champion Pierrick Fedrigo (Bouygues Telecom)
- 180 riders start the 4 jours de Dunkerque under the clear sky.
- Credit Agricole leads the peloton for the final sprint.
- Nicolas Roche (Cofidis and Niels Brouzes (Abber 93) resist, but they are caught by the peloton just before the finish.
- 1959 Tour stage winner and second on GC Henry Anglade is on the podium with Daniel Mangeas.
- The first stage winner Francesco Chicci (Quick Step) wears the leader's maillot rose
- Italian Francesco Chicchi (Quick Step) also gets the maillot vert (points jersey)
- Italian Claudio Cucinotta (Tenax-Salmilano) wears the maillot a pois (the mountain jersey)
- Bacio! Bacio! Bacio! Typical Italian style for Claudio Cucinotta (Tenax-Salmilano)
- The young rider's jersey maillot blanc for Marcel Sieberg (Team Wiesenhof-Akud). Danile Mangeas: 'Er...Marcel, Can you get off? You're too tall for this podium!'
- Niels Brouzes (Auber 93) gets 'Sprint 59'
- Italian day for the French race: Roberto Petito (Tenax-Salmilano) gets 'Sprint62'
- Although Quick Step wins today's team classification, Credit Agreicole gets the most aggressive team, and Killan Patour (left) and Sebastian Portal are on the podium
- Europe Tour leader Niko Eeckhout (Chocolade Jacques) gets the Fair Play Prize
- There are many prizes for the French race: Christophe Riblon (Ag2r) gets Le meilleur Equipier (best team rider)
- The kiss on the podium is excellent treatment after the hard work, isn't it Niels?
Results
1 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 3.42.34 (43.322 km/h) 2 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 4 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 5 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 6 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 7 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 8 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 9 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 10 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 11 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 12 Roberto Petito (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 13 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 14 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 15 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Skil-Shimano 16 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Milram 17 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 18 Christian Murro (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 19 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Auber 93 20 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 21 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 22 Alberto Tiberio (Swi) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 23 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24 Andrus Aug (Est) Acqua Sapone 25 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 26 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 27 Luca Ascani (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 28 Rene Mandri (Est) Auber 93 29 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 30 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 31 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 32 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 33 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 34 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 35 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 36 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 37 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 38 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 39 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Auber 93 40 Angel Castresana Del Val (Spa) Unibet.com 41 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com 42 John Nilsson (Swe) Auber 93 43 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team CSC 44 Niels Brouzes (Fra) Auber 93 45 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 46 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Acqua Sapone 47 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 48 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 49 Geert Omloop (Bel) Unibet.com 50 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 51 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 52 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 53 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 54 David Boucher (Fra) Unibet.com 55 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 56 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 57 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 58 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Team Milram 59 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 60 Mike Sayers (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 61 Leonardo Moser (Ita) Acqua Sapone 62 Johan Coenen (Bel) Unibet.com 63 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 64 Rino Zampilli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 65 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 66 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 67 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Skil-Shimano 68 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 69 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 70 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 71 Andrea Rossi (Ita) Acqua Sapone 72 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 73 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 74 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 75 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 76 David Mcpartland (Aus) Team Tenax Salmilano 77 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 78 Stephano Cavallari (Ita) Acqua Sapone 79 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 80 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 81 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 82 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 83 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 84 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 85 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 86 Stéphane Petilleau (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 87 Edgardo Simon (Arg) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 88 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 89 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 90 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 91 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 92 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 93 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 94 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Acqua Sapone 95 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 96 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 97 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.49 98 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.16 99 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 100 Piotr Zielinski (Pol) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 1.23 101 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 102 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 103 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 104 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 105 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 106 Jean-Paul Simon (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 107 Gilles Canouet (Fra) Agritubel 108 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Unibet.com 109 Jure Zrimsek (Slo) Acqua Sapone 110 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 111 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 112 Kilian Patour (Fra) Credit Agricole 113 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel 114 Michael Jones (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 115 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 116 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 117 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Agritubel 118 Noan Lelarge (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 119 Jeffry Louder (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 120 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 121 Nick Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 122 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 123 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 124 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 125 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 126 Yann Pivois (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 127 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 128 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 129 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Auber 93 130 Julien Mazet (Fra) Auber 93 131 Emilien Benoit Berges (Fra) Auber 93 132 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua Sapone 133 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 134 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Agritubel 1.45 135 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 136 Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 137 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 138 Freddy Gonzalez Martinez (Col) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 139 Honorio Machado Perez (Ven) Team Tenax Salmilano 3.10 140 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 141 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 142 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 143 Steven Cummings (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 144 Sébastien Duret (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 145 Emanuele Rizza (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 146 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 147 Iker Leonet Iza (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 148 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC 149 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 150 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française des Jeux 151 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 152 Kirk O'bee (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 153 Antonio Quadranti (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 154 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 155 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 156 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 157 Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 158 Alexandre Bazhenov (Rus) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 159 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 160 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 161 Paul Manning (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 162 Diego Nosotti (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 163 Walter Morales (Col) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 164 David Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 12.57 165 Gregor Willwohl (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 166 Mariano Giallorenzo (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 167 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 168 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 169 Denis Robin (Fra) Agritubel 170 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 171 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Agritubel 172 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 18.48 173 Jurgen Van Loocke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 18.53 DNF Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel DNF Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago DNF Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano DNF Wesley Van Der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen DNF Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare DNF Luca Pierfelici (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare Points 1 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 20 pts 2 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 17 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 15 4 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 13 5 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 11 6 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 10 7 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 9 8 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 8 9 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 7 10 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 6 11 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 5 12 Roberto Petito (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 4 13 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 3 14 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 15 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1 Mountains Le Val - km 47.0 1 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 pts 2 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 2 3 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1 Le Ventu D'Alembon - km 62.1 1 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 3 pts 2 Niels Brouzes (Fra) Auber 93 2 3 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 Cap Blanc Nez - km 110 1 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 3 pts 2 Niels Brouzes (Fra) Auber 93 2 3 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1 Sprints Sprint 1 - km 56,100 1 Roberto Petito (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 4 pts 2 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 2 3 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 Sprint 2 - km 113,800 1 Niels Brouzes (Fra) Auber 93 4 pts 2 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 2 3 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1 Sprint 3 - km 142,700 1 Niels Brouzes (Fra) Auber 93 4 pts 2 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 2 3 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1 Young rider 1 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 3.42.34 2 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 3 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 4 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 5 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Milram 6 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Auber 93 7 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 8 Alberto Tiberio (Swi) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 9 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 10 Luca Ascani (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 11 Rene Mandri (Est) Auber 93 12 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 13 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 14 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Auber 93 15 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team CSC 16 Niels Brouzes (Fra) Auber 93 17 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 18 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 19 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 20 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Team Milram 21 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 22 Leonardo Moser (Ita) Acqua Sapone 23 Rino Zampilli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 24 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Skil-Shimano 25 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 26 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 27 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 28 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 29 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 30 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 31 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 32 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 33 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 34 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.49 35 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.16 36 Piotr Zielinski (Pol) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 1.23 37 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 38 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 39 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 40 Jean-Paul Simon (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 41 Jure Zrimsek (Slo) Acqua Sapone 42 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 43 Kilian Patour (Fra) Credit Agricole 44 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 45 Nick Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 46 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 47 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 48 Julien Mazet (Fra) Auber 93 49 Emilien Benoit Berges (Fra) Auber 93 50 Honorio Machado Perez (Ven) Team Tenax Salmilano 3.10 51 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 52 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 53 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 54 Steven Cummings (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 55 Emanuele Rizza (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 56 Iker Leonet Iza (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 57 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC 58 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 59 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 60 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 61 Alexandre Bazhenov (Rus) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 62 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 63 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 64 Diego Nosotti (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 65 Walter Morales (Col) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 66 David Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 12.57 67 Mariano Giallorenzo (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 68 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 69 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 70 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 71 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 18.48 Teams 1 Quick.Step - Innergetic 11.07.42 2 Team Milram 3 Team Tenax Salmilano 4 Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 5 Davitamon-Lotto 6 Auber 93 7 Skil-Shimano 8 Unibet.com 9 Française des Jeux 10 Team Wiesenhof Akud 11 Bouygues Telecom 12 Acqua Sapone 13 Credit Agricole 14 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 15 Naturino - Sapore Di Mare 16 Team CSC 17 Health Net Presented By Maxxis 18 Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 19 Ag2R Prevoyance 20 Selle Italia - Serramenti Diquigiovanni 21 Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 1.23 22 Agritubel 4.09 23 Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 5.56 General classification after stage 1 1 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 3.42.14 2 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 0.08 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 0.12 4 Niels Brouzes (Fra) Auber 93 0.14 5 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 0.16 6 Roberto Petito (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 0.17 7 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.18 8 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 9 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.20 10 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 11 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 12 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 13 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 14 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 15 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 16 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 17 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 18 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 19 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Skil-Shimano 20 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Milram 21 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 22 Christian Murro (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 23 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Auber 93 24 Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 25 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 26 Alberto Tiberio (Swi) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 27 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 28 Andrus Aug (Est) Acqua Sapone 29 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2R Prevoyance 30 Luca Ascani (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 31 Rene Mandri (Est) Auber 93 32 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 33 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 34 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 35 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 36 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 37 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 38 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 39 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 40 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 41 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 42 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Auber 93 43 Angel Castresana Del Val (Spa) Unibet.com 44 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com 45 John Nilsson (Swe) Auber 93 46 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team CSC 47 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 48 Crescenzo D'amore (Ita) Acqua Sapone 49 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 50 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 51 Geert Omloop (Bel) Unibet.com 52 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française des Jeux 53 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 54 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 55 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 56 David Boucher (Fra) Unibet.com 57 Eric Berthou (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 58 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 59 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 60 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Team Milram 61 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 62 Mike Sayers (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 63 Leonardo Moser (Ita) Acqua Sapone 64 Johan Coenen (Bel) Unibet.com 65 Stéphane Auge (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 66 Rino Zampilli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 67 Niklas Axelsson (Swe) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 68 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 69 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Skil-Shimano 70 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 71 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 72 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 73 Andrea Rossi (Ita) Acqua Sapone 74 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 75 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 76 Karl Menzies (Aus) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 77 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 78 David Mcpartland (Aus) Team Tenax Salmilano 79 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 80 Stephano Cavallari (Ita) Acqua Sapone 81 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 82 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 83 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 84 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 85 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 86 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 87 Stéphane Petilleau (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 88 Edgardo Simon (Arg) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 89 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 90 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Credit Agricole 91 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 92 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 93 Isaac Galvez Lopez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 94 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Acqua Sapone 95 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 96 Stéphane Bonsergent (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 97 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.09 98 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.36 99 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 100 Piotr Zielinski (Pol) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 1.43 101 Benoît Salmon (Fra) Agritubel 102 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 103 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 104 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 105 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 106 Jean-Paul Simon (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 107 Gilles Canouet (Fra) Agritubel 108 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Unibet.com 109 Jure Zrimsek (Slo) Acqua Sapone 110 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 111 Florent Brard (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 112 Kilian Patour (Fra) Credit Agricole 113 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel 114 Michael Jones (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 115 Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 116 Jakob Piil (Den) Team CSC 117 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Agritubel 118 Noan Lelarge (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 119 Jeffry Louder (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 120 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 121 Nick Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 122 Laurent Brochard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 123 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 124 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 125 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 126 Yann Pivois (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 127 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 128 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 129 Maxime Mederel (Fra) Auber 93 130 Julien Mazet (Fra) Auber 93 131 Emilien Benoit Berges (Fra) Auber 93 132 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua Sapone 133 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 134 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.04 135 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) Agritubel 2.05 136 Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 137 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 138 Freddy Gonzalez Martinez (Col) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 139 Honorio Machado Perez (Ven) Team Tenax Salmilano 3.30 140 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 141 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 142 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 143 Steven Cummings (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 144 Sébastien Duret (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 145 Emanuele Rizza (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 146 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 147 Iker Leonet Iza (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 148 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC 149 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 150 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française des Jeux 151 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 152 Kirk O'bee (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 153 Antonio Quadranti (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 154 Stuart O'grady (Aus) Team CSC 155 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 156 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 157 Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 158 Alexandre Bazhenov (Rus) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 159 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 160 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 161 Paul Manning (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 162 Diego Nosotti (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 163 Walter Morales (Col) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 164 David Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 13.17 165 Gregor Willwohl (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 166 Mariano Giallorenzo (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 167 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 168 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 169 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 170 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Agritubel 171 Denis Robin (Fra) Agritubel 13.37 172 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 19.08 173 Jurgen Van Loocke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 19.13 Points classification 1 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 20 pts 2 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 17 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Credit Agricole 15 4 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 13 5 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 11 6 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 10 7 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 9 8 Niels Brouzes (Fra) Auber 93 8 9 Roberto Petito (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 8 10 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 8 11 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 7 12 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 6 13 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 5 14 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 4 15 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 3 16 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 2 16 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 2 16 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2 19 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1 20 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 Mountains classification 1 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 6 pts 2 Niels Brouzes (Fra) Auber 93 4 3 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Française des Jeux 3 4 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 2 5 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 1 5 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1 7 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 Young rider classification 1 Niels Brouzes (Fra) Auber 93 3.42.28 2 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 0.02 3 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.04 4 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 5 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 0.06 6 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 7 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 8 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 9 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Milram 10 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Auber 93 11 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 12 Alberto Tiberio (Swi) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 13 Luca Ascani (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 14 Rene Mandri (Est) Auber 93 15 Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 16 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 17 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Auber 93 18 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team CSC 19 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 20 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 21 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 22 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Team Milram 23 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 24 Leonardo Moser (Ita) Acqua Sapone 25 Rino Zampilli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 26 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Skil-Shimano 27 Mathieu Perget (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 28 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 29 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 30 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 31 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 32 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 33 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Credit Agricole 34 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.55 35 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.22 36 Piotr Zielinski (Pol) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 1.29 37 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 38 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 39 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 40 Jean-Paul Simon (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 41 Jure Zrimsek (Slo) Acqua Sapone 42 Garrett Peltonen (USA) Health Net Presented By Maxxis 43 Kilian Patour (Fra) Credit Agricole 44 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 45 Nick Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 46 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 47 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 48 Julien Mazet (Fra) Auber 93 49 Emilien Benoit Berges (Fra) Auber 93 50 Honorio Machado Perez (Ven) Team Tenax Salmilano 3.16 51 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 52 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 53 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 54 Steven Cummings (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 55 Emanuele Rizza (Ita) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 56 Iker Leonet Iza (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 57 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC 58 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 59 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 60 Antoine Dalibard (Fra) Groupe Sportif Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 61 Alexandre Bazhenov (Rus) Naturino-Sapore Di Mare 62 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 63 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 64 Diego Nosotti (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 65 Walter Morales (Col) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 66 David Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 13.03 67 Mariano Giallorenzo (Ita) Selle Italia-Serramenti Diquigiovanni 68 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 69 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 70 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 71 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 18.54 Teams classification 1 Quick.Step - Innergetic 11.07.42 2 Team Milram 3 Team Tenax Salmilano 4 Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 5 Davitamon-Lotto 6 Auber 93 7 Skil-Shimano 8 Unibet.com 9 Française des Jeux 10 Team Wiesenhof Akud 11 Bouygues Telecom 12 Acqua Sapone 13 Credit Agricole 14 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 15 Naturino - Sapore Di Mare 16 Team CSC 17 Health Net Presented By Maxxis 18 Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 19 Ag2R Prevoyance 20 Selle Italia - Serramenti Diquigiovanni 21 Bretagne-Jean Floc'h 1.23 22 Agritubel 4.09 23 Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 5.56
