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KBC Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde - 2.HC
Belgium, April 3-5, 2007
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Stage 1 - April 3: Middelkerke - Zottegem, 192 km
Paolini ready for Flanders
Compatriot Ballan in best position for overall win
By Brecht Decaluwé in Middelkerke
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Luca Paolini from the Liquigas team has won the first stage in the Driedaagse De Panne and will go into stage 2 as leader. Paolini beat compatriot Alessandro Ballan (Lampre) in a two-man sprint after a hard finale featuring some classic Flemish hills.
The Italian duo managed to get away from an eleven man group on the last climb of the day. Ballan did most of the work with the eye toward the overall win, granting his compatriot an easy sprint victory.
"I worked hard for this win," said Paolini. "Ballan was interested in the overall win, so our attack worked well, because I was looking for the stage," the former Vuelta a España stage winner explained. The Italian had performed strongly in the E3-prijs Harelbeke, but with this win, he puts himself among the favourites for the Tour of Flanders. "After Milano-Sanremo, I had a cough but I got over it, and this win shows that I am on form for Flanders. I might do something in the other days in De Panne, but I will also save myself for Flanders," Paolini continued.
Ballan pulled hard in front of Paolini during the final kilometres which tired him out for the sprint. "My main goal was to put Joost Posthuma (Rabobank) on as much distance (behind) as possible, and I had a good partner in Paolini," the winner of last year's Trofeo Laigueglia said. "I can recuperate in the upcoming stages to have a go in the final time trial," Ballan explained his aims for the overall win. The 27 year-old also looked back on his crash in the GP Chiasso one month ago. "All the problems I had since that crash have passed, so on Sunday I will be ready."
As promised before the race, Quickstep didn't use their strongest weapon today. They sent Steegmans and Hulsmans to the front line. The latter didn't respond the attacks from Ballan and later Paolini pointed out that he was waiting on a group with Steegmans. "When Paolini attacked, I had to pass," Hulsmans said. His typical role of a domestique was handed over to team leader Tom Boonen.
"Tom worked as a domestique today as he brought us the water bottles. He was the ideal domestique," Hulsmans laughed. "In the Tour of Flanders, we'll be the ideal domestiques for him."
How it unfolded
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Cold and windy Middelkerke at the Belgian coast hosted the start of the Driedaagse De Panne 2007. The peloton got away with some riders being late to sign in; Leif Hoste (Predictor) and Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) had to work their way through the crowds to get in touch with their teammates. During the first hour, some riders must have been sleeping given the crashes, but the rain might've been a factor as well. After 45 kilometres, the first attacks were launched and from then on, the peloton speeded through the Flemish countryside.
The classic breakaway of the day, featuring Jan Kuyckx (Tönisteiner), set off after 90 kilometres on the Edelare climb. Despite a maximal advantage of two minutes, Kuyckx was caught by the peloton 65km later, and the finale began with 45km to go. A few minutes later, Frederik Willems (Liquigas) and Sergiy Matveyev (Ceramica Panaria) were the first to get away and they were later joined by Posthuma, Ballan, Hulsmans, Bert Roesems (Predictor), Marcus Eichler (Unibet), Paolini, Frédéric Guesdon (Française Des Jeux), Benoît Joachim (Astana), and David Boucher (Tönisteiner).
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In the peloton, there were some nasty crashes featuring Roy Sentjens (Predictor), Gabriele Balducci (Acqua Sapone) and later on also Niko Eeckhout (Chocolade Jacques). The frame of the Belgian champion's bike broken, but he was able to continue. Meanwhile Guesdon, Joachim, Willems, and Boucher were dropped after the cobbles of the Haaghoek and the Leberg climb.
On the Stuivenberg – the last climb of the day – Ballan attacked the group. Paolini was the only one who could come back, and the Italian duo stormed towards the finish. Time trial specialists Roesems and Posthuma worked hard to reduce the gap with the leaders while Hulsmans stayed at the back. In front of them, Ballan did most of the work with the eye toward the overall, thereby granting Paoloni an easy sprint victory. The sprint for third place in the group of five was easily won by Kevin Hulsmans.
Photography
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- Tom Boonen (Quickstep-Innergetic) signs in.
- Tom Boonen (Quickstep - Innergetic) riding along.
- Kevin Hulsmans (Quickstep - Innergetic)
- Peter Van Petegem (Quickstep - Innergetic) and Niko Eeckhout (Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen) talk.
- Gerald Ciolek (T-Mobile)
- Jan Kuyckx (Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner) solo early in the race.
- Jan Kuyckx (Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner) gathers the points for the points jersey.
- The Museeuw car at 3 Days of De Panne.
- Jan Kuyckx (Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner) looks smooth on the cobbles.
- Leif Hoste (Predictor - Lotto)
- Niko Eeckhout (Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen) is known as 'Rambo' in the peloton.
- Boonen looks ahead.
- Teammates Gert Steegmans and Peter Van Petegem (Quickstep - Innergetic).
- Stijn Devolder (Discovery Channel) is building for this weekends Ronde Van Vlaanderen.
- Stijn Devolder (Discovery Channel) on the cobbles.
- Tom Boonen (Quickstep - Innergetic)
- Tomas Vaitkus (Discovery Channel) rode strong today.
- Bert Roesems (Predictor - Lotto) leads escape.
- The escape.
- The peloton is chasing.
- Luca Paolini (Liquigas) takes the win.
- Luca Paolini (Liquigas) completes an Italian 1-2.
- Luca Paolini (Liquigas) with GC jersey.
- Jan Kuyckx (Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner) takes the points jersey.
- Podium time for Jan Kuyckx (Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner)
Images by Brecht Decaluwé/Cyclingnews.com
- Merckx supplies the bike of the Belgian champion, Niko Eeckhout
- Unibet's promotion team... it was cold at the Belgian coast in Middelkerke
- Koen Terryn from Unibet.com
- Fred Rodriguez was ill but aims to get ready for the Tour of Flanders, and if not ready he'll go for Gent-Wevelgem
- Marc Sergeant, Predictor-Lotto Directeur Sportif
- Servais Knaven with a last minute mechanical
- Andreas Klier is unsure about his participation in the Tour of Flanders
Results
1 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 4.30.27 (42,596 km/h) 2 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 0.11 4 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 5 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 6 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 7 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 8 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.46 9 Janek Tombak (Est) Jartazi Promo Fashion 10 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com 11 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 12 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 13 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 14 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 15 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 16 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana 17 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 18 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel 1.20 19 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 2.27 20 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 21 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 22 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Wiesenhof-Felt 23 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 24 Nico Mattan (Bel) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 25 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 26 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 27 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 28 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux 29 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance 30 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 31 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 32 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 33 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 34 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 35 Peter Velits (Svk) Wiesenhof-Felt 36 Christian Murro (Ita) Tenax-Menikini 37 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 38 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 39 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 40 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile 41 Bas Giling (Ned) Wiesenhof-Felt 42 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 43 Geert Omloop (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 44 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 45 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 46 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 47 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 48 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram 49 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffč Mokambo 50 Steve Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel 51 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 52 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 53 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 54 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 55 Martin Velits (Svk) Wiesenhof-Felt 56 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 57 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 58 Yohann Gčne (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 59 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Prodir 60 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 61 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 62 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 63 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 64 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 65 Filippo Savini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 66 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 67 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 68 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram 69 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 70 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Acqua & Sapone-Caffč Mokambo 71 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 72 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Milram 73 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 74 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Intel-Action 75 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 76 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 77 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 78 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel 79 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 80 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 81 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 82 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 83 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana 84 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6.08 85 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile 86 Nikolai Trussov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 87 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 88 Koen Barbé (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 89 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 90 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 91 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 92 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 93 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 94 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 95 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com 96 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Milram 97 Kristian House (GBr) Navigators Insurance 98 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana 99 Saďd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 100 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com 101 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 102 Martin Müller (Swi) Milram 103 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 104 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 105 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 106 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.11 107 Rhys Pollock (Aus) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 108 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 109 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Unibet.com 110 Robby Meul (Bel) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 111 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française Des Jeux 112 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 113 Andrea Rossi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffč Mokambo 14.23 114 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Intel-Action 115 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 116 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 117 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile 118 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 119 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 120 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 121 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 122 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 123 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 124 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Navigators Insurance 125 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 126 Dan Fleeman (GBr) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 127 Alessandro Bertuola (Ita) Tenax-Menikini 128 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 129 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile 130 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile 131 Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 132 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 133 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 134 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 135 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 136 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Acqua & Sapone-Caffč Mokambo 137 Ilya Chernetsky (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 138 Sven Nevens (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 139 Tom Steels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 140 Nick Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 141 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Jartazi Promo Fashion 142 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) Tenax-Menikini 143 Mario Ickx (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 144 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Tenax-Menikini 145 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 146 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 147 Jens Mouris (Ned) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 148 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 149 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 150 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 151 Troels Ronning Vinther (Den) Unibet.com 152 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 153 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 154 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone-Caffč Mokambo 155 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 156 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile 157 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 158 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 159 Jeremy Vennel (NZl) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 160 Ben Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance 161 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel 162 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance 163 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel 164 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 165 Kyle Wamsley (USA) Navigators Insurance 166 Jaroslaw Zarebski (Pol) Intel-Action 15.59 167 Jurgen François (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 168 Anton Mindlin (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 169 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile 170 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 171 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 17.41 172 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffč Mokambo 173 Sergio Lagana (Ita) Tenax-Menikini 174 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt DNF Raúl Alarcón (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Française Des Jeux DNF Fabrice Piemontesi (Ita) Tenax-Menikini DNF Luca Sabatino (Ita) Tenax-Menikini DNF Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance DNF Robert Radosz (Pol) Intel-Action DNF Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) Intel-Action DNF Marcin Osinski (Pol) Intel-Action Points 1 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 20 pts 2 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 18 3 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 16 4 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 14 5 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 12 6 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 10 7 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 9 8 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 8 9 Janek Tombak (Est) Jartazi Promo Fashion 7 10 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com 6 11 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 5 12 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 4 13 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 3 14 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 2 15 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 1 Sprints Zottegem - km 120 1 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 3 pts 2 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 2 3 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 Zottegem - km 156 1 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3 pts 2 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 2 3 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1 Mountains Edelare - km 90 1 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 5 pts 2 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 3 3 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 1 Leberg - km 102 1 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 5 pts 2 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3 3 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 1 Berendries - km 106 1 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 5 pts 2 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 3 3 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 Stuivenberg - km 113 1 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 5 pts 2 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 3 3 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 Leberg - km 135 1 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 5 pts 2 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 3 3 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 1 Berendries - km 139 1 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 5 pts 2 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 3 3 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 Eikenmolen - km 146 1 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 5 pts 2 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 3 3 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 1 Stuivenberg - km 150 1 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 5 pts 2 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com 3 3 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 Leberg - km 171 1 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5 pts 2 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 3 3 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 1 General classification after stage 1 1 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 4.30.17 2 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.04 3 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 0.17 4 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 0.18 5 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 0.20 6 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 0.21 7 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 8 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.56 9 Janek Tombak (Est) Jartazi Promo Fashion 10 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com 11 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 12 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 13 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 14 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 15 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 16 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana 17 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 18 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel 1.30 19 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.36 20 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 2.37 21 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 22 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 23 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Wiesenhof-Felt 24 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 25 Nico Mattan (Bel) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 26 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 27 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 28 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 29 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux 30 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance 31 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 32 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 33 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 34 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas 35 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 36 Peter Velits (Svk) Wiesenhof-Felt 37 Christian Murro (Ita) Tenax-Menikini 38 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 39 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 40 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 41 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile 42 Bas Giling (Ned) Wiesenhof-Felt 43 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 44 Geert Omloop (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 45 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 46 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 47 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 48 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 49 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram 50 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffč Mokambo 51 Steve Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel 52 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 53 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 54 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 55 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 56 Martin Velits (Svk) Wiesenhof-Felt 57 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 58 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 59 Yohann Gčne (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 60 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Prodir 61 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 62 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 63 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 64 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 65 Filippo Savini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 66 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 67 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 68 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram 69 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 70 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Acqua & Sapone-Caffč Mokambo 71 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 72 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Milram 73 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 74 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Intel-Action 75 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 76 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 77 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 78 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel 79 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 80 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 81 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 82 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 83 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana 84 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 6.16 85 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6.18 86 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile 87 Nikolai Trussov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 88 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 89 Koen Barbé (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 90 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 91 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 92 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 93 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 94 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 95 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 96 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com 97 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Milram 98 Kristian House (GBr) Navigators Insurance 99 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana 100 Saďd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 101 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com 102 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 103 Martin Müller (Swi) Milram 104 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 105 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 106 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.21 107 Rhys Pollock (Aus) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 108 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 109 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Unibet.com 110 Robby Meul (Bel) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 111 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française Des Jeux 112 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 113 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 14.30 114 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 14.31 115 Andrea Rossi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffč Mokambo 14.33 116 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Intel-Action 117 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 118 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 119 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile 120 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 121 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 122 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 123 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 124 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 125 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Navigators Insurance 126 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 127 Dan Fleeman (GBr) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 128 Alessandro Bertuola (Ita) Tenax-Menikini 129 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile 130 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile 131 Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 132 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 133 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 134 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 135 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 136 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Acqua & Sapone-Caffč Mokambo 137 Ilya Chernetsky (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 138 Sven Nevens (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 139 Tom Steels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 140 Nick Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 141 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Jartazi Promo Fashion 142 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) Tenax-Menikini 143 Mario Ickx (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 144 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Tenax-Menikini 145 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 146 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 147 Jens Mouris (Ned) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 148 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 149 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 150 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 151 Troels Ronning Vinther (Den) Unibet.com 152 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 153 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 154 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone-Caffč Mokambo 155 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 156 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile 157 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 158 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 159 Jeremy Vennel (NZl) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 160 Ben Brooks (Aus) Navigators Insurance 161 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel 162 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance 163 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel 164 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto 165 Kyle Wamsley (USA) Navigators Insurance 166 Jaroslaw Zarebski (Pol) Intel-Action 16.09 167 Jurgen François (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 168 Anton Mindlin (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 169 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile 170 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance 171 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 17.51 172 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffč Mokambo 173 Sergio Lagana (Ita) Tenax-Menikini 174 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt Points classification 1 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 20 pts 2 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 18 3 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 16 4 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 14 5 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 12 6 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 10 7 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 9 8 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 8 9 Janek Tombak (Est) Jartazi Promo Fashion 7 10 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com 6 11 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 5 12 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 4 13 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 3 14 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 2 15 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 1 Sprints classification 1 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3 pts 2 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 3 3 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 2 4 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 2 5 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1 6 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 Mountains classification 1 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 40 pts 2 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 20 3 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 10 4 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 9 5 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 4 6 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 4 7 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4 8 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com 3 9 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3 10 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 3 11 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 3 12 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 1 13 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1 14 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 1 15 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 1 16 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 1
