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KBC Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde - 2.HC
Belgium, April 3-5, 2007
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Stage 4 - April 5: De Panne - Koksijde - De Panne, 11 km
Devolder dominates day while Ballan claims overall
By Brecht Decaluwé in De Panne
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Only eleven riders had crossed the finish line in the ultimate 11km time trial of the 3-Days of De Panne – Koksijde when Stijn Devolder (Discovery Channel) set the fastest time for the day. It was only three o'clock when Devolder set his time, but he was more than a minute faster than anyone else; two hours later, the time trial was over and Devolder was still number one. He finished with an eight second margin on David Millar (Saunier Duval-Prodir).
"De Panne is a training ride for our team but in the TT I gave all I had," Devolder said. "Beating guys like Millar and Hoste makes me very happy. It's clear that I'm ready for the Ronde, it'll be something else than what we've seen during the last three weeks. I'll try to finish as close as possible," Devolder said.
Besides the battle for stage victory there were more important things at stake for the GC riders. Italian Luca Paolini (Liquigas) entered the time trial with 10 seconds on compatriot Alessandro Ballan (Lampre); Paolini almost crashed at the start and didn't push on, so Ballan claimed the overall victory keeping a six second margin on Joost Posthuma (Rabobank).
"I did all out," said Ballan after the time trial. "I did not expect to go so strong as I am not a specialist but I was able to play my cards. There were some strong adversaries, like Joost Posthuma." Asked about what this win means, the man from Castelfranco Veneto was clear. "This is good for my morale, after a season that started with a crash. This is the proof that I am at the top. I am almost 100% and I am very happy with my condition."
With this win, Ballan goes into Sunday's Tour of Flanders as a clear favorite, something he doesn't mind. "I was up there in the past, sixth and seventh," Ballan said. "I just hope to be strong against someone like Boonen." Regarding the finale of the Ronde van Vlaanderen, Ballan wasn't worried too much. "I have not seen the finale of the Ronde yet this year, but I hope to have a look at some key muren tomorrow with the team. The course is different but it will be like the last year's, hard."
How it unfolded
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Only 120 riders were allowed to start in the final time trial. Rumours reached us saying that some riders deliberately finished outside the top 120. Twelve riders did not take the start. Peter Van Petegem (Quickstep), Baden Cooke (Unibet), and Matthew White (Discovery Channel) were among them.
Devolder set the fastest time early in the afternoon crossing the finish line after 13'25". It took ages before anyone came close to the Belgian's time, but even former time trial world champion David Millar still needed eight more seconds to have overtaken Devolder. His teammate Raivis Belohvosciks came close,too. The Latvian muscleman stormed towards a provisional third place at 19" while Olaf Pollack (Wiesenhof) was in fourth at 22".
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When the GC favourites got underway, the top ten changed quite a bit, but the lead duo's times were untouchable. Tomas Vaitkus (Discovery Channel), Sébastien Rosseler (Quickstep), and Vladimir Gusev (Discovery Channel) came near the Belgian's time at the intermediate point. Gusev was only three seconds slower. Predictor's "long shanks" Bert Roesems, who had the overall win in mind. The Belgian was fourth at the intermediate point, but lost time on the second part of the course. Roesems was 23 seconds down on Devolder but was the current overall leader.
Dutch specialist Posthuma rode a more determined race finishing in the same time as Belohvosciks, taking over the GC lead from Roesems. Sergiy Matveyev (Panaria) was unable to hold on to his podium spot as Ballan was certain to ride faster than the Uzbekistani rider.
Ballan took a relatively calm start before hammering to the finish line. The man from Castelfranco Veneto finished tenth but he kept six second surplus on Posthuma. Meanwhile, Luca Paolini gathered three bonus seconds during the morning stage, but the Italian missed his start completely. His gears somehow blocked him and he almost crashed off the starting podium. Halfway through the time trial, the Italian stopped pushing; he knew his GC victory was gone.
Photography
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- Stijn Devolder (Discovery Channel) flying to the victory.
- Devolder charges over the cobbles.
- Vladimir Gusev (Discovery Channel) rode a great TT to finish third.
- David Millar (Saunier Duval) keeps low and focused.
- Millar was just seven seconds off the win today.
- Belgian TT champion Leif Hoste (Predictor-Lotto).
- Hoste has recovered well from injury, just in time for the Tour of Flanders.
- Alessandro Ballan (Lampre-Fondital) going full gas on the pavé.
- Bert Roesems (Predictor-Lotto) stormed to third overall.
- Roesems crosses the line for eight place.
- Stijn Devolder (Discovery) receives congratulations from the minister-president of Flanders, Yves Leterme.
- 'Excuse me... who actually won this race?'
- Devolder gets his moment of glory.
- Alesandro Ballan (Lampre-Fondital) with his winner's trophy...
- ...and another one.
- Big Bert Roesems towers over most people.
- A happy Roesems with his children on the De Panne podium.
- The final top three (l-r): Joost Posthuma (Rabobank), Alessandro Ballan (Lampre-Fondital) and Bert Roesems (Predictor-Lotto).
Images by Brecht Decaluwé/Cyclingnews.com
- This is the way to go guys!
- Some hikers were also interested in the time trial.
- David Millar (Saunier Duval) focusing before the start of his time trial.
- Millar pounding away on the cobbles.
- Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank) completely focused on the task that lies ahead.
- Nico Mattan (DFL-Cyclingnews) warming up, still relaxed.
- Jeremy Venell (DFL-Cyclingnews) didn't make it into the top 120 and wasn't allowed to start. He had some tough days behind him riding alongside ProTour teams. "The distance is the biggest problem, for instance on Tuesday we did more than 200km!," Venell said.
- The hard life of a cyclist... Rhys Pollock (DFL-Cyclingnews) put in a huge effort on Wednesday but recovered pretty well. "If you don't try, you're just part of the bunch," Pollock said, "and to tell you the truth, I didn't know that there were two other guys in front of me."
- Bert Roesems and Roy Sentjes (Predictor-Lotto) warming up for the time trial.
- Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital) removed the cotton wool before riding the time trial.
- Markus Eichler (Unibet.com) doesn't have much experience in time trials. "It's the first time I'm competing in such a quality field," Eichler said. The German finished 37th and managed to keep his top-10 spot on GC.
- Joost Posthuma (Rabobank) came close to the overall win but was six seconds short of Alessandro Ballan.
- Vladimir Gusev (Discovery Channel) during his cooling down session after the time trial.
- All riders have crossed the finish line and two hours after his ride, Stijn Devolder (Discovery Channel) can head to the podium to claim his flowers.
- Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital)
- Alessandro Ballan (Lampre-Fondital) talking with Flemish TV stations.
Results
1 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 13.25.7 (49,193 km/h) 2 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.07.9 3 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 0.09.9 4 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 0.16.5 5 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.18.7 6 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 0.19.0 7 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 0.21.5 8 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 0.23.0 9 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel 0.24.0 10 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.26.2 11 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Milram 0.31.5 12 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 0.32.1 13 Steve Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel 0.38.8 14 Nikolai Trussov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.42.7 15 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 0.43.4 16 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.45.7 17 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.46.0 18 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.47.3 19 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 0.49.2 20 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 0.50.0 21 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile 0.50.2 22 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 0.50.3 23 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 0.50.8 24 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 25 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.51.6 26 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 0.52.0 27 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 0.52.6 28 Bas Giling (Ned) Wiesenhof-Felt 0.53.0 29 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 0.54.1 30 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 0.55.0 31 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 0.57.1 32 Nico Mattan (Bel) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 0.57.6 33 Martin Velits (Svk) Wiesenhof-Felt 0.57.9 34 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 0.58.4 35 Peter Velits (Svk) Wiesenhof-Felt 0.59.4 36 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 0.59.5 37 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 1.00.9 38 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance 1.02.6 39 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.04.6 40 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 1.05.0 41 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Intel-Action 1.06.3 42 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram 1.09.2 43 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com 1.09.5 44 Filippo Savini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 45 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana 1.09.7 46 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Jartazi Promo Fashion 1.10.2 47 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffč Mokambo 1.12.4 48 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 1.14.8 49 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1.15.7 50 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 1.16.0 51 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 1.16.4 52 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.16.7 53 Geert Omloop (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 1.16.9 54 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile 1.17.5 55 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 1.17.9 56 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.18.1 57 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Milram 1.19.5 58 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile 1.20.9 59 Kristian House (GBr) Navigators Insurance 1.21.4 60 Martin Müller (Swi) Milram 1.21.5 61 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 1.23.1 62 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 1.28.2 63 Yohann Gčne (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.28.8 64 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 1.29.3 65 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 1.29.5 66 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com 1.29.7 67 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.29.8 68 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.30.7 69 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Acqua & Sapone-Caffč Mokambo 1.31.4 70 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 1.32.3 71 Christian Murro (Ita) Tenax-Menikini 1.33.1 72 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 1.33.5 73 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 1.33.6 74 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 1.35.5 75 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 1.38.5 76 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 1.39.5 77 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 1.40.8 78 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 1.41.1 79 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 1.41.4 80 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.42.7 81 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.43.6 82 Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 1.43.8 83 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana 1.46.5 84 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 1.48.3 85 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 1.48.4 86 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 1.51.3 87 Janek Tombak (Est) Jartazi Promo Fashion 1.53.0 88 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Unibet.com 1.54.7 89 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1.55.4 90 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 1.58.6 91 Tom Steels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2.00.3 92 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 2.03.8 93 Troels Ronning Vinther (Den) Unibet.com 2.06.1 94 Nick Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2.06.8 95 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux 2.09.4 96 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.14.0 97 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 2.14.3 98 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance 2.15.3 99 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.20.8 100 Robby Meul (Bel) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 2.23.2 101 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 2.25.9 102 Sven Nevens (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 2.27.2 103 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Wiesenhof-Felt 2.27.3 104 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 2.29.5 105 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 2.31.9 106 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) Tenax-Menikini 2.35.1 107 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.45.3 108 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com 2.58.8 TC Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen DNS Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic DNS Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNS Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNS Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNS Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel DNS Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel DNS Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram DNS Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram DNS Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank DNS Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana DNS Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com DNS Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner Points Arrivee - km 11 1 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 10 pts 2 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9 3 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 8 4 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 7 5 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 6 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 5 7 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 4 8 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 3 9 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel 2 10 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 Teams 1 Discovery Channel 2 Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.41 3 Quickstep-Innergetic 1.26 4 Lampre-Fondital 1.30 5 Wiesenhof-Felt 1.39 6 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1.40 7 Predictor-Lotto 1.49 8 Astana 2.09 9 Milram 2.27 10 Bouygues Telecom 2.35 11 Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 2.44 12 T-Mobile 2.55 13 Tinkoff Credit Systems 2.56 14 Liquigas 2.57 15 Rabobank 3.00 16 Unibet.com 3.07 17 Jartazi Promo Fashion 3.46 18 DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 3.51 19 Navigators Insurance 4.06 20 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 4.33 21 Française Des Jeux 5.33 Final general classification 1 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 12.48.07 (42,892 km/h) 2 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 0.06 3 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 0.11 4 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 0.17 5 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 0.38 6 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 0.45 7 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 0.49 8 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 0.54 9 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.55 10 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 1.06 11 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 12 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel 1.17 13 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com 1.33 14 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana 15 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 1.39 16 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.17 17 Janek Tombak (Est) Jartazi Promo Fashion 2.21 18 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.28 19 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 2.31 20 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Milram 2.41 21 Steve Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel 2.48 22 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.52 23 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.55 24 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 2.57 25 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 2.58 26 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 2.59 27 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3.00 28 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 29 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 30 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 3.06 31 Nico Mattan (Bel) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 3.07 32 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 3.09 33 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Intel-Action 3.11 34 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3.14 35 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3.16 36 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 3.18 37 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram 38 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffč Mokambo 3.22 39 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile 40 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 3.26 41 Geert Omloop (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 42 Bas Giling (Ned) Wiesenhof-Felt 3.27 43 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance 3.30 44 Peter Velits (Svk) Wiesenhof-Felt 3.34 45 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 3.37 46 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 47 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 3.38 48 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3.39 49 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.40 50 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 3.45 51 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 3.47 52 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 3.49 53 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank 3.50 54 Filippo Savini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3.54 55 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 3.55 56 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.02 57 Yohann Gčne (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.03 58 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 4.05 59 Christian Murro (Ita) Tenax-Menikini 4.07 60 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux 4.19 61 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4.23 62 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Wiesenhof-Felt 4.32 63 Martin Velits (Svk) Wiesenhof-Felt 6.04 64 Nikolai Trussov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 6.33 65 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 6.36 66 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 6.45 67 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6.50 68 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Acqua & Sapone-Caffč Mokambo 7.01 69 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 7.02 70 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 7.08 71 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Milram 7.10 72 Kristian House (GBr) Navigators Insurance 7.12 73 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 7.14 74 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux 7.33 75 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 7.38 76 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 7.45 77 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana 8.02 78 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 8.05 79 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com 8.10 80 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile 9.37 81 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 10.46 82 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 10.54 83 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 10.56 84 Martin Müller (Swi) Milram 11.07 85 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Unibet.com 11.13 86 Robby Meul (Bel) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 11.16 87 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 11.33 88 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com 11.45 89 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 14.28 90 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15.05 91 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 15.16 92 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile 15.21 93 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Jartazi Promo Fashion 15.40 94 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 15.43 95 Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 16.04 96 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 16.09 97 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 16.11 98 Troels Ronning Vinther (Den) Unibet.com 99 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance 16.15 100 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 16.27 101 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 16.30 102 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 16.31 103 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 16.37 104 Tom Steels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 16.41 105 Nick Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 16.47 106 Sven Nevens (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 16.57 107 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) Tenax-Menikini 17.15 108 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 28.08 Points classification 1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 37 pts 2 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 33 3 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 24 4 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 19 5 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel 18 6 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 17 7 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 16 8 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 14 9 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Wiesenhof-Felt 13 10 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 12 11 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 11 12 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel 11 13 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 11 14 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 10 15 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 10 16 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9 17 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile 8 18 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 7 19 Janek Tombak (Est) Jartazi Promo Fashion 7 20 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 7 21 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com 6 22 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 23 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt 6 24 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Intel-Action 5 25 Tom Steels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 5 26 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 4 27 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 3 28 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 1 Sprints classification 1 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance 7 pts 2 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3 3 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 3 4 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 3 5 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2 6 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 2 7 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 2 8 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1 9 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 10 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com 1 11 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 1 Mountains classification 1 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 45 pts 2 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 20 3 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 10 4 Christian Murro (Ita) Tenax-Menikini 9 5 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 9 6 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6 7 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5 8 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas 4 9 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 4 10 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 4 11 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com 3 12 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 3 13 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3 14 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 3 15 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 3 16 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1 17 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 1 18 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 1 19 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 1 20 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram 1 21 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1 22 Sven Nevens (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 1 Teams classification 1 Quickstep-Innergetic 38.26.55 2 Discovery Channel 1.34 3 Lampre-Fondital 1.44 4 Predictor-Lotto 2.09 5 Astana 3.04 6 Liquigas 3.11 7 Unibet.com 3.27 8 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3.41 9 Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.53 10 Rabobank 4.56 11 Wiesenhof-Felt 5.56 12 Milram 6.44 13 Bouygues Telecom 6.57 14 Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 7.01 15 Jartazi Promo Fashion 10.13 16 DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 11.59 17 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 12.31 18 Française Des Jeux 13.41 19 Tinkoff Credit Systems 14.40 20 T-Mobile 22.49 21 Navigators Insurance 24.30
