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6th Tour of Qatar - 2.1
Qatar, January 28-February 2, 2007
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Stage 3 - January 30: Dohat Salwa - Khalifa Stadium, 140 km
Boonen doubles in Qatar
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Stage three of the Tour of Qatar saw Tom Boonen stomp to victory for the second consecutive day, netting a third straight win for his Quick-Step team. After covering the 140kms of a windy course, the Belgian topped Italian Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) and Austrian Bernhard Eisel (T-Mobile).
"I already said before the start of this Tour of Qatar that it would be very important for me to be able to sprint against Alessandro Petacchi, and important to be able to beat him," noted the 26 year-old winner. "Today, I again managed to do so and I'm very satisfied. If you look at the last few seasons, I haven't really had the opportunity to sprint against him."
Boonen continued on how the team is working to dissect his rival, "Here, with my Quick-Step team, we have the opportunity to see how he sprints, how he prepares... We also have the possibility to work on a strategy to beat him. To win two sprints against Petacchi so early in the season is very good for the morale."
How it unfolded
Without Tom Steels who suffered a broken collarbone after falling during yesterday's sprint, the remaining 134 riders of the Tour of Qatar took off from Dohat Salwa on the western coast of the country heading the 140 kilometres to Khalifa Stadium. Slightly cloudy weather greeted the riders, and they enjoyed a strong tailwind for the first 60 kilometres of the race; making for 57.5 kms covered by the pack in the first hour.
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Frenchman Freddy Bichot (Agritubel) was the first to attack, only two kilometres into the race, but he was caught just five kiometres later. Several other attempts were made, but the pack was being controlled by the sprinters' teams.
At kilometre 35 Gert Steegmans (Quick-Step) won the intermediate sprint ahead of Maarten Tjallingii (Skil-Shimano) and Sébastien Rosseler (Quick-Step). These three riders were joined by eight others in a brief escape move that was eventually caught by a pack led by the Milram and Rabobank teams. The second intermediate sprint (km 59) was won by Francesco Chicchi (Liquigas) ahead of Jean-Patrick Nazon (Ag2r Prévoyance) and Marcel Sieberg (Milram).
The head winds hit as the riders started heading east back to Doha, dropping the pace considerably (33.4 kilometres covered during the 2nd hour) allowing one man to break away. Paul Healion (Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely) gave it a go, and saw his lead rapidly increase from 1'35 at km 85 to 5'20 at km 94. Two other riders, Eric Baumann (T-Mobile) and Romain Feillu (Agritubel), tried to go across to the man from Ireland, who enjoyed a seven minute maximum advantage over the peloton at km 99.
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However, once the course tipped slightly downhill, the gaps started dropping. and the chasing duo moved closer to the stage leader. At km 106, Baumann and Feillu were just 3' adrift and the pack at 5'20. As the sprinters teams poured on the effort, the gaps continued to fall, and then it was all over for Healion and his two late breakaway companions, who were caught with less than 10 kilometres to go.
In the bunch sprint, Tom Boonen proved his early season form to power to his second straight win, beating Alessandro Petacchi and Bernhard Eisel. The Belgian continues to keep control of the leader's golden jersey.
Photography
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- Two Astana riders relax before the stage start
- Riders push along in stage 3 of the Tour of Qatar
- Peloton rolls along in stage 3 of the Tour of Qatar
- Flat countryside for the riders in the 6th Tour of Qatar
- Traffic was going one way for the peloton.
- Two fans watch as race goes by
- A sprint finish to stage 3 of Qatar
- Boonen flies over Eisel and Petacchi
- Boonen takes win for 2nd day in a row in the Tour of Qatar
- Boonen over Petacchi in stage 3 of the Tour of Qatar
- Boonen on the podium for winning the stage
Results
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 3.25.06 (40.51 km/h) 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram 3 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile 4 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 5 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor-Lotto 6 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 7 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 8 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile 9 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Agritubel 10 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 12 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 14 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 15 Nick Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 16 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 17 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 18 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 19 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 20 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step 21 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 22 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 23 Mikel Gaztañaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel 24 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 25 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 26 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana 27 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 28 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 29 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.05 30 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 31 Rieno Stofferis (Bel) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 32 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 33 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 34 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 35 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step 36 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 37 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas 38 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 39 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 40 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 41 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana 42 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 43 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 44 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick-Step 45 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 46 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 47 Christophe Beddegenoodts (Bel) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 48 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 49 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 50 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 51 Badr Banihammad (UAE) Doha Team 52 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 53 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 54 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 55 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran 56 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 57 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 58 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile 59 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 60 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 61 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 62 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 63 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R Prévoyance 64 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile 65 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 66 Johannes Frohlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 67 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 68 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 69 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 70 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 71 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 0.14 72 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram 73 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel 74 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 75 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 76 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.19 77 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick-Step 0.20 78 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step 0.27 79 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.30 80 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile 81 Stéphane Poulhiès (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 82 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.40 83 Mohamed Bin Took (UAE) Doha Team 0.52 84 Mohammed Hussain (Brn) Doha Team 85 Christian Müller (Ger) Skil-Shimano 86 Radhwan Al-moraqab (Qat) Doha Team 87 Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra) Agritubel 88 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Milram 89 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team 90 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 91 Hossein Iri Nateghi (IRI) Iran 92 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 93 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Doha Team 94 Tareq Esmaeili (Qat) Doha Team 95 Mohammad Mozafari (IRI) Iran 96 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 97 Alireza Haghi (IRI) Iran 98 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile 99 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 100 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2R Prévoyance 101 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram 102 Glenn Bak (Den) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 103 Renaud Dion (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 104 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 105 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 106 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 107 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 108 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 109 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 110 Tim Meeussen (Bel) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 111 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 112 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 113 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 114 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 115 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 116 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 117 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (IRI) Iran 118 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 119 Mohammad Rajablou (IRI) Iran 120 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick-Step 121 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 122 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Agritubel 123 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.40 124 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Prodir 125 Denis Robin (Fra) Agritubel 1.55 126 Alireza Ashgarzadeh (IRI) Iran 127 Ahmed Al Doseri (Brn) Doha Team 128 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick-Step 129 Paul Healion (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 1.57 130 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 131 Hamid Shiri Sisah (IRI) Iran 0.05 132 Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Skil-Shimano 133 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 134 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana DNS Tom Steels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto DNS Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval-Prodir Sprint 1 (Km 35) 1 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick-Step 3 pts 2 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2 3 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick-Step 1 Sprint 2 (Km 59) 1 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 3 pts 2 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 2 3 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram 1 Sprint 3 (Km 140) 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 30 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram 27 3 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile 25 4 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 23 5 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor-Lotto 21 6 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 19 7 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 17 8 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile 15 9 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Agritubel 13 10 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11 11 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 10 12 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9 13 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 8 14 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 7 15 Nick Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 6 16 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 5 17 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 4 18 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3 19 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2 20 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step 1 Young rider 1 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 3.25.06 2 Nick Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 3 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 5 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 6 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 7 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.05 8 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 11 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 Christophe Beddegenoodts (Bel) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 14 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 15 Badr Banihammad (UAE) Doha Team 16 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 17 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 18 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 19 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 20 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 21 Johannes Frohlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 23 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram 0.14 25 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 26 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.19 27 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick-Step 0.20 28 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.30 29 Stéphane Poulhiès (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 30 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.40 31 Mohamed Bin Took (UAE) Doha Team 0.52 32 Christian Müller (Ger) Skil-Shimano 33 Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra) Agritubel 34 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team 35 Hossein Iri Nateghi (IRI) Iran 36 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Doha Team 37 Mohammad Mozafari (IRI) Iran 38 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 39 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2R Prévoyance 40 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram 41 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 42 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 43 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 44 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 45 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 46 Mohammad Rajablou (IRI) Iran 47 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Agritubel 48 Alireza Ashgarzadeh (IRI) Iran 1.55 49 Hamid Shiri Sisah (IRI) Iran 0.05 50 Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Skil-Shimano 51 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom Teams 1 Predictor - Lotto 10.15.18 2 T-Mobile Team 3 Skil-Shimano 4 Agritubel 5 Team Milram 0.05 6 Quick Step - Innergetic 7 Gerolsteiner 8 Saunier Duval - Prodir 9 Astana 10 Liquigas 11 Ag2R Prevoyance 12 Bouygues Telecom 0.10 13 Rabobank 14 Chocolade Jacques - Topsport 0.15 15 Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 16 Iran 1.02 17 Doha Team 1.49 General Classification 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 6.33.09 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram 0.13 3 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step 0.17 4 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick-Step 0.21 5 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 0.24 6 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 0.25 7 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 8 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step 9 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 0.27 10 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile 11 Nick Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 0.29 12 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 13 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 0.30 14 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 0.31 15 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile 16 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 0.32 17 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas 18 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 19 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 20 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana 0.33 21 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 0.34 22 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 23 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 25 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 26 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 27 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.36 28 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 29 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 30 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.38 31 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 32 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 33 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 34 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 35 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile 36 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram 37 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.39 38 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 39 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 40 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 0.41 41 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 42 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 43 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 44 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 45 Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Skil-Shimano 46 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.43 47 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 48 Johannes Frohlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 49 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 50 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.46 51 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 52 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 53 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 54 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 0.50 55 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.51 56 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 0.52 57 Mikel Gaztañaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel 58 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Agritubel 59 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 60 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 0.56 61 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 0.59 62 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step 63 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.00 64 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 65 Rieno Stofferis (Bel) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 1.01 66 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile 67 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana 1.02 68 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 1.04 69 Badr Banihammad (UAE) Doha Team 1.10 70 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 71 Stéphane Poulhiès (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.13 72 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 1.16 73 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 74 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 1.17 75 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Milram 76 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 1.19 77 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran 1.20 78 Hamid Shiri Sisah (IRI) Iran 79 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.23 80 Renaud Dion (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 81 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile 82 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel 1.25 83 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 84 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.26 85 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 86 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 87 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.28 88 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 89 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 90 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 1.30 91 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 92 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 1.33 93 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 94 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 1.35 95 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick-Step 1.36 96 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 1.38 97 Christian Müller (Ger) Skil-Shimano 1.42 98 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 1.45 99 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 1.48 100 Glenn Bak (Den) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 101 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram 1.49 102 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor-Lotto 1.57 103 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick-Step 2.00 104 Hossein Iri Nateghi (IRI) Iran 2.07 105 Tim Meeussen (Bel) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 2.15 106 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (IRI) Iran 2.19 107 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.26 108 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 2.30 109 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick-Step 2.46 110 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 3.10 111 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 3.14 112 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 5.34 113 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile 8.46 114 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 9.07 115 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9.17 116 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 9.31 117 Christophe Beddegenoodts (Bel) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 9.38 118 Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra) Agritubel 9.54 119 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 120 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Agritubel 121 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 9.58 122 Mohammed Hussain (Brn) Doha Team 10.07 123 Radhwan Al-moraqab (Qat) Doha Team 124 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team 125 Mohamed Bin Took (UAE) Doha Team 126 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Doha Team 127 Tareq Esmaeili (Qat) Doha Team 128 Alireza Haghi (IRI) Iran 10.17 129 Paul Healion (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 11.03 130 Mohammad Mozafari (IRI) Iran 11.08 131 Mohammad Rajablou (IRI) Iran 132 Ahmed Al Doseri (Brn) Doha Team 11.10 133 Alireza Ashgarzadeh (IRI) Iran 12.11 134 Denis Robin (Fra) Agritubel 18.17 Points Classification 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 60 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram 54 3 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 42 4 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 33 5 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 31 6 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 29 7 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile 25 8 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22 9 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22 10 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor-Lotto 21 11 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 19 12 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 17 13 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 17 14 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile 15 15 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Agritubel 13 16 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 10 17 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 9 18 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step 8 19 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 8 20 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 8 21 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 7 22 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 7 23 Nick Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 6 24 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 6 25 Mikel Gaztañaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel 5 26 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick-Step 4 27 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 3 28 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 3 29 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3 30 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2 31 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2 32 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2 33 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram 1 34 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2R Prévoyance 1 35 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick-Step 1 36 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 1 37 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner -5 38 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank -11 Young rider classification 1 Nick Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 6.33.38 2 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 0.02 3 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 0.03 4 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.05 5 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 6 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.07 7 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 0.09 8 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 9 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram 10 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.10 11 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 12 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.12 13 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14 Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Skil-Shimano 15 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.14 16 Johannes Frohlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.17 19 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 0.21 20 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.22 21 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 0.23 22 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 0.30 24 Badr Banihammad (UAE) Doha Team 0.41 25 Stéphane Poulhiès (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 0.44 26 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 0.47 27 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 28 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 0.48 29 Hamid Shiri Sisah (IRI) Iran 0.51 30 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2R Prévoyance 0.54 31 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 0.56 32 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 0.57 33 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 1.01 34 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 35 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick-Step 1.07 36 Christian Müller (Ger) Skil-Shimano 1.13 37 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram 1.20 38 Hossein Iri Nateghi (IRI) Iran 1.38 39 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 2.41 40 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.48 41 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 9.02 42 Christophe Beddegenoodts (Bel) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 9.09 43 Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra) Agritubel 9.25 44 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Agritubel 45 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 9.29 46 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team 9.38 47 Mohamed Bin Took (UAE) Doha Team 48 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Doha Team 49 Mohammad Mozafari (IRI) Iran 10.39 50 Mohammad Rajablou (IRI) Iran 51 Alireza Ashgarzadeh (IRI) Iran 11.42 Team classification 1 Quick Step - Innergetic 19.27.26 2 Predictor - Lotto 0.04 3 Team Milram 0.05 4 T-Mobile Team 0.06 5 Liquigas 0.07 6 Ag2R Prevoyance 0.11 7 Skil-Shimano 8 Astana 0.13 9 Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.14 10 Gerolsteiner 0.18 11 Rabobank 0.19 12 Bouygues Telecom 0.21 13 Agritubel 0.27 14 Chocolade Jacques - Topsport 0.31 15 Gunn-Newlyn-M.Donnelly 0.46 16 Iran 1.52 17 Doha Team 18.49
