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6th Tour of Qatar - 2.1
Qatar, January 28-February 2, 2007
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Stage 4 - January 31: Camel Race Track - Doha Golf Club, 139.5 km
Boonen triples in Qatar
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Tom Boonen (Quick-Step) roared to his third win in Doha, giving the Quick Step team their fourth win and getting one step closer to fulfilling the team's pre-race promise to win every stage of the Tour of Qatar. After coming out on top of the Petacchi vs. Boonen duel on stages two and three, Boonen took a different tactic on the fourth stage, making a 21-man breakaway and leaving Petacchi behind.
Boonen showed his Belgian hard-man characteristics answering multiple attacks in the final kilometres, and then easily winning the sprint over Aussie Graeme Brown (Rabobank). With the win, Boonen keeps his lock on the leader's golden jersey. "I was with Tosatto, De Jongh and Cretskens in the leaders' group," explained Boonen after the win. "They all did a fantastic job. I'd have been very happy if one of them had won but during the final everyone was attacking."
Boonen's team worked hard to keep the attacks under control. "At this point we decided that we would work together for another sprint," Boonen said. "Cretskens managed to fight off an incredible amount of attacks. Tosatto launched me from the 1,500 metre mark up to 400 metres from the finish line, and then De Jongh took over. All I had to do was to finalise their work!"
Alessandro Petacchi was philosophical about the outcome today. "I lost at the moment the group broke apart due to the high side winds," said Petacchi after the stage. "Some of my teammates remained ahead, they had some technical problems [ear pieces - ed.] and were not able to assist in my re-entry. In any case, I will continue with my work here that I think will bear its fruits."
"It is unfortunate that Alessandro lost contact at the last minute; in the nervous section and at a fast pace," said Milram director sportif Antonio Bevilacqua. "Amongst the guys up front, there were five of our team members; Sieberg, Cortinovis, Velo, Ongarato and Sacchi. ... But nothing too bad. Tomorrow we will see if there the possibility of another good test."
How it unfolded
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Strong desert winds were blowing at the Camel Race Track before the start of stage four, and reminiscent of a Vuelta Espana stage, the team directors mapped out the decisive point where the wind could be used to their advantage. Heading out into a strong tailwind, the high speed of the pack was too much for some tired early season legs, and several groups of riders were dropped.
Just five kilometers into the stage, the Quick Step team put the screws to the peloton, and pulled away a group of about 20 riders including leader Tom Boonen, catching Alessandro Petacchi and his Milram team off guard. With the help of T-mobile (riding for Bernard Eisel), Rabobank (for Brown), and AG2R riding in support of the young rider competition leader Loyd Mondory, the lead group worked smoothly together to slowly open up the gap on Petacchi's chasing group of 24 riders.
Kilometre after kilometre, the gap between the two lead groups eased out while the remainder of the peloton settled for an easier pace. In the first intermediate sprint, Bernard Eisel (T-mobile) took the maximum points ahead of Loyd Mondory (AG2R) and Stephen De Jongh (Quick Step). After a quick first hour, covering 58.5 km, the course turned into a cross-headwind, and the gap to Petacchi's chase group opened up to 1'15 by the feeding zone (km 80).
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The second intermediate sprint was won by Mondory ahead of Eisel and Boonen, but the lead group quickly went back to a tight paceline to keep the chasers at bay. All the way to the finish line, the Petacchi group never managed to ger closer than 44” to the leaders, and sensing the futility of their chase when the gap was still more than two minutes with 10 kilometres to go, the chasers allowed the gap to balloon to more than five minutes at the finish.
Once the chasers gave up the ghost, it was time for the other teams in the lead group to try and drop Boonen, a task that would prove quite difficult. The first attempt was made by the T-mobile riders, who went to the front to try to put Quick Step in the gutter. When that failed to detach the golden jersey, Boonen's former teammate Servais Knaven put in a few digs, but well familiar with Knaven's strength, the Quick Step team kept him on a short leash.
Then it was time for another Belgian, Leif Hoste, to make a move, and Hoste immediately opened up a gap of several seconds - a gap that Tom Boonen himself decided to close down. Heading into the final kilometres, Tom Stubbe (Chocolade Jacques) put in a bold attack as the sprinters were formulating their plans, and held onto a two second lead until Boonen sent his lead-out train to the front. With De Jongh dropping Boonen off with 200 metres to go, there would be no one who could contend for the win, and Boonen won comfortably ahead of Graeme Brown (Rabobank) and Murilo Fischer (Liquigas).
Tomorrow's penultimate stage from Al Zubarah to Mesaieed will be the longest stage of the tour at 160.5 km.
Photography
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- Ireland's Mark Cassidy (Gunn-Newlyn-M.Donnely) rides past camels before the fourth stage.
- Italian Alessandro Petacchi (Milram) drinks before the start.
- A man holds his camels as he looks at cyclists competing during the fourth stage.
- The pack crosses an arid landscape.
- French Lloyd Mondory (C-AG2R) rides in the lead pack.
- Belgian Tom Boonen of Quick Step and Austrian Berhnard Eisel (front,- T-Mobile)
- Belgian Tom Boonen (2nd R-Quick Step) rides in the lead pack.
- Belgian Tom Boonen (C-Quick Step) celebrates as he crosses the finish line, followed by Australian Graeme Brown (L-Robabank).
- Belgian Tom Boonen (C-Quick Step) wears the gold leader's jersey on the podium after winning the fourth stage.
- Belgian Tom Boonen (L-Quick Step) is congratulated by Belgium's ambassador in Qatar Guy De Lauwer (R) after his win.
Results
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 2.54.54 (47.86 km/h) 2 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 3 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 4 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 5 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 7 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile 8 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 9 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile 11 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 12 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step 13 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana 14 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile 15 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 16 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 17 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step 18 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 19 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 0.05 20 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step 0.13 21 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile 22 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.24 23 Nick Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 5.05 24 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 25 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 26 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 27 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 28 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Agritubel 29 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor-Lotto 30 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 31 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas 32 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 33 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 34 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 35 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 36 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 37 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 38 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile 39 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 40 Renaud Dion (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 41 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 42 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram 43 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 44 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 45 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram 46 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 47 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 48 Mohammed Hussain (Brn) Doha Team 47.58 49 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 50 Tareq Esmaeili (Qat) Doha Team 51 Radhwan Al-moraqab (Qat) Doha Team 52 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 53 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Doha Team 54 Tim Meeussen (Bel) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 55 Hossein Iri Nateghi (IRI) Iran 56 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 57 Glenn Bak (Den) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 58 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick-Step 59 Rieno Stofferis (Bel) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 60 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Prodir 61 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 62 Badr Banihammad (UAE) Doha Team 63 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 64 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 65 Mohamed Bin Took (UAE) Doha Team 66 Hamid Shiri Sisah (IRI) Iran 67 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 68 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick-Step 69 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 70 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (IRI) Iran 71 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 72 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team 73 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 74 Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra) Agritubel 75 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 76 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 77 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 78 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 79 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 80 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile 81 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 82 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 83 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 84 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 85 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 86 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram 87 Johannes Frohlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 88 Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Skil-Shimano 89 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 90 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 91 Christophe Beddegenoodts (Bel) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 92 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran 93 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick-Step 94 Paul Healion (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 95 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 96 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 97 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 98 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 99 Denis Robin (Fra) Agritubel 100 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Milram 101 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2R Prévoyance 102 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 103 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 104 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Agritubel 105 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 106 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 107 Stéphane Poulhiès (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 108 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 109 Mikel Gaztañaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel 110 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 111 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R Prévoyance 112 Alireza Ashgarzadeh (IRI) Iran 113 Mohammad Mozafari (IRI) Iran 114 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel 115 Alireza Haghi (IRI) Iran 116 Mohammad Rajablou (IRI) Iran 117 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana 118 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 119 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 120 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick-Step 121 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 122 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 123 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 124 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 125 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 126 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 127 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 128 Christian Müller (Ger) Skil-Shimano 129 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 130 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNS David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano DNS Ahmed Al Doseri (Brn) Doha Team DNF Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto DNF Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Sprint 1 (Km 52.5) 1 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile 3 pts 2 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 2 3 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step 1 Sprint 2 (Km 93) 1 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 3 pts 2 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile 2 3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 1 Sprint 3 (Km 139.5) 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 30 pts 2 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 27 3 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 25 4 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 23 5 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 21 6 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 19 7 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile 17 8 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 15 9 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 10 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile 11 11 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 10 12 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step 9 13 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana 8 14 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile 7 15 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 6 16 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 5 17 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step 4 18 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 3 19 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2 20 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step 1 Young rider 1 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 2.54.54 2 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 5 Nick Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 5.05 6 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 7 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 8 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 9 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 10 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram 11 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 47.58 12 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Doha Team 13 Hossein Iri Nateghi (IRI) Iran 14 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15 Badr Banihammad (UAE) Doha Team 16 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 17 Mohamed Bin Took (UAE) Doha Team 18 Hamid Shiri Sisah (IRI) Iran 19 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 20 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 21 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 22 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team 23 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 24 Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra) Agritubel 25 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 26 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 27 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 28 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 29 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram 31 Johannes Frohlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 32 Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Skil-Shimano 33 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34 Christophe Beddegenoodts (Bel) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 35 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick-Step 36 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 37 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 38 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2R Prévoyance 39 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 40 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Agritubel 41 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 42 Stéphane Poulhiès (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 43 Alireza Ashgarzadeh (IRI) Iran 44 Mohammad Mozafari (IRI) Iran 45 Mohammad Rajablou (IRI) Iran 46 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 47 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 48 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 49 Christian Müller (Ger) Skil-Shimano 50 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom Teams 1 Quick Step - Innergetic 8.44.42 2 T-Mobile Team 3 Rabobank 4 Skil-Shimano 5.05 5 Astana 6 Liquigas 10.10 7 Bouygues Telecom 8 Ag2R Prevoyance 9 Predictor - Lotto 10.15 10 Team Milram 15.15 11 Saunier Duval - Prodir 53.03 12 Chocolade Jacques - Topsport 53.27 13 Gerolsteiner 58.08 14 Agritubel 1.41.01 15 Doha Team 2.23.54 16 Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely/Sean Kelly 17 Iran General classification 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 9.27.52 2 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step 0.27 3 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile 0.33 4 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 0.34 5 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step 0.36 6 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 0.37 7 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile 0.42 8 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.45 9 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.47 10 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile 0.49 11 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 0.50 12 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.52 13 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 14 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 1.09 15 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 1.11 16 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana 1.13 17 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step 1.23 18 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile 1.25 19 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 1.27 20 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 1.44 21 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 1.49 22 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 2.20 23 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram 5.29 24 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 5.41 25 Nick Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 5.45 26 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 5.46 27 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 5.48 28 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas 29 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 5.50 30 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 31 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 32 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 5.52 33 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 34 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 5.54 35 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 36 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 5.55 37 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 5.57 38 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5.59 39 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Agritubel 6.08 40 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 6.15 41 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 6.26 42 Renaud Dion (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 6.39 43 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 6.44 44 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 6.46 45 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram 7.05 46 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor-Lotto 7.13 47 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile 14.02 48 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick-Step 48.30 49 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 48.33 50 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 48.34 51 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 48.41 52 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 53 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana 48.42 54 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 48.43 55 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2R Prévoyance 48.45 56 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 48.47 57 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 58 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 59 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram 60 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 48.48 61 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 62 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 48.50 63 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 64 Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Skil-Shimano 65 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 48.52 66 Johannes Frohlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 67 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 68 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 48.55 69 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 70 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 71 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 72 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 49.00 73 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 49.01 74 Mikel Gaztañaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel 75 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 76 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 49.05 77 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R Prévoyance 49.09 78 Rieno Stofferis (Bel) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 49.10 79 Badr Banihammad (UAE) Doha Team 49.19 80 Stéphane Poulhiès (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 49.22 81 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 49.25 82 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 49.26 83 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Milram 84 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 49.28 85 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran 49.29 86 Hamid Shiri Sisah (IRI) Iran 87 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile 49.32 88 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel 49.34 89 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 90 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 49.35 91 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 92 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 93 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 49.37 94 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 95 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 49.39 96 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 49.42 97 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 49.44 98 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick-Step 49.45 99 Christian Müller (Ger) Skil-Shimano 49.51 100 Glenn Bak (Den) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 49.57 101 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 102 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick-Step 50.09 103 Hossein Iri Nateghi (IRI) Iran 50.16 104 Tim Meeussen (Bel) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 50.24 105 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (IRI) Iran 50.28 106 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Prodir 50.35 107 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 50.39 108 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick-Step 50.55 109 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 51.19 110 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 51.23 111 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 57.16 112 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 57.26 113 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 57.40 114 Christophe Beddegenoodts (Bel) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 57.47 115 Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra) Agritubel 58.03 116 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 117 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Agritubel 118 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 58.07 119 Mohammed Hussain (Brn) Doha Team 58.16 120 Radhwan Al-moraqab (Qat) Doha Team 121 Tareq Esmaeili (Qat) Doha Team 122 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Doha Team 123 Mohamed Bin Took (UAE) Doha Team 124 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team 125 Alireza Haghi (IRI) Iran 58.26 126 Paul Healion (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 59.12 127 Mohammad Mozafari (IRI) Iran 59.17 128 Mohammad Rajablou (IRI) Iran 129 Alireza Ashgarzadeh (IRI) Iran 1.00.20 130 Denis Robin (Fra) Agritubel 1.06.26 Points classification 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 91 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram 54 3 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile 47 4 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 47 5 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 42 6 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 38 7 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 33 8 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 31 9 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 29 10 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile 26 11 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 25 12 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 22 13 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22 14 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22 15 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor-Lotto 21 16 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step 18 17 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 17 18 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 16 19 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 15 20 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 21 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Agritubel 13 22 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 10 23 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 10 24 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 9 25 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana 8 26 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 8 27 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 8 28 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile 7 29 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 7 30 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 6 31 Nick Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 6 32 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 6 33 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 5 34 Mikel Gaztañaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel 5 35 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick-Step 4 36 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step 4 37 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 3 38 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 3 39 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3 40 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2 41 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2 42 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2 43 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2 44 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step 1 45 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2R Prévoyance 1 46 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram 1 47 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick-Step 1 48 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner -5 Young rider classification 1 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 9.28.29 2 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.08 3 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.15 4 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 0.50 5 Nick Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 5.08 6 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 5.15 7 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 5.17 8 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 5.38 9 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 6.09 10 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram 6.28 11 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 48.04 12 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 48.06 13 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2R Prévoyance 48.08 14 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 48.10 15 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram 16 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 48.11 17 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 18 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 48.13 19 Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Skil-Shimano 20 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 48.15 21 Johannes Frohlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 48.18 24 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 48.23 25 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 48.24 26 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27 Badr Banihammad (UAE) Doha Team 48.42 28 Stéphane Poulhiès (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 48.45 29 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 48.48 30 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 48.49 31 Hamid Shiri Sisah (IRI) Iran 48.52 32 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 48.57 33 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 48.58 34 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 49.02 35 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick-Step 49.08 36 Christian Müller (Ger) Skil-Shimano 49.14 37 Hossein Iri Nateghi (IRI) Iran 49.39 38 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 50.42 39 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 56.49 40 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 57.03 41 Christophe Beddegenoodts (Bel) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 57.10 42 Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra) Agritubel 57.26 43 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Agritubel 44 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 57.30 45 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Doha Team 57.39 46 Mohamed Bin Took (UAE) Doha Team 47 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team 48 Mohammad Mozafari (IRI) Iran 58.40 49 Mohammad Rajablou (IRI) Iran 50 Alireza Ashgarzadeh (IRI) Iran 59.43 Team classification 1 Quick Step - Innergetic 28.12.08 2 T-Mobile Team 0.06 3 Rabobank 0.19 4 Skil-Shimano 5.16 5 Astana 5.18 6 Liquigas 10.17 7 Predictor - Lotto 10.19 8 Ag2R Prevoyance 10.21 9 Bouygues Telecom 10.31 10 Team Milram 15.20 11 Saunier Duval - Prodir 53.17 12 Chocolade Jacques - Topsport 53.58 13 Gerolsteiner 58.26 14 Agritubel 1.41.28 15 Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely/Sean Kelly 2.24.40 16 Iran 2.25.46 17 Doha Team 2.42.43
