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6th Tour of Qatar - 2.1
Qatar, January 28-February 2, 2007
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Stage 5 - February 1: Al Zubarah - Mesaieed, 160.5 km
Breakaway alters overall
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The longest stage of the Tour of Qatar came down to a sprint from a breakaway group of ten, with Greg Van Avermaet of the Predictor-Lotto team nabbing his first professional win. Wilfried Cretskens (Quick-Step) takes over the general classification from his teammate Boonen, which is a small consolation after his last kilometre solo move was caught just before the line.
Cretskens described the team's strategy going into the stage, "After what we had managed yesterday with Tom Boonen, the goal this morning before the start of the stage was to have a Quick-Step rider in all breakaway attempts. So I was the one to be in the good group. I then really wanted to win the stage but I unfortunately missed out on victory for 20 metres."
The team set out to win every stage of the Tour, but has fallen one short, however Cretskens dons the leader's jersey which was a bit unexpected for the Belgian. "It's a bit of a surprise to find myself with the golden jersey on my shoulders today. I certainly wasn't expecting that... my job is normally working for the team - for Tom Boonen - my job is to launch him for his sprints. It's a fantastic reward, a great gift."
Van Avermaet salvaged the race for Predictor-Lotto, who lost their sprinter Tom Steels in a horrible crash on stage two, with his win today. Van Avermaet launched his sprint less than 100 metres before the line, just barely getting ahead Milram's Marcel Sieberg. Sieberg was disappointed with the loss, "I started from far back to attempt to take over the Quick-Step men," said Sieberg, "There was a tail wind and I thought that I would have been successful in bring them back. Unfortunately Van Avermaet jumped in the last metres. A true shame."
How it unfolded
129 riders started the fifth stage of Tour of Qatar from the top northern tip of the country in All Zubarah with Nico Eeckhout (Chocolade Jacques) being the only non-starter. The Chocolade Jacques team started the attacks with Coenen and Vanheule launching moves, but the first successful breakaway was 30 kilometres into the stage, when Kevin Van Impe (Quick-Step), Marcel Sieberg (Milram), Baumann (T-Mobile), Belohvosciks (Saunier Duval) and Mikhailov (Astana) slipped away to a maximum 25" lead.
The five were caught in less than 10 kilometres, and quickly countered by a group of riders who would form the winning break. Marcel Sieberg (Milram), Aleksandr Kuschynski (Liquigas), Wilfried Cretskens (Quick-Step), Kim Kirchen (T-Mobile), Stéphane Poulhiès (Ag2R Prévoyance), Greg Van Avermaet (Predictor-Lotto), Sven Krauss (Gerolsteiner), Mauro Da Dalto (Liquigas), Erki Pütsep (Bouygues Telecom) and Maarten Tjallingii (Skil-Shimano) quickly built up a lead of more than two minutes.
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By end of the first hour, the race had covered over 48 kilometres, and by the first intermediate sprint, the break had nearly four minutes on the field. Van Avermaet took the maximum points ahead of DA Dalto and Tjallingii. In the bunch, golden jersey Tom Boonen suffered a puncture, and spent about 20 kms in the second chase group before making it up to the main peloton. His chase was made more difficult by the high speeds of the main bunch, who had closed the gap to the leaders down to 45 seconds.
Once Boonen regained the bunch, the gaps went back out, and was back up to more than five minutes by the second bonus sprint, which was claimed by Tjallingii ahead of Kuschynski and Krauss. As the leaders approached the finish in Mesaieed, the Saunier Duval-led pack held the gap to a steady five minutes while the lead group continued to work smoothly together until the final three kilometres. A light rain started to fall, making the many round-abouts and sharp turns on the run-in a bit dangerous, and the leading bunch worked their way through the traffic obstacles carefully. When the road straightened out, Cretskens made his move, and opened up a gap of several seconds on the bunch, but his legs gave out just metres before the line, and Van Avermaet sped past to take the stage.
The chasing peloton shattered in the closing kilometres, and the bunch kick was taken by Quick-Step's Steven De Jongh ahead of Benny De Schrooder (Chocolade Jacques) and Marcus Burghardt (T-Mobile). Boonen rolled in safely in 20th place, losing his leader's jersey to his teammate Cretskens, but maintaining his hold on the points competition.
Photography
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- Belgian Tom Boonen (L) of the Quick Step team jokes with cycling legend Eddy Merckx before the start of the stage.
- Belgian Wilfried Cretskens (L) of the Quick Step team is congratulated by cycling legend Eddy Merckx before the start of the stage.
- Belgian Greg Van Avermaet (2nd R) of the Lotto team crosses the finish followed by Germany's Marcel Sieberg (2nd L) of the Italian Milram team.
- Belgian Greg Van Avermaet of the Lotto team poses on the podium after winning the fifth stage
- Belgian Greg Van Avermaet of the Lotto team gestures as he crosses the finish line for first.
Results
1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 3.26.13 (45.534 km/h) 2 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram 3 Stéphane Poulhiès (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 4 Erki Pütsep (EST) Bouygues Telecom 5 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep 6 Mauro DA Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 7 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile 8 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 9 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 11 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep 2.53 12 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 13 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 14 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.55 15 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick-Step 16 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 17 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile 18 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 19 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick-Step 20 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 21 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 22 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile 23 Renaud Dion (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 24 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 25 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 26 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 27 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 28 Nick Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 29 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 30 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor-Lotto 31 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile 32 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 33 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 34 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram 35 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile 36 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Agritubel 37 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram 38 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick-Step 3.03 39 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.00 40 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 4.03 41 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 4.07 42 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel 43 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran 44 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 45 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.09 46 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 4.10 47 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 48 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 49 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 50 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 51 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 52 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 53 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 54 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 55 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 56 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 57 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 58 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 59 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Agritubel 4.18 60 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana 61 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 62 Johannes Frohlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 63 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 64 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R Prévoyance 4.22 65 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 66 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 4.28 67 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 4.56 68 Badr Banihammad (UAE) Doha Team 69 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 6.09 70 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 71 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 72 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile 73 Tim Meeussen (Bel) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 74 Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Skil-Shimano 75 Rieno Stofferis (Bel) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 76 Christophe Beddegenoodts (Bel) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 77 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 78 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana 79 Hossein Iri Nateghi (IRI) Iran 80 Paul Healion (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 81 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 82 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (IRI) Iran 83 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 84 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Prodir 85 Christian Müller (Ger) Skil-Shimano 86 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 87 Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra) Agritubel 88 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 89 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 90 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 91 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 92 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 93 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 94 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step 6.15 95 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 8.20 96 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 97 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 8.22 98 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 99 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 100 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas 101 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 102 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 103 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 104 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 105 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 106 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team 107 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 108 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 109 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Milram 110 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 111 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick-Step 112 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 113 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2R Prévoyance 11.49 114 Mohammed Hussain (Brn) Doha Team 115 Tareq Esmaeili (Qat) Doha Team 116 Radhwan Al-moraqab (Qat) Doha Team 117 Hamid Shiri Sisah (IRI) Iran 118 Alireza Haghi (IRI) Iran 119 Denis Robin (Fra) Agritubel 120 Mohammad Rajablou (IRI) Iran 121 Mikel Gaztañaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel 122 Mohammad Mozafari (IRI) Iran 123 Alireza Ashgarzadeh (IRI) Iran 124 Glenn Bak (Den) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 125 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 126 Mohamed Bin Took (UAE) Doha Team 127 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Doha Team 128 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 13.08 DNS Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen DNF Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel Sprint 1 (Km 55) 1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 3 pts 2 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 2 3 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1 Sprint 2 (Km 105) 1 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 3 pts 2 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 2 3 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 Sprint 3 (Km 160) 1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 30 pts 2 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram 27 3 Stéphane Poulhiès (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 25 4 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 23 5 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step 21 6 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 19 7 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile 17 8 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 15 9 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13 10 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 11 11 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step 10 12 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 9 13 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 8 14 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7 15 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick-Step 6 16 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 5 17 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile 4 18 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 19 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick-Step 2 20 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 1 Young Rider 1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 3.26.13 2 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram 3 Stéphane Poulhiès (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 4 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 2.53 6 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 2.55 7 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 9 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10 Nick Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 11 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram 12 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick-Step 3.03 13 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.00 14 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 4.03 15 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 4.07 16 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.10 17 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 18 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 19 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Agritubel 4.18 20 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 21 Johannes Frohlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 4.22 23 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 4.56 24 Badr Banihammad (UAE) Doha Team 25 Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Skil-Shimano 6.09 26 Christophe Beddegenoodts (Bel) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 27 Hossein Iri Nateghi (IRI) Iran 28 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 29 Christian Müller (Ger) Skil-Shimano 30 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 31 Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra) Agritubel 32 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 33 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 34 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 35 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 36 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 37 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 8.20 38 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 39 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 8.22 40 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team 41 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 42 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2R Prévoyance 11.49 43 Hamid Shiri Sisah (IRI) Iran 44 Mohammad Rajablou (IRI) Iran 45 Mohammad Mozafari (IRI) Iran 46 Alireza Ashgarzadeh (IRI) Iran 47 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 48 Mohamed Bin Took (UAE) Doha Team 49 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Doha Team 50 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 13.08 Teams 1 Liquigas 10.21.34 2 Quick Step - Innergetic 2.53 3 T-Mobile Team 4 Gerolsteiner 2.55 5 Predictor - Lotto 6 Team Milram 7 Ag2R Prevoyance 4.03 8 Bouygues Telecom 4.07 9 Skil-Shimano 5.25 10 Astana 7.02 11 Rabobank 7.05 12 Saunier Duval - Prodir 8.09 13 Chocolade Jacques - Topsport 8.18 14 Agritubel 8.25 15 Iran 13.30 16 Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 13.33 17 Doha Team 22.12 General classification 1 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step 12.54.41 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 2.19 3 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step 2.44 4 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile 2.52 5 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile 3.01 6 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile 3.08 7 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 3.09 8 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.11 9 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 3.30 10 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile 3.44 11 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 4.04 12 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.09 13 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 4.21 14 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 4.26 15 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 4.43 16 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana 4.55 17 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 4.58 18 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 5.10 19 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 5.12 20 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 5.21 21 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 6.04 22 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step 7.02 23 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram 7.48 24 Nick Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 8.04 25 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 8.05 26 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 8.11 27 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 8.13 28 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 8.14 29 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.18 30 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 8.20 31 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Agritubel 8.27 32 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 8.32 33 Renaud Dion (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 8.58 34 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 9.21 35 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.23 36 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram 9.24 37 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 9.30 38 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor-Lotto 9.32 39 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 9.33 40 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 9.35 41 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 10.00 42 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 10.06 43 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 10.20 44 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 11.25 45 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile 13.26 46 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas 13.34 47 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 13.40 48 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 47.54 49 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram 48.05 50 Stéphane Poulhiès (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 48.42 51 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 51.06 52 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 53 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 51.07 54 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 51.59 55 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick-Step 52.12 56 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 52.22 57 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 52.24 58 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick-Step 52.28 59 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 52.29 60 Johannes Frohlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 52.34 61 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 52.43 62 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R Prévoyance 52.55 63 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 52.59 64 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran 53.00 65 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel 53.05 66 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 53.11 67 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 68 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick-Step 53.14 69 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 53.17 70 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 53.20 71 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 53.31 72 Badr Banihammad (UAE) Doha Team 53.39 73 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 53.59 74 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 54.07 75 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 54.13 76 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 54.14 77 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana 54.15 78 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 54.23 79 Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Skil-Shimano 80 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 54.28 81 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 82 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 54.34 83 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 54.38 84 Rieno Stofferis (Bel) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 54.43 85 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 55.01 86 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile 55.05 87 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 55.08 88 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 55.17 89 Christian Müller (Ger) Skil-Shimano 55.24 90 Hossein Iri Nateghi (IRI) Iran 55.49 91 Tim Meeussen (Bel) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 55.57 92 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (IRI) Iran 56.01 93 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Prodir 56.08 94 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick-Step 56.16 95 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 56.19 96 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 56.27 97 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 56.33 98 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 56.36 99 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 56.38 100 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 56.44 101 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 56.49 102 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 56.52 103 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Milram 57.12 104 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 57.21 105 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 59.09 106 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2R Prévoyance 59.58 107 Mikel Gaztañaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel 1.00.14 108 Hamid Shiri Sisah (IRI) Iran 1.00.42 109 Glenn Bak (Den) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 1.01.10 110 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Agritubel 1.01.45 111 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 1.01.58 112 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 1.03.13 113 Christophe Beddegenoodts (Bel) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 1.03.20 114 Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra) Agritubel 1.03.36 115 Paul Healion (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 1.04.45 116 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 1.05.49 117 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team 1.06.02 118 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 1.09.20 119 Mohammed Hussain (Brn) Doha Team 1.09.29 120 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 Alireza Haghi (IRI) Iran 1.09.39 125 Mohammad Mozafari (IRI) Iran 1.10.30 126 Mohammad Rajablou (IRI) Iran 127 Alireza Ashgarzadeh (IRI) Iran 1.11.33 128 Denis Robin (Fra) Agritubel 1.17.39 Points classification 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 92 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram 54 3 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile 51 4 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 47 5 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 42 6 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 38 7 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 33 8 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 33 9 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 32 10 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 31 11 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 29 12 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 29 13 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step 28 14 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram 28 15 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile 26 16 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step 25 17 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 25 18 Stéphane Poulhiès (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 25 19 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 22 20 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22 21 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor-Lotto 21 22 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 19 23 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 19 24 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 17 25 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 17 26 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile 17 27 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 16 28 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 16 29 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 15 30 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 31 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Agritubel 13 32 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 13 33 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 10 34 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 10 35 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 36 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana 8 37 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 8 38 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 8 39 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile 7 40 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick-Step 7 41 Nick Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 6 42 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 6 43 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 6 44 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 5 45 Mikel Gaztañaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel 5 46 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick-Step 4 47 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 3 48 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 3 49 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 3 50 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 51 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2 52 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick-Step 2 53 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2 54 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2 55 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step 1 56 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2R Prévoyance 1 Young rider classification 1 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.57.52 2 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 0.53 3 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.58 4 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 1.47 5 Nick Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 4.53 6 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 5.02 7 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 5.21 8 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram 6.13 9 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 7.09 10 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 8.14 11 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 44.43 12 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram 44.54 13 Stéphane Poulhiès (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 45.31 14 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 47.55 15 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 47.56 16 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick-Step 49.01 17 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 49.11 18 Johannes Frohlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 49.23 19 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 49.32 20 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 49.48 21 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 50.09 22 Badr Banihammad (UAE) Doha Team 50.28 23 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 50.48 24 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 51.03 25 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 51.12 26 Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Skil-Shimano 27 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 51.17 28 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 51.23 29 Christian Müller (Ger) Skil-Shimano 52.13 30 Hossein Iri Nateghi (IRI) Iran 52.38 31 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 53.25 32 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 53.27 33 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 53.33 34 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 53.38 35 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 53.41 36 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 54.10 37 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2R Prévoyance 56.47 38 Hamid Shiri Sisah (IRI) Iran 57.31 39 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Agritubel 58.34 40 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 58.47 41 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 1.00.02 42 Christophe Beddegenoodts (Bel) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 1.00.09 43 Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra) Agritubel 1.00.25 44 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team 1.02.51 45 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 1.06.09 46 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Doha Team 1.06.18 47 Mohamed Bin Took (UAE) Doha Team 48 Mohammad Mozafari (IRI) Iran 1.07.19 49 Mohammad Rajablou (IRI) Iran 50 Alireza Ashgarzadeh (IRI) Iran 1.08.22 Team classification 1 Quick Step - Innergetic 38.36.35 2 T-Mobile Team 0.06 3 Rabobank 4.31 4 Liquigas 7.24 5 Skil-Shimano 7.48 6 Astana 9.27 7 Predictor - Lotto 10.21 8 Ag2R Prevoyance 11.31 9 Bouygues Telecom 11.45 10 Team Milram 15.22 11 Gerolsteiner 58.28 12 Saunier Duval - Prodir 58.33 13 Chocolade Jacques - Topsport 59.23 14 Agritubel 1.47.00 15 Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 2.35.20 16 Iran 2.36.23 17 Doha Team 3.02.02
