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Netherlands, June 19-23, 2007

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Prologue - June 19: Schijndel, 7.6 km

Ignatiev rushes home first

By Paul Verkuylen

Mikhail Ignatiev, Tinkoff Credit Systems' Russian prodigy, won today's prologue held in Schijndel, a town situated right in the heart of the Dutch region of Brabant. His time of 9 minutes and 27 seconds gave him an average speed of just over 48km/h for the short 7.6km circuit.

Ignatiev's teammate and fellow countryman Nikolai Trusov came in six seconds behind to claim second, with Belgian Sébastien Rosseler (Quickstep-Innergetic) taking third.

Ignatiev has had a great season so far, taking a stage win in the Tour Méditerranéen and victory in the prestigious Trofeo Laigueglia, before heading to the Giro where he attacked almost daily in the first week of the race. With team mate Troessov coming home second, it is looking more and more likely that the team will take out the Eindhoven Team Time Trial this Sunday, which according to team owner Oleg Tinkov, is the team's main goal for this period of the season.

The twice junior world time trial champion and 2005 U23 time trial world champion is the favourite for the event. His win also secures him the first leader's jersey as well as the points jersey, while Tinkoff also lead the team's competition.

Tomorrow's stage takes the riders from Schijndel to Nuth in the Limburg region of southern Holland, an area known for its steep climbs, narrow roads and of course the Amstel Gold race. The world championships have also taken place in this region on various occasions, most recently in 1998 in the town of Valkenburg.

Results

1 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                   9.28.22 (48.17 km/h)
2 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                        6.19
3 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                      6.40
4 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                         10.05
5 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                  11.02
6 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt                                 14.13
7 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    14.29
8 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano                             15.11
9 Sander Oostlander (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen                       16.09
10 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                     17.26
11 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile                                    18.34
12 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                  19.10
13 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                    18.46
14 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                     20.47
15 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                20.49
16 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                               21.00
17 Peter Velits (Svk) Wiesenhof-Felt                                21.01
18 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                               21.10
19 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Advocaten                     21.15
20 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank                                          21.50
21 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                                  22.07
22 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems                          
23 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                  21.40
24 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                   21.50
25 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                   21.51
26 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                    22.00
27 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                         22.59
28 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                          24.02
29 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                       24.33
30 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                      
31 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Unibet.com                                25.12
32 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile                                       24.58
33 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile                                  25.22
34 Nicki Sřrensen (Den) Team CSC                                    25.56
35 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile                                    26.24
36 Kasper Klostergĺrd (Den) Team CSC                                26.47
37 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                    27.40
38 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen    27.57
39 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                  27.48
40 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Advocaten                 27.53
41 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                    28.27
42 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                          29.35
43 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                       29.53
44 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                     30.08
45 Martin Velits (Svk) Wiesenhof-Felt                               30.54
46 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                    31.13
47 Frederik Ericsson (Swe) Time - Van Hemert                        31.24
48 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                 31.33
49 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                 32.00
50 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt                                32.15
51 Jenning Huizinga (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen                       32.05
52 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 32.49
53 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com                               33.12
54 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                          34.11
55 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Barloworld                                  34.37
56 Bas Giling (Ned) Wiesenhof-Felt                                  34.44
57 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                35.02
58 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                    35.15
59 Paul Manning (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                  35.19
60 Ilzo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen          35.53
61 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                              35.57
62 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld                                    36.10
63 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com                                     36.26
64 Jeroen Boelen (Ned) Time - Van Hemert                            37.01
65 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano                            37.43
66 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) Wiesenhof-Felt                            37.50
67 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen         37.54
68 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                               38.00
69 Michael Barry (Can) T-Mobile                                     38.40
70 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic                           39.03
71 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com                                    39.35
72 Jos Harms (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels                             39.41
73 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                39.51
74 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                  40.04
75 Koen Barbé (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen           41.40
76 Sergey Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                       41.42
77 Jos Pronk (Ned) Time - Van Hemert                                42.29
78 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano                               42.37
79 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen      43.29
80 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile                                     44.48
81 Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels                      46.11
82 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile                                    46.16
83 Peter Schulting (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels                       46.23
84 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Wiesenhof-Felt                            47.04
85 Geert Steurs (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                               47.20
86 Davide Viganň (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic                         48.11
87 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner             48.32
88 Marcel Beima (Ned) Time - Van Hemert                             49.12
89 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com                                     49.29
90 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC                                   49.58
91 Tom Steels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                 50.33
92 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor-Lotto                             51.00
93 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Time - Van Hemert                              51.05
94 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                      51.13
95 Roy Curvers (Ned) Time - Van Hemert                              50.48
96 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano                        51.39
97 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano                              52.00
98 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com                                   51.54
99 Bjorn Hoeben (Ned) Time - Van Hemert                             52.19
100 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                      52.53
101 Mart Van Blanken (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels                     52.56
102 Maarten De Jonge (Ned) Time - Van Hemert                        54.08
103 Hans Bloks (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels                           53.55
104 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                              54.25
105 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner            54.27
106 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Advocaten               54.46
107 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                55.08
108 Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Advocaten             55.21
109 Nick Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                               55.23
110 Egon Van Kessel (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Advocaten                 56.10
111 Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Advocaten                56.24
112 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com                                   57.08
113 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                  56.55
114 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner             57.36
115 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen      59.02
116 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen     1.01.16
117 René Hooghiemster (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen                   1.00.58
118 Lars Jun (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen                            1.01.07
119 Gijs Brouwer (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels                       1.01.56
120 James Perry (RSA) Barloworld                                  1.02.09
121 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen     1.05.09
122 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld                                1.05.20
123 Marco Brus (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels                         1.07.13
124 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile                                 1.10.19
125 Marc Lotz (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen                           1.10.39
126 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Advocaten             1.12.02
127 Geert Van Der Sanden (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels               1.12.33
128 Marc Hester (Den) Team Löwik Meubelen                         1.13.51
129 Robin Van Der Lijn (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Advocaten            1.14.26
130 Rick Fransen (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen                        1.18.52
131 André Schulze (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt                            1.20.14
132 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com                               1.27.19
 
General classification after prologue
 
1 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                      9.27
2 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                        0.07
3 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                          
4 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                          0.11
5 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                   0.12
6 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt                                  0.15
7 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         
8 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                  
9 Sander Oostlander (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen                        0.17
10 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                      0.18
11 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile                                     0.19
12 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                                       
13 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                     0.20
14 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                      0.21
15 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
16 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                    
17 Peter Velits (Svk) Wiesenhof-Felt                                     
18 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                    
19 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Advocaten                          
20 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank                                           0.22
21 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems                          
22 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                                       
23 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                   0.23
24 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                        
25 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank                                        
26 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank                                         
27 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                          0.24
28 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                               
29 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                  0.25
30 Evgeni Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                            
31 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Unibet.com                                     
32 Axel Merckx (Bel) T-Mobile                                        0.26
33 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) T-Mobile                                       
34 Nicki Sřrensen (Den) Team CSC                                     0.27
35 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) T-Mobile                                         
36 Kasper Klostergĺrd (Den) Team CSC                                     
37 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                     0.28
38 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen         
39 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                   0.29
40 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Advocaten                      
41 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank                                         
42 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                           0.30
43 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                        0.31
44 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                          
45 Martin Velits (Svk) Wiesenhof-Felt                                0.32
46 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                         
47 Frederik Ericsson (Swe) Time - Van Hemert                             
48 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Team CSC                                      
49 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                      
50 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt                                     
51 Jenning Huizinga (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen                        0.33
52 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
53 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com                                0.34
54 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                           0.35
55 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Barloworld                                       
56 Bas Giling (Ned) Wiesenhof-Felt                                       
57 Giampaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                                     
58 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                     0.36
59 Paul Manning (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                       
60 Ilzo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen           0.37
61 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                   
62 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld                                         
63 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com                                          
64 Jeroen Boelen (Ned) Time - Van Hemert                             0.38
65 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                 
66 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) Wiesenhof-Felt                                 
67 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen              
68 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                0.39
69 Michael Barry (Can) T-Mobile                                          
70 Addy Engels (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic                                
71 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com                                     0.40
72 Jos Harms (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels                              0.41
73 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
74 Mauricio Soler (Col) Barloworld                                       
75 Koen Barbé (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen            0.42
76 Sergey Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                        0.43
77 Jos Pronk (Ned) Time - Van Hemert                                     
78 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                    
79 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen       0.44
80 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile                                      0.45
81 Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels                       0.47
82 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile                                         
83 Peter Schulting (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels                            
84 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Wiesenhof-Felt                             0.48
85 Geert Steurs (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                    
86 Davide Viganň (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic                              
87 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner              0.49
88 Marcel Beima (Ned) Time - Van Hemert                                  
89 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com                                      0.50
90 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC                                        
91 Tom Steels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                  0.51
92 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor-Lotto                                  
93 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Time - Van Hemert                                   
94 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                           
95 Roy Curvers (Ned) Time - Van Hemert                               0.52
96 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano                             
97 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                   
98 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com                                    0.53
99 Bjorn Hoeben (Ned) Time - Van Hemert                                  
100 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                       0.54
101 Mart Van Blanken (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels                          
102 Maarten De Jonge (Ned) Time - Van Hemert                             
103 Hans Bloks (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels                            0.55
104 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                   
105 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                 
106 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Advocaten                    
107 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                 0.56
108 Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Advocaten                  
109 Nick Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                    
110 Egon Van Kessel (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Advocaten                      
111 Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Advocaten                 0.57
112 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com                                        
113 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                   0.58
114 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                  
115 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen       1.00
116 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen        1.01
117 René Hooghiemster (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen                      1.02
118 Lars Jun (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen                                   
119 Gijs Brouwer (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels                              
120 James Perry (RSA) Barloworld                                     1.03
121 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen        1.06
122 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld                                       
123 Marco Brus (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels                            1.07
124 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile                                    1.11
125 Marc Lotz (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen                                  
126 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Advocaten                1.12
127 Geert Van Der Sanden (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels                  1.13
128 Marc Hester (Den) Team Löwik Meubelen                            1.14
129 Robin Van Der Lijn (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Advocaten               1.15
130 Rick Fransen (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen                           1.19
131 André Schulze (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt                               1.20
132 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com                                  1.28
 
Points classification
 
1 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                        15 pts
2 Nikolai Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                          12
3 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                        10
4 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                             8
5 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC                                      6
6 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt                                     5
7 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        4
8 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                 3
9 Sander Oostlander (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen                           2
10 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                         1
 
Teams classification
 
1 Tinkoff Credit Systems                                            28.49
2 Team CSC                                                           0.23
3 Rabobank                                                           0.26
4 Quickstep-Innergetic                                               0.27
5 Wiesenhof-Felt                                                     0.40
6 Gerolsteiner                                                       0.41
7 Skil-Shimano                                                       0.42
8 T-Mobile                                                           0.43
9 Barloworld                                                         0.52
10 Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                                      0.58
11 Predictor-Lotto                                                   1.07
12 Unibet.com                                                        1.08
13 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen                             1.15
14 Van Vliet - EBH Advocaten                                         1.17
15 Team Löwik Meubelen                                               1.24
16 Time - Van Hemert                                                 1.25
17 Cyclingteam Jo Piels                                              1.47