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Belgium, April 1-3, 2008
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Stage 1 - April 1: Middelkerke - Zottegem, 192km
Gasparotto finally back for more
Blonde Italian grabs win in exciting micro-Tour of Flanders
By Brecht Decaluwé and Gregor Brown in Zottegem
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Enrico Gasparotto of Barloworld – who has just turned 26 last week – finally got back the winning legs that brought him to the top of Italian cycling in 2005 when he was the Italian champion. He beat Luca Paolini (Acqua Sapone-Caffč Mokambo), Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas) and Niki Terpstra (Team Milram) in a four-up sprint. 2006 was spoiled by 'gland fever' and in 2007 he just couldn't get that extra bit that is needed to take home victories, although in the Giro d'Italia Gasparotto did grab the maglia rosa, the leader's jersey, after the team time trial with Liquigas, to the great annoyance of his team leader Danilo Di Luca who's probably feeling less comfortably these days.
Today Gasparotto surged forward on the terrifying cobbles of the Haaghoek, with still 25 kilometres to go in the first stage of the 32nd Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde. A few moments later Gasparotto jumped away on his own on the final climb of the Berendies, but as it was still far away to the finish he allowed Luca Paolini to join him in the break. Manuel Quinziato and Nikki Terpstra could bridge up about ten kilometres later, but in the downhill sprint where Gasparotto led out from far, with Paolini on his wheel, nobody could excel the powerful strokes from Enrico Gasparotto.
As a result of his first win of the season the Barloworld rider will be allowed to wear the leader's jersey in the stage that leads the peloton from today's finish town Zottegem to the coastal city of Koksijde in West-Flanders. With an eye on the time trial that concludes the three-day event on Thursday afternoon, there aren't a lot of contenders left thanks to the bonus seconds, as only 11 riders are still within a minute of Gasparotto. Without big surprises in the following stages Manuel Quinziato and Joost Posthuma – who finished 16" later in the first chasing group – could become his major rivals for the overall victory in the Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde.
"I wanted this race so much, in every opportunity I tried to win," Gasparotto stated to Cyclingnews' Gregor Brown right after grabbing the win. "It is a confirmation of a good start to the season. I am a good rider – I believe that – and I am very happy now with this win because it is my first 'De Panne' and my first [win on] pavé. I am ready for Flanders."
Luca Paolini (Acqua Sapone-Caffč Mokambo) couldn't get out of Gasparotto's wheel in the final hectometres, and had to settle for second place in the four-man sprint for victory. "I think I did a good attack on the pavé as I initiated the attack; then we were with the two of us [with Gasparotto]," Paolini said to Cyclingnews. While being up front with Gasparotto it seemed as if Paolini was saving his legs for the sprint, but the Italian explained that he wasn't faking anything. "I had very stiff legs, and so I think it is good to get second today."
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Third Italian in the breakaway group was Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas), but he wasn't a threat to the others in the final sprint. Quinziato explained to Cyclingnews that he was focusing on a gap with the rest of the peloton and thus the overall victory. "In the finale I did not save a lot of energy because I wanted to arrive with the maximum advantage."
Last year's winner Alessandro Ballan (Lampre) was battling along in the front today, in contrast to some other favourites for the Tour of Flanders. Eventually the tall Italian fell short for the victory, but nevertheless he told Cyclingnews that he was happy with his current form. "I was going well and I wanted to test my condition [in the big group]; it was a test for Sunday in the Ronde. I saw that my legs are there, so it was great trial run, but too bad I only got ninth place."
Some favourites for the overall victory in the Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde have been kicked out of contention right away. Among them was Stijn Devolder, who finished more than 17 minutes behind the winner. Leif Hoste, three times runner-up in the Tour of Flanders, crashed heavily after 113 kilometres but fought his way back to the peloton. Eventually Hoste couldn't fight for the victory and is out of contention for the overall win. His Ronde van Vlaanderen looks to be in peril as the Belgian arrived in Zottegem with back sores and a lot of blood on his leg.
How it unfolded
Dark clouds gathered over Middelkerke on Tuesday morning when the 32nd edition of the Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde got underway. Among the 211 riders who started the three-day event in the Belgian coastal city were George Hincapie, Mark Cavendish, Alessandro Ballan, Tom Boonen, Robbie McEwen, Leif Hoste, but no Sylvain Chavanel, Philippe Gilbert or Nick Nuyens.
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Preben Van Hecke (Topsport Vlaanderen) probably didn't fancy a ride on his own when he attacked the peloton, but it turned out that nobody was keen on joining him up front. The former Lotto rider decided to continue his efforts anyway and he started building up a lead in the depressing weather conditions. A rather late response from Andy Cappelle (Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner) followed, but on the Leberg, with 100 kilometres to go Capelle was reeled in by the peloton. On the ascent of the Berendries, with 88 kilometres to go, Preben Van Hecke had nine and a half minutes on the peloton.
Just before the peloton passed the finish line for the first time there was a big crash that caused Filip Meirhaeghe to take a dive in a canal along the road. A big group of riders, including Leif Hoste, was held up by the crash and during the first passage they were about a minute behind the first group. Hoste was riding in between the groups and he was paced back by Greg Van Avermaet.
Meanwhile, George Hincapie tried to get away but he wasn't allowed the distance. A little later David Boucher jumped away and stayed in front for a little while. The second peloton bridged up to the first group on the cobbles of the Haaghoek, with 62 kilometres remaining. Van Hecke's gap had dropped back to five minutes on the great pavé section.
On the Leberg Wouter Weylandt jumped away and created a gap on the peloton. A little later he was joined by Bram Tankink, Roger Hammond, Frederik Willems and Danilo Napolitano. The speed in the peloton didn't drop and after the Berendries a big group including Tom Boonen, Alessandro Ballan, Baden Cooke, Hincapie, Tomas Vaitkus, Grégory Rast, Rick Flens, Martijn Maaskant, Andreas Klier, Manuel Quinziato, Claudio Corioni, Robert Hunter and Janek Tombak went clear. Pavel Brutt tried to bridge up alone a little later, but his effort resulted in a chasse-patat, he didn't make it. Van Hecke still had 3'00" on the big group behind him.
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On the Eikenmolen climb the lead from the sole leader melted like snow in the sun as the race was really on now. Sentjens powerfully led the peloton back towards the leaders where Napolitano was dropped. Nevertheless the speed dropped away in the peloton soon after that and just before the Stuivenberg, with 42 kilometres to go, Van Hecke was almost caught, with the peloton trailing at more than half a minute of the Ballan group. In the peloton it was Silence-Lotto that did the dirty work to pull in front.
As the riders hit the second passage of the finish line it was Hincapie who took the three bonus seconds; at this moment in the race the peloton was only 10" behind the leaders. A smaller peloton followed at one and a half minute and seemed beaten for the stage and the overall victory. This group included Gorik Gardeyn, Stijn Devolder and Wouter Weylandt who started the battle a little earlier.
With 35 kilometres to go the Ballan group was caught and Frederik Willems jumped away. The Belgian was joined by 'Rambo', also known as Niko Eeckhout, but this duo didn't get away, either. For ten kilometres a barrage of attacks followed, without success.
On the cobbles of the Haaghoek Rick Flens got away, and he was joined by Luca Paolini, Gasparotto and Kuyckx. Flens and Kuyckx got dropped within the next kilometre when Gasparotto pulled through. Gasparotto seemed to be waiting for Paolini as there were still 20 kilometres to go.
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A group with Kurt Hovelynck, Quinziato, Niki Terpstra, Luca Paolini, Bernhard Eisel distanced themselves from the peloton just before the Berendries. On the Berendries the Italians jumped away and quickly gathered 15" on the duo behind them, with the peloton being 15 more seconds behind the leaders.
Hovelynck and Eisel were caught by five other riders: Baden Cooke, Alessandro Ballan, Joost Posthuma, Rick Flens and Simon Spilak.
The peloton was out of contention for the victory at 53" and the group Ballan tried to fight back at 20". With nine kilometres to go the duo Terpstra/Quinziato bridged up with Paolini/Gasparotto, and the four riders steamed further towards Zottegem with a gap of 18" on the seven chasers.
In the downhill final kilometre towards the finish Gasparotto took the lead from far out, but nobody could get the speed higher than the Barloworld-rider who took his first win of the season.
Photography
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- Enrico Gasparotto (Barloworld) is having a break-out spring after leaving Liquigas to have a more lead role on a team.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Enrico Gasparotto (Barloworld) has been showing good form lately and takes a deserved win.
- Gasparotto with the winner's salute after a tough day in the rain.
- Gasparotto beat Paolini as well as Quinziato and Terpstra (l-r).
- Gasparotto takes it.
- Luca Paolini (Acqua Sapone-Caffč Mokambo) got second on the stage.
Images by Gregor Brown/Cyclingnews.com
- Leif Hoste (Silence-Lotto) surrounded by the Flemish media after stage one with questions in regards to his crash.
- USA's George Hincapie (High Road) focused on his Ronde preparations.
- Steven Cozza (Slipstream Chipotle - H30) hopes to make the best use of his form coming into De Panne and Flanders.
Images by Brecht Decaluwé/Cyclingnews.com
- The riders line up for the start of stage one.
- The bike of 2004 winner George Hincapie (High Road).
- Alessandro Ballan (Lampre) chats with the boys at the start in Middelkerke.
- Leif Hoste (Silence-Lotto) happy to talk to the press.
- Preben Van Hecke (Topsport Vlaanderen) solo early in stage one.
Images by Nicolas Götz/www.sport-phot.com
- The Casino of Middelkerke where the start took place.
- Manuel Quinziato and the Liquigas Team are going to the start.
- David Kopp (Cycles Collstrop) before the start.
- Motorhome of Bouygues-Telecom in front of the Middelkerke beach.
- Tom Boonen on the start line.
- The start line.
- Preben Van Hecke (Topsport Vlaanderen) alone on the head on the first ascent of the Leberg.
- Preben Van Hecke (Topsport Vlaanderen) alone on the head, on the next to last lap in Zegelsem.
- In Zegelsem, on the second final lap Gorik Gardeyn (Silence Lotto), runs behind the man of head.
- Enrico Gasparotto (Barloworld) on the front in the last ascent of the Leberg.
- Frederik Willems (Liquigas) just behind the front in the last ascent of the Leberg.
- Greg Van Avermaet (Silence Lotto) on the last ascent of the Leberg.
Results
1 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 4.58.00 (38,634 km/h) 2 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 3 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 4 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 5 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team High Road 0.14 6 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 7 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 8 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 0.16 9 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 0.29 10 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 11 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 12 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux 0.59 13 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 14 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 15 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 17 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road 18 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step 19 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 20 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road 21 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22 Janek Tombak (Est) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 23 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 24 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 25 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 26 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 27 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team High Road 28 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 29 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road 30 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 31 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 32 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 33 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 34 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 35 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 36 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 37 Vladimir Goussev (Rus) Astana 38 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 39 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 40 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 41 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 42 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 43 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 44 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 45 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 46 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 47 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 48 David Kopp (Ger) Cycle Collstrop 49 Ian Stannard (GBr) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 50 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 51 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) Cycle Collstrop 52 Harald Starzengruber (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 53 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 54 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 55 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 56 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre 57 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 58 Johan Coenen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 59 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 60 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 61 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 62 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 63 Servais Knaven (Ned) Team High Road 64 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 65 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop 66 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 67 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 1.31 68 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 69 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1.48 70 Diego Milan Jiminez (Spa) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2.08 71 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.08 72 Tom Steels (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 73 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 4.25 74 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 75 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française des Jeux 76 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 6.09 77 William Frischkorn (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 78 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 79 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 80 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank 81 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Team Volksbank 82 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 83 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Scott 84 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 85 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 86 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 87 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 88 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 10.15 89 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 90 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 91 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 92 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 93 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 94 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld 95 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre 96 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld 97 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre 98 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 99 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 100 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 101 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott 102 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 103 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 104 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 105 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 17.11 106 Robert Lauscha (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 107 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 108 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 109 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 110 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 111 Pieter Vanspeybroock (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 112 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 113 Ilya Chernetskiy (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 114 Allan Davis (Aus) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 115 Radek Becka (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 116 Geert Omloop (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 117 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 118 Jens Mouris (Ned) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 119 Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 120 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 121 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 122 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 123 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 124 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 125 Björn Thurau (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon 126 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 127 Frantisek Kloucek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 128 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 129 Jochen Summer (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 130 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 131 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 132 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Silence - Lotto 133 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 134 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre 135 Bastian Giling (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 136 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop 137 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 138 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 139 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 140 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 141 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 142 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence - Lotto 143 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 144 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon 145 André Schulze (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 146 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 147 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 148 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott 18.55 149 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 150 Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 151 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank 152 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop 153 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 154 Yohann Gčne (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 155 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank 156 René Andrle (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 157 Vojtech Dlouhy (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 158 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 159 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 160 Huub Duyn (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 161 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 162 Michael Friedman (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 163 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 164 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 165 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 166 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Volksbank 167 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team High Road 168 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 20.23 169 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 170 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 171 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 172 Peter Presslauer (Aut) Team Volksbank 173 Patrick Keller (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 174 Long Jin (Chn) Skil-Shimano 175 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott 176 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 177 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems DNF Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram DNF Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner Points 1 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 20 pts 2 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 18 3 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 16 4 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 14 5 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team High Road 12 6 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 10 7 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 9 8 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 8 9 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 7 10 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 6 11 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 5 12 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux 4 13 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 3 14 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 2 15 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 Mountains Edelare - Km 90 1 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 5 pts 2 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 3 3 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 1 Leberg - Km 102 1 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 5 pts 2 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 3 3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 1 Berendries - Km 106 1 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 5 pts 2 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 3 3 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 1 Stuivenberg - Km 113 1 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 5 pts 2 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 3 3 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 1 Leberg - Km 135 1 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 5 pts 2 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 3 3 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 1 Berendries - Km 139 1 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 5 pts 2 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road 3 3 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 1 Eikenmolen - Km 146 1 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 5 pts 2 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team High Road 3 3 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road 1 Stuivenberg - Km 150 1 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 5 pts 2 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 3 3 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team High Road 1 Leberg - Km 171 1 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 5 pts 2 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 3 3 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 1 Berendries - Km 175 1 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 5 pts 2 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 3 3 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 1 Eikenmolen - Km 182 1 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 5 pts 2 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 3 3 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1 Stuivenberg - Km 186 1 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 5 pts 2 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 3 Sprints Sprint 1 - First Time Across Finish Line - km 120 1 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 3 pts 2 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 2 3 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 1 Sprint 2 - Second Time Across Finish Line - km 156 1 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road 3 pts 2 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 2 3 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 1 Teams 1 Barloworld 14.55.46 2 Lampre 0.29 3 Rabobank 0.31 4 Team Milram 0.45 5 Liquigas 6 High Road 0.59 7 Topsport Vlaanderen 1.14 8 Quick Step 1.44 9 Tinkoff Credit Systems 10 Silence-Lotto 11 Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 12 Cycle Collstrop 13 Astana 14 Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2.43 15 Française Des Jeux 3.53 16 Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner 17 Bouygues Telecom 5.10 18 Skil-Shimano 6.54 19 Mitsubishi-Jartazi 20 Team Volksbank 12.36 21 Saunier Duval-Scott 16.10 22 Elk Haus - Simplon 34.08 23 Psk Whirlpool - Author 39.18 General classification after stage 1 1 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 4.58.00 2 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 0.05 3 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 0.07 4 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 0.11 5 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team High Road 0.25 6 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 7 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 8 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 0.27 9 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 0.39 10 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 0.40 11 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 12 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road 1.07 13 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 1.08 14 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux 1.10 15 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 16 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 17 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 19 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road 20 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step 21 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 22 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road 23 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24 Janek Tombak (Est) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 25 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 26 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 27 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 28 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 29 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team High Road 30 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 31 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 32 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 33 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 34 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 35 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 36 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 37 Vladimir Goussev (Rus) Astana 38 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 39 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 40 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 41 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 42 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 43 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 44 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 45 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 46 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 47 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 48 David Kopp (Ger) Cycle Collstrop 49 Ian Stannard (GBr) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 50 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 51 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) Cycle Collstrop 52 Harald Starzengruber (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 53 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 54 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 55 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 56 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre 57 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 58 Johan Coenen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 59 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 60 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 61 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 62 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 63 Servais Knaven (Ned) Team High Road 64 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 65 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop 66 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 67 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 1.42 68 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 69 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1.59 70 Diego Milan Jiminez (Spa) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2.19 71 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.19 72 Tom Steels (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 73 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 4.36 74 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 75 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française des Jeux 76 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 6.20 77 William Frischkorn (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 78 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 79 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 80 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank 81 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Team Volksbank 82 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 83 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Scott 84 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 85 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 86 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 87 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 88 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 10.26 89 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 90 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 91 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 92 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 93 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 94 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld 95 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre 96 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld 97 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre 98 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 99 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 100 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 101 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott 102 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 103 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 104 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 105 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 17.19 106 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 17.20 107 Robert Lauscha (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 17.22 108 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 109 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 110 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 111 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 112 Pieter Vanspeybroock (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 113 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 114 Ilya Chernetskiy (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 115 Allan Davis (Aus) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 116 Radek Becka (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 117 Geert Omloop (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 118 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 119 Jens Mouris (Ned) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 120 Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 121 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 122 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 123 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 124 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 125 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 126 Björn Thurau (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon 127 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 128 Frantisek Kloucek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 129 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 130 Jochen Summer (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 131 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 132 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Silence - Lotto 133 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 134 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre 135 Bastian Giling (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 136 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop 137 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 138 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 139 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 140 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 141 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 142 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence - Lotto 143 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 144 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon 145 André Schulze (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 146 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 147 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 148 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott 19.06 149 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 150 Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 151 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank 152 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop 153 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 154 Yohann Gčne (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 155 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank 156 René Andrle (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 157 Vojtech Dlouhy (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 158 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 159 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 160 Huub Duyn (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 161 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 162 Michael Friedman (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 163 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 164 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 165 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 166 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Volksbank 167 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team High Road 168 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 20.34 169 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 170 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 171 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 172 Peter Presslauer (Aut) Team Volksbank 173 Patrick Keller (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 174 Long Jin (Chn) Skil-Shimano 175 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott 176 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 177 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems Points Classification 1 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 20 pts 2 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 18 3 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 16 4 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 14 5 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team High Road 12 6 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 10 7 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 9 8 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 8 9 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 7 10 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 6 11 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 5 12 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux 4 13 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 3 14 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 2 15 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1 Mountains Classification 1 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 40 pts 2 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 18 3 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 8 4 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 6 5 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 5 6 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road 4 7 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team High Road 4 8 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 3 9 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 3 10 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 3 11 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 3 12 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 3 13 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 3 14 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 2 15 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 1 16 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 1 17 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 1 Sprints Classification 1 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road 3 pts 2 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 3 3 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 2 4 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 2 5 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 1 6 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 1 Teams Classification 1 Barloworld 14.55.46 2 Lampre 0.29 3 Rabobank 0.31 4 Team Milram 0.45 5 Liquigas 6 High Road 0.59 7 Topsport Vlaanderen 1.14 8 Quick Step 1.44 9 Tinkoff Credit Systems 10 Silence-Lotto 11 Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 12 Cycle Collstrop 13 Astana 14 Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2.43 15 Française Des Jeux 3.53 16 Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner 17 Bouygues Telecom 5.10 18 Skil-Shimano 6.54 19 Mitsubishi-Jartazi 20 Team Volksbank 12.36 21 Saunier Duval-Scott 16.10 22 Elk Haus - Simplon 34.08 23 Psk Whirlpool - Author 39.18
