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KBC Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde - 2.HC
Belgium, April 1-3, 2008
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Stage 3a - April 3: De Panne - De Panne, 119km
The Manx Express continues full steam
By Brecht Decaluwé in De Panne
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The morning stage of Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde's final day turned out to be another prey for in-form Mark Cavendish. The 21 year-old of Team High Road – 'Manx Express' as the Isle of Man native is often referred to by his team-mates – steamed towards the finish line next to Francesco Chicchi (Liquigas) on the small cobbles of De Panne's main street. Like spotting the line in the recent Track World Championships in Manchester, Cavendish managed to throw his wheel just ahead of the Italian.
Enrico Gasparotto (Barloworld) remains the classification leader ahead of the 13.7-kilometre time trial this afternoon that concludes the Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde. Only the top 120 classification riders are allowed to start in the time trial. Today's runner-up, Chichi, will be the first to start at 14:30 and Gasparotto will start on his defence run at 16:30.
"It was really close and I got it on the line. It was definitely harder than yesterday," Cavendish said. No wonder as he had two bike lengths on the rest of the peloton in Koksijde during stage two, while he only had a couple of centimetres today.
Unsurprisingly, Cavendish pointed out that he likes the racing in Belgium, but he went on to say he prefers it over any other racing. "I didn't have much luck earlier this year in California and the Tirreno, but I'd rather take my first wins here in Belgium than anywhere else.
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"It was a little bit dangerous as there was a bit of pushing in the peloton," Cavendish stated on the peloton's uneasiness. He continued to describe what happened in the last kilometre, "I was fighting and did the last kilometre in the wind. Roger [Hammond] was picking me up and I came out of the last corner in fourth or fifth, but the top-three had a gap. I went down the left [side] as there was a narrow gap between [Luca] Paolini and the railings. He was a gentleman and let the gap open for me. Thanks to him for being a gentleman and allowing me through," Cavendish honestly praised the Italian, who went on to finish tenth in De Panne. The Acqua Sapone rider is still second in the classification at five seconds from current leader, Gasparotto.
During the final kilometre on the small smooth cobbles there was a big fight towards the first corner, and the Isle of Man rider explained that his track experience helped him to win the stage. "That's where the track has been helping me. In the last 500 metres, there were two full gas sprints. There was a sprint towards the last corner and another one towards the finish line. This suits me as I can ride two sprints in succession. I could go for the longer sprint and managed to hold the rest off at the end."
How it unfolded
It was an early morning wake up for the riders who took the start in stage 3a. At 9:00 a peloton of 164 riders rode away from De Panne. Greg Van Avermaet (Silence-Lotto) didn't start in De Panne to save some energy for the Ronde van Vlaanderen. Michael Schär (Astana) didn't start either. The Swiss broke his middle finger during a crash the day before, but the Astana team announced that its rider should be able to start in the Ronde van Vlaanderen.
A tailwind blew the peloton towards the hill zone which included the famous Kemmelberg. Three riders sneaked away soon after the start: Kevin Neirynck (Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner), David Deroo (Skil-Shimano) and Jens Mouris (Mitsubishi-Jartazi) featured in the breakaway of the day. Geert Omloop (Mitsubishi-Jartazi) abandoned after 86 kilometres due to some health problems.
The trio in front had a maximum advantage of 6'15", which was reduced to 3'20" with 35 kilometres to go. Echelons were formed when the peloton entered the flatland – the 'Moeren' – behind the coast, without causing too much damage although some lesser-known riders were quickly dropped. Bram Tankink (Rabobank) abandoned the race.
In a small town there was a crash involving Czech champion Tomas Buchacek (PSK Whirlpool-Author).
With 25 kilometres to go the gap with the leaders had run back to 1'30" as a strong headwind tortured the riders in the 'Moeren.' Today's average was currently at 43.9 km/h.
With 18 kilometres to go, the speed in the peloton went up and the advantage of the leaders had dropped underneath a minute. The leaders' group had split up after an attack from Jens Mouris who got away on his own. The Topsport Vlaanderen team tried to create echelons and it succeeded in its effort, as there were four echelons with 16 kilometres to go. Tom Boonen (Quick Step) demonstrated he is the 'patron' of the peloton by gesticulating that an echelons shouldn't be formed halfway the street. The Belgian moved over on his own to the other side of the street, and he was quickly followed by the other riders.
Joost Posthuma – eighth in GC – got surprised by the formation of echelons. The Dutch Rabobank rider was riding in the second echelon, but just before reaching De Panne his team-mates brought their leader back in the first group. The bonus seconds at the first passage of the finish line, with nine kilometres to go, was won by Jens Mouris. The Dutch rider had 5" on Stijn Devolder (Quick Step) who led the peloton over the small cobbles. A second peloton followed at 50"; this group included fast man David Kopp (Cycle Collstrop).
Immediately an attack from Kristof Goddaert (Topsport Vlaanderen) followed, but he wasn't allowed any space as the Quick Step train steamed forward. Boonen and Steven De Jongh (Quick Step) turned out to be the lead-out men for Wouter Weylandt, but the Belgian couldn't convert their help into a win. Instead it was Mark Cavendish who won the long sprint. Just like yesterday, Francesco Chichi finished second to the 'Manx Express.'
Photography
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- Mark Cavendish (High Road) gets it over Francesco Chicchi (Liquigas).
- The 'Manx Express': Mark Cavendish, 21, wins his second stage of the KBC Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde
- Thrilled with win number two: Mark Cavendish (High Road) after stage 3a.
Images by Bjorn Haake/Cyclingnews.com
- Mark Cavendish wins another stage in sunny Belgium.
- Cavendish all smiles on the podium
- Cavendish won his second stage in as many days.
- Enrico Gasparotto (Barloworld) keeps in the lead but now he will have to give it all in the decisive time trial.
- The trophies are fitting for a bike race.
- Cavendish now has the lead in the points classification and gets the green jersey.
- Preben Van Hecke (Topsport Vlaanderen) still leads the mountains classification.
- David Boucher (Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner) is the best rusher as he leads the rush or sprints classification.
Results
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 2.53.36 (41.129 km/h) 2 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 3 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop 4 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 5 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 6 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 7 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux 8 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 10 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 11 Harald Starzengruber (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 12 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon 13 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 14 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 15 Diego Milan Jiminez (Spa) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 16 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 17 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 18 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 19 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 20 Tom Steels (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 21 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott 22 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence - Lotto 23 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 24 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 25 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 26 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 27 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 28 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road 29 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 30 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 31 David Kopp (Ger) Cycle Collstrop 32 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 33 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 34 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 35 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 36 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre 37 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 38 Allan Davis (Aus) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 39 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 40 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 41 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 42 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 43 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 44 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road 45 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 46 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road 47 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 48 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 49 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 50 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.12 51 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 52 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 0.17 53 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 54 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 55 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 56 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Scott 57 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 58 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 59 Vladimir Goussev (Rus) Astana 0.19 60 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 61 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 62 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 63 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 64 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 65 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 66 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 67 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 68 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 69 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank 70 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 71 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 72 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 73 Frantisek Kloucek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 74 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 75 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 76 Michael Friedman (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 77 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 78 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 79 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 80 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 81 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team High Road 82 Servais Knaven (Ned) Team High Road 83 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 84 Ian Stannard (GBr) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 85 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française des Jeux 86 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 87 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 88 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 89 Bastian Giling (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 90 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 91 Johan Coenen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 92 Geert Omloop (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 93 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 94 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team High Road 95 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 96 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre 97 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre 98 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 99 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step 100 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 101 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 102 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 103 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 104 André Schulze (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 105 Janek Tombak (Est) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 0.37 106 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.44 107 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 0.48 108 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 0.53 109 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld 110 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 1.29 111 Ilya Chernetskiy (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 112 Robert Lauscha (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 113 Vojtech Dlouhy (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 114 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) Cycle Collstrop 115 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Silence - Lotto 116 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 1.32 117 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 118 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 119 Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 120 Jens Mouris (Ned) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 121 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 122 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 2.29 123 Björn Thurau (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon 4.39 124 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 125 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 126 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 127 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 128 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 129 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 130 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 131 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 132 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 133 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Team Volksbank 134 Huub Duyn (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 135 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank 136 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 137 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 138 Pieter Vanspeybroock (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 139 Radek Becka (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 140 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop 141 René Andrle (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 142 Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 143 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 144 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 145 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 146 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 147 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre 148 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 149 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 150 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 151 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 152 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team High Road 153 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 154 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 155 Patrick Keller (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 156 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott 157 Jochen Summer (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 158 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.06 159 Long Jin (Chn) Skil-Shimano 5.11 160 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 7.48 DNF Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank DNF Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld DNF Peter Presslauer (Aut) Team Volksbank DNF Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner DNS Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana DNS Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto Points 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 10 pts 2 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 9 3 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop 8 4 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 7 5 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 6 6 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 5 7 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux 4 8 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 9 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 2 10 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1 Sprints Sprint 1 - km 110 1 Jens Mouris (Ned) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 3 pts 2 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 2 3 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 Climbs Monteberg - km 51 1 Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 5 pts 2 Jens Mouris (Ned) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 3 3 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 1 Rodeberg - km 56 1 Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 5 pts 2 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 3 3 Jens Mouris (Ned) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 1 Vidaigneberg - km 57 1 Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 5 pts 2 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 3 3 Jens Mouris (Ned) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 1 Teams 1 Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 8.40.48 2 Cycle Collstrop 3 High Road 4 Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner 5 Lampre 6 Skil-Shimano 7 Mitsubishi-Jartazi 8 Quick Step 9 Topsport Vlaanderen 10 Rabobank 0.12 11 Barloworld 0.17 12 Team Milram 13 Française Des Jeux 0.19 14 Elk Haus - Simplon 15 Liquigas 16 Silence-Lotto 17 Astana 18 Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 19 Saunier Duval-Scott 0.34 20 Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.48 21 PSK Whirlpool - Author 0.57 22 Bouygues Telecom 4.58 23 Team Volksbank 5.15 General classification after stage 3 1 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 13.58.11 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 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 0.25 6 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 7 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 0.27 8 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 0.39 9 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 0.40 10 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 11 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team High Road 0.44 12 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.06 13 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road 1.07 14 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.10 15 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 16 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux 17 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 18 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 19 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road 20 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 21 David Kopp (Ger) Cycle Collstrop 22 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 23 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 24 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 25 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 26 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road 27 Harald Starzengruber (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 28 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 29 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 30 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre 31 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 1.27 32 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 33 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 34 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 35 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 1.29 36 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 37 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 38 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 39 Vladimir Goussev (Rus) Astana 40 Ian Stannard (GBr) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 41 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 42 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 43 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 44 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 45 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step 46 Johan Coenen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 47 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 48 Servais Knaven (Ned) Team High Road 49 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 50 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 51 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 52 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.54 53 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 1.58 54 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 1.59 55 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 2.03 56 Janek Tombak (Est) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 2.14 57 Diego Milan Jiminez (Spa) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2.19 58 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) Cycle Collstrop 2.39 59 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 2.42 60 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 61 Tom Steels (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 3.19 62 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.38 63 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française des Jeux 4.54 64 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.49 65 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team High Road 66 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Scott 6.37 67 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank 6.39 68 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 69 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 70 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 71 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 7.50 72 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9.15 73 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 74 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 9.30 75 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 10.26 76 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 77 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 78 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 79 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 10.45 80 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 81 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 82 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 83 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Team Volksbank 10.59 84 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 85 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 86 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 87 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre 11.07 88 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre 89 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld 11.19 90 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 13.09 91 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 15.05 92 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 93 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 17.06 94 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 17.14 95 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop 17.20 96 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 17.22 97 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon 98 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 99 Allan Davis (Aus) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 100 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence - Lotto 101 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 17.37 102 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 17.38 103 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 17.41 104 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 105 André Schulze (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 106 Frantisek Kloucek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 107 Bastian Giling (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 108 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 109 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 110 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 111 Geert Omloop (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 112 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 113 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 114 Ilya Chernetskiy (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 18.51 115 Robert Lauscha (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 116 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 117 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Silence - Lotto 118 Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 18.54 119 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 120 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 18.56 121 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott 19.06 122 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 123 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 19.18 124 Michael Friedman (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 19.25 125 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team High Road 126 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 127 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 20.34 128 Vojtech Dlouhy (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 20.35 129 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 20.46 130 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 20.53 131 Jens Mouris (Ned) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 20.55 132 Björn Thurau (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon 22.01 133 Pieter Vanspeybroock (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 134 Radek Becka (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 135 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 136 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 137 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre 138 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 139 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 140 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre 141 Jochen Summer (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 142 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 22.43 143 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23.20 144 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 23.45 145 Huub Duyn (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 146 Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 147 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank 148 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 149 René Andrle (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 150 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 151 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop 152 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 153 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 25.13 154 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 155 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott 156 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 25.33 157 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 25.35 158 Patrick Keller (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 25.40 159 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 25.50 160 Long Jin (Chn) Skil-Shimano 29.37 Points classification 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 30 pts 2 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 27 3 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 24 4 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 21 5 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 20 6 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 16 7 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 14 8 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 14 9 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 12 10 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team High Road 12 11 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 12 12 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 13 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 10 14 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 9 15 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 9 16 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott 9 17 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 8 18 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux 8 19 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 8 20 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop 8 21 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 7 22 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 7 23 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 6 24 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 6 25 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 5 26 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 4 27 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 3 28 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 2 29 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon 2 30 André Schulze (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 1 Sprint classification 1 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 8 pts 2 Jens Mouris (Ned) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 3 3 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road 3 4 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 3 5 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 3 6 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 3 7 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 2 8 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 1 9 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 1 10 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française des Jeux 1 Mountains classification 1 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 40 pts 2 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 18 3 Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 15 4 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 11 5 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 9 6 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 8 7 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 7 8 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 7 9 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 6 10 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 5 11 Jens Mouris (Ned) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 5 12 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road 4 13 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team High Road 4 14 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 3 15 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 3 16 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 3 17 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 3 18 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 3 19 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 1 20 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 1 21 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 1 Teams classification 1 Barloworld 41.56.36 2 Lampre 0.12 3 Rabobank 0.26 4 High Road 0.42 5 Team Milram 0.45 6 Liquigas 0.47 7 Topsport Vlaanderen 0.57 8 Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 1.27 9 Cycle Collstrop 10 Quick Step 11 Silence-Lotto 1.46 12 Astana 13 Tinkoff Credit Systems 2.15 14 Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2.45 15 Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner 3.36 16 Française Des Jeux 3.55 17 Skil-Shimano 6.37 18 Mitsubishi-Jartazi 19 Bouygues Telecom 9.51 20 Saunier Duval-Scott 16.27 21 Team Volksbank 17.34 22 Elk Haus - Simplon 34.10 23 PSK Whirlpool - Author 39.58
