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KBC Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde - 2.HCBelgium, April 1-3, 2008Main Page Results Overall standings Previous Stage Stage 3b - April 3: De Panne - De Panne ITT, 13.7kmImpressive time trial victory yields overall win for PosthumaBy Brecht Decaluwé in De Panne Dutchman Joost Posthuma won the time trial stage that concluded the Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde in such an impressive style that he even surprised himself by taking overall victory in the process. The 27 year-old Rabobank rider had 15 bonus seconds on Italian Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas), who finished second, and fell two seconds short of the overall victory. Italian Enrico Gasparotto (Barloworld), who had been leading the race since stage one, finished 12th at 35 seconds, losing the eight seconds needed to preserve the leader's jersey. Posthuma was taken out of competition last year when a car hit him during a training ride in Holland. The powerful Dutchman has had some strong results in time trials in the past, but his victory in the relatively short time trial today confirms that he has recovered well from the accident. Before the time trial he trailed Gasparotto by 27 seconds, but impressively managed to take it all back. "This is a very special victory, which I didn't expect anymore. I hoped for the podium as normally 27 seconds is way too much, but I did it nevertheless," a surprised Posthuma noted. "At the first [timed] mark I had a good time and then I took the guy who started ahead of me [Kurt Hovelynck (Topsport Vlaanderen) - ed.]. Then, I powered towards the finish and took it." He should be able to claim the overall victory in other stage races although his climbing abilities are unknown. "I'm not a specialist in the high mountains, but I can climb for sure. Overall, I'm a very constant rider." Last year's De Panne winner went on to win the Ronde van Vlaanderen, but Posthuma didn't want to say he could repeat that feat. Juan Antonio "Flecha is our sole leader and after him we've got a lot of riders who can be there in the finale. I think we'll see a breakaway lasting very long. It'll be a very strange race." Before Posthuma hammered passed everyone in the final moments of the race, it was Stijn Devolder (Quick Step) who kept hold of the provisional race lead. The Belgian started as 19th rider, but his time at the finish stayed on top for an hour and a half. Magnus Backstedt (Slipstream Chipotle - H30) powered passed the Belgian, even if halfway through the course Backstedt was still four seconds down on Devolder. At the finish, the Swede threw his bike over the line 58" earlier than the Belgian. "I heard on the radio that I was really close and I gave everything in that last bit. I think I'm in top form right in time for the big races," Backstedt said. Meanwhile Posthuma took 15" from Backstedt's time and by setting that time it was clear who would win the stage, and possibly the overall victory as well. Afterwards, Quinziato gave all he had, but the Italian fell two seconds too short to claim the overall victory. Strong man Luca Paolini (Acqua Sapone-Caffč Mokambo) couldn't deploy the necessary time trial skills to pose a threat for the GC and he tumbled down the overall rankings. The classification leader coming into the afternoon stage, Enrico Gasparotto, couldn't overtake Paolini – who started one minute earlier - during his ride and fell short of the eight seconds needed to keep Posthuma from winning the overall in De Panne. Last year's winner Alessandro Ballan finished 40" down on Posthuma and ended the race ranked seventh in the GC. PhotographyFor a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here Images by AFP Photo
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Results1 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 16.28 (49.97 km/h) 2 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 0.15 3 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 0.16 4 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road 0.19 5 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 0.22 6 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 0.26 7 Vladimir Goussev (Rus) Astana 8 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.29 9 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road 0.30 10 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 0.32 11 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 0.33 12 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 0.35 13 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 14 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.36 15 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Scott 0.38 16 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 0.40 17 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 0.42 18 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 0.46 19 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 0.50 20 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step 0.51 21 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 22 Servais Knaven (Ned) Team High Road 0.53 23 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 0.55 24 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 25 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 0.56 26 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.58 27 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 28 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 1.01 29 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 1.02 30 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 1.05 31 Johan Coenen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 1.06 32 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.08 33 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 34 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 1.16 35 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 36 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 37 Bastian Giling (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 1.17 38 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.19 39 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 40 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 1.21 41 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 42 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.22 43 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 1.24 44 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team High Road 1.25 45 Ilya Chernetskiy (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.26 46 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 47 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 1.28 48 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 1.29 49 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 50 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 51 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 52 Ian Stannard (GBr) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 1.30 53 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 54 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 1.31 55 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 56 Harald Starzengruber (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 1.32 57 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 58 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1.35 59 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 60 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 1.38 61 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre 1.40 62 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.41 63 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 64 Frantisek Kloucek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 65 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 1.44 66 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 1.45 67 Allan Davis (Aus) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 1.46 68 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team High Road 69 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.47 70 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 1.48 71 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop 1.51 72 Geert Omloop (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 1.52 73 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 1.53 74 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 75 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road 1.54 76 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 77 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1.55 78 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 79 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 80 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 1.56 81 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 2.01 82 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 2.04 83 Janek Tombak (Est) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 2.05 84 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2.06 85 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 86 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 2.07 87 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2.09 88 Robert Lauscha (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 89 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank 2.12 90 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux 2.14 91 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 92 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Team Volksbank 2.17 93 Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 94 Tom Steels (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 2.18 95 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre 2.21 96 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 2.22 97 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 2.32 98 Diego Milan Jiminez (Spa) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 2.35 99 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.36 100 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 2.40 101 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 102 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 2.44 103 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon 2.45 104 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre 105 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2.49 106 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.51 107 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 3.09 108 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 3.16 109 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 3.20 DNS Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen DNS Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre DNS Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step DNS Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas DNS Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas DNS Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld DNS Steffen Wesemann (Swi) Cycle Collstrop DNS David Kopp (Ger) Cycle Collstrop DNS André Schulze (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author DNS Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo DNS Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo Points 1 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 10 pts 2 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 9 3 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 8 4 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road 7 5 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 6 6 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 5 7 Vladimir Goussev (Rus) Astana 4 8 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3 9 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road 2 10 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 1 Final General classification 1 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 14.15.05 2 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 0.02 3 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 0.08 4 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 0.10 5 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 0.40 6 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 0.46 7 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 0.53 8 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 0.58 9 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road 0.59 10 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 1.04 11 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road 1.13 12 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 1.15 13 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 1.27 14 Vladimir Goussev (Rus) Astana 1.28 15 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.29 16 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 17 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 1.34 18 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.38 19 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 1.41 20 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team High Road 1.42 21 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 1.48 22 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.51 23 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step 1.53 24 Servais Knaven (Ned) Team High Road 1.55 25 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 1.57 26 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 27 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 1.58 28 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 1.59 29 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 30 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.00 31 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 2.03 32 Johan Coenen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 2.08 33 Harald Starzengruber (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 2.15 34 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 2.21 35 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre 2.23 36 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2.25 37 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 2.26 38 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 2.30 39 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 2.31 40 Ian Stannard (GBr) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 2.32 41 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 2.36 42 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road 2.37 43 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 2.38 44 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 45 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 2.50 46 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux 2.57 47 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 3.03 48 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 3.05 49 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 3.08 50 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 3.09 51 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 3.16 52 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 3.42 53 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank 3.50 54 Janek Tombak (Est) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 3.52 55 Diego Milan Jiminez (Spa) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 4.27 56 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 4.40 57 Tom Steels (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 5.10 58 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française des Jeux 6.14 59 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.41 60 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Scott 6.48 61 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team High Road 7.08 62 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 7.57 63 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 8.13 64 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank 8.24 65 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 9.01 66 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 9.17 67 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 10.09 68 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10.10 69 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 10.44 70 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 10.53 71 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 10.57 72 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 11.20 73 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 11.47 74 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 12.00 75 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 12.02 76 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 12.05 77 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 12.08 78 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 12.25 79 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 12.43 80 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Team Volksbank 12.49 81 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 12.54 82 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre 13.01 83 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre 13.25 84 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 15.22 85 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 16.13 86 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 17.26 87 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 17.47 88 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 18.30 89 Bastian Giling (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 18.31 90 Allan Davis (Aus) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 18.41 91 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 18.42 92 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop 18.44 93 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 18.46 94 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 18.55 95 Frantisek Kloucek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 96 Geert Omloop (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 19.06 97 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 19.09 98 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 19.10 99 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence - Lotto 19.31 100 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon 19.40 101 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 19.46 102 Ilya Chernetskiy (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 19.50 103 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 20.11 104 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 20.31 105 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 106 Robert Lauscha (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 20.33 107 Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 20.44 108 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Silence - Lotto 21.15 109 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 21.33 Points classification 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 30 pts 2 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 24 3 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 22 4 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux 21 5 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 20 6 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 19 7 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 18 8 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 15 9 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 12 10 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team High Road 12 11 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 11 12 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 13 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre 9 14 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 9 15 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 8 16 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux 8 17 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 8 18 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop 8 19 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 7 20 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road 7 21 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 6 22 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 5 23 Vladimir Goussev (Rus) Astana 4 24 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 4 25 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3 26 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 3 27 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road 2 28 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 2 29 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon 2 Sprint classification 1 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 8 pts 2 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road 3 3 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 3 4 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 2 5 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 1 6 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 1 7 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 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 9 5 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 8 6 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 7 7 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 6 8 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 5 9 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road 4 10 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team High Road 4 11 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 3 12 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 3 13 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 3 14 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 3 15 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 3 16 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 1 17 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 1 Teams classification 1 Rabobank 42.47.58 2 High Road 0.23 3 Liquigas 0.54 4 Quick Step 1.08 5 Lampre 1.13 6 Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30 1.28 7 Team Milram 1.32 8 Astana 1.38 9 Barloworld 1.41 10 Silence-Lotto 2.32 11 Topsport Vlaanderen 2.47 12 Tinkoff Credit Systems 3.07 13 Cycle Collstrop 4.02 14 Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner 6.05 15 Française Des Jeux 6.13 16 Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 6.20 17 Skil-Shimano 9.49 18 Mitsubishi-Jartazi 10.07 19 Bouygues Telecom 11.39 20 Team Volksbank 21.33 21 Elk Haus - Simplon 37.46 22 PSK Whirlpool - Author 43.03 |
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