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7th Tour of Qatar - 2.1
Qatar, January 27-February 1, 2008
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Stage 2 - January 28: Al Zubarah - Doha Golf Club, 137.5 km
Boonen blows others away in windy conditions
Belgian takes stage and leader's jersey
By Shane Stokes in Doha
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At the end of what is believed to have been the second-fastest stage ever held in the Tour of Qatar, Tom Boonen (Quick Step) today outsprinted six other riders to win the second leg of the race.
The Belgian beat 2007 stage winner Greg van Avarmaet (Silence-Lotto), Danilo Napolitano (Lampre) and Chris Sutton (Slipstream Chipotle) to the line at the Doha golf club, with three others also being classified in the same time. Two chasers were seven seconds down, and the rest of the field was at least 20 seconds back. In fact, all the riders from 32nd place onwards conceded more than three and a half minutes on what was a very decisive day in the saddle.
Two factors combined to wreak havoc on the peloton. The first was a strong sidewind which carved the field into echelons, and the second was the blazing speed. The 137.5 kilometre stage from Al Zubarah to Doha Golf Club was run off at a scorching 55.5 km/h, clearly quicker than the fastest-ever Tour de France road stage average of 50.355 [Mario Cipollini, Blois, 1999] and close to last year's Qatar stage record of 56.7 km/h. That mark was set on the third stage to Khalifa, and it too was won by Boonen in a sprint.
"The first hour we rode at 57 km/h," he said after the stage, clearly satisfied with the way he and his team rode. "Our team has a technique to ride in an echelon and our condition is good, so I decided to take the initiative right from the start of the race. For 75 kilometres we made war, but then there was a pause and the group behind us came back. A little after that a small group went away and we all gave 110 percent. We were screaming along, even I missed some turns [due to the speed]. Days like this don't come often."
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Although Quick Step had the race leader's jersey with Matteo Tosatto, the decision was made to go flat out and chase the stage win rather than ride defensively. The Italian was up there for almost all of the day's racing but ultimately finished 20 seconds down in tenth place.
However that wasn't a problem for the team; Boonen had picked up a total of 13 bonus seconds by winning both the second intermediate sprint and the final gallop to the line. He consequently ended the day a comfortable nine seconds ahead of the next-closest rider, his team-mate Steven de Jongh, and a further five up on Van Avarmaet.
Next in line is Chris Sutton. The Australian rode well during the stage, placing fourth in the finale, is currently lying fourth in the general classification and drops one second behind Van Avarmaet in the best young rider competition.
"It was pretty hard out there," he told Cyclingnews after the finish. "I just checked my PowerTap and I averaged 55 km/h. It was a solid day. I had a maximum speed of 71.5 km/h...and there's no downhills here. It was flat and windy. It wasn't an easy day for anyone. The boys in my team rode really great. Dave Millar and Julian Dean helped and then I ended up in the front group with Magnus [Backstedt].
"I tried to have a go in the sprint there at the finish but Tom Boonen is pretty strong and I ended up running fourth. The whole team rode very well today, Maggie was driving it at the finish but I guess he ran out of a bit of gas at the very end...
"We will work on the sprint finish, we will get it down right and I reckon we will have a win before the end of the week."
Backstedt finished 20 seconds back in eleventh and echoed Sutton's talk about the high speeds. "It was out of the blocks and that was it," he said. "Basically when there is a cross wind you have to swop off all the time. If you don't take your turn you end up sitting on the back and it actually hurts more. You always get squashed on the edge of the road and you don't get a proper draft. It is actually worse doing that then going through quickly and taking your five-second turn. It was basically just through and off.
"Quick Step were by far the strongest today. They are the strongest guys out there, they basically controlled the whole day. They were there in numbers and when you have pretty much the whole team on the front, you can do what you want. It is always easier to control the race, you dictate the tactics. If you want to do something in the crosswind you have got the manpower behind you to do it. Of course, there are some bloody talented bike riders in that team as well."
How it unfolded
133 riders lined out in warm, sunny conditions at the day's start in Al Zubarah. Ahead of them lay 137.5 kilometres of flatland, with intermediate sprints at kilometre 21.5 and 91 offering bonuses of 3", 2" and 1". Others of 10", 6" and 4" were up for grabs at the finish.
With the first of these sprints perhaps acting as an incentive, the pace ramped up immediately after the start and the peloton fragmented into several groups. Quick Step's strength in fast, windy, flat conditions was reflected by the fact that six of them were present in the lead group of 24 riders, including Boonen, race leader Matteo Tosatto and last year's winner Wilfried Cretskens.
This group of two dozen knuckled down and continued to pull away. After 15 kilometres of racing they were 35" ahead of the next chasers, with a second group 1'30 back. Six clicks later they fought it out for the first intermediate sprint in Madinat Al Shamal and here De Jongh best Tom Veelers (Skil-Shimano) and race leader Tosatto. De Jongh consequently became race leader on the road.
The pressure continued to be applied and those up front covered 57 kilometres in the first hour. However the pursuers were doing everything they could to get back on terms; after some 50 kilometres of racing, the leaders had just 12" on the first chase group, and these two bunches merged soon afterwards. Those further back could not make real inroads into the lead, though, and remained over a minute back.
The second bonus sprint came at Umm Suwaiya and there Boonen showed his intent by beating Veelers and De Jongh. Soon afterwards his team ramped up the pace once again and shed all bar 12; those left up front included five Quick Step riders, namely Boonen, De Jongh, Cretskens, Kevin Hulsmans and Maaerten Wynants, plus Napolitano (Lampre), Sutton and Magnus Backstedt (Slipstream Chipotle), Van Avermaet, Jurgen Roelandts and Maarten Tjallingii (Silence-Lotto), and Alexandre Pichot (Bouygues Telecom).
With 30 kilometres remaining a group of approximately 30 riders was 12" back. This gap gradually grew bigger, effectively guaranteeing that the stage win would be fought out amongst those in the first group.
With his fast finish and the confidence derived from winning multiple stages in the past, few expected Boonen to lose, and so it turned out. He handily beat Van Avermaet, Napolitano, Sutton, Roelandts, Pichot and De Jongh to the line, with Tjallingii and last year's winner Cretskens slipping 7" back. Deposed race leader Tosatto and Backstedt came in a further 13" down.
It's too soon to say their challenge is over, but the same can't be said for the rest of the field. The remainder of the peloton are already between 40" and 14'26" back, and it will take a very big ride for any of these to get back into the frame. Quick Step clearly has the form to wreak havoc on the peloton; are its riders on the way to a third consecutive overall victory?
What's next
Tuesday's third stage of the race takes the riders 147.5 kilometres from the Camel Race Track to the Qatar Foundation. Intermediate sprints are at Al Ghuwayriya (52.5km) and Umm Suwaiya (91.5km), and more bonus seconds are up for grabs at the finish line.
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- Tom Boonen (Quick Step) wins stage 2.
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step) doubles with the stage win and overall jersey.
- Concentrated – Tom Boonen (Quick Step) before going on to win stage 2.
Results
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 2.28.37 (55.5 km/h) 2 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 3 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 4 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 5 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 6 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 8 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 0.07 9 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 10 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 0.20 11 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 12 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 0.24 13 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 0.40 14 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott 0.45 15 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 16 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 17 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Credit Agricole 18 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre 19 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence - Lotto 20 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 21 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 22 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 23 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 24 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 25 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 26 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 27 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 28 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole 29 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 30 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 31 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 32 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 3.32 33 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 34 Evert Verbist (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 35 Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porshe 36 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 37 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 38 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 39 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Silence - Lotto 40 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 41 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 42 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team 43 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 44 Curvers Roy (Ned) Skil-Shimano 45 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 46 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas 47 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 48 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Team Milram 49 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 50 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 51 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 52 Eric Berthou (Fra) Credit Agricole 53 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porshe 54 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott 55 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 56 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 57 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Credit Agricole 4.14 58 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 59 Omar Hasanin (Syr) Doha Team 6.57 60 Aymen Ben Hassine (Tun) Doha Team 6.59 61 Hossein Askari (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 62 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Scott 7.01 63 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 8.12 64 Robbie Williams (Aus) Drapac Porshe 65 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 66 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 67 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 68 Koen Barbé (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 69 Bert Roesems (Bel) Silence - Lotto 70 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 71 Nicolaï Trussov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 72 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 73 Rafaa Chitioui (Tun) Doha Team 74 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 75 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 76 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 77 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 78 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 79 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 80 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 81 Abbas Saeiditanha (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 82 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 83 Amir Zargari (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 84 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 85 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 86 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 87 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 88 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 89 Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Racing Team 90 Huub Duyn (Ned) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 91 Martyn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 92 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre 93 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 94 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 95 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 96 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 97 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre 98 Gene Bates (Aus) Drapac Porshe 99 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 100 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 101 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 102 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 103 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott 104 Julian Dean (NZl) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 105 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 106 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 107 Guido Trenti (USA) Liquigas 108 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 9.47 109 Hossein Nateghi (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 12.42 110 Hossein Jahanbanian (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 111 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 112 Peter Mc Donald (Aus) Drapac Porshe 113 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 114 Kilian Patour (Fra) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 115 Jean-Paul Simon (Bel) Credit Agricole 116 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 117 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 118 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 119 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 120 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 121 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 122 Abdelbasat Hanachi (Alg) Doha Team 123 Tareq Esmaeili (Qat) Doha Team 124 Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Porshe 125 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porshe 126 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Doha Team 127 Seyed Mostafa Seyed Rezaei Khormizi (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 128 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 129 Hamad Afif (Qat) Doha Team 13.41 130 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team 131 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 14.26 Points Madinat Al Shamal - 21.5 Km 1 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 3 pts 2 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2 3 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 1 Umm Suwaiya - 91.0 Km 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 3 pts 2 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2 3 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 1 Doha Golf Club - 137.5 Km 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 30 pts 2 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 27 3 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 25 4 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 23 5 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 21 6 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19 7 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 17 8 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 15 9 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 13 10 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 11 11 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 10 12 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 9 13 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 8 14 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott 7 15 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 6 16 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 5 17 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Credit Agricole 4 18 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre 3 19 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2 20 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 1 Young rider 1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.28.37 2 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 3 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 4 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 0.40 6 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 0.45 7 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 8 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole 9 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 10 Evert Verbist (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 3.32 11 Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porshe 12 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 13 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 14 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team 15 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 16 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Team Milram 17 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott 18 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 4.14 19 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 8.12 20 Robbie Williams (Aus) Drapac Porshe 21 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 22 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 23 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 24 Nicolaï Trussov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 25 Rafaa Chitioui (Tun) Doha Team 26 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 27 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 28 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 29 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 31 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 32 Huub Duyn (Ned) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 33 Martyn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 34 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre 35 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 36 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 37 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre 38 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 39 Hossein Nateghi (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 12.42 40 Hossein Jahanbanian (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 41 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 42 Jean-Paul Simon (Bel) Credit Agricole 43 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 44 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 45 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 46 Abdelbasat Hanachi (Alg) Doha Team 47 Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Porshe 48 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porshe 49 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Doha Team 50 Seyed Mostafa Seyed Rezaei Khormizi (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 51 Hamad Afif (Qat) Doha Team 13.41 52 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team Teams 1 Silence-Lotto 7.25.58 2 Quick.Step - Innergetic 3 Skil-Shimano 2.03 4 Crédit Agricole 2.08 5 Bouygues Telecom 4.10 6 Topsport Vlaanderen 7.42 7 Milram 8 Saunier Duval-Scott 9 BMC Racing Team 10 Liquigas 11 Slipstream Chipotle - H30 8.25 12 Lampre 8.50 13 Drapac Porshe 15.09 14 Tinkoff Credit Systems 17.02 15 Cofidis 19.49 16 Doha Team 22.01 17 Iran Cycling Federation 23.16 General classification after stage 2 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 2.34.59 2 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 0.09 3 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.14 4 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 0.15 5 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 0.20 6 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 7 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 0.21 8 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.26 9 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 0.27 10 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 0.32 11 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 0.47 12 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 0.58 13 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 14 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 15 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.59 16 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 1.03 17 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 18 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.05 19 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 20 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Credit Agricole 1.07 21 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole 22 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 23 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.09 24 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre 1.10 25 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 26 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.11 27 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 28 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 29 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott 1.16 30 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 1.19 31 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 1.39 32 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 3.45 33 Curvers Roy (Ned) Skil-Shimano 3.50 34 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 35 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 3.51 36 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas 37 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 38 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Silence - Lotto 3.52 39 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 40 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.54 41 Eric Berthou (Fra) Credit Agricole 42 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porshe 3.57 43 Evert Verbist (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 44 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 45 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.58 46 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 47 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 48 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 49 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team 50 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 51 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 52 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Team Milram 53 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 4.02 54 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 4.03 55 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott 56 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Credit Agricole 4.36 57 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 4.45 58 Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porshe 4.49 59 Omar Hasanin (Syr) Doha Team 7.36 60 Aymen Ben Hassine (Tun) Doha Team 7.38 61 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Scott 7.41 62 Hossein Askari (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 8.02 63 Huub Duyn (Ned) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 8.27 64 Martyn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 65 Julian Dean (NZl) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 66 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 67 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 8.30 68 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 69 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 8.31 70 Bert Roesems (Bel) Silence - Lotto 8.32 71 Nicolaï Trussov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 8.36 72 Robbie Williams (Aus) Drapac Porshe 8.37 73 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 74 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre 75 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre 76 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 77 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 78 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.38 79 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 80 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 81 Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Racing Team 82 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 83 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 84 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 85 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 8.41 86 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 8.42 87 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 88 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 89 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 90 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 91 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 8.43 92 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 93 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott 94 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 8.50 95 Rafaa Chitioui (Tun) Doha Team 8.51 96 Abbas Saeiditanha (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 8.55 97 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 98 Amir Zargari (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 99 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 8.56 100 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 9.23 101 Guido Trenti (USA) Liquigas 102 Koen Barbé (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 9.25 103 Gene Bates (Aus) Drapac Porshe 9.29 104 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 9.33 105 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 9.34 106 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 9.49 107 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 10.06 108 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 10.28 109 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 13.06 110 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 111 Peter Mc Donald (Aus) Drapac Porshe 13.07 112 Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Porshe 113 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porshe 114 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 115 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 116 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 13.08 117 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 13.10 118 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 13.12 119 Abdelbasat Hanachi (Alg) Doha Team 13.21 120 Tareq Esmaeili (Qat) Doha Team 121 Hossein Nateghi (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 13.25 122 Hossein Jahanbanian (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 123 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 124 Seyed Mostafa Seyed Rezaei Khormizi (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 125 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 13.35 126 Kilian Patour (Fra) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 14.20 127 Hamad Afif (Qat) Doha Team 128 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team 129 Jean-Paul Simon (Bel) Credit Agricole 14.27 130 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Doha Team 14.29 131 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 14.56 Points classification 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 33 pts 2 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 27 3 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 25 4 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 23 5 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 21 6 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 21 7 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19 8 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 15 9 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 13 10 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 12 11 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 10 12 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 9 13 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 8 14 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott 7 15 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 6 16 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 5 17 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 4 18 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Credit Agricole 4 19 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre 3 20 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2 21 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 1 Young rider classification 1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.35.13 2 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 0.01 3 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.06 4 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.12 5 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 0.44 6 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.45 7 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.49 8 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole 0.53 9 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 1.05 10 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 3.37 11 Evert Verbist (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 3.43 12 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 3.44 13 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team 14 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 15 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Team Milram 16 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott 3.49 17 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 4.31 18 Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porshe 4.35 19 Huub Duyn (Ned) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 8.13 20 Martyn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 21 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 8.16 22 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 8.17 23 Nicolaï Trussov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 8.22 24 Robbie Williams (Aus) Drapac Porshe 8.23 25 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 26 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre 27 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre 28 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 29 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 30 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.24 31 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 32 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 33 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 8.27 34 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 8.29 35 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 36 Rafaa Chitioui (Tun) Doha Team 8.37 37 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 9.19 38 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 10.14 39 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 12.52 40 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 41 Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Porshe 12.53 42 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porshe 43 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 12.56 44 Abdelbasat Hanachi (Alg) Doha Team 13.07 45 Hossein Nateghi (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 13.11 46 Hossein Jahanbanian (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 47 Seyed Mostafa Seyed Rezaei Khormizi (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 48 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 13.21 49 Hamad Afif (Qat) Doha Team 14.06 50 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team 51 Jean-Paul Simon (Bel) Credit Agricole 14.13 52 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Doha Team 14.15 Teams classification 1 Quick Step 7.32.33 2 Silence-Lotto 0.07 3 Skil-Shimano 2.08 4 Crédit Agricole 2.17 5 Bouygues Telecom 4.23 6 Liquigas 7.48 7 Topsport Vlaanderen 7.54 8 Team Milram 7.55 9 BMC Racing Team 10 Saunier Duval-Scott 8.00 11 Slipstream Chipotle 8.27 12 Lampre 9.02 13 Drapac Porshe 15.21 14 Tinkoff Credit Systems 17.13 15 Cofidis 20.06 16 Doha Team 22.27 17 Iran Cycling Federation 23.46
