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7th Tour of Qatar - 2.1
Qatar, January 27-February 1, 2008
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Stage 4 - January 30: Khalifa Stadium - Al Khor Corniche, 131.5 km
Loddo lunges for the line
Boonen extends lead
By Shane Stokes in Doha
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Now beginning his first season with Tinkoff Credit Systems, the 29 year-old still has time to step it up a level in terms of his victories. Last season he took five stage wins plus the points classification in the Tour de Langkawi, then went on to win stages in the Vuelta Ciclista a la Rioja and the Vuelta Ciclista Asturias. He was hoping for a strong showing in the Giro d'Italia, having placed third on a stage there in 2006, but the Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni - Selle Italia team were overlooked for a wildcard and that goal came to nothing.
However, beating Boonen today will have given him a big confidence boost, helping him believe that the best is yet to come. "After winning my first [pro] race here in 2002, it is a great result to come back here and win today," he told reporters after the race.
"It was a fantastic race, very difficult from the beginning. The average was very high, but the team planned the stage very well. We did a fantastic job with all the team members. At the end, we had three men in the front and they did a great job to get me to the right place. I'd like to thank them for that."
Loddo was one of 41 riders who finished in the same time at the end of the flat, fast 131.5 kilometres from Khalifa Stadium. After a stage marked initially by a long breakaway and then a split in the peloton, he timed his move to perfection and came around Boonen inside the final 50 metres. The Belgian had gone from a long way out but said afterwards that he underestimated the headwind, losing crucial speed within a few seconds of the line. Unlike the victor, he also did not lunge and this may have made the difference.
An air-punching Loddo thus led home the 2005 world road race champion, with Sebastian Siedler (Skil-Shimano), Angelo Furlan (Credit Agricole), Paolo Bossoni (Lampre) and Chris Sutton (Slipstream Chipotle-H3O) taking places three through to six.
Boonen was undoubtedly disappointed not to extend the winning sequence which started on Sunday in the team time trial and continued until yesterday. He topped the victory podium three times, but today had to downgrade his cannibal-like domination and ‘just’ make do with the jerseys for the overall and points classification leads. He’s been having a superb race, of course, and felt that if he had timed his move a bit better he could have nabbed another stage win today.
“There was a curve at the end because we are travelling along the cornice,” he said just before the jersey presentation. “The wind was coming from a certain angle but we changed direction as we followed the road. I waited until 500 metres to go like always, then started getting ready. I went without problems, I put it in the eleven [sprocket] but at100 metres from the line it [the wind] was like a wall. I lost five, six kilometres per hour, all my speed was gone. Loddo was on my wheel, he waited for the right moment and then did a good sprint.”
Like most champions, he doesn’t like being beaten but looks more and more like the overall winner in the race. He ended the day 18 seconds ahead of team-mate De Jongh, with Greg Van Avermaet dropping to 26 seconds back overall after placing eighth in the final gallop. Boonen’s got two stages left to complete and both he and the team will do their utmost to maintain control on the race and guarantee a repeat of his 2006 success.
Young rider battle
Despite finishing behind closest-challenger Chris Sutton, Van Avermaet continues to lead the young rider classification. Sutton needed to place in the top three to take a bonus, but was unable to get higher than sixth. However he was smiling at the finish after a great day's work by his Slipstream Chipotle-H3O team.
"The boys were unbelievable today. I have never seen a team ride like they did today," the Australian enthused. "Everyone was pulling. I saw a spot [to go for it]…Quick Step were controlling the race, I said 'Boys, we are going to have to do something here to split it up.' We just put it in the gutter and the boys just swopped off hard. It made my job a lot easier. I was pulling some turns as well. We had Magnus, Dave, Killian, Huub, Martijn, pretty much the whole team up there.
"Once we put it in the gutter, Quick Step could see what we were doing and so too did Liquigas. I spoke to Boonen after we did it and the group was down to about 20 or 30 riders. Tom said that they were just getting ready to do the same thing, so he said that it was great that we actually initiated the move."
After the finish, the Slipstream riders congratulated each other on their performance. David Millar, Magnus Backstedt and the others were all buzzing after showing committed work as a unit, and underlined that they were more than justified in being invited to Qatar.
"We have shown that we are one of the strongest teams out there…I think that was proved today," Sutton continued. "We tried to get the sprint finish down perfect today but it wasn't to be – I think that everyone was a bit heavy from swopping off. But it was worth a try. We hit the front and JD [Julian Dean] took me to about 150 to go...I tried to kick but ran out of legs a little bit. It was no one's fault but my own. But the boys rode excellent today, hats off to them."
Loddo was, of course, also happy with how his own squad performed. "My team-mates did a fantastic job today. Qatar is a peculiar race because there is not a second's rest. The average speed is always very high, over 50 km/h, and is always difficult at the start of the season.
"Winning today was more difficult than winning here in the past. There are several teams with very strong sprinters here, they get organised and they do very good work for them. So taking the win was great."
How it unfolded
Under bright sun and in temperatures of over 20 degrees, 130 riders lined out for the start of the fourth stage of the race. Steve Bovay of the BMC Racing Team was the sole rider not to sign on, the Swiss having broken his collarbone in a crash the day before.
The stage began at the impressive multi-sport Khalifa Stadium and covered 131.5 kilometres en route to the finish at Al Khor Corniche. Many of the same roads as the previous day were used, and there were bonus sprints at Al Jemailiya (55km) and Umm Suwaiya (122km).
The attacks started to go immediately after the drop of the flag, and race leader Tom Boonen found himself under pressure due to a puncture. However he soon returned to the peloton, which had by then mopped up those out front.
Christophe Laurent (Slipstream Chipotle-H3O) then forged clear 15 kilometres into the stage but he was brought back. His team-mate Martijn Maaskant also had a go but he too was soon gobbled up.
Four others – Rubens Bertogliati (Saunier Duval-Scott), Alexandre Gottfried (Tinkoff Credit Systems), Niki Terpstra (Milram) and Roy Curvers (Skil Shimano) - had more luck, surging ahead after about 19 kilometres of racing and building a decent lead.
Magnus Backstedt (Slipstream Chipotle-H3O) tried a birthday attack but to no avail. Four others then set off in pursuit of the leaders, namely Nico Eeckhout (Topsport Vlaanderen), Omar Hasanin (Doha Team), Hossein Jahanbanian (Iran Cycling Federation) and Angus Morton (Drapac Porsche). After 32 kilometres of racing, the four chasers were 1'20" back and the main bunch was 1'35" down.
A total of 52 kilometres were covered in the first hour of racing. Around this point the two lead groups were just 10" apart and they merged soon afterwards, just in time for the first intermediate sprint at Al Jemailiya (55km). Here Omar Hasanin (Doha Team) was first to the line, beating Curvers and Terpstra.
The peloton was still some way off, lying 1'20" back with 60 kilometres covered, but an injection of pace by the Slipstream and Quick Step teams split it in three and spelt trouble for the break. Race leader Tom Boonen, best young rider Greg Van Avermaet (Silence Lotto) and about 45 others were in the front segment, while the previous day's runner-up Danilo Napolitano (Lampre) was in the second bunch.
Boonen's group was moving very quickly and gobbled up the eight leaders at the 75 kilometre point. The second part of the peloton was 18 seconds down, and the third was ten seconds further back again. This latter segment would soon rejoin the chasers, adding numbers but not impetus to their effort to rejoin.
After going through the feedzone at Al Ghuwayriya (80km), the lead group's advantage increased to 35 seconds. It wavered for a while, but then those up front turned the screw a little more and dragged it out. With 36 clicks remaining it was 45 seconds; at the 25 kilometre to go board it was 1'20", and five kilometres later it was 1'40".
Greg Van Avermaet beat his Silence-Lotto team-mate Jurgen Roelandts and Steven De Jongh (Quick Step) at the second bonus sprint of Umm Suwaiya (km 122), taking three seconds back from Boonen. That left him 20 seconds behind the race leader and ten off De Jongh’s second place. However the 2005 world champion wasn't worried; he had six team-mates in the front group and they did things perfectly from there until the line, where he launched his sprint and looked set to add once again to his formidable race record. However Loddo was in the right place to benefit from the changing wind, timing his move just right to come by Boonen, lunge for the line, and return once again to the podium in Qatar.
What's next
The penultimate day of the race is also the longest. The riders travel 170 kilometres from Al Khor Academy to once again finish on Al Khor Corniche. There are two intermediate sprints en route, namely Al Zubarah (97km) and Umm Suwaiya (161km).
Photography
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- Italian Alberto Loddo (Tinkoff Credit Systems) takes the win over Tom Boonen (Quick Step).
- A delighted Alberto Loddo (Tinkoff Credit Systems) conquers the day over Tom Boonen (Quick Step).
- Post-stage award for Alberto Loddo (Tinkoff Credit Systems), winner of stage 4.
Images by Shane Stokes / Cyclingnews.com
- Alberto Loddo (Tinkoff Credit Systems) outsprints Tom Boonen (Quick Step) to win stage four.
- Alberto Loddo (Tinkoff Credit Systems) last won stages in the race in 2003, the year he won overall.
Results
1 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2.44.33 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 3 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 4 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Credit Agricole 5 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre 6 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 7 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 8 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 9 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 10 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott 12 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 13 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre 14 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 15 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas 16 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 17 Omar Hasanin (Syr) Doha Team 18 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19 Nicolaï Trussov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 20 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 21 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 22 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 23 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 24 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 25 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 26 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 27 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 28 Martyn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 29 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole 30 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Credit Agricole 31 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 32 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 33 Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Porshe 34 Curvers Roy (Ned) Skil-Shimano 35 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 36 Hossein Jahanbanian (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 37 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 38 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 39 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 40 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 41 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 42 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.09 43 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.11 44 Julian Dean (NZl) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 0.16 45 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 46 Huub Duyn (Ned) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 47 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 0.21 48 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 49 Kilian Patour (Fra) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 0.39 50 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 51 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 0.49 52 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 1.00 53 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 1.53 54 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 3.16 55 Abbas Saeiditanha (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 56 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 57 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 58 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 59 Rafaa Chitioui (Tun) Doha Team 60 Peter Mc Donald (Aus) Drapac Porshe 61 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 62 Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porshe 63 Koen Barbé (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 64 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott 65 Abdelbasat Hanachi (Alg) Doha Team 6.20 66 Aymen Ben Hassine (Tun) Doha Team 67 Hossein Askari (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 6.26 68 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 69 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 8.37 70 Amir Zargari (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 71 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Scott 72 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 73 Evert Verbist (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 74 Robbie Williams (Aus) Drapac Porshe 75 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 76 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 77 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 78 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 79 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Team Milram 80 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 81 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 82 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 83 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 84 Tareq Esmaeili (Qat) Doha Team 85 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 86 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 87 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 88 Hamad Afif (Qat) Doha Team 89 Seyed Mostafa Seyed Rezaei Khormizi (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 90 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 91 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Doha Team 92 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 93 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porshe 94 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 95 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team 96 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Silence - Lotto 97 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 98 Hossein Nateghi (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 99 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 100 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 101 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre 102 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 103 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 104 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 105 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 106 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 107 Jean-Paul Simon (Bel) Credit Agricole 108 Gene Bates (Aus) Drapac Porshe 109 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 110 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott 111 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porshe 112 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 113 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 114 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 115 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 116 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 117 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 118 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 119 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 120 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 121 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 122 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 123 Bert Roesems (Bel) Silence - Lotto 124 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 125 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 126 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 127 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 128 Eric Berthou (Fra) Credit Agricole 129 Guido Trenti (USA) Liquigas Points classification Al Jemailiya - 55.0 Km 1 Omar Hasanin (Syr) Doha Team 3 pts 2 Curvers Roy (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2 3 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 1 Umm Suwaiya - 122.0 Km 1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 3 pts 2 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2 3 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 1 Al Khor Corniche - 131.5 Km 1 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 30 pts 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 27 3 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 25 4 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Credit Agricole 23 5 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre 21 6 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 19 7 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 17 8 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 15 9 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 13 10 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 11 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott 10 12 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 9 13 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre 8 14 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 7 15 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas 6 16 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 5 17 Omar Hasanin (Syr) Doha Team 4 18 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 19 Nicolaï Trussov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2 20 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 1 Young rider classification 1 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 2.44.33 2 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 3 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 4 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre 6 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 7 Nicolaï Trussov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 8 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 9 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 10 Martyn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 11 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole 12 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 13 Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Porshe 14 Hossein Jahanbanian (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 15 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 16 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 17 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 18 Huub Duyn (Ned) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 0.16 19 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 3.16 20 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 21 Rafaa Chitioui (Tun) Doha Team 22 Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porshe 23 Abdelbasat Hanachi (Alg) Doha Team 6.20 24 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 6.26 25 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 8.37 26 Evert Verbist (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 27 Robbie Williams (Aus) Drapac Porshe 28 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 29 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Team Milram 30 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 31 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 32 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 33 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 34 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 35 Hamad Afif (Qat) Doha Team 36 Seyed Mostafa Seyed Rezaei Khormizi (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 37 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 38 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Doha Team 39 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 40 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team 41 Hossein Nateghi (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 42 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 43 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre 44 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 45 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 46 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 47 Jean-Paul Simon (Bel) Credit Agricole 48 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott 49 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porshe 50 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 51 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen Teams classification 1 Topsport Vlaanderen 8.13.39 2 Lampre 3 Liquigas 4 Skil-Shimano 5 Bouygues Telecom 6 Crédit Agricole 7 Quick Step 8 Tinkoff Credit Systems 9 Silence-Lotto 10 Slipstream Chipotle - H30 0.16 11 Saunier Duval-Scott 3.16 12 Team Milram 13 Iran Cycling Federation 6.32 14 Drapac Porshe 15 Doha Team 9.36 16 BMC Racing Team 15.09 17 Cofidis 25.51 General classification after stage 4 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 8.48.57 2 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 0.18 3 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.26 4 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 0.32 5 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.36 6 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.56 7 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 1.00 8 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 1.09 9 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.20 10 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 1.26 11 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 1.27 12 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 1.30 13 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 1.36 14 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Credit Agricole 1.37 15 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence - Lotto 16 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 1.40 17 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole 18 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre 1.43 19 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.44 20 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott 1.46 21 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 2.08 22 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 2.28 23 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 3.00 24 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 4.24 25 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 4.30 26 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 4.31 27 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 4.36 28 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 4.40 29 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas 30 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 4.47 31 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 4.50 32 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 5.00 33 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Credit Agricole 5.09 34 Curvers Roy (Ned) Skil-Shimano 5.34 35 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 7.47 36 Omar Hasanin (Syr) Doha Team 8.04 37 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 8.16 38 Martyn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 9.00 39 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 9.07 40 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 9.08 41 Nicolaï Trussov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 9.09 42 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9.11 43 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre 9.26 44 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 9.27 45 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 10.12 46 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 10.17 47 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 10.21 48 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 10.29 49 Julian Dean (NZl) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 10.37 50 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 10.38 51 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 12.06 52 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 12.29 53 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Silence - Lotto 13.02 54 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 13.04 55 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porshe 13.07 56 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Team Milram 13.18 57 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 58 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13.24 59 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 13.28 60 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott 13.29 61 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 13.40 62 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 15.34 63 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 15.45 64 Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porshe 16.27 65 Koen Barbé (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 16.54 66 Huub Duyn (Ned) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 17.05 67 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 17.48 68 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 17.52 69 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 70 Robbie Williams (Aus) Drapac Porshe 18.03 71 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 18.04 72 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 18.20 73 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre 18.27 74 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 18.43 75 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 18.52 76 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 19.14 77 Rafaa Chitioui (Tun) Doha Team 20.29 78 Eric Berthou (Fra) Credit Agricole 20.53 79 Evert Verbist (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 20.56 80 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 81 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20.57 82 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 21.27 83 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 21.28 84 Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Porshe 21.29 85 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porshe 22.17 86 Aymen Ben Hassine (Tun) Doha Team 22.20 87 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 22.36 88 Hossein Askari (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 22.50 89 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 23.39 90 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Scott 24.40 91 Peter Mc Donald (Aus) Drapac Porshe 24.45 92 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 24.58 93 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 25.03 94 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 25.06 95 Bert Roesems (Bel) Silence - Lotto 25.31 96 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 25.36 97 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 25.37 98 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 25.40 99 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 25.41 100 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 101 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 102 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 25.42 103 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 25.49 104 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 25.55 105 Guido Trenti (USA) Liquigas 26.22 106 Gene Bates (Aus) Drapac Porshe 26.28 107 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 26.33 108 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 27.15 109 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott 27.20 110 Abbas Saeiditanha (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 27.32 111 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27.56 112 Abdelbasat Hanachi (Alg) Doha Team 28.03 113 Hossein Nateghi (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 28.09 114 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 28.43 115 Hossein Jahanbanian (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 28.46 116 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 30.05 117 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 30.07 118 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 30.11 119 Kilian Patour (Fra) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 30.20 120 Seyed Mostafa Seyed Rezaei Khormizi (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 30.24 121 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 30.34 122 Jean-Paul Simon (Bel) Credit Agricole 31.26 123 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 31.55 124 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 32.36 125 Amir Zargari (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 32.53 126 Tareq Esmaeili (Qat) Doha Team 37.19 127 Hamad Afif (Qat) Doha Team 38.18 128 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team 129 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Doha Team 38.27 Points classification 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 90 pts 2 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 69 3 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 64 4 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 54 5 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 52 6 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 43 7 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 42 8 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 38 9 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 36 10 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Credit Agricole 34 11 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott 27 12 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 26 13 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre 24 14 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 21 15 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 20 16 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence - Lotto 19 17 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 15 18 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 15 19 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 13 20 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 13 21 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 10 22 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 10 23 Omar Hasanin (Syr) Doha Team 9 24 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 9 25 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 9 26 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre 8 27 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Team Milram 6 28 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas 6 29 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 5 30 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 31 Nicolaï Trussov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3 32 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 33 Curvers Roy (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2 34 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 35 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 1 36 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 1 37 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 1 Young rider classification 1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 8.49.23 2 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 0.06 3 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.10 4 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.30 5 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 1.04 6 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 1.14 7 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole 8 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 4.04 9 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 4.14 10 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 4.21 11 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 7.21 12 Martyn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 8.34 13 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 8.41 14 Nicolaï Trussov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 8.43 15 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre 9.00 16 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 10.03 17 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 11.40 18 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Team Milram 12.52 19 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott 13.03 20 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 15.19 21 Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porshe 16.01 22 Huub Duyn (Ned) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 16.39 23 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 17.22 24 Robbie Williams (Aus) Drapac Porshe 17.37 25 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre 18.01 26 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 18.17 27 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 18.26 28 Rafaa Chitioui (Tun) Doha Team 20.03 29 Evert Verbist (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 20.30 30 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 21.02 31 Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Porshe 21.03 32 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porshe 21.51 33 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 22.10 34 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 24.32 35 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 24.40 36 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 25.10 37 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 25.11 38 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 25.14 39 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 25.16 40 Abdelbasat Hanachi (Alg) Doha Team 27.37 41 Hossein Nateghi (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 27.43 42 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 28.17 43 Hossein Jahanbanian (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 28.20 44 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 29.39 45 Seyed Mostafa Seyed Rezaei Khormizi (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 29.58 46 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 30.08 47 Jean-Paul Simon (Bel) Credit Agricole 31.00 48 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 32.10 49 Hamad Afif (Qat) Doha Team 37.52 50 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team 51 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Doha Team 38.01 Teams classification 1 Quick Step 26.15.20 2 Silence-Lotto 0.09 3 Skil-Shimano 2.47 4 Crédit Agricole 3.00 5 Bouygues Telecom 5.06 6 Liquigas 9.06 7 Slipstream Chipotle - H30 9.14 8 Lampre 9.47 9 Team Milram 11.57 10 Saunier Duval-Scott 12.15 11 Topsport Vlaanderen 12.17 12 Tinkoff Credit Systems 17.47 13 Drapac PORSHE 22.55 14 BMC Racing Team 23.50 15 Cofidis 46.59 16 Doha Team 48.27 17 Iran Cycling Federation 50.01
