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7th Tour of Qatar - 2.1
Qatar, January 27-February 1, 2008
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Stage 5 - January 31: Al Khor Academy - Al Khor Corniche, 170 km
Napolitano gets his prize scalp
Two in a row for Italian riders, Boonen avoids crash and retains lead
By Shane Stokes in Doha
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Italian sprinter Danilo Napolitano got the perfect birthday present when he outsprinted Tom Boonen for the first time in his career, winning stage five of the Tour of Qatar.
The Lampre rider beat yesterday's stage victor Alberto Loddo (Tinkoff Credit Systems) and Boonen to the line at the Al Khor Corniche, with Francesco Chicchi (Liquigas), Nicolai Trussov (Tinkoff Credit Systems) and Luciano Pagliarini (Saunier Duval) next home.
A total of 57 riders were in the lead group, but at least fifteen of these crashed or were held up inside the final 500 metres. Three riders from Team Slipstream went down, with Julian Dean and Chris Sutton suffering cuts and bruises and Mangus Backstedt breaking his collarbone. The crash occurred when Backstedt clipped the wheel of Woulter Weylandt (Quick Step) while driving the team's leadout train.
Napolitano was, predictably, delighted to come out best on his 27th birthday. The 2007 Giro d'Italia stage winner had this week finished third and second on stages two and three of the Tour of Qatar.
"I beat Petacchi and McEwen at the Tour of Italy, but this is the first time that I have won ahead of Tom Boonen," he told Cyclingnews after the prize presentation. "It was a bit dangerous at the end because of Backstedt's crash, but it was 500 metres to go and didn't affect my sprint.
"It was a good stage, and it is great to win. It gives me motivation [for the future]."
Boonen successfully held onto his race leader's jersey and looks increasingly likely to take his second overall victory on the Doha Corniche tomorrow. He is now 17 seconds ahead of team-mate Steven de Jongh and 30" up on Greg Van Avermaet (Silence Lotto), the best young rider.
"The sprint went perfectly until Backstedt touched the wheel of Woulter Weylandt," he stated. "That created a gap and meant that Steven De Jongh was up front with five or six riders. I doubted for a moment if I should go after him, but then I thought that perhaps the others could beat him. I closed the gap, but I waited too long in doing so…I only sprinted for a few metres, then I realised it was too late."
This does contrast somewhat with the footage of the sprint, which showed that Boonen was second wheel to De Jongh at 150 metres to go. Napolitano jumped and was clearly quicker, despite taking a longer line around the last curve. Loddo too got by the Belgian, who appeared to lack some of his usual oomph in the sprint.
Boonen had finished yesterday to Loddo and was determined to reassert himself as the fastest man in the race today. However he recognised that the biggest priority is to steer clear of trouble, especially with the leader's jersey on his back. "The most important thing is that we didn't ourselves get injured in Backstedt's crash."
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Boonen was asked after the stage if his successes here in the past have meant that people have an unrealistic expectation that he will come out on top. "Winning is not guaranteed," he replied. "Don't forget that this is perhaps the most nervous race of the year."
Backstedt can certainly back up that assertion. He put in a very strong surge with about 500 metres to go and was overtaking the Quick Step leadout train when the accident happened. It was looking very good for Slipstream at that point, but things didn't work out.
"I just dipped my head down quickly to check I still had Julian Dean on my wheel," he told Cyclingnews several hours after the stage."As I looked up he [Woulter Wylandt] had just swung over and I had nowhere to go. I had no time to react, I just went over the bars. That was it.
"Up until that point it looked fantastic. We had 450 metres to go, I still hadn't opened up the gas fully and we still had Julian [Dean] to go before Chris [Sutton]. It was as good as they come. It is just a shame that we couldn't pull it off."
"It happened really quick," said Sutton. "I was sitting on Julian's wheel, it was one of the best places to be because he was sitting on Maggie [Magnus Backstedt]. Then basically there was just a tip of wheels and we all went down.
"I felt really good up to that point. I felt really strong, just every day I am getting better and better. Tomorrow is another day, I will try again."
Had Sutton pulled off a win and Greg Van Avermaet finished third or further back, the bonifications would have meant that he would have moved ahead of the Belgian in the best young rider competition. He would also have been up to third overall.
That said, Van Avermaet also felt that the accident affected his chances. He crossed the line in fourth place, but said afterwards that Backstedt's crash had delayed him.
"I had to brake just after the fall and the sprint was over then. But I am happy that I didn't fall myself and my condition is good. I don't think I would have won without the crash...winning is too much for me, as to beat guys like Boonen and Napolitano would be very difficult. But maybe when I am a little bit older it will be different."
Still, for Van Avermaet and Sutton, the young riders will have a chance to go up against their older rivals in the final stage. They've also got the considerable motivation of the fight for the young riders jersey and a top three place overall.
How it unfolded
129 riders lined out in warm conditions for the start of the penultimate stage of the Tour of Qatar, the longest in the race at 170 kilometres. It ran from Al Khor Academy to Al Khor Corniche, located beside each other, and finishing in the same place as the previous day's fourth stage.
Heading out northwest from the small town and then looping around the top of the peninsula, there were two intermediate sprints en route. These came at Al Zubarah (97km) and Umm Suwaiya (161km).
Race leader Tom Boonen was chilled out before the start, posing for photographs with Belgians who live in Qatar and even donning festive hats that they had with them. Despite the generally relaxed atmosphere, the hammer went down soon after the drop of the flag and the bunch was split into three pieces.
After 19 kilometres of racing the gap was 35 seconds back to the second group. However the chasers gradually reduced this lead and the whole peloton came back together at the 38 kilometre point. Martin Kohler (BMC Racing Team) then attacked immediately after the regrouping, but was brought back.
The strong tailwind saw 56 kilometres being covered in the first hour. Soon after that mark, Omar Hasanin (Doha Team) and Hossein Jahanbanian (Iran Cycling Federation) struck out and rapidly gained time. Both were involved in yesterday's breakaway and have been among the most aggressive riders this week.
They had 35 seconds lead after 64 kilometres of racing, then a stall in the bunch saw them add four minutes to this in just nine kilometres. Despite that buffer, this lead evaporated over the next twenty kilometres due to the driving by the Quick Step and Silence-Lotto teams. The duo were caught just before the first intermediate sprint at Al Zubarah (97km), taken by Steven De Jongh (Quick Step) ahead of Frederick Willems (Liquigas) and Nico Eeckhout (Topsport Vlaanderen).
The peloton had broken into two groups by this point and the gap grew rapidly. It was 20 seconds at kilometre 118, then up to 2'55" after 140 kilometres of racing.
Mitchell Docker (Drapac Porsche) broke away before the second intermediate sprint at Umm Suwaiya (161km). De Jongh and Tjallinghi (Silence-Lotto) led the bunch over the line, with the peloton catching the Australian soon afterwards and then staying largely together until the finish.
The speed ramped up as the riders travelled along the same closing kilometres as yesterday, thundering along Al Khor's Corniche. Slipstream Chipotle - H3O were trying to set Chris Sutton up for the sprint, both for the best young rider competition and also in the hope that he could land a stage victory. However a clash of wheels between Weylandt and Backstedt saw the latter hit the deck and several others also fall. The 2004 Paris-Roubaix victor came out worst, breaking his collarbone.
Napolitano avoided the carnage and sprinted in ahead of yesterday's victor Loddo and Boonen. Sutton had also fallen but remounted and retained his sixth place overall plus his second behind Van Avermaet in the young rider competition.
All the riders from 65th place back lost 10'31", with the exception of two who retired. They were Bouygues Telecom's Franck Renier and Yohann Gene, both of whom fell during the stage. Gene dislocated his collarbone in the accident.
What's next
The final stage of the 2008 Tour of Qatar is 120 kilometres in length and goes from Al Wakra to Doha Corniche. There are intermediate sprints at Mesaieed (16km) and on the third out of seven crossings of the finish line. This final circuit is nine kilometres in length.
Photography
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- Napolitano looked pleased to have won.
- Napolitano with the spoils of victory.
- Race leader Tom Boonen (Quick Step).
- Danilo Napolitano (Lampre) Takes the stage from Alberto Loddo (Tinkoff Credit Systems).
Results
1 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 3.49.14 (44.50 km/h) 2 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 4 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 5 Nicolaï Trussov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 6 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott 7 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 8 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence - Lotto 9 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 10 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 11 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 12 Abdelbasat Hanachi (Alg) Doha Team 13 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 14 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porshe 15 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 16 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Silence - Lotto 17 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 18 Evert Verbist (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 19 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 20 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 21 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porshe 22 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre 23 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre 24 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 25 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 26 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 27 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 28 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 29 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 30 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 31 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 32 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 33 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 34 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 35 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole 36 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Credit Agricole 37 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 38 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 39 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 40 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 41 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 42 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 43 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 0.36 44 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 0.38 45 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 46 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 47 Eric Berthou (Fra) Credit Agricole 48 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 49 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 50 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 51 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas 52 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 53 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 54 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 55 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 1.03 56 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 1.11 57 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1.19 58 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 59 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Credit Agricole 1.27 60 Martyn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 2.07 61 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 62 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 63 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 64 Julian Dean (NZl) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 65 Tareq Esmaeili (Qat) Doha Team 10.31 66 Abbas Saeiditanha (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 67 Hossein Nateghi (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 68 Hamad Afif (Qat) Doha Team 69 Aymen Ben Hassine (Tun) Doha Team 70 Omar Hasanin (Syr) Doha Team 71 Hossein Jahanbanian (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 72 Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Porshe 73 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 74 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 75 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 76 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 77 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 78 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 79 Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porshe 80 Hossein Askari (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 81 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 82 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 83 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team 84 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 85 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 86 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Team Milram 87 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 88 Seyed Mostafa Seyed Rezaei Khormizi (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 89 Amir Zargari (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 90 Rafaa Chitioui (Tun) Doha Team 91 Jean-Paul Simon (Bel) Credit Agricole 92 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 93 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 94 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 95 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 96 Kilian Patour (Fra) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 97 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 98 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 99 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 100 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre 101 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Doha Team 102 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 103 Koen Barbé (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 104 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 105 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 106 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 107 Curvers Roy (Ned) Skil-Shimano 108 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 109 Huub Duyn (Ned) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 110 Peter Mc Donald (Aus) Drapac Porshe 111 Gene Bates (Aus) Drapac Porshe 112 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 113 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Scott 114 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 115 Bert Roesems (Bel) Silence - Lotto 116 Robbie Williams (Aus) Drapac Porshe 117 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott 118 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 119 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 120 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 121 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott 122 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 123 Guido Trenti (USA) Liquigas 124 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 125 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 126 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 127 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream p/b Chipotle Points Sprint 1: Al Zubarah - 97.0km 1 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 3 pts 2 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 2 3 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 1 Sprint 2: Umm Suwaiya - 161.0km 1 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porshe 3 pts 2 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 2 3 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 1 Sprint 3: Al Khor Corniche - 170.0km 1 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 30 pts 2 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 27 3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 25 4 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 23 5 Nicolaï Trussov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 21 6 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott 19 7 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 17 8 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence - Lotto 15 9 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 13 10 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 11 11 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 10 12 Abdelbasat Hanachi (Alg) Doha Team 9 13 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 8 14 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porshe 7 15 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 6 16 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Silence - Lotto 5 17 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4 18 Evert Verbist (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 3 19 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2 20 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 1 Young Rider 1 Nicolaï Trussov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 3.49.14 2 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 3 Abdelbasat Hanachi (Alg) Doha Team 4 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 5 Evert Verbist (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 6 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 7 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porshe 8 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre 9 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 10 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 11 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 12 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole 13 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 14 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 15 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 17 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 18 Martyn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 2.07 19 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 20 Hossein Nateghi (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 10.31 21 Hamad Afif (Qat) Doha Team 22 Hossein Jahanbanian (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 23 Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Porshe 24 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 25 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 26 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 27 Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porshe 28 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 29 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 30 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team 31 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Team Milram 32 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 33 Seyed Mostafa Seyed Rezaei Khormizi (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 34 Rafaa Chitioui (Tun) Doha Team 35 Jean-Paul Simon (Bel) Credit Agricole 36 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 37 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 38 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 39 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 40 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre 41 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Doha Team 42 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 43 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 44 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 45 Huub Duyn (Ned) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 46 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 47 Robbie Williams (Aus) Drapac Porshe 48 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 49 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott 50 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 51 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole Team 1 Tinkoff Credit Systems 11.27.42 2 Liquigas 3 Silence - Lotto 4 Quick Step 5 Lampre 6 Topsport Vlaanderen 7 Skil-Shimano 8 Credit Agricole 9 Saunier Duval - Scott 10 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 11 Slipstream Chipotle 12 Team Milram 0.38 13 Drapac Porshe 10.31 14 Bouygues Telecom 15 Doha Team 21.02 16 BMC Racing Team 17 Iran Cycling Federation 31.33 General classification after stage 5 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 12.38.07 2 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 0.17 3 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.30 4 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 0.36 5 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.40 6 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.00 7 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 1.03 8 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 1.13 9 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.18 10 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 1.31 11 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 1.40 12 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Credit Agricole 1.41 13 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence - Lotto 14 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 1.44 15 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole 16 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre 1.47 17 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott 1.50 18 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 2.06 19 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 2.30 20 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 3.15 21 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 4.15 22 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 4.28 23 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 4.35 24 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 4.40 25 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 4.44 26 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas 27 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 4.51 28 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 4.54 29 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 5.04 30 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Credit Agricole 6.40 31 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 8.20 32 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 9.02 33 Nicolaï Trussov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 9.13 34 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9.15 35 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 9.31 36 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 10.16 37 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 10.21 38 Julian Dean (NZl) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 10.41 39 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 10.42 40 Martyn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 11.11 41 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 12.05 42 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 12.33 43 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Silence - Lotto 13.06 44 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 13.08 45 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porshe 13.11 46 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 13.32 47 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 13.43 48 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 15.05 49 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 15.29 50 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 15.38 51 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 15.49 52 Curvers Roy (Ned) Skil-Shimano 16.09 53 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 18.22 54 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre 18.31 55 Omar Hasanin (Syr) Doha Team 18.39 56 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 18.46 57 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 18.47 58 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 18.56 59 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 19.42 60 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre 20.01 61 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 20.56 62 Eric Berthou (Fra) Credit Agricole 20.57 63 Evert Verbist (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 21.00 64 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 21.04 65 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porshe 22.18 66 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 22.41 67 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 22.50 68 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Team Milram 23.53 69 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott 24.04 70 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 25.02 71 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 25.10 72 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 25.45 73 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 74 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 25.59 75 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 26.37 76 Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porshe 27.02 77 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 27.19 78 Koen Barbé (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 27.29 79 Huub Duyn (Ned) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 27.40 80 Abdelbasat Hanachi (Alg) Doha Team 28.07 81 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 28.23 82 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 28.27 83 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 84 Robbie Williams (Aus) Drapac Porshe 28.38 85 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 28.55 86 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 29.49 87 Rafaa Chitioui (Tun) Doha Team 31.04 88 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 31.31 89 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 31.32 90 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 32.03 91 Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Porshe 32.04 92 Aymen Ben Hassine (Tun) Doha Team 32.55 93 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 33.11 94 Hossein Askari (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 33.25 95 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 34.14 96 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Scott 35.15 97 Peter Mc Donald (Aus) Drapac Porshe 35.20 98 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 35.38 99 Bert Roesems (Bel) Silence - Lotto 36.06 100 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 36.11 101 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 36.12 102 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 36.15 103 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 36.16 104 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 36.17 105 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 36.24 106 Guido Trenti (USA) Liquigas 36.57 107 Gene Bates (Aus) Drapac Porshe 37.03 108 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott 37.55 109 Abbas Saeiditanha (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 38.07 110 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 38.31 111 Hossein Nateghi (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 38.44 112 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 39.18 113 Hossein Jahanbanian (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 39.21 114 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 40.40 115 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 40.42 116 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 40.46 117 Kilian Patour (Fra) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 40.55 118 Seyed Mostafa Seyed Rezaei Khormizi (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 40.59 119 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 41.09 120 Jean-Paul Simon (Bel) Credit Agricole 42.01 121 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 42.30 122 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 43.11 123 Amir Zargari (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 43.28 124 Tareq Esmaeili (Qat) Doha Team 47.54 125 Hamad Afif (Qat) Doha Team 48.53 126 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team 127 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Doha Team 49.02 Points classification 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 115 pts 2 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 82 3 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 79 4 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 72 5 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 70 6 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 64 7 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 53 8 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott 46 9 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 42 10 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 38 11 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Credit Agricole 34 12 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence - Lotto 34 13 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 32 14 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 26 15 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 25 16 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre 24 17 Nicolaï Trussov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 24 18 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 21 19 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 20 20 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 16 21 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 15 22 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 13 23 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 12 24 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 10 25 Omar Hasanin (Syr) Doha Team 9 26 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 9 27 Abdelbasat Hanachi (Alg) Doha Team 9 28 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 8 29 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre 8 30 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porshe 7 31 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Team Milram 6 32 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas 6 33 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 6 34 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 5 35 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Silence - Lotto 5 36 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 4 37 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4 38 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porshe 3 39 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 40 Evert Verbist (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 3 41 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 2 42 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 2 43 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 2 44 Curvers Roy (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2 45 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 1 46 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 1 Young rider classification 1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 12.38.37 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 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 1.14 6 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole 7 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 4.14 8 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 4.21 9 Nicolaï Trussov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 8.43 10 Martyn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 10.41 11 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 11.35 12 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 14.35 13 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 15.19 14 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 17.52 15 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre 18.01 16 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 18.17 17 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 18.26 18 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 19.12 19 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre 19.31 20 Evert Verbist (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 20.30 21 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 20.34 22 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porshe 21.48 23 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 22.11 24 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Team Milram 23.23 25 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott 23.34 26 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 24.32 27 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 24.40 28 Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porshe 26.32 29 Huub Duyn (Ned) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 27.10 30 Abdelbasat Hanachi (Alg) Doha Team 27.37 31 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 27.53 32 Robbie Williams (Aus) Drapac Porshe 28.08 33 Rafaa Chitioui (Tun) Doha Team 30.34 34 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 31.33 35 Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Porshe 31.34 36 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 32.41 37 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 35.41 38 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 35.42 39 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 35.45 40 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott 35.47 41 Hossein Nateghi (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 38.14 42 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott 38.48 43 Hossein Jahanbanian (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 38.51 44 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 40.10 45 Seyed Mostafa Seyed Rezaei Khormizi (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 40.29 46 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 40.39 47 Jean-Paul Simon (Bel) Credit Agricole 41.31 48 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 42.41 49 Hamad Afif (Qat) Doha Team 48.23 50 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team 51 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Doha Team 48.32 Team classification 1 Quick Step 37.43.02 2 Silence - Lotto 0.09 3 Skil-Shimano 2.47 4 Credit Agricole 3.00 5 Liquigas 9.06 6 Slipstream Chipotle 9.14 7 Lampre 9.47 8 Saunier Duval - Scott 12.15 9 Topsport Vlaanderen 12.17 10 Team Milram 12.35 11 Bouygues Telecom 15.37 12 Tinkoff Credit Systems 17.47 13 Drapac Porshe 33.26 14 BMC Racing Team 44.52 15 Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 46.59 16 Doha Team 1.09.29 17 Iran Cycling Federation 1.21.34
