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22nd Ster Elektrotoer - 2.1Netherlands, June 17-21, 2008Main Page Results Overall standings Previous Stage Next Stage Stage 4 - June 20: Nuth - Nuth, 170kmTornado Tom blows them awayTom Boonen recovered from his rather tough few weeks with a trademark Boonen sprint victory, crossing the line just ahead of his lead-out man Wouter Weylandt while notable speedsters Mark Cavendish, Matthi Breschel and Graeme Brown were left in his wake. The Belgian, who tested positive for cocaine and had his invitations to the Tour de France as well as the Tour de Suisse revoked, had a quiet first three stages, but was back to his old form on stage four of the Ster Elektrotoer. He and Weylandt crossed the line a full bike length ahead of third placed Nikolai Trusov (Tinkoff). Enrico Gasparotto of Team Barloworld retained the leader's jersey. "Four years ago I won this same stage," Boonen said. "I wanted to strike again today." Looking back at the recent past, he said that "The first two days I didn't really have my head in the race, and last week I didn't sit once on my bike, but today I went for it. Tomorrow is another flat stage and that is my thing." A five-rider escape group got away 23 km into the stage. Julien Mazet (Astana), Wout Poels (P3Transfer - Batavus), Johannes Fröhlinger (Gerolsteiner), Sébastien Delfosse (Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner) and Joost van Leijen (Van Vliet - EBH Elshof) built up a lead of up to three minutes, but were overtaken again before the end. Various other riders tried to get away but the sprinter teams had things firmly under control. Boonen was prepared to let Weylandt take charge in the sprint. "In the last ten kilometres, my team-mate Wouter Weylandt said he wanted to go for the sprint, and that was fine by me. But with 400 metres to go, I heard behind me 'go for it'," the former world champion explained.
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Results1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 4.13.51 (40.228 km/h) 2 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 3 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 4 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 5 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 6 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 7 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 8 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 9 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 10 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11 Geert Steurs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 12 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) P3Transfer - Batavus 13 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 14 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 15 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 16 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 17 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 18 Reinier Honig (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 19 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 20 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto 21 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale 22 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 23 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 24 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 25 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 26 Hans Bloks (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 27 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 28 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 29 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 30 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 31 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Silence - Lotto 32 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 33 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 34 Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof 35 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 36 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 37 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 38 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 39 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team High Road 40 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana 41 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 42 Johan Coenen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 43 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 44 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 45 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof 46 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 47 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 48 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road 49 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 50 Sven Renders (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 51 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 52 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 53 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 54 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 55 Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 56 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 57 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 58 Wouter Mol (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 0.07 59 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 60 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 61 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 62 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence - Lotto 63 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team High Road 64 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 65 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto 66 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 67 Rob Peeters (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 68 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 69 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 70 Servais Knaven (Ned) Team High Road 71 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 72 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 73 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 74 Geert Van Der Sanden (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 75 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 76 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 77 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 78 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 79 Kenny Van Der Schueren (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 80 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 81 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 82 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 0.14 83 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 0.17 84 David Kopp (Ger) Cycle Collstrop 0.49 85 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 86 Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 0.58 87 Rik Kavsek (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team 1.57 88 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 89 Bert Roesems (Bel) Silence - Lotto 90 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 91 Lars Vierbergen (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof 92 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 93 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 94 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 95 André Steensen (Den) Team CSC 2.23 96 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC 97 Eric Van De Meent (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team 98 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC 2.26 99 Jos Pronk (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team 3.07 100 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 101 Sjoerd Botter (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team 102 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 103 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team High Road 104 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3.16 105 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) Cycle Collstrop 106 Lasse Bøchman (Den) Team CSC 107 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 3.56 108 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 109 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 110 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 111 Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 112 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 113 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team High Road 114 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team 115 Ivor Bruin (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof 116 Tony Martin (Ger) Team High Road 6.48 117 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 118 Maurice De Bekker (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 119 Arne Hassink (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 120 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 121 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 122 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof 9.18 123 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof 124 Adriaan Helmantel (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 125 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 126 Maurice Vrijmoed (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof 10.47 127 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof 128 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 129 Jasper Lenferink (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team 130 Wout Poels (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 17.52 DNF Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram DNF Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems DNF Jos Harms (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels DNS Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner DNS Bart Oegema (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus General classification after stage 4 1 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 13.34.12 2 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.17 3 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.28 4 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 0.32 5 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 6 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.40 7 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.41 8 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 9 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 0.44 10 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.46 11 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 0.47 12 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale 0.50 13 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 14 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 0.52 15 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 0.53 16 Johan Coenen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 0.56 17 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 0.57 18 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 0.58 19 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 20 Hans Bloks (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 0.59 21 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana 1.00 22 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.01 23 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 1.02 24 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 25 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 26 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 1.03 27 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof 1.04 28 Sven Renders (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 1.05 29 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 1.06 30 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) P3Transfer - Batavus 1.07 31 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 1.10 32 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.11 33 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence - Lotto 34 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 1.13 35 Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof 1.14 36 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 37 Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 38 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 1.15 39 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 1.16 40 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 1.20 41 Geert Steurs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 42 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 1.24 43 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 1.25 44 Wouter Mol (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 45 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.31 46 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 1.32 47 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 1.39 48 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 1.41 49 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.49 50 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.50 51 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 2.02 52 Geert Van Der Sanden (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 2.05 53 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 2.11 54 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.18 55 Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 2.23 56 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 2.27 57 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 2.29 58 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2.33 59 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 3.05 60 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team High Road 3.06 61 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 3.30 62 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 3.31 63 Reinier Honig (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 3.45 64 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road 3.49 65 David Kopp (Ger) Cycle Collstrop 3.56 66 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 4.01 67 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 4.11 68 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 4.13 69 Kenny Van Der Schueren (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 4.15 70 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 4.27 71 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 72 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.30 73 Lasse Bøchman (Den) Team CSC 4.45 74 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC 5.13 75 Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 5.36 76 Sjoerd Botter (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team 5.48 77 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 6.02 78 Lars Vierbergen (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof 6.46 79 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 6.52 80 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 6.53 81 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 6.54 82 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 7.09 83 Jos Pronk (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team 7.19 84 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 7.40 85 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 7.43 86 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 8.24 87 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 8.41 88 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 9.27 89 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 9.40 90 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team 10.11 91 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 10.44 92 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof 11.53 93 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 12.17 94 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 12.25 95 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 13.39 96 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 14.11 97 Servais Knaven (Ned) Team High Road 14.19 98 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 14.32 99 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team High Road 14.44 100 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 14.45 101 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 15.58 102 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 16.05 103 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 16.33 104 Bert Roesems (Bel) Silence - Lotto 16.40 105 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 17.03 106 Rob Peeters (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 17.11 107 Eric Van De Meent (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team 17.47 108 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC 18.06 109 Tony Martin (Ger) Team High Road 18.14 110 André Steensen (Den) Team CSC 18.42 111 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) Cycle Collstrop 18.44 112 Ivor Bruin (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof 18.54 113 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 18.58 114 Rik Kavsek (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team 19.06 115 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof 19.25 116 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team High Road 19.27 117 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 20.14 118 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 21.28 119 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team High Road 22.15 120 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 23.39 121 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 25.39 122 Maurice Vrijmoed (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof 28.53 123 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 29.51 124 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 30.10 125 Maurice De Bekker (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 32.17 126 Arne Hassink (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 32.18 127 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof 32.22 128 Jasper Lenferink (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team 32.56 129 Adriaan Helmantel (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 34.57 130 Wout Poels (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 40.01 Points classification 1 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 31 pts 2 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 28 3 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 22 4 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 18 5 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 15 6 Tony Martin (Ger) Team High Road 15 7 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 13 8 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 13 9 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 12 10 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 10 11 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 10 12 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto 9 13 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC 8 14 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 7 15 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 6 16 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 6 17 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 6 18 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 5 19 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 5 20 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 5 21 David Kopp (Ger) Cycle Collstrop 4 22 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 4 23 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale 3 24 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 3 25 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 2 26 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 2 27 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 28 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 1 Sprint classification 1 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof 6 pts 2 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 3 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 3 4 David Kopp (Ger) Cycle Collstrop 3 5 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC 3 6 Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 2 7 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 2 8 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 2 9 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 2 10 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1 11 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 1 12 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 1 13 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1 Mountains classification 1 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof 33 pts 2 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 18 3 Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 13 4 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 12 5 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof 8 6 Reinier Honig (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 7 7 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 8 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 6 9 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 3 10 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team 3 11 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 2 12 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 13 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 2 14 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 2 15 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 2 16 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 1 17 Servais Knaven (Ned) Team High Road 1 18 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 1 19 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1 Teams classification 1 Tinkoff Credit Systems 40.44.05 2 Astana 0.49 3 Team CSC Saxo Bank 0.51 4 Cycle - Collstrop 1.06 5 Silence - Lotto 1.13 6 AG2R La Mondiale 1.14 7 Topsport Vlaanderen 1.16 8 Gerolsteiner 1.18 9 Skil - Shimano 1.21 10 Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner 1.31 11 QuickStep 1.42 12 P3transfer - Batavus 1.56 13 Rabobank 3.10 14 Van Vliet EBH Elshof 3.42 15 Cycling Team Jo Piels 5.04 16 Team High Road 6.05 17 Barloworld 6.53 18 KrolStonE Continental Team 17.36 19 Team Milram 52.03 |
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