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Record Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen - 2.1
Belgium, March 7-9, 2008
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Stage 1 - March 7: Kortrijk - Bellegem, 176km
Clerc gets victory in crash-marred finale
By Brecht Decaluwé
Aurélien Clerc has won the 176km long first stage of the Driedaagse West-Vlaanderen in Bellegem. The Swiss rider of the Bouygues Telecom team held off Yauheni Hutarovich, Bobbie Traksel and Mark Cavendish, and became the first overall leader. Clerc will wear the special 'textile structured' jersey in tomorrow's stage that leads from Torhout to Handzame.
Two riders were in the early breakaway that was allowed to stay away from the peloton; it featured Greg Henderson and Arnoud Van Groen. With a maximum lead of seven minutes after 60 kilometres the chase in the peloton was started by the Belgian Landbouwkrediet team. This resulted in the formation of echelons, but after a while the different groups came back together.
The two leaders were allowed to hit the local laps in Bellegem with a lead of two minutes over the peloton. With three laps of more than 20 kilometres to go it was clear Henderson and Van Groen had a difficult task up ahead and it didn't take too long before a group with Assan Bazayev (Astana), Jan Kuyckx (Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner) and Kevin Seeldraeyers (Quick Step) bridged up to the leaders, 120 kilometres into the race.
Soon after that the peloton caught all five riders and immediately some new attacks were launched. Frédéric Amorison, also from Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner, which was racing very aggressively, got away, together with young gun Edvald Boasson Hagen (High Road). Kenny De Haes joined the two leaders, and for some reason Amorison decided to drop back to the peloton. With 40 kilometres to go the two leaders worked well together and they managed to create a gap of 1'30" over the peloton.
Quick Step decided it had to do something to see the leaders again before the finish and it started the chase. With only two kilometres to go, Boasson Hagen and De Haes were caught by the peloton. During the build-up to the sprint there was a big crash, in which about 20 riders hit the ground. Hutarovich managed to exploit the disorganisation and jumped away. The Belarusian rider had a small gap with only 150 metres to go, but Clerc managed to jump past the Française des Jeux rider in the final metres.
Results
1 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 4.16.25 (41,183 km/h) 2 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux 3 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 4 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 5 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 6 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 7 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 8 Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) Rabobank Continental 9 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 10 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 11 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 12 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank 13 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road 14 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 15 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 16 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 17 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 18 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 19 Koen Barbe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 20 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop 21 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 22 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Team Volksbank 23 Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 24 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 25 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 26 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2r - La Mondiale 27 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 28 Tom Steels (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 29 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 30 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team High Road 31 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 32 Bastian Giling (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 33 Wouter Mol (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 34 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 35 Janek Tombak (Est) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 36 Kenny Van Der Schueren (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 37 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 38 Kristof De Zutter (Bel) Willems Veranda's Continental Team 39 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) Cycle Collstrop 40 Dieter Cappelle (Bel) Willems Veranda's Continental Team 41 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 42 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step 43 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 44 Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Continental 45 Michael Barry (Can) Team High Road 46 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 47 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team High Road 48 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 49 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 50 Sven Renders (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 51 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r - La Mondiale 52 Harald Starzengruber (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 53 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 54 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step 55 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 56 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 57 Timothy Vangheel (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 58 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 59 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 60 Evert Verbist (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 61 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Rabobank Continental 62 Geert Steurs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 63 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 64 Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 65 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 66 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 67 Geert Omloop (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 68 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 69 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 70 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 71 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 72 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux 73 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence - Lotto 74 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 75 Tony Martin (Ger) Team High Road 76 Cédric Pineau (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 77 Jurgen Van Loocke (Bel) Willems Veranda's Continental Team 78 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Willems Veranda's Continental Team 79 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continental 80 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Volksbank 81 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 82 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 83 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 84 Nick Gates (Aus) Silence - Lotto 85 Klaas Van Hage (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 86 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 87 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon 88 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 89 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 90 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 91 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 92 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Silence - Lotto 93 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 94 Bart Oegema (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 0.55 95 Stijn Ennekens (Bel) Willems Veranda's Continental Team 96 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 97 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) P3Transfer - Batavus 1.01 98 Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 99 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Rabobank Continental 100 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.09 101 Detlef Moerman (Bel) Willems Veranda's Continental Team 1.19 102 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.39 103 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 2.00 104 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 105 Frank Van Kuik (Bel) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 2.08 106 David Kopp (Ger) Cycle Collstrop 107 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team High Road 108 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 2.47 109 Lucas Persson (Swe) Cycle Collstrop 3.41 110 Viktor Folkesson (Swe) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 111 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 112 Jose Garcia (Mex) BMC Racing Team 113 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 114 Jurgen François (Bel) Willems Veranda's Continental Team 115 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continental 116 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 117 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.41 118 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 119 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 120 Sven Nevens (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 121 Jochen Summer (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 122 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 123 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 6.11 124 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank 6.50 125 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 6.53 126 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Continental 7.45 127 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2r - La Mondiale 128 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 9.35 129 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 130 Björn Thurau (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon 131 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team 132 Jan Valach (Svk) Elk Haus - Simplon 133 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 14.53 134 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux 135 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 16.13 136 Rieno Stofferis (Bel) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 16.20 137 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank 138 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 16.25 139 Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Willems Veranda's Continental Team 140 Berik Kupeshov (Kaz) Astana 141 Peter Presslauer (Aut) Team Volksbank 16.54 DNF Sébastien Joly (Fra) Française des Jeux DNF David Galvin (USA) BMC Racing Team DNF Mike Sayers (USA) BMC Racing Team DNF Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon DNF Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank DNF Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team DNF Christian Müller (Ger) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team Sprints Moorea Rijksweg Wielsb - km 17.2 1 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 3 pts 2 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 2 3 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 1 Villa Scaldis Doorniksew - km 92.8 1 Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 3 pts 2 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team High Road 2 3 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 1 Third finish passage - km 134.7 1 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 3 pts 2 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 2 3 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team High Road 1 Teams 1 Bouygues Telecom 12.49.05 2 Topsport Vlaanderen 0.03 3 Française Des Jeux 0.04 4 P3 Transfer - Batavus 0.06 5 Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner 0.08 6 Cycle Collstrop 7 Quick Step 0.09 8 Team High Road 0.10 9 Team Milram 10 Mitsubishi-Jartazi 11 Astana 12 Ag2r-La Mondiale 13 Rabobank Continental 14 Team Volksbank 15 Silence-Lotto 16 Willems Veranda Continental Cycling Team 17 Elk Haus - Simplon 18 An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton-Sean Kelly Team 2.18 19 BMC Racing Team 7.32 General classification after stage 1 1 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 4.16.15 2 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux 0.04 3 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 0.06 4 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 5 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 0.07 6 Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 7 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 0.08 8 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 9 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team High Road 10 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 0.09 11 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team High Road 12 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 0.10 13 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 14 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 15 Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) Rabobank Continental 16 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 17 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank 18 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road 19 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 20 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 21 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 22 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 23 Koen Barbe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 24 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop 25 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 26 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Team Volksbank 27 Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 28 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 29 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 30 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2r - La Mondiale 31 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 32 Tom Steels (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 33 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team High Road 34 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 35 Bastian Giling (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 36 Wouter Mol (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 37 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 38 Janek Tombak (Est) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 39 Kenny Van Der Schueren (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 40 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 41 Kristof De Zutter (Bel) Willems Veranda's Continental Team 42 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) Cycle Collstrop 43 Dieter Cappelle (Bel) Willems Veranda's Continental Team 44 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 45 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Quick Step 46 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 47 Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Continental 48 Michael Barry (Can) Team High Road 49 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 50 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 51 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 52 Sven Renders (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 53 Alexandre Usov (Blr) AG2r - La Mondiale 54 Harald Starzengruber (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 55 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 56 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step 57 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 58 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 59 Timothy Vangheel (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 60 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 61 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 62 Evert Verbist (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 63 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Rabobank Continental 64 Geert Steurs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 65 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 66 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 67 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 68 Geert Omloop (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 69 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 70 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 71 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 72 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 73 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux 74 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence - Lotto 75 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 76 Tony Martin (Ger) Team High Road 77 Cédric Pineau (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 78 Jurgen Van Loocke (Bel) Willems Veranda's Continental Team 79 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Willems Veranda's Continental Team 80 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continental 81 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Volksbank 82 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 83 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 84 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 85 Nick Gates (Aus) Silence - Lotto 86 Klaas Van Hage (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 87 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 88 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon 89 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 90 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 91 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 92 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 93 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Silence - Lotto 94 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 95 David Kopp (Ger) Cycle Collstrop 96 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 97 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 98 Bart Oegema (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 1.05 99 Stijn Ennekens (Bel) Willems Veranda's Continental Team 100 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 101 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) P3Transfer - Batavus 1.11 102 Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 103 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Rabobank Continental 104 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.19 105 Detlef Moerman (Bel) Willems Veranda's Continental Team 1.29 106 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.49 107 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram 2.10 108 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 109 Frank Van Kuik (Bel) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 2.18 110 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank 2.57 111 Lucas Persson (Swe) Cycle Collstrop 3.51 112 Viktor Folkesson (Swe) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 113 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 114 Jose Garcia (Mex) BMC Racing Team 115 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 116 Jurgen François (Bel) Willems Veranda's Continental Team 117 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continental 118 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 119 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 120 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 121 Sven Nevens (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 122 Jochen Summer (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 123 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 6.21 124 Harald Morscher (Aut) Team Volksbank 7.00 125 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 7.03 126 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Continental 7.55 127 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2r - La Mondiale 128 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 9.45 129 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 130 Björn Thurau (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon 131 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team 132 Jan Valach (Svk) Elk Haus - Simplon 133 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 15.03 134 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux 135 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 16.23 136 Rieno Stofferis (Bel) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 16.30 137 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank 138 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 16.35 139 Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Willems Veranda's Continental Team 140 Berik Kupeshov (Kaz) Astana 141 Peter Presslauer (Aut) Team Volksbank 17.04 Points classification 1 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 15 pts 2 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux 12 3 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 10 4 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 7 5 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 6 6 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 5 7 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 5 8 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 5 9 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 4 10 Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) Rabobank Continental 3 12 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team High Road 2 13 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 2 14 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 2 15 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 1 16 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team High Road 1 Sprints classification 1 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 4 pts 2 Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 3 3 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 3 4 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 2 5 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team High Road 2 6 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 2 7 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team High Road 1 8 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 1 Young rider classification 1 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux 4.16.19 2 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 0.02 3 Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 0.03 4 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 0.04 5 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 0.05 6 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team High Road 7 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 0.06 8 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 9 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram 10 Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) Rabobank Continental 11 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank 12 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram 13 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Team Volksbank 14 Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 15 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2r - La Mondiale 16 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 17 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team High Road 18 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 19 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 20 Dieter Cappelle (Bel) Willems Veranda's Continental Team 21 Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Continental 22 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 23 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux 24 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step 25 Timothy Vangheel (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 26 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 27 Evert Verbist (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 28 Tejay Van Garderen (USA) Rabobank Continental 29 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 30 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 31 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 32 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 33 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 34 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux 35 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence - Lotto 36 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 37 Tony Martin (Ger) Team High Road 38 Cédric Pineau (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 39 Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Continental 40 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) AG2r - La Mondiale 41 Klaas Van Hage (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 42 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 43 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental 44 Bart Oegema (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 1.01 45 Stijn Ennekens (Bel) Willems Veranda's Continental Team 46 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Rabobank Continental 1.07 47 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.15 48 Detlef Moerman (Bel) Willems Veranda's Continental Team 1.25 49 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 2.06 50 Lucas Persson (Swe) Cycle Collstrop 3.47 51 Viktor Folkesson (Swe) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 52 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 53 Jurgen François (Bel) Willems Veranda's Continental Team 54 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Rabobank Continental 55 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 56 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 57 Sven Nevens (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 58 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Continental 7.51 59 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2r - La Mondiale 60 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon 9.41 61 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 62 Björn Thurau (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon 63 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 14.59 64 Anthony Roux (Fra) Française des Jeux 65 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank 16.26 66 Berik Kupeshov (Kaz) Astana 16.31 Teams classification 1 Bouygues Telecom 12.49.05 2 Topsport Vlaanderen 0.03 3 Française Des Jeux 0.04 4 P3 Transfer - Batavus 0.06 5 Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner 0.08 6 Cycle Collstrop 7 Quick Step 0.09 8 Team High Road 0.10 9 Team Milram 10 Mitsubishi-Jartazi 11 Astana 12 Ag2r-La Mondiale 13 Rabobank Continental 14 Team Volksbank 15 Silence-Lotto 16 Willems Veranda Continental Cycling Team 17 Elk Haus - Simplon 18 An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton-Sean Kelly Team 2.18 19 BMC Racing Team 7.32
