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8th Tour of Qatar - 2.1
Qatar, February 1-6, 2009
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Stage 2 - February 2: Khalifa Stadium - Al Khor Corniche, 134km
Hammond capitalises on Cervélo's Qatar dominance
By Gregor Brown in Al Khor, Qatar
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Roger Hammond polished off a day's work by Cervélo Test Team with a successful attack at the end of Tour of Qatar stage two in Al Khor. The Briton launched from a 14-man move that contained six of his teammates and top sprinters, like Tom Boonen and Danilo Napolitano. He maintained his advantage over the final 2800 metres to win the stage and take the overall leader's golden jersey.
"With six guys in the front group and some of the top sprinters the world, it would be stupid to wait for a sprint. We were going to hit them one time, another time and then another time, and eventually one of us would go. I drew the lucky straw," said Hammond, 35 years old.
Italy's Napolitano of Team Katusha won the sprint for second. Heinrich Haussler (Cervélo Test Team) and Tom Boonen (Quick Step) took third and fourth.
Hammond moved into the overall classification lead by six seconds over Boonen thanks to the bonus seconds awarded for the win. He took over the lead from compatriot Bradley Wiggins, who claimed the title after his Garmin-Slipstream team won the stage one team time trial.
High winds made the racing aggressive from the start. Riders began the race fighting for position on the start line, something rarely seen in professional cycling.
The aggressiveness of the race split the peloton midway into the race. Cervélo and Quick Step drove the pace hard to break the group.
A 14-man move formed that included Cervélo Test Team's Hammond, Haussler, Andreas Klier, Xavier Florencio, Daniel Lloyd and Gabriel Rasch; Napolitano; Quick Step's Boonen, Steven De Jongh and Kevin Hulsmans; Vicente Reynes (Columbia-High Road), Angelo Furlan (Lampre-NGC), Murilo Fischer (Liquigas) and Johan Van Summeren (Silence-Lotto).
The group had 46 seconds at 36 kilometres from the line, 1:20 at 26km, 2:00 at 15km and 1:53 at 10km.
Cervélo had the advantage of six riders in the move, including its designated sprinter Haussler. It had to do something to make sure Boonen, Napolitano, Furlan or Fischer did not win the sprint.
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It first launched Lloyd up the road, but Quick Step immediately pulled in the Briton. Rasch was next to go. His move made the way for the counter-attack by Hammond at 2,800 metres from the line.
"In the first five hundred metres I was going pretty fast with a nice tailwind. Then I turned into a bit of a headwind and it was a real struggle to the finish," said Hammond. "No one wanted to drag our guys into a block headwind. De Jongh sacrificed himself for Tom [Boonen], but it was one against one then, instead of one against four or five."
De Jongh continued to chase Hammond for teammate Boonen.
Napolitano took advantage of Quick Step's work with a sprint for second place. "It was difficult against Cervélo because there were six of them," said Napolitano. "It was very hard to follow their attacks. It is important that I feel good and that I continue this way."
Columbia's sprinter Mark Cavendish missed out on contesting the stage victory. The leading group moved clear of Cavendish and some of his teammates when another rider let a gap open ahead of him.
"It was the Slipstream guy with the silver jersey [Hans Dekkers - ed.]. ... It teaches me a lesson; I have to stay at the front," said Cavendish.
The Tour of Qatar, February 1 to 6, continues with a 137.5 kilometre stage to the Doha Golf Club tomorrow.
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- Roger Hammond (Cervélo Test Team) receives the leader's jersey.
- Roger Hammond (Cervélo Test Team) on the podium.
- Roger Hammond is pleased with his stage two performance.
- Roger Hammond won stage two and took over the general classification lead.
- Echelons formed out on the road during stage two.
- Roger Hammond (Cervélo Test Team) wins stage two.
- Kevin Hulsmans (Quick Step) crosses the finish line exhausted after working hard for teammate Tom Boonen.
- Roger Hammond earned the leader's jersey with his victory in stage two.
- The peloton's all together at the moment.
- Roger Hammond solos to victory in stage two.
- A sun-drenched peloton contests stage two.
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step) speaks to the media.
- Teammates Roger Hammond (l) and Heinrich Haussler (Cervélo Test Team) on the podium wearing their respective leader's and young rider's jerseys.
- The peloton rolls along through arid Qatari terrain.
- Not a typical sign for riders to see while racing in Europe.
- Roger Hammond wins stage two with an attack about 3km from the finish.
Images by Gregor Brown/Cyclingnews.com
- Riders' bikes arrive at the start of stage two.
- Sheets of plastic protect the bikes from the elements and each other.
- The bikes have arrived!
- Marcin Sapa (Lampre-NGC) relaxes.
- The Khalifa Stadium
- Liquigas riders await the start of stage two.
- Danilo Napolitano and Filippo Pozzato (Katusha) arrive.
- Mark Cavendish (Columbia-High Road)
- Rabobank riders relax before stage two's start.
- Rabobank riders prepare for stage two.
- Jürgen Roelandts (Silence-Lotto)
- Mikhail Ignatiev (Katusha) signs in.
- Race leader Bradley Wiggins (Garmin-Slipstream)
- Mark Cavendish (Columbia-High Road) and Roger Hammond (Cervélo Test Team)
- Riders gather at the start line for stage two.
- Jürgen Roelandts (Silence-Lotto) waits for the start.
- Marcus Burghardt (Columbia-High Road) exhibits the traditional professional cyclist's custom of number orientation when riding with number 13 on one's back.
- Roger Hammond (Cervélo Test Team) on stage for the leader's gold jersey.
- Roger Hammond (Cervélo Test Team)
- Roger Hammond (Cervélo Test Team) holds a slim, six second lead over Tom Boonen in general classification.
- Roger Hammond (Cervélo Test Team) on stage with Christian Prudhomme of ASO for the silver point's jersey..
- Roger Hammond (Cervélo Test Team) shakes the hand of ASO's Christian Prudhomme.
- Roger Hammond (Cervélo Test Team) and Christian Prudhomme.
- Heinrich Haussler (Cervélo Test Team) takes the young rider's jersey.
- Heinrich Haussler (Cervélo Test Team) has a solid 2 minute lead in the young rider's classification.
- Roger Hammond and Heinrich Haussler (Cervélo Test Team)
- Roger Hammond and Heinrich Haussler (Cervélo Test Team) lead the overall and young rider classifications respectively.
Results
1 Roger Hammond (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 3.33.00 (37.746 km/h) 2 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team Katusha 0.01 3 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 5 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 6 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 7 Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 8 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 0.04 9 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Team Columbia-Highroad 10 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 11 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.09 12 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 13 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam 0.31 14 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 0.50 15 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia-Highroad 2.11 16 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 17 Alexei Markov (Rus) Team Katusha 18 Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team 19 Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 20 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 21 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 22 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 23 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 24 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 25 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 26 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 27 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 28 Martin Reimer (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 29 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 30 Huub Duyn (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 31 Servais Knaven (Ned) Team Milram 32 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha 33 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank 34 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Team Katusha 35 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 36 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Milram 37 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas 38 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia-Highroad 39 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia-Highroad 40 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 41 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 42 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 43 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 44 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 45 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 46 Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha 47 Omar Hasanin (Syr) Doha Team 6.38 48 Frederick Nolf (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 49 Florian Stalder (Swi) BMC Racing Team 50 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 51 Mickaël Damiens (Fra) Meitan Hompo - GDR 52 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 53 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Team Katusha 54 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 55 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 56 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 57 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 58 Aymen Ben Hassine (Tun) Doha Team 59 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas 60 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 61 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step 62 Robert Förster (Ger) Team Milram 63 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 64 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 65 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 66 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 67 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence - Lotto 68 Koen De Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano 69 Michael Friedman (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 70 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 71 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 72 Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - N.G.C. 73 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia-Highroad 74 William Frischkorn (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 75 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 76 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia-Highroad 77 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 78 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 79 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 80 Chad Beyer (USA) BMC Racing Team 81 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 82 Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 83 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Skil-Shimano 84 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 85 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 86 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 87 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 88 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano 89 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 90 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 91 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 8.55 92 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 9.16 93 Joon Yong Seo (Kor) Meitan Hompo - GDR 10.46 94 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) AG2R La Mondiale 95 Farid Belhani (Alg) Doha Team 19.56 96 Masaaki Kikuchi (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 97 Kilian Patour (Fra) Garmin - Slipstream 98 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 99 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 100 Robbie Williams (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 101 Joseph Lewis (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 102 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Silence - Lotto 103 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 104 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 105 Tareq Esmaeili (Qat) Doha Team 106 Stijn Joseph (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 107 Sven Renders (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 108 Daniel Braunsteins (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 109 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 110 Cédric Pineau (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 111 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 112 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 113 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 114 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 115 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia-Highroad 116 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto 117 Guillaume Pont (Fra) Meitan Hompo - GDR 118 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - N.G.C. 119 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 120 Rafaa Chitioui (Tun) Doha Team 121 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 122 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 123 Peter Mc Donald (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 124 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team Columbia-Highroad 125 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 126 Abdelbaset Hannachi (Alg) Doha Team 127 Badr Banihammad (UAE) Doha Team 128 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 129 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Meitan Hompo - GDR 130 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 131 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 132 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 133 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 134 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team Points Al Jemailiya - 55.0 km 1 Aymen Ben Hassine (Tun) Doha Team 3 pts 2 Chad Beyer (USA) BMC Racing Team 2 3 Robbie Williams (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 1 Umm Suwaiya - 122.0 km 1 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 3 pts 2 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam 2 3 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1 Al Khor Corniche - 134.0 km 1 Roger Hammond (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 30 pts 2 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team Katusha 27 3 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 25 4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 23 5 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 21 6 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 19 7 Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 17 8 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 15 9 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Team Columbia-Highroad 13 10 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 11 11 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 10 12 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 9 13 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam 8 14 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 7 15 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia-Highroad 6 16 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 5 17 Alexei Markov (Rus) Team Katusha 4 18 Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team 3 19 Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 2 20 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 1 Young rider 1 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 3.33.01 2 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia-Highroad 2.10 3 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 4 Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 5 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 6 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 7 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 8 Martin Reimer (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 9 Huub Duyn (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 10 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Team Katusha 11 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas 12 Frederick Nolf (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 6.37 13 Mickaël Damiens (Fra) Meitan Hompo - GDR 14 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 15 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 16 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 17 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas 18 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 19 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 20 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 21 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 22 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 23 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 24 Chad Beyer (USA) BMC Racing Team 25 Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 26 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Skil-Shimano 27 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 28 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 8.54 29 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 9.15 30 Joon Yong Seo (Kor) Meitan Hompo - GDR 10.45 31 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) AG2R La Mondiale 32 Farid Belhani (Alg) Doha Team 19.55 33 Masaaki Kikuchi (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 34 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 35 Robbie Williams (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 36 Joseph Lewis (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 37 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 38 Stijn Joseph (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 39 Daniel Braunsteins (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 40 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 41 Cédric Pineau (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 42 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 43 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 44 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - N.G.C. 45 Rafaa Chitioui (Tun) Doha Team 46 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 47 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 48 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 49 Abdelbaset Hannachi (Alg) Doha Team 50 Badr Banihammad (UAE) Doha Team 51 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Meitan Hompo - GDR 52 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 53 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 54 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team Teams 1 Cervélo Test Team 10.39.02 2 Quick Step 0.58 3 Team Katusha 4.21 4 Lampre - N.G.C 5 Team Columbia - Highroad 4.24 6 Silence - Lotto 4.29 7 Skil-Shimano 6.31 8 Team Milram 9 Rabobank 10 Liquigas 8.48 11 Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator 10.58 12 AG2R-La Mondiale 13 Garmin - Slipstream 14 BMC Racing Team 15.25 15 Drapac Porsche Cycling 16 Doha Team 33.10 17 Meitan Hompo - GDR 37.18 General classification after stage two 1 Roger Hammond (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 3.39.30 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 0.06 3 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 0.07 4 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 0.09 5 Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 0.11 6 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 7 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Team Columbia-Highroad 0.13 8 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 0.14 9 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 10 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 11 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.21 12 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam 0.59 13 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team Katusha 1.00 14 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 1.18 15 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 2.15 16 Huub Duyn (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 17 Alexei Markov (Rus) Team Katusha 2.17 18 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 19 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha 20 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Team Katusha 21 Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha 22 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank 2.19 23 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 24 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas 25 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 26 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia-Highroad 2.20 27 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia-Highroad 28 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia-Highroad 29 Martin Reimer (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 2.21 30 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 31 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.23 32 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 33 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 34 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 35 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2.24 36 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 37 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 38 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 2.25 39 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 40 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 2.28 41 Servais Knaven (Ned) Team Milram 42 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Milram 43 Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team 2.33 44 Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 2.37 45 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 46 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 2.39 47 Michael Friedman (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 6.42 48 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 49 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 6.43 50 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step 51 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 52 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 6.46 53 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas 54 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 55 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 56 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 57 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 58 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 59 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia-Highroad 6.47 60 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia-Highroad 61 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 6.50 62 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 63 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 64 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 65 Koen De Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano 6.51 66 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano 67 Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - N.G.C. 6.52 68 Robert Förster (Ger) Team Milram 6.55 69 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 70 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 6.56 71 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 6.58 72 Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 73 Aymen Ben Hassine (Tun) Doha Team 6.59 74 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 7.00 75 Omar Hasanin (Syr) Doha Team 7.02 76 Frederick Nolf (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 7.04 77 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 78 William Frischkorn (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 7.06 79 Mickaël Damiens (Fra) Meitan Hompo - GDR 7.11 80 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 7.17 81 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence - Lotto 7.18 82 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Skil-Shimano 7.20 83 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 7.21 84 Florian Stalder (Swi) BMC Racing Team 7.22 85 Chad Beyer (USA) BMC Racing Team 7.24 86 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 7.27 87 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 7.37 88 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Team Katusha 7.43 89 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 8.09 90 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 8.15 91 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 9.09 92 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 9.58 93 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) AG2R La Mondiale 11.14 94 Joon Yong Seo (Kor) Meitan Hompo - GDR 11.19 95 Kilian Patour (Fra) Garmin - Slipstream 20.00 96 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 20.01 97 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 20.04 98 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 99 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia-Highroad 20.05 100 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team Columbia-Highroad 101 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 20.08 102 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 103 Cédric Pineau (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 104 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - N.G.C. 20.10 105 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 20.13 106 Robbie Williams (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 20.15 107 Joseph Lewis (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 20.16 108 Daniel Braunsteins (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 109 Peter Mc Donald (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 110 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 20.18 111 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 112 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 113 Rafaa Chitioui (Tun) Doha Team 20.20 114 Abdelbaset Hannachi (Alg) Doha Team 115 Badr Banihammad (UAE) Doha Team 116 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 20.22 117 Sven Renders (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 118 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team 119 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 20.24 120 Masaaki Kikuchi (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 20.29 121 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 122 Guillaume Pont (Fra) Meitan Hompo - GDR 123 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 124 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Meitan Hompo - GDR 125 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 126 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 20.36 127 Farid Belhani (Alg) Doha Team 20.41 128 Tareq Esmaeili (Qat) Doha Team 129 Stijn Joseph (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 20.44 130 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 21.14 131 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto 21.21 132 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Silence - Lotto 21.24 133 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 21.31 134 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 22.07 Points classification 1 Roger Hammond (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 30 pts 2 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team Katusha 27 3 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 25 4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 23 5 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 22 6 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 19 7 Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 17 8 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 15 9 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Team Columbia-Highroad 13 10 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 12 11 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 11 12 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 10 13 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam 10 14 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 7 15 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia-Highroad 6 16 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 5 17 Alexei Markov (Rus) Team Katusha 4 18 Aymen Ben Hassine (Tun) Doha Team 3 19 Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team 3 20 Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 2 21 Chad Beyer (USA) BMC Racing Team 2 22 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 1 23 Robbie Williams (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 1 Young rider classification 1 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 3.39.37 2 Huub Duyn (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 2.08 3 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 2.10 4 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Team Katusha 5 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas 2.12 6 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia-Highroad 2.13 7 Martin Reimer (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 2.14 8 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2.17 9 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 2.21 10 Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 2.30 11 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 12 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 6.36 13 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 6.39 14 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas 15 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 16 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 17 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 6.43 18 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 19 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 6.48 20 Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 6.51 21 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 6.53 22 Frederick Nolf (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 6.57 23 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 24 Mickaël Damiens (Fra) Meitan Hompo - GDR 7.04 25 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Skil-Shimano 7.13 26 Chad Beyer (USA) BMC Racing Team 7.17 27 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 7.20 28 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 9.02 29 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 9.51 30 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) AG2R La Mondiale 11.07 31 Joon Yong Seo (Kor) Meitan Hompo - GDR 11.12 32 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 19.57 33 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 34 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 20.01 35 Cédric Pineau (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 36 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - N.G.C. 20.03 37 Robbie Williams (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 20.08 38 Joseph Lewis (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 20.09 39 Daniel Braunsteins (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 40 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 20.11 41 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 42 Rafaa Chitioui (Tun) Doha Team 20.13 43 Abdelbaset Hannachi (Alg) Doha Team 44 Badr Banihammad (UAE) Doha Team 45 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 20.15 46 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team 47 Masaaki Kikuchi (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 20.22 48 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 49 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Meitan Hompo - GDR 50 Farid Belhani (Alg) Doha Team 20.34 51 Stijn Joseph (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 20.37 52 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 21.07 53 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 21.24 54 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 22.00 Teams classification 1 Cervélo Test Team 10.45.42 2 Quick Step 0.53 3 Team Katusha 4.17 4 Team Columbia - Highroad 4.23 5 Lampre - N.G.C 4.25 6 Silence - Lotto 4.31 7 Rabobank 6.29 8 Skil-Shimano 6.34 9 Team Milram 6.38 10 Liquigas 8.46 11 Garmin - Slipstream 10.52 12 AG2R-La Mondiale 11.00 13 Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator 11.14 14 Drapac Porsche Cycling 15.35 15 BMC Racing Team 15.37 16 Doha Team 33.24 17 Meitan Hompo - GDR 37.41
