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8th Tour of Qatar - 2.1
Qatar, February 1-6, 2009
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Stage 3 - February 3: Al Zubarah - Doha Golf Club, 137.5km
Boonen celebrates court ruling with win in Doha
By Gregor Brown in Doha, Qatar
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Tom Boonen took his first win of the season outside Doha's Golf Club in the Tour of Qatar today. It came on the day a Belgian court ruled that the Quick Step rider would not face further charges stemming over the positive control for cocaine in 2008.
"My season really started today," said Belgium's Boonen in response to the court ruling that it would not pursue further charges.
Boonen sprinted clear of an elite group of 26 at the end of a 137.5-kilometre stage from Al Zubarah. He won over Danilo Napolitano (Katusha), Belgian Champion Jürgen Roelandts (Silence-Lotto) and Heinrich Haussler (Cervélo Test Team).
The entire Cervélo team made the final move, including race leader Roger Hammond. He finished sixth and slightly behind Tom Boonen. With the 10 bonus seconds for winning, Boonen now leads the race with six seconds over Hammond.
"There are a lot more guys, and I am pretty surprised by the Cervélo team. I was not expecting to see them in such good shape this early," Boonen said.
The race started immediately at kilometre zero with the riders sprinting for position. Hammond positioned himself at the front during the race's first moments. The strong crosswinds split the 134-rider peloton into five groups in the first five kilometres.
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A right-hand turn at kilometre 20 signaled the start of a long tailwind section. The front groups with the favourites came back together.
Following the first intermediate sprint at kilometre 21.5, Polish Champion Marcin Sapa (Lampre-NGC) fought to form a solo escape. Swiss Martin Kohler (BMC Racing Team) joined Sapa.
At 71 kilometres, the duo had 4:05 over a new chase trio and five minutes to the main chase group. The trio contained Omar Hasanin (Doha), Blel Kadri (AG2R La Mondiale) and Mickaël Damiens (Meitan).
The main chase group caught the trio's move in a strong headwind section that started at 91 kilometres. The leading duo continued their efforts, still maintaining a 1:40 lead at kilometre 114.
The front chase group slimmed down to 26 riders and caught both of the escapees with 16 kilometres remaining.
Cervélo sent Jeremy Hunt off the front first. Teammate Martin Reimer countered with Italy's Filippo Pozzato (Katusha) but the moves were not successful.
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Steven De Jongh led the sprint for Quick Step teammate Boonen down the Al Jamiaa finishing straight. Behind him were Boonen, Napolitano, Roelandts and Haussler - the eventual finishing order.
Briton Mark Cavendish made the winning move, but a flat tyre with 1200 metres to go spoilt his chance for victory.
The race continues tomorrow with a 141-kilometre stage from Doha to Qatar's north, in Madinat Al Shamal. The riders will face another flat stage that is suited for the sprinters.
Photography
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- Boonen takes the win ahead of Danilo Napolitano.
- Boonen celebrates as compatriot Jürgen Roelandts rolled across the line in third.
- Boonen in a familiar Qatar pose
- Tom Boonen receives the trophy after winning the third stage.
- Boonen once again on the podium and standing next to Khaled bin Ali al-Thani, the president of the Qatar cycling federation.
Images by Gregor Brown/Cyclingnews.com
- Castle in Al Zubarah
- Filippo Pozzato (Katusha)
- Mirco Lorenzetto (Lampre-NGC) signs in.
- Pre-race prayers
- Riders relax at the start.
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step) meets local supporters.
- Bert Grabsch and Marcus Burghardt (Columbia-High Road)
- Marcin Sapa (Lampre-NGC) during his break attempt
- Danilo Napolitano (Katusha) post-stage.
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step) with trophy
- Heinrich Haussler (Cervélo Test Team)
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Eddy Merckx congratulates Tom Boonen on the podium.
- It's a drag race to the line between Danilo Napolitano (l) and Tom Boonen.
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step) edges Danilo Napolitano (Katusha ) at the line.
- Sand and blue sky dominate the scenery.
- A Cervélo Test Team rider leads the peloton.
- Riders spread across the road forming several echelons early in the third stage.
- The peloton passes a castle.
- The peloton split into echelons in the opening kilometers.
- Riders assembled on the start line.
- Crosswinds split the peloton into several echelons.
Results
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 2.34.53 (53.27 km/h) 2 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team Katusha 3 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 4 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 5 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 6 Roger Hammond (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 7 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Team Katusha 8 Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team 9 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 10 Martin Reimer (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 11 Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 12 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 13 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 14 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 15 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 16 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia-Highroad 0.06 17 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia-Highroad 18 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step 0.10 19 Koen De Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.13 20 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.28 21 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam 22 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Team Columbia-Highroad 23 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 24 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha 25 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 26 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia-Highroad 27 Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - N.G.C. 1.27 28 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1.30 29 Sven Renders (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 30 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 31 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Milram 32 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 33 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank 34 Servais Knaven (Ned) Team Milram 35 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia-Highroad 36 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 37 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 38 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 39 Robert Förster (Ger) Team Milram 40 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 41 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 42 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Team Katusha 43 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 44 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 45 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 46 Rafaa Chitioui (Tun) Doha Team 2.25 47 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 48 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 49 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 50 Robbie Williams (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 51 Joseph Lewis (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 52 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 53 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 54 Michael Friedman (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 55 Huub Duyn (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 56 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence - Lotto 57 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 58 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 59 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 60 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 61 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 62 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 63 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia-Highroad 64 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Skil-Shimano 65 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 66 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 67 Omar Hasanin (Syr) Doha Team 6.31 68 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 7.36 69 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 70 Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha 71 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 72 Cédric Pineau (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 73 Alexei Markov (Rus) Team Katusha 74 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 75 Mickaël Damiens (Fra) Meitan Hompo - GDR 76 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 77 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 78 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas 79 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 80 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 81 William Frischkorn (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 82 Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 83 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 84 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas 85 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 86 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 87 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 88 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 89 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano 90 Farid Belhani (Alg) Doha Team 91 Aymen Ben Hassine (Tun) Doha Team 10.37 92 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 93 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia-Highroad 12.14 94 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 95 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 96 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) AG2R La Mondiale 97 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 98 Abdelbaset Hannachi (Alg) Doha Team 99 Frederick Nolf (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 100 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 101 Kilian Patour (Fra) Garmin - Slipstream 102 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 103 Tareq Esmaeili (Qat) Doha Team 104 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 105 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 106 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 107 Stijn Joseph (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 108 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 109 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 110 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 111 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 112 Joon Yong Seo (Kor) Meitan Hompo - GDR 113 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 114 Masaaki Kikuchi (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 115 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Silence - Lotto 116 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 117 Peter Mc Donald (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 118 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 119 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 120 Chad Beyer (USA) BMC Racing Team 121 Florian Stalder (Swi) BMC Racing Team 122 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 123 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 124 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - N.G.C. 125 Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 126 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto 127 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 128 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team Columbia-Highroad 129 Daniel Braunsteins (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 130 Badr Banihammad (UAE) Doha Team 131 Guillaume Pont (Fra) Meitan Hompo - GDR 132 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 133 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team 134 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Meitan Hompo - GDR Sprints Madinat Al Shamal - 21.5 km 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 3 pts 2 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 2 3 Roger Hammond (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 1 Umm Suwaiya - 91.0 km 1 Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - N.G.C. 3 pts 2 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 2 3 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1 Points Doha Golf Club - 137.5 km 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 30 pts 2 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team Katusha 27 3 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 25 4 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 23 5 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 21 6 Roger Hammond (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 19 7 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Team Katusha 17 8 Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team 15 9 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 13 10 Martin Reimer (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 11 11 Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 10 12 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 9 13 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 8 14 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 7 15 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 6 16 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia-Highroad 5 17 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia-Highroad 4 18 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step 3 19 Koen De Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2 20 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1 Young rider 1 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.34.53 2 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 3 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Team Katusha 4 Martin Reimer (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 5 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 6 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 0.28 7 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia-Highroad 8 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 1.30 9 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 10 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 11 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 12 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 13 Rafaa Chitioui (Tun) Doha Team 2.25 14 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 15 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 16 Robbie Williams (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 17 Joseph Lewis (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 18 Huub Duyn (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 19 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 20 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 21 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Skil-Shimano 22 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 23 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 7.36 24 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 25 Cédric Pineau (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 26 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 27 Mickaël Damiens (Fra) Meitan Hompo - GDR 28 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 29 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 30 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas 31 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 32 Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 33 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas 34 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 35 Farid Belhani (Alg) Doha Team 36 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) AG2R La Mondiale 12.14 37 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 38 Abdelbaset Hannachi (Alg) Doha Team 39 Frederick Nolf (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 40 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 41 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 42 Stijn Joseph (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 43 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 44 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 45 Joon Yong Seo (Kor) Meitan Hompo - GDR 46 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 47 Masaaki Kikuchi (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 48 Chad Beyer (USA) BMC Racing Team 49 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - N.G.C. 50 Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 51 Daniel Braunsteins (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 52 Badr Banihammad (UAE) Doha Team 53 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team 54 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Meitan Hompo - GDR Teams 1 Cervélo Test Team 7.44.39 2 Quick Step 0.10 3 Skil-Shimano 0.13 4 Team Katusha 0.28 5 Team Columbia - Highroad 0.34 6 Lampre - N.G.C 1.55 7 Silence - Lotto 2.53 8 BMC Racing Team 3.55 9 Rabobank 4.30 10 Team Milram 11 Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator 5.25 12 Drapac Porsche Cycling 7.15 13 AG2R-La Mondiale 11.31 14 Garmin - Slipstream 12.26 15 Doha Team 16.32 16 Liquigas 16.42 17 Meitan Hompo - GDR 27.26 General classification after stage 3 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 6.14.16 2 Roger Hammond (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 0.06 3 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 0.14 4 Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 0.18 5 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 6 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 0.21 7 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 8 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 9 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Team Columbia-Highroad 0.48 10 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team Katusha 1.01 11 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam 1.34 12 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 1.46 13 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Team Katusha 2.24 14 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia-Highroad 2.27 15 Martin Reimer (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 2.28 16 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 2.31 17 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 18 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia-Highroad 2.33 19 Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team 2.40 20 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha 2.52 21 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 2.56 22 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.58 23 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank 3.56 24 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 25 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4.00 26 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 4.01 27 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 4.02 28 Servais Knaven (Ned) Team Milram 4.05 29 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Milram 30 Huub Duyn (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 4.47 31 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 4.51 32 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 5.00 33 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 6.53 34 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step 7.00 35 Koen De Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano 7.11 36 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 8.20 37 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 8.21 38 Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - N.G.C. 8.23 39 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 40 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia-Highroad 8.24 41 Robert Förster (Ger) Team Milram 8.32 42 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 8.35 43 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 8.41 44 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 9.01 45 Michael Friedman (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 9.14 46 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 9.15 47 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 9.18 48 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia-Highroad 9.19 49 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Team Katusha 9.20 50 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 9.28 51 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 9.30 52 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 9.44 53 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence - Lotto 9.50 54 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Skil-Shimano 9.52 55 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 9.59 56 Alexei Markov (Rus) Team Katusha 10.00 57 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 58 Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha 59 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas 10.02 60 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 10.09 61 Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 10.20 62 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 10.22 63 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 12.42 64 Omar Hasanin (Syr) Doha Team 13.40 65 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 14.29 66 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas 67 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 14.32 68 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano 14.34 69 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 14.36 70 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia-Highroad 14.41 71 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 14.44 72 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 73 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 14.46 74 William Frischkorn (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 14.49 75 Mickaël Damiens (Fra) Meitan Hompo - GDR 14.54 76 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 14.58 77 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 15.00 78 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 15.58 79 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 17.30 80 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 17.41 81 Aymen Ben Hassine (Tun) Doha Team 17.43 82 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 19.03 83 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 19.07 84 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 19.11 85 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 86 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 19.16 87 Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 19.19 88 Frederick Nolf (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 19.25 89 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 19.42 90 Florian Stalder (Swi) BMC Racing Team 19.43 91 Chad Beyer (USA) BMC Racing Team 19.45 92 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia-Highroad 20.18 93 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 20.30 94 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 21.41 95 Sven Renders (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 21.59 96 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 22.40 97 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 98 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 22.45 99 Robbie Williams (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 22.47 100 Joseph Lewis (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 22.48 101 Rafaa Chitioui (Tun) Doha Team 22.52 102 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 22.56 103 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) AG2R La Mondiale 23.35 104 Joon Yong Seo (Kor) Meitan Hompo - GDR 23.40 105 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 24.03 106 Cédric Pineau (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 27.51 107 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 28.01 108 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 109 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 28.05 110 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 28.12 111 Farid Belhani (Alg) Doha Team 28.24 112 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 28.57 113 Kilian Patour (Fra) Garmin - Slipstream 32.21 114 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 32.22 115 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 32.25 116 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team Columbia-Highroad 32.26 117 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - N.G.C. 32.31 118 Daniel Braunsteins (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 32.37 119 Peter Mc Donald (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 120 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 32.39 121 Abdelbaset Hannachi (Alg) Doha Team 32.41 122 Badr Banihammad (UAE) Doha Team 123 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team 32.43 124 Masaaki Kikuchi (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 32.50 125 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 126 Guillaume Pont (Fra) Meitan Hompo - GDR 127 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 128 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Meitan Hompo - GDR 129 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 32.57 130 Tareq Esmaeili (Qat) Doha Team 33.02 131 Stijn Joseph (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 33.05 132 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto 33.42 133 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Silence - Lotto 33.45 134 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 34.28 Points classification 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 56 pts 2 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team Katusha 54 3 Roger Hammond (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 50 4 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 48 5 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 43 6 Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 27 7 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 25 8 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 24 9 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 19 10 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 19 11 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 19 12 Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team 18 13 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Team Katusha 17 14 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 14 15 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Team Columbia-Highroad 13 16 Martin Reimer (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 11 17 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 11 18 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam 10 19 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 10 20 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 7 21 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia-Highroad 6 22 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia-Highroad 5 23 Alexei Markov (Rus) Team Katusha 4 24 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia-Highroad 4 25 Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - N.G.C. 3 26 Aymen Ben Hassine (Tun) Doha Team 3 27 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step 3 28 Koen De Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2 29 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 2 30 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 2 31 Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 2 32 Chad Beyer (USA) BMC Racing Team 2 33 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1 34 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1 35 Robbie Williams (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 1 Young rider classification 1 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 6.14.30 2 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Team Katusha 2.10 3 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia-Highroad 2.13 4 Martin Reimer (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 2.14 5 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2.17 6 Huub Duyn (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 4.33 7 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 4.46 8 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 6.39 9 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 8.06 10 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 8.09 11 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 8.21 12 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 8.27 13 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 9.04 14 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 9.30 15 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Skil-Shimano 9.38 16 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 9.45 17 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 9.46 18 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas 9.48 19 Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 10.06 20 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 14.15 21 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas 22 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 14.18 23 Mickaël Damiens (Fra) Meitan Hompo - GDR 14.40 24 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 14.44 25 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 17.27 26 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 19.02 27 Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 19.05 28 Frederick Nolf (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 19.11 29 Chad Beyer (USA) BMC Racing Team 19.31 30 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 21.27 31 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 22.26 32 Robbie Williams (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 22.33 33 Joseph Lewis (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 22.34 34 Rafaa Chitioui (Tun) Doha Team 22.38 35 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) AG2R La Mondiale 23.21 36 Joon Yong Seo (Kor) Meitan Hompo - GDR 23.26 37 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 23.49 38 Cédric Pineau (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 27.37 39 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 27.47 40 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 27.51 41 Farid Belhani (Alg) Doha Team 28.10 42 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 28.43 43 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 32.11 44 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - N.G.C. 32.17 45 Daniel Braunsteins (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 32.23 46 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 32.25 47 Abdelbaset Hannachi (Alg) Doha Team 32.27 48 Badr Banihammad (UAE) Doha Team 49 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team 32.29 50 Masaaki Kikuchi (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 32.36 51 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 52 Sung Baek Park (Kor) Meitan Hompo - GDR 53 Stijn Joseph (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 32.51 54 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 34.14 Teams classification 1 Cervélo Test Team 18.30.21 2 Quick Step 1.03 3 Team Katusha 4.45 4 Team Columbia - Highroad 4.57 5 Lampre - N.G.C 6.20 6 Skil-Shimano 6.47 7 Silence - Lotto 7.24 8 Rabobank 10.59 9 Team Milram 11.08 10 Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator 16.39 11 BMC Racing Team 19.32 12 AG2R-La Mondiale 22.31 13 Drapac Porsche Cycling 22.50 14 Garmin - Slipstream 23.18 15 Liquigas 25.28 16 Doha Team 49.56 17 Meitan Hompo - GDR 1.05.07
