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8th Tour of Qatar - 2.1
Qatar, February 1-6, 2009
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Stage 4 - February 4: Doha Old Souq - Madinat Al Shamal, 141km
Cavendish battles Boonen and wind for 2009's first
By Gregor Brown in Madinat Al Shamal, Qatar
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Mark Cavendish of Team Columbia delivered in the first head-to-head showdown with Tom Boonen of 2009. The Briton fought strong winds to claim Tour of Qatar stage four over Heinrich Haussler, Boonen and Filippo Pozzato in Qatar's northern city of Madinat Al Shamal.
"With gale-force winds at over 60 kilometres an hour I can't sail from the Isle of Man to England, yet I raced in a 70-kilometre wind today," said Cavendish.
Despite the crosswinds, Cavendish's Team Columbia-High Road closed on the lead group in the final five kilometres of the 141-kilometre stage from Doha. A left turn at 2200 metres remaining set up the riders for a sprint showdown.
Cavendish fought for space on the right-hand side of the road with Team Quick Step's Boonen to his left. Team Cervélo's Haussler benefited from the rivalry to get second.
"It went well in the sprint; I passed him. I could've closed the door but I left it open five centimetres too much. He passed me and we touched handlebars," Boonen said.
Cavendish's win marks the third time a Briton has topped the day in the 8th Tour of Qatar. Bradley Wiggins won the overall leader's golden jersey on day one with a win by his Garmin-Slipstream team in the opening time trial and Roger Hammond (Cervélo Test Team) escaped an elite group in stage two to claim the victory and the overall lead.
Boonen remains in the leader's jersey thanks to his consistency and win in yesterday's stage three. He leads in what is a three-way fight over two Cervélo riders: Hammond at 10 seconds and Haussler at 12 seconds back.
An early escape marked the day after several smaller groups tried. Gatis Smukulis (AG2R La Mondiale) led a group of seven free at kilometre 38. The other riders were Dominik Roels (Milram), Michael Barry (Columbia-High Road), Maarten Tjallingii (Rabobank), Rhys Pollock (Drapac), Abdelbaset Hannachi (Doha) and David Deroo (Skil-Shimano).
The seven fought a strong crosswind from the left. They gained 3:00 at kilometre 50 with Cervélo and Quick Step in control behind.
The riders hit a wall of wind when the route turned left at kilometre 81. The escape had 5:40 at 72km and 1:00 at 113km. The gap dropped quickly soon after and the break was caught at 22 kilometres remaining.
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A right-hand turn at kilometre 112 signaled the finale and split the peloton. Winds off the sea, on the rider's left, forced the riders into several smaller echelon formations.
Cervélo dominated the front group with key sprinter Boonen for company. Cavendish remained calm in the second echelon with his Columbia teammates working.
Many riders were forced off the road in the fight for space throughout the day. In the final 25 kilometres, Vicente Reynes (Columbia-High Road) and Murilo Fischer (Liquigas) lost control when edged onto the rocky shoulder. They both finished the race, but doctors took the latter to the hospital for further examination.
Stage five of the six-stage Tour of Qatar, February 1 to 6, promises more sprint battles. The riders will ride 147.5 kilometres from Al Shahaniyah to Doha.
Photography
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- Mark Cavendish receives his trophy from Qatar Cycling Federation official Salim al-Nuaimi.
- Mark Cavendish (Team Columbia - Highroad) on the podium with his winner's trophy and flowers.
- Mark Cavendish (Team Columbia - Highroad) wins the fourth stage.
- Heinrich Haussler (Cervelo) took second on the stage and kept the young rider's jersey.
- Hans Dekkers (Garmin-Slipstream) rides in the peloton on the fourth stage.
- Silence-Lotto leads through the turn on the fourth stage.
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step) in the leader's jersey showing the effort of a day battling strong winds.
- The race passes the Zubara Fort on stage four.
- High winds caused chaos, and Robert Wagner (Skil-Shimano) crashed.
- Robert Wagner (Skil-Shimano) and Belgian champion Jürgen Roelandts (Silence-Lotto) were one of the many crash victims on the very windy and dangerous fourth stage.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Eddy Merckx is part of the race organisation and gets to have the best view in the house.
- In Qatar there are occasional car crossings amid the wild life.
- Breakin' sweats in the hot sun... I fought the bunch and the bunch won.
- Cavendish takes his first win of the 2009 season.
- Cavendish wins the sprint without contest from Boonen.
- Cav takes stage four ahead of Heinrich Haussler who kept his blue jersey.
- Cavendish did not find his trainers at the finish and was walking around for a few minutes, trying to find his team.
- Cavendish on the podium.
Results
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia-Highroad 4.04.55 (34.54 km/h) 2 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 4 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha 5 Robert Förster (Ger) Team Milram 6 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 7 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 8 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 9 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 10 Roger Hammond (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 11 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 12 Martin Reimer (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 0.03 13 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 14 Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 0.05 15 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam 16 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas 17 Michael Friedman (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 0.06 18 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia-Highroad 19 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 0.17 20 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 0.19 21 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia-Highroad 0.26 22 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.42 23 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 24 Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team 25 Koen De Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano 26 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step 27 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 28 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 29 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 30 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia-Highroad 31 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 32 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 0.56 33 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 34 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 35 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Silence - Lotto 36 Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 37 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 38 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 39 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank 40 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 41 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Team Katusha 42 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 43 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 44 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 45 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia-Highroad 46 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 47 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 48 Huub Duyn (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 49 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Milram 50 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano 51 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 52 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 53 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 54 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 55 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence - Lotto 56 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 1.41 57 Omar Hasanin (Syr) Doha Team 58 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 1.46 59 Alexei Markov (Rus) Team Katusha 60 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 61 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Skil-Shimano 62 Aymen Ben Hassine (Tun) Doha Team 63 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 64 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Team Katusha 65 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 66 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 1.51 67 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 1.54 68 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 2.17 69 Guillaume Pont (Fra) Meitan Hompo - GDR 70 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia-Highroad 71 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 72 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 73 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 2.30 74 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 3.30 75 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 76 Stijn Joseph (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 4.22 77 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team Columbia-Highroad 78 Tareq Esmaeili (Qat) Doha Team 8.06 79 Cédric Pineau (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 80 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 81 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 82 Mickaël Damiens (Fra) Meitan Hompo - GDR 83 Farid Belhani (Alg) Doha Team 84 Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - N.G.C. 85 Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 86 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - N.G.C. 87 Florian Stalder (Swi) BMC Racing Team 88 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 89 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 90 Frederick Nolf (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 91 Masaaki Kikuchi (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 92 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 93 Rafaa Chitioui (Tun) Doha Team 94 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 95 Daniel Braunsteins (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 96 Kilian Patour (Fra) Garmin - Slipstream 97 Joon Yong Seo (Kor) Meitan Hompo - GDR 98 Abdelbaset Hannachi (Alg) Doha Team 99 Servais Knaven (Ned) Team Milram 100 Joseph Lewis (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 101 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 102 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 103 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 104 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 105 Robbie Williams (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 106 Badr Banihammad (UAE) Doha Team 107 Peter Mc Donald (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 108 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas 109 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 110 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 111 Sven Renders (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 112 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 113 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Team Columbia-Highroad 114 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team 115 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 116 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) AG2R La Mondiale 117 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 118 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 119 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 120 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 121 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 122 Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha 123 Chad Beyer (USA) BMC Racing Team 124 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team Katusha 125 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto 126 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 127 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 128 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 129 William Frischkorn (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 130 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 131 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 8.23 132 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 9.16 Sprints Al Khor - 43.0 Km 1 Abdelbaset Hannachi (Alg) Doha Team 3 pts 2 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) AG2R La Mondiale 2 3 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank 1 Al Zubarah - 113.0 Km 1 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) AG2R La Mondiale 3 pts 2 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 2 3 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank 1 Points Madinat Al Shamal - 141.0km 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia-Highroad 30 pts 2 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 27 3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 25 4 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha 23 5 Robert Förster (Ger) Team Milram 21 6 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 19 7 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 17 8 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 15 9 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 13 10 Roger Hammond (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 11 11 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 10 12 Martin Reimer (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 9 13 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 8 14 Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 7 15 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam 6 16 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas 5 17 Michael Friedman (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 4 18 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia-Highroad 3 19 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 2 20 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 1 Young rider 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia-Highroad 4.04.55 2 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 3 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 4 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 5 Martin Reimer (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 0.03 6 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas 0.05 7 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 0.42 8 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 9 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 0.56 10 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 11 Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 12 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 13 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Team Katusha 14 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 15 Huub Duyn (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 16 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 17 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 1.46 18 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Skil-Shimano 19 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 20 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 2.17 21 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 22 Stijn Joseph (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 4.22 23 Cédric Pineau (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 8.06 24 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 25 Mickaël Damiens (Fra) Meitan Hompo - GDR 26 Farid Belhani (Alg) Doha Team 27 Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 28 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - N.G.C. 29 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 30 Frederick Nolf (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 31 Masaaki Kikuchi (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 32 Rafaa Chitioui (Tun) Doha Team 33 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 34 Daniel Braunsteins (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 35 Joon Yong Seo (Kor) Meitan Hompo - GDR 36 Abdelbaset Hannachi (Alg) Doha Team 37 Joseph Lewis (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 38 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 39 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 40 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 41 Robbie Williams (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 42 Badr Banihammad (UAE) Doha Team 43 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas 44 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 45 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 46 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team 47 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) AG2R La Mondiale 48 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 49 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 50 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 51 Chad Beyer (USA) BMC Racing Team 52 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 53 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha Teams 1 Cervélo Test Team 12.14.45 2 Team Columbia - Highroad 0.32 3 Garmin - Slipstream 1.02 4 Skil-Shimano 1.24 5 Quick Step 6 Lampre - N.G.C 1.38 7 Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator 8 Team Milram 9 Rabobank 2.09 10 BMC Racing Team 2.34 11 Team Katusha 2.42 12 Silence - Lotto 2.48 13 AG2R-La Mondiale 3.32 14 Liquigas 10.02 15 Doha Team 11.33 16 Drapac Porsche Cycling 12.22 17 Meitan Hompo - GDR 12.40 General classification after stage 4 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 10.19.07 2 Roger Hammond (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 0.10 3 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 0.12 4 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 0.25 5 Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 0.27 6 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 0.28 7 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 1.07 8 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam 1.43 9 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia-Highroad 2.21 10 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2.35 11 Martin Reimer (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 12 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia-Highroad 2.43 13 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha 2.56 14 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 3.19 15 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Team Katusha 3.24 16 Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team 3.26 17 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 3.58 18 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 4.06 19 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 4.47 20 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank 4.54 21 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 5.00 22 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Milram 5.05 23 Huub Duyn (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 5.47 24 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 5.51 25 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 6.00 26 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step 7.46 27 Koen De Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano 7.57 28 Robert Förster (Ger) Team Milram 8.36 29 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 8.42 30 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 8.45 31 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Team Columbia-Highroad 8.58 32 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team Katusha 9.11 33 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 9.20 34 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 9.23 35 Michael Friedman (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 9.24 36 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 9.35 37 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 9.38 38 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 9.47 39 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas 10.11 40 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 10.13 41 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia-Highroad 10.19 42 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 10.28 43 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 10.44 44 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 10.45 45 Michael Barry (Can) Team Columbia-Highroad 46 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence - Lotto 10.50 47 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Team Katusha 11.10 48 Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 11.20 49 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Skil-Shimano 11.42 50 Alexei Markov (Rus) Team Katusha 11.50 51 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Milram 11.59 52 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 12.04 53 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 12.06 54 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 12.12 55 Servais Knaven (Ned) Team Milram 12.15 56 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 12.21 57 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 13.42 58 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 15.03 59 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) Team Columbia-Highroad 15.11 60 Omar Hasanin (Syr) Doha Team 15.25 61 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Skil-Shimano 15.34 62 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 15.44 63 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 15.46 64 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 16.21 65 Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - N.G.C. 16.33 66 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 17.25 67 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 17.28 68 Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha 18.10 69 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 18.18 70 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 19.11 71 Aymen Ben Hassine (Tun) Doha Team 19.33 72 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia-Highroad 21.04 73 José Luis Arrieta Lujambio (Spa) AG2R La Mondiale 21.09 74 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 22.25 75 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 22.39 76 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas 77 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 22.42 78 William Frischkorn (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 22.59 79 Mickaël Damiens (Fra) Meitan Hompo - GDR 23.04 80 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 23.08 81 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 23.10 82 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 23.16 83 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 23.26 84 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team Milram 23.31 85 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 86 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 23.40 87 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 23.56 88 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 24.08 89 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 25.40 90 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 25.49 91 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 25.53 92 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 27.13 93 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 27.21 94 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 27.26 95 Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 27.29 96 Frederick Nolf (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 27.35 97 Florian Stalder (Swi) BMC Racing Team 27.53 98 Chad Beyer (USA) BMC Racing Team 27.55 99 Sven Renders (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 30.09 100 Robbie Williams (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 30.57 101 Joseph Lewis (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 30.58 102 Rafaa Chitioui (Tun) Doha Team 31.02 103 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) AG2R La Mondiale 31.40 104 Joon Yong Seo (Kor) Meitan Hompo - GDR 31.50 105 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 33.22 106 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Silence - Lotto 34.45 107 Guillaume Pont (Fra) Meitan Hompo - GDR 35.11 108 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 109 Cédric Pineau (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 36.01 110 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 36.11 111 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 112 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 36.15 113 Kazuya Okazaki (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 36.22 114 Farid Belhani (Alg) Doha Team 36.34 115 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 36.49 116 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team Columbia-Highroad 36.52 117 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 37.07 118 Stijn Joseph (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 37.31 119 Kilian Patour (Fra) Garmin - Slipstream 40.31 120 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 40.35 121 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - N.G.C. 40.41 122 Daniel Braunsteins (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 40.47 123 Peter Mc Donald (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 124 Abdelbaset Hannachi (Alg) Doha Team 40.48 125 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 40.49 126 Badr Banihammad (UAE) Doha Team 40.51 127 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team 40.53 128 Masaaki Kikuchi (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 41.00 129 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 130 Ashley Humbert (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 41.07 131 Tareq Esmaeili (Qat) Doha Team 41.12 132 Bart Dockx (Bel) Silence - Lotto 41.52 Points classification 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 81 pts 2 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 75 3 Roger Hammond (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 61 4 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team Katusha 54 5 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 43 6 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 38 7 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia-Highroad 36 8 Andreas Klier (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 34 9 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Cervélo TestTeam 32 10 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 25 11 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 24 12 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha 23 13 Robert Förster (Ger) Team Milram 21 14 Martin Reimer (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 20 15 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 19 16 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 19 17 Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team 18 18 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Team Katusha 17 19 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 17 20 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Cervélo TestTeam 16 21 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 15 22 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Team Columbia-Highroad 13 23 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 10 24 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 10 25 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia-Highroad 8 26 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 7 27 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) AG2R La Mondiale 5 28 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas 5 29 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 4 30 Michael Friedman (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 4 31 Alexei Markov (Rus) Team Katusha 4 32 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia-Highroad 4 33 Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - N.G.C. 3 34 Aymen Ben Hassine (Tun) Doha Team 3 35 Abdelbaset Hannachi (Alg) Doha Team 3 36 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step 3 37 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank 2 38 Koen De Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2 39 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 2 40 Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 2 41 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 2 42 Chad Beyer (USA) BMC Racing Team 2 43 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Cervélo TestTeam 1 44 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1 45 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1 46 Robbie Williams (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 1 Young rider classification 1 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 10.19.19 2 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia-Highroad 2.09 3 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2.23 4 Martin Reimer (Ger) Cervélo TestTeam 5 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Team Katusha 3.12 6 Huub Duyn (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 5.35 7 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 5.48 8 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 8.33 9 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 9.08 10 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 9.11 11 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 9.23 12 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas 9.59 13 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 10.32 14 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 10.33 15 Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 11.08 16 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Skil-Shimano 11.30 17 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 12.09 18 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 14.51 19 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 17.16 20 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 22.27 21 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas 22 Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 22.30 23 Mickaël Damiens (Fra) Meitan Hompo - GDR 22.52 24 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 22.56 25 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 23.14 26 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 23.19 27 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 25.37 28 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 25.41 29 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 27.14 30 Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 27.17 31 Frederick Nolf (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 27.23 32 Chad Beyer (USA) BMC Racing Team 27.43 33 Robbie Williams (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 30.45 34 Joseph Lewis (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 30.46 35 Rafaa Chitioui (Tun) Doha Team 30.50 36 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) AG2R La Mondiale 31.28 37 Joon Yong Seo (Kor) Meitan Hompo - GDR 31.38 38 Cédric Pineau (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 35.49 39 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 35.59 40 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 36.03 41 Farid Belhani (Alg) Doha Team 36.22 42 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 36.37 43 Ben Swift (GBr) Team Katusha 36.55 44 Stijn Joseph (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 37.19 45 Gianni Da Ros (Ita) Liquigas 40.23 46 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - N.G.C. 40.29 47 Daniel Braunsteins (Aus) Drapac Porsche Cycling 40.35 48 Abdelbaset Hannachi (Alg) Doha Team 40.36 49 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 40.37 50 Badr Banihammad (UAE) Doha Team 40.39 51 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team 40.41 52 Masaaki Kikuchi (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR 40.48 53 Yasuharu Nakajima (Jpn) Meitan Hompo - GDR Teams classification 1 Cervélo Test Team 30.45.06 2 Quick Step 2.27 3 Team Columbia - Highroad 5.29 4 Team Katusha 7.27 5 Lampre - N.G.C 7.58 6 Skil-Shimano 8.11 7 Silence - Lotto 10.12 8 Team Milram 12.46 9 Rabobank 13.08 10 Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator 18.17 11 BMC Racing Team 22.06 12 Garmin - Slipstream 24.20 13 AG2R-La Mondiale 26.03 14 Drapac Porsche Cycling 35.12 15 Liquigas 35.30 16 Doha Team 1.01.29 17 Meitan Hompo - GDR 1.17.47
