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KBC Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde - 2.2
Belgium, March 30-April 1, 2004
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Stage 2 - March 31: Zottegem - Koksijde/Oostduinkerke, 237 km
Cooke's revenge
By Chris Henry
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Baden Cooke (FDJeux.com) took his revenge after defeat in the opening stage sprint behind Danilo Hondo (Gerolsteiner), winning the second stage in Koksijde and assuming the overall race lead. Wednesday's stage was the longest of the three-day race, a 237km marathon clearly designed with the weekend's Tour of Flanders in mind, providing an opportunity for the World Cup contenders to test their legs on a long parcours just four days before Belgium's monumental event. Cooke beat a frustrated Giosuè Bonomi to the line as Steven De Jongh took third.
"Today was very dangerous with the wind, and the roads were very technical with a lot of bumps," Cooke said after his win, referring to a finishing circuit punctuated by traffic islands, narrow roads, and tram lines, followed by a nervous finale. "It was one of the most dangerous sprints I've done in a while. Brad McGee took me to the front at the end. I was afraid we'd gone a bit too early, but I had good legs."
Indeed McGee's work for Cooke in the finale was just part of a day-long effort by FDJeux.com to control the race. The team helped control the pace in the main field for much of the day, and shared in the work to reel in a breakaway of three with Australian national champion Matthew Wilson doing the lion's share of effort in the wind.
The major escape of the day was animated by three men: Bart Voskamp (Chocolade Jacques), Stefan Van Dijck (Lotto-Domo), and Matthew Hayman (Rabobank). The trio followed an attack earlier in the day and succeeded in breaking clear and opening up a reasonable gap. On such a long stage destined for a sprint finish, they could have used more than a 7 minute maximum advantage over the field, but nonetheless the three remained committed to their move and did well to stay clear for much of the afternoon.
Race leader Hondo's Gerolsteiner team kept the break's lead in check, along with the steady tempo of the Bankgiroloterij riders, gradually bringing the move to within 3'45 with 60 kilometres to the finish. The gap fell steadily, but the turning point came when the lead group was forced to stop at a railroad crossing. They may have lost only 30 seconds, but the momentum was gone and as the peloton began to wind up in the first of three long finishing circuits around Koksijde there was little hope of the leaders staying away.
It was at this point that Wilson hit the front for FDJeux.com and began the first in a series of long efforts to pull back the break and put the pressure on the main field. Gerolsteiner, Lotto-Domo, US Postal Service, and other teams with contenders for the overall title sent riders to the front, but it was Cooke's FDJeux.com team that set the wheels in motion for a bunch finish.
Within 30 kilometres of the finish the break's advantage was already down to 30" as more teams took part in the chase, including Quick.Step-Davitamon, thinking of sprinter Tom Boonen. Just after the second passage of the finish line, the break was caught. Having taken the bonus sprints on offer during the stage, the leading three neutralised race for the general classification making a bunch sprint all the more important for previous bonus seconds.
Big Italian Marco Milesi (Vini Caldirola) was the first to launch a worthy counter attack, opening up the distance between himself and the peloton as he powered away on his own. Milesi had 11" in hand with 18km to go, but with no reinforcements he had no chance of fending off the fast-moving pack, now under the control of Quick.Step. Johan Museeuw showed his face at the head of the field, working for Boonen and flexing his own legs with the Tour of Flanders on his mind. Conversely, defending Flanders champion Peter Van Petegem languished at the back of the field, clearly unconcerned with a stage result but looking comfortable and unperturbed by the high speed in the bunch.
With Milesi back in the fold, Wilson took over again at the front for FDJeux.com before two riders from Relax-Bodysol broke clear. Wim De Vocht and Bert Roesems tried to combine forces to escape the grip of the peloton, which they did for a short time before British national champion Roger Hammond put in an enormous effort of his own to bridge the gap alone. As the pack brought the three back, Hammond attacked again, but this would not be a day for the small attacks.
The final move came from another Bodysol man, Nico Mattan, who put in a promising attack with Tomas Vaitkus (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago) for company. These two worked hard together and at one point held 14" over the field. Leon Van Bon (Lotto-Domo) bridged to the leaders, but Quick.Step and Gerolsteiner clawed them back with 5km remaining. Seeking to profit from a slowing of the pace through a confusing roundabout, Salvatore Commesso put in a final last-ditch attack, but was quickly brought back.
As the leadout men prepared the sprint, the scrambling for the best wheels began. Cooke placed himself on Hondo's wheel, marking the man who beat him the day before, but soon found himself pushed aside by the Quick.Step train and big Tom Boonen, who latched onto the German race leader. The combat began as McGee stepped up to get his sprinter back to the front. Mission accomplished, and despite leading out earlier than he might have liked, Cooke had the power to start the sprint and carry himself all the way to the line.
Cooke noted after the finish that he didn't expect to be a contender for the final classification, as time trialing is not his specialty, but he would still give it everything he had in the final two stages on Thursday.
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- Baden Cooke (FDJeux.com) wins the field sprint in stage 2
- Baden Cooke (FDJeux.com) took over the lead in the general classification and points classification
Results
1 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 5.20.02 2 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Saeco 3 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 0.04 4 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 Jans Koerts (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 7 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 8 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 9 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 11 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 12 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 13 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 14 Michel Van Haecke (Bel) MrBookmaker-Palmans 15 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 16 Christoph Roodhooft (Bel) MrBookmaker-Palmans 17 Alexandre Bazhenov (Rus) Domina Vacanze 18 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 19 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 20 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 21 Juan Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 22 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 23 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 24 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 25 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 26 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Domina Vacanze 27 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 28 Bert Roesems (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 29 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Flanders-Afincom 30 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) MrBookmaker-Palmans 31 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 32 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre 33 Giulio Tomi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 34 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 35 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 36 Andrus Aug (Est) Domina Vacanze 37 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 38 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 39 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi 40 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 41 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre 42 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 43 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto-Domo 44 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 45 Frank Hoj (Den) Team CSC 46 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Lampre 47 Nico Mattan (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 48 Andy De Smet (Bel) MrBookmaker-Palmans 49 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Saeco 50 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 51 Leif Hoste (Bel) Lotto-Domo 52 David Clinger (USA) Domina Vacanze 53 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Lampre 54 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 55 Chris Peers (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 56 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 57 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 58 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 59 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 60 Bart Dockx (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 61 Jo Planckaert (Bel) MrBookmaker-Palmans 62 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Lotto-Domo 0.06 63 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 64 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 65 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre 66 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 67 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 68 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 69 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 70 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 71 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 72 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 73 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC 74 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 75 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 76 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 77 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com 78 Benoît Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 79 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre 80 Eelke Van Der Wal (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 81 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) FDJeux.com 82 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 83 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 84 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 85 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 86 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 87 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile Team 88 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 89 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Domo 90 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 91 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 92 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 93 Stijn Devolder (Bel) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 94 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 95 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 96 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 97 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 98 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 99 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 100 Roger Hammond (GBr) MrBookmaker-Palmans 101 Alessandr Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 102 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) De Nardi 103 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 104 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 105 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Domina Vacanze 106 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 107 Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 108 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Lotto-Domo 109 Robert Bartko (Ger) Rabobank 110 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Saeco 111 Mario Aerts (Bel) T-Mobile Team 112 Frederik Willems (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 113 Matej Jurco (Svk) De Nardi 114 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) De Nardi 115 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Flanders-Afincom 116 Thierry Masschelein (Bel) Flanders-Afincom 117 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 118 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 119 Erwin Thijs (Bel) MrBookmaker-Palmans 120 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 121 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 122 Thoma Bruun Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 123 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 124 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 125 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Bankgiroloterij 126 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 127 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker-Palmans 128 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 129 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 130 Jimmi Madsen (Den) Team CSC 131 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 132 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 133 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) De Nardi 134 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 135 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Lotto-Domo 136 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi 137 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 138 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 139 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 140 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 141 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Bankgiroloterij 142 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 143 Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 0.18 144 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 0.19 145 Youri Deliens (Bel) Flanders-Afincom 146 Allan Johansen (Den) Bankgiroloterij 147 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 148 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 149 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.28 150 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 0.31 151 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 0.37 152 Dario Pieri (Ita) Saeco 0.50 153 Alex Gualandi (Ita) Flanders-Afincom 0.55 154 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.00 155 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.04 156 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.16 157 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 158 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo 159 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 160 Bart De Spiegelaere (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 161 Jurgen Landrie (Bel) Flanders-Afincom 162 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 163 Wesle Van Speybroeck (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 164 Jacky Durand (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 165 Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJeux.com 2.21 166 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com 2.22 167 Mark Renshaw (Aus) FDJeux.com 2.51 168 Nicola Gavazzi (Ita) Saeco 4.52 169 Antoni Rizzi (Ita) De Nardi 170 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.07 171 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Flanders-Afincom 6.51 172 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 10.30 173 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 174 Bjorn Cornelissen (Ned) Flanders-Afincom 175 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 176 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 177 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 178 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10.33 179 Frank Van Dulmen (Ned) Bankgiroloterij DNF Maxim Rudenko (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf DNF Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor DNF Marco Gili (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie DNF Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone DNF Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone Points 1 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 20 Pts 2 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Saeco 18 3 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 16 4 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 5 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 6 Jans Koerts (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 10 7 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 9 8 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 8 9 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7 10 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 6 11 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 5 12 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 4 13 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 3 14 Michel Van Haecke (Bel) MrBookmaker-Palmans 2 15 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berr 1 Sprints Koksijde - 1st passage, km 188 1 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Lotto-Domo 3 Pts 2 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 2 3 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 1 Koksijde - 2nd passage, km 211 1 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Lotto-Domo 3 Pts 2 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 2 3 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 1 Climbs Kanarieberg, km 23 1 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 5 Pts 2 Stijn Devolder (Bel) US Postal Service presented by Berry 3 3 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 1 Taaienberg, km 27 1 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 5 Pts 2 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 3 3 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Eikenberg, km 32 1 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 5 Pts 2 Stijn Devolder (Bel) US Postal Service presented by Berry 3 3 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 1 Young rider 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5.20.02 2 Alexandre Bazhenov (Rus) Domina Vacanze 3 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 4 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 5 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre 7 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 8 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 9 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 10 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 11 Bart Dockx (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 12 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 13 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 14 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 15 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 16 Eelke Van Der Wal (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 17 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 18 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 19 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 20 Stijn Devolder (Bel) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 21 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 22 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Domina Vacanze 23 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 24 Frederik Willems (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 25 Matej Jurco (Svk) De Nardi 26 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Flanders-Afincom 27 Thoma Bruun Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 28 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 29 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 30 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Bankgiroloterij 31 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 32 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 33 Alex Gualandi (Ita) Flanders-Afincom 0.55 34 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.16 35 Jurgen Landrie (Bel) Flanders-Afincom 36 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 37 Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJeux.com 2.21 38 Mark Renshaw (Aus) FDJeux.com 2.51 39 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 10.30 40 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 41 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 42 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10.33 43 Frank Van Dulmen (Ned) Bankgiroloterij Teams 1 Rabobank 16.00.06 2 Phonak Hearing Systems 3 Vini Caldirola 4 Relax-Bodysol 5 Mr.Bookmaker.com-Palmans 6 Domina Vacanze 7 Bankgiroloterij 8 Saeco 9 Chocolade Jacques-Wincor-Nixdorf 10 Lotto-Domo 11 US Postal-Berry Floor 12 Lampre 13 Team CSC 14 T-Mobile Team 15 Alessio-Bianchi 16 FDJeux.com 17 Fassa Bortolo 18 Quick.Step-Davitamon 19 Gerolsteiner 20 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 21 Cofidis 22 De Nardi 23 Flanders Afincom 24 Vlaanderen-T Interim General classification after stage 2 1 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 10.36.06 2 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.06 3 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry 0.12 4 Juan Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 0.16 5 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 6 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto-Domo 7 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 8 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 9 David Clinger (USA) Domina Vacanze 10 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 12 Leif Hoste (Bel) Lotto-Domo 13 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Lampre 14 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 15 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 16 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 17 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 18 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 19 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 20 Stijn Devolder (Bel) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 21 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Saeco 0.51 22 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 0.53 23 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 24 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 0.55 25 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 0.56 26 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 0.57 27 Christoph Roodhooft (Bel) MrBookmaker-Palmans 28 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 29 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 30 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 31 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 32 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 33 Alexandre Bazhenov (Rus) Domina Vacanze 34 Bert Roesems (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 35 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 36 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 37 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 38 Nico Mattan (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 39 Jo Planckaert (Bel) MrBookmaker-Palmans 40 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 41 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 42 Frank Hoj (Den) Team CSC 43 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Saeco 44 Michel Van Haecke (Bel) MrBookmaker-Palmans 45 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 46 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 47 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 48 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre 49 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 50 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre 51 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Lampre 52 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 53 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 54 Bart Dockx (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 55 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Saeco 56 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 57 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com 58 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 59 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 60 Alessandr Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 61 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) FDJeux.com 62 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Domina Vacanze 63 Benoît Joachim (Lux) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 64 Erwin Thijs (Bel) MrBookmaker-Palmans 65 Chris Peers (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 66 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 67 Robert Bartko (Ger) Rabobank 68 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC 69 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 70 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) T-Mobile Team 71 Stephan Schreck (Ger) T-Mobile Team 72 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 73 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team 74 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Domo 75 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 76 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) De Nardi 77 Mario Aerts (Bel) T-Mobile Team 78 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 79 Roger Hammond (GBr) MrBookmaker-Palmans 80 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Saeco 81 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems 82 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 83 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 84 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 85 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 86 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 87 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Lotto-Domo 88 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 89 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 90 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.57 91 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Fassa Bortolo 2.13 92 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 4.05 93 Matej Jurco (Svk) De Nardi 94 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker-Palmans 95 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 96 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 97 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 4.22 98 Allan Johansen (Den) Bankgiroloterij 4.24 99 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 4.36 100 Dario Pieri (Ita) Saeco 4.58 101 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Lotto-Domo 5.43 102 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 5.49 103 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 104 Jans Koerts (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 105 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Lampre 106 Andrus Aug (Est) Domina Vacanze 107 Devis Miorin (Ita) De Nardi 108 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 109 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 110 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 111 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 112 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 113 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Domina Vacanze 114 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 115 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Saeco 116 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 117 Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 118 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 119 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Flanders-Afincom 120 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 121 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Domo 122 Jimmi Madsen (Den) Team CSC 123 Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 6.07 124 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 6.08 125 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6.17 126 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco 6.26 127 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7.04 128 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7.05 129 Marco Milesi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 130 Thoma Bruun Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 7.28 131 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Flanders-Afincom 7.48 132 Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJeux.com 8.10 133 Alex Gualandi (Ita) Flanders-Afincom 8.23 134 Frederik Willems (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 9.35 135 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 11.23 136 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 11.25 137 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11.27 138 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11.30 139 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 12.28 140 Andy De Smet (Bel) MrBookmaker-Palmans 141 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 142 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 13.32 143 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) MrBookmaker-Palmans 13.34 144 Giulio Tomi (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 145 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 146 Wesle Van Speybroeck (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 13.44 147 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 14.04 148 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 149 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Flanders-Afincom 150 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 151 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre 152 Eelke Van Der Wal (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 153 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Lotto-Domo 154 Thierry Masschelein (Bel) Flanders-Afincom 155 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 156 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) De Nardi 157 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 158 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Alessio-Bianchi 158 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Bankgiroloterij 160 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Bankgiroloterij 161 Youri Deliens (Bel) Flanders-Afincom 14.23 162 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 163 Jurgen Landrie (Bel) Flanders-Afincom 15.20 164 Mark Renshaw (Aus) FDJeux.com 16.55 165 Andris Nauduzs (Lat) Domina Vacanze 22.27 166 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 167 Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Bianchi 168 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) De Nardi 169 Bart De Spiegelaere (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 23.43 170 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 171 Jacky Durand (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 172 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Domina Vacanze 173 Bjorn Cornelissen (Ned) Flanders-Afincom 24.34 174 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 175 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com 24.49 176 Antoni Rizzi (Ita) De Nardi 27.19 177 Nicola Gavazzi (Ita) Saeco 178 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 32.57 179 Frank Van Dulmen (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 33.00 Points classification 1 Baden Cooke (Aus) FDJeux.com 38 Pts 2 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 32 3 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Saeco 18 4 George Hincapie (USA) US Postal Service presented by Berry 17 5 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 16 6 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 14 7 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 14 8 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto-Domo 12 9 Jans Koerts (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 10 10 David Clinger (USA) Domina Vacanze 10 11 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 9 12 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 9 13 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 8 14 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Alessio-Bianchi 8 15 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7 16 Juan Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 7 17 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 6 18 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 6 19 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie 5 20 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Alessio-Bianchi 5 21 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 4 22 Leif Hoste (Bel) Lotto-Domo 4 23 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 3 24 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3 25 Michel Van Haecke (Bel) MrBookmaker-Palmans 2 26 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) US Postal Service presented by Berry 2 27 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 Sprints classification 1 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Lotto-Domo 6 Pts 2 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 4 3 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 4 4 Frederik Willems (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 3 5 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2 6 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 2 7 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 2 8 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 1 Climbers classification 1 Frederik Willems (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 35 Pts 2 Stijn Devolder (Bel) US Postal Service presented by Berry 6 3 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 6 4 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Lampre 5 5 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5 6 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 5 7 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3 8 Leif Hoste (Bel) Lotto-Domo 3 9 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3 10 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal Service presented by Berry 3 11 Jo Planckaert (Bel) MrBookmaker-Palmans 3 12 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 3 13 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 3 14 David Clinger (USA) Domina Vacanze 1 15 Juan Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 1 16 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre 1 17 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1 18 Robert Hunter (RSA) Rabobank 1 19 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo 1 20 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal Service presented by B 1 21 Alex Gualandi (Ita) Flanders-Afincom 1 22 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1 Young rider classification 1 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) US Postal Service presented by Berry 10.36.22 2 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Relax-Bodysol 3 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 4 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 5 Stijn Devolder (Bel) US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor 6 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 0.39 7 Alexandre Bazhenov (Rus) Domina Vacanze 0.41 8 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 9 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 10 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 11 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 12 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 13 Bart Dockx (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 14 Matej Jurco (Svk) De Nardi 3.49 15 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 16 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 5.33 17 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 18 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com 19 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 20 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 21 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Domina Vacanze 22 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre 23 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Flanders-Afincom 24 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6.49 25 Thoma Bruun Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 7.12 26 Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJeux.com 7.54 27 Alex Gualandi (Ita) Flanders-Afincom 8.07 28 Frederik Willems (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 9.19 29 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11.11 30 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11.14 31 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 13.48 32 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Lampre 33 Eelke Van Der Wal (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 34 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 35 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 36 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Bankgiroloterij 37 Jurgen Landrie (Bel) Flanders-Afincom 15.04 38 Mark Renshaw (Aus) FDJeux.com 16.39 39 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 22.11 40 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 23.27 41 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 24.18 42 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 32.41 43 Frank Van Dulmen (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 32.44 Teams classification 1 US Postal-Berry Floor 31.49.06 2 Lotto-Domo 0.41 3 Alessio-Bianchi 4 Fassa Bortolo 5 FDJeux.com 1.22 6 Gerolsteiner 7 Rabobank 8 Quick.Step-Davitamon 9 Phonak Hearing Systems 10 Chocolade Jacques-Wincor-Nixdorf 11 Domina Vacanze 12 T-Mobile Team 13 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 14 Relax-Bodysol 15 Lampre 16 Saeco 2.03 17 Team CSC 18 Mr.Bookmaker.com-Palmans 19 Vlaanderen-T Interim 6.55 20 De Nardi 10.03 21 Vini Caldirola 11.47 22 Cofidis 23 Flanders Afincom 13.26 24 Bankgiroloterij 17.48
