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KBC Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde - 2.HC
Belgium, March 29-31, 2005
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Stage 3 - March 31: De Panne - De Panne , 116 km
Steels succeeds
Belgian champion Tom Steels (Davitamon-Lotto) paid his teammates back for their hard work in the last few days by winning the short 116 km morning stage in De Panne. Steels led home Simone Cadamuro (Domina Vacanze), Luciano Pagliarini (Liquigas-Bianchi) and Stefan Van Dijk (Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech) in a dangerous bunch sprint, but Pagliarini was later relegated to 88th place for an illegal manoeuvre, giving Van Dijk third place.
"I'm really very happy for the team," said a very pleased Tom Steels to VRT after winning the stage. The Davitamon-Lotto team had been working hard in previous stages to secure a win in what's considered an important race for the Belgian formation, but had failed to finish things off so far.
Today, a motivated Steels showed his strength on this type of parcours and many consider him to be a force to be reckoned with for the first big Classic of the year on Belgian soil: the Tour of Flanders. But Tom is playing down his chances: "I have been working towards Gent-Wevelgem and Roubaix, so don't count me in for victory in the Tour of Flanders."
How it unfolded
Several big names were among the 34 riders not present at the start in De Panne for the final stage, including Peter Van Petegem (Davitamon-Lotto) and Steffen Wesemann (T-Mobile). The former is saving himself for Sunday, but the latter is suffering from a stomach problem, which could put him in doubt for the Ronde.
Four riders managed to get clear early on, including yesterday's attacker Carlos Barredo (Liberty), David Betts (Tenax), Martin Müller (Team Wiesenhof) and Erwin Thijs (Mrbookmaker.com). Barredo managed to take enough points to win the mountains jersey along the way. They managed to gain four minutes lead with 42 km to go, before Lampre and Davitamon-Lotto stepped on the gas and started chasing. Thijs held on for the longest, but was caught by Mattan at the bonus sprint in De Panne with 9 km to go, Mattan putting himself three seconds closer to Ballan on GC.
Chocolade Jacques, Liquigas-Bianchi and Davitamon-Lotto piloted their sprinters to the line, and it was Leon van Bon leading out Tom Steels, who powered ahead of everyone to take the victory ahead of Cadamuro. Behind him, Pagliarini was involved in a bit of elbow work with the others and finished up being disqualified, giving Van Dijk third place.
This afternoon's closing stage is a 13.7 km individual time trial around De Panne, which should see a big battle between leader Alessandro Ballan (Lampre), challenger Stijn Devolder (Discovery), and outsiders Luis Sanchez (Liberty) and Nico Mattan (Davitamon-Lotto).
Results
1 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.31.10 2 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 3 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech 4 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 5 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 6 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tenax-Nobili Rubinetterie 8 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 10 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 12 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 13 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 14 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 15 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Ed' System-Zvvz 16 David Boucher (Fra) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech 17 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux 18 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quick Step 19 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 20 Juan Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 21 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 22 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 23 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 24 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 25 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Barloworld-Valsir 26 André Greipel (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 27 David Kupka (Cze) Ed' System-Zvvz 28 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 29 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 30 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 31 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 32 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 33 Alessandr Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 34 Angel Castresana (Spa) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech 35 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Jartazi Granville Team 36 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 37 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 38 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 39 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 40 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 41 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 42 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 43 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 44 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 45 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 46 Raimondas Vilcinskas (Ltu) Jartazi Granville Team 47 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 48 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir 49 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 50 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 51 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 52 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 53 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 54 Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 55 Steven De Neef (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong Vlaanderen 56 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step 57 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 58 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 59 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 60 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux 61 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Flanders 62 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 63 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 64 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française Des Jeux 65 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Flanders 66 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 67 René Obst (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 68 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 69 Dean Podgornik (Slo) Tenax-Nobili Rubinetterie 70 Wesle Van Der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 71 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 72 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 73 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 74 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 75 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 76 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 77 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 78 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Team Barloworld-Valsir 79 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 80 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech 81 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 82 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 83 Jan Valach (Svk) Ed' System-Zvvz 84 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 85 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 86 Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 87 Peter Ronsse (Bel) Jartazi Granville Team 88 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 89 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.20 90 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 0.24 91 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.28 92 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.30 93 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.42 94 Wesle Van Speybroeck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 0.44 95 Andrus Aug (Est) Fassa Bortolo 0.46 96 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 1.05 97 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 1.08 98 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 1.21 99 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.48 100 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 101 Johan Svensson (Swe) Jartazi Granville Team 102 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 103 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 104 Leonardo Duque (Col) Jartazi Granville Team 105 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 106 Florian Stalder (Swi) Ed' System-Zvvz 107 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick Step 108 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step 109 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 110 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 111 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 112 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 113 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 114 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 115 Jeroen Van Rij (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong Vlaanderen 116 Kamil Vrana (Cze) Ed' System-Zvvz 117 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech 2.21 118 Luca Celli (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir 3.32 119 Thierry Masschelein (Bel) Flanders 4.52 120 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4.53 121 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 122 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 123 Kevin Van Der Slagmolen (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong Vlaanderen 124 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 125 David Betts (Aus) Tenax-Nobili Rubinetterie 5.36 126 Roman Bronis (Svk) Ed' System-Zvvz 127 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Tenax-Nobili Rubinetterie 5.49 128 Giovanni De Nolf (Bel) Flanders 7.12 DNF Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech DNF James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago DNF Corrado Serina (Ita) Tenax-Nobili Rubinetterie DNF Michael Blanchy (Bel) Jartazi Granville Team DNF Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNF Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNS Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech DNS Ben Day (Aus) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech DNS Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim DNS Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim DNS Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim DNS Christian Knees (Ger) Team Wiesenhof DNS Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof DNS Glenn Dhollander (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago DNS Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago DNS Josef Soukup (Cze) Ed' System-Zvvz DNS Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Ed' System-Zvvz DNS Gabriele Bosisio (Ita) Tenax-Nobili Rubinetterie DNS Alex Coutts (GBr) Flanders DNS Maxim Rudenko (Ukr) Jartazi Granville Team DNS Bart Vanheule (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong Vlaanderen DNS Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong Vlaanderen DNS Kristof De Zutter (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong Vlaanderen DNS Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team DNS Hayden Roulston (NZl) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team DNS Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto DNS Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team DNS Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team DNS Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi DNS Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux DNS Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank DNS Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems DNS Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems DNS Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems DNS Alexandre Naulleau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNS Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team DNS Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team DNS Ivan Santos Martinez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team DNS Vladimir Efimkim (Rus) Team Barloworld-Valsir DNS Giulio Tomi (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir Points 1 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10 pts 2 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 9 3 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech 8 4 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 7 5 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 6 6 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5 7 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tenax-Nobili Rubinetterie 4 8 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 9 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 10 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 1 Mountains Monteberg - km 49 1 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5 pts 2 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 3 3 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech 1 Rodeberg - km 54 1 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5 pts 2 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech 3 3 David Betts (Aus) Tenax-Nobili Rubinetterie 1 Vidaigneberg - km 55 1 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech 5 pts 2 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 3 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 1 Sprints De Panne - km 107 1 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3 pts 2 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech 2 3 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1 General classification after stage 3 1 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 12.58.15 2 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.04 3 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.25 4 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.30 5 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 0.32 6 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 7 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step 8 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.34 9 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux 0.35 10 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 11 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 12 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 4.55 13 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 5.01 14 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 5.04 15 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Barloworld-Valsir 5.05 16 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 17 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française Des Jeux 18 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 19 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 20 Angel Castresana (Spa) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech 21 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 22 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 5.07 23 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Flanders 5.09 24 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech 25 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 5.11 26 David Boucher (Fra) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech 27 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quick Step 28 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 29 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 30 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 31 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 32 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux 33 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 33 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 35 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 36 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 37 Dean Podgornik (Slo) Tenax-Nobili Rubinetterie 38 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 38 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir 40 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 41 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 42 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 43 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Team Barloworld-Valsir 44 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 44 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 46 Wesle Van Der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 47 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 48 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 49 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 50 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 5.22 51 Juan Flecha (Spa) Fassa Bortolo 52 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5.31 53 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 5.45 54 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 5.47 55 Andrus Aug (Est) Fassa Bortolo 5.57 56 Francis Mourey (Fra) Française Des Jeux 6.59 57 Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.00 58 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 7.32 59 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 8.06 60 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 8.46 61 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9.59 62 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10.04 63 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10.54 64 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11.22 65 Mads Christensen (Den) Quick Step 12.42 66 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 18.21 67 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 68 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tenax-Nobili Rubinetterie 18.22 69 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 69 Michal Precechtel (Cze) Ed' System-Zvvz 71 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 72 Steven De Neef (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong Vlaanderen 73 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech 18.25 74 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 18.27 75 André Greipel (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 76 Raimondas Vilcinskas (Ltu) Jartazi Granville Team 77 René Obst (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 78 Alessandr Cortinovis (Ita) Domina Vacanze 79 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 79 Pedro Horrillo Munoz (Spa) Rabobank 81 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Jartazi Granville Team 82 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 83 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 84 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 85 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 86 Jan Valach (Svk) Ed' System-Zvvz 87 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 88 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 89 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems 90 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 91 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 92 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 18.51 93 Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 18.56 94 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems 18.57 95 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 19.01 96 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 19.09 97 Wesle Van Speybroeck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 19.11 98 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze 19.35 99 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 19.48 100 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 20.06 101 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux 20.15 102 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 103 Jeroen Van Rij (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong Vlaanderen 20.44 104 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 20.49 105 Johan Svensson (Swe) Jartazi Granville Team 21.49 106 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech 21.55 107 David Kupka (Cze) Ed' System-Zvvz 21.57 108 Peter Ronsse (Bel) Jartazi Granville Team 109 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Flanders 22.02 110 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 111 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 23.20 112 Leonardo Duque (Col) Jartazi Granville Team 23.48 113 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 23.50 114 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick Step 115 Roman Bronis (Svk) Ed' System-Zvvz 24.03 116 Kristjan Fajt (Slo) Tenax-Nobili Rubinetterie 24.16 117 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 25.58 118 Matej Jurco (Svk) Domina Vacanze 119 Florian Stalder (Swi) Ed' System-Zvvz 120 Kamil Vrana (Cze) Ed' System-Zvvz 121 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 122 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 26.52 123 Thierry Masschelein (Bel) Flanders 26.54 124 David Betts (Aus) Tenax-Nobili Rubinetterie 27.38 125 Luca Celli (Ita) Team Barloworld-Valsir 27.42 126 Kevin Van Der Slagmolen (Bel) Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong Vlaanderen 29.03 127 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 30.30 128 Giovanni De Nolf (Bel) Flanders 31.22 Points classification 1 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 33 pts 2 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 24 3 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 23 4 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux 21 5 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Liquigas-Bianchi 19 6 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 19 7 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18 8 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 16 9 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 14 10 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 12 11 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 11 12 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 11 13 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Française Des Jeux 10 14 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 10 15 Zoran Klemencic (Slo) Tenax-Nobili Rubinetterie 10 16 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 9 17 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech 8 18 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step 8 19 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux 7 20 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6 21 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 5 22 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2 23 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2 24 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 1 25 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Barloworld-Valsir 1 26 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi 1 Mountains classification 1 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 31 pts 2 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 20 3 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 17 4 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 15 5 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15 6 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech 14 7 Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5 8 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 4 9 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 4 10 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3 11 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 12 Leonardo Duque (Col) Jartazi Granville Team 3 13 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step 2 14 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1 15 David Betts (Aus) Tenax-Nobili Rubinetterie 1 Sprints classification 1 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5 pts 2 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5 3 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 3 4 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 3 5 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step 3 6 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 3 7 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Mrbookmaker.com-Sports Tech 2 8 Leonardo Duque (Col) Jartazi Granville Team 2 9 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1 10 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 1
