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Tour of Belgium - 2.1

Belgium, May 25-29, 2005

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Stage 3b - May 27: Buggenhout - Londerzeel ITT, 15km

Boonen strong as Sosenka wins stage

By Gabriella Ekström

Ondrej Sosenka (Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil)
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Stage 3b, run between Buggenhout and Londerzeel turned out to be a rather big surprise. Boonen's lead over time trial specialist Bert Roesems (Davitamon-Lotto) was 24 seconds before the stage, and it seemed that Boonen would probably be able to defend his black leader's jersey if he did a good job. Few expected Boonen to ride an exceptional time trial, beating Roesems with a few tenths of a second and keeping the jersey without losing a single second to his main rival.

One rider that neither Roesems or Boonen could match was Czech road champion Ondrej Sosenka (Acqua e Sapone) who rode a magnificent time trial early in the stage and produced a time that stood up against that of Boonen and Roesems by seven seconds.

The first time of the day that stood out was that of Bodysol's Dominique Cornu, whose 19.03 over the 15 kilometre course lasted until Sosenka took the better out of him, producing a time of 18.42. It was expected that the real action wouldn't take place until the top fifteen riders were coming in to Londerzeel, but as Sosenka's time lasted even through Agritubel's Linas Balciunas' 18'58 ride, it became clear that only Roesems or Boonen could threaten him. Roesems looked as aerodynamic as ever, but failed to punish Sosenka's time. Boonen, on the other hand, started out the stage very hard, looking strong with a fast cadence and a stiff upper body. However, after the halfway mark, it looked like Boonen might have overdone it a bit, and his cadence dropped and his head started to slowly wag from side to side as he approached the line.

Chocolade Jacques rider Nico Eeckhout started out the stage only eight seconds behind Boonen, but turned out to be a rabbit for Boonen to chase as the race leader quickly got Eeckhout in sight. That might have been the decisive element for Boonen, who performed an impressive ride for the last half of the race, and collected his second second place of the day. Tom Boonen starts tomorrow's 232 kilometre stage from Londerzeel to Visé with a 24 second advantage over Bert Roesems.

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Results

1 Ondrej Sosenka (Cze) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil                        18.42 (48.449 km/h)
2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep                                                0.07
3 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                          
4 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Agritubel                                           0.16
5 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Bodysol- Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen             0.21
6 Emilien Benoit Bergès (Fra) R.A.G.T Semences                              0.30
7 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Shimano - Memory Corp                               0.36
8 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank                                           0.42
9 Jef Peeters (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim                           0.48
10 José Antonio Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Quickstep                          0.51
11 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quickstep                                               
12 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago                             0.52
13 Matti Helminen (Fin) Profel Cycling Team                                 0.55
14 Gilles Canouet (Fra) Agritubel                                           0.57
15 Maxim Rudenko (Ukr) Jartazi Granville Team                               1.00
16 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim                            
17 Raimondas Vilcinskas (Ltu) Jartazi Granville Team                        1.01
18 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                       1.02
19 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank                                               
20 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Jartazi Granville Team                                   
21 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim                  1.03
22 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim                       1.07
23 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                      1.09
24 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim                       1.11
25 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep                                           1.13
26 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Jartazi Granville Team                             1.14
27 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                      
28 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank                                          1.15
29 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago                           1.17
30 Florent Brard (Fra) Agritubel                                                
31 Erwin Thijs (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech                               
32 David Boucher (Fra) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech                         1.18
33 Marco Bos (Ned) Shimano - Memory Corp                                        
34 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T Semences                                   1.19
35 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago                         1.20
36 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim                     1.24
37 Steven De Neef (Bel) Bodysol- Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen             1.25
38 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team LPR                                             
39 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim                               
40 Kevin Van Der Slagmolen (Bel) Bodysol- Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen    1.26
41 Peter van Agtmal (Ned)                                                   1.30
42 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep                                           
43 Crescenzo D'Amore (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil                         
44 Andrea Rossi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil                          1.32
45 Geert Omloop (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech                          1.35
46 Niki Terpstra (Ned) AXA                                                      
47 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Bodysol- Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen                  
48 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim                     1.36
49 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                                 
50 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) Shimano - Memory Corp                            1.37
51 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                                 1.39
52 Guido Trenti (USA) Quickstep                                             1.41
53 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Bodysol- Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen               
54 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech                      1.43
55 Matthé Pronk (Ned) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech                          1.44
56 Andries Verspeeten (Bel) Profel Cycling Team                             1.47
57 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team LPR                                          1.48
58 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago                           1.49
59 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                 1.52
60 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                                        1.54
61 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                                              1.57
62 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Profel Cycling Team                            1.59
63 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto                                     2.00
64 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago                                
65 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Shimano - Memory Corp                                   2.03
66 Paul Van Schalen (Ned) AXA                                               2.04
67 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quickstep                                              
68 Nick Ingels (Bel) Bodysol- Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen                2.05
69 Julien Smink (Ned) Shimano - Memory Corp                                 2.08
70 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Agritubel                                           2.11
71 Jurgen Vandewalle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                          2.14
72 Roman Luhovyy (Ukr) R.A.G.T Semences                                     2.17
73 Lénaïc Olivier (Fra) Agritubel                                           2.19
74 Dmitri Konychev (Rus) Team LPR                                           2.22
75 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Jartazi Granville Team                                  
76 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                    
77 Alessandro Maserati (Ita) Team LPR                                       2.23
78 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Agritubel                                     2.24
79 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil                          
80 Danny Stam (Ned) AXA                                                     2.26
81 Sébastien Minard (Fra) R.A.G.T Semences                                      
82 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech                         2.29
83 Kristof De Zutter (Bel) Bodysol- Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen          2.30
84 Christoph Roodhooft (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech                   2.31
85 John Gadret (Fra) Jartazi Granville Team                                     
86 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Team LPR                                              2.32
87 Leonardo Moser (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil                        2.33
88 Arthur Farenhout (Ned) AXA                                               2.34
89 Claudio Astolfi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil                       2.36
90 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel                                          2.37
91 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team LPR                                         2.39
92 Thomas Onghena (Bel) Profel Cycling Team                                 2.44
93 Robby Meul (Bel) Jartazi Granville Team                                  2.49
94 Jurgen Van Loocke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago                        2.50
95 Steven De Champs (Bel) Profel Cycling Team                               2.56
96 Michael Simms (Aus) Profel Cycling Team                                  3.01
97 David Verheyen (Bel) Profel Cycling Team                                 3.07
98 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago                      3.08
99 Peter Ronsse (Bel) Jartazi Granville Team                                    
100 Jorn Van Der Veken (Bel) Profel Cycling Team                            3.14
101 Jos Lucassen (Ned) AXA                                                      
102 Xavier Hérinne (Fra) R.A.G.T Semences                                   3.17
103 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil                      3.24
104 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech                          3.47
105 Robert Slippens (Ned) AXA                                               3.48
106 Kevin Ista (Bel) R.A.G.T Semences                                       4.22
107 Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Bodysol- Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen             9.23
 
General classification after stage 3b
 
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep                                            10.00.43
2 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                      0.24
3 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Agritubel                                           0.33
4 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Shimano - Memory Corp                               0.53
5 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim                         1.01
6 José Antonio Pecharroman Fabian (Spa) Quickstep                           1.08
7 Maxim Rudenko (Ukr) Jartazi Granville Team                                1.17
8 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim                   1.19
9 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) Jartazi Granville Team                                    
10 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                  1.24
11 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim                           
12 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim                       1.27
13 David Boucher (Fra) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech                         1.29
14 Erwin Thijs (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech                           1.32
15 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank                                              
16 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago                           1.34
17 Marco Bos (Ned) Shimano - Memory Corp                                    1.35
18 Raimondas Vilcinskas (Ltu) Jartazi Granville Team                            
19 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team LPR                                         1.36
20 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T Semences                                       
21 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago                         1.37
22 Steven De Neef (Bel) Bodysol- Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen             1.38
23 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim                     1.41
24 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim                           1.42
25 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep                                       1.47
26 Crescenzo D'Amore (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil                         
27 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep                                               
28 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim                     1.53
29 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                                 
30 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                                 1.56
31 Guido Trenti (USA) Quickstep                                             1.58
32 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech                      2.00
33 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Team LPR                                          2.05
34 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                 2.09
35 Nick Ingels (Bel) Bodysol- Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen                2.22
36 Julien Smink (Ned) Shimano - Memory Corp                                 2.25
37 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Agritubel                                           2.28
38 Jurgen Vandewalle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                          2.31
39 Lénaïc Olivier (Fra) Agritubel                                           2.32
40 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Bodysol- Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen           2.39
41 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech                         2.46
42 Dmitri Konychev (Rus) Team LPR                                           2.47
43 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank                                            
44 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team LPR                                         2.48
45 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quickstep                                           3.01
46 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) Team LPR                                              3.06
47 Michael Simms (Aus) Profel Cycling Team                                  3.18
48 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil                      3.22
49 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech                           4.04
50 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quickstep                                          4.13
51 Steven De Champs (Bel) Profel Cycling Team                               5.04
52 Matti Helminen (Fin) Profel Cycling Team                                 6.00
53 Gilles Canouet (Fra) Agritubel                                           7.44
54 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                       7.49
55 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank                                               
56 Ondrej Sosenka (Cze) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil                        7.51
57 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                      7.56
58 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank                                          8.05
59 Jef Peeters (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim                              
60 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago                             8.09
61 Kevin Van Der Slagmolen (Bel) Bodysol- Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen    8.13
62 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Jartazi Granville Team                             8.18
63 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) Shimano - Memory Corp                            8.24
64 Matthé Pronk (Ned) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech                          8.31
65 Andries Verspeeten (Bel) Profel Cycling Team                             8.34
66 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago                           8.36
67 Florent Brard (Fra) Agritubel                                            8.40
68 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto                                     8.47
69 Andrea Rossi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil                          8.49
70 Paul Van Schalen (Ned) AXA                                                   
71 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Bodysol- Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen            8.53
72 Geert Omloop (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech                          8.56
73 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Bodysol- Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen              8.58
74 Emilien Benoit Bergès (Fra) R.A.G.T Semences                             9.02
75 Roman Luhovyy (Ukr) R.A.G.T Semences                                     9.04
76 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Profel Cycling Team                            9.09
77 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Agritubel                                     9.11
78 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago                            9.17
79 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel                                          9.24
80 Thomas Onghena (Bel) Profel Cycling Team                                 9.31
81 John Gadret (Fra) Jartazi Granville Team                                 9.35
82 Robby Meul (Bel) Jartazi Granville Team                                  9.36
83 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                9.39
84 Kristof De Zutter (Bel) Bodysol- Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen          9.47
85 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank                                              9.48
86 Sébastien Minard (Fra) R.A.G.T Semences                                  9.49
87 Jurgen Van Loocke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago                        9.52
88 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago                          
89 Niki Terpstra (Ned) AXA                                                 10.07
90 Denis Bertolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil                      10.11
91 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Jartazi Granville Team                             10.13
92 Leonardo Moser (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil                       10.24
93 Claudio Astolfi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil                      10.27
94 Danny Stam (Ned) AXA                                                    10.34
95 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Shimano - Memory Corp                                  10.35
96 Peter Van Agtmaal (Ned) AXA                                             10.45
97 David Verheyen (Bel) Profel Cycling Team                                10.58
98 Jos Lucassen (Ned) AXA                                                  11.05
99 Kevin Ista (Bel) R.A.G.T Semences                                       11.09
100 Xavier Hérinne (Fra) R.A.G.T Semences                                  11.15
101 Arthur Farenhout (Ned) AXA                                             11.16
102 Peter Ronsse (Bel) Jartazi Granville Team                              11.29
103 Alessandro Maserati (Ita) Team LPR                                     11.42
104 Jorn Van Der Veken (Bel) Profel Cycling Team                           11.50
105 Robert Slippens (Ned) AXA                                              13.29
106 Christoph Roodhooft (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech                 14.03
107 Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Bodysol- Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen            16.10
 
Points classification
 
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep                                                  85 pts
2 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim                           69
3 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team LPR                                            60
4 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team LPR                                            38
5 Crescenzo D’Amore                                                           36
6 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech                         34
7 Jurgen Van Loocke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago                           30
8 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Agritubel                                             30
9 Guido Trenti (USA) Quickstep                                                30
10 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago                        25
11 Lénaïc Olivier (Fra) Agritubel                                             22
12 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Agritubel                                             21
13 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                    18
14 David Boucher (Fra) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech                           16
15 Paul Van Schalen (Ned) AXA                                                 15
16 Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Bodysol- Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen                15
17 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim                    14
18 Marco Bos (Ned) Shimano - Memory Corp                                      12
19 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Bodysol- Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen             12
20 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Jartazi Granville Team                                12
21 Steven De Neef (Bel) Bodysol- Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen               10
22 Christoph Roodhooft (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech                     10
23 Dmitri Konychev (Rus) Team LPR                                              6
24 Erwin Thijs (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech                              5
25 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim                          3
26 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep                                              3
27 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quickstep                                             3
 
Sprints classification
 
1 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim                           32 pts
2 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto                                     18
3 David Boucher (Fra) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech                            16
4 Steven De Neef (Bel) Bodysol- Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen                10
5 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago                          8
6 Dmitri Konychev (Rus) Team LPR                                               6
7 Paul Van Schalen (Ned) AXA                                                   5
8 Erwin Thijs (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech                               5
9 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim                           3
10 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep                                              3
11 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim                     3
12 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quickstep                                             3
 
Teams classification
 
1 Quickstep-Innergetic                                                  30.04.49
2 Davitamon-Lotto                                                           0.29
3 Agritubel                                                                 0.41
4 Chocolade Jacques-T Interim                                               1.02
5 Rabobank                                                                  1.10
6 Jartazi-Revor                                                             1.14
7 Bodysol-Win for Life-Jong Vlaanderen                                      1.23
8 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago                                                   1.40
9 Shimano-Memory Corp                                                       1.42
10 MrBookmaker-Sportstech                                                   2.21
11 Team LPR                                                                 3.46
12 Profel Cycling Team                                                      7.10
13 Acqua&Sapone-Adria Mobil                                                 7.43
14 RAGT Sémences                                                           15.17
15 Axa Pro Cycling Team                                                    23.56