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6th Tour of Qatar - 2.1

Qatar, January 28-February 2, 2007

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Stage 5 - February 1: Al Zubarah - Mesaieed, 160.5 km

Breakaway alters overall

Belgian Greg Van Avermaet of the Lotto team
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The longest stage of the Tour of Qatar came down to a sprint from a breakaway group of ten, with Greg Van Avermaet of the Predictor-Lotto team nabbing his first professional win. Wilfried Cretskens (Quick-Step) takes over the general classification from his teammate Boonen, which is a small consolation after his last kilometre solo move was caught just before the line.

Cretskens described the team's strategy going into the stage, "After what we had managed yesterday with Tom Boonen, the goal this morning before the start of the stage was to have a Quick-Step rider in all breakaway attempts. So I was the one to be in the good group. I then really wanted to win the stage but I unfortunately missed out on victory for 20 metres."

The team set out to win every stage of the Tour, but has fallen one short, however Cretskens dons the leader's jersey which was a bit unexpected for the Belgian. "It's a bit of a surprise to find myself with the golden jersey on my shoulders today. I certainly wasn't expecting that... my job is normally working for the team - for Tom Boonen - my job is to launch him for his sprints. It's a fantastic reward, a great gift."

Van Avermaet salvaged the race for Predictor-Lotto, who lost their sprinter Tom Steels in a horrible crash on stage two, with his win today. Van Avermaet launched his sprint less than 100 metres before the line, just barely getting ahead Milram's Marcel Sieberg. Sieberg was disappointed with the loss, "I started from far back to attempt to take over the Quick-Step men," said Sieberg, "There was a tail wind and I thought that I would have been successful in bring them back. Unfortunately Van Avermaet jumped in the last metres. A true shame."

How it unfolded

129 riders started the fifth stage of Tour of Qatar from the top northern tip of the country in All Zubarah with Nico Eeckhout (Chocolade Jacques) being the only non-starter. The Chocolade Jacques team started the attacks with Coenen and Vanheule launching moves, but the first successful breakaway was 30 kilometres into the stage, when Kevin Van Impe (Quick-Step), Marcel Sieberg (Milram), Baumann (T-Mobile), Belohvosciks (Saunier Duval) and Mikhailov (Astana) slipped away to a maximum 25" lead.

The five were caught in less than 10 kilometres, and quickly countered by a group of riders who would form the winning break. Marcel Sieberg (Milram), Aleksandr Kuschynski (Liquigas), Wilfried Cretskens (Quick-Step), Kim Kirchen (T-Mobile), Stéphane Poulhiès (Ag2R Prévoyance), Greg Van Avermaet (Predictor-Lotto), Sven Krauss (Gerolsteiner), Mauro Da Dalto (Liquigas), Erki Pütsep (Bouygues Telecom) and Maarten Tjallingii (Skil-Shimano) quickly built up a lead of more than two minutes.

Belgian Wilfried Cretskens (L) of the Quick Step team is congratulated by Eddy Merckx
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By end of the first hour, the race had covered over 48 kilometres, and by the first intermediate sprint, the break had nearly four minutes on the field. Van Avermaet took the maximum points ahead of DA Dalto and Tjallingii. In the bunch, golden jersey Tom Boonen suffered a puncture, and spent about 20 kms in the second chase group before making it up to the main peloton. His chase was made more difficult by the high speeds of the main bunch, who had closed the gap to the leaders down to 45 seconds.

Once Boonen regained the bunch, the gaps went back out, and was back up to more than five minutes by the second bonus sprint, which was claimed by Tjallingii ahead of Kuschynski and Krauss. As the leaders approached the finish in Mesaieed, the Saunier Duval-led pack held the gap to a steady five minutes while the lead group continued to work smoothly together until the final three kilometres. A light rain started to fall, making the many round-abouts and sharp turns on the run-in a bit dangerous, and the leading bunch worked their way through the traffic obstacles carefully. When the road straightened out, Cretskens made his move, and opened up a gap of several seconds on the bunch, but his legs gave out just metres before the line, and Van Avermaet sped past to take the stage.

The chasing peloton shattered in the closing kilometres, and the bunch kick was taken by Quick-Step's Steven De Jongh ahead of Benny De Schrooder (Chocolade Jacques) and Marcus Burghardt (T-Mobile). Boonen rolled in safely in 20th place, losing his leader's jersey to his teammate Cretskens, but maintaining his hold on the points competition.

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Results

1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                          3.26.13 (45.534 km/h)
2 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram                                             
3 Stéphane Poulhiès (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance                                 
4 Erki Pütsep (EST) Bouygues Telecom                                      
5 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep                                     
6 Mauro DA Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                           
7 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile                                              
8 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                                     
9 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          
10 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                  
11 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep                                   2.53
12 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen         
13 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile                                        
14 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 2.55
15 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick-Step                                    
16 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                               
17 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile                                          
18 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              
19 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick-Step                                        
20 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step                                            
21 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana                                              
22 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile                                       
23 Renaud Dion (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance                                      
24 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                            
25 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
26 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
27 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                           
28 Nick Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                      
29 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                       
30 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor-Lotto                                   
31 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile                                           
32 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                        
33 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram                                              
34 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram                                       
35 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile                                          
36 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Agritubel                                        
37 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram                                          
38 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick-Step                                     3.03
39 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  4.00
40 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance                                 4.03
41 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                         4.07
42 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel                                    
43 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran                                               
44 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                  
45 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      4.09
46 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen           4.10
47 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                  
48 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                    
49 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana                                          
50 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
51 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram                                           
52 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen              
53 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
54 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                     
55 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                     
56 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                            
57 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely                   
58 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
59 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Agritubel                                     4.18
60 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana                                              
61 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                          
62 Johannes Frohlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
63 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                
64 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R Prévoyance                               4.22
65 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance                                 
66 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance                           4.28
67 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                 4.56
68 Badr Banihammad (UAE) Doha Team                                        
69 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram                                      6.09
70 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram                                                
71 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile                                            
72 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile                                            
73 Tim Meeussen (Bel) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely                        
74 Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                      
75 Rieno Stofferis (Bel) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely                     
76 Christophe Beddegenoodts (Bel) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely            
77 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                     
78 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana                                        
79 Hossein Iri Nateghi (IRI) Iran                                         
80 Paul Healion (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely                        
81 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                     
82 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (IRI) Iran                                           
83 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           
84 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         
85 Christian Müller (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                    
86 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                    
87 Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra) Agritubel                                  
88 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
89 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen              
90 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
91 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen             
92 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen              
93 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                        
94 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step                                    6.15
95 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                     8.20
96 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                 
97 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank                                        8.22
98 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                              
99 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                               
100 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas                                         
101 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana                                           
102 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                      
103 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                      
104 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                       
105 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                      
106 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team                                            
107 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                         
108 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
109 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Milram                                    
110 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance                               
111 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick-Step                                       
112 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen                
113 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2R Prévoyance                                11.49
114 Mohammed Hussain (Brn) Doha Team                                      
115 Tareq Esmaeili (Qat) Doha Team                                        
116 Radhwan Al-moraqab (Qat) Doha Team                                    
117 Hamid Shiri Sisah (IRI) Iran                                          
118 Alireza Haghi (IRI) Iran                                              
119 Denis Robin (Fra) Agritubel                                           
120 Mohammad Rajablou (IRI) Iran                                          
121 Mikel Gaztañaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel                            
122 Mohammad Mozafari (IRI) Iran                                          
123 Alireza Ashgarzadeh (IRI) Iran                                        
124 Glenn Bak (Den) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely                          
125 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely                      
126 Mohamed Bin Took (UAE) Doha Team                                      
127 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Doha Team                                    
128 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely                  13.08
DNS Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen             
DNF Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                         
 
Sprint 1 (Km 55)                                                    
 
1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                3 pts
2 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                                    2
3 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                  1
 
Sprint 2 (Km 105)                                                   
 
1 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                  3 pts
2 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                                    2
3 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         1
 
Sprint 3 (Km 160)                                                   
 
1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                               30 pts
2 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram                                           27
3 Stéphane Poulhiès (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance                               25
4 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom                                    23
5 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step                                   21
6 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                         19
7 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile                                            17
8 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                                   15
9 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        13
10 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                11
11 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step                                     10
12 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen        9
13 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile                                       8
14 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     7
15 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick-Step                                   6
16 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                              5
17 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile                                         4
18 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             3
19 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick-Step                                       2
20 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step                                           1
 
Young Rider
 
1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                          3.26.13
2 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram                                             
3 Stéphane Poulhiès (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance                                 
4 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          
5 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile                                     2.53
6 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                            2.55
7 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               
8 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana                                               
9 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
10 Nick Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                      
11 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram                                          
12 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick-Step                                     3.03
13 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  4.00
14 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance                                 4.03
15 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                         4.07
16 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              4.10
17 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen              
18 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                     
19 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Agritubel                                     4.18
20 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                          
21 Johannes Frohlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 
22 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance                             4.22
23 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                 4.56
24 Badr Banihammad (UAE) Doha Team                                        
25 Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                  6.09
26 Christophe Beddegenoodts (Bel) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely            
27 Hossein Iri Nateghi (IRI) Iran                                         
28 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                     
29 Christian Müller (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                    
30 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                    
31 Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra) Agritubel                                  
32 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
33 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen              
34 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
35 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen              
36 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                        
37 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                     8.20
38 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                 
39 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                          8.22
40 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team                                             
41 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         
42 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2R Prévoyance                                 11.49
43 Hamid Shiri Sisah (IRI) Iran                                           
44 Mohammad Rajablou (IRI) Iran                                           
45 Mohammad Mozafari (IRI) Iran                                           
46 Alireza Ashgarzadeh (IRI) Iran                                         
47 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely                       
48 Mohamed Bin Took (UAE) Doha Team                                       
49 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Doha Team                                     
50 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely                   13.08
 
Teams
 
1 Liquigas                                                        10.21.34
2 Quick Step - Innergetic                                             2.53
3 T-Mobile Team                                                           
4 Gerolsteiner                                                        2.55
5 Predictor - Lotto                                                       
6 Team Milram                                                             
7 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                     4.03
8 Bouygues Telecom                                                    4.07
9 Skil-Shimano                                                        5.25
10 Astana                                                             7.02
11 Rabobank                                                           7.05
12 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                             8.09
13 Chocolade Jacques - Topsport                                       8.18
14 Agritubel                                                          8.25
15 Iran                                                              13.30
16 Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely                                      13.33
17 Doha Team                                                         22.12
 
 
General classification
 
1 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step                             12.54.41
2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step                                         2.19
3 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step                                    2.44
4 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile                                       2.52
5 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile                                    3.01
6 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile                                        3.08
7 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                    3.09
8 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             3.11
9 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                        3.30
10 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile                                      3.44
11 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance                                 4.04
12 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  4.09
13 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                 4.21
14 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                4.26
15 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                        4.43
16 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana                                          4.55
17 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                         4.58
18 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano                              5.10
19 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                      5.12
20 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom                                 5.21
21 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                                6.04
22 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step                                    7.02
23 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram                                   7.48
24 Nick Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                  8.04
25 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram                                          8.05
26 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                    8.11
27 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana                                          8.13
28 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                        8.14
29 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 8.18
30 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                      8.20
31 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Agritubel                                    8.27
32 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile                                    8.32
33 Renaud Dion (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance                                  8.58
34 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                              9.21
35 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      9.23
36 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram                                      9.24
37 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank                                        9.30
38 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor-Lotto                               9.32
39 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance                           9.33
40 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                           9.35
41 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana                                     10.00
42 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen            10.06
43 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen         10.20
44 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano                               11.25
45 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile                                        13.26
46 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas                                     13.34
47 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                  13.40
48 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                           47.54
49 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram                                       48.05
50 Stéphane Poulhiès (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance                           48.42
51 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 51.06
52 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                               
53 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         51.07
54 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen    51.59
55 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick-Step                                    52.12
56 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                52.22
57 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              52.24
58 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick-Step                                   52.28
59 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen          52.29
60 Johannes Frohlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            52.34
61 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                     52.43
62 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R Prévoyance                              52.55
63 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             52.59
64 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran                                          53.00
65 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel                               53.05
66 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               53.11
67 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                  
68 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick-Step                               53.14
69 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           53.17
70 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance                            53.20
71 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely              53.31
72 Badr Banihammad (UAE) Doha Team                                   53.39
73 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                53.59
74 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram                                           54.07
75 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram                                      54.13
76 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                   54.14
77 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana                                   54.15
78 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                54.23
79 Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                      
80 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen        54.28
81 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen              
82 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           54.34
83 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram                                     54.38
84 Rieno Stofferis (Bel) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely                54.43
85 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                55.01
86 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile                                       55.05
87 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      55.08
88 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile                                       55.17
89 Christian Müller (Ger) Skil-Shimano                               55.24
90 Hossein Iri Nateghi (IRI) Iran                                    55.49
91 Tim Meeussen (Bel) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely                   55.57
92 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (IRI) Iran                                      56.01
93 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    56.08
94 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick-Step                                   56.16
95 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                  56.19
96 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                   56.27
97 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana                                       56.33
98 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                    56.36
99 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    56.38
100 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir                           56.44
101 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   56.49
102 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen        56.52
103 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Milram                               57.12
104 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                        57.21
105 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance                          59.09
106 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2R Prévoyance                                59.58
107 Mikel Gaztañaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel                     1.00.14
108 Hamid Shiri Sisah (IRI) Iran                                   1.00.42
109 Glenn Bak (Den) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely                   1.01.10
110 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Agritubel                                 1.01.45
111 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely                1.01.58
112 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                             1.03.13
113 Christophe Beddegenoodts (Bel) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely    1.03.20
114 Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra) Agritubel                          1.03.36
115 Paul Healion (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely                1.04.45
116 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                               1.05.49
117 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team                                     1.06.02
118 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely               1.09.20
119 Mohammed Hussain (Brn) Doha Team                               1.09.29
120 Radhwan Al-moraqab (Qat) Doha Team                                    
121 Tareq Esmaeili (Qat) Doha Team                                        
122 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Doha Team                                    
123 Mohamed Bin Took (UAE) Doha Team                                      
124 Alireza Haghi (IRI) Iran                                       1.09.39
125 Mohammad Mozafari (IRI) Iran                                   1.10.30
126 Mohammad Rajablou (IRI) Iran                                          
127 Alireza Ashgarzadeh (IRI) Iran                                 1.11.33
128 Denis Robin (Fra) Agritubel                                    1.17.39
 
Points classification
 
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step                                           92 pts
2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram                                      54
3 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile                                         51
4 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance                                    47
5 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                 42
6 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     38
7 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                               33
8 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                   33
9 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom                                    32
10 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance                             31
11 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                     29
12 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    29
13 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step                                     28
14 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram                                          28
15 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile                                     26
16 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step                                  25
17 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                        25
18 Stéphane Poulhiès (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance                              25
19 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                   22
20 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        22
21 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor-Lotto                                 21
22 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                        19
23 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                                  19
24 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                17
25 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana                                        17
26 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile                                           17
27 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                          16
28 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen       16
29 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                  15
30 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              13
31 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Agritubel                                      13
32 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                             13
33 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                           10
34 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                        10
35 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        9
36 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana                                             8
37 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile                                       8
38 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram                                               8
39 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile                                          7
40 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick-Step                                   7
41 Nick Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                     6
42 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana                                             6
43 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank                                           6
44 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                          5
45 Mikel Gaztañaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel                            5
46 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick-Step                                       4
47 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen             3
48 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                              3
49 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                      3
50 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             3
51 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                      2
52 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick-Step                                       2
53 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                    2
54 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                        2
55 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step                                       1
56 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2R Prévoyance                                     1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                         12.57.52
2 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance                                  0.53
3 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   0.58
4 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                          1.47
5 Nick Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                   4.53
6 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana                                           5.02
7 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile                                     5.21
8 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram                                       6.13
9 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen           7.09
10 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                8.14
11 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                           44.43
12 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram                                       44.54
13 Stéphane Poulhiès (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance                           45.31
14 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                          47.55
15 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         47.56
16 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick-Step                                    49.01
17 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                49.11
18 Johannes Frohlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            49.23
19 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                     49.32
20 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             49.48
21 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance                            50.09
22 Badr Banihammad (UAE) Doha Team                                   50.28
23 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                50.48
24 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                   51.03
25 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                51.12
26 Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                      
27 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen         51.17
28 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           51.23
29 Christian Müller (Ger) Skil-Shimano                               52.13
30 Hossein Iri Nateghi (IRI) Iran                                    52.38
31 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                    53.25
32 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    53.27
33 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            53.33
34 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    53.38
35 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen         53.41
36 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                         54.10
37 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2R Prévoyance                                 56.47
38 Hamid Shiri Sisah (IRI) Iran                                      57.31
39 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Agritubel                                    58.34
40 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely                   58.47
41 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                              1.00.02
42 Christophe Beddegenoodts (Bel) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely     1.00.09
43 Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra) Agritubel                           1.00.25
44 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team                                      1.02.51
45 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely                1.06.09
46 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Doha Team                              1.06.18
47 Mohamed Bin Took (UAE) Doha Team                                       
48 Mohammad Mozafari (IRI) Iran                                    1.07.19
49 Mohammad Rajablou (IRI) Iran                                           
50 Alireza Ashgarzadeh (IRI) Iran                                  1.08.22
 
Team classification
 
1 Quick Step - Innergetic                                         38.36.35
2 T-Mobile Team                                                       0.06
3 Rabobank                                                            4.31
4 Liquigas                                                            7.24
5 Skil-Shimano                                                        7.48
6 Astana                                                              9.27
7 Predictor - Lotto                                                  10.21
8 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                    11.31
9 Bouygues Telecom                                                   11.45
10 Team Milram                                                       15.22
11 Gerolsteiner                                                      58.28
12 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                            58.33
13 Chocolade Jacques - Topsport                                      59.23
14 Agritubel                                                       1.47.00
15 Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely                                    2.35.20
16 Iran                                                            2.36.23
17 Doha Team                                                       3.02.02