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7th Tour of Qatar - 2.1

Qatar, January 27-February 1, 2008

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Stage 6 - February 1: Al Wakra - Doha Corniche, 120 km

The Cannibal of Qatar

Boonen takes fourteenth individual stage win, second GC title

By Shane Stokes in Doha

Tom Boonen (Quick Step) taking another one
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Finishing the Tour of Qatar in fine style, Tom Boonen thundered down the Doha Corniche to nab his third individual stage win of the week, the fourteenth individual stage of his career and his second overall classification victory in three years.

The 27 year-old beat stage four victor Alberto Loddo (Tinkoff Credit Systems), Brazilian sprinter Luciano Pagliarini (Saunier Duval) and 37 others to the line, with the rest of the field finishing further back in dribs and drabs, fatigued from a very windy day and also a very quick six days of competition.

"It was a fast stage," the Belgian said afterwards. "I was continually trying to stay on the outside on the right [while riding along the long corniche towards the finish] because the wind was coming from behind and to the left. Because of the wind, I lost a lot of energy in the last three kilometres. I had to struggle for the right position on the outside about fifteen times.

"I just had enough to come off Steven de Jongh's wheel. I waited very long to start the sprint, but it worked out well."

Those closest to him in the general classification, namely Quick Step team-mate De Jongh and Greg Van Avermaet (Silence Lotto) were sixth and 21st respectively. Once Boonen's ten-second time bonus was factored into the GC time, the 2005 world road race champion ended the 2.1-ranked race 27" ahead of De Jongh and 46" up on Van Avermaet.

Australian rider Chris Sutton (Slipstream Chipotle-H3O) was fourth overall, 46" back, while Jurgen Roelandts (Silence-Lotto) and Alexandre Pichot (Bouygues Telecom) were fifth and sixth.

Boonen dominated the points classification and his Quick Step squad were clear winners in the team competition. "It is good that we are this strong early in the season," he stated. "We did a good job, because after winning a lot of stages in recent years, it becomes a habit to win here. If it doesn't happen, you might start to worry."

He has taken 14 stage wins in all, Quick Step have landed two team time trial victories and the team have won the past three editions. The Tour of Qatar suits the riders' abilities from the point of view of the high speeds, flat terrain and strong winds, and it’s clearly a race they like to do well in.

"It is good to compete here," continued Boonen. "It is good training, it is not too hard. There are strong teams here and that creates good competition. The race has teams that are have a lot of experience in the wind like Lotto, Liquigas and Lampre.

"As you can see in these stages, our team is going really well and these kind of races are our speciality. We show it here every year."

He was keen to pay tribute to the others in white and blue. "I want to thank my team. Without a team you are nothing. If one or two guys are bad, my level drops because I need them for the sprint. If somebody makes a mistake three or four kilometres from the finish line, nobody sees it but I have to pay for that in the last two hundred meters because I go too early or too late. I need everybody [to win], and everybody did a really good job."

How it unfolded

Tom Boonen (Quick Step) and Sheikh Joaan Bin Hamad al-Thani
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Heavy winds and the possibility of sandstorms led the organisers to modify the final stage. Instead of heading south early on as scheduled, the decision was taken to head north from the start to the finishing circuit in Doha, covering nine laps rather than the originally-planned six. This shortened the stage by 19km.

The riders rolled out of Al Wakra at approximately 11.15 am, pedalling in a strong headwind. The palmtrees lining the road were bending in the gusts and small amounts of sand were being blown along the ground. Almost all of the riders were content to roll along in the bunch, sheltering there, but Tareq Esmaeili (Doha Team) attacked and was 1'20 ahead by the time he raced onto the Doha Corniche to start the first of nine nine-kilometre finishing laps.

He took the points at the first bonus sprint, and was 6'40 ahead of the bunch. Piet Rooijakkers (Skil Shimano) and Maarten Tjallingii (Silence Lotto) were second and third, leading the peloton over the line. One lap later, the gap was 7'35", and soon afterwards reached its maximum of eight minutes.

After 43.5km of racing Taylor Tolleson (BMC Racing Team) attacked and got 15". The bunch was also starting to speed up and by the time the riders crossed the finish line for the fourth time, Esmaeili was 6'30" ahead of the lone chaser and 6'40" over the main bunch.

Angus Morton (Drapac Porsche) attacked from the peloton and caught Tolleson. Hossein Askari (Iran) then set off in pursuit, while at the same time the Quick Step and Lampre teams were working hard on the front of the peloton.

With five laps to go, 57 kilometres after the start, Esmaeili was four minutes ahead of Tolleson and Morton. Askari was 25 seconds further back, then the peloton was 4'55" down. One lap later the gaps had dropped considerably; the leader was 2'20" ahead of the two chasers, with Askari three minutes back. The main bunch was 3'35" behind.

Askari was caught at kilometre 72, then Gene Bates (Drapac Porche) and Aymen Ben Hassine (Doha team) set off in pursuit of the front trio. The two chasers caught those in front but all of the escapees were brought back on the penultimate lap.

A bunch sprint was looking inevitable, but that didn't stop Dean Windsor (Drapac Porsche) from having a go. He was recaptured and then Bart Vanheule (Topsport Vlaanderen), Jackson Stewart (BMC Racing) and a persistent Askari took flight, holding a twelve second lead as they crossed the finish line for the bell. With five kilometres to go the bunch were just seven seconds back, however, and the break was finished four clicks later.

That ensured yet another bunch gallop. After being beaten in the two previous days, Tom Boonen was back on top and grabbed his third individual stage victory of the week and his second overall win in the Tour of Qatar. His consistency also wound up the points jersey, while the Quick Step riders beat Silence Lotto to the teams title.

The youth classification went to Van Avermaet, who beat Sutton by six seconds.

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Results

1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                          2.49.47
2 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                  
3 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott               
4 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                              
5 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                
6 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                            
7 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                        
8 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Credit Agricole                                         
9 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                            
10 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step                                           
11 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                                       
12 Abdelbasat Hanachi (Alg) Doha Team                                         
13 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                        
14 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole                                     
15 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                                    
16 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas                                             
17 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
18 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                               
19 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                     
20 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                        
21 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                    
22 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream p/b Chipotle                           
23 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                                    
24 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Silence - Lotto                                         
25 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                         
26 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team                                         
27 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole                                  
28 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                       
29 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                                   
30 Gene Bates (Aus) Drapac Porshe                                             
31 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                            
32 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                               
33 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre                                                 
34 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                                          
35 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                             
36 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                           
37 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                            
38 Rafaa Chitioui (Tun) Doha Team                                         0.08
39 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                                               
40 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Team Milram                                         
41 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Credit Agricole                                        
42 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                          
43 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                        
44 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                              
45 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                               
46 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step                                        
47 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                          
48 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                          
49 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott                              
50 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                              0.11
51 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                                    0.13
52 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems                           
53 Curvers Roy (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                         0.18
54 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porshe                                        0.22
55 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                        
56 Hossein Askari (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation                           0.26
57 Omar Hasanin (Syr) Doha Team                                               
58 Aymen Ben Hassine (Tun) Doha Team                                          
59 Abbas Saeiditanha (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation                            
60 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step                                            
61 Jean-Paul Simon (Bel) Credit Agricole                                      
62 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      
63 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                    0.39
64 Seyed Mostafa Seyed Rezaei Khormizi (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation          
65 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team                                  0.44
66 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Slipstream p/b Chipotle                           
67 Huub Duyn (Ned) Slipstream p/b Chipotle                                    
68 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                             
69 Koen Barbé (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                                       
70 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                        
71 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                               
72 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                
73 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porshe                                        
74 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    0.47
75 Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Porshe                                           
76 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                       
77 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott                             
78 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                             
79 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                          
80 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                
81 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                                       
82 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                              0.52
83 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Scott                            
84 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                        0.54
85 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                      
86 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team                                  0.59
87 Peter Mc Donald (Aus) Drapac Porshe                                        
88 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step                                       1.12
89 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre                                                
90 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas                                          1.21
91 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                         
92 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                                 
93 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                                    
94 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                               1.23
95 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                          
96 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                           
97 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                                        1.58
98 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                                 
99 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                                   
100 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team                                                
101 Eric Berthou (Fra) Credit Agricole                                        
102 Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porshe                                          
103 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre                                            4.25
104 Tareq Esmaeili (Qat) Doha Team                                        4.49
105 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                           
106 Hamad Afif (Qat) Doha Team                                            8.27
107 Evert Verbist (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                                   
108 Bert Roesems (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                        
109 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation                      
110 Kilian Patour (Fra) Slipstream p/b Chipotle                               
111 Robbie Williams (Aus) Drapac Porshe                                       
112 Hossein Jahanbanian (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation                         
113 Guido Trenti (USA) Liquigas                                               
114 Amir Zargari (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation                                
115 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream p/b Chipotle                                
116 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Doha Team                                        
117 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                      
118 Martyn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream p/b Chipotle                             
119 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation                               
120 Julian Dean (NZl) Slipstream p/b Chipotle                                 
121 Hossein Nateghi (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation                             
122 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                       
 
Points
 
Mesaieed - 16.0 Km
1 Tareq Esmaeili (Qat) Doha Team                                             3 pts
2 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                        2
3 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                                   1
 
Doha Corniche - 84.0 Km
1 Tareq Esmaeili (Qat) Doha Team                                             3 pts
2 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team                                      2
3 Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Porshe                                           1
 
Doha Corniche - 120.0 Km
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                               30 pts
2 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                27
3 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott             25
4 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                            23
5 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                              21
6 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                          19
7 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                      17
8 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Credit Agricole                                       15
9 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                          13
10 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step                                         11
11 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                                     10
12 Abdelbasat Hanachi (Alg) Doha Team                                        9
13 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                       8
14 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole                                    7
15 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                                   6
16 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas                                            5
17 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   4
18 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                              3
19 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                    2
20 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                       1
 
Young rider
 
1 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                         2.49.47
2 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step                                            
3 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                                        
4 Abdelbasat Hanachi (Alg) Doha Team                                          
5 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas                                              
6 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
7 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                      
8 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                     
9 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream p/b Chipotle                            
10 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole                                  
11 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                                          
12 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                             
13 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                           
14 Rafaa Chitioui (Tun) Doha Team                                         0.08
15 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                                               
16 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Team Milram                                         
17 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                          
18 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                        
19 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                              
20 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                          
21 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott                              
22 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                              0.11
23 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems                       0.13
24 Jean-Paul Simon (Bel) Credit Agricole                                  0.26
25 Seyed Mostafa Seyed Rezaei Khormizi (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation      0.39
26 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team                                  0.44
27 Huub Duyn (Ned) Slipstream p/b Chipotle                                    
28 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                        
29 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                                
30 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porshe                                        
31 Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Porshe                                       0.47
32 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                       
33 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                              0.52
34 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                        0.54
35 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre                                            1.12
36 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                                1.21
37 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                                        1.58
38 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                                   
39 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team                                                 
40 Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porshe                                           
41 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre                                             4.25
42 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                        4.49
43 Hamad Afif (Qat) Doha Team                                             8.27
44 Evert Verbist (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                                    
45 Robbie Williams (Aus) Drapac Porshe                                        
46 Hossein Jahanbanian (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation                          
47 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Doha Team                                         
48 Martyn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream p/b Chipotle                              
49 Hossein Nateghi (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation                              
 
Teams
 
1 Quick Step                                                           8.29.21
2 Crédit Agricole                                                             
3 Tinkoff Credit Systems                                                      
4 Silence-Lotto                                                               
5 Liquigas                                                                    
6 Skil-Shimano                                                                
7 Saunier Duval-Scott                                                     0.08
8 Team Milram                                                             0.16
9 BMC Racing Team                                                             
10 Bouygues Telecom                                                       0.26
11 Doha Team                                                              0.34
12 Drapac Porshe                                                          1.06
13 Lampre                                                                 1.12
14 Cofidis                                                                1.23
15 Slipstream Chipotle - H30                                              1.28
16 Iran Cycling Federation                                                1.31
17 Topsport Vlaanderen                                                    2.05
 
General classification after stage 6
 
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                         15.27.44
2 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                        0.27
3 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                 0.40
4 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream p/b Chipotle                        0.46
5 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                  0.50
6 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 1.10
7 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                                1.12
8 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                              1.22
9 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step                                     1.31
10 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                   1.41
11 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Credit Agricole                                    1.51
12 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                        
13 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step                                       1.54
14 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole                                  
15 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott          1.56
16 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre                                             1.57
17 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                        2.16
18 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                        2.40
19 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step                                       4.37
20 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                       4.38
21 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                           4.45
22 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                                4.50
23 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step                                        4.51
24 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                         5.01
25 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                                           5.02
26 Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team                                     5.14
27 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas                                          6.15
28 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                       6.27
29 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Credit Agricole                                    6.58
30 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                         9.12
31 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step                                   9.17
32 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  9.51
33 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole                                10.31
34 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                          10.34
35 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto                              11.04
36 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                      12.15
37 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                            12.50
38 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                                   12.56
39 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Silence - Lotto                                    13.16
40 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                  13.18
41 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porshe                                       13.43
42 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                               13.53
43 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                   14.21
44 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                                     15.59
45 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                       16.09
46 Curvers Roy (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                        16.37
47 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                   18.40
48 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                          18.57
49 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas                                        19.06
50 Omar Hasanin (Syr) Doha Team                                          19.15
51 Julian Dean (NZl) Slipstream p/b Chipotle                             19.18
52 Martyn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream p/b Chipotle                         19.48
53 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre                                           19.53
54 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                                    20.17
55 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram                                     21.14
56 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                   21.58
57 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                                  22.51
58 Eric Berthou (Fra) Credit Agricole                                    23.05
59 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porshe                                   23.12
60 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                   23.20
61 David Millar (GBr) Slipstream p/b Chipotle                            24.06
62 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Team Milram                                    24.11
63 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott                         24.22
64 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre                                            24.36
65 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                          26.09
66 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                             26.12
67 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                     26.42
68 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                                       27.10
69 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                     27.18
70 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Slipstream p/b Chipotle                      27.31
71 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                        28.13
72 Abdelbasat Hanachi (Alg) Doha Team                                    28.17
73 Koen Barbé (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                                  28.23
74 Huub Duyn (Ned) Slipstream p/b Chipotle                               28.34
75 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                   28.37
76 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                     28.41
77 Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porshe                                      29.10
78 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                          29.21
79 Evert Verbist (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                               29.37
80 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                 29.59
81 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                            31.20
82 Rafaa Chitioui (Tun) Doha Team                                        31.22
83 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems                      32.26
84 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   32.29
85 Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Porshe                                      33.00
86 Aymen Ben Hassine (Tun) Doha Team                                     33.31
87 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                             33.32
88 Hossein Askari (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation                          34.01
89 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Scott                       36.17
90 Peter Mc Donald (Aus) Drapac Porshe                                   36.29
91 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                         36.33
92 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team                                 37.04
93 Gene Bates (Aus) Drapac Porshe                                        37.13
94 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                             
95 Robbie Williams (Aus) Drapac Porshe                                   37.15
96 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                           37.21
97 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                               37.42
98 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    38.41
99 Abbas Saeiditanha (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation                       38.43
100 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Scott                       38.52
101 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                          40.12
102 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                    40.58
103 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                      41.16
104 Seyed Mostafa Seyed Rezaei Khormizi (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation    41.48
105 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team                                41.51
106 Jean-Paul Simon (Bel) Credit Agricole                                42.37
107 Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation                 42.51
108 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                             43.17
109 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 44.08
110 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation                          44.15
111 Bert Roesems (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                   44.43
112 Guido Trenti (USA) Liquigas                                          45.34
113 Hossein Nateghi (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation                        47.21
114 Hossein Jahanbanian (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation                    47.58
115 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                 49.23
116 Kilian Patour (Fra) Slipstream p/b Chipotle                          49.32
117 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team                                           51.01
118 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                  51.07
119 Amir Zargari (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation                           52.05
120 Tareq Esmaeili (Qat) Doha Team                                       52.47
121 Hamad Afif (Qat) Doha Team                                           57.30
122 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Doha Team                                   57.39
 
Points classification
 
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                              145 pts
2 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                           105
3 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                97
4 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                          91
5 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                   79
6 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott             71
7 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                      70
8 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream p/b Chipotle                          64
9 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Credit Agricole                                       49
10 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                         45
11 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                   44
12 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  42
13 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                      42
14 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step                                         32
15 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                                  31
16 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre                                               24
17 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                             21
18 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                         20
19 Abdelbasat Hanachi (Alg) Doha Team                                       18
20 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                                 17
21 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step                                          15
22 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step                                      13
23 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas                                           13
24 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                           12
25 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                                     10
26 Omar Hasanin (Syr) Doha Team                                              9
27 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step                                          9
28 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole                                    9
29 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre                                                8
30 Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porshe                                           7
31 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Team Milram                                        6
32 Tareq Esmaeili (Qat) Doha Team                                            6
33 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas                                             6
34 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas                                              6
35 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step                                           5
36 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Silence - Lotto                                        5
37 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                              4
38 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole                                      4
39 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                              4
40 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porshe                                       3
41 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     3
42 Evert Verbist (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                                   3
43 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                           2
44 Curvers Roy (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                            2
45 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                       2
46 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team                                     2
47 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                           1
48 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone                       1
49 Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Porshe                                          1
 
Young rider classification
 
1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                             15.28.24
2 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream p/b Chipotle                        0.06
3 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                  0.10
4 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 0.30
5 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step                                        1.14
6 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole                                   
7 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                          4.21
8 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                                            4.22
9 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                       11.35
10 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano                                     15.19
11 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                       15.29
12 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                   18.00
13 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                          18.17
14 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas                                        18.26
15 Martyn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream p/b Chipotle                         19.08
16 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre                                           19.13
17 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                   21.18
18 Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole                                  22.11
19 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porshe                                   22.32
20 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Team Milram                                    23.31
21 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott                         23.42
22 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre                                            23.56
23 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                             25.32
24 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre                                       26.30
25 Abdelbasat Hanachi (Alg) Doha Team                                    27.37
26 Huub Duyn (Ned) Slipstream p/b Chipotle                               27.54
27 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team                                     28.01
28 Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porshe                                      28.30
29 Evert Verbist (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                               28.57
30 Rafaa Chitioui (Tun) Doha Team                                        30.42
31 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems                      31.46
32 Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Porshe                                      32.20
33 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                             32.52
34 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                         35.53
35 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team                                 36.24
36 Robbie Williams (Aus) Drapac Porshe                                   36.35
37 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                               37.02
38 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                           39.32
39 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                     40.18
40 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                       40.36
41 Seyed Mostafa Seyed Rezaei Khormizi (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation     41.08
42 Jean-Paul Simon (Bel) Credit Agricole                                 41.57
43 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                              42.37
44 Damien Gaudin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  43.28
45 Hossein Nateghi (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation                         46.41
46 Hossein Jahanbanian (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation                     47.18
47 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team                                            50.21
48 Hamad Afif (Qat) Doha Team                                            56.50
49 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Doha Team                                    56.59
 
Teams classification
 
1 Quick Step                                                          46.12.23
2 Silence-Lotto                                                           0.09
3 Skil-Shimano                                                            2.47
4 Crédit Agricole                                                         3.00
5 Liquigas                                                                9.06
6 Slipstream Chipotle - H30                                              10.42
7 Lampre                                                                 10.59
8 Saunier Duval-Scott                                                    12.23
9 Team Milram                                                            12.51
10 Topsport Vlaanderen                                                   14.22
11 Bouygues Telecom                                                      16.03
12 Tinkoff Credit Systems                                                17.47
13 Drapac Porshe                                                         34.32
14 BMC Racing Team                                                       45.08
15 Cofidis                                                               48.22
16 Doha Team                                                           1.10.03
17 Iran Cycling Federation                                             1.23.05