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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
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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
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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.
Photography
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- Tom Boonen (Quick Step) taking another one in front of the Qatar crowds.
- A confirmation by Tom Boonen (Quick Step) as he wins stage six.
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step) over Luciano Pagliarini (Saunier Duval-Scott) in stage six.
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step) and Sheikh Joaan Bin Hamad al-Thani on the stage. The Belgian won the stage and keeps the overall jersey.
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
