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22nd Ster Elektrotoer - 2.1
Netherlands, June 17-21, 2008
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Stage 1 - June 17: Schijndel prologue (ITT), 6km
Martin chalks up another win for High Road
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German Tony Martin added another tick under the win column of Team High Road's books in stage one of the Ster Elektrotoer. Martin powered through the six kilometre course to best Russian Nikolay Trusov (Tinkoff) and British rider Geraint Thomas (Barloworld). The win comes a day after the High Road team announced it has gained a title sponsor for the upcoming Tour de France, Columbia Sportswear.
On the short but highly technical course in Schijndel, Holland, Martin started mid-way through the field and had to wait for over two hours whilst all the other riders finished before he was finally confirmed as the winner - by a mere two second margin over Russian Nikolay Trusov.
Martin said he was delighted but surprised to have taken the five-day stage race's opening time trial. "I'm pleased that I managed to achieve this win because I haven't raced since the Tour of Italy finished over two and a half weeks ago. That's a long gap and I truly wasn't expecting this."
"When I set the best time I was pleased, but not nervous, because there wasn't much point. I had no idea what was going to happen, with so many riders still due to come in." Adding to Martin's pleasure was the fact that the course "didn't suit me at all, being so technical."
"But I went round it four times on my bike before the actual prologue itself, and that helped a great deal to work out how to tackle it best."
"For the actual ride itself, there were no tactics, it was just a question of going full gas, remembering what was coming up, concentrating hard and hoping I would do OK."
On Wednesday the Ster Elektrotoer heads for the rolling terrain of southern Holland, with a hilltop finish on the Valkenberg climb. It's a different challenge, but Martin is optimistic about his chances. "I'm feeling very confident, and the team will do their best there. The great news is that we're not under pressure in this race, so we won't be getting too nervous - and when you're relaxed you tend to win more!"
Southern Holland is also where Martin and team-mate Adam Hansen won the rain lashed Hel Van Het Mergelland one-day race this April, in an epic two rider day-long break.
"I know the terrain and I know the climbs. That's always a plus, too." Martin added. "And having won in the region beforehand is always good for your morale - you've got the good memories to help you keep going."
Photography
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- Graeme Brown (Rabobank) at the last second before take-off.
- Oscar Gatto (Gerolsteiner) powers along
- Juan José Haedo (Team CSC) ready to get unleashed.
- René Haselbacher (Astana) looks forward to the time trial.
- Kevin Hulsmans (Quick Step) takes a corner at high speed.
- An AG2R rounds the course
- Rabobank is the home team and has additional pressure.
- Cycle Collstrop is not expected to contend for the overall victory.
- Barloworld rider hammering on the course
- Lotto will be looking for some stage wins
- CSC sent a strong team
- Gerben Löwik (Rabobank) awaits the start
- Bert Roesems (Silence-Lotto) is the 2004 Belgian time trial champion but couldn't show his abilities on too short of a course.
- Nikolai Trusov (Tinkoff Credit Systems) during his time trial with the sun starting to set.
- The bikes are checked before the start to make sure they fall within the tight UCI regulations.
- Tom Boonen gets his helmet ready
- Boonen knows a good sweat in the warm-up is essential for a good time trial.
- Bernhard Eisel (High Road) ready to get rolling.
- High Road warms up and Eisel is the one who doesn't need a towel.
- Servais Knaven (High Road) knows a thing or two about riding fast.
- Paul Martens finished second last year and secured a contract with Rabobank.
- Alberto Ongarato (Team Milram) can't wait for the bunch sprints.
- Tony Martin (High Road) is having a great first season with High Road.
- Maarten Wynants (Quick Step) powers along.
Results
1 Tony Martin (Ger) Team High Road 7.20.10 (49.083 k/mh) 2 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.02.45 3 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 0.03.83 4 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC 0.05.83 5 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 0.09.28 6 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.10.11 7 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 0.10.59 8 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 0.12.80 9 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 0.13.18 10 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.13.33 11 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 0.14.43 12 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 0.14.97 13 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 0.14.98 14 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team High Road 0.15.35 15 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof 0.15.42 16 Servais Knaven (Ned) Team High Road 0.16.01 16 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 0.16.38 19 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.16.57 20 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.16.62 21 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.17.48 22 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 0.20.20 23 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale 0.20.45 24 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 0.20.72 25 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 0.21.13 26 Jos Pronk (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team 0.21.65 27 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.21.71 28 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 0.21.86 29 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 0.21.91 30 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof 0.22.00 31 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.22.26 32 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road 0.22.31 33 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof 0.22.37 34 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0.22.39 35 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.22.65 36 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 0.22.72 37 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 0.22.97 38 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 0.23.32 39 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 0.23.43 40 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.23.53 41 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 0.23.65 42 David Kopp (Ger) Cycle Collstrop 0.23.70 43 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof 0.24.14 44 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 0.24.26 45 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 0.24.33 46 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.24.49 47 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.24.65 48 Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 0.24.88 49 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 0.24.92 50 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana 0.25.42 51 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.25.66 52 Bert Roesems (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.25.82 53 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 0.25.89 53 Wouter Mol (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 55 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 0.26.25 56 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 0.26.38 57 Johan Coenen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 0.26.43 58 Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 0.26.64 59 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0.26.70 60 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 0.26.86 61 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 0.26.97 62 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.27.07 63 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.27.12 64 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 0.27.21 65 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 0.27.37 66 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 0.27.72 67 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) Cycle Collstrop 0.27.86 68 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.27.92 69 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 0.27.99 70 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 0.28.05 71 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 0.28.10 72 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 0.28.11 73 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 0.28.18 74 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 0.28.19 75 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team High Road 0.28.48 76 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 0.28.65 77 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 0.28.72 78 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 0.28.89 79 Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof 0.29.06 80 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 0.29.67 81 Sjoerd Botter (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team 0.29.81 82 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 0.29.87 83 Rob Peeters (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 0.30.22 84 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team High Road 0.30.34 85 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 0.30.37 86 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 0.31.00 87 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0.31.02 87 Maurice De Bekker (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 89 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 0.31.26 90 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 0.31.71 91 Sven Renders (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 0.31.78 92 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 0.31.79 93 André Steensen (Den) Team CSC 0.31.85 94 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 0.31.87 95 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.31.93 96 Maurice Vrijmoed (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof 0.32.14 97 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 0.32.31 98 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 0.32.35 99 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 0.32.43 100 Arne Hassink (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 0.32.68 101 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team 0.32.92 102 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC 0.33.03 103 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 0.33.32 104 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) P3Transfer - Batavus 0.33.39 105 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 0.33.49 106 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0.34.28 107 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.34.33 108 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 0.34.39 109 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team 0.34.54 110 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team High Road 0.34.88 111 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.35.03 112 Rik Kavsek (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team 0.35.20 113 Hans Bloks (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 0.35.40 114 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 0.36.08 115 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 0.36.87 116 Lars Vierbergen (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof 0.36.92 117 Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 0.37.19 118 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 0.37.76 119 Lasse Bøchman (Den) Team CSC 0.39.71 120 Geert Van Der Sanden (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 0.39.72 121 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 0.39.78 122 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.40.37 123 Ivor Bruin (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof 0.40.49 124 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.40.58 125 Bart Oegema (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 0.40.79 126 Jasper Lenferink (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team 0.41.21 127 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 0.41.24 128 Kenny Van Der Schueren (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 0.41.26 128 Adriaan Helmantel (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 130 Wout Poels (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 0.41.62 131 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.42.43 132 Jos Harms (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 0.43.42 133 Reinier Honig (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 0.43.59 134 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.43.82 135 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.44.18 136 Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team 0.44.38 137 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 0.45.11 138 Geert Steurs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.45.68 139 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.52.32 140 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 0.52.94 141 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.53.06 142 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 0.55.67 143 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 0.57.00 144 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 1.04.20 145 Eric Van De Meent (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team 1.06.80 146 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld 1.08.50 147 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.24.90 General classification after stage 1 1 Tony Martin (Ger) Team High Road 7.20 2 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.02 3 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 0.03 4 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC 0.05 5 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 0.09 6 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.10 7 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 8 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 0.12 9 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 0.13 10 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 11 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank 0.14 12 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 0.15 13 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 14 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team High Road 15 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof 16 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.16 16 Servais Knaven (Ned) Team High Road 18 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 19 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 20 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 21 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.17 22 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 0.20 23 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale 24 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road 25 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 0.21 26 Jos Pronk (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team 27 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 28 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 29 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 30 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof 0.22 31 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 32 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road 33 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof 34 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 35 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto 36 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 37 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 0.23 38 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld 39 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 40 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 41 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 42 David Kopp (Ger) Cycle Collstrop 43 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof 0.24 44 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 45 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 46 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence - Lotto 47 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 48 Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 49 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 50 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana 0.25 51 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 52 Bert Roesems (Bel) Silence - Lotto 53 Wouter Mol (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 53 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 55 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 0.26 56 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 57 Johan Coenen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 58 Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 59 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 60 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 61 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld 0.27 62 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner 63 Daniele Contrini (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 64 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 65 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld 66 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana 67 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) Cycle Collstrop 68 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Silence - Lotto 69 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 0.28 70 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 71 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana 72 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 73 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 74 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 75 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team High Road 76 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 77 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 78 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 79 Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof 0.29 80 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 81 Sjoerd Botter (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team 82 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 83 Rob Peeters (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 0.30 84 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team High Road 85 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 86 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 0.31 87 Maurice De Bekker (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 87 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 89 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank 90 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 91 Sven Renders (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 92 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 93 André Steensen (Den) Team CSC 94 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 95 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.32 96 Maurice Vrijmoed (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof 97 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 98 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 99 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 100 Arne Hassink (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 101 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team 102 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC 0.33 103 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 104 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) P3Transfer - Batavus 105 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 106 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0.34 107 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Silence - Lotto 108 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 109 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team 110 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team High Road 111 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.35 112 Rik Kavsek (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team 113 Hans Bloks (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 114 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 0.36 115 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 116 Lars Vierbergen (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof 117 Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 0.37 118 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 119 Lasse Bøchman (Den) Team CSC 0.39 120 Geert Van Der Sanden (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 121 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 122 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.40 123 Ivor Bruin (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof 124 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 125 Bart Oegema (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 126 Jasper Lenferink (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team 0.41 127 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 128 Adriaan Helmantel (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 128 Kenny Van Der Schueren (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 130 Wout Poels (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 131 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.42 132 Jos Harms (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 0.43 133 Reinier Honig (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 134 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 135 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.44 136 Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team 137 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 0.45 138 Geert Steurs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 139 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.52 140 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 0.53 141 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 142 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 0.55 143 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 0.57 144 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 1.04 145 Eric Van De Meent (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team 1.06 146 Marco Corti (Ita) Barloworld 1.08 147 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.24 Points classification 1 Tony Martin (Ger) Team High Road 15 pts 2 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 12 3 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld 10 4 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC 8 5 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 6 6 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 5 7 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 4 8 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld 3 9 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 2 10 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1 Teams classification 1 Tinkoff Credit Systems 22.25 2 Barloworld 0.06 3 Team High Road 4 Team CSC Saxo Bank 0.21 5 Rabobank 0.23 6 Astana 0.25 7 QuickStep 0.26 8 van Vliet - EBH - Elshof 0.34 9 Gerolsteiner 0.35 10 Skil - Shimano 0.36 11 Silence - Lotto 0.38 12 Ag2R - La Mondiale 0.39 13 Cycle - Collstrop 0.50 14 Landbouwkrediet-Tonisste 0.51 15 Topsport Vlaanderen 0.57 16 KrolStonE Continental Te 17 P3transfer - Batavus 0.59 18 Cycling Team Jo Piels 1.09 19 Team Milram 1.22
