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33rd KBC-Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde - 2.HC
Belgium, March 31-April 2, 2009
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Stage 1 - March 31: Middelkerke - Zottegem, 199km
Pozzato on a roll
By Bjorn Haake in Zottegem
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Filippo Pozzato (Katusha) is on a roll, taking stage one of the Driedaagse De Panne just three days after winning the E3 Prijs. Pozzato easily dispatched Frederik Willems (Liquigas) in the downhill two-up sprint and took over the lead in the overall classification.
Pozzato was quite impressive on the short and steep climbs, especially the Berendries and the Valkenberg. "The victory on Saturday certainly has given me morale." But whether he will go all out in the time trial to win the overall remains to be seen. "If I have the lead, I will try to defend it, but if I don't have the jersey, I won't go for it in the time trial."
Pozzato has only one thing on his mind right now, the Tour of Flanders. "This is De Panne, but Sunday is really important for me."
Willems took the initiative in the end. "I tried to accelerate with about 200m to go, in the turn, but he [Pozzato] was too strong and too fast. I knew I was beaten right away..." Willems didn't want to blame the position. "I was in the front, but Pozzato is like a derny at the moment."
Willems, however, was pleased with his race, first bridging solo from the chase group he was in and then launching the decisive attack just before the Valkenberg. "In the beginning I was in the [Tom] Boonen group and too far back. I knew I had to get to the front group, as Boonen and [Kevin] van Impe were the only ones driving. They came close, but not really fast enough, so I jumped."
His decisive attack came with a little more than 20 km left to race. "In the end I tried again; I was good today, but in the end I was also tired..."
Lotto returns to top level
Greg Van Avermaet (Silence-Lotto) led home the next group, almost a minute back, on a sunny and warm day. "My form is good and this weather is better for me. I think I was one of the best riders today, but Pozzato was a little bit too strong on the hills to follow him."
An initial six-man break was caught after the Leberg with less than 70 km to race and 29 riders stormed ahead under the guidance of Silence-Lotto. "It was a good race for us, with five riders in the front group," said Van Avermaet. He was joined by teammates Philippe Gilbert, Leif Hoste, Staf Scheirlinckx and Roy Sentjens. Jürgen Roelandts also worked on the front initially, but was unable to make the cut.
Pozzato slipped in, along with riders like defending champion Joost Posthuma and his Rabobank teammate Tom Leezer, Steve Chainel (Bbox Bouygues Telecom), Preben Van Hecke (Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator), Paul Voss (Milram), Martyn Maaskant (Garmin-Slipstream) and a strong Liquigas faction (Enrico Franzoi, Daniele Bennati and Manuel Quinziato).
Quick Step realized the danger and the Boonen/Van Impe group with Willems, Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator), Marco Bandiera (Lampre-NGC), Vicente Reynes (Columbia-Highroad) and Bert Scheirlinckx (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago) tried to get back to the front and came within about 150m.
Willems was the only one returning, while the peloton behind was driven by the rest of the Quick Step team, but kept losing ground.
With one lap of 44 km to go, the Boonen group was already 42 seconds back and the peloton further behind at over three minutes. On the Berendries, 25km from the line, Pozzato took over from Liquigas, showing how strong he was today.
The move split the front group in half. Willems then attacked and quickly got a gap. Chainel, Preben Van Hecke (Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator) and Paul Voss (Milram) tried to counter over the Valkenberg, but were passed by Pozzato, who did look like a motorbike.
With 17 km to go Pozzato reached Willems and it was game over for the rest of the group, which was 17 seconds behind at that point.
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- Inliners were out today as bicycles took over Middelkerke.
- Gotta have your Duvel packed for a long stage with lots of climbs.
- Geert Omloop (Palmans Cras) opted for two sets of glasses for a better overview.
- Hilton Clarke (Fuji-Servetto) is happy to be racing in the big ProTour now.
- The Milram bikes with striped handlebar tape.
- Baden Cooke (Vacansoleil) is racing for the first time since being sick.
- Jürgen Roelandts (Silence-Lotto) had an unlucky start to the season including food poisoning and crashes.
- Mark Cavendish (Columbia - Highroad) loves racing in Belgium.
- Wouter Weylandt (Quick Step) hopes to win a stage.
- Weylandt and Tom Boonen share a laugh ahead of the stage.
- Matteo Tosatto (Quick Step) leads the peloton with 44km to go.
- Robbie McEwen (Katusha) pedals through but at this point the chance of a field sprint have vanished - the peloton is three minutes behind.
- Amica Chips demonstrates a high-speed feed.
Images by AFP Photo
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step) leads Kevin Van Impe (Quick Step) in stage one of the KBC-Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde.
- Italian Filippo Pozzato (Katusha) wins KBC-Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde stage one ahead of Frederik Willems (Liquigas).
Images by Tim Van Wichelen/www.CyclingView.be
- Robbie McEwen (Team Katusha) has some fun with Mark Cavendish (Columbia-Highroad) before the stage.
- The long and short of Quick Step. Sprinters Wouter Weylandt and Tom Boonen measure one another up before the stage.
- Philippe Gilbert (Silence-Lotto) looked happy to recieve his goodie bag.
- An initial six-man break was caught after the Leberg with less than 70 km to race.
- The peloton enjoyed very good weather during the opening stage.
- Filippo Pozzato (Team Katusha) made easy work of Belgian Frederik Willems (Liquigas) in the final sprint.
- Belgian Greg Van Avermaet (Silence-Lotto) won the tightly contested sprint for third place.
- Italy's Filippo Pozzato (Team Katusha) with the leader's jersey following his opening stage win.
Results
1 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha 4.37.01 (43.102 km/h) 2 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 3 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence-Lotto 0.57 4 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 5 Grega Bole (Slo) Amica Chips - Knauf 6 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 7 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 8 Vincent Jerome (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 9 Marco Finetto (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 10 Steve Chainel (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 11 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 12 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 13 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia - Highroad 14 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 15 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram 16 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 17 Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 18 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence-Lotto 19 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 20 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 21 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence-Lotto 22 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 23 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 3.05 24 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 25 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Silence-Lotto 4.44 26 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 27 Kevin Neirynckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 28 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 29 Dieter Capelle (Bel) Palmans Cras 30 Enrico Franzoï (Ita) Liquigas 4.47 31 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 7.08 32 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 33 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Team Columbia - Highroad 34 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 35 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 36 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 37 Koen Barbe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 13.14 38 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Contentpolis-Ampo 39 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 40 Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 41 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 42 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 43 Bert De Backer (Bel) Skil-Shimano 44 Bart Van Heule (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 45 Angel Gomez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 46 Michael Friedman (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 47 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 48 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 49 Chris Sutton (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 50 Josep Jufre (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 51 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 52 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 53 Francesco Rivera (Ita) Amica Chips - Knauf 54 Martial Ricci Poggi (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 55 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 56 Frantisek Kloucek, Jr. (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 57 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec 58 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad 59 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 60 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 61 Ruben Reig (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 62 Rafael Serrano (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 63 Rony Martias (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 64 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Palmans Cras 65 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad 66 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 67 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 68 Nicolay Trussov (Rus) Team Katusha 69 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 70 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step 71 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 72 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha 73 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence-Lotto 74 Johan Coenen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 75 Alan Marangoni (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 76 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 77 Mathieu Claude (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 78 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Skil-Shimano 79 Geert Steurs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 80 Sergio Dominguez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 81 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 82 Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 83 Bjorn Coomans (Bel) Palmans Cras 84 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Amica Chips - Knauf 85 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 86 Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto 87 Claudio Casas Gallego (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 88 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld 89 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 90 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha 91 William Frischkorn (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 92 Robert Förster (Ger) Team Milram 93 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 94 André Schulze (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 95 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 96 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 97 Pedro Jose Vera Alcaraz (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 98 Jens Mouris (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 99 Sergueï Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha 100 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vorarlberg - Corratec 101 Geert Omloop (Bel) Palmans Cras 102 Jürgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 103 Gert Dockx (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad 104 Francesco Chichi (Ita) Liquigas 105 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - Highroad 106 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 107 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 108 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 109 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 110 Mauro Abel Richeze (Arg) CSF Group - Navigare 111 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 112 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 113 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Team Katusha 114 Petr Bencik (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 115 Kenny Van Der Schueren (Bel) Palmans Cras 116 Paolo Tomaselli (Ita) Amica Chips - Knauf 117 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Amica Chips - Knauf 118 Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - N.G.C. 119 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 120 Mikel Gaztanaga (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 121 Marcello Pavarin (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 122 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - N.G.C. 123 Marco Frapporti (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 124 Matic Strgar (Slo) Vorarlberg - Corratec 125 Maciek Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 126 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 127 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 128 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 129 Mirco Selvaggi (Ita) Amica Chips - Knauf 130 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 131 Michele Merlo (Ita) Barloworld 132 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 133 Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 134 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 135 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 136 Baden Cooke (Aus) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 137 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 138 Michal Golas (Pol) Amica Chips - Knauf 139 Julien Belgy (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 140 Bolat Raimbekov (Kaz) Astana 141 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas 142 Valeriy Dmitriyev (Kaz) Astana 143 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas 144 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 145 Berik Anuarbekovich Kupeshov (Kaz) Astana 146 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 147 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 148 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 149 Dimitri Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 150 René Haselbacher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 151 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step 152 Federico Canuti (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 153 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Barloworld 154 Boris Shpilevsky (Rus) Fuji-Servetto 155 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 156 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 157 Giuseppe De Maria (Ita) Amica Chips - Knauf 158 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 159 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 160 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 161 Francisco Pacheco Torres (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 162 Wim Stroetinga (Ned) Team Milram 163 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 164 Guennadi Mikhaïlov (Rus) Team Katusha 165 Iker Camano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 166 Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 14.12 167 Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Palmans Cras 15.08 168 Stijn Hoornaert (Bel) Palmans Cras 169 Vojtech Dlouhy (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 18.41 170 Cheng Ji (Chn) Skil-Shimano 171 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 172 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 173 Antonin Linda (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 22.50 174 Petr Kubias (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 175 Feng Han (Chn) Skil-Shimano 176 Long Jin (Chn) Skil-Shimano 177 Silvère Ackermann (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec 178 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 179 Jean Zen (Fra) Palmans Cras 180 Pavel Zitta (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 26.23 DNF Ivan Dominguez (Cub) Fuji-Servetto DNF Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld DNF René Weissinger (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec Points 1 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha 20 pts 2 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 18 3 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence-Lotto 16 4 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 14 5 Grega Bole (Slo) Amica Chips - Knauf 12 6 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 10 7 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 9 8 Vincent Jerome (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 8 9 Marco Finetto (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 7 10 Steve Chainel (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 6 11 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 5 12 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 4 13 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia - Highroad 3 14 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 2 15 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram 1 Sprints Sprints 1, km 28 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 3 pts 2 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 2 3 André Schulze (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 1 2, km 110 1 Pavel Zitta (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 3 pts 2 Dieter Capelle (Bel) Palmans Cras 2 3 Kevin Neirynckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 1 3, km 155 1 Enrico Franzoï (Ita) Liquigas 3 pts 2 Marco Finetto (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 2 3 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram 1 Bergs Edelare - km 89 1 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 5 pts 2 Michele Merlo (Ita) Barloworld 3 3 Kevin Neirynckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 1 Leberg - km 97 1 Michele Merlo (Ita) Barloworld 5 pts 2 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 3 3 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 1 Berendries - km 102 1 Michele Merlo (Ita) Barloworld 5 pts 2 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 3 3 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 1 Leberg - km 125 1 Michele Merlo (Ita) Barloworld 5 pts 2 Dieter Capelle (Bel) Palmans Cras 3 3 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1 Berendries - km 129 1 Michele Merlo (Ita) Barloworld 5 pts 2 Dieter Capelle (Bel) Palmans Cras 3 3 Kevin Neirynckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 1 Valkenberg - km 134 1 Dieter Capelle (Bel) Palmans Cras 5 pts 2 Michele Merlo (Ita) Barloworld 3 3 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1 Eikenmolen - km 143 1 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence-Lotto 5 pts 2 Marco Finetto (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 3 3 Dieter Capelle (Bel) Palmans Cras 1 Stuivenberg - km 148 1 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha 5 pts 2 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 3 3 Dieter Capelle (Bel) Palmans Cras 1 Leberg - km 170 1 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 5 pts 2 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 3 3 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 1 Berendies - km 174 1 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha 5 pts 2 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 3 3 Marco Finetto (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 1 Teams 1 Liquigas 13.52.57 2 Silence - Lotto 0.57 3 Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 3.05 4 Rabobank 13.14 5 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 6 CSF Group - Navigare 7 Team Milram 17.01 8 Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 19.25 9 Team Columbia - Highroad 10 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 23.12 11 Team Katusha 24.34 12 Garmin - Slipstream 25.31 13 Amica Chips - Knauf 14 Astana 15 Quick Step 25.36 16 Fuji-Servetto 27.39 17 Skil - Shimano 29.18 18 Palmans Cras 19 Lampre-N.G.C. 31.42 20 Contentpolis AMPO 37.48 21 Team Vorarlberg -Corratec 22 PSK Whirlpool - Author 23 Barloworld General classification after stage 1 1 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha 4.36.51 2 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 0.04 3 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1.03 4 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 1.05 5 Marco Finetto (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 6 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram 1.06 7 Grega Bole (Slo) Amica Chips - Knauf 1.07 8 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 9 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 10 Vincent Jerome (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 11 Steve Chainel (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 12 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 13 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 14 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia - Highroad 15 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 16 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 17 Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 18 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence-Lotto 19 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 20 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 21 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence-Lotto 22 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 23 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 3.15 24 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 25 Dieter Capelle (Bel) Palmans Cras 4.52 26 Kevin Neirynckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 4.53 27 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Silence-Lotto 4.54 28 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 29 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 30 Enrico Franzoï (Ita) Liquigas 31 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 7.18 32 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 33 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Team Columbia - Highroad 34 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 35 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 36 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 37 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 13.21 38 André Schulze (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 13.23 39 Koen Barbe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 13.24 40 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Contentpolis-Ampo 41 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 42 Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 43 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 44 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 45 Bert De Backer (Bel) Skil-Shimano 46 Bart Van Heule (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 47 Angel Gomez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 48 Michael Friedman (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 49 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 50 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 51 Chris Sutton (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 52 Josep Jufre (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 53 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 54 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 55 Francesco Rivera (Ita) Amica Chips - Knauf 56 Martial Ricci Poggi (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 57 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 58 Frantisek Kloucek, Jr. (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 59 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec 60 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad 61 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 62 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 63 Ruben Reig (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 64 Rafael Serrano (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 65 Rony Martias (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 66 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Palmans Cras 67 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad 68 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 69 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 70 Nicolay Trussov (Rus) Team Katusha 71 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 72 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step 73 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 74 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha 75 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence-Lotto 76 Johan Coenen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 77 Alan Marangoni (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 78 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 79 Mathieu Claude (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 80 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Skil-Shimano 81 Geert Steurs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 82 Sergio Dominguez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 83 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 84 Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 85 Bjorn Coomans (Bel) Palmans Cras 86 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Amica Chips - Knauf 87 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 88 Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto 89 Claudio Casas Gallego (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 90 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld 91 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 92 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha 93 William Frischkorn (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 94 Robert Förster (Ger) Team Milram 95 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 96 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 97 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 98 Pedro Jose Vera Alcaraz (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 99 Jens Mouris (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 100 Sergueï Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha 101 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vorarlberg - Corratec 102 Geert Omloop (Bel) Palmans Cras 103 Jürgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 104 Gert Dockx (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad 105 Francesco Chichi (Ita) Liquigas 106 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - Highroad 107 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 108 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 109 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 110 Mauro Abel Richeze (Arg) CSF Group - Navigare 111 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 112 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 113 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Team Katusha 114 Petr Bencik (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 115 Kenny Van Der Schueren (Bel) Palmans Cras 116 Paolo Tomaselli (Ita) Amica Chips - Knauf 117 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Amica Chips - Knauf 118 Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - N.G.C. 119 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 120 Mikel Gaztanaga (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 121 Marcello Pavarin (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 122 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - N.G.C. 123 Marco Frapporti (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 124 Matic Strgar (Slo) Vorarlberg - Corratec 125 Maciek Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 126 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 127 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 128 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 129 Mirco Selvaggi (Ita) Amica Chips - Knauf 130 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 131 Michele Merlo (Ita) Barloworld 132 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 133 Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 134 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 135 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 136 Baden Cooke (Aus) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 137 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld 138 Michal Golas (Pol) Amica Chips - Knauf 139 Julien Belgy (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 140 Bolat Raimbekov (Kaz) Astana 141 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas 142 Valeriy Dmitriyev (Kaz) Astana 143 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas 144 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 145 Berik Anuarbekovich Kupeshov (Kaz) Astana 146 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 147 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 148 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 149 Dimitri Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 150 René Haselbacher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 151 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step 152 Federico Canuti (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 153 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Barloworld 154 Boris Shpilevsky (Rus) Fuji-Servetto 155 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 156 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 157 Giuseppe De Maria (Ita) Amica Chips - Knauf 158 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 159 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 160 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 161 Francisco Pacheco Torres (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 162 Wim Stroetinga (Ned) Team Milram 163 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 164 Guennadi Mikhaïlov (Rus) Team Katusha 165 Iker Camano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 166 Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 14.22 167 Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Palmans Cras 15.18 168 Stijn Hoornaert (Bel) Palmans Cras 169 Vojtech Dlouhy (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 18.51 170 Cheng Ji (Chn) Skil-Shimano 171 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 172 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 173 Antonin Linda (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 23.00 174 Petr Kubias (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 175 Feng Han (Chn) Skil-Shimano 176 Long Jin (Chn) Skil-Shimano 177 Silvère Ackermann (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec 178 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 179 Jean Zen (Fra) Palmans Cras 180 Pavel Zitta (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 26.30 Points classification 1 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha 20 pts 2 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 18 3 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence-Lotto 16 4 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 14 5 Grega Bole (Slo) Amica Chips - Knauf 12 6 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 10 7 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 9 8 Vincent Jerome (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 8 9 Marco Finetto (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 7 10 Steve Chainel (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 6 11 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 5 12 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 4 13 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia - Highroad 3 14 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 2 15 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram 1 Sprint classification 1 Enrico Franzoï (Ita) Liquigas 3 pts 2 Pavel Zitta (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 3 3 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 3 4 Marco Finetto (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 2 5 Dieter Capelle (Bel) Palmans Cras 2 6 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 2 7 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram 1 8 Kevin Neirynckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 1 9 André Schulze (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 1 Mountains classification 1 Michele Merlo (Ita) Barloworld 26 pts 2 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha 23 3 Dieter Capelle (Bel) Palmans Cras 13 4 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 13 5 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 11 6 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 7 7 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 6 8 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence-Lotto 5 9 Marco Finetto (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 4 10 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 3 11 Kevin Neirynckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 2 12 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1 13 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 1 14 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 1 15 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1 Teams classification 1 Liquigas 13.52.57 2 Silence - Lotto 0.57 3 Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 3.05 4 Rabobank 13.14 5 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 6 CSF Group - Navigare 7 Team Milram 17.01 8 Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 19.25 9 Team Columbia - Highroad 10 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 23.12 11 Team Katusha 24.34 12 Garmin - Slipstream 25.31 13 Amica Chips - Knauf 14 Astana 15 Quick Step 25.36 16 Fuji-Servetto 27.39 17 Skil - Shimano 29.18 18 Palmans Cras 19 Lampre-N.G.C. 31.42 20 Contentpolis AMPO 37.48 21 Team Vorarlberg -Corratec 22 PSK Whirlpool - Author 23 Barloworld
