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Tour of Britain - 2.3
Great Britain, September 1-5, 2004
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Stage 3 - September 3: Bakewell - Nottingham, 192km
Boonen wins in Nottingham
By Shane Stokes in Nottingham
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Quick.Step-Davitamon rider Tom Boonen showed the sprinting form which won him two stages of the Tour de France when he triumphed on stage three of the Tour of Britain today. The 23 year old Belgian thundered across the line in Nottingham this afternoon ahead of Paride Grillo (Ceramiche Panaria), Julian Dean (Credit Agricole) and British duo Roger Hammond and Jeremy Hunt (both MrBookmaker.com). A total of eighteen riders finished in the same time, with most of the rest of field five seconds back due to a gap which opened in the bunch inside the final kilometre.
"It was tough, I was boxed in with 250 metres to go so it was hard to get to the front but I made it," said Boonen. "I've enjoyed England, it is a nice country. The racing itself has been very good but hard to control with a team of just six riders. While it hasn't been easy we have already had two stage wins and a second place on Thursday so we can't complain.
"I didn't expect it to be like this but there are a lot of people along the roads and at the finish lines. It makes it nice to race here."
Race leader Mauricio Ardila (Chocolade Jacques) finished in this second group and while he retains the yellow jersey, Frenchman Eric Leblacher (Credit Agricole) moves up to the same time overall. Nick Nuyens (Quick.Step-Davitamon) and Paolo Savoldelli (T-Mobile) are next in the general classification with Hammond best of the home riders in eleventh place.
Today's mainly flat 192.1 kilometre stage was marked by a long distance breakaway which started when four riders - Benjamin Noval (US Postal Service), Philip Deignan (Grant Thornton Team Ireland), Andrei Kashechkin (Credit Agricole) and Victor Rapinski (Navigators Insurance) - went clear at the 14 kilometre mark.
Kashechkin experienced mechanical problems in Ashbourne, 27 kilometres into the stage, and sat up from the group which was holding a 1 minute and 12 second lead over the main bunch. Although this reduced the break to three riders, the leaders continued to build their advantage and by the 70 kilometre point they were 13 minutes clear.
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Starting the day, Deignan was best placed overall in twentieth place, ten seconds off the race lead of Mauricio Ardila and, with Noval back in 64th overall and Rapinski 85th, the young Irish amateur was clear leader on the road. However his prominent position in the general classification meant that the two other riders put pressure on him to sit up out of the break in order to further their chances. After taking second place in the first bonus sprint, the frustrated Irishman did so and went back to the bunch.
Deignan explained, "Once we were clear the two others asked me what I was doing in the break, saying that my presence there would lead the bunch to chase. They told me they wanted me to go back to the bunch; I said I would do so after the bonus sprint. It was pretty frustrating, but I have moved up a little and hopefully I can get into the top ten before the race ends on Sunday."
With Deignan gone the two leaders pressed onwards but as the stage progressed, the main field began to close the gap right down. Noval attacked on the final KOM of Upper Broughton with some 18 kilometres left to cover, quickly distancing Rapinski. However he was hauled back inside the final five kilometres, with Boonen racing through to take the stage victory in the ensuing bunch sprint.
How it unfolded
Much as was the case yesterday, the opening few kilometres saw repeated attacks from the riders. After four kilometres, a group of fifteen went clear but the combined efforts of the Panaria and Wales team hauled it back.
On the first climb of the day at Wirksworth, King of the Mountains leader Ben Day (MrBookmaker.com) created a split in the bunch of about 20 riders when he drove the pace towards the summit. Day was passed by South African champion Ryan Cox before the prime line but finished second to add three more points to his total. Yellow jersey Ardila was keeping close tabs on the riders and ended up taking third at the top.
Following a regrouping in the main field, Noval of USPS attacked after approximately 14 kilometres. He was quickly joined by Deignan, Kashechkin and Rapinski and the four riders built a solid lead.
After Kashechkin's mechanical in Ashbourne cost him his place in the group, the other three riders persisted and succeeded in opening a bigger lead. However their co-operation did not last terribly long; Deignan was in 20th place overall, ten seconds off yellow. while the other two riders were over thirteen minutes down, and so they told him they wanted him to return to the bunch.
After Noval took the special prime of 700 euros at Duffield and Rapinski beat Deignan at Derby, the young Irish rider sat up and went back to the bunch. He was clearly frustrated at this state of play, but had the small consolation of taking two seconds in the bonus sprint, which would move him from 20th to 15th overall at the end of the day.
Noval and Rapinski pressed on, the Spaniard taking first at the prime at Loughborough (120.9 kilometres) and then the Belarussian doing likewise at Leicester (139.6 kilometres). By that stage their lead was 6 minutes and 16 seconds and this continued to fall as the chase increased behind. Noval led Rapinski over the category three climb at Ab Kettleby, where their advantage was just 2 minutes and 7 seconds. The US Postal rider then made a solo bid for the stage win when he attacked on the final climb of Upper Broughton, opening up a fifteen second advantage by the top and racing on towards Nottingham. His efforts came to naught, however, with the bunch swooping with two kilometres remaining and arriving en masse to the line, where Boonen thundered in ahead of Grillo, Dean, Hammond and Hunt. Leblacher crossed the line in eighteenth place but with a small advantage over the next riders; this was enough to negate his five second deficit to race leader Mauricio Ardila and move him up to equal time overall.
Dean's third place on the stage saw him overhaul Alejandro Alberto Borrajo in the points classification, while Ben Day (MrBookmaker.com) continues as mountains leader. South African champion Ryan Cox (Barloworld) finished one place ahead of him on each of the day's three climbs and so has moved to within nine points of his rival. However just twelve points are up for grabs on tomorrow's penultimate stage, making it likely that Day will hold out.
The Tour of Britain continues with a 160.9 kilometre stage from the Newport Velodrome to Celtic Manor, an undulating three lap circuit which is expected to splinter the main field. With just Sunday's criterium in London to follow, the big guns will do what they can to overhaul Ardila tomorrow, ensuring that his Chocolade Jacques team have a very tough day in the saddle. Thirty riders are within 44 seconds of the Colombian, amongst them British champion Roger Hammond who took the 2003 and 2004 titles on a course based around this same circuit. He is just fifteen seconds down and will be highly motivated heading into tomorrow's race.
Photography
Images by Shane Stokes/Cyclingnews.com
- Young Irish amateur Philip Deignan was race leader on the road during stage three, eventually sitting up and going back to the bunch
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step-Davitamon) wins in Nottingham
Images by Imageking.co.uk
- The two breakaways Benjamin Noval (USPS) and Victor Rapinski (Navigators Insurance) at Upper Broughton
- Brett Lancaster (Panaria) leads the bunch at Upper Broughton
Images by John Pierce/PhotoSport International
- Go everyone! Yay! Enthusiastic kids cheer on the start of stage 3
- British Minister for Sport Richard Caborn gets a big hand as he drops the flag for the start of stage 3
- Are you photographing me? Race leader Mauricio Ardila (Chocolade Jacques) looks serious
- Mauricio Ardila and Pavel Padrnos (US Postal) crest the KOM summit at Wirksworth
- Mauricio Ardila stayed comfortably in yellow
- Andreas Kloden (T-Mobile) holds up the traffic.
- The peloton passes through a Derbyshire village
- Another young fan waves from the roadside
- Mauricio Ardila grabs a feed musette
- Benjamin Noval (US Postal) and Viktor Rapinski (Navigators) were caught with just 2km to go
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) claims victory in Nottingham ahead of Paride Grillo (Ceramiche Panaria and Julian Dean (Credit Agricole)
- Tom Boonen celebrates his win
Results
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 4.30.55 (42.54 km/h) 2 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria 3 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 4 Roger Hammond (GBr) Mr Bookmaker.com 5 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Mr Bookmaker.com 6 Kirk Obee (USA) Navigators Insurance 7 Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria 8 Ciarán Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance 9 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Relax - Bodysol 10 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 11 Fernandez Moreno (Spa) Relax - Bodysol 12 Maksym Rudenko (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques 13 Yanto Barker (GBr) Wales 14 Tim Cassidy (Irl) Ireland 15 Russel Downing (GBr) Great Britain 16 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 17 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 18 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 19 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.com 0.05 20 Kristof Trouve (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.com 21 Kieran Page (GBr) Great Britain 22 Hector Guerra Garcia (Spa) Relax - Bodysol 23 Tommy Evans (Irl) Ireland 24 Julio Lopez De La Torre (Spa) Relax - Bodysol 25 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 26 Mario De Clercq (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.com 27 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 28 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Chocolade Jacques 29 Ben Day (Aus) Mr Bookmaker.com 30 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Navigators Insurance 31 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques 32 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) T-Mobile 33 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 34 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 35 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC 36 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Ireland 37 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Great Britain 38 Julian Winn (GBr) Wales 39 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 40 Nico Mattan (Bel) Relax - Bodysol 41 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 42 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 43 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Chocolade Jacques 44 Tom Southam (GBr) Great Britain 45 Wim de Vocht (Bel) Relax - Bodysol 46 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 47 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Barloworld 48 Gary Hand (GBr) Scotland 49 José Azevedo (Por) US Postal-Berry Floor 50 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Ireland 51 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal-Berry Floor 52 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ireland 53 David McCann (Irl) Ireland 54 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria 55 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) US Postal-Berry Floor 56 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Wales 57 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto-Domo 58 John Gadret (Fra) Chocolade Jacques 59 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 60 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile 61 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) Barloworld 62 Mario Aerts (Bel) T-Mobile 63 David Smith (GBr) Scotland 64 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 65 Alex Coutts (GBr) Scotland 66 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 67 Jeff Louder (USA) Navigators Insurance 68 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Credit Agricole 69 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 70 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile 71 Jason McIntyre (GBr) Scotland 72 Rodney Green (RSA) Barloworld 73 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance 74 Michael Creed (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 75 Robert Partridge (GBr) Wales 76 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 77 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 78 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Chocolade Jacques 79 Gareth Jones (GBr) Wales 80 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 0.21 81 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria 0.38 82 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland 0.40 83 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 0.46 84 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 1.16 85 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 86 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 1.22 DNF Filippo Perfetto (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria DNF Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld DNF Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Domo Points 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 15 pts 2 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria 14 3 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 13 4 Roger Hammond (GBr) Mr Bookmaker.com 12 5 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Mr Bookmaker.com 11 6 Kirk Obee (USA) Navigators Insurance 10 7 Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria 9 8 Ciarán Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance 8 9 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Relax - Bodysol 7 10 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 6 11 Fernandez Moreno (Spa) Relax - Bodysol 5 12 Maksym Rudenko (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques 4 13 Yanto Barker (GBr) Wales 3 14 Tim Cassidy (Irl) Ireland 2 15 Russel Downing (GBr) Great Britain 1 Mountains KOM Cat 3 at Wirksworth 1 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 4 pts 2 Ben Day (Aus) Mr Bookmaker.com 3 3 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Chocolade Jacques 2 4 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal-Berry Floor 1 KOM Cat 3 at Ab Kettleby 1 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 4 pts 2 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance 3 3 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 2 4 Ben Day (Aus) Mr Bookmaker.com 1 KOM Cat 3 at Upper Broughton 1 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 4 pts 2 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance 3 3 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 2 4 Ben Day (Aus) Mr Bookmaker.com 1 Sprints Prime at Duffield 1 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor Sprint at Derby 1 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance 5 pts 2 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ireland 3 3 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 2 4 Rodney Green (RSA) Barloworld 1 Sprint at Loughborough 1 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 5 pts 2 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance 3 3 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 2 4 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) Barloworld 1 Sprint at Leicester 1 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance 5 pts 2 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 3 3 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 2 4 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 1 Teams 1 Mr Bookmaker.com 13.32.50 2 Relax - Bodysol 3 Navigators 4 Credit Agricole 5 Ceramiche Panaria 6 Chocolade Jacques 0.05 7 Ireland 8 Great Britain 9 Team CSC 10 Quick Step-Davitamon 11 Barloworld 12 Wales 13 Lotto-Domo 14 Scotland 0.10 15 US Postal-Berry Floor 16 T-Mobile General classification after stage 3 1 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Chocolade Jacques 13.58.39 2 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 3 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 0.05 4 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) T-Mobile 0.07 5 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 0.09 6 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 7 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Navigators Insurance 8 Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria 0.11 9 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 10 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 11 Roger Hammond (GBr) Mr Bookmaker.com 0.15 12 Fernandez Moreno (Spa) Relax - Bodysol 13 Ben Day (Aus) Mr Bookmaker.com 14 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 15 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ireland 0.18 16 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 0.19 17 Hector Guerra Garcia (Spa) Relax - Bodysol 0.20 18 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.com 19 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 20 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Chocolade Jacques 21 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole 22 Tom Southam (GBr) Great Britain 23 Charles Wegelius (GBr) Great Britain 24 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) US Postal-Berry Floor 25 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) Barloworld 26 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal-Berry Floor 27 José Azevedo (Por) US Postal-Berry Floor 28 John Gadret (Fra) Chocolade Jacques 29 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile 30 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria 0.44 31 Russel Downing (GBr) Great Britain 9.08 32 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 13.25 33 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria 13.29 34 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 13.30 35 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Relax - Bodysol 13.34 36 Yanto Barker (GBr) Wales 13.35 37 Ciarán Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance 38 Tim Cassidy (Irl) Ireland 39 Maksym Rudenko (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques 40 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Mr Bookmaker.com 41 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 13.40 42 Kieran Page (GBr) Great Britain 43 Kristof Trouve (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.com 44 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Barloworld 45 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 46 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile 47 Wim de Vocht (Bel) Relax - Bodysol 48 Jeff Louder (USA) Navigators Insurance 49 Nico Mattan (Bel) Relax - Bodysol 50 David McCann (Irl) Ireland 51 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC 52 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques 53 Mario Aerts (Bel) T-Mobile 54 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto-Domo 55 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 56 Julio Lopez De La Torre (Spa) Relax - Bodysol 57 David O'Loughlin (Irl) Ireland 58 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Chocolade Jacques 59 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Lotto-Domo 60 Chris Newton (GBr) Great Britain 61 Paul Manning (GBr) Great Britain 62 Michael Creed (USA) US Postal-Berry Floor 63 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 64 Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile 13.56 65 Jeremy Yates (NZl) Credit Agricole 13.59 66 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria 14.13 67 Mario De Clercq (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.com 14.14 68 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 14.51 69 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 70 Sébastien Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole 71 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Wales 19.54 72 Kirk Obee (USA) Navigators Insurance 20.30 73 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 74 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Ireland 20.33 75 Jason McIntyre (GBr) Scotland 20.35 76 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole 21.16 77 Julian Winn (GBr) Wales 23.34 78 Alex Coutts (GBr) Scotland 79 Rodney Green (RSA) Barloworld 23.37 80 Gary Hand (GBr) Scotland 25.53 81 Tommy Evans (Irl) Ireland 26.35 82 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance 26.36 83 David Smith (GBr) Scotland 28.11 84 Robert Partridge (GBr) Wales 33.38 85 Gareth Jones (GBr) Wales 35.06 86 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland 43.34 Points classification 1 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 32 pts 2 Alejandro Alberto Borrajo (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria 30 3 Roger Hammond (GBr) Mr Bookmaker.com 27 4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 26 5 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 23 6 Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria 21 7 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Chocolade Jacques 15 8 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 15 9 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 14 10 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) T-Mobile 13 11 Maksym Rudenko (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques 13 12 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 12 13 Fernandez Moreno (Spa) Relax - Bodysol 12 14 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 11 15 Yanto Barker (GBr) Wales 11 16 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Mr Bookmaker.com 11 17 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 10 18 Ciarán Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance 10 19 Kirk Obee (USA) Navigators Insurance 10 20 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Navigators Insurance 9 21 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Relax - Bodysol 7 22 Ben Day (Aus) Mr Bookmaker.com 6 23 Russel Downing (GBr) Great Britain 6 24 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile 4 25 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Barloworld 3 26 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Mr Bookmaker.com 2 27 Tim Cassidy (Irl) Ireland 2 28 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Team CSC 1 Mountains classification 1 Ben Day (Aus) Mr Bookmaker.com 35 pts 2 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 26 3 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland 23 4 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 23 5 Mauricio Ardila (Col) Chocolade Jacques 22 6 Rodney Green (RSA) Barloworld 20 7 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Navigators Insurance 16 8 Tom Southam (GBr) Great Britain 14 9 Robert Partridge (GBr) Wales 12 10 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 8 11 José Luis Rubiera (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 7 12 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) Barloworld 6 13 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance 6 14 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita) T-Mobile 4 15 Fernandez Moreno (Spa) Relax - Bodysol 4 16 David Smith (GBr) Scotland 3 17 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) US Postal-Berry Floor 2 18 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile 2 19 Julian Winn (GBr) Wales 2 20 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal-Berry Floor 1 21 Paolo Lanfranchi (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria 1 22 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Quick Step-Davitamon 1 Sprints classification 1 Rodney Green (RSA) Barloworld 19 pts 2 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance 13 3 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 10 4 Benjamin Noval (Spa) US Postal-Berry Floor 10 5 Ben Day (Aus) Mr Bookmaker.com 9 6 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland 9 7 Christopher Baldwin (USA) Navigators Insurance 6 8 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 4 9 Philip Deignan (Irl) Ireland 3 10 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 3 11 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Relax - Bodysol 2 12 Robert Partridge (GBr) Wales 2 13 Jeremy Maartens (RSA) Barloworld 2 14 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 1 15 Roger Hammond (GBr) Mr Bookmaker.com 1 16 Mario Aerts (Bel) T-Mobile 1 17 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Davitamon 1 18 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon 1 Team classification 1 Credit Agricole 41.56.38 2 Chocolade Jacques 0.04 3 Team CSC 0.05 4 Mr Bookmaker.com 0.09 5 US Postal-Berry Floor 0.10 6 Great Britain 9.07 7 Relax - Bodysol 13.29 8 T-Mobile 13.30 9 Barloworld 13.34 10 Ceramiche Panaria 13.53 11 Navigators 26.42 12 Quick Step-Davitamon 26.45 13 Ireland 26.54 14 Lotto-Domo 15 Scotland 45.37 16 Wales 56.22
