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Tour of Britain - 2.1
Great Britain, August 30-September 4, 2005
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Stage 5 - September 3: Birmingham ITT, 4km
Nuyens defends jersey in style
By Shane Stokes in Birmingham
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Nick Nuyens (Quick.Step) defended his race lead in style today when he won the fifth stage time trial of the Tour of Britain in Birmingham. The Belgian rider clocked an impressive time of 4'54.06 on what was a twisting, technical 4 km course in the city centre.
Team CSC's Kurt Asle Arvesen was second, 0.75 seconds down, while team-mate and Nuyens' closest rival, Michael Blaudzun, was third. He was 1.21 seconds back.
British rider Paul Manning (Recycling.co.uk) had a fine ride, placing fourth. World time trial champion Michael Rogers (QuickStep) was a little less at home on the tight circuit, finishing just over 5 seconds behind Nuyens in fifth, while fellow Aussie Ben Day (MrBookmaker.com) completed the top six.
Today's result was Nuyens' first time trial win as a pro. He started the day 7 seconds behind Blaudzun, who said prior to the test that he would go all out in a bid to erase this deficit and win the race. However, the Dane ended up losing more time, slipping a further second behind the in-form Belgian. With the 2.1 ranked event concluding tomorrow with a 45 lap circuit race in London city centre, it looks all but certain that Nuyens will succeed the 2004 victor Mauricio Ardila as Tour of Britain champion.
The 25 year-old was delighted with his stage win, but was remaining slightly cautious about the overall victory. "Tomorrow evening it is sure. It seems like I have good chance now. I am faster than Blaudzun and it is not even certain that he is going to try to take bonus seconds in the sprints. Tomorrow's race is not too far and as long as there is not a breakaway, I am happy. The team is really strong so I have a good chance tomorrow evening."
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Nuyens was quick to pay tribute to the Quick.Step squad. "My team have been really good all week. We have six riders and with me not pulling, there are five. That means it is not easy, because the stages are really hard with a lot of wind. But they rode great. So I owe them something, that is why I wanted to win the stage. And if I won the stage, I would be sure to keep the jersey.
"When I heard the time of Arvesen, I knew it would be hard to win. He is really strong, I knew he would do well. My main goal was to keep the jersey, I just had to go really hard to ensure that. Now I have the stage win as well, so it is very satisfying."
He said earlier this week that Blaudzun was a more natural time trialist, but stated today that the course suited his own characteristics well. "For me the course was perfect. It was not too long at 4 kilometres, there were some turns, it was not completely flat. As I am an explosive rider, it is good for me. If it was held over 50 kilometres then Blaudzun is better than me. But this is not a real time trial, it is more a long sprint.
"This is my first time trial win as a professional. A lot of times I finished in the first five but I couldn't win as a pro. So it's a good moment."
How it unfolded
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Today's 4 kilometre time trial took place on a tight circuit in Birmingham city centre, a spectator friendly course which would place equal emphasis on speed and cornering ability from the competitors. As expected, Britain's track riders performed well on a course well suited to their abilities, with Ben Hallam (Driving Force Logistics), Mark Cavendish (Great Britain), Rob Hayles (Recycling.co.uk) and then his team-mate Chris Newton all topping the leaderboard at some point.
Arvesen then beat Newton's time with a strong mark of 4 minutes 54.81 seconds, the first to go below the five minute barrier. This became the standard to beat, with riders such as Rogers, Manning and Blaudzun all going close but missing out. The Norwegian looked set to take a fine win, but a yellow-inspired Nuyens thundered around the course to go 0.75" quicker, securing his first professional TT victory in the process. He now carries a lead of eight seconds over Blaudzun and 23 seconds over Javier Cherro Molina (Comunidad Valenciana) into tomorrow's final stage, making it likely that he will hold the leader's jersey from start to finish and win this 2.1 ranked event.
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- Kurt-Asle Arvesen (CSC) took second in the time trial
- Michael Rogers (Quick Step) came in fifth today
- Michael Rogers (Quick Step) pushes hard on his way to fifth place in the tt
- Michael Bladzun (CSC) came in third
- Michael Bladzun (CSC) finised the day behind teammate Arvesen
- Nick Nuyens (Quick Step) wins the stage 5 time trial
- A top-drawer ride from Nick Nuyens means he's still overall leader
- That was tough! Michael Bladzun (CSC) finishes his time trial
- Nuyens finishes the time trial
- That one belongs to me! Nick Nuyens looks pleased with his effort
- Reena, one of the T-Mobile ladies doesn't look too happy to be in Birmingham
- Hello boys! One of the T-Mobile ladies glances across from the podium
- There's a smile... from Reena - maybe she likes it after all
- Adding a bit of glamour to Birmingham is the job of the T-Mobile promo ladies
- He loves that podium! Nick Nuyens on the podium as stage winner
- Paul Manning (Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed) took fourth on the time trial stage
- Eric Baumann (T-Mobile) on the podium again
- Luca Paolini (Quick Step) still leads the points competition
- Nick Nuyens (Quick Step) stays in yellow and is joined by the mayor of Birmingham (right) on the podium
Results
1 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 4.54.06 (48.98 km/h) 2 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 0.00.75 3 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 0.01.21 4 Paul Manning (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 0.03.88 5 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.05.14 6 Ben Day (Aus) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 0.09.01 7 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.11.13 8 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 0.11.47 9 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 0.12.37 10 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 0.12.48 11 Javier Cherro Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.13.16 12 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 0.13.22 13 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 0.13.41 14 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance 0.14.35 15 David McCann (Irl) Ireland 0.14.56 16 Peter Mazur (Pol) Navigators Insurance 0.15.45 17 Robert Hayles (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 0.15.70 18 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile 0.16.68 19 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 0.16.73 20 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain 0.18.29 21 Tony Bracke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 0.18.31 22 Bert de Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 0.18.56 23 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile 0.18.58 24 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 0.18.59 25 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.18.60 26 Kieran Page (GBr) Great Britain 0.18.73 27 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain 0.18.99 28 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.19.74 29 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 0.20.67 30 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 0.21.08 31 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 0.21.19 32 Yanto Barker (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 0.21.22 33 David George (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir 0.21.64 34 Julian Winn (GBr) Wales 0.21.65 35 Chris Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 0.22.91 36 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Great Britain 0.23.83 37 Ryan Connor (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 0.24.85 38 Russel Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 0.25.32 39 Roger Hammond (GBr) Great Britain 0.25.65 40 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile 0.25.84 41 Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld-Valsir 0.25.89 42 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld-Valsir 0.26.03 43 Ben Hallam (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 0.26.72 44 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 0.27.20 45 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 0.27.95 46 Tom White (GBr) Great Britain 0.28.46 47 David Munoz Banon (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.28.59 48 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 0.30.41 49 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir 0.31.56 50 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 0.32.39 51 Antonio Olmo Menacho (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.33.56 52 Paul Healion (Irl) DFL Driving Force Logistics 0.34.45 53 Wesley Van der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 0.34.88 54 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 0.35.13 55 Ciarán Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance 0.35.53 56 Dean Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 0.36.12 57 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 0.36.99 58 Matthew Brammeier (GBr) Wales 0.37.20 59 Siro Camponogara (Ita) Navigators Insurance 0.37.50 60 Alfred Green (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir 0.38.29 61 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 0.39.44 62 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 0.40.07 63 Frederic Gabriel (Fra) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 0.40.71 64 Matthew Gilmore (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 0.41.26 65 Paul Griffin (Irl) Ireland 0.41.69 66 Jose Luis Martinez Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.41.80 67 Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 0.42.01 68 Robert Partridge (GBr) Wales 0.42.36 69 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance 0.42.39 70 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.42.80 71 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld-Valsir 0.43.33 72 Thomas Evans (Irl) Ireland 0.43.62 73 Dale Appleby (GBr) Wales 0.43.78 74 Alex Coutts (GBr) Scotland 0.43.82 75 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 0.44.95 76 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 0.45.23 77 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance 0.46.65 78 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 0.47.05 79 Phillip Dixon (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 0.47.91 80 James McCallum (GBr) Scotland 0.48.34 81 Paudi O'Brien (Irl) Ireland 0.49.84 82 Martin Ford (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 0.50.08 83 Gary Hand (GBr) Scotland 0.53.52 84 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Wales 0.54.05 85 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland 0.54.92 86 Steven Roach (GBr) Wales 0.55.26 87 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Ireland 0.55.37 88 Juan Gomis Lopez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.56.50 Points 1 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 15 pts 2 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 14 3 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 13 4 Paul Manning (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 12 5 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Innergetic 11 6 Ben Day (Aus) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 10 7 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 9 8 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 8 9 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 7 10 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 6 11 Javier Cherro Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 5 12 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 4 13 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 3 14 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance 2 15 David McCann (Irl) Ireland 1 Teams 1 Quick Step-Innergetic 14.58 2 Team CSC 0.06 3 Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 0.14 4 T-Mobile 0.20 5 Landbouwkrediet 0.33 6 Great Britain 0.39 7 Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 0.43 8 Navigators Insurance 0.48 9 Mr Bookmaker-Sportstech 0.49 10 DFL Driving Force Logistics 0.55 11 Barloworld-Valsir 0.56 12 Comunidad Valenciana 0.58 13 Ireland 1.22 14 Wales 1.24 15 Bridgestone Anchor 1.30 16 Scotland 1.42 General classification after stage 5 1 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 17.33.38 2 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 0.08 3 Javier Cherro Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.23 4 Ben Day (Aus) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 0.28 5 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance 0.33 6 Bert de Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 0.34 7 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 0.40 8 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.09 9 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 1.20 10 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 1.21 11 Yanto Barker (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 1.24 12 Chris Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 1.28 13 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile 1.41 14 Peter Mazur (Pol) Navigators Insurance 2.09 15 David George (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir 2.21 16 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 2.54 17 Juan Gomis Lopez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2.58 18 Alex Coutts (GBr) Scotland 3.01 19 Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld-Valsir 3.13 20 Antonio Olmo Menacho (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3.48 21 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 3.50 22 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 4.04 23 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 4.12 24 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 4.40 25 Ciarán Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance 5.20 26 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld-Valsir 5.22 27 Alfred Green (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir 5.32 28 Kieran Page (GBr) Great Britain 6.46 29 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 11.19 30 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance 11.53 31 Siro Camponogara (Ita) Navigators Insurance 12.18 32 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 12.26 33 Paul Manning (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 14.12 34 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile 15.02 35 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 15.10 36 Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 15.33 37 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 19.02 38 Julian Winn (GBr) Wales 19.24 39 Russel Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 19.28 40 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 19.30 41 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir 19.59 42 Dean Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 20.04 43 Wesley Van der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 20.21 44 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain 20.59 45 Tony Bracke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 21.46 46 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 22.45 47 David McCann (Irl) Ireland 24.06 48 David Munoz Banon (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 49 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile 24.10 50 Roger Hammond (GBr) Great Britain 24.18 51 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 24.52 52 Frederic Gabriel (Fra) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 25.02 53 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 25.21 54 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain 25.25 55 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 25.32 56 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 25.38 57 Ryan Connor (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 58 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 25.42 59 Dale Appleby (GBr) Wales 25.47 60 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 25.48 61 Paul Griffin (Irl) Ireland 25.50 62 Phillip Dixon (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 25.51 63 Thomas Evans (Irl) Ireland 25.57 64 Jose Luis Martinez Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 26.03 65 Robert Partridge (GBr) Wales 26.04 66 Martin Ford (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 26.14 67 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance 26.15 68 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 26.18 69 Robert Hayles (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 27.50 70 Tom White (GBr) Great Britain 27.58 71 Matthew Gilmore (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 28.11 72 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 29.15 73 Matthew Brammeier (GBr) Wales 29.44 74 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 29.49 75 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Great Britain 32.19 76 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 32.35 77 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 32.45 78 Ben Hallam (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 32.51 79 Paudi O'Brien (Irl) Ireland 32.54 80 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Ireland 32.55 81 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 33.03 82 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Wales 33.07 83 Steven Roach (GBr) Wales 33.08 84 Gary Hand (GBr) Scotland 33.11 85 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland 33.19 86 Paul Healion (Irl) DFL Driving Force Logistics 33.34 87 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld-Valsir 34.08 88 James McCallum (GBr) Scotland 39.21 Points classification 1 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 47 pts 2 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 42 3 Javier Cherro Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 32 4 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 31 5 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 24 6 Paul Manning (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 24 7 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Innergetic 23 8 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Great Britain 23 9 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 20 10 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 16 11 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile 15 12 Roger Hammond (GBr) Great Britain 15 13 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 15 14 Ben Day (Aus) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 14 15 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 14 16 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 14 17 Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 13 18 Russel Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 13 19 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 12 20 Tony Bracke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 12 21 Bert de Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 11 22 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir 11 23 Yanto Barker (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 10 24 Julian Winn (GBr) Wales 10 25 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 9 26 Jose Luis Martinez Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 9 27 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 9 28 Dean Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 8 29 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 8 30 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 7 31 Wesley Van der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 7 32 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 7 33 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 6 34 Peter Mazur (Pol) Navigators Insurance 6 35 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain 6 36 Siro Camponogara (Ita) Navigators Insurance 5 37 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance 4 38 Chris Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 4 39 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 4 40 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 4 41 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 3 42 David George (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir 3 43 Paul Healion (Irl) DFL Driving Force Logistics 3 44 Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld-Valsir 2 45 David McCann (Irl) Ireland 1 46 Phillip Dixon (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 1 Mountains classification 1 Julian Winn (GBr) Wales 32 pts 2 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir 26 3 Jose Luis Martinez Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 15 4 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 14 5 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 12 6 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 10 7 Wesley Van der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 10 8 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 10 9 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 9 10 Ben Day (Aus) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 8 11 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile 8 12 Russel Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 8 13 Roger Hammond (GBr) Great Britain 8 14 Paul Manning (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 7 15 Antonio Olmo Menacho (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 7 16 Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 5 17 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 4 18 Bert de Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 4 19 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 3 20 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain 3 21 Dean Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 2 22 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile 1 23 Ciarán Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance 1 24 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance 1 25 Tony Bracke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 1 26 Paul Griffin (Irl) Ireland 1 Sprints classification 1 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 18 pts 2 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 15 3 Roger Hammond (GBr) Great Britain 15 4 Javier Cherro Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 11 5 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain 8 6 Jose Luis Martinez Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 8 7 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 8 8 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile 7 9 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 7 10 Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 6 11 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 5 12 Paul Manning (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 5 13 Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld-Valsir 3 14 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 3 15 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 3 16 Russel Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 3 17 Wesley Van der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 3 18 Dean Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 2 19 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 1 20 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir 1 Teams classification 1 T-Mobile 52.31.26 2 Quick Step-Innergetic 8.47 3 Comunidad Valenciana 10.16 4 Team CSC 13.30 5 Mr Bookmaker-Sportstech 13.49 6 Barloworld-Valsir 14.06 7 Navigators Insurance 16.35 8 Landbouwkrediet 30.43 9 Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 33.05 10 Bridgestone Anchor 55.02 11 Scotland 1.01.00 12 Great Britain 1.01.06 13 DFL Driving Force Logistics 1.01.50 14 Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 1.02.23 15 Wales 1.20.24 16 Ireland 1.24.51
