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Tour of Britain - 2.1
Great Britain, August 30-September 4, 2005
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Stage 6 - September 4: London-London, 64km
Stage and overall for Quick.Step
By Shane Stokes in London
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Belgian rider Nick Nuyens safely retained his race lead on the concluding stage of the Tour of Britain today, finishing 9th in the bunch sprint with decided the Westminster criterium in London. Quick Step team-mate Luca Paolini made it a doubly-successful day for the Belgian team, taking his second victory of the race and with it the green points jersey.
Last year's final stage winner Enrico Degano (Barloworld Valsir) was second in the mass gallop, with Great Britain's Roger Hammond and Ciarán Power (Navigators Insurance) next across the line.
Paolini was very satisfied at what has been an excellent team performance in the 2.1 ranked event. "It has been a good race for Quick Step because I have won two stages and Nick [Nuyens] has won two stages. Nick and I are going very well at the moment, we ride well together and I hope that these victories can help us to win more in the next few weeks."
"The team rode really well in the lead up to the sprint. They were on the front for the whole of the last lap, doing more than 60 kilometres an hour. So there wasn't any confusion behind. I was third going into the last corner and jumped about 200 metres to go. I think I won it pretty well.
Many people were predicting a tussle with the highly promising British sprinter Mark Cavendish, who outsprinted Paolini for third place in Blackpool. However the 20 year old crashed in the closing stages after he ran into the back wheel of another rider.
"One of the Barloworld riders did his turn on the front. He was dropping back and wasn't looking where he was going," he said. "He slowed right down before a corner and took out my front wheel."
Paolini said the victory was important for him and the team. "We wanted to win the stage here in London as it is an important finish and, with four stages and two jerseys, I think that Quick Step have had a great Tour of Britain."
Although there were bonus up for grabs during the stage, Nuyen's main rival Michael Blaudzun (Team CSC) was unable to take back any time today, ending the six day event eight seconds behind. Javier Cherro Molina (Comunidad Valenciana) was third ahead of Phil Zajicek (Navigators Insurance) and last year's KOM winner, Ben Day (MrBookmaker.com).
Paolini and Nuyen's consistency was reflecting in the fact that they finished first and second in the points classification. Wales national team rider Julian Winn took the mountains jersey while T-Mobile captured the team award. They had success in the intermediate sprints competition, too, with Eric Baumann placing second in the first bonus sprint and winning the second, thus cementing his hold on the jersey.
Nuyens was the man of the day, however, leading the race from start to finish and confirming his status as one of Belgium's most promising young talents. He's made his name as the winner of one day races such as Paris-Brussels and Het Volk, but showed this week that he's also pretty adept at multi-day events. "This is my second big stage race win after the Electro Tour in Holland last year, and I am really happy," he said. "Taking a stage and also winning the time trial is great, too."
Nuyens had a lead of eight seconds over Michael Blaudzun heading into the race but said beforehand that he was faster in a sprint, giving him the edge if it came down to a scrap for bonus seconds. However he was taking nothing for granted before the stage. "There is always danger, such as a crash. If you are in one, it sucks. But provided I stayed out of trouble, I only had to watch out for Blaudzun. On this occasion he didn't really try to get some seconds."
"You always have to watch out on the last few laps coming to the finish and be careful. There were some pretty dangerous moments, like the run-up to the sprints - some guys just take some risks, so I needed to watch out. The team were really good, they went a bit faster when it became too dangerous so that was great."
Quick Step rode impressively in the latter half of the stage, assuming control of the bunch. They got a hand out early on by the Barloworld team, who were chasing the stage victory. "Before the stage we were speaking about trying to control the race but it is impossible, because it is a really small circuit and everyone is going really fast," continued Nuyens. "There were a lot of attacks so it is really difficult. But we were lucky because we got some help from Team Barloworld, who were trying to line up the sprint for Degano, who won last year. I think we were going so fast that nobody could go away. They tried a lot but they were brought back immediately. So it was a good race for us."
How it unfolded
A huge crowd turned out to watch the final stage of the Tour of Britain, held on a flat, fast circuit in sunny central London. The criterium course took the riders past landmarks such as Big Ben, Nelson's Column/Trafalgar Square and Downing Street, ensuring a good mix of cycling fans and inquisitive tourists and generating a great atmosphere for the conclusion of the event.
Things got underway at 3pm, following a number of support races for elites, juniors, women, and Paralympic riders. Once the flag was dropped on the main contest, there was a constant stream of attacks, fuelled in equal measure by the crowd's support and a total of six intermediate sprints.
An early surge by riders from the Bridgestone Anchor and Driving Force Logistic teams was joined by a small number of other competitors, following which the small break built a lead of four seconds. Roger Hammond (Great Britain), Paul Healion (Team DFL) and Dean Downing were amongst those present, but despite some hard riding, the Barloworld Valsir bunch hauled them back soon afterwards. Ireland's David McCann and Bridgestone Anchor's Koji Fukushima were next to try but they too were recaptured.
The first bonus sprint of the day went to Kevin Van Impe (Chocolade Jacques) ahead of T-Mobile's Eric Baumann, who was in the process of cementing his grip on the sprints jersey. His team-mate Bastiaan Giling won the first TFL prime. British rider Roger Hammond ensured a huge cheer when he attacked, staying away for two laps, with Ireland's Paul Griffin next to try after his recapture. He too was hauled back.
Baumann then proved quickest at the second bonus sprint, while TFL Prime 2 fell to Yanto Barker (Driving Force Logistics). Fukushima went away once more and then, once back in the fold, Healion raced clear. He built a maximum lead of five seconds before being reeled in. Fellow Irishman McCann then counterattacked, riding hard with Evan Oliphant (Scotland) and Martin Ford (DFL) and staying away until after the third bonus sprint, taken by Oliphant. Team Barloworld's British rider Tom Southam won the final TFL prime.
Things were all together with eight laps remaining. A Quick Step-Barloworld combine was in action to ensure a bunch sprint and, sure enough, this is the way things turned out. The riders thundered up the finishing straight in an all-out burst for the line, Paolini galloping in ahead of Degano, Hammond, Power and CSC's Lars Michelsen. Great Britain's Mark Cavendish had been aiming for a strong finish but limped home off the back following a crash, while Bert de Waele (Landbouwkrediet Colnago) was also delayed, dropping from 6th to 12th overall. Ben Day moved down too, dropping a place to fifth behind Navigators' Phil Zajicek.
Photography
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- Luca Paolini (Quick Step) takes the win on the final stage
- They call her 'Signed Sammy'... and there's no reason to explain why!
- Eric Baumann (T-Mobile) looks very satisfied to win the sprint competition
- Nick Nuyens (Quick Step) wins the Tour of Britain
- Paolini and Nuyens (Quick Step) ride together during the final stage
- Mick Rogers and Luca Paolini (Quick Step) ride together like they have all week
- Time for some Italian celebrations even with Roger Hammond on his tail
- Luca Paolini wins the final stage of the Tour of Britain, held in London
- Quick Step wrap up the points and leaders' jerseys with Paolini and Nuyens doing the business
Images by Ben Atkins/Cyclingnews.com
- Eurosport's irrepressible David "Duffers" Duffield is fit for the Worlds! He has recovered from the high blood pressure that's kept him away from the Vuelta
- British Champ Russell Downing (recycling.co.uk) shows off the scars from his crash earlier in the week.
- Former Cofidis pro and Olympic medallist Rob Hayles (recycling.co.uk) gives an interview while getting oiled up - that's multi-tasking!
- Johan Museeuw still looks like he could win it, and has helped Quick Step perform so well this week
- World TT champ Mick Rogers (Quick Step) has worked hard for the team all tour
- Great Britain's Roger Hammond chats to recently retired Max Sciandri
- Naturalised Belgian Matt Gilmore looks like he'd rather be on the track! His form's building nicely for the winter...
- Bram Schmitz (T-Mobile) waits for the start of the London stage
- Stage winner Luca Paolini seems to have done it all without his back wheel!
- The UCI's Pat McQuaid chats to Eurosport's David Duffield
- Stage and points winner Luca Paolini celebrates with overall winner Nick Nuyens
- Roger Hammond was third on today's stage
- The four jersey winners (l-r): Eric Baumann (T-Mobile), Nick Nuyens (Quick Step), Julian Winn (Wales) and Luca Paolini (Quick Step) let rip with the champagne as London's Mayor Ken Livingstone looks on.
- Luca Paolini breaks that unwritten rule and lets the podium girls have it!
Images by James Carlsson/www.jamescarlsson.co.uk
- Dean Downing (recycling.co.uk) whizzes by in London
- Dean Downing gets out of the saddle
- Ryan Cox (Barloworld-Valsir) doing his thing in the London criterium
- Roger Hammond (Great Britain National Team) has been prominent all week in his home race
- Kevin Van Impe (Chocolade Jacques) does the 'Moreau salute'
- Nick Nuyens (Quick Step) rides in yellow
- A great day in London... and surprise surprise - no rain!
- London can look great in summer espcially when the sun in shining!
- Julian Winn (Wales) did well to secure the mountains classification win
- Davide Bramati (Quick Step) during the final stage in London
- Luca Paolini (Quick Step) on his way to securing the green points jersey
- Eric Baumann (T-Mobile) had a great week in Britain, taking the sprinter's jersey
- Luca Paolini (Quick Step) was impressive as he won the final stage
- Mick Rogers (Quick Step) was integral to the team's success in Britain
- Serguei Ivanov (T-Mobile) during the final stage in London
- Big Ben! Big race!
- Big Ben kept watch over the riders through Westminster
- Historic Westminster was a great backdrop for the stage around London
- The recycling.co.uk riders swarm around this corner
- Tobias Steinhauser (T-Mobile) rounds this corner very smoothly
- The London Eye provided a great backdrop for some super racing
- Mark Cavendish (Great Britain National Team) after his crash
Results
1 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.30.54 2 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld-Valsir 3 Roger Hammond (GBr) Great Britain 4 Ciarán Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance 5 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 6 Siro Camponogara (Ita) Navigators Insurance 7 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 8 Paul Healion (Irl) DFL Driving Force Logistics 9 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 10 Russel Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 11 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 12 Javier Cherro Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 13 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Ireland 14 Yanto Barker (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 15 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 16 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance 17 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld-Valsir 18 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 19 Matthew Gilmore (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 20 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 21 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 22 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 23 Kieran Page (GBr) Great Britain 24 Robert Hayles (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 25 Phillip Dixon (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 26 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Innergetic 27 Julian Winn (GBr) Wales 28 Peter Mazur (Pol) Navigators Insurance 29 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 30 Wesley Van der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 31 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 32 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 33 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 34 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance 35 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 36 Alex Coutts (GBr) Scotland 0.07 37 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 38 Ben Day (Aus) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 39 David McCann (Irl) Ireland 40 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 41 Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld-Valsir 42 David George (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir 43 Chris Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 44 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 0.11 45 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 0.13 46 Antonio Olmo Menacho (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 47 Steven Roach (GBr) Wales 0.14 48 Ben Hallam (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 49 Tom White (GBr) Great Britain 0.17 50 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 51 Paul Griffin (Irl) Ireland 0.19 52 Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 53 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile 0.22 54 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 55 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile 56 Thomas Evans (Irl) Ireland 57 Paul Manning (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 58 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 59 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir 60 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.26 61 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain 0.30 62 Matthew Brammeier (GBr) Wales 63 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain 64 Robert Partridge (GBr) Wales 65 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile 0.35 66 Juan Gomis Lopez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 67 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Wales 0.37 68 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 0.42 69 Martin Ford (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 70 Ryan Connor (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 71 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 72 Gary Hand (GBr) Scotland 73 Jose Luis Martinez Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 74 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance 75 Paudi O'Brien (Irl) Ireland 76 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.45 77 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland 0.48 78 Bert de Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 1.14 79 Tony Bracke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 1.34 80 James McCallum (GBr) Scotland 2.03 81 Dale Appleby (GBr) Wales 2.38 82 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Great Britain 2.47 83 Dean Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 2.58 84 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 3.32 85 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 4.10 86 David Munoz Banon (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 4.14 DNF Frederic Gabriel (Fra) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech DNF Alfred Green (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir Points 1 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 15 pts 2 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld-Valsir 14 3 Roger Hammond (GBr) Great Britain 13 4 Ciarán Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance 12 5 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 11 6 Siro Camponogara (Ita) Navigators Insurance 10 7 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 9 8 Paul Healion (Irl) DFL Driving Force Logistics 8 9 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 7 10 Russel Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 6 11 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 5 12 Javier Cherro Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 4 13 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Ireland 3 14 Yanto Barker (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 2 15 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 1 Sprints Sprint 1 1 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 5 pts 2 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 3 3 Javier Cherro Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2 4 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 1 Sprint 2 1 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 5 pts 2 David Munoz Banon (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3 3 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 2 4 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 1 Sprint 3 1 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 5 pts 2 Martin Ford (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 3 3 David McCann (Irl) Ireland 2 4 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir 1 TFL Prime 1 1 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 2 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 3 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir TFL Prime 2 1 Yanto Barker (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 2 Paul Healion (Irl) DFL Driving Force Logistics 3 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor TFL Prime 3 1 Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld-Valsir 2 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 3 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) Team CSC Teams 1 Navigators Insurance 4.32.42 2 Quick Step-Innergetic 3 DFL Driving Force Logistics 4 Team CSC 5 Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 6 Barloworld-Valsir 0.07 7 Bridgestone Anchor 8 Great Britain 0.17 9 Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 0.22 10 T-Mobile 11 Ireland 0.26 12 Mr Bookmaker-Sportstech 0.31 13 Wales 0.44 14 Comunidad Valenciana 0.48 15 Scotland 1.02 16 Landbouwkrediet 1.36 Final General classification 1 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 19.04.32 2 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 0.08 3 Javier Cherro Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.22 4 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance 0.33 5 Ben Day (Aus) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 0.35 6 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 0.39 7 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.09 8 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 1.20 9 Yanto Barker (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 1.24 10 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 1.28 11 Chris Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 1.35 12 Bert de Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 1.48 13 Peter Mazur (Pol) Navigators Insurance 2.09 14 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile 2.16 15 David George (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir 2.28 16 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 2.54 17 Alex Coutts (GBr) Scotland 3.08 18 Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld-Valsir 3.20 19 Juan Gomis Lopez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3.33 20 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 3.45 21 Antonio Olmo Menacho (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 4.01 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 5.06 25 Ciarán Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance 5.20 26 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld-Valsir 5.22 27 Kieran Page (GBr) Great Britain 6.46 28 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 11.19 29 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance 11.53 30 Siro Camponogara (Ita) Navigators Insurance 12.18 31 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 12.26 32 Paul Manning (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 14.34 33 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 15.20 34 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile 15.24 35 Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 15.52 36 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 18.52 37 Julian Winn (GBr) Wales 19.24 38 Russel Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 19.28 39 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 20.12 40 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir 20.21 41 Wesley Van der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 42 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain 21.29 43 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 22.45 44 Dean Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 23.02 45 Tony Bracke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 23.20 46 David McCann (Irl) Ireland 24.12 47 Roger Hammond (GBr) Great Britain 24.14 48 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile 24.32 49 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 25.03 50 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 25.32 51 Phillip Dixon (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 25.51 52 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain 25.55 53 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 26.00 54 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 26.03 55 Paul Griffin (Irl) Ireland 26.09 56 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 26.10 57 Thomas Evans (Irl) Ireland 26.19 58 Ryan Connor (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 26.20 59 Robert Partridge (GBr) Wales 26.34 60 Jose Luis Martinez Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 26.45 61 Martin Ford (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 26.54 62 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance 26.57 63 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 27.03 64 Robert Hayles (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 27.50 65 Matthew Gilmore (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 28.11 66 Tom White (GBr) Great Britain 28.15 67 David Munoz Banon (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 28.18 68 Dale Appleby (GBr) Wales 28.25 69 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 29.12 70 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 29.52 71 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 30.06 72 Matthew Brammeier (GBr) Wales 30.14 73 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 32.42 74 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 32.45 75 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Ireland 32.55 76 Ben Hallam (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 33.05 77 Steven Roach (GBr) Wales 33.22 78 Paul Healion (Irl) DFL Driving Force Logistics 33.34 79 Paudi O'Brien (Irl) Ireland 33.36 80 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Wales 33.44 81 Gary Hand (GBr) Scotland 33.53 82 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld-Valsir 34.02 83 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland 34.07 84 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Great Britain 35.06 85 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 36.35 86 James McCallum (GBr) Scotland 41.24 Points classification 1 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 62 pts 2 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 49 3 Javier Cherro Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 36 4 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 31 5 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 29 6 Roger Hammond (GBr) Great Britain 28 7 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 26 8 Paul Manning (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 24 9 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Innergetic 23 10 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Great Britain 23 11 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 20 12 Russel Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 19 13 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 16 14 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 16 15 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile 15 16 Siro Camponogara (Ita) Navigators Insurance 15 17 Ben Day (Aus) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 14 18 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 14 19 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 14 20 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld-Valsir 14 21 Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 13 22 Yanto Barker (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 12 23 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 12 24 Ciarán Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance 12 25 Tony Bracke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 12 26 Bert de Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 11 27 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir 11 28 Paul Healion (Irl) DFL Driving Force Logistics 11 29 Julian Winn (GBr) Wales 10 30 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 10 31 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 9 32 Jose Luis Martinez Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 9 33 Dean Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 8 34 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 8 35 Wesley Van der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 7 36 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 7 37 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 6 38 Peter Mazur (Pol) Navigators Insurance 6 39 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain 6 40 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance 4 41 Chris Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 4 42 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 4 43 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 4 44 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 3 45 David George (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir 3 46 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Ireland 3 47 Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld-Valsir 2 48 David McCann (Irl) Ireland 1 49 Phillip Dixon (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 1 Mountains classification 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 26 pts 2 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 20 3 Roger Hammond (GBr) Great Britain 15 4 Javier Cherro Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 13 5 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 12 6 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain 8 7 Jose Luis Martinez Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 8 8 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 8 9 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile 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 Martin Ford (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 3 16 David Munoz Banon (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3 17 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 3 18 Russel Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 3 19 Wesley Van der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 3 20 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 2 21 Dean Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 2 22 David McCann (Irl) Ireland 2 23 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir 2 24 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 1 25 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 1 26 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 1 Teams classification 1 T-Mobile 57.04.30 2 Quick Step-Innergetic 8.25 3 Comunidad Valenciana 10.42 4 Team CSC 13.08 5 Barloworld-Valsir 13.51 6 Mr Bookmaker-Sportstech 13.58 7 Navigators Insurance 16.13 8 Landbouwkrediet 31.57 9 Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 32.43 10 Bridgestone Anchor 54.47 11 Great Britain 1.01.01 12 DFL Driving Force Logistics 1.01.28 13 Scotland 1.01.40 14 Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 1.02.23 15 Wales 1.20.46 16 Ireland 1.24.55
