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Tour of Britain - 2.1
Great Britain, August 30-September 4, 2005
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Stage 3 - September 1: Leeds - Sheffield, 160km
More success for Quick.Step
By Shane Stokes in Sheffield
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Today's third stage of the Tour of Britain proved to be another successful one for the Quick.Step team. Luca Paolini beat T-Mobile's Bram Schmitz and eight other breakaway companions to take the win, while Nick Nuyens fended off all attempts by Michael Blaudzun (Team CSC) plus his other rivals to retain his race lead.
The stage from Leeds to Sheffield was the hardest of this year's race, with the category two climbs of Cow and Calf, and Oxenhope being followed by the first cat Holme Moss and Snake Pass. Paolini was part of a 13-man move which went clear inside the first 10 kilometres and stayed clear for the day, while behind world time trial champion Michael Rogers and the rest of the Quick.Step team neutralised all attacks on the yellow jersey of Nick Nuyens.
Paolini, Schmitz, Jose Luis Martinez Jimenez (Comunidad Valenciana) and Barloworld-Valsir's Ryan Cox went clear on the final, unclassified climb but there was a regrouping before the finish, with the Italian and German fighting it out for the win between them. British road race champion Russell Downing (Recycling.co.uk) took third ahead of Tony Bracke (Landbouwkrediet Colnago), Cox and new KOM leader Julian Winn (Wales), while Nuyens, Blaudzun and five others came in 3 minutes and 39 seconds down.
Roger Aiken was tenth across the line, but he and Ireland manager Morgan Fox were later disqualified from the race after judges said that the rider had held onto the team car.
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"This is a great day for Quick.Step," said a happy Paolini at the post-race press conference. "Last year we had stage wins with Boonen and Zanini and this year we have had my stage win, Nick's stage win, the yellow jersey and the green. It is going very well for the team."
"The first objective was to keep the jersey, but then once I got into the breakaway it was good for us because no-one was a danger in the classification after Eric Baumann [T-Mobile] dropped back. I knew I had a good chance because I can climb and I can sprint. So we took a double today - we kept the jersey and we won the stage."
How it unfolded
A total of 92 riders lined out for the day's start in Leeds, in cloudy but mild conditions. Steffen Wesemann (T-Mobile) attacked in the first kilometre of the race and got a gap of several hundred metres. A group set off in pursuit but were caught by the main bunch, as was Wesemann after about six kilometres of freedom.
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Almost immediately, a 13-man group broke away and swiftly opened up some time on the peloton. Present were Luca Paolini, Ivan Santaromita (Quick.Step), Eric Baumann, Bram Schmitz (T-Mobile), Russell Downing, Dean Downing (Recycling.co.uk), Wesley Van der Linden (Chocolade Jacques), Geraint Thomas (Great Britain), Jose Luis Martinez Jimenez (Comunidad Valenciana), Ryan Cox (Barloworld Valsir), Tony Bracke (Landbouwkrediet Colnago), Roger Aiken (Ireland) and Julian Winn (Wales). These had a gap of 1 minute and 41 seconds after 15 kilometres, and this continued to grow.
Baumann was best placed overall in 20th, 1 minute and 18 seconds behind race leader Nick Nuyens (Quick.Step). He took the bonus sprint at Otley (19.5 km) and with it, regained his lead in the sprints classification. Russell Downing was second with Van der Linden third. Several kilometres later they hit the start of the Cow and Calf climb (31.9 km), a steep and crowd-thronged second category ascent. Winn took the points ahead of Tour de Langkawi champion Ryan Cox at the top, with the peloton passing the same point 1 minute and 29 seconds later.
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This lead continued to fall, dropping to 1 minute and 15 seconds, but once the GC threat Baumann dropped back to the main field with Santaromita it began to rise again. Passing through the town of Keighley, the eleven man leading group had an advantage of 4 minutes and 16 seconds over the peloton, and this climbed to 5 minutes and 49 seconds by the start of the second category Oxenhope ascent. By the time they hit the feed zone (83.4 km), they had added just over a minute to this buffer, and by Huddersfield (90 km) it was up to a healthy 7 minutes and 55 seconds.
Dean Downing and Aiken were dropped on the early part of the difficult Holme Moss climb, with the other nine riders pressing on. Winn jumped away about a third of the way up in search of King of the Mountains points and opened up a strong lead. The peloton were at this point 9 minutes and 35 seconds behind.
Winn was caught by six others on the climb, namely Cox, Schmitz, Paolini, Russell Downing, Van der Linden and Martinez Jiminez. Thomas and Bracke were also in trouble.
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Once the peloton hit the climb, there were several big attacks. British rider Tom Southam (Barloworld), eighth overall, and last year's King of the Mountains winner Ben Day (MrBookmaker.com) went clear. They were joined by David Munoz Banon (Comunidad Valenciana), but the Quick.Step-led peloton brought them back. Nuyens was sitting comfortably in third position.
Heading over the top, the gap between the seven leaders and the bunch was 9 minutes and 20 seconds. Winn took maximum points, ahead of Cox, Martinez Jimenez and Paolini. Aiken was adrift of the break but the Irish cyclo-cross champion rode well and got back on. So too Dean Downing, Thomas and Bracke, the three riding together to get back in touch. However they were under pressure again shortly afterwards once on the Snake Pass climb, dropping off the back of the splintering front group.
Winn, Cox, Paolini, Schmitz, Martinez Jiminez and Van der Linden were first past the summit, while the bunch hit the base of Snake Pass some10 minutes and 29 seconds behind. It was clear that the day's winner would come from the front group. Antonio Olmo Menacho (Comunidad Valenciana) set off in an attempt to close an insurmountable gap, getting away from the peloton and opening up a good lead.
Up front, there was a regrouping on the descent, with Aiken getting back on to the other seven riders. Dean Downing, Thomas and Bracke were further behind but they too got across, joining with the rest of the break along the valley floor and resuming their input into the pacemaking. With 25 kilometres to go, the gap was 7 minutes and 45 seconds back to the peloton, with Olmo Menacho still stranded in no-man's land.
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Thomas got dropped inside the last 20 kilometres, the final unclassified - but difficult - climb taking it's toll on the 19 year old rider. Further behind, the Quick.Step and CSC-led peloton reeled in Olmo Menacho, after which Ben Day had another go. He was caught. Once onto the climb, a group of heavy-hitters went clear of the peloton, with yellow jersey Nick Nuyens, second-placed Michael Blaudzun and CSC team-mate Kurt Asle Arvesen, Frederik Veuchelen (Chocolade Jacques), Ben Day (MrBookmaker.com), Phil Zajicek (Navigators Insurance), Javier Cherro Molina (Comunidad Valenciana) and Bert de Waele (Landbouwkrediet Colnago) all present.
Meanwhile up front, aggressive riding by Martinez Jiminez and Schmitz caused a four man split, with Paolini and Cox quick to respond to the move. Winn and Russell Downing were chasing, while Dean Downing, Bracke, Van der Linden and Aiken were all shelled. The latter got back in touch with the other three, and these then made their way gradually back up to the leaders. However, another surge on the run-in to the end in Sheffield saw Paolini go clear and hold off Schmitz for the win. Russell Downing, Bracke, Cox and Winn finished two seconds back, with Martinez Jimenez, Dean Downing, Van der Linden and Aiken further adrift but all taking places in the top ten. The latter was subsequently disqualified for pacing, elevating eleventh-placed Thomas in the day's standings. Cherro Molina led in the Nuyens-Blaudzun group 3 minutes and 39 seconds after Paolini's victory.
Photography
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- Koji Fukushima and Bethany, a young British cycling fan
- Barloworld have brought a young team to the Tour of Britain
- She LOVES the Tour of Britain
- Coming to the KOM finish along the stage 3 route
- Now I'm going to EAT you! Roger Hammond sends out a warning to his rivals
- T-Mobile is everywhere... at the Tour of Britain
- Heading up to the Cow and Calf which was one of the KOM points
- Tobias Steinhauser (T-Mobile) looks comfortable during stage 3
- Michael Rogers (Quickstep) leads teammate Nick Nuyens up this climb up Holm Moss
- Eric Baumann (T-Mobile) works hard during stage 3
- Bridgestone Anchor riders kept themselves hidden within the field during stage 3
- The machine that is Roger Hammond works hard during stage 3
- Michael Bladzun (CSC) puts in a big effort during stage 3
- Nick Nuyens (Quickstep) still in yellow during stage 3
- Russell Downing (recycling.co.uk) and Julian Winn (Wales) climb together on stage 3
- Luca Paolini (Quickstep) on the podium
- Eric Baumann (T-Mobile) retains the sprinter's jersey after stage 3
- Eric Baumann (T-Mobile) looking pretty happy with himself after another good stage
- Nick Nuyens (Quickstep) on the podium and retains the race lead
- She LOVES the Tour of Britain too... and so say all of us!
- Luca Paolini (Quickstep) wins stage 3 of the Tour of Britain
- Riders head up another climb on what was a tough day of riding
- Let her rip! Nuyens and Paolini let go with the champagne
Results
1 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 4.27.24 2 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 3 Russel Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 0.02 4 Tony Bracke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 5 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir 6 Julian Winn (GBr) Wales 7 Jose Luis Martinez Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.08 8 Dean Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 0.10 9 Wesley Van der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 0.11 10 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain 1.05 11 Javier Cherro Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3.39 12 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 13 Ben Day (Aus) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 14 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 15 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 16 Bert de Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 17 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance 18 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 3.43 19 David McCann (Irl) Ireland 4.26 20 Yanto Barker (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 21 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 4.27 22 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 23 David Munoz Banon (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 24 Alex Coutts (GBr) Scotland 25 Chris Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 26 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile 27 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Innergetic 28 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile 4.31 29 Peter Mazur (Pol) Navigators Insurance 5.16 30 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 31 Roger Hammond (GBr) Great Britain 32 David George (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir 33 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 34 Juan Gomis Lopez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 35 Paul Manning (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 36 Antonio Olmo Menacho (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 37 Frederic Gabriel (Fra) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 38 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain 6.00 39 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 40 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 41 Jean Claude Lebeau (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 6.01 42 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 6.03 43 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 44 Kieran Page (GBr) Great Britain 45 Robert Partridge (GBr) Wales 46 Dale Appleby (GBr) Wales 47 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 48 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 49 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 50 Junya Sano (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 51 Phillip Dixon (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 52 Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 53 Ciarán Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance 54 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance 55 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 56 Ryan Connor (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 57 Thomas Evans (Irl) Ireland 58 Paul Griffin (Irl) Ireland 59 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 60 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile 61 Alfred Green (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir 62 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld-Valsir 6.10 63 Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld-Valsir 64 Martin Ford (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 65 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 66 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 67 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 68 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 6.12 69 Matthew Gilmore (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 8.24 70 Robert Hayles (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 71 Tom White (GBr) Great Britain 72 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 10.01 73 Matthew Brammeier (GBr) Wales 74 Siro Camponogara (Ita) Navigators Insurance 12.59 75 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Ireland 76 Paul Healion (Irl) DFL Driving Force Logistics 77 Steven Roach (GBr) Wales 78 Paudi O'Brien (Irl) Ireland 79 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 80 Mark Cavindish (GBr) Great Britain 81 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 82 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Wales 83 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld-Valsir 84 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 85 James McCallum (GBr) Scotland 86 Gary Hand (GBr) Scotland 87 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland 88 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance 89 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 90 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 91 Ben Hallam (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 13.19 DSQ Roger Aiken (Irl) Ireland Sprints Otley 1 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 5 pts 2 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain 3 3 Russel Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 2 4 Wesley Van der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 1 Huddersfield 1 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain 5 pts 2 Jose Luis Martinez Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3 3 Dean Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 2 4 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir 1 Mill Edge 1 Jose Luis Martinez Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 5 pts 2 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 3 3 Wesley Van der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 2 4 Russel Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 1 Mountains Cow and Calf, Cat 2 1 Julian Winn (GBr) Wales 6 pts 2 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir 5 3 Russel Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 4 4 Wesley Van der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 3 5 Dean Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 2 6 Jose Luis Martinez Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1 Oxenhope, Cat 2 1 Julian Winn (GBr) Wales 6 pts 2 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir 5 3 Jose Luis Martinez Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 4 4 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 3 5 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain 2 6 Wesley Van der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 1 Holme Moss, Cat 1 1 Julian Winn (GBr) Wales 10 pts 2 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir 8 3 Jose Luis Martinez Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 6 4 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 5 5 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 4 6 Wesley Van der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 3 7 Russel Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 2 8 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain 1 Snake Pass, Cat 1 1 Julian Winn (GBr) Wales 10 pts 2 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir 8 3 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 6 4 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 5 5 Jose Luis Martinez Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 4 6 Wesley Van der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 3 7 Russel Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 2 8 Tony Bracke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 1 Best British rider 1 Russel Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 4.27.26 2 Julian Winn (GBr) Wales 3 Dean Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 0.08 4 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain 1.03 5 Yanto Barker (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 4.24 6 Alex Coutts (GBr) Scotland 4.25 7 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 5.14 8 Roger Hammond (GBr) Great Britain 9 Paul Manning (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 10 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain 5.58 11 Kieran Page (GBr) Great Britain 6.01 12 Robert Partridge (GBr) Wales 13 Dale Appleby (GBr) Wales 14 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 15 Phillip Dixon (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 16 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 17 Ryan Connor (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 18 Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld-Valsir 6.08 19 Martin Ford (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 20 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 6.10 21 Robert Hayles (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 8.22 22 Tom White (GBr) Great Britain 23 Matthew Brammeier (GBr) Wales 9.59 24 Steven Roach (GBr) Wales 12.57 25 Mark Cavindish (GBr) Great Britain 26 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Wales 27 James McCallum (GBr) Scotland 28 Gary Hand (GBr) Scotland 29 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland 30 Ben Hallam (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 13.17 Teams 1 Recycling.co.uk 13.27.40 2 Quick Step-Inne 13.30.18 3 Landbouwkrediet 13.30.20 4 Comunidad Valen 13.30.26 5 T-Mobile 13.31.10 6 Chocolade Jacqu 13.31.22 7 Barloworld-Vals 13.33.33 8 Team CSC 13.33.57 9 Wales 13.34.20 10 Great Britain 13.34.33 11 Mr Bookmaker-Sp 13.35.34 12 Navigators Insu 13.37.10 13 DFL Driving For 13.38.44 14 Ireland 15 Bridgestone Anc 13.40.21 16 Scotland 13.45.41 General classification after stage 3 1 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 12.54.21 2 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 0.07 3 Javier Cherro Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.10 4 Bert de Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 0.16 5 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance 0.19 6 Ben Day (Aus) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 7 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 0.22 8 Yanto Barker (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 1.03 9 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.04 10 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 1.05 11 Chris Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 1.06 12 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 1.07 13 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile 1.08 14 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 1.48 15 Peter Mazur (Pol) Navigators Insurance 1.54 16 David George (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir 1.55 17 Juan Gomis Lopez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.57 18 Alex Coutts (GBr) Scotland 2.13 19 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 2.41 20 Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld-Valsir 2.48 21 Antonio Olmo Menacho (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3.02 22 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 3.39 23 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 3.43 24 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 3.53 25 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 3.57 26 Alfred Green (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir 4.44 27 Ciarán Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance 4.45 28 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld-Valsir 4.56 29 Kieran Page (GBr) Great Britain 6.28 30 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 10.42 31 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance 10.46 32 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 11.40 33 Siro Camponogara (Ita) Navigators Insurance 11.41 34 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 18.51 35 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 18.53 36 Russel Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 18.58 37 Julian Winn (GBr) Wales 19.03 38 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir 39 Dean Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 19.10 40 Wesley Van der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 19.11 41 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain 20.01 42 Tony Bracke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 21.07 43 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 22.40 44 David McCann (Irl) Ireland 23.27 45 David Munoz Banon (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 23.28 46 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile 23.32 47 Roger Hammond (GBr) Great Britain 23.48 48 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 24.17 49 Frederic Gabriel (Fra) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 50 Paul Manning (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 51 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 24.57 52 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 25.01 53 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain 54 Jean Claude Lebeau (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 25.02 55 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 25.04 56 Phillip Dixon (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 57 Junya Sano (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 58 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 59 Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 60 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 61 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 62 Paul Griffin (Irl) Ireland 63 Jose Luis Martinez Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 64 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile 65 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance 66 Robert Partridge (GBr) Wales 67 Dale Appleby (GBr) Wales 68 Ryan Connor (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 69 Thomas Evans (Irl) Ireland 70 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 25.11 71 Martin Ford (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 72 Matthew Gilmore (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 27.25 73 Tom White (GBr) Great Britain 74 Robert Hayles (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 27.35 75 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 28.19 76 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 29.02 77 Matthew Brammeier (GBr) Wales 78 Mark Cavindish (GBr) Great Britain 31.56 79 Gary Hand (GBr) Scotland 32.00 80 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 81 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 82 Steven Roach (GBr) Wales 83 Paudi O'Brien (Irl) Ireland 84 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Wales 85 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland 86 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Ireland 87 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 88 Ben Hallam (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 32.20 89 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld-Valsir 33.00 90 Paul Healion (Irl) DFL Driving Force Logistics 91 James McCallum (GBr) Scotland 38.08 Points classification 1 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 27 pts 2 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 23 3 Javier Cherro Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 21 4 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 19 5 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 18 6 Roger Hammond (GBr) Great Britain 15 7 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 14 8 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 14 9 Russel Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 13 10 Mark Cavindish (GBr) Great Britain 13 11 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Innergetic 12 12 Tony Bracke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 12 13 Bert de Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 11 14 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 11 15 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir 11 16 Yanto Barker (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 10 17 Julian Winn (GBr) Wales 10 18 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 9 19 Jose Luis Martinez Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 9 20 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 8 21 Dean Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 8 22 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 8 23 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 7 24 Wesley Van der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 7 25 Peter Mazur (Pol) Navigators Insurance 6 26 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain 6 27 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 6 28 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 5 29 Siro Camponogara (Ita) Navigators Insurance 5 30 Ben Day (Aus) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 4 31 Chris Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 4 32 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 4 33 David George (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir 3 34 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance 2 35 Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld-Valsir 2 36 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 2 37 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 Wesley Van der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 10 7 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 10 8 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 9 9 Ben Day (Aus) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 8 10 Russel Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 8 11 Roger Hammond (GBr) Great Britain 8 12 Antonio Olmo Menacho (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 7 13 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 4 14 Bert de Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 4 15 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 3 16 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain 3 17 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 2 18 Dean Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 2 19 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile 1 20 Ciarán Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance 1 21 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance 1 22 Tony Bracke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 1 23 Paul Griffin (Irl) Ireland 1 Sprints classification 1 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 18 pts 2 Roger Hammond (GBr) Great Britain 15 3 Javier Cherro Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 11 4 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain 8 5 Jose Luis Martinez Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 8 6 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 8 7 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 7 8 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 5 9 Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld-Valsir 3 10 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 3 11 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 3 12 Russel Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 3 13 Wesley Van der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 3 14 Dean Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 2 15 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 1 16 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir 1 Team classification 1 Quick Ste 38.42.06 2 Comunidad 0.16 3 T-Mobile 0.59 4 Mr Bookma 4.13 5 Barloworl 4.18 6 Team CSC 4.37 7 Navigator 7.00 8 Landbouwk 21.23 9 Chocolade 23.30 10 Great Bri 51.35 11 DFL Drivi 52.08 12 Bridgesto 54.51 13 Scotland 1.00.14 14 Recycling 1.03.23 15 Wales 1.10.08 16 Ireland 1.14.32
