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Tour of Britain - 2.1
Great Britain, August 30-September 4, 2005
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Stage 2 - August 31: Carlisle - Blackpool, 160km
Hammond makes up for yesterday, Nuyens holds on
By Shane Stokes in Blackpool
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Home favourite Roger Hammond made up for his disappointment in missing the break yesterday when he won today's second stage of the Tour of Britain in Blackpool. The Great Britain rider sprinted home ahead of breakaway companion Robin Sharman (Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed), with another GB rider, 20 year old Mark Cavendish, showing great speed in taking the bunch sprint for third.
Overnight race leader Nick Nuyens (QuickStep) was held up behind a crash in the run-in to the finish, crossing the line several seconds down. The race judges awarded the yellow jersey to yesterday's runner-up Micheal Blaudzun (Team CSC), only for the Belgian to successfully appeal on the grounds that the mishap had occurred inside the final three kilometres. Nuyens was therefore awarded the same finishing time as the bunch and will hold yellow going into tomorrow's mountain stage to Sheffield.
Today's stage was marked by a long distance breakaway by three riders - Hammond, Sharman and Kevin Van Impe (Chocolade Jacques), the nephew of six time Tour de France KOM winner Lucien. These went clear inside the first 20 kilometres of racing and built up a maximum lead of 10 minutes and 40 seconds, before the inevitable charge by the peloton brought the gap right back down. With ten kilometres to go they had just over one minute on the bunch, and when Van Impe punctured five kilometres from the line it seemed certain that they would be caught. However, Hammond felt that the Belgian had been soft pedalling and once he was removed from the equation, both he and Sharman were able to fully apply themselves to the task at hand. It proved to be enough for them to fight it out for the stage win.
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"I am really happy to get this stage, because I was so angry about missing the move yesterday," said Hammond, soaked through after a heavy rain started falling 25 kilometres from the line. "I didn't think it was going to happen today because there was such a long flat headwind section towards the finish, so I thought it would be too hard.
"I just wanted to prove to myself that the form is there. Yesterday was just a frustrating day, and a frustrating night - it is not a very nice feeling lying in bed last night knowing that the race is over on the first day. It is nice to make amends for it straight away - I thought it was going to be tomorrow but it worked out all right.
"I was worried that we weren't going to make it when the time gaps were falling towards the end. I think we had a little bit of luck when the rain started falling, because the wind dropped then. I think if it hadn't been raining it would have been a bit of a problem. It was also a bit lucky that Kevin punctured as well, as he seemed to be soft-tapping a little bit. I saw him in the Classics and he was really strong there, so I didn't want to have too much of a risk with that guy. He punctured and so then I was able to give it full gas, because Rob was just hanging on anyway. He had ridden his heart out all day so I kind of feel a bit sorry for him, but one of us had to win."
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Nick Nuyens was happy to keep yellow, although he was annoyed with how he was treated at the end of the stage. "It was really dangerous in the last few kilometres with the rain and all the turns," he said. "There was a crash on the corner but the rules say that when that happens in the last three kilometres, the whole peloton gets the same time. The judges said that there was a big time gap and awarded the jersey to Blaudzun, but I was sure that I kept it, as the gap was only a second. When I went to the podium area, the judges told me to go away. I didn't like the way they treated me and myself and my directeur sportif argued that I had kept the jersey. Unfortunately they awarded it to Blaudzun, and then changed their minds.
"The most important thing is that I kept the jersey, because the team worked really hard for me during the stage. But I didn't like how they handled the whole thing."
An impressive Sharman took King of the Mountains primes at Shap Fells and Blease Hill, taking over the leader's jersey in that classification, while Hammond's sprint primes at Shap, Kendal and Hornby were enough to move him ahead of overnight leader Eric Baumann (T-Mobile) in that ranking. Jeremy Hunt's sixth place today combined with his third yesterday were enough to put him into the points leader's jersey.
How it unfolded
93 riders set out from the impressive Carlisle Castle for the start of the second stage of the Tour of Britain, a 162.3 kilometre race to Blackpool. Weather conditions were warm and hazy, with temperatures around the 20 degree Celsius mark.
Six riders went clear from the drop of the flag, Bram Schmitz (T-Mobile), Chris Newton (Recycling.co.uk), Iljo Keisse (Chocolades Jacques), Jonathon Clarke (Navigators Insurance), Duncan Urquhart (Scotland) and David Munoz Banon (Comunidad Valenciana) worked well on the draggy roads, opened up a 15 second lead over the peloton. A chasing group of eight riders went clear in pursuit, but were caught. Geraint Thomas (Great Britain) then tried to get across but he too was hauled back by the QuickStep-led peloton, as was Munoz's team-mate Juan Gomis Lopez.
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Next to try were the Fukushima brothers Koji and Shinichi (Bridgestone Anchor) and Edward Clancy (Great Britain). The Anglo-Japanese trio managed to bridge the gap, making it nine up front after 11 kilometres of racing. However the peloton was also closing, bringing the nine escapers back one kilometre later.
A succession of attacks followed. Top British rider Roger Hammond (Discovery Channel) was trying to make up for a disappointing day yesterday and got away with Rob Sharman (Recycling.co.uk) and Kevin van Impe (Chocolades Jacques).
Van Impe's teammate Matthew Gilmore crashed at the head of the peloton but remounted and chased. The gap continued to grow and after Penrith, the three leaders were 54 seconds clear. The bunch stalled soon afterwards and the gap soared to well over three minutes. This then doubled by the time they hit the first sprint at Shap (39.5 km), which went to Hammond ahead of Sharman and Van Impe.
Shortly after the gallop, the riders raced onto the slopes of the second category Shap Fells (48.9 km). Sharman was first to the crowd-thronged summit, followed by Van Impe and Hammond. The gap over the main bunch was continuing to grow.
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Hammond led Sharman and Van Impe over the prime line at Kendal (63.7 km), following which the riders began to climb up to the summit of the second category climb of Blease Hill. Sharman was once again first past the KOH prime, taking the jersey in the process, with Van Impe and Hammond next. The peloton was by this point a full 9 minutes and 50 seconds back with 76 of the day's 162 kilometres covered. This gap subsequently rose to ten minutes and 40 seconds, at which point the peloton decided that it was time to pick up the pace. The QuickStep, Barloworld-Valsir and MrBookmaker - Sports Tech teams started working together, causing the gap to drop below the ten minute mark by the time Hammond beat Van Impe and Sharman for the Hornby sprint (96.5 km).
From that point on it was mainly flat roads all the way to Blackpool and with the chase being bolstered by the input of the T-Mobile squad, the bunch continued to make inroads. With 40 kilometres remaining the gap was down to 4 minutes and 30 seconds.
This dropped another minute by the 25 kilometres to go banner, at which point the grey skies now turned to heavy rain. With 20 kilometres to go, Hammond, Sharman and Van Impe were just 2 minutes 40 seconds up and their chances were looking bleak; then, ten kilometres from the finish, they had just one minute and seven seconds. When Van Impe punctured with five kilometres remaining their fate seemed to be sealed, but as Hammond said afterwards, he and Sharman actually went quicker as they felt that Van Impe had been saving himself for the finale rather than doing his share of the work. They safely negotiated their way through the final slippery corners in Blackpool and fought it out for the stage win, with Hammond taking it by five seconds from Sharman. Cavendish led home the main bunch a further five seconds later, making it a one-two-three for British riders.
Photography
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Images by PhotoSport International/John Pierce
- Shinichi Fukushima and Russell Downing pose together before the stage start
- The break gets away with Rob Sharman (Recycling.co.uk), then Kevin van Impe (Chocolades Jacques) and Roger Hammond (Discovery Channel)
- The Quickstep boys lead the peloton and protect Nick Nuyens in the process
- Roger Hammond (Discovery Channel) wins stage 2
- Oh yeah! Hammond's happy to take the win on stage 2
- Eric Baumann (T-Mobile) gets amongst it in the sprint for minor placings
- Nick Nuyens (Quickstep) in yellow and looking comfortable in the jersey
Results
1 Roger Hammond (GBr) Great Britain 3.58.48 2 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 0.05 3 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Great Britain 0.10 4 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 5 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 6 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 7 Javier Cherro Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 8 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 9 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 10 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 11 Siro Camponogara (Ita) Navigators Insurance 12 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 13 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 14 Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld-Valsir 15 Phillip Dixon (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 16 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 17 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld-Valsir 18 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 19 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance 20 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 21 Yanto Barker (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 22 Peter Mazur (Pol) Navigators Insurance 23 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Innergetic 24 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 25 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 26 Dean Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 27 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain 28 Junya Sano (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 29 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 30 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 31 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 32 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 33 Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 34 Bert de Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 35 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 36 Paul Griffin (Irl) Ireland 37 Julian Winn (GBr) Wales 38 Ben Day (Aus) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 39 Matthew Brammeier (GBr) Wales 40 David George (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir 41 Antonio Olmo Menacho (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 42 David Munoz Banon (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 43 Juan Gomis Lopez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 44 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 45 Frederic Gabriel (Fra) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 46 Alex Coutts (GBr) Scotland 47 Chris Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 48 Kieran Page (GBr) Great Britain 49 Gary Hand (GBr) Scotland 50 Russel Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 51 Roger Aiken (Irl) Ireland 52 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld-Valsir 53 Ben Hallam (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 54 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 55 Tom White (GBr) Great Britain 56 Steven Roach (GBr) Wales 57 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland 58 Alfred Green (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir 59 Paudi O'Brien (Irl) Ireland 60 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain 61 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance 62 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile 63 Paul Manning (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 64 Martin Ford (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 65 Thomas Evans (Irl) Ireland 66 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Wales 67 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 68 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile 69 Paul Healion (Irl) DFL Driving Force Logistics 70 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 71 Tony Bracke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 72 Wesley Van der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 73 Ciarán Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance 74 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 75 Dale Appleby (GBr) Wales 76 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Ireland 77 David McCann (Irl) Ireland 78 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 79 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 80 Ryan Connor (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 81 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 82 Matthew Gilmore (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 83 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile 84 Robert Partridge (GBr) Wales 85 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir 86 Robert Hayles (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 87 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 3.22 88 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 0.10 89 Jean Claude Lebeau (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 90 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance 91 Jose Luis Martinez Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 6.10 92 James McCallum (GBr) Scotland 6.18 DNF Manuel Lloret Zaragozi (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana Points 1 Roger Hammond (GBr) Great Britain 15 pts 2 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 14 3 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Great Britain 13 4 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 12 5 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 11 6 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 10 7 Javier Cherro Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 9 8 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 8 9 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 7 10 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 6 11 Siro Camponogara (Ita) Navigators Insurance 5 12 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 4 13 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 3 14 Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld-Valsir 2 15 Phillip Dixon (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 1 Sprints Shap 1 Roger Hammond (GBr) Great Britain 5 pts 2 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 3 3 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 2 4 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 1 Kendal 1 Roger Hammond (GBr) Great Britain 5 pts 2 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 3 3 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 2 4 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 1 Hornby 1 Roger Hammond (GBr) Great Britain 5 pts 2 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 3 3 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 2 4 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 1 Mountains Shap Fells - Cat. 2 1 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 6 pts 2 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 5 3 Roger Hammond (GBr) Great Britain 4 4 Ben Day (Aus) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 3 5 Antonio Olmo Menacho (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2 6 Ciarán Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance 1 Blease Hill - Cat. 2 1 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 6 pts 2 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 5 3 Roger Hammond (GBr) Great Britain 4 4 Ben Day (Aus) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 3 5 Antonio Olmo Menacho (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2 6 Paul Griffin (Irl) Ireland 1 Best British Rider 1 Roger Hammond (GBr) Great Britain 3.58.48 Teams 1 Great Britain 11.56.44 2 Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 0.05 3 Quick Step-Innergetic 0.10 4 Bridgestone Anchor 5 Navigators Insurance 6 Team CSC 7 Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 8 Barloworld-Valsir 9 Landbouwkrediet 10 Mr Bookmaker-Sportstech 11 DFL Driving Force Logistics 12 Comunidad Valenciana 13 T-Mobile 14 Wales 15 Ireland 16 Scotland General classification after stage 2 1 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 8.23.18 2 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 0.07 3 Javier Cherro Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.10 4 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 0.11 5 Yanto Barker (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 0.16 6 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Innergetic 7 Bert de Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 8 Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld-Valsir 0.17 9 Peter Mazur (Pol) Navigators Insurance 10 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 11 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 12 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 0.18 13 David George (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir 14 Chris Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 15 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance 0.19 16 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 17 Ben Day (Aus) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 18 Juan Gomis Lopez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.20 19 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile 20 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 1.18 21 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 1.22 22 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 23 Antonio Olmo Menacho (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 1.25 24 Alex Coutts (GBr) Scotland 25 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.26 26 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance 27 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.29 28 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 2.20 29 Alfred Green (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir 30 Siro Camponogara (Ita) Navigators Insurance 2.21 31 Ciarán Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance 32 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld-Valsir 2.25 33 Kieran Page (GBr) Great Britain 4.04 34 Roger Hammond (GBr) Great Britain 22.11 35 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 22.24 36 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Great Britain 22.36 37 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 22.40 38 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 39 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld-Valsir 40 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 41 Phillip Dixon (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 42 Dean Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 43 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 44 Gary Hand (GBr) Scotland 45 Junya Sano (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 46 David Munoz Banon (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 47 Frederic Gabriel (Fra) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 48 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain 49 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 50 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 51 Russel Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 52 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 53 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 54 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 55 Julian Winn (GBr) Wales 56 Paul Griffin (Irl) Ireland 57 Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 58 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 59 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile 60 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 61 Wesley Van der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 62 Matthew Brammeier (GBr) Wales 63 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 64 Steven Roach (GBr) Wales 65 Tom White (GBr) Great Britain 66 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Wales 67 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile 68 Paudi O'Brien (Irl) Ireland 69 Paul Manning (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 70 Roger Aiken (Irl) Ireland 71 Ben Hallam (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 72 Matthew Gilmore (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 73 Paul Healion (Irl) DFL Driving Force Logistics 74 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 75 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland 76 Jean Claude Lebeau (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 77 David McCann (Irl) Ireland 78 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance 79 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir 80 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain 81 Martin Ford (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 82 Thomas Evans (Irl) Ireland 83 Ryan Connor (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 84 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Ireland 85 Dale Appleby (GBr) Wales 86 Robert Partridge (GBr) Wales 87 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 88 Robert Hayles (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 22.50 89 Tony Bracke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 24.44 90 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 25.48 91 Jose Luis Martinez Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 28.40 92 James McCallum (GBr) Scotland 28.48 Points classification 1 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 23 pts 2 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 17 3 Javier Cherro Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 16 4 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 15 5 Roger Hammond (GBr) Great Britain 15 6 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 14 7 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Great Britain 13 8 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Innergetic 12 9 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 12 10 Bert de Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 11 11 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 11 12 Yanto Barker (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 10 13 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 9 14 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 8 15 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 8 16 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 7 17 Peter Mazur (Pol) Navigators Insurance 6 18 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 6 19 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 5 20 Siro Camponogara (Ita) Navigators Insurance 5 21 Chris Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 4 22 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 4 23 David George (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir 3 24 Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld-Valsir 2 25 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance 2 26 Ben Day (Aus) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 1 27 Phillip Dixon (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 1 Mountains classification 1 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 12 pts 2 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 10 3 Ben Day (Aus) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 8 4 Roger Hammond (GBr) Great Britain 8 5 Antonio Olmo Menacho (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 7 6 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 4 7 Bert de Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 4 8 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 3 9 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 2 10 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile 1 11 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance 1 12 Ciarán Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance 1 13 Paul Griffin (Irl) Ireland 1 Sprints classification 1 Roger Hammond (GBr) Great Britain 15 pts 2 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 13 3 Javier Cherro Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 11 4 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 8 5 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 7 6 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 5 7 Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld-Valsir 3 8 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 3 9 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 1 Team classification 1 Mr Bookmaker-Sportstech 25.10.45 2 Quick Step-Innergetic 1.03 3 T-Mobile 1.10 4 Navigators Insurance 1.11 5 Comunidad Valenciana 6 Team CSC 2.01 7 Barloworld-Valsir 2.06 8 Landbouwkrediet 22.24 9 Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 23.29 10 DFL Driving Force Logistics 44.45 11 Bridgestone Anchor 45.51 12 Scotland 45.54 13 Great Britain 48.23 14 Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 1.07.04 15 Wales 1.07.09 16 Ireland
