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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

That one belongs to me!
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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."

Kurt-Asle Arvesen (CSC)
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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

Nick Nuyens (Quick Step) stays in yellow
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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.

Photography

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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

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