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Eneco Tour of Benelux - ProT
Netherlands & Belgium, August 3-10, 2005
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Stage 5 - August 8: Verviers (Bel) - Hasselt (Bel), 194 km
Second victory for Van Heeswijk
By Jeff Jones
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Dutchman Max van Heeswijk (Discovery Channel) has won his second Eneco Tour stage, sprinting to victory ahead of Alberto Ongarato (Fassa Bortolo) and Stefan van Dijk (MrBookmaker.com) in Hasselt. The stage was marked by two breakaway trios, which were all caught by the sprinters' teams with 5 km to go. There were no changes to the general classification, and Rik Verbrugghe (Quick.Step) kept his 6 second lead over Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros).
"I came into the finishing circuits in Hasselt feeling good," said Van Heeswijk. "My teammate Roger Hammond started the sprint and then I suddenly saw Tom Steels fly by. I jumped on his wheel and could easily get past him. I'm in good form, and hope that the form improves until the World Championship. I have already won once on that parcours, so that's good."
Race leader Rik Verbrugghe enjoyed a relatively calm stage, and was never in danger of losing the jersey. His closest threat Allan Davis could only finish sixth in the final sprint, well out of the time bonuses. And the two breakaway groups were no danger either. "The leaders were too far down in the classification to threaten me," said Verbrugghe. "Furthermore, the sprinters teams started to work in the finale and I could ride along in the peloton.
"On Tuesday it will be necessary to stay alert once again, and then the individual time trial follows in The Netherlands. There I'm mostly afraid of guys like Erik Dekker and Bobby Julich."
How it unfolded
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After yesterday's shenanigans in the Ardennes, it was hoped that there would be no 'incidents' today between Verviers and Hasselt. The stage started shortly before midday without Davide Rebellin and Sven Montgomery (both Gerolsteiner), who were both feeling sick and were advised not to race.
The climbing started right away with the Côte de Jehanster after 4 km, and first to the top was Discovery's Jason McCartney, who beat mountains leader Christian Vandevelde (CSC) for the points. McCartney only trailed his compatriot by a few points coming into the stage, and was obviously going to give it his best shot to take the jersey today. Over the top of the climb, Hammond (Discovery), Yus (Bouygues) and Andrle (Liberty) went on the attack, and were chased by Steegmans (Davitamon), Scheirlinckx (Cofidis), Verdugo (Euskaltel) and Haselbacher (Gerolsteiner). But after 20 km, it was all back together.
On the Côte de Berinzenne, the second climb of the day after 24 km, the peloton fragmented with Staf Scheirlinckx (Cofidis) taking the points at the top ahead of Julich (CSC) and McCartney. After 32 km, the bunch hit the third climb, the Côte du Mont de Brumes, with Sergio Paulinho (Liberty Seguros) going over the top first, followed by Gorka Gonzalez (Euskaltel) and Steegmans (Davitamon), then McCartney and Vandevelde at a minute. The peloton was two minutes behind the leader and this marked the start of the day's main breakaway.
Paulinho eventually got Steegmans and Gonzalez for company, while Vandevelde, McCartney and Dmitry Muravyev (CA) chased them at three minutes, staying clear of the Quick.Step controlled peloton. On the Côte d'Hallembaye, the last climb of the day at 60 km to go, Paulinho was first to the top ahead of Gonzalez and Steegmans. Behind them, McCartney beat Vandevelde to take what he thought was enough points to put him into the lead in the mountains classification. But although the Discovery rider did get the jersey on the podium after the stage, the jury later realised that it had made an error, and hadn't counted Vandevelde's fourth place on the Côte de Berinzenne. Thus, the CSC rider finished up with the jersey by the start of Stage 6. The two Americans sat up after that, leaving Muravyev with the impossible task of closing a four minute gap to the three leaders. The peloton was now at 6'30, but Quick.Step wasn't too concerned about chasing the breakaways, as none were really a threat to the GC.
At 55 km to go, the sprinters teams of Domina Vacanze, Liquigas and MrBookmaker.com started to work, and the gap quickly dropped to 5'30 with 40 km to go. The leaders, driven along mainly by Steegmans, were also battling a headwind and rain, and started to lose time more quickly. When they hit the local laps in Hasselt with 20 km to go, the peloton was just 2 minutes behind. With 8 km to go, it was down to 25 seconds and Paulinho tried to go it alone. But the Portuguese rider was unable to repeat the feat of his teammate Allan Davis a couple of days ago, and was swallowed with 5 km to go.
A bunch sprint was now inevitable, and it was former race leader Max van Heeswijk who jumped clear to take the win ahead of Ongarato and Van Dijk.
Tomorrow's sixth stage is another one for the sprinters, measuring 196 km between the Belgian towns of Sint-Truiden and Hoogstraten, very close to the Dutch border.
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- Max van Heeswijk (Discovery Channel) wins the fifth stage ahead of Ongarato, Van Dijk and Steels
- Max van Heeswijk (Discovery Channel) celebrates his win in the fifth stage of the Eneco Tour
- Max van Heeswijk (Discovery Channel) on the podium after his second stage win
- Race leader Rik Verbrugghe (Quick.Step) on the podium
- Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros) on the podium to receive the points jersey
Results
1 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 4.41.06 (41.408 km/h) 2 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 4 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 6 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 8 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 11 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 12 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 13 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 14 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 15 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 16 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 17 Angel Edo Alsina (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 19 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 20 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 21 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 23 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Francaise des Jeux 24 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 25 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 26 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 27 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 28 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 29 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 30 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 31 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 32 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 33 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 34 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 35 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 36 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 37 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 38 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 39 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 40 Johan Coenen (Bel) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 41 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 42 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 43 Frderic Guesdon (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 44 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 45 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 46 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 47 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 48 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 49 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 50 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 51 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 52 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 53 Rudie Kemna (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 54 Viktor Rapinsky (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 55 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 56 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 57 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 58 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 59 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 60 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 61 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 62 David Boucher (Fra) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 63 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 64 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 65 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 66 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 67 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 68 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 69 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 70 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 71 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 72 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 73 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 74 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 75 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 76 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 77 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 78 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 79 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 80 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 81 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 82 Julien Smink (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 83 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 84 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Francaise des Jeux 85 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 86 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 87 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 88 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 89 Marco Bos (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 90 Nicholas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 91 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 92 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 93 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 94 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 95 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 96 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 97 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 98 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 99 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 100 Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 101 Gorka Gonzalez Larranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 102 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 103 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 104 Geert Omloop (Bel) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 105 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 106 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 107 Luca Solari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 108 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 109 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 110 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 111 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 112 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 113 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 114 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 115 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 116 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 117 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 118 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 119 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 120 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 121 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 122 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 123 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.23 124 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 125 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 126 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 127 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 128 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 129 Frderik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 0.29 130 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 131 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 132 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 133 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 134 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 135 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 0.36 136 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.50 137 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 4.12 138 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 139 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 5.30 140 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 141 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 12.22 DNF Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team DNF Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole DNF Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Francaise des Jeux DNF Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp DNF Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp DNS Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team DNS Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner Climbs Climb 1 1 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 10 pts 2 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 7 3 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 5 4 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 5 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 Climb 2 1 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 10 pts 2 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 7 3 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 5 4 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 3 5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 1 Climb 3 1 Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 10 pts 2 Gorka Gonzalez Larranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 3 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5 4 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 3 5 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 1 Climb 4 1 Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 10 pts 2 Gorka Gonzalez Larranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7 3 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5 4 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 3 5 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 1 Sprints Sprint 1 1 Gorka Gonzalez Larranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 pts 2 Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5 3 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3 Sprint 2 1 Gorka Gonzalez Larranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 pts 2 Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5 3 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3 Sprint 3 1 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8 pts 2 Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5 3 Gorka Gonzalez Larranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3 Teams 1 T-Mobile Team 14.03.18 2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 Davitamon-Lotto 4 Francaise des Jeux 5 Euskaltel-Euskadi 6 Rabobank 7 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8 Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 9 Liquigas-Bianchi 10 Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 11 Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 12 Saunier Duval-Prodir 13 Team CSC 14 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 15 Lampre-Caffita 16 Shimano- Memery Corp 17 Domina Vacanze 18 Credit Agricole 19 Quick Step-Innergetic 20 Gerolsteiner 21 Fassa Bortolo 22 Bouygues Telecom 23 Phonak Hearing Systems General classification after stage 5 1 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 24.25.34 2 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.06 3 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 0.14 4 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.15 5 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.16 6 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 0.18 7 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.20 8 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.25 9 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 0.36 10 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 11 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 12 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 13 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 0.40 14 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 0.49 15 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.54 16 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.26 17 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 1.34 18 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 2.06 19 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 2.43 20 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 21 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2.44 22 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.50 23 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.56 24 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2.57 25 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3.03 26 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.04 27 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.05 28 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.47 29 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 3.59 30 Johan Coenen (Bel) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 4.08 31 Frderic Guesdon (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 4.28 32 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 4.38 33 Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 6.00 34 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7.07 35 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 7.27 36 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 7.59 37 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 8.29 38 Gorka Gonzalez Larranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.01 39 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 9.06 40 Luca Solari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 9.07 41 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 9.08 42 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9.13 43 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 9.20 44 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 9.26 45 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 9.42 46 Frderik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 10.20 47 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10.36 48 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10.51 49 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 13.10 50 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 13.29 51 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 13.30 52 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 14.03 53 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 14.24 54 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 15.18 55 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 15.53 56 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.17 57 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.31 58 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 17.55 59 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 18.33 60 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 19.11 61 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 19.55 62 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 63 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 21.59 64 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22.33 65 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 22.54 66 Angel Edo Alsina (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 23.32 67 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 23.35 68 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 23.48 69 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 24.03 70 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24.04 71 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 24.14 72 Nicholas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 25.24 73 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 26.11 74 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 26.16 75 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 26.37 76 David Boucher (Fra) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 27.40 77 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 28.16 78 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 28.27 79 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28.28 80 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 28.36 81 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 28.38 82 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 28.47 83 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Francaise des Jeux 29.05 84 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 29.21 85 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 86 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 29.54 87 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 30.03 88 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 31.03 89 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 31.30 90 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 32.19 91 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 32.21 92 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 32.54 93 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 33.08 94 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 33.29 95 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 33.49 96 Julien Smink (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 34.06 97 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 34.14 98 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 34.50 99 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 35.12 100 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 36.56 101 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 37.03 102 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 37.11 103 Geert Omloop (Bel) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 37.31 104 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 37.35 105 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Francaise des Jeux 37.43 106 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 37.53 107 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 38.10 108 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 38.38 109 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 39.00 110 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 40.41 111 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 40.44 112 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 41.01 113 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 41.04 114 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 41.05 115 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 41.08 116 Viktor Rapinsky (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 41.25 117 Rudie Kemna (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 41.31 118 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 41.34 119 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 41.57 120 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 42.00 121 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 42.03 122 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 42.04 123 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 42.27 124 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 42.37 125 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 43.15 126 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 43.24 127 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 43.44 128 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 45.51 129 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 49.00 130 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 49.12 131 Marco Bos (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 49.25 132 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 49.56 133 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 51.00 134 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 51.08 135 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 51.56 136 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 52.35 137 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 53.18 138 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 54.51 139 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 54.59 140 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 55.00 141 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 59.05 Points classification 1 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 116 pts 2 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 65 3 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 54 4 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 50 5 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 46 6 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 41 7 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 39 8 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 33 9 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 30 10 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 30 11 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 30 12 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 30 13 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 28 14 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25 15 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 24 16 Rudie Kemna (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 24 17 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 22 18 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 22 19 Gorka Gonzalez Larranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19 20 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 19 21 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 17 22 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 17 23 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 17 24 Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 15 25 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 15 26 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 15 27 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 13 28 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 13 29 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12 30 Johan Coenen (Bel) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 12 31 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 11 32 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 11 33 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11 34 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 11 35 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 10 36 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 5 37 Frderic Guesdon (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 3 38 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 3 39 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 3 Climbs classification 1 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 68 pts 2 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 66 3 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 32 4 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 27 5 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 27 6 Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 21 7 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 18 8 Gorka Gonzalez Larranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14 9 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 12 10 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10 11 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 10 12 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8 13 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 7 14 David Boucher (Fra) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 6 15 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 6 16 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 5 17 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 3 18 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1 19 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 1 20 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 1 21 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 22 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 1 Young rider classification 1 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 24.25.40 2 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.10 3 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 0.12 4 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.19 5 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 0.30 6 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 7 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.20 8 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 2.37 9 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.50 10 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.58 11 Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5.54 12 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 9.14 13 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.11 14 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.25 15 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 17.49 16 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 18.27 17 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 19.05 18 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 19.49 19 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 22.48 20 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 23.42 21 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23.58 22 Nicholas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 25.18 23 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 26.31 24 David Boucher (Fra) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 27.34 25 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28.22 26 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 28.32 27 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 28.41 28 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Francaise des Jeux 28.59 29 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 29.57 30 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 30.57 31 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 32.13 32 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 33.23 33 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 37.29 34 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 40.38 35 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 40.55 36 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40.58 37 Viktor Rapinsky (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 41.19 38 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 41.51 39 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 41.57 40 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 41.58 41 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 42.21 42 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 42.31 43 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 43.09 44 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 45.45 45 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 49.50 46 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 54.54 Teams classification 1 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 73.17.31 2 T-Mobile Team 0.16 3 Rabobank 1.28 4 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.09 5 Quick Step-Innergetic 2.28 6 Team CSC 2.47 7 Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.32 8 Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.41 9 Davitamon-Lotto 9.03 10 Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 18.42 11 Lampre-Caffita 12 Gerolsteiner 19.47 13 Credit Agricole 21.28 14 Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 22.19 15 Phonak Hearing Systems 26.43 16 Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 48.21 17 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 51.04 18 Domina Vacanze 54.48 19 Francaise des Jeux 56.01 20 Liquigas-Bianchi 56.45 21 Fassa Bortolo 1.00.56 22 Bouygues Telecom 1.09.17 23 Shimano- Memery Corp 1.51.40
