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Eneco Tour of Benelux - ProT
Netherlands & Belgium, August 3-10, 2005
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Stage 6 - August 9: Sint-Truiden (Bel) - Hoogstraten (Bel), 196 km
Dutch success continues with Van Dijk
Verbrugghe poised for TT tomorrow
By Jeff Jones
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Stefan Van Dijk (MrBookmaker.com) continued the run of Dutch stage victories in the Eneco Tour bunch sprints by winning the sixth stage in Hoogstraten, very close to the Belgian/Dutch border today. Van Dijk beat compatriot and dual stage winner Max van Heeswijk (Discovery Channel) for the honours, with another stage winner, Italian Simone Cadamuro (Domina Vacanze) in third. The overall race leader Rik Verbrugghe (Quick.Step) was 39th, and will go into tomorrow's final stage with a 5 second time gap on Allan Davis and 13 seconds on Erik Dekker.
"I've felt good for the whole of the Eneco Tour," said Van Dijk, who was also third yesterday. "Now I could finish it off, thanks to the support of my teammates who brought me to the front perfectly. This is a nice win. I hope for a ticket to the World Championships later this year. I can give the Dutch team, and Max van Heeswijk in particular, a lot of support. For myself, I want a victory in a classic now, Paris-Brussels for example."
Van Dijk's win was also the first for a non-ProTour team in the Eneco Tour.
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Race leader Rik Verbrugghe is now looking forward to tomorrow's time trial. "I lost a few seconds today in a bonus sprint, but I've still got the red thing on my shoulders," he said. "I hope for a super day in the time trial...My sports director will reconnoitre the parcours this evening. I'll do that myself early tomorrow morning. I don't want any surprises, because I would love to have the Eneco Tour on my palmares.
"Today, the stage went perfectly for us. Nick Nuyens was in the early break and at one point was even virtual leader. When the leaders were caught, the sprinters teams made sure that everything was kept neat."
How it unfolded
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The last road stage of the Eneco Tour started at noon from Sint-Truiden (Belgium) with 140 riders still in the race. Pablo Lastras (Illes Balears) was the only non-starter. There was an overnight change in the mountains jersey too, as Christian Vandevelde (CSC) reclaimed it from Jason McCartney (Discovery) when the jury realised it had made an error during stage 5: On the Côte de Berinzenne, Vandevelde had in fact finished fourth, and should have been given three extra points. That meant he finished the day with two more points than McCartney, who was mistakenly given the jersey on the podium yesterday. There are no more climbs today or tomorrow, so Vandevelde just has to finish in order to take the mountains jersey home.
After 20 km of racing, a group of 19 riders got clear: Thorwald Veneberg, Marc Wauters (Rabobank), Bart Dockx (Davitamon-Lotto), Nick Nuyens, Servais Knaven (Quick.Step), Roger Hammond (Discovery), Rene Haselbacher (Gerolsteiner), Mads Kaggestad, Lilian Jégou (CA), Alberto Ongarato (Fassa Bortolo), Alessandro Ballan, Marco Righetto (Lampre), Imanol Erviti, Joan Horrach (Illes Balears), Koen De Kort, Isidro Nozal (Liberty Seguros), Marco Bos (Shimano Memory Corp), Geert Omloop (MrBookmaker) and Frederik Veuchelen (Chocolade Jacques). Fortunately for Verbrugghe, his teammate Nuyens was the best placed on GC at 1'26, so Quick.Step didn't have to chase.
After covering 47.8 km in the first hour, the group had 1'30 and Nuyens was the virtual leader. But CSC and Discovery started to chase hard, and after winning the first sprint at km 69, Nuyens dropped back together with Veneberg, Ballan and Horrach, leaving 15 up front. The group was allowed a little freedom, but not a lot as the GC teams and Lampre kept the gap to within 2'30. The peloton began to turn the screws and with 60 km to go, the leaders had just 1'30.
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Slowly, but surely, the gap came down to under a minute, and at 46 km to go, Knaven attacked, taking Haselbacher, Righetto, Erviti, Hammond, Wauters and Omloop with him. The rest of the group was quickly swallowed by the bunch, as the remaining seven tried to keep the chasing peloton at bay. But with 27 km to go, it was all over for the break, and the sprinters teams upped the tempo even more to discourage attacks. Christophe Kern (Bouygues) and Alain Van Katwijk (Shimano-Memory Corp) tried at 24 km to go, and dangled off the front for 8 km before they were caught and dropped.
There was a bonus sprint at 12 km to go, and it was Erik Dekker (Rabobank) who took the three seconds ahead of Allan Davis and an ever-vigilant Rik Verbrugghe. In the closing 10 km, there was an unsuccessful attack by Bas Giling (T-Mobile), which didn't last long, before the inevitable bunch sprint wound up. Davitamon-Lotto led in the closing kilometres for Tom Steels, but the big Belgian didn't quite have it again today, and had to settle for fourth behind Dutchmen Stefan van Dijk and Max van Heeswijk, with Simone Cadamuro taking third.
Tomorrow's final stage of the Eneco Tour is a 26.3 km time trial in the Dutch town of Etten-Leur. With so many good time trialists at the top of the GC, it will be a matter of who has the most reserves tomorrow.
Photography
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- Rik Verbrugghe (Quick.Step) defended the red leader's jersey successfully today
- Stefan van Dijk (MrBookmaker.com) beats Van Heeswijk and Cadamuro to win stage 6
- Stefan van Dijk (MrBookmaker.com) wins the stage into Hoogstraten
- Stefan van Dijk (MrBookmaker.com) salutes from the podium
- Race leader Rik Verbrugghe with flowers
Images by Luc Claessen/www.actiefotos.be
- The peloton gives chase
- Michael Blaudzun (CSC) leads Boogerd and De Jongh, from Rabobank
- Daniele Benatti (Lampre) looking tired
- Gert Steegmans (Davitamon-Lotto) in the peloton today
- Rabobank and Quick.Step controlling the bunch
- A sweaty winner: Stefan van Dijk (MrBookmaker.com)
- A hard earned thirst… no wait, that's another ad
- Stefan van Dijk (MrBookmaker.com) on the podium after his win
- Race leader Rik Verbrugghe on the podium
- Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros) has the points jersey
- Allan Davis is the best young rider too
- Christian Vandevelde (CSC) reclaimed the mountains jersey today after the jury made an error yesterday
Results
1 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 4.10.37 (46.9 km/h) 2 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 3 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 4 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 6 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 8 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 9 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 10 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 11 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 12 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 13 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 14 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 15 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 16 Angel Edo Alsina (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 17 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 19 Julien Smink (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 20 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 22 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 23 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Francaise des Jeux 25 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 26 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 27 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 28 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 29 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 30 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 31 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 32 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 33 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 34 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 35 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 36 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 37 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 38 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 39 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 40 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 41 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 42 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 43 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 44 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 45 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 46 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 47 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 48 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 49 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 50 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 51 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 52 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 53 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 54 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 55 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 56 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 57 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Francaise des Jeux 58 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 59 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 60 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 61 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 62 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 63 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 64 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 65 David Boucher (Fra) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 66 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 67 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 68 Johan Coenen (Bel) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 69 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 70 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 71 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 72 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 0.11 73 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.24 74 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 75 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 76 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 0.48 77 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.13 78 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 79 Viktor Rapinsky (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.18 80 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 81 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.29 82 Frderic Guesdon (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 83 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 1.58 84 Rudie Kemna (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 85 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 86 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 87 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 88 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 89 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 2.00 90 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 91 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 92 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.41 93 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2.57 94 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 3.03 95 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 96 Geert Omloop (Bel) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 97 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 98 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 99 Frderik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 100 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 101 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 102 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 103 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 104 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 105 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 106 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 107 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 108 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 109 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 4.03 110 Gorka Gonzalez Larranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 111 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 112 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 113 Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 114 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 8.12 115 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 116 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 117 Luca Solari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 118 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 119 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 120 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 121 Nicholas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 122 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 123 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 124 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 125 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 126 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 127 Marco Bos (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 128 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 129 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 130 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 131 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 132 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 133 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 134 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 135 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 136 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 137 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 138 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14.04 DNF Ruggero Borghi (Ita) Domina Vacanze DNF Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNS Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne Sprints Sprint 1 1 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 8 pts 2 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 5 3 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 Sprint 2 1 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 8 pts 2 Geert Omloop (Bel) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 5 3 Marco Bos (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 3 Sprint 3 1 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 8 pts 2 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 5 3 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 3 Teams 1 T-Mobile Team 12.31.51 2 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 4 Francaise des Jeux 5 Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 6 Davitamon-Lotto 7 Liberty Seguros- Würth Team 8 Rabobank 9 Liquigas-Bianchi 10 Team CSC 11 Quick Step-Innergetic 12 Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.24 13 Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 14 Bouygues Telecom 1.13 15 Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.18 16 Fassa Bortolo 2.00 17 Shimano- Memory Corp 2.09 18 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 2.57 19 Gerolsteiner 5.03 20 Domina Vacanze 8.12 21 Lampre-Caffita 22 Credit Agricole 23 Phonak Hearing Systems 9.30 General classification after stage 6 1 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 28.36.10 2 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.05 3 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.13 4 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 0.15 5 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.17 6 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 0.19 7 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.21 8 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.26 9 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 0.37 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 0.41 14 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 0.50 15 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.55 16 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.24 17 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 2.07 18 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 2.44 19 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 20 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 2.45 21 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.51 22 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.57 23 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3.04 24 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.05 25 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.06 26 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.48 27 Johan Coenen (Bel) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 4.09 28 Frderic Guesdon (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 4.29 29 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 4.39 30 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 7.08 31 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 7.28 32 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 8.00 33 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 8.54 34 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 9.07 35 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9.14 36 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 9.21 37 Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 10.04 38 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10.52 39 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 11.10 40 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11.55 41 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 12.12 42 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 43 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 12.30 44 Gorka Gonzalez Larranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.05 45 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 13.11 46 Frderik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 13.24 47 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 13.30 48 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 13.31 49 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 14.25 50 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 15.19 51 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 15.54 52 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 16.03 53 Luca Solari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 17.20 54 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.42 55 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 17.55 56 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 18.34 57 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 20.59 58 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 21.10 59 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 22.55 60 Angel Edo Alsina (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 23.33 61 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 23.36 62 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 23.49 63 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 24.04 64 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 24.15 65 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 26.14 66 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 26.37 67 David Boucher (Fra) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 27.41 68 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 27.51 69 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 28.08 70 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 71 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 28.17 72 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 29.03 73 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Francaise des Jeux 29.06 74 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 29.15 75 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 29.41 76 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 30.12 77 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 30.46 78 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 31.24 79 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 80 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 31.31 81 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 31.40 82 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 32.16 83 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32.17 84 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 32.20 85 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 32.25 86 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 33.07 87 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 33.30 88 Nicholas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 33.37 89 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 33.50 90 Julien Smink (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 34.07 91 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 34.15 92 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 35.48 93 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 36.41 94 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 37.08 95 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 37.34 96 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Francaise des Jeux 37.44 97 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 38.11 98 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 38.39 99 Geert Omloop (Bel) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 40.33 100 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 40.42 101 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 40.56 102 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 40.57 103 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 41.01 104 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 41.07 105 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 41.39 106 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 41.58 107 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 42.05 108 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 42.23 109 Viktor Rapinsky (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 42.44 110 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 43.03 111 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 43.09 112 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 43.25 113 Rudie Kemna (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 43.30 114 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 43.59 115 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 45.07 116 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 45.09 117 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 45.16 118 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 45.23 119 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 45.31 120 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 45.41 121 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 48.55 122 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 49.12 123 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 49.14 124 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 49.17 125 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 49.57 126 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 51.28 127 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 51.57 128 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 52.16 129 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 53.19 130 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 53.55 131 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 54.49 132 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 55.00 133 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 55.04 134 Marco Bos (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 57.37 135 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 57.49 136 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 1.00.48 137 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 1.03.13 138 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.07.18 Points classification 1 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 132 pts 2 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 90 3 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 69 4 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 67 5 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 66 6 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 54 7 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 52 8 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 44 9 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 41 10 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 38 11 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 33 12 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 32 13 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 30 14 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 30 15 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 30 16 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25 17 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 24 18 Rudie Kemna (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 24 19 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 22 20 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 22 21 Gorka Gonzalez Larranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19 22 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 17 23 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 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 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 11 32 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 11 33 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 10 34 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 8 35 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 8 36 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 5 37 Geert Omloop (Bel) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 5 38 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 5 39 Frderic Guesdon (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 3 40 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 3 41 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 3 42 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 3 43 Marco Bos (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 1 18 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 1 19 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 1 20 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1 21 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 1 Young rider classification 1 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 28.36.15 2 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.12 3 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 0.14 4 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.21 5 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 0.32 6 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 7 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.19 8 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 2.39 9 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.52 10 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.00 11 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 9.16 12 Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 9.59 13 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.37 14 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 18.29 15 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 20.54 16 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 21.05 17 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 22.50 18 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 23.44 19 David Boucher (Fra) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 27.36 20 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 27.46 21 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 28.03 22 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 28.58 23 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Francaise des Jeux 29.01 24 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 30.41 25 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 31.19 26 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 32.12 27 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 32.15 28 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 33.02 29 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 33.25 30 Nicholas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 33.32 31 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 36.36 32 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 41.34 33 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 41.53 34 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 42.00 35 Viktor Rapinsky (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 42.39 36 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 45.02 37 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 45.26 38 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 45.36 39 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 48.50 40 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 49.09 41 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 49.12 42 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 49.52 43 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 51.23 44 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 54.44 45 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 1.03.08 Teams classification 1 Liberty Seguros- Würth Team 85.49.22 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 8.50 8 Davitamon-Lotto 9.03 9 Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.05 10 Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 19.06 11 Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 22.19 12 Gerolsteiner 24.50 13 Lampre-Caffita 26.54 14 Credit Agricole 29.40 15 Phonak Hearing Systems 36.13 16 Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 48.21 17 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 54.01 18 Francaise des Jeux 56.01 19 Liquigas-Bianchi 56.45 20 Fassa Bortolo 1.02.56 21 Domina Vacanze 1.03.00 22 Bouygues Telecom 1.10.30 23 Shimano- Memory Corp 1.53.49
