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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

Stefan van Dijk (MrBookmaker.com)
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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.

Race leader Rik Verbrugghe
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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

Michael Blaudzun (CSC)
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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.

Rik Verbrugghe (Quick.Step)
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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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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

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