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Tour of Britain - 2.1
Great Britain, August 29-September 3, 2006
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Stage 3 - August 31: Bradford to Sheffield, 180km
Pozzato storms into Sheffield and Pedersen regains the yellow jersey
By Gerry McManus in Sheffield
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Filippo Pozzato (Mapei) soloed his way into the city centre in Sheffield to take victory in a rain swept stage three of the Tour of Britain. The 24-year-old Italian escaped from what was left of a 30-man break that had formed as the climbs of Broomhead and The Strines had loomed. The early yellow jersey owner Martin Pedersen (CSC) proved strong in the Yorkshire hills and finished strongly in fourth place to regain the overall race lead. Russell Downing (DFL-Cyclingnews.com-Litespeed) finished in 8th place to retain the green points jersey. Unfortunate race leader Mathew Goss (South Australia.com-AIS) decided to play it safe with a knee injury and retired from the race.
In an eventful last few miles where Tom Boonen (Quick Step-Innergetic) crashed, Pozzato broke free just after the final sprint at Millstone Edge with only 10-miles left and finished 32 seconds ahead of second placed Michael Rogers (T-Mobile). Last year's winner Nick Nuyens (Quick Step-Innergetic) finished in third spot.
Driving rain had made the second half of the race very difficult especially on the descents from the last two 1st category climbs. Boonen remounted and after an early effort to regain the leaders eventually had to forget his chances of a stage win and finished in a small group 19 minutes back.
How it unfolded
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World road race champion Boonen had set the standard for the stage by attacking after only one mile and when Andy Schleck (CSC) set the pace on the first climb at Leathley Bank, there were already riders being dropped. Ben Greenwood (Recycling.co.uk) was glued to his wheel and eventually reached the summit first to take maximum KOM points. The weather was still warm and partially sunny as the peloton split into three groups along the flat roads between Harrogate and East Hardwick but only the front two were serious about racing. Pedersen had signaled his intent by taking three seconds bonus when he won the prime at Harrogate.
The 11 man front group contained Piet Rooijakkers (Skil Shimano), Roger Hammond (GB), Jakob Piil (CSC), Robert Hunter (Phonak iShares), Hugo Sabido (Barloworld), Moises Aldape Chavez (Ceramica Panaria-Navigare), Michael Rogers (T-Mobile), Erwin Thijs (Unibet), Andy Capelle (Landbouwkredit-Colnago), Kristian House (Recycling.co.uk) and Pedersen.
The Quick.Step and South Australia teams had missed the cut and were chasing in a larger group behind at around a minute. Pedersen was now the race leader on GC on the road and his lead was heading towards minutes rather than seconds. Pozzato took off in pursuit on his own and made it across the leaders meanwhile Goss and Co fought hard and managed to bridge the divide as the big climbs loomed.
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The front group was whittled down to 26 riders on the climbs as Schleck took maximum points on the Broomhead KOM and Pedersen took the honours at Strines Moor. Schleck's 31 point total now gives him a seven point lead in the KOM competition.
The rain played havoc with the riders on the steep hair pin bends and narrow roads on the run in to Sheffield and a number of riders crashed out of contention. But Pozzato had no such problems and took the generous applause as he had time to sit up and enjoy the moment.
"The team decided to race for me today," said Pozzato: "Because I need to get a result to get to help get my selection for the Italian team in the world championships. We had two guys in an early move after 15km and we chased another move and then I got across to the break of 11 riders. We attacked again and then Boonen and Jakob Piil crashed and I waited for them to get back on. I attacked with about 15km to go and the fact that I got such a big gap shows that I am going well and hopefully people who are watching for the Italian team see this as a sign.
"I can ride well in good or bad weather. It doesn't affect me when I am riding for a result," he continued: "The penultimate descent was the dangerous one and that's where everybody crashed."
It's only Pozzato's second win of the year but the other one was the classic Milan-San Remo.
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Russell Downing found it hard going too. "Even knowing the roads myself it was really bad out there. It all split up on the first climb and there were six or seven of us away and I told Nick Nuyens to slow down for a bad corner and he thanked me for that. I am not sure if Pedersen can be caught as he has a strong team around him. Sheffield is always the hardest stage and it's out of the way now."
Pedersen was upbeat at the post race conference. "It was a long crazy day with the bad weather and narrow roads," said the first year CSC professional: "You have to stay focused the whole time because everything could be over in a split second. I am very pleased to have taken back the yellow jersey and the team did a tremendous job today. It was pretty cool. The team is strong and they work 100 percent for me."
Photography
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Images by Gerry McManus/www.gerrymcmanus.co.uk
- Now there's a familiar face - Malcolm Elliot (R) kick-started his career again a few years back after a successful stint in Europe.
- These officials look the biz.
- Points leader Russell Downing (DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed) with Malcolm Elliot.
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step-Innergetic) rides alongside race leader Matt Goss (South Australia.com-AIS).
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step-Innergetic) looks like he means business.
- Andy Schleck (CSC) testing his legs on the climbs.
- Andy Schleck (CSC) took the lead in the mountains classification after his exploits today.
- Great Britain's Ben Swift in the hurt bag.
- Riders pass some nice rolling countryside.
- The break get hungry.
- Feeding time for the riders.
- Filippo Pozzato (Quick.Step-Innergetic) wins the third stage into Sheffield.
- Rene Weissinger (Skil-Shimano) ends the day half an hour down.
- New leader Martin Pedersen (CSC) gets the bubbly flowing.
- Martin Pedersen (CSC) salutes the crowd.
- Filippo Pozzato (Quick.Step-Innergetic) on the podium.
- Women of all ages flock towards Tom Boonen (Quick.Step-Innergetic).
- Russell Downing (DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed) holds his lead in the points classification.
- Stage winner Filippo Pozzato (Quick.Step-Innergetic) looking delighted with himself.
Images by Peter Bentley
- The lead group containing eventual stage winner Filippo Pozzato (Quickstep-Innergetic) approach the top of Broomhead.
- Stage 2 winner Roger Hammond (Team GB) looked strong on the hills.
- World Champion Tom Boonen (Quickstep-Innergetic) crashed badly during the stage.
- Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile) laughs off the rainy weather.
- Andrew Tennant (Team GB) leads Floris Goesinnen (Skil-Shimano) up Broomhead.
Images by Richard O'Brien
- Russell Downing (DFL) , Dean Downing (DFL) and Tom Barras (DFL) find time for a quick pose.
- The breakaway rides through the rolling roads near East Hardwick.
- The peloton was chasing hard throughout the stage which thinned the race out.
- Yorkshire’s own Russell Downing was happy to be in green on the podium.
- The podium consisted of Tom Boonen (Quickstep), Martin Pedersen (CSC), Andy Schleck (CSC), Johan van Summeren (Davitamon Lotto) and Russell Downing (DFL).
Results
1 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) QuickStep-Innergetic 4.28.18 (40.25 km/h) 2 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 0.32 3 Nick Nuyens (Bel) QuickStep-Innergetic 4 Martin Pedersen (Den) CSC 5 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak iShares 6 Andy Schleck (Lux) CSC 0.39 7 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport 1.02 8 Russell Downing (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 9 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1.06 10 Kristan House (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 1.08 11 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1.10 12 Karsten Kroon (Ned) CSC 13 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 1.12 14 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 15 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 16 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 17 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com 1.14 18 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 19 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1.12 20 Roger Hammond (GBr) Great Britain 2.02 21 Luke Roberts (Aus) CSC 22 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 23 Ian Stannard (GBr) Great Britain 24 Michael Morkov (Den) Denmark 2.16 25 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak iShares 5.30 26 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 27 Jakob Piil (Den) CSC 12.46 28 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 15.45 29 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport 19.20 30 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 31 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile 32 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Great Britain 33 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon Lotto 34 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 19.23 35 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) QuickStep-Innergetic 36 Tom Boonen (Bel) QuickStep-Innergetic 37 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Unibet.com 29.14 38 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark 39 Dean Downing (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 40 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 41 Cameron Jennings (Aus) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 42 Paul Manning (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 43 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport 44 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) QuickStep-Innergetic 45 Andre Steensen (Den) Denmark 46 Ross Sander (GBr) Great Britain 47 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon Lotto 29.18 48 Ben Swift (GBr) Great Britain 49 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon Lotto 29.21 50 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport 51 Rene Weissinger (Ger) Skil-Shimano 29.22 52 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 29.24 53 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon Lotto 54 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) QuickStep-Innergetic 55 Edward Clancy (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 56 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Barloworld 57 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 58 Frederik Veuchulen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport 59 Patrick McCarty (USA) Phonak iShares 60 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 61 Christopher Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 62 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 63 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 64 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon Lotto 65 James Meadley (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 66 Alex Coutts (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 67 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 68 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 69 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Denmark 70 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak iShares 71 Mathew Lloyd (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 72 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain 73 Mads Christensen (Den) Barloworld 74 Tom Barras (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 75 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 76 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 77 Christian Vandevelde (USA) CSC 78 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com DNF Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) QuickStep-Innergetic DNF Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare DNF Paride Grillo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare DNF Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak iShares DNF Jean Claude Lebeau (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago DNF Joeri Clauwaert (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago DNF Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport DNF Daniel Kreutzfeldt (Den) Denmark DNF Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com DNF Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Skil-Shimano DNF Mathew Goss (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS Points 1 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) QuickStep-Innergetic 15 pts 2 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 14 3 Nick Nuyens (Bel) QuickStep-Innergetic 13 4 Martin Pedersen (Den) CSC 12 5 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak iShares 11 6 Andy Schleck (Lux) CSC 10 7 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport 9 8 Russell Downing (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 8 9 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 7 10 Kristan House (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 6 11 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 5 12 Karsten Kroon (Ned) CSC 4 13 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 3 14 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 2 15 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1 Mountains Leathley Bank - Cat 1 1 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 10 pts 2 Andy Schleck (Lux) CSC 8 3 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) QuickStep-Innergetic 6 4 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 5 5 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 4 6 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 3 7 Moises Aldape Chavez (Mex) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 2 8 Ben Swift (GBr) Great Britain 1 Broomhead - Cat 1 1 Andy Schleck (Lux) CSC 10 pts 2 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 8 3 Nick Nuyens (Bel) QuickStep-Innergetic 6 Strines Moor - Cat 2 1 Martin Pedersen (Den) CSC 6 pts 2 Luke Roberts (Aus) CSC 5 3 Andy Schleck (Lux) CSC 4 4 Karsten Kroon (Ned) CSC 3 5 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 2 6 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak iShares 1 Sprints Harrogate 1 Martin Pedersen (Den) CSC 5 pts 2 Luke Roberts (Aus) CSC 3 3 Nick Nuyens (Bel) QuickStep-Innergetic 2 4 Christian Vandevelde (USA) CSC 1 Millhouse Green 1 Nick Nuyens (Bel) QuickStep-Innergetic 5 pts 2 Luke Roberts (Aus) CSC 3 3 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 2 4 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1 Millstone Edge 1 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 5 pts 2 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) QuickStep-Innergetic 3 4 Martin Pedersen (Den) CSC 1 Most combative 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) QuickStep-Innergetic Teams 1 CSC 13.27.15 2 Unibet.com 1.19 3 QuickStep-Innergetic 17.34 4 T-Mobile 18.43 5 Skil-Shimano 19.21 6 Great Britain 21.03 7 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 30.07 8 Phonak iShares 33.05 9 Barloworld 33.45 10 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport 47.15 11 DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 57.09 12 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 57.23 13 Recycling.co.uk 57.35 14 Denmark 58.23 15 South Australia.com-AIS 1.12.12 16 Davitamon Lotto 1.15.38 General classification after stage 3 1 Martin Pedersen (Den) CSC 12.26.24 2 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com 0.51 3 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) QuickStep-Innergetic 2.11 4 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 2.46 5 Nick Nuyens (Bel) QuickStep-Innergetic 2.47 6 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak iShares 2.55 7 Andy Schleck (Lux) CSC 3.02 8 Russell Downing (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 3.21 9 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport 3.23 10 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3.29 11 Kristan House (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 3.31 12 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 3.33 13 Karsten Kroon (Ned) CSC 14 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 3.34 15 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 3.35 16 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 17 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 18 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) T-Mobile 19 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 3.38 20 Roger Hammond (GBr) Great Britain 4.15 21 Luke Roberts (Aus) CSC 4.21 22 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 4.25 23 Michael Morkov (Den) Denmark 4.39 24 Ian Stannard (GBr) Great Britain 5.15 25 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 7.53 26 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak iShares 27 Jakob Piil (Den) CSC 15.10 28 Simon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 18.08 29 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 21.40 30 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile 21.43 31 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport 32 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 33 Tom Boonen (Bel) QuickStep-Innergetic 21.46 34 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) QuickStep-Innergetic 35 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Great Britain 22.29 36 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon Lotto 25.38 37 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark 31.37 38 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) QuickStep-Innergetic 39 Dean Downing (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 40 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport 41 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon Lotto 42 Andre Steensen (Den) Denmark 43 Paul Manning (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 44 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Unibet.com 45 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 46 Cameron Jennings (Aus) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 47 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon Lotto 31.38 48 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport 31.44 49 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 31.47 50 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 51 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 52 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon Lotto 53 Frederik Veuchulen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport 54 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon Lotto 55 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Barloworld 56 Rob Partridge (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 57 Tom Barras (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 58 Christian Vandevelde (USA) CSC 59 James Meadley (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 60 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 61 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 62 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak iShares 63 Patrick McCarty (USA) Phonak iShares 64 Alex Coutts (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 65 Mathew Lloyd (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 66 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 67 Mads Christensen (Den) Barloworld 68 Shaun Higgerson (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 69 Casper Jorgensen (Den) Denmark 32.11 70 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain 71 Ben Swift (GBr) Great Britain 33.17 72 Edward Clancy (GBr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 33.20 73 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 33.26 74 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) South Australia.com-AIS 33.52 75 Ross Sander (GBr) Great Britain 34.42 76 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa) QuickStep-Innergetic 35.29 77 Christopher Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 37.01 78 Rene Weissinger (Ger) Skil-Shimano 38.20 Points classification 1 Russell Downing (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 31 pts 2 Martin Pedersen (Den) CSC 27 3 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) QuickStep-Innergetic 26 4 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) QuickStep-Innergetic 22 5 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile 21 6 Roger Hammond (GBr) Great Britain 20 7 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 19 8 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Denmark 16 9 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com 14 10 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 14 11 Nick Nuyens (Bel) QuickStep-Innergetic 14 12 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 14 13 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport 13 14 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld 12 15 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 12 16 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak iShares 11 17 Andy Schleck (Lux) CSC 10 18 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 7 19 Rene Weissinger (Ger) Skil-Shimano 7 20 Kristan House (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 6 21 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 5 22 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 5 23 Karsten Kroon (Ned) CSC 4 24 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 3 25 Luke Roberts (Aus) CSC 3 26 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 2 27 Dean Downing (GBr) DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 2 28 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1 29 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport 1 Mountains classification 1 Andy Schleck (Lux) CSC 31 pts 2 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon Lotto 24 3 Ben Greenwood (GBr) Recycling.co.uk 24 4 Martin Pedersen (Den) CSC 23 5 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon Lotto 19 6 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com 9 7 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 8 8 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) QuickStep-Innergetic 7 9 Nick Nuyens (Bel) QuickStep-Innergetic 6 10 Karsten Kroon (Ned) CSC 6 11 Luke Roberts (Aus) CSC 6 12 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 5 13 Jakob Piil (Den) CSC 5 14 Christian Vandevelde (USA) CSC 5 15 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 4 16 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile 3 17 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 2 18 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak iShares 2 19 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak iShares 1 20 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld 1 21 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) QuickStep-Innergetic 1 22 Ben Swift (GBr) Great Britain 1 Sprints classification 1 Martin Pedersen (Den) CSC 18 pts 2 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon Lotto 10 3 Nick Nuyens (Bel) QuickStep-Innergetic 7 4 Luke Roberts (Aus) CSC 7 5 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com 7 6 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon Lotto 6 7 Michael Rogers (Aus) T-Mobile 5 8 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) QuickStep-Innergetic 3 9 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport 3 10 Hugo Sabido (Por) Barloworld 2 11 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1 12 Karsten Kroon (Ned) CSC 1 13 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1 14 Christian Vandevelde (USA) CSC 1 Teams classification 1 CSC 37.26.06 2 Unibet.com 1.19 3 QuickStep-Innergetic 20.10 4 T-Mobile 21.19 5 Skil-Shimano 21.57 6 Great Britain 24.03 7 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 32.43 8 Phonak iShares 35.41 9 Barloworld 36.21 10 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport 49.51 11 DFL-Cycling News-Litespeed 59.45 12 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 59.59 13 Recycling.co.uk 1.00.11 14 Denmark 1.00.59 15 South Australia.com-AIS 1.12.12 16 Davitamon Lotto 1.18.14
