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2nd Eneco Tour of Benelux - PT
Netherlands & Belgium, August 16-23, 2006
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Stage 1 - August 17: Wieringerwerf (Ned) - Hoogeveen (Ned), 176.9 km
Boy from Balen back on top
By Anthony Tan
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Back after his early exit from the Tour de France, a rejuvenated Tom Boonen comfortably won the opening road stage of this year's Eneco Tour. Hitting the front 160 metres from the finish line in Hoogeveen and pumping his massive thighs with all his might, the world champion never looked like being challenged, as Simone Cadamuro (Team Milram) and Enrico Gasparotto (Liquigas) finished one bike length behind in second and third.
"After a rest period, I'm already winning again, a sign that I have trained well," said Boonen, an expression of calm across his face. "It's fantastic that the pressure is off. Now they [my team-mates] can go for their own chances in the following stages without any pressure."
"I'm satisfied with this second place, even if it is the third one of the year," lamented Cadamuro, who is yet to take a trick this season. "To arrive behind Boonen in this moment is a half-victory. I'm feeling really good and I hope to win soon."
The win was also enough to give the 25 year-old from Quick.Step-Innergetic the race lead, which saw overnight leader Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) slip into second, now four seconds behind. Discovery Channel's Geroge Hincapie rounds out the top three on GC, with Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears' Jose Ivan Gutierrez in fourth.
"I hadn't counted on this win," Boonen remarked. "I planned to take it easy in the bunch. But I rode a great prologue and I couldn't let a chance of a victory go."
"Are you thinking about the World's in Salzburg?" Boonen was asked.
"A little bit, because this jersey is addictive. I will do everything to keep it for another year."
How it unfolded
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Stage 1 of this year's Eneco tour began at 11:42am Thursday morning from the town of Wieringerwerf in northern Holland. The 176,9 kilometre parcours didn't pose any real difficulties, with three intermediate sprints on the way to the finish in Hoogeveen, after 64.5, 133 and 165.9 kilometres. The only non-starter was José Antonio Redondo (Astana).
A very fast start annulled any attacks in the first hour's racing, and it wasn't until the 55 kilometre mark before Rik Reinerink (Skil-Shimano) was able to wrench himself clear from the peloton. 14 kilometres later, Matthe Pronk (Unibet.com) counter-attacked, and two kilometres after that, Koen Barbé (Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen) did the same, with the latter two teaming up and joining Reinerink after 79 kilometres.
With 100 kilometres left to race, the trio had roughly three and a half minutes' lead on the peloton - by no means enough if they were to survive their day out in front. 40 clicks later, the break reached their maximum lead of 5'45, prompting the teams of T-Mobile, Rabobank, Gerolsteiner and Davitamon-Lotto to marshall their troops at the head of the pack and start the chase proper.
This year's Eneco Tour boasted a wealth of top sprinters; gracing the start list were: Gert Steegmans and Fred Rodriguez (Davitamon-Lotto), Steven de Jongh and Tom Boonen (Quick.Step-Innergetic), Max Van Heeswijk (Discovery Channel), SJeremy Hunt and Baden Cooke (Unibet.com), Eric Baumann and Olaf Pollack (T-Mobile), Robert Förster (Gerolsteiner), Simone Cadamuro (Team Milram), Enrico Gasparotto (Liquigas) and Jaan Kirsipuu (Crédit Agricole).
And with each of teams keen to notch a win on the board, the break's fate was sealed, as Quick.Step-Innergetic's Servais Knaven mopped up Reinerink, the last of the early breakaways, 12 kilometres from Hoogeveen.
The regrouping saw a few more try their luck before the inevitable bunch sprint, and as the Boonen and his team-mates came to the fore, it was an inevitable stage winner. 350 metres from the line, Steven De Jongh was leading the Quick.Step train, before Walter Weylandt took over and upped the speed, dropping the world champ off 160 metres from the finish. The rest was history.
Photography
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- The peloton rides over the over the 'Afsluitdijk' on the A7 motorway en route to Hoogeveen.
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step-Innergetic) wins the opening road stage of the 2006 Eneco Tour in Hoogeveen.
Results
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 4.12.53 (41.971 km/h) 2 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 3 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 4 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 5 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 6 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 7 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 8 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 10 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 13 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 14 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 15 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 16 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 17 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 18 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 19 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 20 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 21 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 22 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 0.04 23 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 24 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 25 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 26 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 27 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 28 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 29 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 30 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 31 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.09 32 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 33 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 34 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 35 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 36 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 37 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Astana Team 38 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance 39 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 40 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 41 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 42 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 43 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 44 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 45 Phillippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 46 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 47 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 48 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 49 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 50 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 51 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana Team 52 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 53 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 54 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 55 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 56 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 57 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 58 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems 59 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 60 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 61 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 62 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 63 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance 64 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 65 David Vitoria (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 66 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas 67 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 68 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 69 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 70 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 71 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 72 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 73 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 74 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 75 Michael Schär (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 76 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 77 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 78 Mathieu Heyboer (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 79 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 80 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) T-Mobile Team 81 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 82 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 83 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 84 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 85 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 86 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 87 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 88 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 89 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 90 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 91 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 92 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 93 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 94 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 95 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 96 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Unibet.com 97 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 98 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 99 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 100 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 101 Maxime Montfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 102 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 103 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 104 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux 105 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 106 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 107 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 108 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 109 Johan Coenen (Bel) Unibet.com 110 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 111 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Skil-Shimano 112 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 113 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 114 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 115 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 116 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 117 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 118 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 119 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 120 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 121 Piet Rooyakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 122 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 123 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 124 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 125 Avitor Perrez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 126 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 127 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 128 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 129 Carlos Abellan Ossenbach (Spa) Astana Team 130 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Astana Team 131 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 132 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 133 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 134 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 135 Gorka Gonzalez Larranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 136 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 137 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 138 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Skil-Shimano 139 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 140 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 141 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 142 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 143 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 144 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 145 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 146 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 147 Alan Pérez Lezáun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 148 Eladio Sanchez Prado (Spa) Astana Team 149 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 150 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 151 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 152 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 153 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Team Milram 154 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 155 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana Team 156 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 157 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 158 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 159 Unai Uribarri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 160 Aaron Olson (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 161 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 162 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 163 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 164 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel 165 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 166 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 167 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 168 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.33 169 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 170 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 171 Frank Høj (Den) Gerolsteiner 0.09 172 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.36 173 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 2.35 174 Ivàn Santos Martinez (Spa) Astana Team 6.43 DNF Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC DNF Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Joseba Zubeldia Aguirre (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNS José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astana Team Points 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 30 pts 2 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 25 3 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 22 4 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 19 5 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 17 6 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 15 7 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 13 8 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 9 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 11 10 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 Sprints Sprint 1 1 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Skil-Shimano 8 pts 2 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 3 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 Sprint 2 1 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Skil-Shimano 8 pts 2 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 5 3 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 3 Sprint 3 1 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Skil-Shimano 8 pts 2 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 5 3 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 3 Young rider 1 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 4.12.53 2 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 3 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 5 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 6 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 0.04 7 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 9 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 10 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Astana Team 0.09 11 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 12 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 14 Phillippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 15 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 16 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 17 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana Team 18 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 20 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 21 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 22 David Vitoria (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 23 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 25 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 26 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 27 Michael Schär (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 28 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 29 Mathieu Heyboer (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 30 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 31 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 32 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 33 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 34 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 35 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 36 Maxime Montfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 37 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 38 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Skil-Shimano 39 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 40 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 41 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 42 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 43 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 44 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 45 Carlos Abellan Ossenbach (Spa) Astana Team 46 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 47 Alan Pérez Lezáun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 48 Eladio Sanchez Prado (Spa) Astana Team 49 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 50 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 51 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana Team 52 Unai Uribarri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 53 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 54 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 55 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.36 Teams 1 Quick Step-Innergetic 12.38.43 2 Liquigas 0.04 3 Credit Agricole 0.05 4 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 5 AG2R-Prevoyance 6 Team Milram 7 Unibet.com 0.09 8 Saunier Duval-Prodir 9 Phonak Hearing Systems 10 Discovery Channel 11 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 12 Team CSC 0.14 13 Lampre-Fondital 14 T-Mobile Team 15 Skil-Shimano 16 Gerolsteiner 17 Rabobank 0.23 18 Bouygues Telecom 19 Française des Jeux 20 Astana Team 21 Davitamon-Lotto 22 Euskaltel-Euskadi 23 Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone General classification after stage 1 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 4.19.47 2 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.04 3 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 0.07 4 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.08 5 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.11 6 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 0.15 7 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 0.16 8 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 0.18 9 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 10 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 0.19 11 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 0.20 12 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 13 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 14 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 0.22 15 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 0.23 16 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 17 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 0.24 18 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 0.25 19 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 20 Phillippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 21 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 0.26 22 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 0.27 23 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Unibet.com 24 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 25 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 26 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux 27 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 28 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.28 29 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 30 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 31 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) T-Mobile Team 0.29 32 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 33 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 34 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 35 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 36 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 37 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.30 38 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 39 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 40 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 41 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 42 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 43 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 0.31 44 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 45 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 46 Johan Coenen (Bel) Unibet.com 47 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 48 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.32 49 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 50 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 51 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 0.33 52 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 53 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 54 Aaron Olson (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 55 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 56 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 57 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 0.34 58 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 59 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 60 Piet Rooyakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 61 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 0.35 62 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 63 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 64 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 65 Frank Høj (Den) Gerolsteiner 66 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 67 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 68 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 0.36 69 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 70 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana Team 71 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 72 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 73 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana Team 74 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 0.37 75 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 76 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Skil-Shimano 77 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 78 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.38 79 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 80 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 81 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.39 82 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 83 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Astana Team 84 Eladio Sanchez Prado (Spa) Astana Team 85 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 86 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 87 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 88 Maxime Montfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 89 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 90 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Astana Team 0.40 91 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 92 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 93 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 94 Michael Schär (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.41 95 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 96 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 97 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 98 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 99 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 100 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.42 101 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 102 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 103 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 104 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance 105 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 106 Mathieu Heyboer (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 107 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.43 108 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 109 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 110 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 111 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 112 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 113 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 114 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel 115 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 0.44 116 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 117 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 118 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 119 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 120 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 0.45 121 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 122 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 123 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 124 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 125 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.46 126 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 127 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 128 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance 129 David Vitoria (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.47 130 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 131 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 132 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 133 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.48 134 Unai Uribarri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 135 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 136 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.49 137 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Team Milram 138 Gorka Gonzalez Larranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 139 Carlos Abellan Ossenbach (Spa) Astana Team 140 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 141 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 142 Alan Pérez Lezáun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 143 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.50 144 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 145 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 146 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.51 147 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.52 148 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 149 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 150 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 0.53 151 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 152 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 153 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.54 154 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 155 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 156 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 157 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.55 158 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 159 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 160 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.56 161 Avitor Perrez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 162 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 163 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas 0.58 164 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.02 165 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 1.03 166 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 167 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.07 168 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.08 169 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.11 170 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.12 171 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.14 172 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.57 173 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 3.35 174 Ivàn Santos Martinez (Spa) Astana Team 7.38 Points classification 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 30 pts 2 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 25 3 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Skil-Shimano 24 4 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 22 5 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 19 6 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17 7 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 17 8 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 15 9 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 13 10 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 11 11 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 12 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 5 13 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 5 14 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 3 15 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 3 16 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 Young rider classification 1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.19.51 2 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 0.12 3 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 0.14 4 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 0.15 5 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.19 6 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 0.21 7 Phillippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 8 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.23 9 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.26 10 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 0.27 11 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 12 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.28 13 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 0.29 14 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 15 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 0.32 16 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana Team 17 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana Team 19 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 0.33 20 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Skil-Shimano 21 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.34 22 Eladio Sanchez Prado (Spa) Astana Team 0.35 23 Maxime Montfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 24 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Astana Team 0.36 25 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 26 Michael Schär (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.37 27 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 28 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 29 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 0.38 30 Mathieu Heyboer (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 31 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.39 32 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 33 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 0.40 35 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 36 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.41 37 David Vitoria (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.43 38 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 39 Unai Uribarri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.44 40 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 41 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.45 42 Carlos Abellan Ossenbach (Spa) Astana Team 43 Alan Pérez Lezáun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 44 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.46 45 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 46 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.48 47 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 48 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 0.49 49 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.50 50 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 51 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 0.51 52 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 0.52 53 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 0.59 54 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 1.07 55 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.53 56 Ivàn Santos Martinez (Spa) Astana Team 7.34 Teams classification 1 Quick Step-Innergetic 13.00.06 2 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.07 3 Discovery Channel 4 Liquigas 0.09 5 Rabobank 0.22 6 Credit Agricole 0.27 7 Team CSC 0.28 8 Unibet.com 0.32 9 Phonak Hearing Systems 0.34 10 T-Mobile Team 0.37 11 Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.39 12 Française des Jeux 13 Gerolsteiner 14 Skil-Shimano 0.43 15 Team Milram 0.44 16 Lampre-Fondital 0.47 17 Bouygues Telecom 0.54 18 Davitamon-Lotto 19 AG2R-Prevoyance 1.01 20 Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.03 21 Astana Team 1.06 22 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 1.19 23 Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.36
