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2nd Eneco Tour of Benelux - PT
Netherlands & Belgium, August 16-23, 2006
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Stage 2 - August 18: ’s Hertogenbosch (Ned) - Sittard-Geleen (Ned), 194.6 km
Quinziato discovers the Manuel for success
By Anthony Tan
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After five years of trying without success, Manuel Quinziato said he was beginning to doubt if he knew how to win. But today changed all that.
As confusion reigned in a diminished peloton, the 26 year-old Liquigasser took his chance 2,000 metres from the finish in Sittard-Geleen, quickly opening a gap and holding off a bunch of 40-odd riders all the way to the line, finishing four seconds clear of Simone Cadamuro (Team Milram) and Wouter Weylandt (Quick Step-Innergetic).
"When there was just 40 riders in the last lap, everybody was really tired and there was no team able to make a fast rhythm, so I knew I had to attack," said Quinziato.
"This is the third time I tried this move coming to the finish line here [in this race]; [I tried] last year and the year before, but [in 2004] there was a guy in a breakaway. Last year was really a bitter sensation for me, because I attacked with four [kilometres] to go on a climb we didn't do this year and they caught me with 50 metres to go - it was the worst moment of my career!" he laughed.
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"I really needed a victory," said Quinziato, "because in my five years as a professional, I have been close so many times, and I was worried I didn't remember how to win. And I think that now, I will race a different way. I needed the confidence to be ready to mistakes, but [also] to risk more to win."
The result has left him brimming with confidence and second overall, just one second behind Quick.Step's Tom Boonen, with the Italian now thinking about a shot at overall victory.
"I've had good condition since June, but I haven't been able to win. I have always done a good race in Holland and Belgium - I like the kind of way we race here, I am not so slight - so the racing suits me. The last stage is quite hard, but I have good shape, so I will try to do my best and finish as high as possible in the final classification - I will go at my limit to try and win, for sure," he said.
How it unfolded
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Another pancake-flat road stage greeted the 172 riders left in the 2006 Eneco Tour, who began the day without Andreas Klier (T-Mobile team) and Paolo Fornaciari (Lampre-Fondital). Today's stage would see the peloton travel south from 's Hertogenbosch to Sittard-Geleen near the Dutch-German-Belgian border, a distance of 194,6 kilometres.
The official start occurred two minutes after midday, and attacks began immediately, though none successful until one of Luis Pasamontes' numerous attacks was rewarded after some 58 kilometres. At this point, the bunch were happy to let the Spaniard from Unibet.com go, and Pasamontes soon built a handy lead of eight minutes with 89 kilometres covered.
However, Pasamontes shot through a closed railway crossing moments later, and just like the situation at Paris-Roubaix, he was DQ'd by the race jury for his actions.
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After 100 kilometres, a new group of nine had a dig, but it lasted less than 10 kilometres before order was restored. But at a quarter-past three, with 74 kilometres left to race, Carlos Zarate (Saunier Duval-Prodir) left the bunch behind, provoking a two-man counter from Paul Martens (Skil-Shimano) and Carlos Abellan (Astana); back in the peloton, Abellan's team-mate Dariusz Baranowski fell and was rushed to hospital.
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The leading trio gained a maximum three-minute advantage 49 kilometres from the finish, but from then on, their advantage began to shrink as they approached the first of two finishing laps around Sittard-Geleen. With 25km to go and the gap under a minute, Martens (Skil-Shimano) accelerated, taking Abellan (Astana) but not Zarate (Saunier Duval).
Five kilometres later, Martens and Abellan were swept up, with Alberto Fernandez (Saunier Duval-Prodir) next to go, a crash in the peloton aiding his chances and splitting the bunch to pieces.
However, those left in the first group got themselves organised, as Tom Boonen's Quick.Step-Innergetic train spearheaded the chase. But no-one counted on the strength of Liquigas' Manuel Quinziato, who launched the perfect counter two kilometres from home and held off a 41-strong bunch for the win.
Photography
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Images by Luc Claessen/www.ctm-images.com
- The peloton strings out around a corner
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) in the leader's red jersey
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) in the peloton as race leader
- The two leaders on the last lap
- The peloton chasing hard
- Maarten den Bakker (Milram) doing chase work
- Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas) wins the second stage
- Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas) celebrates at the finish
- Simone Cadamuro (Milram) refreshes himself
- Best young rider Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner)
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) is escorted to the podium
- Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas) on the podium
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) gets the leader's jersey again
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) smiles on the podium
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) receives the leader's kisses
- Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) in yellow as best young rider
- Simone Cadamuro (Milram) is the points leader, and says thanks for the flowers
Images by AFP Photo
- Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas) thoroughly enjoying his first professional victory.
Images by Elmar Krings
- The breakaway one minute ahead of the peloton.
- Race leader Tom Boonen (Quick.Step-Innergetic) enjoys a laugh.
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step-Innergetic) enjoying the attention.
- Simone Cadamuro (Team Milram) becomes the new leader on points.
- Simone Cadamuro (Team Milram) on the podium.
- The peloton en route to Sittard.
- Which way do we go?
- The peloton didn't stay this way as they neared the finish in Sittard-Geleen.
- The peloton negotiates a roundabout.
- Here they come!
- All quiet in the Eneco Tour peloton.
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step-Innergetic) rides alongside T-Mobile's Olaf Pollack.
- Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas) needs to get used to this - it's his first win, after all.
- Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas) takes in the applause.
- The boys from Liquigas were all delighted with Manuel Quinziato's victory.
- Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) continues to lead the young riders' classification.
- Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) in the peloton.
- Stefan Schumacher's eyes are elsewhere. They shouldn't be!
- Stefan Wesemann (T-Mobile) has a bad case of helmet-hair.
- Wouter Weylandt (Quick Step-Innergetic) finished third today.
Images by Brian O'Connor
- The Doenrade bonus points line - before the people showed up.
- The break snatching the bonus points, 2-plus minutes ahead of the peloton.
- The peloton on the rise, coming into Doenrade.
- Guess who is taking a stretch?
- The three leaders on their second lap.
- The pace had picked up quite a bit from the first lap, as a hungry peloton bears down on the breakway.
- The front of the peloton.
Results
1 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 4.46.43 (40.723 km/h) 2 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 0.04 3 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 4 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 5 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 6 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 7 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 10 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 12 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 13 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 14 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Astana Team 15 Phillippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 16 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 17 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas 18 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 19 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 20 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 21 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 22 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 24 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 25 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 26 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 27 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 28 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 29 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 30 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 31 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 32 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 33 Alan Pérez Lezáun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 34 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 35 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 36 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) T-Mobile Team 37 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 38 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 39 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 40 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 41 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 42 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 43 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.12 44 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.04 45 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 0.26 46 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 47 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 0.53 48 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance 49 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 50 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 51 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana Team 52 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 53 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 54 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 55 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 56 Frank Høj (Den) Gerolsteiner 57 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 58 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 59 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 60 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 61 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 62 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 63 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 64 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 65 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 66 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 67 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 68 Michael Schär (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 69 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 70 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 71 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 72 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 73 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 74 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 75 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Team Milram 76 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 77 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Skil-Shimano 78 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 79 Maxime Montfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 80 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 81 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 82 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 83 Johan Coenen (Bel) Unibet.com 84 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 85 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 86 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Skil-Shimano 87 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 88 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 89 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 90 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 91 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 92 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 93 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 0.04 94 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 0.53 95 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 96 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 97 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 98 Mathieu Heyboer (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 99 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 100 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 101 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 102 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux 103 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 104 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana Team 105 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 106 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems 107 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 108 Piet Rooyakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 109 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 110 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 111 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 112 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 113 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 114 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 115 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 116 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 117 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 118 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 119 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 120 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 121 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 122 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 123 Eladio Sanchez Prado (Spa) Astana Team 124 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 125 Avitor Perrez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 126 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 127 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 128 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 129 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 130 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 131 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 132 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 133 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 134 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance 135 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 136 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.55 137 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 138 Gorka Gonzalez Larranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 139 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 4.09 140 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.20 141 Aaron Olson (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 142 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 143 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel 144 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 145 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 146 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 147 Carlos Abellan Ossenbach (Spa) Astana Team 148 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 149 Unai Uribarri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 150 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 151 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 152 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 153 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 154 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 155 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 156 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 157 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 158 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 159 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 160 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 161 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 162 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 163 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 164 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 165 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 166 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Unibet.com 0.04 167 Ivàn Santos Martinez (Spa) Astana Team 7.04 168 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.05 169 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 170 David Vitoria (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 12.18 DNF Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com DNF Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Astana Team DNS Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team DNS Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital Points 1 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 30 pts 2 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 25 3 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 22 4 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 19 5 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 17 6 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 7 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 13 8 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 9 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 11 10 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 Sprints Sprint 1 1 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 8 pts 2 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 5 3 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 Sprint 2 1 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 8 pts 2 Carlos Abellan Ossenbach (Spa) Astana Team 5 3 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3 Sprint 3 1 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 8 pts 2 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5 3 Carlos Abellan Ossenbach (Spa) Astana Team 3 Young rider 1 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 4.46.47 2 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 3 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Astana Team 4 Phillippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 5 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 6 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 7 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 8 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 Alan Pérez Lezáun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 11 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 12 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 0.22 13 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 0.49 14 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 15 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana Team 16 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 17 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 18 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19 Michael Schär (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 20 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 21 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 22 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 23 Maxime Montfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 24 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 25 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Skil-Shimano 26 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 27 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 28 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 29 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 0.49 30 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 31 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 32 Mathieu Heyboer (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 33 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana Team 34 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 35 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 36 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 37 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 38 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 39 Eladio Sanchez Prado (Spa) Astana Team 40 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 41 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 42 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 43 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 44 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3.51 45 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.16 46 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 47 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 48 Carlos Abellan Ossenbach (Spa) Astana Team 49 Unai Uribarri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 50 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 51 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 52 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 53 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 54 Ivàn Santos Martinez (Spa) Astana Team 7.00 55 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.01 Teams 1 Liquigas 14.20.17 2 Quick Step-Innergetic 0.04 3 DSC 4 Rabobank 5 Gerolsteiner 0.12 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 0.53 7 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8 T-Mobile Team 9 Unibet.com 10 Française des Jeux 11 Team CSC 12 Skil-Shimano 13 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 1.42 14 Credit Agricole 15 Team Milram 16 Lampre-Fondital 17 Saunier Duval-Prodir 18 Astana Team 19 Bouygues Telecom 20 Davitamon-Lotto 21 Euskaltel-Euskadi 22 A2R 2.04 23 Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.31 General classification after stage 2 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 9.06.34 2 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 0.01 3 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.03 4 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 0.07 5 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.08 6 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.11 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 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.20 12 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 0.22 13 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 0.23 14 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 15 Phillippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 16 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.25 17 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 18 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 0.26 19 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Unibet.com 0.27 20 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 21 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 22 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 23 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 0.28 24 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) T-Mobile Team 0.29 25 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 26 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 27 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 28 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 29 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.30 30 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.32 31 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.33 32 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 0.34 33 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 34 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 0.35 35 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.39 36 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 37 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Astana Team 0.40 38 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 39 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.41 40 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 0.43 41 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 0.48 42 Alan Pérez Lezáun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.49 43 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.52 44 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas 0.58 45 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.06 46 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.07 47 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 1.09 48 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 49 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 1.14 50 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 51 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.15 52 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 1.16 53 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux 54 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.17 55 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.19 56 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 57 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 58 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 59 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 60 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.20 61 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 62 Johan Coenen (Bel) Unibet.com 63 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.21 64 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 65 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.22 66 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 67 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 68 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 1.23 69 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 70 Piet Rooyakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 71 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 1.24 72 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 73 Frank Høj (Den) Gerolsteiner 74 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 75 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 76 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.25 77 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana Team 78 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 79 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana Team 80 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 1.26 81 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 82 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Skil-Shimano 83 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 84 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.27 85 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 86 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 87 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1.28 88 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 89 Eladio Sanchez Prado (Spa) Astana Team 90 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 91 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 92 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 93 Maxime Montfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 94 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 1.29 95 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 96 Michael Schär (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.30 97 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 98 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 99 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 100 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 101 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.31 102 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 103 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance 104 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 105 Mathieu Heyboer (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 106 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.32 107 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 108 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 109 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 110 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 111 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 1.33 112 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 113 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 114 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 1.34 115 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 116 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 117 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 118 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 1.35 119 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 120 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance 121 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 1.36 122 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.38 123 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Team Milram 124 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 125 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.40 126 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.41 127 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.42 128 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 1.43 129 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 130 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 131 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 1.44 132 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 133 Avitor Perrez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.45 134 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.51 135 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 1.52 136 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.57 137 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 4.33 138 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.35 139 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 4.40 140 Gorka Gonzalez Larranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 141 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 4.43 142 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.45 143 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 4.47 144 Aaron Olson (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.49 145 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 4.51 146 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.52 147 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 4.58 148 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel 4.59 149 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.01 150 Carlos Abellan Ossenbach (Spa) Astana Team 5.02 151 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 152 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 5.03 153 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 154 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 5.04 155 Unai Uribarri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 156 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.05 157 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.06 158 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 159 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 160 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 5.08 161 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 5.10 162 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.11 163 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 5.12 164 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5.27 165 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 6.15 166 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 7.51 167 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.53 168 David Vitoria (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 13.01 169 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13.10 170 Ivàn Santos Martinez (Spa) Astana Team 14.38 Points classification 1 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 50 pts 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 30 3 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 30 4 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Skil-Shimano 24 5 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 23 6 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 22 7 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 22 8 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 22 9 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 22 10 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 11 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 19 12 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 19 13 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 17 14 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 17 15 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 16 16 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 15 17 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 13 18 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 13 19 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 20 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 21 Carlos Abellan Ossenbach (Spa) Astana Team 8 22 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 5 23 Phillippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 5 24 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 5 25 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 3 26 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 3 27 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 Young rider classification 1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9.06.37 2 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 0.13 3 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 0.15 4 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 0.16 5 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.20 6 Phillippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 7 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.24 8 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.36 9 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Astana Team 0.37 10 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 0.45 11 Alan Pérez Lezáun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.46 12 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.49 13 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 1.11 14 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.12 15 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 1.13 16 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.16 17 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.17 18 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 19 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.18 20 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.19 21 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 1.20 22 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana Team 1.22 23 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana Team 24 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 1.23 25 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Skil-Shimano 26 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.24 27 Eladio Sanchez Prado (Spa) Astana Team 1.25 28 Maxime Montfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 29 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 1.26 30 Michael Schär (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.27 31 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 32 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 33 Mathieu Heyboer (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.28 34 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.29 35 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 36 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 1.30 37 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 38 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1.31 39 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.35 40 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 1.40 41 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 42 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 1.41 43 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 1.49 44 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 4.30 45 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.49 46 Carlos Abellan Ossenbach (Spa) Astana Team 4.59 47 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 5.00 48 Unai Uribarri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.01 49 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.03 50 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 51 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 5.09 52 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5.24 53 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 6.12 54 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.50 55 David Vitoria (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 12.58 56 Ivàn Santos Martinez (Spa) Astana Team 14.35 Teams classification 1 Quick Step-Innergetic 27.20.27 2 Liquigas 0.05 3 DSC 0.07 4 Rabobank 0.22 5 Gerolsteiner 0.47 6 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.56 7 Team CSC 1.17 8 Unibet.com 1.21 9 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.23 10 T-Mobile Team 1.26 11 Française des Jeux 1.28 12 Skil-Shimano 1.32 13 Credit Agricole 2.05 14 Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.17 15 Team Milram 2.22 16 Lampre-Fondital 2.25 17 Bouygues Telecom 2.32 18 Davitamon-Lotto 19 Astana Team 2.44 20 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 2.57 21 A2R 3.01 22 Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.14 23 Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3.30
