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2nd Eneco Tour of Benelux - PT
Netherlands & Belgium, August 16-23, 2006
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Stage 7 - August 23: Ans (Bel) - Ans (Bel), 201.2 km
Schumacher wins Eneco Tour in bizarre finish
Excellent solo by Gilbert in final stage
By Jeff Jones
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The last stage of the Eneco Tour finished with high drama, with Stefan Schumacher finishing third in the stage and jumping over George Hincapie to win by just one second, after the bonus seconds were worked out. It wasn't as simple as that, however. The bunch was sprinting for second place behind Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux), who took a fantastic home victory. With 100m to go, Schumacher led on the curving left hand barrier with Hincapie on his wheel, when he hit the arm of a fan who was perhaps celebrating Gilbert's victory. Schumacher swerved right, causing Hincapie to crash with just 50m to go, but held it up himself to finish third behind Gilbert and Manuele Mori (Saunier Duval). Had Schumi finished second and Hincapie third, the American would have kept the red jersey.
A furious Hincapie walked across the line, bike in hand, pointing and yelling at Schumacher, who caused the crash through no fault of his own. 20 minutes later, the race jury decided that the stage result would stand, and Schumacher was thus the final overall winner.
"I shouldn't be ashamed. I have deserved the victory," said Schumacher, who in any case wasn't happy on the podium. He stood a good chance of winning without the crash, but now it will be a case of "what if?"
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"Suddenly I got hit by a spectator and swerved to the right because of it. I definitely did not do that deliberately, I almost crashed myself. I definitely understand Hincapie, but I can't do anything about it.
"I don't know what to say. This is my biggest victory, but not my most beautiful. I must process all this first."
Discovery Channel's sports director Dirk Demol told Sporza that he would put in a protest. "George would have been third for sure," he said. "And with a third place, George would have had enough bonus seconds to stay just ahead of Schumacher in the classification. I have no idea [whether the protest will do anything] but will certainly do it."
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"It was a very difficult decision," the chief of the race jury commented. "We decided like that after looking at the video many times. The decision, we think, was correct. The deviation was made after the hand from one person from the public. This is our final decision."
Another classy win by Gilbert
While this drama was happening, nothing could take away from the stage victory of Philippe Gilbert. The Française des Jeux rider attacked with 4 km to go and successfully held off the bunch by just 2 seconds, also moving himself up to fourth overall.
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"During the stage, I didn't do any major efforts so at the finish, I felt fresh," said Gilbert. "I waited for the right moment to attack, and came back on the wheel of Lövkvist. I told him to ride, but we had a very strong headwind and it was very hard to make the gap. But finally, I gave it everything I had and it's pretty special!
"To win here is like when Boonen won in Balen - I live here in the Ardennes so it's great. I always wanted to win at home but the other races here are something else: Flèche Wallonne, Liège-Bastogne-Liège... I always try but it's hard to succeed. I'm very happy with my result here: a stage win, the top five, a third placing and fifth in the time trial, so I'm satisfied."
How it unfolded
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The final stage of the Eneco Tour was by far the toughest, a 201 km journey starting and finishing in the Liège suburb of Ans. Many of the climbs used in Liège-Bastogne-Liège were featured, including the Redoute, Sprimont, and Saint Nicolas in the final 40 km.
The first attack of the day came after 2 km from Bram De Groot (Rabobank), Nicolas Roche (Cofidis), Paul Martens and Piet Rooijakkers (Skil-Shimano). That didn't succeed, but De Groot and Rooijakkers were again in the right move that went at 10 km. Also in the break were Mario Aerts (Davitamon-Lotto), William Bonnet (Credit Agricole), Aaron Olson (Saunier Duval), Steven Caethoven (Chocolade Jacques), and Erwin Thijs (Unibet.com). The best placed of the seven was Rooijakkers, who started the day 2'03 behind Hincapie on GC in 35th place.
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Discovery Channel and Quick.Step set a controlling tempo, allowing the break 4'00 after 53 km, then 6'00 after 90 km, with the average speed sitting just below 39 km/h. But as the break hit the Côte de Wanne, the first of nine climbs in the final 95 km, their lead started to fall quickly. On the Haute Levée (85 km to go), the gap came down to 3'00 as Andrea Peron (CSC) and Maarten den Bakker (Milram) attacked the bunch in pursuit of the seven up the road.
The bridging attempt was successful and Den Bakker and Peron made it across with 54 km to go. But by this stage, the peloton was 1'30 behind, and Rabobank had started working on the run into La Redoute at 40 km to go. The nine leaders got to that climb with just 1'18, and although Rooijakkers and Peron survived to the summit, the rest were caught. Posthuma (Rabobank) looked strong, as did Gilbert, while Hincapie marked the dangerous riders and waited for his Discovery teammates to rejoin on the descent.
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With 36 km to go, Thomas Lövkvist (Française des Jeux) and Axel Merckx (Phonak) attacked in pursuit of Peron and Rooijakkers, closing the half minute gap quickly. Then Karsten Kroon (CSC) and Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) went across, as Popovych and Ekimov kept the tempo high in the peloton for Hincapie. Things came back together with 32 km to go, before Merckx and Lövkvist got away again with Gerben Löwik (Rabobank), Laurent Lefèvre (Bouygues), Nicolas Portal (Caisse d'Epargne) and Daniele Righi (Lampre).
The new break was able to gain as much as 45 seconds, with Löwik, Merckx and Lövkvist swallowing the bonus seconds at the sprint on the Côte de Sart-Tilman with 20 km to go - very much in Hincapie's favour. They still had 45 seconds on the Cote de St Nicolas with 11 km to go, where Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas, 3rd on GC) tried to get clear of the bunch, but failed. At the top, Portal and Merckx attacked the break and took another lot of bonus seconds, but were rejoined by the other four in the break with 7 km left.
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The pace had lifted behind as Hincapie had run out of teammates, so it was a free for all with riders going for stage glory and the chance of a good GC. The Merckx break came back at 6 km to go, prompting a counter attack by Maxime Monfort and Bram Tankink, which did not succeed. Then at just over 4 km to go, Philippe Gilbert placed his winning attack. Hincapie didn't react, even though Gilbert was only 28 seconds behind on GC, but Schumacher did try to get across.
With 2 kilometres to go, Gilbert had 8 seconds, with Merckx now leading the bunch in pursuit. But Gilbert was able to survive all the way to the finish to take a well deserved victory. Then the drama unfolded behind with the sprint for second place. At 100m out, Schumacher looked to have got it sewn up, but Hincapie was positioned on the German's wheel to take third and therefore keep the leader's jersey. But that question will remain unanswered as an unfortunate series of events, started by an overenthusiastic spectator, led to Hincapie crashing and finishing the Eneco Tour on foot. Schumacher finished as the overall winner, but he will not be able to completely savour this victory.
Photography
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Images by Luc Claessen/www.ctm-images.com
- Mario Aerts (Davitamon) leads the break
- Ekimov leads Hincapie and Boonen
- Quick.Step and Discovery making the tempo
- Max van Heeswijk (Discovery Channel) leads the bunch
- The peloton in the feed zone
- What have we here?
- Simone Cadamuro (Milram) follows Thomas Lovkvist
- Andrea Peron (CSC) leads on La Redoute
- Rabobank sets a hard tempo on La Redoute
- Philippe Gilbert (Francaise des Jeux) leads at the bottom of La Redoute
- Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) attacks after La Redoute
- Merckx and Lovkivst on the Côte de Tilff
- The leaders descend towards Liege
- Portal and Merckx in the last 10 km
- The leaders are caught with 6 km to go
- Philippe Gilbert (Francaise des Jeux) wins as Hincapie crashes with 50m to go
- Philippe Gilbert (Francaise des Jeux) is very happy with this one
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) on the ground after crashing into Schumacher
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) was not happy after his finish crash
- Stage winner Philippe Gilbert on the podium
- Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) was not exactly happy with his red jersey
- Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) won the young rider's jersey too
- Simone Cadamuro (Milram) is the points winner
Images by AFP Photo
- Philippe Gilbert (Francaise des Jeux) almost at the line, while Hincapie falls behind him
- Schumacher heads for home as Hincapie lies on the ground
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) moments after his crash
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) walks across the line
- Hincapie and Schumacher have a quiet word after the stage
Results
1 Phillippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 5.05.16 (39.545 km/h) 2 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.02 3 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 5 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 6 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 7 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 9 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 10 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Astana Team 11 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 12 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux 13 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 14 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 15 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 16 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 17 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 19 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 20 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 21 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 22 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 23 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 24 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 26 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 27 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 28 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 29 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 30 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 31 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 32 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems 33 Maxime Montfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 34 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) T-Mobile Team 35 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 36 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 37 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 38 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.12 39 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 40 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 1.02 41 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 0.02 42 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.22 43 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 44 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 45 Avitor Perrez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.24 46 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 1.50 47 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Team Milram 48 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 49 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 50 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 2.12 51 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 52 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 53 Piet Rooyakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 54 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 55 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 3.13 56 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 57 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 58 Michael Schär (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 59 Alan Pérez Lezáun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 60 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 61 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 62 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 63 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 64 Frank Høj (Den) Gerolsteiner 65 Carlos Abellan Ossenbach (Spa) Astana Team 66 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 67 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 68 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 69 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 70 Aaron Olson (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 71 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 72 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 5.33 73 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 74 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 7.53 75 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 76 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.38 77 Eladio Sanchez Prado (Spa) Astana Team 78 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 14.50 79 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 80 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 81 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 82 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 83 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 84 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 85 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 86 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas 87 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 88 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 89 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 90 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 91 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 92 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 93 Johan Coenen (Bel) Unibet.com 94 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 95 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 96 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 97 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 98 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 99 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 100 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 101 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic DNF Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC DNF Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC DNF Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears DNF José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears DNF Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team DNF Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel DNF Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel DNF Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel DNF Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital DNF Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNF Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto DNF Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic DNF Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF Carlos Zarate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir DNF Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole DNF Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance DNF Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance DNF Unai Uribarri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNF Mathieu Heyboer (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone DNF Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone DNF Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram DNF Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram DNF Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram DNF Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas DNF Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux DNF Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen DNF Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen DNF Rik Reinerink (Ned) Skil-Shimano DNF Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Skil-Shimano DNF Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano DNF Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com DNF Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com DNF Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com DNF Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana Team Points 1 Phillippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 30 pts 2 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25 3 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22 4 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 19 5 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 17 6 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 15 7 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 13 8 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 12 9 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 11 10 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Astana Team 10 Sprints Sprint 1 1 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 8 pts 2 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 5 3 Piet Rooyakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 3 Sprint 2 1 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 8 pts 2 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 3 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 3 Sprint 3 1 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 8 pts 2 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 3 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 3 Young rider 1 Phillippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 5.05.16 2 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.02 3 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 4 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Astana Team 6 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 7 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 8 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 10 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 12 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 13 Maxime Montfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 14 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.12 15 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 2.12 16 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 17 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 3.13 18 Michael Schär (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 19 Alan Pérez Lezáun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 21 Carlos Abellan Ossenbach (Spa) Astana Team 22 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 7.53 24 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 25 Eladio Sanchez Prado (Spa) Astana Team 8.38 26 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 14.50 27 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 28 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 29 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 30 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 31 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 32 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 33 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir Teams 1 Française des Jeux 15.15.52 2 Liquigas 0.02 3 Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 Rabobank 5 Phonak Hearing Systems 6 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.12 7 DSC 1.02 8 T-Mobile Team 1.50 9 Lampre-Fondital 2.12 10 Credit Agricole 11 Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3.13 12 Bouygues Telecom 3.23 13 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 3.32 14 Team CSC 5.23 15 Skil-Shimano 16 Gerolsteiner 6.24 17 Astana Team 11.49 18 Euskaltel-Euskadi 13.09 19 Quick Step-Innergetic 14.50 20 Davitamon-Lotto 18.01 21 Team Milram 31.26 22 Unibet.com 35.09 Final General classification 1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 27.20.55 2 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 0.01 3 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 0.12 4 Phillippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 0.17 5 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 0.32 6 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 0.35 7 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 0.52 8 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.53 9 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.55 10 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) T-Mobile Team 0.56 11 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.58 12 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.01 13 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 14 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.05 15 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.10 16 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 1.12 17 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.14 18 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 1.15 19 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux 1.43 20 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 1.44 21 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.51 22 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 1.55 23 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Astana Team 1.56 24 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 1.57 25 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.07 26 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.16 27 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.19 28 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.23 29 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.26 30 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 2.27 31 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 2.35 32 Maxime Montfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.41 33 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.42 34 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 2.49 35 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 36 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 3.12 37 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3.15 38 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 3.16 39 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 4.10 40 Piet Rooyakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 4.13 41 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 4.20 42 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 4.24 43 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 4.27 44 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 4.33 45 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4.42 46 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.43 47 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 4.44 48 Avitor Perrez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 4.45 49 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Team Milram 5.09 50 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 5.28 51 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 5.32 52 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 5.33 53 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 5.45 54 Alan Pérez Lezáun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.52 55 Michael Schär (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.08 56 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 6.16 57 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6.20 58 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 59 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 6.49 60 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.57 61 Frank Høj (Den) Gerolsteiner 7.04 62 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7.53 63 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8.15 64 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 9.33 65 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 9.48 66 Carlos Abellan Ossenbach (Spa) Astana Team 10.32 67 Aaron Olson (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10.59 68 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 11.18 69 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 11.55 70 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12.00 71 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 13.46 72 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 13.57 73 Eladio Sanchez Prado (Spa) Astana Team 14.27 74 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 16.15 75 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 16.48 76 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 16.51 77 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 17.18 78 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 17.22 79 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 80 Johan Coenen (Bel) Unibet.com 17.32 81 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 17.37 82 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 17.41 83 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 17.46 84 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 17.48 85 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 17.58 86 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 18.02 87 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 18.05 88 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18.06 89 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas 18.08 90 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 18.15 91 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 18.18 92 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 18.29 93 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 18.40 94 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18.56 95 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20.21 96 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22.12 97 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 22.24 98 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 22.41 99 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 23.22 100 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 24.06 101 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 29.32 Points classification 1 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 91 pts 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 90 3 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 59 4 Phillippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 57 5 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 56 6 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 54 7 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 54 8 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 54 9 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 52 10 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 48 11 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 45 12 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 41 13 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 35 14 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 19 15 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 17 16 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 16 17 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 16 18 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 15 19 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 15 20 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 21 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 13 22 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 12 23 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 11 24 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 25 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Astana Team 10 26 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 10 27 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 10 28 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 8 29 Carlos Abellan Ossenbach (Spa) Astana Team 8 30 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 6 31 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 5 32 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 5 33 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 5 34 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 3 35 Piet Rooyakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 3 Young riders classification 1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 27.20.55 2 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 0.12 3 Phillippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 0.17 4 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 0.35 5 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.55 6 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.05 7 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 1.15 8 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Astana Team 1.56 9 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.26 10 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 2.35 11 Maxime Montfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.41 12 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.42 13 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 2.49 14 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 4.27 15 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 5.32 16 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 5.45 17 Alan Pérez Lezáun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.52 18 Michael Schär (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.08 19 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7.53 20 Carlos Abellan Ossenbach (Spa) Astana Team 10.32 21 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 11.18 22 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 13.57 23 Eladio Sanchez Prado (Spa) Astana Team 14.27 24 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 17.37 25 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 17.46 26 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 17.48 27 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 18.05 28 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18.06 29 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 18.40 30 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20.21 31 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22.12 32 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 22.24 33 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 23.22 34 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 24.06 Teams classification 1 Liquigas 82.04.56 2 Rabobank 0.11 3 DSC 0.29 4 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.07 5 Française des Jeux 1.32 6 Phonak Hearing Systems 2.12 7 T-Mobile Team 4.03 8 Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.23 9 Credit Agricole 5.36 10 Lampre-Fondital 6.31 11 Skil-Shimano 6.34 12 Bouygues Telecom 7.29 13 Team CSC 7.41 14 Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 8.58 15 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 9.29 16 Gerolsteiner 10.07 17 Quick Step-Innergetic 15.52 18 Astana Team 16.58 19 Euskaltel-Euskadi 19.21 20 Davitamon-Lotto 22.26 21 Team Milram 36.37 22 Unibet.com 37.40
