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2nd Eneco Tour of Benelux - PT
Netherlands & Belgium, August 16-23, 2006
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Stage 3 - August 19: Beek (Ned) - Westmalle (Bel), 185.0 km
Rainbow warrior strikes in Westmalle
By Anthony Tan
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Charging down the barriers on the right-hand side, today's sprint in Westemalle was all to easy for rainbow warrior Tom Boonen. The boy-wonder from Quick.Step-Innergetic was in fact trying to set up a win for his team-mate Steven De Jongh, but Boonen was so strong, De Jongh lost his wheel, giving the world champion his second stage victory in the Eneco Tour.
"It was my intention to lead [Steven] De Jongh or [Wouter] Weylandt, but that plan failed," said Boonen. "With De Jongh on my wheel, I lead out reasonably hard, but he couldn't follow. For this reason, I had to continue myself, because I saw [Max] Van Heeswijk dangerously close to me."
Second-placed Van Heeswijk had four of his Discovery Channel team-mates leading him under the kilometre kite, but against the might of Tom Boonen, the Dutchman had to settle for second. Third was Australian Baden Cooke, the Unibet.com rider improving on his fourth place of yesterday, though still some way off his best.
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Consequently, Boonen extended his lead on GC over yesterday's stage winner Manuel Quinziato from Liquigas and Gerolsteiner's Stefan Schumacher. However, with tomorrow's 16 kilometre time trial in Landgraaf, it may be a different story by the day's end - Quinziato, Schumacher or fourth-placed George Hincapie are all likely beneficiaries.
"Now I stay one day longer in the leader's jersey, but I am certain I will be without it after Sunday's time trial," conceded Boonen. "After the race is over, it's possible I will go [to the world championships] and try to defend my rainbow jersey."
How it unfolded
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Just for something different (not!), the third road stage of the Eneco Tour was flat as a tack. Starting in the south Limburg town of Beek, not too far away from yesterday's finish in Sittard-Geeleen, the peloton would head west over to Belgium in the direction of Antwerp, before finishing in Westmalle, 185 kilometres later.
It was a surprise to see one of the three non-starters today being defending champion Bobby Julich (Team CSC), along with David Vitoria (Phonak Hearing Systems) and Arnaud Labbe (Bouygues Telecom) - we'll try and find out more about that soon. Consequently, the peloton was now 169 riders strong.
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It took less than one kilometre after the official start for Euskaltel-Euskadi's Gorka Gonzalez to attack, the move countered by the ever-aggressive Rik Reinerink (Skil-Shimano). Two kilometres later, Bert Roesems (Davitamon-Lotto) decided he too wanted a piece of the action, and a few kilometres after that, it was Unibet.com Erwin Thijs' turn, with all four becoming as one after 20 kilometres' racing, their lead a handy 4'50.
With Roesems the best-placed rider at the start of the day, 1'24 behind overnight leader Tom Boonen (Quick.Step-Innergetic), he quickly assumed the virtual race lead. However, the quartet's advantage continued to hover around the four-minute mark, and later three minutes with 110 kilometres still remaining.
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At 56km to go, the trio's gap was inside the two-minute mark, and as they approached the locals roads of Oostmalle with 30 kilometres left to race, it was under a minute. 15 kilometres later, it was arrivederci for the quartet, and the Eneco Tour was set for a big bunch gallop. Davitamon-Lotto's Jan Kuyckx had a dig just after the recapture, but the Belgian's time in front didn't last long, as the Milram and Quick.Step troops were now at the head of affairs, pushing the pace high.
Five Discovery Channel men led the bunch under the kilometre kite, but with Boonen third wheel 500 metres from the line, victory became a no-brainer for the boy from Balen - who was in fact trying to lead out his team-mate Steven De Jongh, but ended up winning himself, despite a late charge from Max Van Heeswijk.
Photography
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- Niko Eeckhout (Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen) receives medical assistance.
- Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) is sitting pretty on the overall classification.
- The early break.
- The peloton take up the chase.
- The early break about to be caught.
- The end is near for the break.
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) is biding his time in the Eneco Tour.
- The peloton groupé with 10 kilometres to go.
- Max Van Heeswijk (Discovery Channel) a popular figure at the Eneco Tour.
- As easy win coming up for Tom Boonen (Quick Step-Innergetic).
- The sprint was closer than Tom Boonen expected in the end.
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step-Innergetic) makes winning look easy.
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step-Innergetic) waves to his fans.
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step-Innergetic) enjoying his time on the podium.
Images by AFP Photo
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step-Innergetic) outsprints Max Van Heeswijk (Discovery Channel, R) and Baden Cooke (Unibet.com, L) to take his second stage win of the Eneco Tour.
- Last day in the lead for Tom Boonen?
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step-Innergetic) popular as ever.
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step-Innergetic) receives his kiss and winner's bouquet.
Results
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 4.05.56 (45,134 km/h) 2 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 3 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 4 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 5 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 6 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 7 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 8 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 10 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 11 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 12 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 13 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 14 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 16 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 17 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 18 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 19 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 20 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 21 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 23 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 24 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 25 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 26 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 27 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 28 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 29 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana Team 30 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Astana Team 31 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 32 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 33 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 34 Phillippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 35 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 36 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 37 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 38 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 39 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 40 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 41 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas 42 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 43 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 44 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 45 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 46 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 47 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 48 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 49 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 50 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 51 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 52 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 53 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 54 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 55 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 56 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 57 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 58 Frank Høj (Den) Gerolsteiner 59 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 60 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 61 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) T-Mobile Team 62 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 63 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 64 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 65 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 66 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 67 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 68 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 69 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 70 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 71 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 72 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 73 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 74 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 75 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 76 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance 77 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 78 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 79 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 80 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 81 Avitor Perrez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 82 Maxime Montfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 83 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 84 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance 85 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 86 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Unibet.com 87 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 88 Piet Rooyakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 89 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 90 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 91 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 92 Johan Coenen (Bel) Unibet.com 93 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 94 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 95 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 96 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 97 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Skil-Shimano 98 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux 99 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 100 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 101 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 0.15 102 Michael Schär (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 103 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 104 Alan Pérez Lezáun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 105 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 106 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 107 Eladio Sanchez Prado (Spa) Astana Team 108 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 109 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 110 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 111 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems 112 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 113 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 114 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 115 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 116 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 117 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 118 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 119 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 120 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 121 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 122 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 123 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 124 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 125 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 126 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Team Milram 127 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 128 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 129 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 130 Mathieu Heyboer (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 131 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 132 Carlos Abellan Ossenbach (Spa) Astana Team 133 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 134 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana Team 135 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 136 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 137 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 138 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 139 Unai Uribarri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 140 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 141 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 0.24 142 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 0.25 143 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 144 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 145 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.57 146 Aaron Olson (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.14 147 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 148 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.42 149 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 150 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel 1.47 151 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 152 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 153 Gorka Gonzalez Larranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.50 154 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 155 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.00 156 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 157 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 158 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 159 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 160 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 161 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 4.12 162 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.19 163 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 5.56 164 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 165 Ivàn Santos Martinez (Spa) Astana Team 166 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Skil-Shimano DNF Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto DNS Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC DNS David Vitoria (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems DNS Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom Sprints Sprint #1 1 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8 pts 2 Gorka Gonzalez Larranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 3 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Skil-Shimano 3 Sprint #2 1 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8 pts 2 Gorka Gonzalez Larranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 3 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 3 Sprint #3 1 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8 pts 2 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Skil-Shimano 5 3 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 3 Points 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 30 pts 2 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 25 3 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 22 4 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 19 5 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17 6 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 15 7 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 13 8 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 9 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 11 10 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 10 Young rider 1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.05.56 2 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 3 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 4 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 6 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 7 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 8 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 9 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana Team 10 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Astana Team 11 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 12 Phillippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 13 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 14 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 15 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 16 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 17 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 18 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 19 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 20 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 22 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 23 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 24 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 26 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 27 Maxime Montfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 28 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 29 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 30 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 31 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Skil-Shimano 32 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 33 Michael Schär (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.15 34 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 35 Alan Pérez Lezáun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 36 Eladio Sanchez Prado (Spa) Astana Team 37 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 38 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 39 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 40 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 41 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 42 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 43 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 44 Mathieu Heyboer (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 45 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 46 Carlos Abellan Ossenbach (Spa) Astana Team 47 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana Team 48 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 49 Unai Uribarri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 50 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.57 51 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.42 52 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.47 53 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 4.12 54 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.19 55 Ivàn Santos Martinez (Spa) Astana Team 5.56 Teams 1 Quick-Step - Innergetic 12.17.48 2 Team Milram 3 Liquigas 4 Crédit Agricole 5 Rabobank 6 Gerolsteiner 7 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8 Saunier Duval - Prodir 9 Skil-Shimano 10 Phonak Hearing Systems 11 Ag2R Prévoyance 12 Davitamon - Lotto 13 Unibet.com 14 Team CSC 15 Lampre - Fondital 16 Euskaltel - Euskadi 17 Caisse d´Epargne - Illes Balears 18 Française des Jeux 19 T-Mobile Team 20 Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 21 Bouygues Telecom 22 Cofidis, le crédit par téléphone 23 Astana-Wurth Team 0.15 General classification after Stage 3 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 13.12.20 2 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 0.11 3 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.13 4 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 0.17 5 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.18 6 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.21 7 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 0.26 8 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 0.28 9 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 10 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 0.29 11 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.30 12 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 0.33 13 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 14 Phillippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 15 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.35 16 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 17 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 18 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Unibet.com 0.37 19 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 20 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 21 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 22 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 0.38 23 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 24 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) T-Mobile Team 0.39 25 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 26 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 27 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 28 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.40 29 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.42 30 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.43 31 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.44 32 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 0.45 33 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 0.47 34 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.49 35 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 36 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Astana Team 0.50 37 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 38 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.51 39 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 40 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 0.58 41 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 1.02 42 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas 1.08 43 Alan Pérez Lezáun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.14 44 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 1.16 45 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.17 46 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.18 47 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 48 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 1.19 49 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 1.24 50 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 51 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 1.26 52 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux 53 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.27 54 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.29 55 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 56 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.30 57 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 58 Johan Coenen (Bel) Unibet.com 59 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.31 60 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 61 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 1.32 62 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 63 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 1.33 64 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 65 Piet Rooyakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 66 Frank Høj (Den) Gerolsteiner 1.34 67 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 68 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 69 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.35 70 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana Team 71 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 72 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 1.36 73 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 74 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Skil-Shimano 75 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.37 76 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 77 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 78 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 1.38 79 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 80 Maxime Montfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 81 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.40 82 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 83 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 84 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 85 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.41 86 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 87 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance 88 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 89 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.42 90 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 91 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 1.43 92 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.44 93 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 94 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 95 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 96 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 97 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 1.45 98 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 99 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance 100 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 1.46 101 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.47 102 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.48 103 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 1.49 104 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 105 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana Team 1.50 106 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.51 107 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 108 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.52 109 Eladio Sanchez Prado (Spa) Astana Team 1.53 110 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 111 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 112 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 113 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 114 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 1.54 115 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 116 Michael Schär (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.55 117 Avitor Perrez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 118 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 119 Mathieu Heyboer (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.56 120 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.57 121 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 122 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 123 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 1.58 124 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 125 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 1.59 126 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 127 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 2.02 128 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Team Milram 2.03 129 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 130 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.05 131 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.07 132 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.09 133 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.16 134 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 2.17 135 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 4.43 136 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 4.45 137 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 5.08 138 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.10 139 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 5.12 140 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 5.13 141 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 142 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 5.16 143 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.17 144 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 5.18 145 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 5.22 146 Carlos Abellan Ossenbach (Spa) Astana Team 5.27 147 Unai Uribarri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.29 148 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 5.51 149 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5.52 150 Aaron Olson (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.13 151 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 152 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 6.28 153 Gorka Gonzalez Larranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.36 154 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel 6.56 155 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 6.57 156 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 7.01 157 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7.21 158 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Skil-Shimano 7.31 159 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 8.12 160 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 10.01 161 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10.35 162 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 10.46 163 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 11.16 164 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14.45 165 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15.20 166 Ivàn Santos Martinez (Spa) Astana Team 20.44 Points classification 1 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 69 pts 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 60 3 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 42 4 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 41 5 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 41 6 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 37 7 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 35 8 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 35 9 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Skil-Shimano 32 10 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 24 11 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 22 12 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 22 13 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 22 14 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 19 15 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 17 16 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 16 17 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 15 18 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 15 19 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 13 20 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 13 21 Gorka Gonzalez Larranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 22 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 10 23 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 24 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 25 Carlos Abellan Ossenbach (Spa) Astana Team 8 26 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 6 27 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 5 28 Phillippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 5 29 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 5 30 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 3 31 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 3 32 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 Young riders classification 1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13.12.33 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 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.49 12 Alan Pérez Lezáun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.01 13 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.05 14 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 1.11 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 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 1.20 21 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana Team 1.22 22 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 1.23 23 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Skil-Shimano 24 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.24 25 Maxime Montfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.25 26 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.27 27 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1.31 28 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.34 29 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.35 30 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana Team 1.37 31 Eladio Sanchez Prado (Spa) Astana Team 1.40 32 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 33 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 34 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 1.41 35 Michael Schär (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.42 36 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 37 Mathieu Heyboer (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.43 38 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.44 39 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 40 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 1.45 41 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 42 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 2.04 43 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 4.30 44 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 5.00 45 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.04 46 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 5.09 47 Carlos Abellan Ossenbach (Spa) Astana Team 5.14 48 Unai Uribarri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.16 49 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 5.38 50 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 5.39 51 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 6.00 52 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 7.59 53 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10.22 54 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14.32 55 Ivàn Santos Martinez (Spa) Astana Team 20.31 Teams classification 1 Quick-Step - Innergetic 39.38.15 2 Liquigas 0.05 3 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.07 4 Rabobank 0.22 5 Unibet.com 0.32 6 Skil-Shimano 0.43 7 Gerolsteiner 0.47 8 Caisse d´Epargne - Illes Balears 0.56 9 Team CSC 1.17 10 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.23 11 T-Mobile Team 1.26 12 Française des Jeux 1.28 13 Crédit Agricole 2.05 14 Saunier Duval - Prodir 2.17 15 Team Milram 2.22 16 Lampre - Fondital 2.25 17 Davitamon - Lotto 2.32 18 Bouygues Telecom 19 Ag2R Prévoyance 2.39 20 Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 2.57 21 Astana-Wurth Team 2.59 22 Euskaltel - Euskadi 3.14 23 Cofidis, le crédit par téléphone 3.30
