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2nd Eneco Tour of Benelux - PT
Netherlands & Belgium, August 16-23, 2006
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Stage 4 - August 20: Landgraaf (Ned) - Landgraaf (Ned) ITT, 16.1 km
Hincapie turns the tables
By Jeff Jones
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Four times this season, including the prologue of the Eneco Tour, George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) has finished second in a time trial. But today, on the very tricky 16.1 km course in Landgraaf, Hincapie finally scored, beating Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) by 14 hundredths of a second to win the fourth stage of the Eneco Tour. Nibali had the best time at halfway in 9'57, a full five seconds better than the American, but big George turned it on in the last half to finish in 19'58.23, topping Nibali's 19'58.37 by a narrow margin.
In doing so, Hincapie took over the leader's jersey from Tom Boonen (Quick.Step), who rode a fairly relaxed race to finish in 21'25. Hincapie now has a three second gap on GC over Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner), who was third today at 6 seconds.
"It's very close," commented Hincapie after the stage. "I've been on the other side many times this year, so I feel for Nibali, who got second. But I'm happy I came in on the other side. I worked super hard for this; I did everything I could to win. I'm very content at the way it worked out."
Hincapie was asked whether he was aware of Nibali's time. "I didn't know. I heard Johan [Bruyneel] say it was tight. I knew I was 5 seconds behind at halfway, and [at the end] 20 seconds ahead of Leif, my teammate, who had one of the best times. I didn't know what Nibali's time was. I just went as hard as I could."
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Describing today's course, Hincapie said it was "Very difficult, very technical, downhill corners, steep climbs, with the small chainring on the climbs, very tactical...there wasn't a time where you went straight for more than 800 metres."
Hincapie is now in the red leader's jersey by three seconds, with another three stages to come. "We're going to try and defend it. We have great team," he finished, adding that he thinks he can stay in the lead.
How it unfolded
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In blustery and damp conditions, the fourth stage time trial kicked off in Landgraaf at midday with Astana's Ivan Santos the first to go. The course started and finished on the track at Megaland, and was filled with short climbs and descents, and plenty of corners. The water on the road didn't make things any easier, but it was mostly dry for the last riders.
Unlike the prologue, there was no one rider who held top position for very long. Gustav Larsson (Française des Jeux) rode a handy 20'31 that eventually netted him a place in the top 10. Then it was Discovery's Leif Hoste coming home in a good time of 20'20, 11 seconds clear of the Swedish TT champ.
Hoste's time stayed as the mark to beat as Bram Tankink (Quick.Step, 20'33), Maarten Tjallingii (Skil-Shimano, 20'31), Steffen Wesemann (T-Mobile, 20'31) and Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank, 20'28) all tried, but failed to get under the Belgian's mark. Then Philippe Gilbert (Française des Jeux) clocked a very good 10'09 at halfway - five seconds better than Hoste - to eventually finish in 20'14.33 and set a new standard.
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Gilbert's time held until Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) stormed up to halfway in 9'57, the only rider to go under 10 minutes to that point. He finished in 19'58.37 and was also the only rider to go under 20 minutes. But back at the halfway check, George Hincapie came through in 10'02 for second place, and then proceeded to wind up the tempo in the second half to finish in 19'58.23 and knock Nibali off the top perch. Prologue winner Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) defended himself well with a 20'04, but it wasn't quite enough to win the stage or take back the lead.
The leader himself, Tom Boonen (Quick.Step), quite happily relinquished the red jersey in favour of his rainbow stripes with a ride of 21'25 to push himself well out of the general classification. But the world champ will be very much back in action tomorrow when the Eneco Tour finishes in his home town of Balen after a flat stage over 183 km.
Photography
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Images by Elmar Krings
- The start house
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) stays hydrated
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) in warmup mode
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) and his well-worn shifters
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) flying like a bird
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) warms up
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) towels down
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) in the red jersey for the last time
- Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) did the best time at halfway, but was just beaten by Hincapie at the finish
- Head down for Schumacher
- Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Caisse d'Epargne) pushes himself
- Philippe Gilbert (Francaise des Jeux) had the quickest time for a while
- Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) missed the top 10
- Juan Carlos Dominguez (Unibet.com) was 26th
- Gorazd Stangelj (Lampre-Fondital) keeping cool
- Nick Nuyens (Quick.Step) in the hurt box
- You never know what might happen
- Polish TT champ Piotr Mazur
- German rider Paul Martens (Skil-Shimano)
- Liquigas warms up
- Alan Pérez Lezáun (Euskaltel)
- Javier Meijas Leal (Saunier Duval)
- Karsten Kroon (CSC) in action
- Kim Kirchen (T-Mobile) on the go
- Matej Jurco (Milram) the Slovakian champion
- Enrico Gasparotto (Liquigas)
- Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank) hurting himself
- Steven de Jongh (Quick.Step) is not exactly a time trialist
- Simone Cadamuro (Milram) gets on his machine
- William Bonnet (Credit Agricole)
- Mario Aerts (Davitamon-Lotto) in action
- Markus Zberg (Gerolsteiner)
- Maarten Tjallingii (Skil-Shimano) stretches it out
- Stage winner George Hincapie (Discovery Channel)
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) is now the overall leader
- Simone Cadamuro (Milram) is still the points leader
- Best young rider Stefan Schumacher
Results
1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 19.58.23 (48.38 km/h) 2 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 0.00.21 3 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.06.87 4 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.14.09 5 Phillippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 0.16.30 6 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 0.21.95 7 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 0.25.74 8 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 0.29.91 9 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux 0.33.01 10 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) T-Mobile Team 0.33.62 11 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.34.37 12 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.35.41 13 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 0.37.42 14 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.38.66 15 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.39.03 16 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.41.05 17 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.41.96 18 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 0.44.19 19 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.44.37 20 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.44.89 21 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.46.53 22 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.46.75 23 Piet Rooyakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.47.50 24 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.49.75 25 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 0.50.49 26 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Unibet.com 0.51.49 27 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.53.65 28 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.54.69 29 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 0.55.19 30 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.55.59 31 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.55.62 32 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.59.48 33 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 0.59.67 34 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 0.59.94 35 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 1.00.97 36 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 1.01.89 37 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 1.02.00 38 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 1.02.49 39 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.03.15 40 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.06.08 41 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1.06.39 42 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.06.95 43 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.08.32 44 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 1.11.16 45 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 1.11.51 46 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 1.11.73 47 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 1.13.94 48 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana Team 1.16.47 49 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.17.27 50 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.17.53 51 Michael Schär (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.18.09 52 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana Team 1.18.65 53 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.19.27 54 Maxime Montfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.19.47 55 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 1.20.62 56 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.21.05 57 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Astana Team 1.22.29 58 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 1.24.17 59 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 1.24.65 60 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.25.06 61 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 1.26.07 62 Eladio Sanchez Prado (Spa) Astana Team 1.27.13 63 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.27.39 64 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 1.27.55 65 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.28.56 66 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.29.37 67 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.29.69 68 Johan Coenen (Bel) Unibet.com 1.30.13 69 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.30.44 70 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 1.30.73 71 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.32.40 72 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.32.68 73 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Team Milram 1.34.23 74 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.35.05 75 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 1.36.29 76 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 1.36.32 77 Mathieu Heyboer (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.36.46 78 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.36.75 79 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.38.06 80 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 1.38.13 81 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 1.39.75 82 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance 1.39.92 83 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.39.97 84 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 85 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 1.40.45 86 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.41.27 87 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance 1.41.08 88 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 1.41.70 89 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.42.35 90 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 1.43.21 91 Alan Pérez Lezáun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.43.69 92 Avitor Perrez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.44.42 93 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.44.55 94 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.45.54 95 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.46.24 96 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.46.44 97 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 1.46.54 98 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.46.77 99 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 1.47.51 100 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.48.64 101 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 1.49.11 102 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 1.50.37 103 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.50.91 104 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.51.25 105 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.51.67 106 Aaron Olson (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 107 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 1.52.46 108 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 1.53.67 109 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.53.91 110 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 1.58.63 111 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 2.00.31 112 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 2.01.99 113 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 2.02.35 114 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.02.42 115 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 2.02.74 116 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 2.02.94 117 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 2.02.95 118 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.03.65 119 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.04.60 120 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.04.99 121 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 2.05.51 122 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.07.14 123 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.07.98 124 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.08.34 125 Carlos Abellan Ossenbach (Spa) Astana Team 2.10.01 126 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 2.10.27 127 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 2.10.40 128 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 2.17.29 129 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 2.19.67 130 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2.23.45 131 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.24.08 132 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.24.15 133 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 2.27.27 134 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.27.54 135 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.27.95 136 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas 2.28.64 137 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 2.28.95 138 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 2.29.06 139 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 2.30.88 140 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.31.65 141 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.34.73 142 Frank Høj (Den) Gerolsteiner 2.35.03 143 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.35.14 144 Unai Uribarri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.36.88 145 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 2.38.54 146 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2.45.17 147 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 2.48.69 148 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.49.45 149 Ivàn Santos Martinez (Spa) Astana Team 2.50.46 150 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel 2.51.14 151 Gorka Gonzalez Larranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.52.96 152 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 2.59.40 153 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.01.19 154 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 3.01.87 155 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3.02.49 156 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.08.01 157 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 3.09.15 158 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.18.76 159 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.35.14 160 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.37.68 161 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.39.48 162 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 3.42.77 DNS Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team DNS Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNS Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto DNS Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas Young rider 1 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 19.58.44 2 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.06.66 3 Phillippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 0.16.09 4 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 0.25.53 5 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.38.45 6 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.44.16 7 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.44.68 8 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.53.44 9 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 1.00.76 10 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 1.02.28 11 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 1.02.94 12 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 1.11.52 13 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana Team 1.16.26 14 Michael Schär (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.17.88 15 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana Team 1.18.44 16 Maxime Montfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.19.26 17 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Astana Team 1.22.08 18 Eladio Sanchez Prado (Spa) Astana Team 1.26.92 19 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.29.16 20 Mathieu Heyboer (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.36.25 21 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.37.85 22 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.39.76 23 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 1.40.24 24 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.41.06 25 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 1.41.49 26 Alan Pérez Lezáun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1.43.48 27 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 1.46.23 28 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.46.56 29 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 1.47.30 30 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.51.04 31 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 1.51.46 32 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 2.00.10 33 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.02.21 34 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 2.02.74 35 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.03.44 36 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.04.78 37 Carlos Abellan Ossenbach (Spa) Astana Team 2.09.80 38 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 2.10.06 39 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 2.17.08 40 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2.23.24 41 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.27.33 42 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.31.44 43 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.34.52 44 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.34.93 45 Unai Uribarri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.36.67 46 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 2.38.33 47 Ivàn Santos Martinez (Spa) Astana Team 2.50.25 48 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 2.59.19 49 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.00.98 50 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 3.01.66 51 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 3.02.28 52 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.07.80 53 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.37.47 Teams 1 Discovery Channel 1.01.00 2 Rabobank 0.27 3 Liquigas 0.33 4 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.39 5 Française des Jeux 0.44 6 Skil-Shimano 1.08 7 T-Mobile Team 1.27 8 Phonak Hearing Systems 9 Team CSC 1.41 10 Quick Step-Innergetic 1.42 11 Credit Agricole 1.59 12 Bouygues Telecom 2.14 13 Davitamon-Lotto 2.33 14 Lampre-Fondital 2.34 15 Unibet.com 2.39 16 Astana Team 2.50 17 Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.55 18 Team Milram 3.29 19 Gerolsteiner 3.36 20 Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.38 21 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 3.40 22 Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.44 23 A2GR Prevoyance 4.00 General classification after stage 4 1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 13.32.35 2 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.03 3 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 0.11 4 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.15 5 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 0.31 6 Phillippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 0.32 7 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 0.34 8 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.50 9 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 0.51 10 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 0.52 11 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.54 12 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) T-Mobile Team 0.55 13 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 0.56 14 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.57 15 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.00 16 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.02 17 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.04 18 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.08 19 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.09 20 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.10 21 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 1.11 22 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Unibet.com 23 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.13 24 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 1.14 25 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1.26 26 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 1.27 27 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 1.32 28 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux 1.42 29 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 30 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 1.43 31 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Astana Team 1.55 32 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 33 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.56 34 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 1.57 35 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.59 36 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 2.00 37 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 2.02 38 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 39 Piet Rooyakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2.03 40 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.06 41 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 2.11 42 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2.12 43 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.15 44 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.16 45 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 46 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 2.18 47 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.19 48 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 2.20 49 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 50 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 51 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 2.22 52 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.25 53 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 2.26 54 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 55 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 2.28 56 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.29 57 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana Team 2.34 58 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 2.35 59 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 2.37 60 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 2.38 61 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 62 Maxime Montfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.40 63 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 64 Alan Pérez Lezáun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 65 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.41 66 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.42 67 Johan Coenen (Bel) Unibet.com 2.43 68 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas 2.45 69 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 2.48 70 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 71 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 2.51 72 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana Team 73 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.52 74 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.53 75 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 2.55 76 Michael Schär (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.56 77 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 78 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 2.57 79 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.58 80 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.59 81 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 82 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 3.01 83 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 3.02 84 Eladio Sanchez Prado (Spa) Astana Team 3.03 85 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 3.04 86 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance 87 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 88 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 3.08 89 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance 3.09 90 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 91 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3.14 92 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 93 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 94 Mathieu Heyboer (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3.15 95 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 3.16 96 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.17 97 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3.18 98 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas 3.19 99 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Team Milram 3.20 100 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.21 101 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.22 102 Avitor Perrez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 103 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 104 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.23 105 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 106 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.25 107 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 3.26 108 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 109 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 110 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 3.27 111 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 3.28 112 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 3.29 113 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.33 114 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 3.36 115 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 116 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 3.40 117 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 118 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 3.45 119 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 3.47 120 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 3.50 121 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 3.51 122 Frank Høj (Den) Gerolsteiner 3.52 123 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 124 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 3.53 125 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.56 126 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.58 127 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.08 128 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4.23 129 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.41 130 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 131 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital 5.19 132 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.57 133 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 6.04 134 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.14 135 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 6.21 136 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 6.26 137 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 6.36 138 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 6.48 139 Carlos Abellan Ossenbach (Spa) Astana Team 7.20 140 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 7.27 141 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 7.39 142 Aaron Olson (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.47 143 Unai Uribarri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.49 144 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 8.14 145 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 8.33 146 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.37 147 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 148 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 8.58 149 Gorka Gonzalez Larranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.12 150 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel 9.30 151 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 9.32 152 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 9.36 153 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.58 154 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Skil-Shimano 9.59 155 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10.39 156 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12.53 157 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 158 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 13.00 159 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 13.28 160 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17.36 161 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18.42 162 Ivàn Santos Martinez (Spa) Astana Team 23.17 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 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 22 12 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 22 13 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 22 14 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 19 15 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 17 16 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 16 17 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 15 18 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 15 19 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 13 20 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 13 21 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 22 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 10 23 Gorka Gonzalez Larranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 10 24 Carlos Abellan Ossenbach (Spa) Astana Team 8 25 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 26 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 6 27 Phillippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 5 28 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 5 29 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 5 30 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 3 31 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 32 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 3 Young rider classification 1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13.32.38 2 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 0.08 3 Phillippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 0.29 4 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 0.31 5 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.51 6 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.01 7 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 1.11 8 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Astana Team 1.52 9 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2.09 10 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.12 11 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.13 12 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 2.17 13 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 2.25 14 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana Team 2.31 15 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 2.35 16 Maxime Montfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.37 17 Alan Pérez Lezáun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 18 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.38 19 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 2.45 20 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 21 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana Team 2.48 22 Michael Schär (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.53 23 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 2.54 24 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.56 25 Eladio Sanchez Prado (Spa) Astana Team 3.00 26 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 3.01 27 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.11 28 Mathieu Heyboer (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3.12 29 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 3.13 30 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.14 31 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3.15 32 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.22 33 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3.23 34 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.30 35 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 3.33 36 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 37 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 3.42 38 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 3.47 39 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 3.48 40 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.38 41 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 6.01 42 Carlos Abellan Ossenbach (Spa) Astana Team 7.17 43 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 7.24 44 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 7.36 45 Unai Uribarri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.46 46 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 8.30 47 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.34 48 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 49 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 8.55 50 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 9.33 51 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12.50 52 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17.33 53 Ivàn Santos Martinez (Spa) Astana Team 23.14 Teams classification 1 Discovery Channel 40.39.22 2 Liquigas 0.31 3 Rabobank 0.42 4 Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 1.28 5 Quick Step-Innergetic 1.35 6 Skil-Shimano 1.44 7 Française des Jeux 2.05 8 Phonak Hearing Systems 2.43 9 T-Mobile Team 2.46 10 Team CSC 2.51 11 Unibet.com 3.04 12 Credit Agricole 3.57 13 Gerolsteiner 4.16 14 Bouygues Telecom 4.39 15 Lampre-Fondital 4.52 16 Davitamon-Lotto 4.58 17 Astana Team 5.42 18 Team Milram 5.44 19 Saunier Duval-Prodir 5.54 20 Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 6.18 21 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 6.30 22 A2GR Prevoyance 6.32 23 Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.45
