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2nd Eneco Tour of Benelux - PT
Netherlands & Belgium, August 16-23, 2006
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Stage 5 - August 21: Hasselt (Bel) - Balen (Bel), 183.1 km
Boonen blows them away in Balen
By Jeff Jones
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Clad in his rainbow stripes of world champion, Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) did not let his many fans down when he sprinted to a fine victory in his home town of Balen. A huge crowd had come out to watch the world champ on his home turf, and in the pouring rain, they were rewarded with a perfect sprint. Quick.Step controlled things well in the final kilometre with Wouter Weylandt and Steven de Jongh, and Boonen powered home a bike length ahead of Julian Dean (Credit Agricole) and Simone Cadamuro (Milram).
George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) finished in the peloton and there were no changes to the overall general classification.
"For me, this win comes just behind the Ronde van Vlaanderen," said a very happy Boonen right after the finish. "I had hoped for it, but still it was unexpected. If something really should happen, there is always something that goes wrong. Furthermore, the rain is not my friend: I'm not a rider who takes unnecessary risks.
"I thought that it wouldn't happen, but the team was again impressive. If I had lost, I would have shot myself in the foot. I think that this win in Balen will be remembered for many years."
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Boonen concluded by saying that he wouldn't be celebrating too heavily tonight. "I have to do two more important stages."
Third placed Cadamuro was disappointed again, but couldn't do much against the power of Tommeke. "Unfortunately another third position for me," he said. "In the sprint I was on the wheel of Boonen when Baden Cooke took it from me. I didn't put up much of a fight because I thought it was good to do a sprint behind Boonen and Cooke. But when Tom started, Cooke didn't answer him and that hurt me. It’s too bad, but I also know it’s very difficult to beat Boonen in the sprint."
How it unfolded
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The fifth stage started in Hasselt shortly after midday with 154 starters. Juan Carlos Dominguez (Unibet.com) was among the non-starters, being the only one of 38 riders to fail a UCI health check in the morning. David Loosli, Markus Zberg, Yuriy Krivtsov, Gorka Gonzalez and Magnus Bäckstedt were also not at the start.
It was always going to be a day destined for Tom Boonen, who was back in his world champion's rainbow stripes after relinquishing the red leader's jersey yesterday. The stage was raced over 183 km on roads that he knew well, and for the first time, his grandparents sat in one of the following cars.
The first attack came from Jan Kuyckx (Davitamon-Lotto), Frederik Veuchelen (Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen), Kenny Van Hummel (Skil-Shimano) and Marco Righetto (Liquigas) after 4 km, but that was quickly neutralised. Glenn D'Hollander (Chocolade Jacques) and Koen De Kort (Astana) tried after 10 km, with similar result. After 24 km, Unai Uribarri (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Michiel Elijzen (Cofidis) and Kurt Hovelynck (Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen) had a go, but came back five kilometres later.
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Elijzen was persistent, though, and escaped at km 32 with the Portal brothers Nicolas (Caisse d'Epargne) and Sébastien (Credit Agricole), as well as Bert Roesems (Davitamon-Lotto), Mathew Hayman (Rabobank), Thomas Lövkvist (Française des Jeux) and Koen Barbé (Chocolade Jacques). Nicolas Portal was the best placed on GC, starting the day 2'19 behind George Hincapie, so Discovery Channel didn't allow the break too much room.
That was easier said than done, as 48.6 km were covered in the first hour. After 64 km, the riders hit Boonen's home town of Balen for the first time with Roesems winning the intermediate sprint ahead of Sebastien Portal and Thomas Lövkvist, holding an advantage of around 2'20. As expected, Discovery Channel and Quick.Step were making the tempo in the peloton, and at halfway, the gap went up to its maximum of 3'00, putting N. Portal in the virtual red jersey.
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The second hour was almost as quick as the first, with another 46.4 km covered. 10 km later, it started to rain, and that continued on and off until the finish. Bert Roesems was using his time trialing power to good effect, doing some big turns and keeping the break at bay from the hunting pack. But with 60 km to go, Discovery and Quick.Step upped the pace behind, and the gap began to shrink.
At 50 km to go, Bert Roesems cleaned up again in the intermediate sprint in Westerlo, ahead of Nicolas and Sebastien Portal. Skil-Shimano made a brief appearance at the front of the bunch, possibly trying to cause a split as they rode at over 60 km/h for a few kilometres. But the main effect that had was to reduce the gap to a very manageable 1'25. Milram also started to help out in the chase, for points leader Simone Cadamuro.
With 27 km to go, Roesems won the third and final intermediate sprint in Geel, ahead of Hayman and Lövkvist, but by that stage, the bunch was less than a minute back. The leaders made it to the finish line in Balen with 15 km to go with a small gap over the bunch, and were finally caught at 10 km out, having spent 140 km in front.
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Quick.Step, Discovery, Liquigas and Unibet had set their sights on a bunch sprint and let no rider attack, despite valiant efforts from Jan Kuyckx (Davitamon) and Koen de Kort (Astana). In the pouring rain, it was a Unibet/Quick.Step lead out, with Wouter Weylandt winding it up with 900m to go until Steven de Jongh took over at 400m out, challenged by Kopp and Gasparotto, then Boonen launching himself at 150m to go to take a textbook win in front of his own people in Balen. Julian Dean (Crédit Agricole) was able to follow Boonen for second place, with Cadamuro taking third.
Crashes were common during the stage with the damp roads and traffic obstacles everywhere. But mostly they were without serious consequences.
Photography
For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
Images by Luc Claessen/www.ctm-images.com
- The leading seven
- Mathew Hayman (Rabobank) in the breakaway
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) in action
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) rides ahead of De Jongh and Boonen
- Discovery Channel chasing hard
- The skies are dark above the peloton
- Matthias Kessler (T-Mobile) crashes, while a Saunier Duval rider signals the danger
- Matthias Kessler (T-Mobile) on the ground after his crash
- Matthias Kessler (T-Mobile) with his DIY quick fix
- Matthias Kessler (T-Mobile) "A bit of WD-40 and the knee is right as rain"
- Ouch, why me?
- This Caisse d'Epargne rider was another crash victim
- Matthew White (Discovery Channel) worked hard for Hincapie today
- The peloton passing through Balen
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) celebrates victory
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) triumphs at home in Balen
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) on the podium
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) on the podium in the red leader's jersey
- Part of Boonen's fan club in Balen
Results
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 3.52.20 (47.285 km/h) 2 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 3 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 4 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 5 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 6 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 7 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 8 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 10 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 11 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 13 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 14 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 16 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 17 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 18 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 19 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 20 Alan Pérez Lezáun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 21 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Astana Team 22 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 23 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 24 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 25 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 26 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 27 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 28 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 29 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 30 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 31 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 32 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 33 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 34 Phillippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 35 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 36 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 37 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 38 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 39 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 41 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 42 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 43 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 44 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 45 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 46 Michael Schär (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 47 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 48 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 49 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 50 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 51 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Skil-Shimano 52 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 53 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 54 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 55 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 56 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 57 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 58 Piet Rooyakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 59 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 60 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas 61 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 62 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 63 Frank Høj (Den) Gerolsteiner 64 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 65 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 66 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) T-Mobile Team 67 Johan Coenen (Bel) Unibet.com 68 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 69 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 70 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 71 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 72 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 73 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 74 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 75 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 76 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 77 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 78 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 79 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana Team 80 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance 81 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 82 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 83 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Skil-Shimano 84 Maxime Montfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 85 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 86 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 87 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 88 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 89 Mathieu Heyboer (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 90 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux 91 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 92 Avitor Perrez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 93 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 94 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 95 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 96 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 97 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 98 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 99 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 100 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 101 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 102 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 103 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 104 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 105 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 106 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems 107 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 108 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Team Milram 109 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 110 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 111 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 112 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 113 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 114 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 115 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 116 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 117 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 118 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 119 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 120 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 121 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 122 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 123 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 124 Carlos Abellan Ossenbach (Spa) Astana Team 125 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 126 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 127 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 128 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 129 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 130 Aaron Olson (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 131 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 132 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.20 133 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 134 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 0.29 135 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel 0.35 136 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.40 137 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 1.04 138 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 139 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.07 140 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 2.29 141 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 2.41 142 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.47 143 Eladio Sanchez Prado (Spa) Astana Team 144 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 145 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.28 146 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.05 147 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 148 Unai Uribarri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 149 Ivàn Santos Martinez (Spa) Astana Team 150 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 151 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 152 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 153 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 154 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 9.08 155 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 7.12 DNF Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astana Team DNS David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital DNS Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner DNS Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R Prevoyance DNS Gorka Gonzalez Larranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi DNS Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas DNS Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Unibet.com Points 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 30 pts 2 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 25 3 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 22 4 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 19 5 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 17 6 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 15 7 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 13 8 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 9 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 11 10 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 10 Sprints Sprint 1 1 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8 pts 2 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 5 3 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 3 Sprint 2 1 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8 pts 2 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 5 3 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3 Sprint 3 1 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8 pts 2 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 5 3 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 3 Young rider 1 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 3.52.20 2 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 3 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 4 Alan Pérez Lezáun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Astana Team 6 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 7 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 Phillippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 11 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 12 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 14 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 15 Michael Schär (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 16 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 17 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 18 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 19 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 20 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 21 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana Team 22 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Skil-Shimano 23 Maxime Montfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 24 Mathieu Heyboer (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 25 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 26 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 27 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 28 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 29 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 30 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 31 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 32 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 33 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 34 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 35 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 36 Carlos Abellan Ossenbach (Spa) Astana Team 37 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 38 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 39 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 40 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 41 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 0.20 42 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.07 43 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 2.29 44 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.47 45 Eladio Sanchez Prado (Spa) Astana Team 46 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 47 Unai Uribarri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.05 48 Ivàn Santos Martinez (Spa) Astana Team 49 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 50 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 51 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux General classification after stage 5 1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 17.24.55 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 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 17 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 1.02 18 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.04 19 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.08 20 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.09 21 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 1.11 22 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.13 23 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 1.14 24 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1.26 25 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 1.27 26 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 1.32 27 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux 1.42 28 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 29 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 1.43 30 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Astana Team 1.55 31 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 32 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 1.56 33 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 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 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.02 38 Piet Rooyakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2.03 39 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.06 40 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 2.11 41 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2.12 42 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.15 43 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.16 44 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 45 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.18 46 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 47 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 2.20 48 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 49 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 50 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 2.22 51 Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.25 52 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 2.26 53 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 54 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.29 55 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.33 56 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 57 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana Team 2.34 58 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 2.35 59 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 2.36 60 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.38 61 Maxime Montfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.40 62 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole 63 Alan Pérez Lezáun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 64 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.41 65 Johan Coenen (Bel) Unibet.com 2.43 66 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 2.48 67 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 68 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 2.51 69 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.52 70 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.53 71 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 2.55 72 Michael Schär (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.56 73 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 74 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 2.57 75 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.58 76 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.59 77 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 78 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 3.02 79 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 3.04 80 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance 81 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 82 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 3.08 83 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 3.09 84 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3.14 85 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 86 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 87 Mathieu Heyboer (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3.15 88 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 3.16 89 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.17 90 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas 3.19 91 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Team Milram 3.20 92 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.21 93 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.22 94 Avitor Perrez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 95 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 96 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.23 97 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 98 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 3.26 99 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 100 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 101 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 3.27 102 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 3.29 103 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.33 104 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 3.36 105 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 106 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 3.40 107 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux 108 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 3.51 109 Frank Høj (Den) Gerolsteiner 3.52 110 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 111 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 3.53 112 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.56 113 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.58 114 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 4.05 115 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.08 116 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 4.16 117 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.41 118 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 119 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 4.43 120 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.32 121 Eladio Sanchez Prado (Spa) Astana Team 5.50 122 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5.57 123 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 6.05 124 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 6.21 125 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 6.26 126 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 6.36 127 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 6.48 128 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.54 129 Carlos Abellan Ossenbach (Spa) Astana Team 7.20 130 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 7.27 131 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 7.35 132 Aaron Olson (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.47 133 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 8.14 134 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 8.33 135 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.37 136 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 137 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 8.51 138 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 9.40 139 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Skil-Shimano 9.59 140 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel 10.05 141 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 10.55 142 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 11.27 143 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 12.09 144 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12.53 145 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 146 Unai Uribarri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.54 147 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15.07 148 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 16.09 149 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux 16.37 150 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 16.41 151 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 17.03 152 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 19.46 153 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 20.05 154 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24.41 155 Ivàn Santos Martinez (Spa) Astana Team 30.22 Points classification 1 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 91 pts 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 90 3 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 56 4 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 48 5 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 44 6 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 42 7 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 41 8 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 39 9 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 37 10 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 35 11 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 35 12 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 35 13 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 34 14 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Skil-Shimano 32 15 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team 24 16 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 22 17 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 17 18 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 16 19 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 15 20 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 15 21 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 13 22 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 23 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 10 24 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 10 25 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 10 26 Carlos Abellan Ossenbach (Spa) Astana Team 8 27 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 28 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 6 29 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 6 30 Phillippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 5 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 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3 36 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 3 Young rider classification 1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17.24.58 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 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana Team 2.31 14 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 2.33 15 Maxime Montfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.37 16 Alan Pérez Lezáun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.38 18 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 2.45 19 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 20 Michael Schär (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.53 21 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 2.54 22 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.56 23 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 3.01 24 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3.11 25 Mathieu Heyboer (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3.12 26 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 3.13 27 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.14 28 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3.23 29 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.30 30 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 3.33 31 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 32 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 3.48 33 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 4.02 34 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.38 35 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.29 36 Eladio Sanchez Prado (Spa) Astana Team 5.47 37 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 6.02 38 Carlos Abellan Ossenbach (Spa) Astana Team 7.17 39 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole 7.24 40 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 7.32 41 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 8.30 42 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.34 43 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 44 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 8.48 45 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 9.37 46 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 10.52 47 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 11.24 48 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 12.50 49 Unai Uribarri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.51 50 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 16.38 51 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24.38 52 Ivàn Santos Martinez (Spa) Astana Team 30.19
