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2nd Eneco Tour of Benelux - PT
Netherlands & Belgium, August 16-23, 2006
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Stage 6 - August 22: Bornem (Bel) - Sint-Truiden (Bel), 213.9 km
Kopp on top!
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Gerolsteiner's David Kopp today scored his first ProTour victory in Belgian Sint-Truiden. The German was fastest in the bunch sprint finish, with Unibet's Marco Zanotti getting second and Phillippe Gilbert (Francaise des Jeux) third respectively.
"Two kilometres before the line, our leader Schumacher told me that I could go for my own sprint today," said a very happy Kopp after the race. "Normally we would have raced for Schumacher so that he could have scored bonus seconds in the sprint - but then he told me that he wasn't going to sprint because his knee hurt him from the crash." With 66 kilometres to go, the bunch suffered a mass crash, which left several riders on the road to abandon.
"I was sitting in perfect position on the wheel of De Jongh and could drop him," Kopp continued. "I felt very strong today."
George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) retained the red jersey of leading GC rider, with Kopp's teammate Schumacher still in second position at only four seconds. "My team made a strong performance, and I hope it will do the same on Wednesday," said Hincapie with a view to the last stage, which will take the riders over many famous Belgian classic climbs. "In any case, it will be exciting! Stefan Schumacher is only four seconds away, and I also count on Quinziato and Flecha (to attack). I hope there will be a breakaway."
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The crash earlier in the stage several riders to drop out of the race, amongst them: Olaf Pollack (T-Mobile), Leif Hoste (Discovery Channel), Carlos Da Cruz (Francaise des Jeux), Christophe Edaleine (Credit Agricole) and Toni Colom (Illes Balears).
How it unfolded
Stage six of the second Eneco Tour of Benelux started in Bornem at 11.22, with two riders not taking to the road again: Niko Eeckhout (Chocolade Jacques) and Aurélien Clerc (Phonak) left the race, so a total of 154 cyclists went on the 211 km-long course to Sint-Truiden. Although the stage was going to lead the peloton to the steep Muur of Huy, many riders tried to get away right in the beginning of the stage: especially Nicolas Roche (Cofidis) and Matthé Pronk (Unibet.Com) were very active during the first kilometres.
They attacked right from the start, but even the help of Jan Boven (Rabobank), Lloyd Mondory (Ag2R Prevoyance) and Sebastian Langeveld (Skil-Shimano) did not help and the bunch came back on them. A few clicks later, they tried again, in the company of Michael Schär (Phonak Hearing Systems), Jimmy Engoulvent (Crédit Agricole) and Kenny Van Hummel (Skil-Shimano), but this move was also annihilated after 12 kilometres into the stage.
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Finally, at km 20, the break of the day was established: Grégory Rast (Phonak Hearing Systems), Mario Aerts (Davitamon-Lotto), Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Euskaltel) and Sebastian Langeveld (Skil-Shimano) got a good gap as well as the good will of the bunch and left to race in front for the next 190 kilometres.
With Discovery Channel controlling the tempo in the back (best-placed rider in the break was Langeveld with 2.12 minutes behind Hincapie), the breakaway extended their lead to a maximum of 5.15 minutes just before the Muur of Huy, then got very progressively reeled in again.
The mass crash at km 145 tore the bunch apart, but all remaining riders were back to one chasing peloton soon after. The advantage of the leading riders was still about three minutes with 40 kms to go, so a bunch sprint finish seemed likely. Belgian Johan Coenen (Unibet.com) tried to counter-attack with 20 kms to go, but didn't stand a chance in the fast finale - even if Tom Boonen's team Quickstep wasn't the one doing the work in front. Indeed, World champion Tom Boonen did not sprint in the finale.
The breakaway was caught with only two kilometres to go, and Unibet's Jeremy Hunt could not prevent a bunch sprint finish, either, getting caught with 800 metres to go. After one final tight curve just 400 metres away from the finish, the road opened up to the fast men, with Kopp coming out victorious.
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Photography
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- The group winds away from the airport
- Discovery controls the pace early in the day
- Discovery on the front
- Big George
- Mad Max (Discovery Channel) in control
- The pack moves by a neighborhood peloton
- Boonen is relaxed in stage 6
- Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team
- Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto
- Matthew White on the Mur de Huy
- Mur de Huy
- The peloton all together
- Tom Boonen and George Hincapie
- The leaders
- The race leaders
- A crash in the group disrupted the action for a while
- Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team DNF'd after the crash
- Pollack on the ground
- Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom, was also a victim of the crash
- It came down to a sprint
- David Kopp scores his first-ever Pro Tour victory
- Kopp on the podium
- Hincapie still leads the Tour
Results
1 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.50.43 2 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 3 Phillippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 4 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 5 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 6 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 7 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 8 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 9 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 11 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Astana Team 12 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 13 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 14 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 16 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 17 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 18 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 19 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 20 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 21 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana Team 22 Alan Pérez Lezáun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 24 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 25 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 26 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 27 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 28 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 29 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 30 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 31 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 32 Piet Rooyakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 33 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 34 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 35 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 36 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 37 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 38 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 39 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 40 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 41 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 42 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 43 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 44 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 45 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 46 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 47 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 48 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas 49 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 50 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 51 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 52 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 53 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 54 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 55 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 56 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 57 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 58 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 59 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 60 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 61 Michael Schär (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 62 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 63 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 64 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 65 Nicolas Roche (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 66 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 67 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 68 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 69 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 70 Frank Høj (Den) Gerolsteiner 71 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 72 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 73 Carlos Abellan Ossenbach (Spa) Astana Team 74 Maxime Montfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 75 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 76 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 77 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 78 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 79 Eladio Sanchez Prado (Spa) Astana Team 80 Mathieu Heyboer (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 81 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 82 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 83 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 84 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 85 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 86 Johan Coenen (Bel) Unibet.com 87 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 88 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 89 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 90 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 91 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 92 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) T-Mobile Team 93 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 94 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 95 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance 96 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 97 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems 98 Avitor Perrez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 99 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 100 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 101 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux 102 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 103 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 104 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Team Milram 105 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 106 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 107 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 108 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 109 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 110 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 111 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Skil-Shimano 112 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 113 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 114 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 115 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 116 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 117 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 118 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 119 Aaron Olson (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 120 Unai Uribarri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 121 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 122 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel 123 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 124 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 0.18 125 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.20 126 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.30 127 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.57 128 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 1.03 129 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 1.50 130 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.00 131 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3.58 132 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 133 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.50 134 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 135 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 9.15 136 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.17 137 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.18 138 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 139 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel DNF Antonio Colom Mas (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears DNF Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears DNF Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team DNF Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel DNF Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic DNF Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance DNF Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram DNF Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux DNF Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française des Jeux DNF Sandy Casar (Fra) Française des Jeux DNF Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen DNF Ivàn Santos Martinez (Spa) Astana Team Points 1 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 30 pts 2 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 25 3 Phillippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 22 4 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 19 5 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 17 6 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 15 7 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 13 8 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 12 9 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 10 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 10 Sprints Sprint 1 1 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Skil-Shimano 8 pts 2 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 5 3 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3 Sprint 2 1 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 pts 2 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5 3 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 Sprint 3 1 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8 pts 2 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 5 3 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 3 Young rider 1 Phillippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 4.50.43 2 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 3 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 4 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Astana Team 5 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 6 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 7 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 9 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana Team 10 Alan Pérez Lezáun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 12 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 14 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 15 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 16 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 17 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 18 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 19 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 20 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 21 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 22 Michael Schär (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 23 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 24 Nicolas Roche (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 25 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 26 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 27 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 28 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 29 Carlos Abellan Ossenbach (Spa) Astana Team 30 Maxime Montfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 31 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 32 Eladio Sanchez Prado (Spa) Astana Team 33 Mathieu Heyboer (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 34 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 35 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 36 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 37 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 38 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 39 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 40 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Skil-Shimano 41 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 42 Unai Uribarri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 43 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 9.15 44 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9.18 45 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano General classification after stage 6 1 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 22.15.38 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 Phillippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 0.28 6 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 0.31 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 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.57 14 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.00 15 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 16 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.04 17 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.08 18 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.09 19 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 1.11 20 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 1.13 21 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 1.14 22 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1.26 23 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel 1.27 24 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 1.32 25 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Française des Jeux 1.42 26 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 27 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel 1.43 28 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Astana Team 1.55 29 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 1.56 30 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 31 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 1.57 32 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.59 33 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 2.00 34 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.02 35 Piet Rooyakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2.03 36 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.06 37 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2.09 38 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel 2.11 39 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.15 40 William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.16 41 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 42 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 2.18 43 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 44 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 2.20 45 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 46 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 47 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 2.22 48 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 2.26 49 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak Hearing Systems 50 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 2.29 51 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 2.33 52 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Team Milram 53 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana Team 2.34 54 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 2.35 55 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 2.36 56 Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.38 57 Maxime Montfort (Bel) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 2.40 58 Alan Pérez Lezáun (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 59 Javier Meijas Leal (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.41 60 Johan Coenen (Bel) Unibet.com 2.43 61 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 2.48 62 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 63 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.49 64 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.52 65 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 2.55 66 Michael Schär (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 2.56 67 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 2.57 68 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 2.59 69 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 70 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 3.02 71 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 3.04 72 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2R Prevoyance 73 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3.08 74 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 75 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 3.09 76 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 77 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.13 78 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3.14 79 Mathieu Heyboer (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3.15 80 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 3.16 81 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.17 82 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas 3.19 83 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Team Milram 3.20 84 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.21 85 Joseba Albizu Lizaso (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.22 86 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital 87 Avitor Perrez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 88 Iker Flores Galarza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.23 89 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 3.26 90 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 91 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 3.27 92 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 3.29 93 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.33 94 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 3.36 95 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 96 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 3.40 97 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 3.51 98 Frank Høj (Den) Gerolsteiner 3.52 99 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 3.53 100 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 101 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.56 102 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 3.58 103 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.08 104 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 4.10 105 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.41 106 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 107 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 4.55 108 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 5.03 109 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas 5.16 110 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.32 111 Eladio Sanchez Prado (Spa) Astana Team 5.50 112 Nicolas Roche (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 6.05 113 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 6.21 114 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 6.26 115 Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R Prevoyance 6.36 116 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 6.48 117 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.56 118 Carlos Abellan Ossenbach (Spa) Astana Team 7.20 119 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 7.35 120 Aaron Olson (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.47 121 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.52 122 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 8.14 123 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 8.33 124 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.37 125 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 126 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 8.51 127 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel 10.05 128 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Skil-Shimano 10.29 129 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 10.55 130 Unai Uribarri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.54 131 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15.44 132 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 19.46 133 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 20.07 134 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 20.42 135 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 20.54 136 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22.11 137 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 23.57 138 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 26.20 139 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 29.23 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 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 54 5 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 48 6 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 45 7 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 44 8 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 42 9 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 42 10 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 41 11 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 39 12 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 37 13 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems 35 14 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 35 15 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 34 16 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Skil-Shimano 32 17 Phillippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 27 18 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 23 19 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 17 20 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 16 21 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 16 22 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 15 23 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank 15 24 Andoni Aranaga Azkune (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 13 25 Erki Pütsep (Est) AG2R Prevoyance 12 26 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 11 27 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 11 28 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 29 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 10 30 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 10 31 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Skil-Shimano 8 32 Carlos Abellan Ossenbach (Spa) Astana Team 8 33 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 8 34 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française des Jeux 6 35 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 6 36 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 5 37 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 5 38 Matthe Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 5 39 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 3 40 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 3 41 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 3 Young rider classification 1 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22.15.41 2 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 0.08 3 Phillippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 0.25 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 2.06 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 Mathieu Heyboer (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3.12 24 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 3.13 25 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.14 26 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 3.23 27 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.30 28 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 3.33 29 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 30 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 3.48 31 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 4.38 32 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5.29 33 Eladio Sanchez Prado (Spa) Astana Team 5.47 34 Nicolas Roche (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 6.02 35 Carlos Abellan Ossenbach (Spa) Astana Team 7.17 36 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Credit Agricole 7.32 37 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 8.30 38 Sebastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 8.34 39 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 40 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis, le Credit par Telephone 8.48 41 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 10.52 42 Unai Uribarri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14.51 43 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 20.39 44 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 20.51 45 Alberto Fernandez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 22.08
