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Tour of Belgium - 2.1
Belgium, May 24-28, 2006
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Stage 4 - May 27: Londerzeel-Hoei, 203.6 km
Terpstra wins the toughest stage
Tjallingii strong in defence of the lead
By Gabriella Ekström
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22 year-old Niki Terpstra (Ubbink) took his finest win so far when he soloed in to Huy after 203 challenging kilometres. He was part of a 23 man breakaway that took off after 30 kilometres with its eyes on the stage win, while the battle for the jersey took place in the peloton. Maarten Tjallingii defended his leader's jersey in yet another stage, and managed to put in even more time between himself and second place.
Terpstra, who is a track rider and describes himself as an all-rounder commented after his win, "At the end, everyone was in pieces and I knew that the big guys would watch each other. So I knew that I had to get away, and that worked. I was good last year in the Ardennes stage.
"I hope that with this performance I can move up to a ProTour team. Maybe next year," he added.
Tjallingii could sense the overall victory, with the race's toughest stage behind him now. "It would be very nice [to win]. It's getting closer. I can't believe it.
"My team rode fantastically. After every climb they came back. I felt strong. When Nys attacked on the Mur, I saw that Boonen was in trouble and I took the wheel of Nys. Even later I knew that I had to take the initiative myself, when Rosseler went. I was the only one fresh enough.
"Tomorrow, our team is strong enough to control the stage. There should be more teams that want to win, and that's good. I think it will go well tomorrow.
How it unfolded
After only fifteen kilometres of racing, a big group of riders left the peloton behind. Kevin Van Impe and Nick Nuyens (Quickstep), Björn Leukemans (Davitamon-Lotto), Jurgen Van Den Broeck and Fumiyuki Beppu (Discovery Channel), Laurens Ten Dam (Unibet.com), Andrea Pagato (Panaria), Maarten Wijnants (Chocolate Jacques), Nico Sijmens and Johan Verstrepen (Landbouwkrediet), Igor Abakoumov and Jarno Van Mingeroet (Jartazi), Niki Terpstra (Ubbink), Steven De Neef (Bodysol), David McPartland and Marlon Perez Arango (Tenax), William Walker and Richard Groenendaal (Rabobank), Elio Aggiano, Samuele Marzoli and Yuri Metlushenko (LPR), Benjamin Gourgue (Bergasol) and Ward Bogaert (Yawadoo) were the riders who had their eyes set on the finish in Huy.
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They were allowed a gap by the peloton, since the best placed rider in the break was Jurgen Van Den Broeck at 14'11 on the GC. As the front riders hit the foot of Mont Falise with 85 kilometres to go, they had gained a maximum gap of 6'35. Jarno Van Mingeroet was the first rider over the top, and took points in the one-day mountains competition, ahead of Perez Arango who was eager to collect points in yet another competition.
Up the Chaussée de Tongres, Leukemans and Van Den Broeck turned up the speed, and half the front group had to let go. Van Impe, Nuyens, Terpstra, Ten Dam, Walker and Perez Arango were among those able to follow. The gap to the peloton was now down to five minutes, but it started to become clear that the peloton would not seriously chase the front riders.
As the peloton approached Chaussée de Tongres, Sebastien Rosseler punctured just as Davitamon-Lotto with Steegmans on their wheel went to the front. They split up the field and a front group with Tjallingii and Boonen in formed. Boonen was the only Quickstep rider in that group, and that was probably one of the reasons that the break didn't survive long. Chocolate Jacques were chasing hard with Eeckhout in the wake, and the peloton regrouped.
Over the following kilometres, Skil-Shimano went back to controlling the peloton, and more and more riders in the break fought their way back to the group led by Van Den Broeck. With 45 kilometres to go, Servais Knaven attacked the Skil-driven peloton, and was initially followed by Aart Vierhouten (Skil-Shimano), but he was called back to the team. Nico Mattan then bridged up to Servais Knaven, and they gained a maximum gap of 50 seconds before they were brought back with 22 kilometres to go.
Meanwhile, numerous riders attacked from the front group, and it was Elio Aggiano (LPR) who managed to get the first big gap. He was joined by Laurens Ten Dam (Unibet.com) and the two of them entered the Mur de Huy first of all. Van den Broeck, Perez Arango, Nuyens and Leukemans reached them halfway up, and Ten Dam managed to follow while Aggiano was dropped.
In the peloton, (Steven de Jongh Quickstep) had made several hard attacks, and was being released by Rosseler who jumped away on a steep section of the Mur. Unfortunately, Rosseler and Boonen suffered smaller chain problems at the same time, and the attack was unsuccessful. Rabobank's Sven Nys countered and got away, and behind him trailed Max Van Heeswijk (Discovery Channel), Sebastien Rosseler, Maarten Tjallingii and Mikhaylo Khalilov (LPR). Those four riders were able to join Nys, and left the Boonen's group behind.
At the front, William Walker, Niki Terpstra, Nico Sijmens and Kevin Van Impe bridged back to the five front riders. With 12 kilometres to go, Niki Terpstra launched a powerful attack, and gained useful seconds as the big names failed to collaborate behind him. Over the final stretch, Nico Sijmens jumped away and came close to Terpstra, but not closer than to allow Terpstra to properly sit up and straighten his jersey.
Race leader Maarten Tjallingii rode in with or ahead of the main GC contenders, and remains the race leader, 26 seconds ahead of Rosseler, and 55 seconds ahead of Max Van Heeswijk who rode a strong race.
Photography
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- Niki Terpstra (Ubbink-Syntec) wins the fourth stage ahead of Nico Sijmens (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago) and Nick Nuyens (Quickstep-Innergetic)
- Niki Terpstra (Ubbink-Syntec) celebrates his stage win.
- Maarten Tjallingii (Skil-Shimano) opens the bubbly on tehpodium after another day's successful defence of his leader jersey.
Results
1 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Ubbink-Syntec Cycling Team 4.56.22 (41.22 km/h) 2 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 0.02 3 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 0.04 4 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Team Tenax Salmilano 5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 7 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank (Continental) 8 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 0.23 9 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 0.30 11 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 12 David McPartland (Aus) Team Tenax Salmilano 0.33 13 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 2.10 14 Yuri Mitlushenko (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 2.58 15 Steven De Neef (Bel) Bodysol- Win for Life-Jong Vlaanderen 16 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 17 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) 18 Eduard Bogaert (Bel) Yawadoo-Colba-ABM 19 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 20 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 21 Benjamin Gourgue (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Davitamon-Euro Millions 3.04 22 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team LPR 3.11 23 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 24 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 25 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 26 Sven Nys (Bel) Rabobank (Continental) 27 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 3.54 28 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Bodysol- Win for Life-Jong Vlaanderen 29 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 30 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 31 Matti Helminen (Fin) Profel Ziegler Continental Team 32 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 33 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 34 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 35 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 36 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 37 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 38 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 39 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 40 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Bodysol- Win for Life-Jong Vlaanderen 41 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 42 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 43 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 44 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 45 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) 46 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 47 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 48 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 49 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 50 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 51 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Bodysol- Win for Life-Jong Vlaanderen 4.04 52 Jean-Paul Simon (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 53 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) 54 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team LPR 55 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 56 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 57 Alessandro Maserati (Ita) Team LPR 58 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 59 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Jartazi-7Mobile 4.10 60 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 4.13 61 Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 4.25 62 Kenny Van Braeckel (Bel) Profel Ziegler Continental Team 4.27 63 Kristof De Zutter (Bel) Bodysol- Win for Life-Jong Vlaanderen 4.32 64 Thomas Ongena (Bel) Profel Ziegler Continental Team 65 Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Davitamon-Euro Millions 4.35 66 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 5.51 67 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 68 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 69 Folkert De Haan (Ned) Ubbink-Syntec Cycling Team 70 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) 71 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 72 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 73 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Bodysol- Win for Life-Jong Vlaanderen 74 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Team LPR 9.07 75 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Team LPR 9.40 76 David Boucher (Fra) Unibet.com 10.11 77 Francesco Planckaert (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 78 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 79 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Rabobank (Continental) 80 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 81 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 82 Honorio Machado Perez (Ven) Team Tenax Salmilano 83 Peter Ronsse (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 84 Tony Bracke (Bel) Yawadoo-Colba-ABM 85 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 86 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 87 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 88 Marvin Van Der Pluijm (Ned) Ubbink-Syntec Cycling Team 89 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 90 Paul Van Schalen (Ned) Ubbink-Syntec Cycling Team 91 Jurgen Van Loocke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 92 Jorgen Vercammen (Ned) Profel Ziegler Continental Team 14.23 93 Alessandro Bertuola (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 94 Glenn Poleunis (Bel) Bodysol- Win for Life-Jong Vlaanderen 95 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) Yawadoo-Colba-ABM 96 Marc Streel (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Davitamon-Euro Millions 97 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 98 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 99 Sven Van Den Houtte (Bel) Bodysol- Win for Life-Jong Vlaanderen 100 Steven De Champs (Bel) Profel Ziegler Continental Team 101 Jonathan Godefroid (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Davitamon-Euro Millions 17.20 102 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 103 Gianni Riemslagh (Bel) Yawadoo-Colba-ABM 27.47 104 Fang Xu (Chn) Skil-Shimano DNF Geert Omloop (Bel) Unibet.com DNF Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare DNF Jin Long (Chn) Skil-Shimano DNF Jurgen Lindhout (Ned) Ubbink-Syntec Cycling Team DNF Koen Das (Bel) Yawadoo-Colba-ABM DNF Frederik Penne (Bel) Yawadoo-Colba-ABM DNS Michael Blanchy (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile DNS Nico Verhoeven (Bel) Profel Ziegler Continental Team DNS Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) General classification after stage 4 1 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 16.02.36 2 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 0.26 3 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.55 4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 0.58 5 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team LPR 1.27 6 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 1.37 7 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.38 8 Sven Nys (Bel) Rabobank (Continental) 1.39 9 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 2.10 10 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 2.12 11 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 2.29 12 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 2.55 13 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 3.27 14 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) 4.04 15 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 4.22 16 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 7.55 17 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 9.50 18 Jurgen Van Loocke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 9.59 19 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 10.03 20 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11.04 21 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 11.40 22 Francesco Planckaert (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 12.09 23 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13.18 24 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Ubbink-Syntec Cycling Team 13.57 25 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank (Continental) 14.01 26 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 14.17 27 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 14.32 28 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 15.46 29 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16.16 30 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 16.29 31 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16.30 32 Alessandro Maserati (Ita) Team LPR 16.47 33 Yuri Mitlushenko (Ukr) Team L.P.R. 17.01 34 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) 17.04 35 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Bodysol- Win for Life-Jong Vlaanderen 17.05 36 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic 37 Eduard Bogaert (Bel) Yawadoo-Colba-ABM 17.13 38 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 17.15 39 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 17.42 40 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 17.44 41 Steven De Neef (Bel) Bodysol- Win for Life-Jong Vlaanderen 17.54 42 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 18.00 43 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 18.03 44 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team LPR 18.17 45 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18.27 46 Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 18.48 47 Jean-Paul Simon (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 18.54 48 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Bodysol- Win for Life-Jong Vlaanderen 19.02 49 Thomas Ongena (Bel) Profel Ziegler Continental Team 19.33 50 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Bodysol- Win for Life-Jong Vlaanderen 19.35 51 Benjamin Gourgue (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Davitamon-Euro Millions 19.42 52 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 20.34 53 Folkert De Haan (Ned) Ubbink-Syntec Cycling Team 20.42 54 Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Davitamon-Euro Millions 20.55 55 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) 21.14 56 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 21.44 57 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Team Tenax Salmilano 21.45 58 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 22.00 59 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 22.18 60 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 22.39 61 David McPartland (Aus) Team Tenax Salmilano 22.51 62 Kenny Van Braeckel (Bel) Profel Ziegler Continental Team 23.27 63 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Team LPR 23.47 64 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 23.48 65 Matti Helminen (Fin) Profel Ziegler Continental Team 24.02 66 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 24.08 67 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 25.01 68 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) Rabobank (Continental) 25.04 69 Honorio Machado Perez (Ven) Team Tenax Salmilano 25.13 70 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Rabobank (Continental) 25.23 71 Luis Pasamontes Rodriguez (Spa) Unibet.com 25.30 72 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 25.31 73 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Jartazi-7Mobile 25.38 74 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Bodysol- Win for Life-Jong Vlaanderen 25.54 75 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 26.20 76 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 26.51 77 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 26.53 78 David Boucher (Fra) Unibet.com 26.57 79 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 27.04 80 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 27.05 81 Kristof De Zutter (Bel) Bodysol- Win for Life-Jong Vlaanderen 27.17 82 Paul Van Schalen (Ned) Ubbink-Syntec Cycling Team 27.30 83 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano 27.38 84 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 27.52 85 Marc Streel (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Davitamon-Euro Millions 28.00 86 Mirko Allegrini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 28.19 87 Sven Van Den Houtte (Bel) Bodysol- Win for Life-Jong Vlaanderen 28.34 88 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 28.35 89 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) Yawadoo-Colba-ABM 28.52 90 Jorgen Vercammen (Ned) Profel Ziegler Continental Team 29.14 91 Andrea Pagoto (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 29.35 92 Peter Ronsse (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 30.40 93 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 32.31 94 Marvin Van Der Pluijm (Ned) Ubbink-Syntec Cycling Team 33.35 95 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 33.54 96 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Team LPR 34.05 97 Steven De Champs (Bel) Profel Ziegler Continental Team 34.07 98 Glenn Poleunis (Bel) Bodysol- Win for Life-Jong Vlaanderen 37.20 99 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 37.38 100 Alessandro Bertuola (Ita) Team Tenax Salmilano 39.25 101 Tony Bracke (Bel) Yawadoo-Colba-ABM 40.54 102 Jonathan Godefroid (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Davitamon-Euro Millions 45.19 103 Fang Xu (Chn) Skil-Shimano 52.12 104 Gianni Riemslagh (Bel) Yawadoo-Colba-ABM 56.00 Points classification 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 85 pts 2 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 72 3 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 65 4 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Team Tenax Salmilano 62 5 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 60 6 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 45 7 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 41 8 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 37 9 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Ubbink-Syntec Cycling Team 33 10 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Team LPR 32 12 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 25 14 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 22 15 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 20 17 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 17 18 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Bodysol- Win for Life-Jong Vlaanderen 17 19 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 15 20 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 15 21 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 13 22 Sven Nys (Bel) Rabobank (Continental) 12 26 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 10 28 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 8 32 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5 34 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 3 35 Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 3 Sprints classification 1 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Team Tenax Salmilano 43 pts 2 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 19 3 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 13 4 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 11 5 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 10 6 David McPartland (Aus) Team Tenax Salmilano 10 7 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8 8 Honorio Machado Perez (Ven) Team Tenax Salmilano 8 9 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 8 10 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 6 13 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5 17 Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 3 18 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 3 19 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 3 Mountains classification 1 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 37 pts 2 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Team Tenax Salmilano 31 3 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile 12 4 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Unibet.com 12 5 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 12 6 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Ubbink-Syntec Cycling Team 10 7 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank (Continental) 10 8 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10 9 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Team LPR 7 10 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 2 Teams classification 1 Quickstep-Innergetic 48.03.52 2 Rabobank Cont 6.09 3 Unibet.Com 8.30 4 Davitamon-Lotto 19.30 5 Skil-Shimano 19.47 6 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 22.44 7 Discovery Channel 26.09 8 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 36.41 9 Team Lpr 38.47 10 Jartazi-7 Mobile 43.08 11 Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong Vlaanderen 54.46 12 Tenax-Salmilano 58.16 13 Profel-Ziegler Ct 59.03 14 Ubbink-Syntec Ct 1.02.34 15 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1.05.51 16 Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol-Euromillions 1.11.53 17 Yawadoo-Colba-Abm 1.13.50
