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3rd Eneco Tour of Benelux - ProT
Netherlands & Belgium, August 22-29, 2007
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Stage 1 - August 23: Waremme (Bel) - Eupen (Bel), 189.5km
Nuyens takes over
By Susan Westemeyer
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Nick Nuyens of Team Cofidis was the strongest of a seven-man group at the end of the Eneco Tour's Queen Stage, as he took the uphill sprint ahead of Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) and Iván Gutiérrez (Caisse d'Epargne). He also took over the leader's jersey from his teammate Michiel Elijzen.
The 27 year-old Belgian was thrilled to take the victory. "Another win, and what a win! I knew that the finish would suit me," he said. "I have shown that I can still win, even though it has been a while. I was under no stress when the stage started. We wanted to protect Elijzen's leader's jersey, because the boy deserves that."
At the finish though, the young Dutchman was nowhere to be found. "In the final, I reacted to an attack from Gutiérrez. There were seven of us there and we knew the strongest would win. I had a small gear, while the others were dying on their big gears. I jumped and to my surprise immediately had 15 metres. That's when I knew I had it."
The first part of the stage was marked by a four-man strong escape group, which got away after only five kilometres and stayed away until the descent on the last ranked climb with about 50 kilometres to go. The fast moving peloton splintered because of both the speed and the climbs. Breakaway groups formed, got away, were caught and re-formed.
The Bad Luck of the Day Award goes to Discovery Channel's Vladimir Gusev. He flatted at kilometre 30 and had to wait for a bike from the neutral supply car. Three teammates hauled him back to the peloton. With 10 kilometres to go he flatted yet again and a team-mate gave him his front wheel. He managed to make it back to the group again, when with three kilometres to go he touched tires with Predictor-Lotto's Pieter Mertens and both riders went down. Mertens was underway quickly but the Russian had to let the doctor look at his ripped open thigh before gently making his way on, coming in some four minutes down.
How it unfolded
Michiel Elijzen, a previously unfamiliar name to most in the scene, led the riders out this morning, proudly wearing the leader's red jersey. One rider was missing at the start; Christophe Detilloux of Française de Jeux, who crashed in yesterday's prologue.
After only five kilometres, the escape group of the day formed with Tom Stubbe (Chocolade Jacques), Maarten Den Bakker (Skil-Shimano), Beñat Albizuri (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Martin Pedersen of CSC. By kilometre 16 they had built an advantage of 2'15", giving Den Bakker the virtual leader's jersey. He was the best-placed of the four, having finished 22 seconds behind Elijzen in the prologue.
The quartet takes on the first climb of the day, the Mur de Huy, and come over with Pedersen first, followed by Den Bakker and Stubbe. The peloton passed 6'40" later, with Predictor-Lotto sprinter Robbie McEwen struggling on the climb.
The second climb came quickly after the first, with Pedersen, Stubbe and then Albizuri leading over the top.
Cofidis led the peloton in hunting down the escape quartet, with help from Rabobank and by 91 kilometres to go it has come down to 5'30". The chase was hit by a spate of flats, with Aart Vierhouten (Skil-Shimano), Alessandro Vanotti (Liquigas) and Graeme Brown (Rabobank, falling victim but all of them made it back to the peloton effortlessly. The gap had come down to four minutes with three ranked climbs to go.
The four in the break start their up the Stockeu, closely followed by the peloton. The lead is dropping by the second. At 66 kilometres to go the gap is down to 2'24" with the GC teams really stepping on the gas, cutting the lead to 1'30" by four kilometres later. Over the Stockeu, Stubbe and Albizuri can't keep up and have to fall back. Pedersen takes the points again, followed by Den Bakker and Albizuri.
Stubbe and Albizuri are quickly absorbed by the peloton. A group of fifteen breaks off the front, but leader Elijzen is not one of them. He is about two minutes back in the big peloton. A second, smaller group goes off, too. By 44 kilometres to go, and the two groups have joined up and somehow grown to 53 riders, including such GC candidates Nuyens, Hoste, Van Summeren, Dekker, and Miller.
The peloton was riding every-man-for-himself at less than 20 kilometres to go, which allowed a Maarten Den Bakker (Skil-Shimano) to get away with 19 kilometres to go. He pulled away as the group rolls in to Eupen. A chase led to a final decisive counter-attack of seven with Dekker, Hoste, Van den Broeck, Gutiérrez, Nuyens and Millar. The Scot took off with 10 kilometres and builds up a slight lead.
Millar was joined by Caisse d'Epargne's Gutiérrez and the pair held a gap until 7.6 kilometres to go. The regrouped seven were only leading by 14 seconds and had to stay focused if it was to stay away. Cohesion lasted until the one-kilometre banner when the riders were forced out of their saddles on the uphill finish. Millar led into the last 200 metres, but it s Nuyens who came around and won over Dekker and Gutiérrez. The following group came home 24 seconds later.
Friday's third stage is a fairly flat 200 kilometres from Antwerp to Knokke-Heist. There is one small climb near the middle of the stage.
Photography
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- Nuyens took over the lead in the general classification
- Nick Nuyens gets some unique prizes for winning the first stage of the Eneco Tour
- Martin Pedersen (CSC) leads the mountains classification
- Nuyens gives away the bouquet does this mean the recipient is the next to win a stage?
- Nuyens came in ahead of Thomas Dekker (Rabobank)
- Vladimir Gusev (Discovery) crashed and came in bloody
- Nuyens was happy with his first win since the Spring, when he won the Etoile Besseges
- Nick Nuyens (Cofidis) takes stage one in Eupen, Belgium
Images by Luc Claessen/www.ctm-images.com
- Michiel Elijzen (Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone) held the leader's jersey going into the stage, but would hand it off to his teammate by day's end.
- The early break took nearly seven minutes out of the peloton by the time it reached Stage 1's first climb Mur de Huy.
- Tom Stubbe (Chocolade Jacques), Maarten Den Bakker (Skil-Shimano), Beñat Albizuri (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Martin Pedersen (Team CSC) broke away just five kilometres into the race.
- Australian Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto) is happy that lunch has arrived.
- An official keeps a close eye on the peloton, gaining a bird's eye view from the car.
- While the leader's jersey changed hands, Cofidis' riders worked hard to ensure it stayed within the French squad.
- Belgian Leif Hoste (Predictor - Lotto) is a general classification contender, sitting 37 seconds behind leader Nick Nuyens (Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone) in sixth place.
- Vattenfall Cyclassics winner Alessandro Ballan (Lampre-Fondital) leads a group during Stage 1.
- Cofidis riders put in a strong showing all day.
- Belgian Gianni Meersman (Discovery Channel) was one of the riders that lost over 10 minutes on today's Stage 1.
- Dutch rider Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) put in a solid rider, but couldn't beat Nick Nuyens (Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone) to victory.
- Nick Nuyens (Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone) rolls to victory as Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) and José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Caisse d'Epargne) fail to catch the rider.
- Belgian Nick Nuyens takes a comfortable victory over his peloton rivals.
- A successful day at the office for Belgian Nick Nuyens (Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone).
- Nick Nuyens (Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone) took the sprint classification lead following a strong ride on Stage 1.
- Belgian Nick Nuyens (Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone) leads the general classification following his Stage 1 win.
Results
1 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.42.38 (40.22 km/h) 2 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 3 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 4 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 0.06 6 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 0.09 7 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 0.13 8 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 0.24 9 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil - Shimano 10 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 11 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 0.28 12 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 13 Sven Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 14 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 0.32 15 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 16 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 18 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 19 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 20 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil - Shimano 21 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.37 22 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 23 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 24 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 25 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 26 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 27 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 28 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 29 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 0.42 30 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team 31 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 32 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil - Shimano 33 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 34 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 35 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 36 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 37 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 38 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 39 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 40 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 41 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 42 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 43 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.51 44 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.54 45 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.57 46 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 0.58 47 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.04 48 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 1.05 49 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 50 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil - Shimano 1.28 51 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 0.42 52 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 53 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5.49 54 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6.48 55 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 6.59 56 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas 10.41 57 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto 58 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil - Shimano 59 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com 60 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil - Shimano 61 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 62 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 63 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 64 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 65 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 66 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 67 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 68 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 69 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 70 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 71 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 72 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 73 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil - Shimano 74 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 75 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 76 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 77 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 78 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 79 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 80 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 81 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team 82 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 83 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 84 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 85 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quickstep - Innergetic 86 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 87 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 88 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 89 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 90 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 91 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 92 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 93 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 94 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 95 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com 96 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 97 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 98 Javier Benitez Pomares (Spa) Benfica 99 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com 100 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 101 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 102 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 103 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 104 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 105 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 106 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 107 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 108 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi 109 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 110 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 111 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 112 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 113 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 114 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 115 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Prodir 116 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 117 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 118 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 119 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 120 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile Team 13.38 121 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 122 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 123 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 124 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 125 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 126 Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 127 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 128 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Française des Jeux 129 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 130 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 131 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française des Jeux 132 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 133 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 134 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13.54 135 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 14.01 136 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 18.12 137 Koen Barbé (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 138 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 139 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com 140 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 141 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 142 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 143 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 144 Jesus Del Nero Montes (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 145 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 146 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 147 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 148 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 149 Jakob Piil (Den) T-Mobile Team 150 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC 151 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 152 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 153 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team 154 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano 155 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 156 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 157 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 158 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 159 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 160 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 161 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 162 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team Sprints 1 1 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 pts 2 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5 3 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 3 2 1 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 8 pts 2 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 3 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 3 1 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 8 pts 2 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5 3 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 3 Finish 1 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 30 pts 2 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 25 3 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 22 4 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 19 5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 17 6 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 15 7 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 13 8 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 12 9 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil - Shimano 11 10 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 10 Mountains 1 1 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 5 pts 2 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil - Shimano 3 3 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 1 2 1 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 5 pts 2 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 3 3 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 3 1 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 5 pts 2 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil - Shimano 3 3 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Teams Classification 1 Predictor-Lotto 14.08.37 2 Rabobank 0.31 3 Caisse d'Epargne 0.41 4 Skil-Shimano 0.55 5 Quickstep-Innergetic 1.08 6 Team Milram 1.09 7 Liquigas 1.34 8 T-Mobile Professional Cycling 1.36 9 Discovery Channel 1.47 10 Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.19 11 Saunier Duval-Prodir 10.22 12 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 10.40 13 AG2r Prévoyance 10.53 14 Lampre-Fondital 10.59 15 Gerolsteiner 11.07 16 Crédit Agricole 11.12 17 Française des Jeux 11.29 18 Team CSC 17.34 19 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 21.07 20 Unibet.com 21.11 21 Bouygues Telecom 31.20 General classification after stage 2 1 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 4.48.39 2 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.10 3 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.17 4 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.19 5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 0.25 6 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 0.37 7 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 0.38 8 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 0.44 9 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 0.49 10 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil - Shimano 11 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil - Shimano 0.50 12 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 13 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.51 14 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 0.52 15 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 0.55 16 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.57 17 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 0.59 18 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.00 19 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.01 20 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 21 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.04 22 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 1.07 23 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 24 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 25 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 26 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 27 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1.08 28 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 29 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 30 Sven Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 31 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 32 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 1.10 33 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 34 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 35 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1.11 36 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 1.12 37 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 38 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 1.13 39 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 40 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.14 41 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil - Shimano 1.15 42 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 43 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.17 44 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.18 45 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 1.19 46 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.23 47 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.29 48 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.34 49 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.51 50 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil - Shimano 1.58 51 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 2.00 52 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 2.01 53 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6.09 54 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.18 55 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 7.33 56 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 10.49 57 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 10.57 58 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 10.59 59 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 11.01 60 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 11.03 61 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 62 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 63 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 11.04 64 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 65 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 66 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi 67 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 11.05 68 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 69 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 70 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas 11.07 71 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 72 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 11.08 73 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 74 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 75 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quickstep - Innergetic 76 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 77 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto 11.09 78 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 79 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 80 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com 11.11 81 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 82 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 83 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 11.12 84 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 85 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 86 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 87 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Prodir 88 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 11.13 89 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team 90 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com 91 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 11.14 92 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com 93 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 94 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 11.15 95 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 96 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 97 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 11.16 98 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil - Shimano 11.17 99 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil - Shimano 11.18 100 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil - Shimano 101 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 102 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 103 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 104 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 105 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 106 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 11.19 107 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC 11.20 108 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 11.21 109 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 110 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 111 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 11.23 112 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 11.24 113 Javier Benitez Pomares (Spa) Benfica 11.25 114 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 11.26 115 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 11.27 116 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 117 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 11.28 118 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 11.41 119 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11.43 120 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile Team 13.53 121 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 13.58 122 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Française des Jeux 14.00 123 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 14.09 124 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 125 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14.10 126 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14.12 127 Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14.15 128 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 14.18 129 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 14.22 130 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française des Jeux 14.27 131 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14.30 132 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 133 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 14.31 134 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 135 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 14.34 136 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 18.23 137 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 18.30 138 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 18.35 139 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano 18.36 140 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18.40 141 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team 18.41 142 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 18.46 143 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 144 Koen Barbé (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 18.48 145 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 18.52 146 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com 18.53 147 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital 148 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 149 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18.54 150 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC 151 Jakob Piil (Den) T-Mobile Team 18.57 152 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 153 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 18.59 154 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 19.01 155 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 19.02 156 Jesus Del Nero Montes (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 19.04 157 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 158 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 19.07 159 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 19.08 160 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 19.14 161 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 19.19 162 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 19.25 Points classification 1 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 38 pts 2 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 35 3 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 25 4 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 25 5 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 19 6 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 15 7 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 13 8 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 12 9 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil - Shimano 11 10 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 10 11 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 8 12 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 13 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 3 14 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 3 Mountains classification 1 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 15 pts 2 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil - Shimano 6 3 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 4 4 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 Team classification 1 Predictor-Lotto 14.27.32 2 Rabobank 0.19 3 Caisse d'Epargne 1.01 4 Skil-Shimano 1.10 5 Quickstep-Innergetic 1.14 6 Team Milram 1.17 7 Liquigas 1.45 8 T-Mobile Professional Cycling 1.54 9 Discovery Channel 1.56 10 Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.47 11 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 10.20 12 Saunier Duval-Prodir 10.44 13 AG2r Prévoyance 11.14 14 Crédit Agricole 11.30 15 Lampre-Fondital 11.37 16 Gerolsteiner 11.43 17 Française des Jeux 12.34 18 Team CSC 18.00 19 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 21.40 20 Unibet.com 21.42 21 Bouygues Telecom 32.02
