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3rd Eneco Tour of Benelux - ProT
Netherlands & Belgium, August 22-29, 2007
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Stage 2 - August 24: Anvers (Bel) - Knokke-Heist (Bel), 199.1km
Young old-school sprinter Cavendish unbeatable
By Brecht Decaluwé in Knokke, with additional reporting form Susan Westemeyer
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The second stage finish of the Eneco Tour looked like a Tour de France Champs Élysées finish since fashionable Knokke was ready for a top-class bunch sprint finish in front of its casino near the North Sea coast. Instead of mulitple Tour stage winner Robbie McEwen battling it out for the sprint, it was his American team-mate Fred Rodriguez who muscled his way to the line, but nobody could get the better of the young Manx-man, Mark Cavendish.
The young T-Mobile sprinter once again proved he has two of the fastest legs in the peloton and this time the neo-professional showed the peloton his rear end in Knokke. "I'm an old-school sprinter," 22 year-old Cavendish stated, "I can't climb a mountain but if I am in front with 200 metres to go then there's nobody who can beat me."
In his first year as a professional rider he has captured already eight sprint wins, and that's the number Cavendish showed the crowds when he crossed the finish line. "Robbie [McEwen] won eight races in his first year as a pro and now I'm matching that number," Cavendish smiled, "I hope to win 11 races this year, just like Alessandro Petacchi."
The bunch sprint in Knokke was difficult one to control since there were a lot of corners and bumps in the final couple of kilometres. "The build-up to the sprint was dangerous and I was dropping back at one occasion but my team piloted me perfectly back to the front," Cavendish explained what happened when the peloton raged through the sunny and crowded streets of Knokke.
"In a normal sprint you need to be brought to the front by the team with only 200 metres to go but today the trick was to be in the front at that difficult corner with one kilometre to go," the winner explained. "Hammond did that perfectly, it's fantastic to have someone like Hammond leading you out every time," Cavendish pointed out that he and his lead-out man Hammond are a perfect tandem.
In the sprint he was bothered by a manoeuvre from Kenny Van Hummel. "Quick.Step came to the front and Van Hummel had the wheel of Weylandt but still he chopped my front wheel and I barely managed to stay on the bike, he's dangerous in a sprint." The Dutch sprinter from the Skil-Shimano team didn't feel he made a mistake and pointed instead towards Wouter Weylandt. "If he would've ridden a straight sprint then I would have won today," Van Hummel claimed, "and if the jury looks at the images then normally I'll be third instead of fourth."
His prediction proved to be correct since the blonde sprinter from Quick.Step - Innergetic was quickly relegated to position 140 by the race jury for irregular sprinting. Cavendish downplayed the Dutch sprinter's claims. "Now I had about five bike lengths on Van Hummel so maybe he would've been at only one bike length in a regular sprint," Cavendish smiled.
The peloton now takes a break in Knokke-Heist where the riders will start tomorrow for another flat stage towards the Antwerp region in Putte.
How it unfolded
161 riders took the start under partly cloudy skies in Antwerp, Belgium. Laurent Mangel of Ag2r didn't start, bringing his team down to only five riders. The French team brought only seven riders to the race, and Julien Loubet dropped out during yesterday's first stage.
The peloton rolled along as a group at 40.5 km/h for the first hour, with no escape attempts. They came through the first intermediate sprint in this order: Leon Van Bon (Rabobank), Steven De Jongh (Quick.Step-Innergetic) and David Millar (Saunier Duval). That evidently woke a few people up, as shortly thereafter a 10-man group formed and rode away. Nine more riders joined them and they got a 20-second advantage.
The group included Peter Van Petegem (Quick.Step), Nico Eeckhout (Chocolade Jacques), Maarten Tjallingii (Skil-Shimano), Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas) and Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole).
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Vladimir Gusev of Discovery Channel, who flatted twice yesterday before crashing and ripping open his pants and his thigh, tried to jump to the escape group but he soon realized he wouldn't make it and was re-absorbed into the peloton.
The group built its lead up to one minute as it hit the day's first ranked climb. Milram's Marcel Sieberg came over it first, followed by Aart Vierhouten of Skil-Shimano and T-Mobile's Servais Knaven. Sieberg kept on going and built up a lead of about 10 seconds before being joined by Frederik Willems (Liquigas), Rubén Pérez (Euskaltel) and Andriy Grivko, also of Milram.
Milram's nearly-two-metre man also won the second mountain ranking, with Pérez and Grivko crossing second and third. At 1.98m and 80 kilograms, Sieberg is not usually one for the climbs. The rest of the escape group faded back into the peloton and the leading four built up and maintained a lead of three to four minutes.
With 69 kilometres to go, Luke Roberts of CSC flatted. He waited for the team car and got not only a new rear wheel, but a whole load of water bottles to carry up to his teammates. The lead was dropping and was now under three minutes with 60 kilometres to go. It dropped to two and half minutes as the four passed the second intermediate sprints, with Grivko, Willems and Pérez taking the points in that order.
Beñat Albizuri of Euskaltel had to drop back to the medical car because of something in his eye – a tricky move to do from a moving bike and a moving car.
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The lead grew to around four minutes, and with 30 kilometres to go, Grivko couldn't keep up with the pace and had to drop off, leaving three in front. The last intermediate sprint was held at 18 kilometres to go and it was Willems, Pérez and Sieberg. By then the sprinters' teams had decided it was time to take action and the lead started falling rapidly. At the 10 kilometre marker the three were overtaken by the flying peloton.
Rabobank moved to the front of the peloton with 6.5 kilometres to go. Shortly thereafter three Discovery riders took over the lead, but no one team was able to control things. David Cañada of Saunier Duval went flying, losing his front tire and hitting the pavement.
Everyone was still together at two kilometres, with a Lampre rider taking over the lead work. A Lampre rider took a tumble at around one kilometre and landed on a grassy strip amongst the spectators and holding his side.
Unibet.com opened the sprint and Quick.Step took over but it was T-Mobile's young Mark Cavendish who came up the middle to take the win, ahead of Fred Rodriguez (Predictor-Lotto) and Wouter Weylandt of Quick.Step.
Photography
For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here
Images by Luc Claessen/www.ctm-images.com
- Peter Van Petegem (Quick.Step Innergetic) with Team Manager Patrick Lefevere.
- Peter Van Petegem (Quick.Step Innergetic) signs autographs.
- Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile) presented on the podium.
- Nick Nuyens (Cofidis) stays in the overall lead.
- Nick Nuyens (Cofidis) rolls along in stage 2.
- Nick Nuyens (Cofidis) before the start.
- Nick Nuyens (Cofidis) at the start with Rob Discard.
- Nick Nuyens (Cofidis) is with Iván Gutiérrez (Caisse d'Epargne) (l) and Camille Paulus.
- A train crossing holds up the riders.
- Here it comes. The sprint heats up in the Eneco Tour.
- Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile) takes the sprint.
- Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile) enjoys victory in the Eneco Tour.
Images by Brecht Decaluwé/Cyclingnews.com
- That's what you see when the peloton comes rolling in, Rodriguez bows his head for Cavendish.
- An Euskaltel soigneur is offering his rider a drink while we spot lead-out man Roger Hammond (T-Mobile) at the back.
- Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) is also competing in the Eneco Tour.
- Rik Verbrugghe enjoying a drink while rolling to the team bus
- Kim Kirchen (T-Mobile) is building up for the worlds in Stutgart, Germany while Jimmy Casper (Unibet.com) has a laugh.
- Discovery Channel selling ice-cream in Knokke.
- Peter Van Petegem (Quick.Step - Innergetic) announces his retirement for the gathered press
- Peter Van Petegem and Quick.Step - Innergetic boss Patrick Lefevre.
- Luc Maes (Quick.Step - Innergetic) attended the press conference as well.
Results
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 4.31.09 (44.056 km/h) 2 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto 3 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano 4 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 5 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 6 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 7 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 8 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 9 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 10 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 11 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 12 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 13 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 15 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 16 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux 17 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 18 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 19 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 20 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 21 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil - Shimano 22 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 23 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 25 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 26 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 27 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 28 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com 29 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 30 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team 31 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 32 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 33 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 34 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil - Shimano 35 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 36 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 37 Sven Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 38 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 39 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 40 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 41 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 42 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 43 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 44 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 45 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 46 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 47 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 48 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 49 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 50 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 51 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 52 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil - Shimano 53 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 54 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 55 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 56 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 57 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas 58 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 59 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 60 Koen Barbé (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 61 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 62 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 63 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 64 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 65 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 66 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 67 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 68 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 69 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 70 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 71 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil - Shimano 72 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 73 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 74 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Française des Jeux 75 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team 76 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 77 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 78 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 79 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 80 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 81 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 82 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 83 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 84 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 85 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 86 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 87 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 88 Francisco Perez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 89 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com 90 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 91 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 92 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 93 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 94 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC 95 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 96 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 97 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 98 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 99 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Prodir 100 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 101 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 102 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 103 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile Team 104 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 105 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 106 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 107 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 108 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 109 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 110 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quickstep - Innergetic 111 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 112 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 113 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 114 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil - Shimano 115 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 116 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 117 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 118 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 119 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com 120 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 121 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 122 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 123 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 124 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 125 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 126 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 127 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil - Shimano 128 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 129 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 130 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team 131 Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 132 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 133 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 134 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 135 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 136 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 137 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com 138 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 139 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 140 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 141 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 142 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.58 143 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 144 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 145 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.14 146 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3.32 147 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi 148 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 6.03 149 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6.23 150 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 6.30 151 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil - Shimano 152 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française des Jeux 153 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 154 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 155 José Alberto Benitez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 156 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 157 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 158 Jakob Piil (Den) T-Mobile Team 159 Raul Alarcon (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 10.56 160 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone DNF Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner Sprints 1 1 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 8 pts 2 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 5 3 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 3 2 1 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 8 pts 2 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 5 3 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 3 1 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 8 pts 2 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 3 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 3 Final 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 30 pts 2 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto 25 3 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano 22 4 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19 5 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 17 6 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 15 7 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 13 8 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 12 9 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 11 10 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 10 Mountains 1 1 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 5 pts 2 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil - Shimano 3 3 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile Team 1 2 1 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 5 pts 2 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 3 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 1 3 1 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 5 pts 2 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 3 3 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1 Teams 1 Team Milram 13.33.27 2 Rabobank 3 Skil-Shimano 4 Gerolsteiner 5 Lampre-Fondital 6 Predictor-Lotto 7 Caisse d'Epargne 8 T-Mobile Professional Cycling 9 Unibet.com 10 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 11 Quickstep-Innergetic 12 Liquigas 13 Team CSC 14 Crédit Agricole 15 Euskaltel-Euskadi 16 Saunier Duval-Prodir 17 Française des Jeux 18 Bouygues Telecom 19 Discovery Channel 20 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 21 Ag2r-Prevoyance General classification after stage 2 1 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9.19.48 2 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.10 3 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.17 4 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.18 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 0.41 9 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 0.49 10 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil - Shimano 11 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 0.50 12 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil - Shimano 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 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 0.58 18 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 0.59 19 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1.01 20 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 21 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.02 22 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.04 23 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.05 24 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.07 25 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 26 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 27 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 28 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 29 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 1.08 30 Sven Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 31 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 32 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team 33 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 1.09 34 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.10 35 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 36 Francisco Perez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 37 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1.11 38 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.12 39 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 1.13 40 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 41 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.14 42 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 43 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.15 44 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil - Shimano 45 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.18 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 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 10.57 57 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 10.59 58 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 11.00 59 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto 11.03 60 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 61 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 62 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 63 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 11.04 64 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 65 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 66 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 11.05 67 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 68 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 69 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas 11.07 70 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 71 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11.08 72 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 73 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 74 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quickstep - Innergetic 75 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11.09 76 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 11.11 77 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 78 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com 79 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 11.12 80 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 81 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 82 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Prodir 83 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 84 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team 11.13 85 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com 86 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 87 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 11.14 88 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com 89 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 90 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 11.15 91 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 92 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 11.16 93 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil - Shimano 11.17 94 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 11.18 95 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil - Shimano 96 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 97 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 98 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 99 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 11.19 100 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 11.20 101 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 11.21 102 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 103 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 104 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 11.23 105 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 11.24 106 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 11.26 107 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 11.27 108 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 109 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 11.28 110 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 11.41 111 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11.43 112 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12.47 113 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile Team 13.53 114 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 13.58 115 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 13.59 116 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Française des Jeux 14.00 117 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 14.09 118 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14.10 119 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14.12 120 Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14.15 121 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 14.18 122 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 14.22 123 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14.30 124 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 14.31 125 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 14.34 126 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14.36 127 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 14.41 128 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 17.31 129 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 17.45 130 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil - Shimano 17.48 131 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 132 José Alberto Benitez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 17.55 133 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 18.30 134 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano 18.32 135 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 18.35 136 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18.40 137 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team 18.41 138 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 18.46 139 Koen Barbé (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 18.48 140 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 18.53 141 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 142 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com 143 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18.54 144 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC 145 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 18.57 146 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 18.59 147 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 19.01 148 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 19.04 149 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 19.07 150 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 19.08 151 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 19.14 152 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20.33 153 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française des Jeux 20.57 154 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 21.01 155 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 22.06 156 Jakob Piil (Den) T-Mobile Team 25.27 157 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 25.32 158 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 25.34 159 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 29.19 160 Raul Alarcon (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 30.15 Points classification 1 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 38 pts 2 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 35 3 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 30 4 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 25 5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 25 6 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto 25 7 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 22 8 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano 22 9 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19 10 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 17 11 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 16 12 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 15 13 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 15 14 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 15 15 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 13 16 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 13 17 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 13 18 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 12 19 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 12 20 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil - Shimano 11 21 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 11 22 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 10 23 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 24 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 8 25 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 26 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 3 27 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 3 28 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 3 Mountains classification 1 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 15 pts 2 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 15 3 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil - Shimano 6 4 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 4 5 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 4 6 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 3 7 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil - Shimano 3 8 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 2 9 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 1 10 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile Team 1 Team classification 1 Predictor-Lotto 28.00.59 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 Discovery Channel 1.41 8 Liquigas 1.45 9 T-Mobile Professional Cycling 1.54 10 Euskaltel-Euskadi 7.47 11 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 10.20 12 Saunier Duval-Prodir 10.44 13 AG2r-Prevoyance 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
