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3rd Eneco Tour of Benelux - ProT
Netherlands & Belgium, August 22-29, 2007
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Stage 3 - August 25: Knokke-Heist (Bel) - Putte (Bel), 170.8km
McEwen rages to stage three win
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By his account, Robbie McEwen shouldn't have even been in Belgium for the Eneco Tour - he would have preferred to be heading to Spain for the Vuelta instead. However, he made the best of a bad situation after being left off the Predictor-Lotto Vuelta team, and took out a sprint victory in Putte ahead of Francesco Chicchi (Liquigas) and Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole). Cofidis' Nick Nuyens finished in the main group and held onto the overall lead.
The Australian who is living in Belgium and riding for a Belgian outfit, Predictor Lotto, got a sweet home victory as consolation in the third stage that was held entirely on Belgian soil.
The race went as predicted, with a group of six going away at first and as they were caught with 90 kilometres, another group of five taking off. The sprinters' teams kept everything under control and let the various breaks take the intermediate sprints while closer to the finish line they upped the pace and caught the last break just in time to set up the bunch sprint.
Rabobank and Saunier Duval, for their top GC men (Dekker in second and Millar in fourth) also had to put out some wattage in the front. Millar was involved in a crash earlier in the race, but it did not affect him and he could hold on to his fourth place overall.
The only change at the top of any classification was the sprinter's one, where the slim lead of Nick Nuyens was not enough and T-Mobiler Mark Cavendish, who won yesterday, took over the top spot by placing fourth in the bunch gallop. Nuyens's dropped to third, but was more concerned with holding on the top of the general classification.
Both agreed with the day's outcome and will hope that GC stays the same until the final stage, when the individual time trial will bring the decision.
Tomorrow the race will cross into the Netherlands as the riders head from Maldegem in Belgium to Terneuzen, in the neighbouring country to the north, over 182.7 kilometres.
How it unfolded
Julian Dean of Crédit Agricole was the first casualty of the day, as he didn't start the third stage, which was taking the riders over 167 kilometres from Knokke-Heistto Putte (Bel). Nico Eeckhout was the first to attack, only six kilometres into the race on a day where the temperature along the coast was only around 20 degrees Celsius.
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But Eeckhout was quickly back in the warmth of the peloton, before three others, Aleksandr Kuschynski (Liquigas), Benoit Poilvet (Crédit Agricole) and Iban Mayoz (Euskaltel) went off the front at kilometre 11. Six kilometres later they were joined by Kasper Klostergård (Team CSC) and Arnaud Coyot (Unibet.com), but they never got far away from the peloton and had only 15 seconds after 26 kilometres of racing, which allowed Steven Caethoven (Chocolade Jacques) to jump across and make it six in the front.
Those six up front they finally got some lee-way and quickly built a lead of over three minutes, with the peloton sitting back and letting the six decide the first sprint among themselves at kilometre 52, in Zaffelare-Lochristi. It was Caethoven before Kuschynski and Mayoz. Their lead was down to 2'20", and T-Mobile, Quick.Step-Innergetic and Predictor-Lotto put themselves to work up front.
With less than 100 kilometres to go the front group was reeled in. It took another ten kilometres before a new group formed, with the Belgians Tom Stubbe (Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen) and Gianni Meersman (Discovery Channel), Frenchman Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom), Italian Alessandro Vanotti (Liquigas) and Spaniard Unai Etxebarria (Euskaltel-Euskadi). Their lead also quickly went up, before some teams, especially Rabobank, put things under control and 50 kilometres before the finish the advantage was less than three minutes.
Stubbe won the sprint in Sint-Katelijne-Wavein, with 45 kilometres remaining. He was ahead of Etxebarria and Meersman. The gap had stabilized and five kilometres after the sprint it was still 2 1/2 minutes. 22 kilometres before the finish a crash disrupted the peloton's movements. Among the victims was fourth-placed David Millar and the winner of the prologue, Michiel Elijzen (Cofidis).
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The sprinters' teams completely took over the front, but the front group reached the final sprint in Putte, 15 kilometres from the line, ahead of the charging field, with Meersman winning the sprint ahead of Stubbe and Sprick. But the peloton's work showed its effect and and with a little more than 10 kilometres left the gap was down to 30 seconds.
T-Mobile was very present at the front, hoping for another win of Cavendish. Four kilometres before the line the race was over for Carlo Westphal (Gerolsteiner), who had a run-in with a cyclo-tourist at the side of the road. The second incident of this kind in two days. With the roads narrow, the cyclist sometimes tried to take short cuts that don't always work well for everyone.
This was also about the spot where the break was caught in ever-astonishing perfect timing of the fast men's helpers. Lampre and hometown boys Predictor-Lotto took the front with less than three kilometres remaining, and McEwen delivered for his Belgian team, ahead of Chicchi and Hushovd.
Photography
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- Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto) wins the stage three sprint, annoyed at being left off the team's Vuelta squad, this win was little consolation
- McEwen on the podium after winning stage three.
Images by Brecht Decaluwé/Cyclingnews.com
- Hilaire Vander Schueren
- Guido Bontempi and Scott Sunderland in negotiations
- Who hit who?
- Sunderland obviously braked when Bontempi didn't
- Peter van Petegem talks to the crowd while riders are signing on
- Two old strong men: Michael Boogerd and Peter van Petegem
- Thor Hushovd sat too far back in stage 2 and found it too dangerous to sprint
- Robbie McEwen, Gorik Gardeyn and Leif Hoste are joking around Steven De Jongh is looking serious
Images by Luc Claessen/www.ctm-images.com
- Then main break of the day with Stubbe, Vanotti, Etxebarria and Meersman (from left)
- Yaroslav Popovych (Discovery Channel) in one of his last races in the Discovery Channel outfit.
- Fumiyuki Beppu (Dsicovery Channel is the Japanese rider on the American team.
- Nick Nuyens (Cofidis) and his leader's jersey don't stand out too much compared to his regular red Cofidis uniform.
- Chocolade Jacques makes the pace in the peloton
- Peter Van Petegem (Quick.Step Innergetic) gets some advise for the road ahead. The Belgian is retiring at the end of the year.
Results
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 3.42.28 (46.065 km/h) 2 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 4 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 5 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano 6 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 8 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com 10 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 11 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 12 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 13 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 15 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux 16 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 17 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 18 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 19 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 20 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 21 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil - Shimano 22 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 23 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto 24 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team 25 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 26 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 27 Sven Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 28 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 29 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 30 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 31 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 32 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 33 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 34 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 35 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 36 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 37 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 38 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 39 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 40 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com 41 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 42 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 43 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 44 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Française des Jeux 45 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 46 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 47 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 48 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 49 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 50 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 51 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 52 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 53 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 54 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 55 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team 56 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 57 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil - Shimano 58 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 59 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 60 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 61 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil - Shimano 62 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil - Shimano 63 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 64 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 65 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas 66 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 67 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 68 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 69 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 70 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 71 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 72 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 73 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 74 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 75 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 76 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 77 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 78 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 79 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Prodir 80 Koen Barbé (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 81 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 82 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 83 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 84 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 85 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 86 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 87 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 88 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 89 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 90 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 91 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 92 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 93 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 94 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 95 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 96 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 97 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 98 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 99 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 100 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 101 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 102 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC 103 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil - Shimano 104 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 105 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 106 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 107 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 108 Francisco Perez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 109 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 110 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 111 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 112 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 113 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 114 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 115 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 116 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 117 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 118 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 119 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com 120 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française des Jeux 121 Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 122 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 123 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quickstep - Innergetic 124 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team 125 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil - Shimano 126 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 127 José Alberto Benitez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 128 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 129 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 130 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 131 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 132 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 133 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 134 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil - Shimano 135 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 136 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 137 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile Team 138 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 139 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 140 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com 141 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 142 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 143 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 144 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 145 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 0.33 146 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi 147 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 148 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.48 149 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 0.52 150 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 151 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.25 152 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 2.14 153 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2.38 154 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 155 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.28 156 Raul Alarcon (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4.05 157 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 4.09 158 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole DNF Jakob Piil (Den) T-Mobile Team DNS Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole Sprints 1 1 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 8 pts 2 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 5 3 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 2 1 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 8 pts 2 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 3 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 3 3 1 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8 pts 2 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 5 3 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 Final 1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 30 pts 2 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 25 3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 22 4 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 19 5 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano 17 6 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 15 7 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 13 8 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 9 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com 11 10 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 10 Teams 1 Predictor-Lotto 11.07.24 2 Rabobank 3 Quickstep-Innergetic 4 Gerolsteiner 5 Unibet.com 6 T-Mobile Professional Cycling 7 Skil-Shimano 8 Caisse d'Epargne 9 Team Milram 10 Team CSC 11 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 12 Française des Jeux 13 Discovery Channel 14 Liquigas 15 Lampre-Fondital 16 Bouygues Telecom 17 Crédit Agricole 18 Saunier Duval-Prodir 19 Euskaltel-Euskadi 20 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone 21 AG2r Prévoyance General classification after stage 3 1 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 13.02.16 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 Sven Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 1.08 29 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 30 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 31 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team 32 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 1.09 33 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 1.10 34 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 35 Francisco Perez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 36 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.11 37 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 38 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.12 39 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 1.13 40 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team 41 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.14 42 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 43 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil - Shimano 1.15 44 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.18 45 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.23 46 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.29 47 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.34 48 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.51 49 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil - Shimano 1.58 50 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 2.00 51 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 2.01 52 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 5.16 53 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.18 54 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 7.33 55 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8.47 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 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 67 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 11.05 68 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 69 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 11.07 70 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas 71 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 72 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11.08 73 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 74 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quickstep - Innergetic 75 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11.09 76 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 11.11 77 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 78 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com 79 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11.12 80 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 81 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 82 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Prodir 83 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 84 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com 11.13 85 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team 86 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com 11.14 87 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 88 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 89 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 11.15 90 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 11.16 91 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil - Shimano 11.17 92 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 11.18 93 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 94 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 95 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 96 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil - Shimano 97 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 11.19 98 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 11.20 99 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 11.21 100 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 101 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 102 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 11.23 103 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 11.24 104 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 11.26 105 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 11.27 106 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 107 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 11.28 108 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 11.41 109 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11.43 110 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12.36 111 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 13.20 112 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile Team 13.53 113 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 13.58 114 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 13.59 115 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Française des Jeux 14.00 116 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 14.09 117 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14.10 118 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14.12 119 Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14.15 120 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 14.18 121 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 14.22 122 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14.30 123 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 14.31 124 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14.39 125 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 14.41 126 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 15.07 127 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi 128 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 17.31 129 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 17.45 130 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 17.48 131 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil - Shimano 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 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18.40 136 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team 18.41 137 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 18.46 138 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 18.47 139 Koen Barbé (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 18.48 140 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com 18.53 141 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18.54 142 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC 143 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 18.57 144 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 145 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 18.58 146 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 19.04 147 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 19.08 148 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 19.14 149 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 19.45 150 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 20.49 151 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française des Jeux 20.57 152 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21.21 153 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 22.06 154 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 25.05 155 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 25.32 156 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 25.34 157 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 29.19 158 Raul Alarcon (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 34.20 Points classification 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 49 pts 2 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano 39 3 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 38 4 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 35 5 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 30 6 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 28 7 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 25 8 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 25 9 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto 25 10 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 25 11 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 22 12 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 22 13 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19 14 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 17 15 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 16 16 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 15 17 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 15 18 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 15 19 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 13 20 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 13 21 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 13 22 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 13 23 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 12 24 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 12 25 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12 26 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil - Shimano 11 27 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 11 28 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com 11 29 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11 30 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 10 31 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 10 32 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 33 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 8 34 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 8 35 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 36 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 5 37 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 38 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 3 39 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 3 40 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 3 41 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 42 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 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 39.08.23 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 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
