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3rd Eneco Tour of Benelux - ProT
Netherlands & Belgium, August 22-29, 2007
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Stage 4 - August 26: Maldegem (Bel) - Terneuzen (Ned), 182.7km
Weylandt gets his revenge
By Susan Westemeyer
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After being relegated due to "irregular sprinting" from third to 140th in stage two of the Eneco Tour, Wouter Weylandt got his revenge in Sunday afternoon's stage four by winning another controverisal sprint ahead of Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) and CSC's Matthew Goss. The Belgian and the big Dane bumped shoulders shortly before crossing the finish line; however, this time Weylandt kept his placing and claimed the win. Cofidis' Nick Nuyens safely held on to the overall leader's jersey.
"This is my revenge," proclaimed the 22 year-old blond Belgian. Referring to the second stage, which ended in Knokke, Weylandt said, "I wrongly took the incorrect line. I have admitted that. That just makes it more beautiful to take this [today's] sporting revenge."
"Afterwards three riders came up to complain to me, but the only one who might have a right to do that was Hushovd. I bumped against him when I made my jump," Weylandt continued. "The other two just complained because they know I was disqualified in Knokke."
The peloton spent much of the day patiently chasing an escape group of Stephane Poulhies (Ag2r), Roberto Longo (Lampre), Niko Eeckhout (Chocolade Jacques) and Dymytro Grabowsky (QuickStep). They built up a lead of over seven minutes before being reeled in again with 30 km to go. Things were hectic thereafter as many tried their luck but none was able to get away.
Monday's fifth stage will stay in the Netherlands, running 179.8 flat kilomters from Terneuzen to Nieuwegein.
How it unfolded
155 riders took off under partly cloudy skies at noon Sunday to race the 182.7 km course between Maldgen, Belgium, and Terneuzen, Netherlands. Three riders did not start -- Scott Davis and Adam Hansen of T-Mobile and Credit Agricole's William Bonnet.
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After only two kilometers, the peloton passed into the Netherlands. Not quite five kilometers into the day, Niko Eeckhout of Chocolade Jacques was the first to go off, just as he was on Saturday. But like Saturday, the peloton didn't let him get away. He wasn't going to give up that easily, and tried again. The peloton didn't give up either and caught him again.
With about 160 km to go, Robert Longo of Lampre and Dmytro Grabowsky of Quick.Step-Innergetic got away and quickly built up a lead of 1'25". The never-say-die Eeckhout jumped after them, along with Stephane Poulhies of Ag2r. The four harmonized well together and the peloton, seeing that none of the four was within 10 minutes of the leader, let them go. 50 km in to the stage their lead was up to 6'30".
They took a lead of seven minutes into the first intermediate sprint at Driewegen, which Grabowsky won ahead of Eeckhout and Poulhies.
7'15" was their biggest lead of the day. With slightly less than 90km to go, it started dwindling, with Cofidis and Skil-Shimano leading the charge. The peloton was held up slighlty by a mass crash in the middle of the field, but everyone was able to get back up and continue.
The lead was down to about two minutes at the second intermediate sprint, which saw Longo taking the points ahead of Eeckhout and Grabowsky.
Skil-Shimano led the peloton as it overtook the four with 32 km to go. Shortly thereafter the riders were waved over the left side of the road in order to let an ambulance through.
A number of riders were determined to avoid mass sprint and shot out to take their chances at a new break, but the peloton was equally determined not to let them eat away. A group of 10-12 riders got a slight lead over the peloton, which had been shattered by the tremendous speed, but they were unable to maintain their lead.
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Jose Gutierrez (Caisse d'Epargne), David Millar (Saunier Duval), Bram Tankink (Quick.Step) and Maarten Tjallingii (Skil-Shimano) took off to contest the final intermediate sprint, with Gutierrez finishing ahead of Millar and Tankink. Their hopes to contiue on alone were quickly dashed, and a new quartet formed, of Sebastian Rosseler (Quick.Step), Fredeik Williems (Liquigas), Tjallingii and Sebastian Hinault (Credit Agricole). They built up a lead of 17 seconds before the peloton, led by T-Mobile, tracked them down.
The peloton flew together down the road, Bram Tankink flatted at three kilometers to go, and a Liquigas rider crashed, flying out of the peloton dangerously close to a lamp post.
Lampre led the charge down the final few hundred meters, but it was Wouter Weylandt who was first over the finish line in another controversial finish. He and Thor Hushovd got into a shoving match only meters before the finish line, and a number of riders came up to the Belgian immediately after they crossed the line, complaining about his manner of riding. "Are you crazy?" shouted Gerolsteiner's David Kopp.
Photography
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- Wouter Weylandt (Quick.Step Innergetic) sure is happy on the podium.
- Nick Nuyens (Cofidis) held on for another day.
- Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile) is still leading the points classification
- Young fans cheer on the break.
- The break with Eeckhout, Poulhiès, Longo and Grabowski
- Kenny Van Hummel (Skil-Shimano) gets medical attention.
- Mickaël Chérel (Française Des Jeux) crashed during the race, but could continue.
- a true split in the peloton.
- Weylandt gets congratulated by team-mates.
Results
1 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 4.09.31 (43.932 km/h) 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 3 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 4 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com 5 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 6 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 7 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 8 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 10 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 11 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 12 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 13 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 15 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 16 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 17 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto 18 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil - Shimano 19 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 21 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano 22 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 23 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 24 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 25 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 26 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 27 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 28 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 29 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 30 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 31 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com 32 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 33 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 34 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil - Shimano 35 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 36 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 37 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 38 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 39 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 40 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 41 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 42 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 43 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 44 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 45 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 46 Koen Barbé (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 47 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 48 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 49 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 50 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 51 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 52 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 53 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 54 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Prodir 55 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 56 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil - Shimano 57 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil - Shimano 58 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 59 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 60 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 61 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 62 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 63 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 64 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 65 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 66 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 67 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team 68 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 69 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 70 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas 71 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi 72 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.14 73 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 74 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 75 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 76 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 77 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 78 Sven Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 79 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 80 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 81 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 82 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 83 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 84 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 85 Francisco Perez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 86 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil - Shimano 87 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 88 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 89 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 90 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 0.25 91 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team 92 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 93 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 0.28 94 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil - Shimano 95 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 96 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.32 97 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 98 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC 99 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 100 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 101 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com 102 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 103 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 104 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 105 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 106 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 107 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 108 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quickstep - Innergetic 109 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 110 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 111 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 112 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 113 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 114 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil - Shimano 115 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 116 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 117 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 118 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 119 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 120 Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 121 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 122 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 0.32 123 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 124 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 0.50 125 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 126 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile Team 127 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 1.02 128 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 129 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.13 130 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.24 131 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 132 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 133 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com 2.29 134 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 135 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 136 Raul Alarcon (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 8.11 137 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 138 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 139 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 140 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 141 José Alberto Benitez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 142 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 143 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 144 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 145 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 146 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 147 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 148 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française des Jeux 149 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 150 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 151 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 152 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux 153 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 154 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Française des Jeux 12.57 155 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner DNS Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team DNS Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team DNS William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole Sprints Sprint 1 1 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quickstep - Innergetic 8 pts 2 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 5 3 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 3 Sprint 2 1 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 8 pts 2 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 5 3 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quickstep - Innergetic 3 Sprint 3 1 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8 pts 2 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 5 3 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 3 Final Sprint 1 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 30 pts 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 25 3 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 22 4 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com 19 5 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 17 6 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 15 7 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 13 8 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 9 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11 10 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 10 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 Teams 1 Team Milram 12.28.33 2 Unibet.com 3 Gerolsteiner 4 Rabobank 5 Skil - Shimano 6 Lampre - Fondital 7 Predictor - Lotto 8 Liquigas 9 Team CSC 10 Saunier Duval - Prodir 11 Euskaltel - Euskadi 12 Quickstep - Innergetic 13 Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 14 T-Mobile Team 15 Caisse d'Epargne 16 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 17 Bouygues Telecom 0.14 18 AG2r Prévoyance 19 Crédit Agricole 0.28 20 Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.39 21 Française des Jeux 8.11 General Classification after stage 4 1 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 17.11.47 2 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.10 3 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.14 4 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.16 5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 0.25 6 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 0.37 7 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 0.41 8 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 0.48 9 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil - Shimano 0.49 10 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil - Shimano 0.50 11 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 12 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.51 13 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 0.52 14 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 15 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 0.58 16 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.01 17 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 18 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.04 19 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 1.05 20 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 21 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 1.07 22 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 23 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 24 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 1.08 25 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 1.09 26 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas 1.10 27 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.11 28 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.12 29 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.13 30 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 31 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 1.14 32 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 1.15 33 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil - Shimano 34 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.18 35 Sven Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 1.22 36 Francisco Perez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.24 37 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.28 38 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.34 39 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1.36 40 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.37 41 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.42 42 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.49 43 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.51 44 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 2.00 45 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil - Shimano 2.26 46 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 2.33 47 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.18 48 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 7.33 49 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9.01 50 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 9.18 51 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 9.19 52 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux 9.45 53 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 10.57 54 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 10.59 55 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 11.00 56 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 11.02 57 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 11.03 58 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 59 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto 60 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 61 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 11.04 62 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 11.05 63 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 64 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas 11.07 65 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11.08 66 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11.09 67 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 11.12 68 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 69 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Prodir 70 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com 11.13 71 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com 11.14 72 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 11.15 73 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 11.18 74 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 75 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) B305 11.19 76 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 11.22 77 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 11.28 78 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil - Shimano 11.31 79 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11.32 80 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11.35 81 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 11.36 82 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 83 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quickstep - Innergetic 84 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team 11.38 85 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 11.39 86 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 11.41 87 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 11.43 88 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 89 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 90 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com 91 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 92 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 11.44 93 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 11.46 94 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 11.49 95 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil - Shimano 11.50 96 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 11.52 97 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 11.58 98 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12.00 99 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.15 100 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.20 101 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 12.23 102 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 12.31 103 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13.08 104 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 13.59 105 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14.12 106 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 14.23 107 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14.24 108 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 14.31 109 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile Team 14.43 110 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 14.44 111 Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14.47 112 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 14.48 113 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 14.50 114 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 14.54 115 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 14.55 116 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15.07 117 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 16.20 118 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) B315 17.48 119 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 18.03 120 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 18.13 121 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano 18.32 122 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18.40 123 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team 18.41 124 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 18.47 125 Koen Barbé (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 18.48 126 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18.54 127 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 18.57 128 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 18.58 129 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 19.02 130 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 19.08 131 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 19.14 132 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 133 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 19.15 134 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC 19.26 135 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 19.29 136 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 19.35 137 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 19.38 138 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com 21.22 139 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 21.31 140 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 22.38 141 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22.50 142 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 23.18 143 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 25.56 144 José Alberto Benitez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 26.06 145 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 26.26 146 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 26.53 147 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Française des Jeux 26.57 148 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 27.35 149 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 27.53 150 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française des Jeux 29.08 151 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 29.32 152 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 30.43 153 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 33.16 154 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 38.29 155 Raul Alarcon (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 42.31 Sprint classification 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 49 pts 2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 47 3 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 43 4 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 40 5 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano 39 6 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 38 7 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 38 8 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 30 9 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 30 10 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com 30 11 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 28 12 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 27 13 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 25 14 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 25 15 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto 25 16 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23 17 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 22 18 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19 19 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 18 20 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 17 21 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 17 22 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 16 23 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 15 24 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 15 25 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 13 26 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 13 27 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 13 28 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 13 29 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 12 30 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 31 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 12 32 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quickstep - Innergetic 11 33 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11 34 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 11 35 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil - Shimano 11 36 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 10 37 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 10 38 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 8 39 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 8 40 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 41 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 6 42 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 43 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 5 44 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 45 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 3 46 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 47 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 48 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 3 49 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 3 Team classification 1 Predictor - Lotto 51.36.56 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 Pro Cycling Team 1.41 8 Liquigas 1.45 9 T-Mobile Team 1.54 10 Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.47 11 Saunier Duval - Prodir 10.44 12 Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 10.59 13 AG2r Prévoyance 11.28 14 Lampre - Fondital 11.37 15 Gerolsteiner 11.43 16 Crédit Agricole 11.58 17 Team CSC 18.00 18 Française des Jeux 20.45 19 Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 21.40 20 Unibet.com 21.42 21 Bouygues Telecom 32.16
