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Tour of Belgium - 2.1

Belgium, May 30-June 3, 2007

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Stage 1 - May 30: Oostende - Oostende , 182 km

Weylandt winds up Quickstep work

Quickstep excels in work against the wind

By Brecht Decaluwé in Oostende

Wouter Weylandt (Quick.Step)
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The vast plains near the Belgian coast are often windy and these conditions are the playground for the local Quickstep formation. The Belgian team took the initiative in the peloton and the echelon work once again proved to be their cup of tea. Few big names were surprised except for Nick Nuyens who lost about a minute after a final surge from Quickstep near Oostende. After 182 km there were only thirty three riders left in front even though nobody had succesfully attacked the peloton all day long. Quickstep tried to bring sprinter Gert Steegmans into position, but it was his team-mate Wouter Weylandt who turned up first on the finish line.

"Today's stage was ideal for me," said winner Weylandt. "That I could finish it is not only nice for me but for the whole team. I think nobody in the group knew who our leader was, actually it wasn't our goal that I would sprint as we were working for Steegmans. But one kilometre before the finish I noticed that Steegmans wasn't on my wheel anymore. That's why I seized my opportunity. I started the sprint with all I had and could keep it up till the finish," Weylandt explained.

It was the young glamour boy's third victory of the season after a stage win in the Driedaagse West-Vlaanderen and the Ronde van het Groene Hart, unsurprisingly all sprints even though Weylandt is only third in the Quickstep sprinter-hierarchy. "And still I'm winning here, isn't that nice" the winner smiled while he clearly enjoyed the attention. Weylandt isn't considering defending his jersey. "Why would I do that, I can't time trial and I can't climb. The rest of the week we'll try to bring Steegmans in position while we have Rosseler for the GC," Weylandt said.

Unibet's sprinter Jeremy Hunt came second, and the margin was enough to say it was a close finish, nevertheless team manager Koen Terryn was clearly dissapointed with the result. "There were a dozen bottles of champagne ready to celebrate a win in my hometown, this is just too bad," the Unibet manager said to Cyclingnews. There are more chances to come, after a small version of Gent-Wevelgem today, there's a mini Tour of Flanders tomorrow, but that shouldn't be too hard for the guys that were in front today.

How it unfolded

At the start in the coastal city of Oostende, 135 riders strolled away with the sun shining brightly on their backs. The weather forecast offered the riders a sunny though windy start, but some showers were expected during the latter part of the race. Some sunbathing riders were abruptly dropped back into the reality of cycling as the first hour was pretty rough as high speeds - averaging 47.8 km/h - and strong winds were the main executioners early on.

He's back!
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The strong winds are typical for this area and the peloton immediately broke into several echelons due to these winds. Last year's winner Maarten Tjallingii was attentive enough to be in the first echelon, just like many others local boys who excel in this tactical and tough work against the wind. The inexperienced riders and the cyclo-cross riders - who are preparing for their winter season - weren't strong enough and suffered at the back. Among the surprised riders were also Jörg Jaksche and Vasil Kiryienka who tried hard to come back.

Stijn Devolder, a local of the region, clearly wasn't living up to the standard of his peers, and missed the front group. His team-mates were more attentive, with the Japanese rider Fumiyuki Beppu making the split along with Gianni Meersman and Vladimir Gusev. Meanwhile there was a crash by Mindaugas Striska, who was brought over to the nearby hospital in Torhout with a broken collarbone and shoulder blade. Masahiro Shinagawa crashed as well and bruised his hip.

Quickstep's Sébastien Rosseler showed his GC ambitions as he won the first sprint after 100 km ahead of his teammate Gert Steegmans and Greg Van Avermaet, earning a three second bonus. The first peloton of about fifty riders led the rest of the field by more than five minutes after 130 km through the flat countryside of West-Flanders.

Nick Nuyens
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With 40 km to go Quickstep decided to give a lesson to the peloton on how to set up an echelon. The team unfolded their strength near Middelkerke and immediately blew twenty riders out the back, a surprising face among them was Cofidis' team leader Nick Nuyens. The second sprint after 148 km was another bonus for Rosseler, the Wallonian won ahead of Van Avermaet and Sentjens, gaining six seconds on the day.

The first peloton had a minute on the Nuyens peloton with 25 kilometres to go, as the Devolder peloton was riding more than eight minutes behind the leaders. Meanwhile, former sprint ace Tom Steels punctured but he came back in impressive style. Four kilometres later the already exciting race kept moving as there was an attack from Tom Boonen, who is competing in his first race since Paris-Roubaix.

When the former world champion was reeled in, an attack from Markus Eichler and Glenn D'Hollander managed to stay away for a while, but Quickstep kept the brave duo at 10 seconds until they turned the screws for the field sprint. With twelve kilometres to go the front duo was brought back by Quickstep with help from Skil-Shimano. The peloton of Nuyens didn't stop working as they were again within a minute of the leaders.

Ten kilometres from the finish, the third sprint was won by Geert Omloop ahead of Bram Tankink and Stijn Vandenbergh, and then the gas was on full as Quickstep and Skil led the group of thirty three riders into Oostende, with Boonen pulling turns for his team-mates. The speed was very high as the peloton was stretched out in a long line, everybody had to fight for their spot. Gianni Meersman tried to get away in the final kilometres but the sprint was inevitable. Gert Steegmans pulled the sprint for Wouter Weylandt who clinched the win ahead of Jeremy Hunt and Greg Van Avermaet.

Photography

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Results

1 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                               3.52.49
2 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com                                                      
3 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                         
4 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                              
5 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                                       
6 Jens Renders (Bel) Palmans Collstrop                                              
7 Janek Tombak (Est) Jartazi Promo Fashion                                          
8 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                            
9 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                       
10 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                          
11 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                      
12 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                               
13 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                                        
14 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                          
15 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto                                             
16 Kevin Ista (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions                
17 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                             
18 Geert Omloop (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion                                         
19 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                         
20 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                          
21 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                         
22 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                          
23 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                                        
24 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                          
25 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                                     
26 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                               
27 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com                                                   
28 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                  
29 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                                     
30 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                   0.05
31 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                      0.52
32 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   1.06
33 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                           
34 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com                                                  
35 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                  
36 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com                                               
37 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                  
38 Tom Steels (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                               
39 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                      
40 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                           1.41
41 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Jartazi Promo Fashion                                    1.43
42 Matti Helminen (Fin) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                           1.44
43 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Jartazi Promo Fashion                                      
44 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                       1.47
45 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job                                      1.48
46 Robby Meul (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                                   
47 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                                     
48 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                              
49 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                          
50 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                         
51 Fuyu Li (Chn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                 
52 Sven Nevens (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion                                          
53 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                             
54 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                                         
55 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                            
56 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job                                           7.56
57 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job                                             
58 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Palmans Collstrop                                           
59 Kenny Geluykens (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job                                             
60 Michael Polazzi (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions           
61 Maxim Debusschere (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job                                           
62 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen                
63 Sven Vandenhoute (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen                
64 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                            
65 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen           13.52
66 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                           
67 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                        
68 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                                  
69 Gregory Joseph (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen                  
70 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                            
71 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                            
72 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job                                         
73 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit System                                      
74 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion                                  
75 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Unibet.com                                            
76 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen                  
77 Kilian Patour (Fra) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                          
78 Jérémy Burton (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions             
79 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                       
80 Davy Commeyne (Bel) Palmans Collstrop                                            
81 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                           
82 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                            
83 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                          
84 Ingmar De Poortere (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen              
85 Steven De Neef (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen                  
86 Michael Friedman (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                       
87 Laurent Fontaine (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions          
88 Kristof De Zutter (Bel)                                                          
89 David Willemsens (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job                                            
90 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                            
91 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                      
92 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                                      
93 Anton Mindlin (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                                        
94 Jin Long (Chn) Skil - Shimano                                                    
95 Nico Mattan (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                                  
96 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com                                                   
97 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                             
98 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                                 
99 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com                                                    
100 Thomas Brochard (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions          
101 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                         
102 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                           
103 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                                    
104 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                   
105 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit System                                     
106 Ilya Chernetsky (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                                     
107 Jeremy Vennel (NZl) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                               
108 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                               
109 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                          
110 William Frishkorn (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                     
111 Frederik Penne (Bel) Palmans Collstrop                                          
112 Niels Albert (Bel) Palmans Collstrop                                            
113 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion                                 
114 Marc Streel (Bel) Palmans Collstrop                                             
115 Peter Stetina (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                         
116 Blake Caldwell (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                        
117 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com                                                    
118 Hamish Robert Haynes (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                        
119 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                                     
120 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                           
121 Jurgen Van Loocke (Bel) Palmans Collstrop                                       
122 Tyler Butterfield (Ber) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                     
123 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank                                                         
124 Benjamin Johnson (Aus) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                      
125 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Tinkoff Credit System                                        
126 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                       
127 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                           
128 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions    14.10
129 Fabio Polazzi (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions       14.26
 
General classification after stage 1
 
1 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                               3.52.39
2 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                     0.03
3 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com                                                  0.04
4 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                   
5 Geert Omloop (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion                                      0.07
6 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                   0.08
7 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                                         
8 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto                                          0.09
9 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                          0.10
10 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                                      
11 Jens Renders (Bel) Palmans Collstrop                                             
12 Janek Tombak (Est) Jartazi Promo Fashion                                         
13 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                           
14 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                      
15 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                          
16 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                               
17 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                                        
18 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                          
19 Kevin Ista (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions                
20 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                             
21 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                         
22 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                          
23 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                         
24 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                          
25 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                          
26 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                                     
27 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                               
28 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com                                                   
29 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                                     
30 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                   0.15
31 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                      1.02
32 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com                                           1.15
33 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   1.16
34 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                           
35 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com                                                  
36 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                  
37 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                  
38 Tom Steels (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                               
39 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                      
40 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                           1.51
41 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Jartazi Promo Fashion                                    1.53
42 Matti Helminen (Fin) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                           1.54
43 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Jartazi Promo Fashion                                      
44 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                       1.57
45 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job                                      1.58
46 Robby Meul (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                                   
47 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                                     
48 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                              
49 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                          
50 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                         
51 Fuyu Li (Chn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                 
52 Sven Nevens (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion                                          
53 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                             
54 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                                         
55 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                            
56 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job                                           8.06
57 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job                                             
58 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Palmans Collstrop                                           
59 Kenny Geluykens (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job                                             
60 Michael Polazzi (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions           
61 Maxim Debusschere (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job                                           
62 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen                
63 Sven Vandenhoute (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen                
64 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                            
65 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen           14.02
66 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                           
67 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                        
68 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                                  
69 Gregory Joseph (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen                  
70 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                            
71 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                            
72 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job                                         
73 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit System                                      
74 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion                                  
75 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Unibet.com                                            
76 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen                  
77 Kilian Patour (Fra) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                          
78 Jérémy Burton (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions             
79 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                       
80 Davy Commeyne (Bel) Palmans Collstrop                                            
81 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                           
82 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                            
83 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                          
84 Ingmar De Poortere (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen              
85 Steven De Neef (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen                  
86 Michael Friedman (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                       
87 Laurent Fontaine (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions          
88 Kristof De Zutter (Bel)                                                          
89 David Willemsens (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job                                            
90 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                            
91 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                      
92 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                                      
93 Anton Mindlin (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                                        
94 Jin Long (Chn) Skil - Shimano                                                    
95 Nico Mattan (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                                  
96 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com                                                   
97 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                             
98 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                                 
99 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com                                                    
100 Thomas Brochard (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions          
101 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                         
102 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                           
103 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                                    
104 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                   
105 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit System                                     
106 Ilya Chernetsky (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                                     
107 Jeremy Venell (NZl) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                               
108 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                               
109 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                          
110 William Frishkorn (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                     
111 Frederik Penne (Bel) Palmans Collstrop                                          
112 Niels Albert (Bel) Palmans Collstrop                                            
113 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion                                 
114 Marc Streel (Bel) Palmans Collstrop                                             
115 Peter Stetina (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                         
116 Blake Caldwell (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                        
117 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com                                                    
118 Hamish Robert Haynes (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                        
119 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                                     
120 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                           
121 Jurgen Van Loocke (Bel) Palmans Collstrop                                       
122 Tyler Butterfield (Ber) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                     
123 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank                                                         
124 Benjamin Johnson (Aus) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                      
125 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Tinkoff Credit System                                        
126 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                       
127 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                           
128 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions    14.20
129 Fabio Polazzi (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions       14.36
 
Points classification
 
1 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                    30 pts
2 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                       30
3 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com                                                    25
4 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                            19
5 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                                     17
6 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                 16
7 Jens Renders (Bel) Palmans Collstrop                                            15
8 Janek Tombak (Est) Jartazi Promo Fashion                                        13
9 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                          12
10 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                    11
11 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                        10
12 Geert Omloop (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion                                        8
13 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                     5
14 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                                       5
15 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto                                            3
16 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com                                              3
 
Sprint classification
 
1 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                 16 pts
2 Geert Omloop (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion                                         8
3 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                        8
4 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                      5
5 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                                        5
6 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto                                             3
7 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com                                               3

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