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Tour of Belgium - 2.1
Belgium, May 30-June 3, 2007
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Stage 5 - June 3: Aywaille - Putte, 184.8 km
Scrawny Boonen tests his winning legs
Gusev clinches overall victory
By Brecht Decaluwé
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Tom Boonen overcame his recent physical problems to clinch his first victory since March's E3-prijs Harelbeke in the final stage of the Tour of Belgium. Helped to the bunch sprint win by his Quickstep lead-out train, the somewhat scrawny-looking Belgian held off Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Skil) and Allan Davis (Discovery Channel), and gained some much needed confidence ahead of the Tour de France.
Finishing safely in the main group, Vladimir Gusev clinched his second stage race of his career after the German 2.1 Sachsen Tour in 2006. Gusev remained modest when asked about his excellent performance in Belgium. "It's a victory from the team. I won the time trial but the team did it for me," Gusev said. "Winning the Tour of Belgium is important to me. Riding in Belgium is always special as there are always many people interested in the race." The serious looking Gusev also talked about his next goal this season. "The Tour de France? I'm sure of my place," Gusev said.
Boonen started the year strong with several stage wins in Qatar, but a toe injury and back problems disrupted his spring campaign, but he looks like he will be back to full speed in time for the Tour de France. "I should be happy because I had many questions about my form and there's still a lot of work to do, but now I know that it's realistic work. From now on I'll train for two weeks to build up my speed for the Tour de France where I hope to have more luck than in previous years," Boonen concluded.
"Welcome back," said a visible exhausted Boonen. "The last few days I felt that I was improving with great strides." The Quickstep train was launched in the final kilometre, with Wouter Weylandt in support of Boonen even though he won the bunch sprint in stage one. "I think it was normal the team worked for me as everybody could chase their win during the previous stages, anyway nobody bothered asking questions this morning when it was decided the team would work for me," a smiling Boonen said.
How it unfolded
All the remaining 120 riders took the start in Aywaille for the last 185 kilometres in the Tour of Belgium. Veteran Nico Mattan asked his colleagues to take it easy for a a while as the previous stages had caused some damage in the peloton, and thanks to Mattan the peloton rolled out with ease on the Belgian roads. This cease-fire lasted for eight kilometres when three men decided they didn't want to have a day off.
Evert Verbist, Kristof De Zutter and Markus Eichler tried to stay away but in Esneux six kilometres later they were caught by the peloton. After nineteen kilometres, the breakaway group was more successful when Kai Reus, Jarno Van Mingeroet, Nico Sijmens and Pieter Mertens started their search for glory with no more than 165 kilometres to go. Race leader Vladimir Gusev gave his approval, and the four attackers quickly gathered an advantage of 50 seconds. Kenny Geluykens (Sunweb) had to let go of the peloton soon after the first attacks and not finding the courage to fight back, he abandoned after twenty kilometres.
For some reason the collaboration between the four leaders wasn't what you would expect from a breakaway group, and when Sijmens attacked with more than 150 kilometres to go, he was marked by Van Mingeroet. In an odd first hour, the leaders averaged 43 kilometres. Reus and Mertens rejoined the attacking duo while the peloton allowed the four men to take two minutes.
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The dissension between the four leaders continued, and Sijmens attacked again with 115 km to go. He didn't get away and was surprised when Reus countered. The Dutchman took fifty seconds and then decided he showed enough and came back to the three Belgians. In spite of the rumble up front, the lead grew up to a maximum of 3'40.
With 100 kilometres to go the lead dropped back to 2'40 thanks to the work of Discovery Channel in the peloton. The gap maintained about 2'30 until Quickstep started sharing the work with the Discovery team at the front of the peloton with 64 km to go. Up ahead, Van Mingeroet won the first and second intermediate sprints while the lead kept dropping back, and with 50km to go the leaders had only 1'44 on the peloton.
When approaching Putte where the peloton had to ride a local circuit, the speed in the peloton increased with Skil, Unibet and Slipstream (for Friedman) taking pulls along with Quickstep in the peloton. With less than thirty kilometres to go the lead was no more than a minute, and it was clear the four leaders wouldn't fight for the victory; fifteen kilometres later the lead was down to thirty seconds.
The final intermediate sprint with thirteen kilometres was again won by Van Mingeroet, who earned his teammates some pocket money. With eleven kilometres to go the lead was down to ten seconds and young Maarten Neyens successfully crossed the gap up to the leaders, but a few moments later the break that had stayed away for 152 km was caught by the peloton.
Cofidis led the peloton in the final circuit for Tyler Farrar, and with two kilometres to go, Jan Kuyckx (Landbouwkrediet) tried to go clear of the bunch, but he wasn't given any room, as the Quickstep team ramped up the speed for Boonen. His lead-out train turned up the gas with Boonen tactically in third position and Weylandt right behind to act as a 'sweeper'. Allan Davis tried to foil the Quickstep tactics, and started his sprint on the left while Boonen continued on the right, but the Australian didn't have the speed to pass the former World Champion, and he lost out on second when Kenny Robert Van Hummel pipped him with a bike throw on the line. Greg Van Avermaet finished fourth.
Photography
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- Belgian Tom Boonen (Quickstep - Innergetic) takes to the podium after winning the final stage.
- Tom Boonen (Quickstep - Innergetic) wins the bunch sprint on his home tour's final stage.
Results
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 4.14.12 (43.619 km/h) 2 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano 3 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com 5 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 6 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 7 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 8 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 9 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 10 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 11 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 12 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Jartazi Promo Fashion 13 Kevin Ista (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions 14 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen 15 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 16 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job 17 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 18 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 19 Robby Meul (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 20 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 21 Kristof De Zutter (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen 22 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 23 Davy Commeyne (Bel) Palmans Collstrop 24 Gregory Joseph (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen 25 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 26 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 27 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 28 Michael Polazzi (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions 29 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 30 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit System 31 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil - Shimano 32 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 33 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 34 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 35 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 36 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job 37 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 38 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 39 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 40 Matti Helminen (Fin) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 41 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 42 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 43 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 44 Thomas Brochard (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions 45 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 46 Michael Friedman (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 47 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 48 Nico Mattan (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 49 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 50 Sven Van Den Houte (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen 51 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com 52 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Palmans Collstrop 53 Maxim Debusschere (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job 54 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil - Shimano 55 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job 56 Fabio Polazzi (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions 57 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 58 Jurgen Van Loocke (Bel) Palmans Collstrop 59 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 60 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 61 Sven Nevens (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 62 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 63 Geert Omloop (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 64 Hamish Robert Haynes (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 65 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 66 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 67 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 68 Frederik Penne (Bel) Palmans Collstrop 69 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen 70 Ilya Chernetsky (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 71 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 72 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen 73 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Jartazi Promo Fashion 74 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 75 Tom Steels (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 76 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 77 Laurent Fontaine (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions 78 Fuyu Li (Chn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 79 Steven De Neef (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen 80 Peter Stetina (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 81 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil - Shimano 82 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 83 Benjamin Johnson (Aus) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 84 William Frishkorn (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 85 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 86 Janek Tombak (Est) Jartazi Promo Fashion 87 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 88 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 89 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 90 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 91 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 92 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions 93 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 94 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 95 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 96 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Unibet.com 97 Kilian Patour (Fra) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 98 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 99 Tyler Butterfield (Ber) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 100 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 101 Jérémy Burton (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions 102 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit System 103 Niels Albert (Bel) Palmans Collstrop 0.25 104 Blake Caldwell (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 105 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Tinkoff Credit System 106 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 107 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 108 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 109 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 0.41 110 David Willemsens (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job 0.51 111 Marc Streel (Bel) Palmans Collstrop 112 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 113 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.00 114 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1.08 115 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 1.11 116 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 117 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 1.56 118 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 2.36 119 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner Final General classification 1 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 17.04.34 2 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil - Shimano 0.39 3 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 0.40 4 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 0.53 5 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 1.13 6 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1.14 7 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.25 8 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 1.32 9 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1.34 10 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil - Shimano 2.16 11 Kevin Ista (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions 2.20 12 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 2.28 13 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 2.47 14 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.14 15 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 3.20 16 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com 3.34 17 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 4.21 18 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com 5.20 19 Sven Nevens (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 5.27 20 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 6.30 21 Matti Helminen (Fin) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 6.31 22 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 6.49 23 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Jartazi Promo Fashion 8.34 24 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 11.11 25 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 11.26 26 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 11.49 27 Geert Omloop (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 11.55 28 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11.56 29 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 12.00 30 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 12.09 31 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Palmans Collstrop 12.20 32 Janek Tombak (Est) Jartazi Promo Fashion 12.38 33 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 12.57 34 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 13.11 35 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 13.12 36 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil - Shimano 13.54 37 Fuyu Li (Chn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14.07 38 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14.30 39 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job 14.33 40 Robby Meul (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 15.07 41 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 15.37 42 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 15.49 43 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit System 16.11 44 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 16.15 45 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 16.18 46 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 16.19 47 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 16.49 48 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 16.54 49 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 16.59 50 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 17.00 51 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 17.04 52 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit System 17.39 53 Davy Commeyne (Bel) Palmans Collstrop 17.41 54 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 17.58 55 Tom Steels (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 18.27 56 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 18.42 57 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 18.44 58 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 18.50 59 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano 19.07 60 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 19.29 61 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 19.36 62 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 19.46 63 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 19.49 64 Michael Friedman (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 19.51 65 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 19.58 66 Kristof De Zutter (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen 20.51 67 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 21.34 68 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job 22.00 69 Laurent Fontaine (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions 70 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 22.04 71 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Jartazi Promo Fashion 22.09 72 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 22.29 73 Peter Stetina (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 22.43 74 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 23.32 75 Tyler Butterfield (Ber) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 24.07 76 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen 24.59 77 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 25.03 78 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen 25.36 79 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen 25.51 80 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 25.57 81 William Frishkorn (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 26.02 82 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 26.19 83 Gregory Joseph (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen 26.28 84 Sven Van Den Houte (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen 26.30 85 Maxim Debusschere (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job 26.37 86 Kilian Patour (Fra) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 26.40 87 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 27.11 88 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 27.12 89 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 27.17 90 Michael Polazzi (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions 27.19 91 Thomas Brochard (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions 27.22 92 Hamish Robert Haynes (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 27.31 93 Frederik Penne (Bel) Palmans Collstrop 27.34 94 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 28.29 95 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 29.00 96 Blake Caldwell (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 29.08 97 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Unibet.com 29.27 98 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 29.52 99 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 29.54 100 Niels Albert (Bel) Palmans Collstrop 30.18 101 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Tinkoff Credit System 31.09 102 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 31.15 103 Fabio Polazzi (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions 31.19 104 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 31.21 105 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job 31.25 106 Benjamin Johnson (Aus) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 31.59 107 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 32.02 108 Ilya Chernetsky (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 32.20 109 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 32.28 110 Marc Streel (Bel) Palmans Collstrop 32.33 111 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions 33.17 112 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 33.44 113 Nico Mattan (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 34.06 114 David Willemsens (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job 34.15 115 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 35.34 116 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 36.06 117 Jérémy Burton (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions 36.27 118 Steven De Neef (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen 36.49 119 Jurgen Van Loocke (Bel) Palmans Collstrop 37.43 Points classification 1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 76 pts 2 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 60 3 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 51 4 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com 49 5 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 47 6 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 40 7 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano 40 8 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 38 9 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 32 10 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 30 11 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 30 12 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil - Shimano 25 13 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 25 14 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 24 15 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 22 16 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 22 17 Janek Tombak (Est) Jartazi Promo Fashion 21 18 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 19 19 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 19 20 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 17 21 Tom Steels (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 17 22 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 16 23 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 15 24 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit System 15 25 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 13 26 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12 27 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 12 28 Sven Nevens (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 10 29 Geert Omloop (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 8 30 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 8 31 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 8 32 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 8 33 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 34 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit System 5 35 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Tinkoff Credit System 5 36 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com 3 Sprint classification 1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 37 pts 2 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 24 3 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 16 4 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 13 5 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9 6 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 8 7 Janek Tombak (Est) Jartazi Promo Fashion 8 8 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil - Shimano 8 9 Geert Omloop (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 8 10 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 8 11 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 8 12 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 8 13 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 14 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit System 5 15 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Tinkoff Credit System 5 16 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com 3 17 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 3 Skil klimmerstrofee 1 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 27 pts 2 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 20 3 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 18 4 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 16 5 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 10 6 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 8 7 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 7 8 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Tinkoff Credit System 7 9 Steven De Neef (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen 6 10 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 5 11 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 4 12 Janek Tombak (Est) Jartazi Promo Fashion 4 13 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 14 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 15 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 2 16 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 17 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit System 1 18 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 1
