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Tour of Belgium - 2.1
Belgium, May 30-June 3, 2007
Photography
Stage 5 - June 3: Aywaille - Putte, 184.8 km
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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.
Stage 4 - June 2: Herzele - Aywaille, 199.7 km
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- Robert Gesink (Rabobank) wins the fourth stage of Tour of Belgium
- Robert Gesink (Rabobank) enjoys his first taste of professional success
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- Jelle Vanendert (Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen) took fourth place in the first bunch.
- Tom Stubbe (Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen) was in the original break, before being caught by the peloton.
- Suffering from a cold, Sébastien Rosseler (Quickstep - Innergetic) lost a lot of time on general classification.
- The peloton were forced to push hard on the lengthy stage.
- Belgian Nikolas Maes (Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen) took 28th place, over 50 seconds behind the winner.
- Riders struggle to the top of a short climb.
- Iljo Keisse (Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen) shows the strain of the 199.7 kilometre stage.
- Belgian Leif Hoste (Predictor - Lotto) lead home the first bunch, 13 seconds behind the Netherlands' Robert Gesink (Rabobank).
- Seventh was good enough for Vladimir Gusev (Discovery Channel) to keep his classification lead.
- One of the early breaks.
- Robert Gesink (Rabobank) took an impressive victory.
- Gorik Gardeyn (Unibet.com) dropped way back, losing nearly four minutes on the fourth stage.
- Nico Eeckhout (Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen) dropped a whopping 14.47 minutes.
- Bert De Waele (Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner) holds eighth on general classification.
- Stijn Devolder (Discovery Channel) made it home 4.26 minutes behind.
Stage 3 - June 1: Herzele - Herzele (TT), 16.7 km
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- Russian Vladimir Gusev (Discovery Channel) dominated the TT, take victory by some 18 seconds.
Stage 2 - May 31: Oostende - Buggehout, 179.6 km
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- Gorik Gardeyn (Unibet.com) gives his team a big morale boost with the win in Buggehout
- Gorik Gardeyn wins the sprint on stage two ahead of Allan Davis
- Gardeyn celebrates on the podium after his win in the Tour of Belgium
- Greg Van Avermaet gets the leader's jersey on time bonuses
Stage 1 - May 30: Oostende - Oostende , 182 km
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- Wim Vansevenant
- Coming to see their grandson a certain Tom Boonen
- Team Slipstream is enjoying the good weather in Oostende
- Troubles with the race radio
- Nick Nuyens and Wilfried Cretskens at the start in Oostende
- Niko Eeckhout and Leif Hoste get ready to start
- Nico Mattan is close to the end of his cycling career
- Gorik Gardeyn was all smiles at the start in Oostende
- Nico Mattan showing his 'cleansports' bracelet to his colleagues
- The Discovery guys were relaxed at the start in Oostende
- Tom Boonen gets away on his new 500,000 euro bike
- The peloton is away for the first stage in the Tour of Belgium
- Greg Van Avermaet (Predictor-Lotto) has just finished third in Oostende.
- Leif Hoste (Predictor-Lotto) suffered today.
- Gorik Gardeyn (Unibet.com) just finished the race and is quickly converted in a family man.
- Winner Wouter Weylandt (Quick.Step) rode too far and is guided to the podium.
- Last year's winner Maarten Tjallingii (Skil-Shimano)
- Wouter Weylandt is the first leader of the Tour of Belgium.
- Unibet general manager Koen Terryn pulling faces: He just missed the win in his hometown and his team wasn't selected for the Tour de France.
- Local sponsors on the podium to congratulate the winner of the day.
- Sebastién Rosseler (Quick.Step) leads the sprint classification and has ambitions for the overall too.
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- He's back! Tom Boonen returns to racing after his customary mid-season break.
- 500,000 euros, apparently. Tom Boonen's custom made Specialized Tarmac.
- Tornado Tom gets a custom saddle too. Well, for half a million you'd probably expect one.
- Standard Campagnolo equipment and traditional shaped handlebars make up Boonen's front end.
- Wouter Weylandt (Quick.Step) finished off some solid work by his team-mates.
