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Tour of Belgium - 2.1
Belgium, May 30-June 3, 2007
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Stage 4 - June 2: Herzele - Aywaille, 199.7 km
Gesink gears away on La Redoute
First pro victory for birthday boy Gesink
By Brecht Decaluwé
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The queen stage in the Tour of Belgium proved to be the prey of the next Dutch hot prospect, Robert Gesink. Two days ago the Dutchman turned 21 years-old and today the neo-professional grabbed his first pro victory. In a stage that resembles Liège-Bastogne-Liège, Gesink attacked with only seven kilometres to go on La Redoute and soloed to the finish line in Aywailles. "When I rode away on La Redoute I thought it still might be too far, but the team car informed me that I was riding away from the pursuers, unbelievable," Gesink said.
The blonde youngster continues to progress after a successful year at the Rabobank continental team in 2006, with wins in the Settimana Ciclistica Lombarda and the Circuito Montañés and a second place in the Tour de l'Avenir. In 2007 Gesink joined the Rabobank Pro Tour team, and after the Flèche Wallonne, his first ProTour race, Gesink reacted, "Good heavens, they are riding fast on this level!" But it was Gesink who surprised many with his strong ninth place on the Mur de Huy.
Gesink hopes to keep up the good work throughout 2007. "Hopefully I can show myself as well during the Dauphiné Libéré because that's what it's all about in my debut year, showing myself," Gesink said.
Behind Gesink the GC contenders couldn't get rid of leader Vladimir Gusev. The young Russian never came into trouble and looks to be set to win the Tour of Belgium with only one stage left. "My team was very good, I want to thank everybody for that. The overall victory looks to be set because I have a strong team," a confident Gusev said to Sporza.
"It wasn't an easy stage today with many attacks right from the start. The team and especially Danielson supported me supremely in the finale. Tomorrow there will be many attacks again but the team and me will be there again," Gusev finished. Tomorrow's stage brings the peloton from Aywaille to Putte, the course is less selective so a bunch sprint with local hero Tom Boonen is possible.
How it unfolded
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Right from the start in Herzele the race was alive and kicking in the toughest stage over 200km to Aywaille. About five attacks were neutralized early on, and it was only after 75 km that the first successful breakaway group of eleven riders was formed. From that group Gert Steegmans, Tom Stubbe, Jörg Jaksche and Kai Reus survived until the Côte de Fraiture where they were caught by the reduced peloton.
After the Fraiture climb, a group with Pieter Mertens, Nick Nuyens, Ruggero Marzoli and eventual winner Robert Gesink snuck away, but they were brought back soon after. A little scare occurred for leader Gusev when the GC's number three Rick Flens and Mattheus Pronk attacked with twenty two kilometres to go, but they were caught just before the La Redoute.
On the last climb of the day, Gesink tried again, and his second attack proved to be more successful. Jelle Vanendert reacted, as did Leif Hoste, Maarten Tjallingii and overall leader Vladimir Gusev but they couldn't get back on the young Dutchman. At the back of the shattered peloton, Sébastien Rosseler was dropped and his hopes for the overall classification scuttled as the number two on the overall classification, suffering from a cold, lost 38" on Gusev.
Gesink established a lead of twenty seconds and at the finish line he kept thirteen seconds on the Gusev group. Leif Hoste sprinted to second place ahead of Bert De Waele, Vanendert, last year's winner Tjallingii, Kiryienka and Gusev. Tom Danielson worked hard for Gusev in the finale and didn't bother to sprint along, finishing eighth.
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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.
Results
1 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 4.30.59 (44.21 km/h) 2 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 0.13 3 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 4 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 5 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil - Shimano 6 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit System 7 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.17 9 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 0.44 10 Sven Nevens (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 11 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 12 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 13 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 14 Kevin Ista (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions 15 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 16 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 17 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 18 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.51 19 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 20 Davy Commeyne (Bel) Palmans Collstrop 21 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 22 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 23 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 24 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 25 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com 26 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 27 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil - Shimano 28 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 29 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit System 0.59 30 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Palmans Collstrop 3.05 31 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 3.59 32 Matti Helminen (Fin) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 33 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 34 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com 35 Michael Friedman (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 4.26 36 Laurent Fontaine (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions 37 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job 38 Kristof De Zutter (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen 39 Thomas Brochard (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions 40 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 41 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 42 Peter Stetina (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 43 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 44 Tyler Butterfield (Ber) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 4.31 45 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 46 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Jartazi Promo Fashion 5.17 47 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil - Shimano 10.25 48 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 49 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen 50 Gregory Joseph (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen 51 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 52 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 53 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions 54 Frederik Penne (Bel) Palmans Collstrop 55 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 56 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 57 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 58 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 59 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 60 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 61 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen 62 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 63 Fuyu Li (Chn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 64 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 65 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job 66 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 67 Hamish Robert Haynes (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 68 Robby Meul (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 69 Ilya Chernetsky (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 70 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 71 Benjamin Johnson (Aus) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 72 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 73 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 74 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 75 David Willemsens (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job 76 Kilian Patour (Fra) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 77 Niels Albert (Bel) Palmans Collstrop 78 William Frishkorn (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 79 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 80 Blake Caldwell (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 81 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 82 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 83 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 84 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 85 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 86 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 87 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 88 Janek Tombak (Est) Jartazi Promo Fashion 89 Geert Omloop (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 90 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Unibet.com 91 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 14.47 92 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 93 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 94 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job 95 Maxim Debusschere (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job 96 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 97 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 98 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano 99 Tom Steels (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 100 Nico Mattan (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 101 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 102 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 103 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 104 Jérémy Burton (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions 105 Marc Streel (Bel) Palmans Collstrop 106 Jurgen Van Loocke (Bel) Palmans Collstrop 107 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 108 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 109 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 110 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Jartazi Promo Fashion 111 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 112 Sven Van Den Houte (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen 113 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen 114 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Tinkoff Credit System 115 Fabio Polazzi (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions 116 Michael Polazzi (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions 117 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 118 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 119 Kenny Geluykens (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job 120 Steven De Neef (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen 15.17 General classification after stage 4 1 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12.50.22 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 11 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 2.28 12 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 2.47 13 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.14 14 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 3.20 15 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com 3.34 16 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 4.24 17 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com 5.20 18 Sven Nevens (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 5.27 19 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 6.30 20 Matti Helminen (Fin) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 6.31 21 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 6.49 22 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Jartazi Promo Fashion 8.34 23 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 11.11 24 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 11.26 25 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 11.49 26 Geert Omloop (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 11.55 27 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11.56 28 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 12.00 29 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 12.09 30 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Palmans Collstrop 12.20 31 Janek Tombak (Est) Jartazi Promo Fashion 12.38 32 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 12.47 33 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 12.57 34 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 13.21 35 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil - Shimano 13.54 36 Fuyu Li (Chn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14.07 37 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14.30 38 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job 14.33 39 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 14.49 40 Robby Meul (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 15.07 41 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 15.37 42 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 15.58 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 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 16.54 48 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 16.59 49 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 17.00 50 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 17.04 51 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit System 17.39 52 Davy Commeyne (Bel) Palmans Collstrop 17.41 53 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 17.58 54 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 18.25 55 Tom Steels (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 18.27 56 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 18.41 57 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 18.42 58 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 18.44 59 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 18.50 60 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano 19.13 61 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 19.29 62 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 19.50 63 Michael Friedman (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 19.51 64 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 19.58 65 Kristof De Zutter (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen 20.51 66 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 21.34 67 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job 22.00 68 Laurent Fontaine (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions 69 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 22.04 70 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Jartazi Promo Fashion 22.09 71 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 22.29 72 Peter Stetina (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 22.43 73 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 23.07 74 Tyler Butterfield (Ber) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 24.07 75 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen 24.59 76 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 25.03 77 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 25.16 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 William Frishkorn (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 26.02 81 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 26.19 82 Gregory Joseph (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen 26.28 83 Sven Van Den Houte (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen 26.30 84 Maxim Debusschere (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job 26.37 85 Kilian Patour (Fra) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 26.40 86 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 27.11 87 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 27.12 88 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 27.17 89 Michael Polazzi (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions 27.19 90 Thomas Brochard (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions 27.22 91 Hamish Robert Haynes (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 27.31 92 Frederik Penne (Bel) Palmans Collstrop 27.34 93 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 28.07 94 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 28.29 95 Blake Caldwell (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 28.43 96 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 29.00 97 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 29.27 98 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Unibet.com 99 Niels Albert (Bel) Palmans Collstrop 29.53 100 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 29.55 101 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Tinkoff Credit System 30.44 102 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 31.11 103 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 31.15 104 Fabio Polazzi (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions 31.19 105 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 31.21 106 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job 31.25 107 Marc Streel (Bel) Palmans Collstrop 31.42 108 Benjamin Johnson (Aus) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 31.59 109 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 32.02 110 Ilya Chernetsky (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 32.20 111 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions 33.17 112 David Willemsens (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job 33.24 113 Nico Mattan (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 34.06 114 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 34.23 115 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 36.06 116 Jérémy Burton (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions 36.27 117 Steven De Neef (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen 36.49 118 Kenny Geluykens (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job 37.21 119 Jurgen Van Loocke (Bel) Palmans Collstrop 37.43 Points classification 1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 59 pts 2 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 49 3 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 41 4 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 32 5 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com 30 6 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 30 7 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil - Shimano 25 8 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 25 9 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 25 10 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 25 11 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 25 11 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 22 12 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 22 13 Janek Tombak (Est) Jartazi Promo Fashion 21 14 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 19 15 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 17 16 Tom Steels (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 17 17 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 16 18 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit System 15 19 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano 15 20 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12 21 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 12 22 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 11 23 Sven Nevens (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 10 24 Geert Omloop (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 8 25 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 8 26 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 8 27 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 28 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit System 5 29 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Tinkoff Credit System 5 30 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 5 31 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 3 32 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com 3 Sprint classification 1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 37 pts 2 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 16 3 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9 4 Geert Omloop (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 8 5 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil - Shimano 8 6 Janek Tombak (Est) Jartazi Promo Fashion 8 7 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 8 8 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 8 9 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 10 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Tinkoff Credit System 5 11 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 5 11 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit System 5 12 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 3 13 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com 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
