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4th Eneco Tour - ProTNetherlands and Belgium, August 20-27, 2008Main Page Results Overall standings Stage Details Next Stage Prologue - August 20: Sittard-Geleen (NL), 4.4kmGutierrez wins on a wet dayBy Susan Westemeyer José Gutierrez of Caisse d'Epargne defended his win in last year's Eneco Tour by setting the fastest time in the short prologue with a 5'31.9 to secure the first leader's jersey. He nipped Cyril Lemoine of Credit Agricole, who led much of the day and had covered the 4.4 km course in 5'31.98. He was only one second faster that Team Columbia's Norwegian Edvald Boasson Hagen, who was third at 5.32. It looked for a long time as if Lemoine's time would be good for the win, especially when heavy rains moved in and slowed everyone down. Both Lemoine and Boasson Hagen rode early in the stage. But the rain had ended and the road was dry again when Gutierrez, as the last rider out, took to the course. Gutierrez took over the leader's jersey in last year's race at the last second, when he finished second in the closing time trial. Team CSC's Andre Steensen started the action off under the cloudy skies. Boasson Hagen soon turned in his top time of 5'32.23 , which many expected to hold. But shortly thereafter Lemoine came through a tick faster, at 5'31.98. About a half an hour later, the heavens opened and the times suddenly became much slower, as the riders weren't willing to take any chances on the wet city course. Philippe Gilbert of Francaise des Jeux put in a time of 6'18, with many riders around the six minute mark. Fortunately the rain didn't last all that long and some quicker times starting coming in again. For a while none came close to the top times, but as the road dried off and the top riders took to the course, the times starting falling again. Michael Rogers of Columbia turned in a time of 5'35 to give himself fifth place, and Gutierrez, as the last rider to take the course, topped them all with his time of 5'31.09. PhotographyFor a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here Images by Isabelle Duchesne/www.photoscycling.com
Images by Elmar Krings
Results1 José Iván Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5.31.90 (47.86 km/h) 2 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.00.08 3 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia 0.00.33 4 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 0.02.80 5 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia 0.03.33 6 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 0.03.86 7 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.04.46 8 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.04.77 9 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.05.55 10 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 0.05.69 11 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 0.06.84 12 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 0.06.99 13 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.07.86 14 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 0.07.93 15 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 0.09.05 16 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 0.09.07 17 André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia 0.09.20 18 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.09.44 19 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 0.09.53 20 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.09.72 21 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 0.09.98 22 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 0.10.05 23 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.10.79 24 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.11.48 25 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 0.12.24 26 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 27 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 0.12.81 28 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.13.24 29 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia 0.13.36 30 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 0.13.38 31 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.13.57 32 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop 0.13.93 33 Julien Simon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.14.20 34 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.14.30 35 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 0.14.94 36 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 0.14.98 37 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 0.14.99 38 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.16.40 39 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 0.16.63 40 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 41 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.16.66 42 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.16.76 43 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 0.16.82 44 André Steensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.17.05 45 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 0.17.09 46 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 0.17.20 47 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 48 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 0.17.22 49 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.17.51 50 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Scott - American Beef 0.17.54 51 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 0.17.68 52 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 0.17.72 53 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.18.42 54 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Scott - American Beef 0.18.47 55 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop 0.18.64 56 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.19.34 57 Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.19.74 58 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0.19.78 59 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0.19.91 60 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 0.19.95 61 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.19.98 62 John Devine (USA) Team Columbia 0.20.72 63 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.20.74 64 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0.20.78 65 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 0.20.97 66 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 0.20.98 67 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.21.36 68 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 0.21.72 69 Servais Knaven (Ned) Team Columbia 0.21.89 70 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 0.22.44 71 Beñat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.22.85 72 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.22.94 73 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Scott - American Beef 0.23.40 74 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 0.23.20 75 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 76 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.23.44 77 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.23.45 78 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 0.23.54 79 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 0.23.78 80 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 0.23.83 81 Romain Villa (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.23.91 82 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 0.24.08 83 Cédric Pineau (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0.24.27 84 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 0.24.51 85 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.24.52 86 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.24.75 87 Josu Agirre Aseginolaza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.24.78 88 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 0.25.76 89 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 0.25.90 90 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 0.26.40 91 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 0.27.21 92 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 0.27.34 93 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 0.27.40 94 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.27.85 95 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 0.28.70 96 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.28.46 97 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.28.49 98 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.29.34 99 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 0.29.58 100 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Columbia 0.29.87 101 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 0.30.04 102 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 0.30.33 103 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 0.30.43 104 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Scott - American Beef 0.31.90 105 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.31.30 106 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0.31.76 107 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team Columbia 0.32.08 108 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 0.32.20 109 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.32.34 110 Berik Kupeshov (Kaz) Astana 0.32.81 111 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 0.32.86 112 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.33.00 113 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 0.33.24 114 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.33.37 115 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.35.72 116 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 0.35.96 117 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.36.90 118 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 0.36.65 119 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop 0.36.66 120 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 0.36.90 121 David Kopp (Ger) Cycle Collstrop 0.36.93 122 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 0.37.07 123 Andrea Grendene (Ita) Lampre 0.37.20 124 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux 0.37.35 125 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.37.69 126 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Scott - American Beef 0.37.94 127 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 0.38.20 128 Andoni Lafuente Olaguibel (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.38.27 129 Geert Steurs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.38.82 130 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.39.50 131 Bert Roesems (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.39.61 132 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0.39.73 133 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0.39.74 134 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 0.40.05 135 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 0.40.64 136 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.40.66 137 Franck Rénier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.40.95 138 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.41.05 139 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Scott - American Beef 0.41.26 140 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Scott - American Beef 0.41.74 141 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 0.42.02 142 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.43.40 143 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.43.66 144 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 0.43.97 145 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 0.46.23 146 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 0.46.58 147 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Scott - American Beef 0.48.52 148 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.50.00 149 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.51.75 150 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre 0.52.66 151 Dionisio Galparsoro Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.54.69 Teams 1 Caisse d'Epargne 16.47 2 Team Columbia 0.01 3 Crédit Agricole 0.02 4 Quick Step 0.10 5 Silence - Lotto 0.11 6 Rabobank 0.12 7 Astana 0.13 8 Liquigas 0.23 9 Française des Jeux 0.28 10 Skil - Shimano 11 Team CSC Saxo Bank 0.32 12 Cycle - Collstrop 0.34 13 Team Milram 0.40 14 Cofidis, le Crédit par Téléphone 0.41 15 Gerolsteiner 0.43 16 Euskaltel - Eusdaki 0.46 17 Scott - American Beef 0.47 18 AG2R La Mondiale 19 Bouygues Telecom 0.58 20 Lampre 1.31 General classification after prologue 1 José Iván Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 5.31 2 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia 0.01 4 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 0.03 5 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia 0.04 6 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 7 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.05 8 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.06 10 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 11 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 0.07 12 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 13 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.08 14 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 15 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 0.09 16 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 17 André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia 0.10 18 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 19 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 20 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 21 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 22 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 23 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.11 24 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.12 25 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 0.13 26 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 27 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 28 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.14 29 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia 30 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 31 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux 32 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop 33 Julien Simon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.15 34 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 35 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux 36 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 37 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 38 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.17 39 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 40 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 41 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 42 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 43 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 44 André Steensen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 45 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 46 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 0.18 47 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 48 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 49 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 50 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Scott - American Beef 51 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 52 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 53 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.19 54 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Scott - American Beef 55 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop 56 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.20 57 Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 58 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 59 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 60 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 61 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 62 John Devine (USA) Team Columbia 0.21 63 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 64 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 65 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 66 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 67 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.22 68 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 69 Servais Knaven (Ned) Team Columbia 70 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 0.23 71 Beñat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 72 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 73 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Scott - American Beef 0.24 74 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 75 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 76 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence - Lotto 77 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 78 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 79 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 80 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 81 Romain Villa (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 82 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 83 Cédric Pineau (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0.25 84 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 85 Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner 86 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française des Jeux 87 Josu Agirre Aseginolaza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 88 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 0.26 89 Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana 90 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale 0.27 91 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 0.28 92 Sylvester Szmyd (Pol) Lampre 93 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 94 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 95 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 0.29 96 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 97 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 98 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.30 99 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 100 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Columbia 101 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 102 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 0.31 103 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 104 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Scott - American Beef 0.32 105 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 106 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 107 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team Columbia 108 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 0.33 109 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 110 Berik Kupeshov (Kaz) Astana 111 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 112 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Silence - Lotto 113 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 0.34 114 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 115 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.36 116 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 117 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.37 118 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 119 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop 120 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 121 David Kopp (Ger) Cycle Collstrop 122 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 123 Andrea Grendene (Ita) Lampre 0.38 124 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux 125 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 126 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Scott - American Beef 127 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 0.39 128 Andoni Lafuente Olaguibel (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 129 Geert Steurs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 130 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.40 131 Bert Roesems (Bel) Silence - Lotto 132 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 133 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 134 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 135 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Team Milram 0.41 136 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 137 Franck Rénier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 138 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 139 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Scott - American Beef 0.42 140 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Scott - American Beef 141 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 142 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.44 143 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 144 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 145 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 0.47 146 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 147 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Scott - American Beef 0.49 148 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.50 149 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.52 150 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre 0.53 151 Dionisio Galparsoro Martínez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.55 Teams classification 1 Caisse d'Epargne 16.47 2 Team Columbia 0.01 3 Crédit Agricole 0.02 4 Quick Step 0.10 5 Silence - Lotto 0.11 6 Rabobank 0.12 7 Astana 0.13 8 Liquigas 0.23 9 Française des Jeux 0.28 10 Skil - Shimano 11 Team CSC Saxo Bank 0.32 12 Cycle - Collstrop 0.34 13 Team Milram 0.40 14 Cofidis, le Crédit par Téléphone 0.41 15 Gerolsteiner 0.43 16 Euskaltel - Eusdaki 0.46 17 Scott - American Beef 0.47 18 AG2R La Mondiale 19 Bouygues Telecom 0.58 20 Lampre 1.31 |
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