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4th Eneco Tour - ProT
Netherlands and Belgium, August 20-27, 2008
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Stage 4 - August 24 : Terneuzen (NL) - Ardooie (B), 213km
Boonen does it again
By Susan Westemeyer
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Tom Boonen of Team Quick Step showed his stuff again on Sunday, winning the sprint of the fourth stage of the Eneco Tour in Ardooie, Belgium. The former world champion handily out-sprinted Kenny Van Hummel of Skil-Shimano and Edvald Boasson Hagen of Columbia. The leader's jersey went to Columbia's André Greipel, who had gone into the stage only one second behind Daniele Bennati of Liquigas. The German was in a long escape during the stage and gathered bonus seconds at the intermediate sprints.
It was Boonen's second stage win of the tour, having won the first stage. It was also hisn last stage win, as he will not take to the start on Monday. He will now leave the race to concentrate on his preparations for the Vuelta a España, which starts on the coming weekend.
Boasson Hagen opened the sprint with a surprise attack, and only Boonen and Van Hummel could go with him. "Just when I thought Boasson Hagen was hesitating too long, he raced past me," Boonen said. "It was a totally different sprint from the other days.
"With this I can go home with a good feeling," the 27 year-old continued. "My brother is celebrating his birthday so I will eat a piece of cake, have two days to rest and then pack my suitcase for the Vuelta."
Greipel's overall lead gives him his second leader's jersey in a ProTour race this year. He opened the season by winning the Tour Down Under, along the way winning four stages and the points jersey. He finished only 39th on Sunday, but in the same time as the winner. He won all three intermediate sprints during the stage to give himself enough bonus seconds to move into the lead. He had gone into the stage in second place, only four seconds behind Bennati. The Italian would have lost his jersey anyway, since he got caught when the peloton split and he lost 22 seconds.
Greipel was pleased to take over the lead but had no illusions about holding on to it until the end. He considered that he was simply holding it momentarily in favour of one of his team-mates, either Boasson Hagen, currently two seconds down in second place, or Michael Rogers, in eighth place only 15 seconds back.
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"Our job now is to keep our two time trialers Boasson Hagen and Rogers near the front until the closing time trial in Mechelen," he said. "If I can stay as the leader until then, that's good. If not, then it's not important."
There were a number of crashes in the stage, and the most seriously injured was Fabio Baldato of Team Lampre. The 40 year-old broke a bone in his left shoulder – an abrupt end to a career which was scheduled to stop at the end of this season anyway.
The stage was marked by a long escape by Greipel, Maarten Wynants (Quick Step), Lars Bak (CSC-Saxo Bank), Frank Hoj (Cofidis), Maarten Tjallingii (Silence-Lotto) and Mirko Selvaggi (Cycle Collstrop). They maintained a lead of only about three minutes for much of the day and were caught only 10 kilometres before the finish line.
How It Unfolded
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The race got off promptly at 11:15, and things went quickly. After 25 kilometres the peloton was clipping along at 55 km/hour.
The high speed prevented any breakaways for a long time, but that couldn't last forever. After 58 kilometres, a 14-man group formed -- Glenn D'Hollander (Silence-Lotto), Tom Leezer and Bram Tankink (Rabobank), Maarten Wynants (Quick Step), Koen De Kort and Aaron Kemps (Astana), André Greipel (Team Columbia), Markus Eichler (Team Milram), Frederik Willems (Liquigas), Borut Bozic (Cycle Collstrop), Yannick Talabardon (Crédit Agricole), Mickael Delage (Française Des Jeux), Lars Bak (Team CSC) and Olivier Bonnaire (Bouygues Telecom).
Only 11 kilometres later, three of those riders pulled away. Wynants, Greipel and Bak quickly picked up a lead on the others. Further back, the peloton had fallen into two groups. The trio was joined by Maarten Tjallingii of Silence-Lotto.
The foursome had built up a lead of 1.45 over the peloton. They were being chased by Frank Hoj of Cofidis and Mirko Selvaggi (Cycle Collstrop), who finally caught them.
The first intermediate sprint of the day went to Greipel ahead of Bak and Wynants. This gave the German three bonus seconds, which put him only one second behind race leader Daniele Bennati.
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With 78 kilometres to go, the leaders went over the Kwaremont, with Bak leading the way. It was too much for Hoy, who fell back out of the group. The leaders had built up a lead of 2.45, and it stayed at around that mark.
Greipel picked up more bonus seconds at the Tiegemberg, giving him the lead over Gutierrez. Hoj was able to catch up with them again.
As the peloton came through Waregem, the was a crash. Michiell Elijzen (Rabobank) had to leave the race as a result. Glenn D'Hollander of Silence-Lotto went down, too, but was able to continue.
But the peloton stepped up the speed, and started bringing down the lead, which dropped rapidly,
At 29 km, there was a crash, with five or six riders going down. Most of them got up and kept going, except for Lampre's Fabio Baldato, who appeared to have injured his left arm. Also out of the race was Ag2r's Yuriy Krivtsov, who climbed into the ambulance holding his right hand.
Greipel also picked up the bonus points at the third intermediate sprint, building up his lead. The group's advantage over the field had by this time, with 24 km to go, dropped to one minute.
His group fought hard to stay ahead, but to no avail. The lead was only 27 seconds as they crossed the finish line for the first time and set off on the 15 km closing circuit.
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J.J. Haedo (CSC) went back to the team car to get something with about 15 km to go, and on his way back to the peloton, he took a tumble into the ditch, and had to abandon.
Rabobank led the charge to track down the escapees. and with 10 km to go, they were caught. The next attacks came immediately, with Nicolas Portal (Caisse d'Epargne), David Deroo (Skil Shimano) and Yoann Offredo (Française des Jeux) seeking their chance. They were never able to get more than a few seconds ahead, as Columbia led the pack in riding them down fairly quickly.
A Cofidis rider was the next to go, with a handful of other riders directly behind him. But also they were not really able to get away from the fast moving pack. Someone from Euskaltel was the next to try his luck, but this time it was Skil-Shimano who led the field in chasing him down. No sooner was he caught than a Crédit Agricole rider took off, looking to prevent yet another Eneco mass sprint. But he was no more successful than the others.
Sébastien Rosseler of Quick Step opened the sprint, He was quickly caught and passed by Tom Boonen, Edvald Boasson Hagen (Columbia) and Kenny Van Hummel of Skil-Shimano, but the latter two had no chance against the former world Champion, who easily took his second stage win.
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- With Bennati dropped, Boonen waltzed away with a second stage win
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step) counts his wins after taking his second stage of the Eneco Tour.
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step) took win number two in the 213 km stage to Ardooie.
- Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) would lose the lead by finishing 22 seconds behind the main bunch
- Glenn d'Hollander (Silence-Lotto) was all smiles before the stage.
- Boonen is chaperoned to the podium after winning stage four.
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step) goes onto the podium for his second stage win.
- Tom Boonen bestows kisses upon the podium girl.
- Tom Boonen celebrates his second stage win on the podium
- Greipel made a breakaway to take bonus seconds and steal the overall lead from Daniele Bennati.
- Andre Greipel (Columbia) took over the lead in the general classification.
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step) increased his lead in the points classification.
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step) brandishes a fierce penguin.
- Tom Boonen gets the penguin and flowers a curious prize for the stage winner.
- Floris Goesinnen (Skil-Shimano) has been in the lead in the climber's classification since the first stage.
- Floris Goesinnen (Skil-Shimano) is still in the climber's jersey
- Belgian Champion Jurgen Roelandts (Silence-Lotto)
- The riders stop to sign autographs on the way to sign in.
- Maarten Wynants (Quick Step) was prepared for rain with clear lenses.
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step) signs on for his last day in the Eneco Tour. He heads to Spain for the Vuelta after today.
- Daniele Bennati (Liquigas) poses with his Belgian fan club.
- Matheiu Drujon (Caisse d'Epargne)
- Jesus Del Nero (Scott-American Beef)
- Roger Hammond (Columbia)
- Edvald Boasson Hagen (Columbia) is just seconds from the overall lead.
- Aurelien Clerc (Bouygues Telecom)
- The breakaway is in sight of the peloton at kilometre 58
- Caisse d'Epargne leads the chase having missed the move.
- Andre Greipel (Columbia) leads the break at the first sprint in Oudenaarde.
- The breakaway heads over the cobbles on its way through the heart of West Flanders.
- The Kluisberg causes some pain for the break.
- Frank Hoj of Cofidis and Mirko Selvaggi (Cycle Collstrop) chased after the breakaway, and eventually caught up.
- The peloton hits the Kluisberg.
- The cobbles on the Kluisberg batter the chasing peloton.
- Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Caisse d'Epargne) leads the chase.
- Francis de Greef (Silence-Lotto) shows how hard riding cobbles can be.
- Maarten Wynants (Quick Step) leads the break on the Oude Kwaremont.
- Mirko Selvaggi (Cycle Collstrop) tastes his breakfast again on the Kwaremont.
- Frank Hoj (Cofidis) is in his element on the bergs.
- The peloton takes the Kwaremont at a steady pace.
- Edvald Boasson Hagen (Columbia) floats over the cobbles.
- The peloton climbs the Kwaremont.
- Riders at the back of the peloton are hurting on the Kwaremont.
- It's nearly harvest time in the Belgian countryside.
- Liquigas took up the chase when the break began to fade.
- Caisse d'Epargne leads the chase on the smoother roads.
- The escape group seems happy.
- Lars Bak (CSC-Saxo Bank) leads the escape group through a turn.
- Frank Hoj (Cofidis) brings up the rear.
Results
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 5.00.35 (42.337 km/h) 2 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 3 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia 4 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop 5 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 6 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 7 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 8 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 9 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 10 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 11 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux 12 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team Columbia 13 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 14 José Iván Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 16 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 17 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Scott - American Beef 18 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 19 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 20 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 21 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 22 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 23 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Scott - American Beef 24 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 25 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia 26 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 27 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 28 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française des Jeux 29 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 30 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 31 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Columbia 32 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 33 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Scott - American Beef 35 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 36 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 37 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Scott - American Beef 38 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 39 André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia 40 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 41 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 42 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 43 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 44 John Devine (USA) Team Columbia 45 Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 46 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 47 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 48 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 49 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 50 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 51 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia 52 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 53 Bert Roesems (Bel) Silence - Lotto 54 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 55 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 56 Geert Steurs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 57 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 58 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 59 Servais Knaven (Ned) Team Columbia 60 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 61 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 62 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 63 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 64 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 65 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Scott - American Beef 66 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Scott - American Beef 67 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 68 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence - Lotto 69 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 70 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 71 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 72 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 73 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 74 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 75 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 76 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 77 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 78 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 79 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 80 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 81 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 82 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Silence - Lotto 83 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 84 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 85 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux 86 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 87 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 88 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 0.22 89 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 0.26 90 Berik Kupeshov (Kaz) Astana 0.35 91 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 92 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 93 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 94 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop 95 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.38 96 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 97 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.48 98 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 99 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.53 100 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.57 101 David Kopp (Ger) Cycle Collstrop 0.59 102 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 103 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 1.11 104 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 105 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 106 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 107 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 108 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.14 109 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 1.17 110 Andrea Grendene (Ita) Lampre 1.20 111 Franck Rénier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 112 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 2.17 113 Romain Villa (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 114 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 3.17 115 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 4.09 116 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 7.02 117 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 118 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Scott - American Beef 7.45 119 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Silence - Lotto 120 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 121 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 122 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Scott - American Beef 123 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 124 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 125 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 126 Julien Simon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 127 Josu Agirre Aseginolaza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 128 Beñat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 129 Andoni Lafuente Olaguibel (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 130 Cédric Pineau (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 131 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 132 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop 133 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano DNF Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne DNF Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank DNF Stephan Schreck (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNF Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram DNF Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale DNF Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale DNF Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale DNF Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC - Saxo Bank DNF Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre Sprints 1 1 André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia 8 pts 2 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 5 3 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 3 2 1 André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia 8 pts 2 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 5 3 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 3 1 André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia 8 pts 2 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 5 3 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3 Final 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 30 pts 2 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 25 3 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia 22 4 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop 19 5 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 17 6 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 15 7 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 13 8 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 12 9 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 11 10 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 10 Climbs 1 1 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 5 pts 2 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 3 3 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 1 2 1 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 5 pts 2 André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia 3 3 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 1 3 1 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 5 pts 2 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 3 3 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 1 Teams 1 Team Columbia 15.01.45 2 Quick Step 3 Cycle - Collstrop 4 Rabobank 5 Crédit Agricole 6 Caisse d`Épargne 7 Scott - American Beef 8 Française des Jeux 9 Astana 10 Skil - Shimano 11 Team CSC Saxo Bank 12 Gerolsteiner 13 Silence - Lotto 14 Liquigas 15 Team Milram 16 Bouygues Telecom 17 Euskaltel - Eusdaki 18 Cofidis, le Crédit par Téléphone 19 AG2R La Mondiale 20 Lampre 3.12 General classification after stage 4 1 André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia 17.59.51 2 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia 0.02 3 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 0.07 4 José Iván Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.09 5 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.10 6 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.11 7 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 0.13 8 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia 0.15 9 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 10 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 0.17 11 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 0.18 12 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 0.19 13 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 14 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.21 15 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 16 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.22 17 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 0.25 18 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop 19 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 0.26 20 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 0.27 21 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 0.28 22 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 23 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 24 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 0.29 25 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 26 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 27 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.31 28 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 29 John Devine (USA) Team Columbia 0.32 30 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 31 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 32 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 0.34 33 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 34 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 0.35 35 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Scott - American Beef 0.36 36 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française des Jeux 37 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 0.37 38 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.41 39 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Columbia 40 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 41 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.43 42 Servais Knaven (Ned) Team Columbia 43 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team Columbia 44 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.44 45 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0.45 46 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 47 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 0.47 48 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 0.48 49 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 50 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 0.50 51 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 0.52 52 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole 0.53 53 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.58 54 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 1.03 55 Geert Steurs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 56 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.04 57 Franck Rénier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.05 58 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.10 59 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.14 60 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas 61 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.16 62 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 1.31 63 David Kopp (Ger) Cycle Collstrop 1.47 64 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 1.55 65 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 2.08 66 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.16 67 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas 2.17 68 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 2.24 69 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2.31 70 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 2.33 71 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 2.36 72 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.44 73 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.48 74 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux 2.49 75 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Scott - American Beef 76 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Scott - American Beef 2.53 77 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 2.54 78 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3.08 79 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 80 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 3.33 81 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 3.55 82 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Scott - American Beef 4.35 83 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 7.44 84 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 8.11 85 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 8.30 86 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 8.39 87 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 8.44 88 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Silence - Lotto 9.54 89 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 10.06 90 Cédric Pineau (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 10.34 91 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 10.56 92 Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12.24 93 Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 12.28 94 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia 12.31 95 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux 96 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12.34 97 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 12.35 98 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 99 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 100 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 101 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12.36 102 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Scott - American Beef 103 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 12.38 104 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence - Lotto 12.41 105 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 106 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Scott - American Beef 12.49 107 Bert Roesems (Bel) Silence - Lotto 12.57 108 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12.58 109 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 13.01 110 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 13.07 111 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop 13.11 112 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 13.25 113 Berik Kupeshov (Kaz) Astana 114 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 13.31 115 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 13.40 116 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13.51 117 Andrea Grendene (Ita) Lampre 14.02 118 Romain Villa (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 14.45 119 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 14.50 120 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 15.42 121 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 15.54 122 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Scott - American Beef 15.56 123 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 18.45 124 Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole 19.30 125 Julien Simon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 20.17 126 Beñat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20.25 127 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop 20.26 128 Josu Agirre Aseginolaza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20.27 129 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux 20.33 130 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Scott - American Beef 20.38 131 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 132 Andoni Lafuente Olaguibel (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 20.41 133 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 20.49 Points classification 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 102 pts 2 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 75 3 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 74 4 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia 68 5 André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia 59 6 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 55 7 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop 36 8 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 32 9 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 24 10 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 24 11 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 23 12 David Kopp (Ger) Cycle Collstrop 23 13 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 18 14 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 17 15 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17 16 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Scott - American Beef 16 17 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 15 18 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 15 19 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole 13 20 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 13 21 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 13 22 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Scott - American Beef 13 23 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team Columbia 10 24 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 10 25 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 8 26 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 8 27 José Iván Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 6 28 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 29 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6 30 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 3 31 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 Mountains classification 1 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 15 pts 2 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 15 3 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 9 4 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 5 5 André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia 3 6 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 3 7 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 3 8 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 1 Teams classification 1 Caisse d`Épargne 54.00.20 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 Skil - Shimano 0.28 10 Cycle - Collstrop 0.34 11 Team CSC Saxo Bank 0.45 12 Bouygues Telecom 1.08 13 Gerolsteiner 2.34 14 Team Milram 2.46 15 AG2R La Mondiale 3.13 16 Française des Jeux 4.28 17 Scott - American Beef 4.44 18 Euskaltel - Eusdaki 25.29 19 Cofidis, le Crédit par Téléphone 26.43 20 Lampre 28.42
