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4th Eneco Tour - ProT
Netherlands and Belgium, August 20-27, 2008
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Stage 7 - August 27 : Mechelen (B), 18.8km
'Guti' shoots to second consecutive Eneco Tour
By Susan Westemeyer
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Raivis Belohvosciks of Team Scott-American Beef won the closing time trial of the Eneco Tour, setting an early best time of 22.04 for the 18.8 km course, but the real drama of the day was the question of who would take the overall win. Team Columbia's André Greipel may have gone into the final time trial as the overall leader, but his eleven second margin over last year's winner José Iván Gutierrez (Caisse d'Epargne) proved to be far too small to hold off the Spaniard at the end of the day.
Gutierrez, who placed second in the time trial behind the Latvian, Belohvosciks, put 25 seconds into the German over the 18.8 kilometre course, despite a last-kilometre mechanical, to secure his second consecutive overall victory in the Eneco Tour.
Sébastien Rosseler (Quick Step) and former world time trial champion Michael Rogers were within fractions of a second of Gutierrez on the stage, placing third and fourth respectively. Belgian time trial champion Stijn Devolder was fifth.
Gutierrez was please to take the win on the final stage. "I said the very first day the final time trial would decide everything and it has been the case", he said. "In such a race, all flat and where the wind can be very important and make that you lose plenty of time, you have to be very attentive every day. It is always the same in the Belgian races and that is exactly what happened yesterday."
The Spaniard was fortunate enough to make a 40-man front group on stage five which put paid to the GC hopes of Team Columbia's Edvald Boasson Hagen, who would have arguably been a greater time trial threat than his team-mate Greipel. The young Norwegian was just eleven seconds behind Gutierrez on the final stage.
"Fortunately I was in at the front when the bunch split and I finished the stage with the very first riders," Gutierrez recalled of Monday's stage. "I want to thank my team-mates of the team Caisse d'Epargne for the great job they achieved for me every day, chasing behind all the breaks, because without their help I would not be the winner today. After the prologue I felt better and better and today I felt very well. It was not enough to win the stage but it was to win the final classification and that is the most important thing. Moreover I really liked the course: short and fast. Perfect for me!"
How it unfolded
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Denis Flahaut of Team Scott-American Beef was the first to go down the start ramp, promptly at 13:30. The riders went off at intervals of one and a half minutes, until the final ten, who had two minutes between them. Bert Roesems of Silence-Lotto was the first to break the 23 minute mark on the 18.8 km course, setting a best time of 22.52. But this was soon blasted by Belohvosciks, with a time of 22.04.
Edvald Boasson Hagen of Columbia set a new best time at the intermediate time check, and it looked like he would take the best time at the end, too, but he lost a lot of time in the second half and crossed the finish line with a time of 22.21. The young Norwegian had been the first to go through the intermediate check under 10 minutes (9.58).
The Latvian's time held up, with Gutierrez, Rosseler and Rogers coming only within eight seconds of his time. Gutierrez was second overall going into the stage, 11 seconds behind Greipel, and it was clear that he would out-do the German. He looked a shoo-in for the win until he lost his saddle on the cobblestones in the last kilometer, requiring him to finish the race standing on his pedals. However, he still finished fast enough to hold off all other challengers.
Photography
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- Raivis Belohvosciks (Scott - American Beef) took the win in Brussels.
Images by Isabelle Duchesne/www.photoscycling.com
- Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Caisse d'Epargne) lost his saddle in the final kilometre and had to sprint the entire way to the line.
- Norway's Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Columbia) rode strongly to finish just 19 seconds down.
- Gert Steegmans (Quick Step) finished 21st overall.
- The suprise winner of stage 5, Carlo Westphal (Gerolsteiner), finished 19th overall.
- Stijn Vandenbergh (AG2R La Mondiale) a Belgian on a French team.
- Joost Posthuma (Rabobank) was the highest place Dutch rider in 6th overall.
- Koen De Kort (Astana) rode a strong race to finish 12th overall.
- Michael Rogers (Team Columbia) proving once again that he is recovering well from sickness.
- Sébastien Rosseler (Quick Step) had a great race today.
- Jürgen Roelandts (Silence - Lotto) rode away with the points jersey.
- The always valuable team-mate, Steven De Jongh (Quick Step).
- Even a broken saddle couldn't stop José Iván Gutierrez Palacios (Caisse d'Epargne) from taking the overall win.
- Andre Greipel (Team Columbia) took his 10th win of the season in the race proving his consistency.
- Sébastien Rosseler (Quick Step) finished third in the time-trial to move into second overall..
- Jürgen Roelandts (Silence - Lotto) lead the points competition into the final time-trial.
- Raivis Belohvosciks (Scott - American Beef) was the fastest man today.
- Walk like a time trial man... Nicolas Portal (Caisse d'Epargne).
- Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Caisse d'Epargne) gets some last minute adjustments from his mechanic.
- Nicolas Portal (Caisse d'Epargne) waves to the crowd before setting out on the final TT.
- Raivis Belohvosciks (Scott - American Beef) sets out to win.
- Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Caisse d'Epargne) the current Spanish TT champion.
- Italy's Angelo Furlan (Crédit Agricole).
- Ermanno Capelli (Scott - American Beef).
- Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Caisse d'Epargne) on his way to 13th in the stage.
- Edvald Boasson Hagen (Team Columbia) Norway's TT champion.
- The final overall podium: Sebastien Rosseler (Quick Step), Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Caisse d'Epargne) and Michael Rogers (Columbia)
- Jürgen Roelandts (Silence - Lotto) on the podium for the points competition.
- Roelandts tosses his bouquet to the crowd.
- José Iván Gutierrez Palacios (Caisse d'Epargne) celebrates his overall win.
- José Iván Gutierrez Palacios (Caisse d'Epargne) at the post race press conference.
- Gutierrez Palacios (Caisse d'Epargne) seems happy with his response.
Results
1 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Scott - American Beef 22.02 (49,833 km/h) 2 José Iván Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.08 3 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 4 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia 5 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 0.10 6 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia 0.19 7 Servais Knaven (Ned) Team Columbia 0.21 8 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.28 9 André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia 0.33 10 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Scott - American Beef 0.35 11 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 0.37 12 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 0.45 13 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.47 14 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 0.48 15 Bert Roesems (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.50 16 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 0.51 17 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 0.55 18 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.57 19 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Scott - American Beef 0.58 20 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.59 21 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.00 22 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 1.01 23 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 24 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.02 25 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 1.03 26 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.09 27 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.10 28 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 1.12 29 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 30 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.15 31 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1.16 32 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 33 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 1.17 34 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.18 35 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.19 36 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 1.20 37 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 38 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 39 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team Columbia 1.21 40 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1.22 41 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 42 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 1.24 43 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop 1.25 44 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.26 45 John Devine (USA) Team Columbia 1.27 46 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 47 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 1.30 48 David Kopp (Ger) Cycle Collstrop 1.31 49 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Columbia 1.32 50 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 51 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 1.36 52 Berik Kupeshov (Kaz) Astana 53 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 1.37 54 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 55 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.40 56 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 57 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 1.41 58 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 1.43 59 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 60 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 1.46 61 Josu Agirre Aseginolaza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.47 62 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 1.48 63 Julien Simon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.50 64 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 65 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 1.51 66 Romain Villa (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.52 67 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.54 68 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 1.55 69 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 70 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française des Jeux 71 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 1.56 72 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 1.58 73 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 74 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 75 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 1.59 76 Beñat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 77 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 2.01 78 Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.02 79 Cédric Pineau (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 80 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.03 81 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Scott - American Beef 2.07 82 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 83 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 84 Geert Steurs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.08 85 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 2.09 86 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 2.10 87 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 2.12 88 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 89 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 2.16 90 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 2.17 91 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop 92 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.18 93 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 2.19 94 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2.22 95 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.23 96 Andoni Lafuente Olaguibel (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 97 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Scott - American Beef 2.26 98 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.30 99 Franck Rénier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.37 100 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 2.38 101 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2.49 102 Andrea Grendene (Ita) Lampre 2.51 103 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 2.55 104 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 2.57 105 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 3.04 106 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 3.09 107 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux 3.18 108 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Scott - American Beef 3.22 109 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Scott - American Beef 3.34 Teams 1 Team Columbia 1.06.54 2 Scott - American Beef 0.45 3 Quick Step 0.50 4 Caisse d`Épargne 1.29 5 Rabobank 1.41 6 Cofidis, le Crédit par Téléphone 1.58 7 Astana 2.04 8 Silence - Lotto 2.21 9 Liquigas 3.08 10 AG2R La Mondiale 3.15 11 Team Milram 3.20 12 Skil - Shimano 3.26 13 Team CSC Saxo Bank 3.28 14 Française des Jeux 3.46 15 Cycle - Collstrop 3.59 16 Euskaltel - Eusdaki 4.03 17 Crédit Agricole 4.21 18 Bouygues Telecom 5.19 19 Lampre 7.21 Final general classification 1 José Iván Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 26.27.07 2 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 0.04 3 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia 0.07 4 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 0.13 5 André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia 0.14 6 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 0.39 7 Servais Knaven (Ned) Team Columbia 0.48 8 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 0.51 9 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.54 10 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1.02 11 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 1.07 12 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 1.19 13 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 1.22 14 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.25 15 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 1.27 16 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop 1.30 17 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 1.33 18 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 19 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.34 20 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team Columbia 1.48 21 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 1.52 22 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Columbia 1.57 23 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 2.01 24 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 2.10 25 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 26 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 2.21 27 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 2.27 28 David Kopp (Ger) Cycle Collstrop 3.11 29 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 3.12 30 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 4.01 31 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 4.44 32 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 5.16 33 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 5.41 34 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux 5.45 35 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 8.26 36 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 8.34 37 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 13.57 38 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 14.02 39 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia 14.38 40 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 15.09 41 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 15.45 42 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 16.07 43 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Caisse d'Epargne 16.08 44 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 16.28 45 John Devine (USA) Team Columbia 46 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 16.31 47 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 48 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 16.40 49 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 16.46 50 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 16.49 51 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 52 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 16.54 53 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française des Jeux 17.00 54 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 17.08 55 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Scott - American Beef 17.12 56 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 17.15 57 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 17.26 58 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Silence - Lotto 17.36 59 Geert Steurs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 17.40 60 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17.42 61 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 17.45 62 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 17.47 63 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana 64 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Scott - American Beef 17.53 65 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 18.11 66 Franck Rénier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 67 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18.24 68 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 18.25 69 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 18.29 70 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 18.34 71 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 19.03 72 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Scott - American Beef 19.04 73 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 19.21 74 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Scott - American Beef 19.48 75 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux 20.47 76 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 24.02 77 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 24.45 78 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 25.20 79 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 25.51 80 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 26.25 81 Cédric Pineau (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 27.05 82 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux 28.09 83 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Scott - American Beef 28.16 84 Bert Roesems (Bel) Silence - Lotto 85 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram 28.31 86 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 28.40 87 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence - Lotto 28.50 88 Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 28.55 89 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 29.11 90 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 29.23 91 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 29.30 92 Berik Kupeshov (Kaz) Astana 93 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 29.34 94 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram 30.05 95 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 30.25 96 Romain Villa (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 31.06 97 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 31.07 98 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop 99 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 31.09 100 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 31.10 101 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Scott - American Beef 33.47 102 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 35.31 103 Andrea Grendene (Ita) Lampre 35.33 104 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 36.26 105 Julien Simon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 36.36 106 Josu Agirre Aseginolaza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 36.43 107 Beñat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 36.53 108 Andoni Lafuente Olaguibel (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 37.33 109 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Scott - American Beef 43.50 Points classification 1 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 113 pts 2 André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia 105 3 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia 104 4 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 85 5 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop 58 6 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram 47 7 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 37 8 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 32 9 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 30 10 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 26 11 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux 25 12 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 25 13 David Kopp (Ger) Cycle Collstrop 23 14 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 23 15 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 22 16 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team Columbia 21 17 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 18 18 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 18 19 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Scott - American Beef 16 20 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 15 21 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13 22 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 13 23 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole 13 24 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 13 25 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Scott - American Beef 13 26 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 12 27 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 12 28 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 11 29 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 11 30 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 10 31 José Iván Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 9 32 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 8 33 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 8 34 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 8 35 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 6 36 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 6 37 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 5 38 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 5 39 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 Mountains classification 1 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 30 pts 2 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 15 3 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 9 4 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 6 5 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 5 6 André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia 3 7 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 3 8 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 3 9 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 3 10 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank 1 11 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 1 12 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 1 Teams classification 1 Team Columbia 79.22.09 2 Quick Step 0.59 3 Rabobank 1.52 4 Astana 2.16 5 Skil - Shimano 3.53 6 Cycle - Collstrop 5.01 7 Silence - Lotto 17.43 8 Liquigas 18.15 9 Team CSC Saxo Bank 18.57 10 AG2R La Mondiale 21.12 11 Caisse d`Épargne 30.58 12 Crédit Agricole 33.52 13 Team Milram 35.35 14 Bouygues Telecom 35.56 15 Française des Jeux 37.43 16 Scott - American Beef 49.43 17 Lampre 1.09.43 18 Cofidis, le Crédit par Téléphone 1.12.55 19 Euskaltel - Eusdaki 1.13.46
