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4th Eneco Tour - ProT

Netherlands and Belgium, August 20-27, 2008

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Stage 5 - August 25 : Ardooie (B) - Oostende (B), 167km

Westphal surprises in Oostende

By Susan Westemeyer

22-year-old Carlo Westphal gets his first pro win.
Photo ©: Isabelle Duchesne
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Gerolsteiner's Carlo Westphal took his first professional victory in the fifth stage of the Eneco Tour. The 22-year-old outsprinted Belarus champion Yauheni Hutarovich (Française des Jeux) and Slovenian champion Borut Bozic on the windy 167 kilometre stage. Team Columbia's André Greipel padded his lead in the overall classification with a three second bonus at the last intermediate sprint.

Westphal fooled the sprinters by taking the win, but he himself was probably the most surprised of all. "I haven't really realized it yet," he said after the race. "I am very surprised that I won the sprint. I certainly did not expect it and didn't realize it when it happened. I didn't even celebrate at the finish line, I was so surprised."

"This is my first win as a professional. It's very important because my Gerolsteiner team is stopping at the end of the season and I haven't got a place with another team yet."

Greipel's young Norwegian team-mate Edvald Boasson Hagen, who had been in second overall, drew even with him through two one-second bonuses in the intermediate sprints but then failed to make the front group when strong cross-winds split the peloton. Only 40 riders stayed at the front of the race, and the remainder of the peloton simply gave up and finished nearly 15 minutes later. The peloton had already shrunk by a dozen riders at the start, with Tom Boonen, Daniele Bennati and several others quitting to head to Spain for the Vuelta. Glenn d'Hollander (Silence-Lotto) crashed on stage four and did not start due to his injuries.

The stage began with a tailwind, and despite the high speeds, Lars Bak (CSC-Saxo Bank) and Maciej Bodnar (Liquigas) were able to escape at kilometre 19. As the course turned northward, the Quick Step team went to the front and split the race in two in the cross-winds. Notably absent at the front was Boasson Hagen, sprint leader Kenny Van Hummel (Skil-Shimano) and best climber Floris Goesinnen (Skil-Shimano).

The split should have resulted in a stage win for Gert Steegmans, but the Quick Step train went off the rails, allowing Westphal to sneak in for his first win. Belgian champion Jurgen Roelandts (Silence-Lotto) took over the sprint classification and moved into third overall, while last year's winner José Iván Gutierrez (Caisse d'Epargne) now sits in second, 11 seconds behind Greipel.

How it unfolded

Team Columbia has control
Photo ©: Isabelle Duchesne
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The shortest non-time trial stage of the Tour headed toward the North Sea, with the the riders getting off five minutes late. The sun was shining, but the wind was making itself noticed, and was expected to increase as the race neared the coastline.

The field was much smaller than the one which started the day before. Nine riders abandoned yesterday, and 12 riders didn't take to the start today: Glenn D'Hollander (Silence-Lotto), Tom Boonen (Quick Step), Maarten Tjallingii (Silence-Lotto), Thomas Fothen and Heinrich Haussler (Gerolsteiner), Daniele Bennati (Liquigas), Mickaël Delage and Jelle Vanendert (Française des Jeux), Matti Breschel and Jurgen Van Goolen (CSC-Saxo Bank), and Aurélien Clerc and Oliver Bonnaire (Bouygues Telecom).

Only 19 km into the race, a duo escaped. Lars Ytting Bak of CSC-Saxo Bank and Maciej Bodnar (Liquigas) built up a lead of up to 7'40 before the peloton reacted and Team Columbia led the chase.

The two escapees naturally took the points at the first two intermediate sprints, but the third place and one bonus second for each went to Columbia's Edvald Boasson Hagen. That was enough to pull the Norwegian even with his team-mate Andre Greipel, who held the overall lead.

The wind increased as the stage neared the coast, as expected, and the peloton was frequently pulled apart or broken into smaller groups. The high chasing pace did its part, too, to break up the field.

With about 57 km to go, there was a definite break, with about 40 riders pulling away. They moved quickly and soon cut the escapees' lead to two and a half minutes, while putting in some time on their following group. Columbia was well-represented in the first chase group, with Greipel, Michael Rogers, Roger Hammond and Servais Knaven – but no Boasson Hagen, who missed the cut and thereby lost all chances of taking the overall win.

The breakaway: Lars Bak (CSC) and Maciej Bodnar (Liquigas)
Photo ©: Isabelle Duchesne
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The two leaders sat up with 40 km to go and let the chase group, led by Quick Step, catch them. The next group was about a minute back.

At the last intermediate sprint, Greipel sprinted out to take the points and bonus seconds, to keep them in the team. Jurgen Roelandts of Silence Lotto was second, with Jose Ivan Gutierrez third.

The chasing group had given up hope of catching the lead group, and crossed the finish line to start on the closing circuit about five minutes back.

Benoit Joachim of Astana took off in the bike lane at the side of the road with 12 km to go, but he was not able to get away.

A Quick Step rider tested the waters at four kilometres to go, but was quickly chased down. An Astana rider tried too, but Quick Step rode him down.

With only a few hundred meters to go, Carlo Westphal of Gerolsteiner shot ahead, surprising the others who were unable to respond in time. The youngster took the sprint by several bike lengths for his first pro win.

Photography

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Images by Isabelle Duchesne/www.photoscycling.com

Results

1 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 3.57.38 (43.337 km/h)
2 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux                              
3 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop                                        
4 André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia                                        
5 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                   
6 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                          
7 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
8 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                             
9 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank                                                
10 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                        
11 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                              
12 José Iván Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     
13 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                     
14 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                              
15 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                   
16 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana                                              
17 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                          
18 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                             
19 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                           
20 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step                                     
21 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                  
22 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                     
23 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                         
24 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team Columbia                                       
25 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                        
26 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana                                             
27 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana                                               
28 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia                                      
29 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale                                
30 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                         
31 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                            
32 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                                     
33 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Columbia                                       
34 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                                            
35 Servais Knaven (Ned) Team Columbia                                      
36 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step                                        
37 David Kopp (Ger) Cycle Collstrop                                    0.09
38 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cycle Collstrop                                 0.20
39 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                    0.27
40 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step                                     0.43
41 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              14.45
42 Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
43 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                  
44 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Scott - American Beef                               
45 Bert Roesems (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                      
46 Geert Steurs (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                      
47 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
48 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                          
49 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                     
50 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Scott - American Beef           
51 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Scott - American Beef                         
52 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Scott - American Beef                              
53 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   
54 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Scott - American Beef                         
55 Franck Rénier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
56 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia                                      
57 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia                                
58 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop                                    
59 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
60 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                                
61 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                        
62 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas                                          
63 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop                                      
64 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
65 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                               
66 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                           
67 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Scott - American Beef                             
68 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                      
69 Andrea Grendene (Ita) Lampre                                            
70 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     
71 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Scott - American Beef                               
72 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    
73 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
74 Josu Agirre Aseginolaza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
75 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      
76 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                              
77 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                     
78 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                  
79 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   
80 Beñat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
81 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop                                   
82 Berik Kupeshov (Kaz) Astana                                             
83 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram                                            
84 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram                                       
85 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                       
86 Andoni Lafuente Olaguibel (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     
87 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            
88 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana                                                
89 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Scott - American Beef                          
90 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          
91 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                                
92 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                                 
93 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                          
94 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Cycle Collstrop                                      
95 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
96 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
97 Julien Simon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                      
98 John Devine (USA) Team Columbia                                         
99 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                   
100 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram                                       
101 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                      
102 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano                             
103 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                  
104 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                    
105 Cédric Pineau (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                   
106 Romain Villa (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   
107 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux                               
108 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                            
109 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                     
110 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                   
111 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                           
112 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                     
113 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                         
DNF Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                  
DNF Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                         
DNF Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                                          
DNF Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop                                   
DNF Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Crédit Agricole                                      
DNF Christophe Kern (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                  
DNF Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    
DNF Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               
DNS Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                
DNS Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                               
DNS Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                            
DNS Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
DNS Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
DNS Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas                                         
DNS Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux                                
DNS Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Française des Jeux                               
DNS Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                              
DNS Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                           
DNS Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                  
DNS Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
 
Sprints
 
1
1 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                              8 pts
2 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                                            5
3 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia                                3
 
2
1 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                                            8 pts
2 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                              5
3 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia                                3
 
3
1 André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia                                       8 pts
2 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                  5
3 José Iván Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     3
 
Finish
1 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      30 pts
2 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux                            25
3 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop                                      22
4 André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia                                      19
5 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                 17
6 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                        15
7 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                13
8 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                           12
9 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank                                              11
10 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                      10
 
Teams
 
1 Rabobank                                                         11.52.54
2 Skil - Shimano                                                           
3 Quick Step                                                               
4 Team Columbia                                                            
5 Astana                                                                   
6 Cycle - Collstrop                                                    0.29
7 AG2R La Mondiale                                                    14.45
8 Liquigas                                                                 
9 Team CSC Saxo Bank                                                       
10 Silence - Lotto                                                    15.12
11 Bouygues Telecom                                                   29.30
12 Lampre                                                                  
13 Caisse d`Épargne                                                        
14 Crédit Agricole                                                         
15 Française des Jeux                                                      
16 Team Milram                                                             
17 Cofidis, le Crédit par Téléphone                                   44.15
18 Scott - American Beef                                                   
19 Euskaltel - Eusdaki                                                     
 
General classification after stage 5
 
1 André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia                                21.57.26
2 José Iván Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  0.11
3 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                               0.12
4 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                                  0.16
5 Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia                                   0.18
6 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana                                                
7 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                        0.21
8 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                      0.22
9 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                              
10 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                 0.24
11 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop                                       
12 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   0.27
13 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                    0.31
14 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                         
15 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                   
16 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step                                 0.32
17 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                        0.34
18 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana                                          0.35
19 Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram                                            
20 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             0.44
21 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Columbia                                       
22 Servais Knaven (Ned) Team Columbia                                  0.46
23 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team Columbia                                       
24 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale                            0.48
25 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank                                           0.50
26 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                     0.51
27 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cycle Collstrop                                 0.57
28 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                              1.19
29 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step                                     1.49
30 David Kopp (Ger) Cycle Collstrop                                    1.59
31 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre                                          2.11
32 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux                         2.46
33 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                      3.11
34 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                    3.36
35 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step                                    3.58
36 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                                        7.42
37 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                12.38
38 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana                                        13.04
39 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                   13.37
40 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia                           14.48
41 Marlon Alirio Perez Arango (Col) Caisse d'Epargne                  15.05
42 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                      15.09
43 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano                         15.10
44 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                           15.13
45 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop                                 15.14
46 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       15.17
47 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                     15.19
48 John Devine (USA) Team Columbia                                    15.20
49 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                     15.23
50 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Scott - American Beef                        15.24
51 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
52 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                 15.25
53 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop                               15.29
54 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              15.31
55 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                 15.32
56 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                              15.33
57 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                15.38
58 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                   15.40
59 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 15.46
60 Geert Steurs (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                 15.51
61 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                         15.52
62 Franck Rénier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               15.53
63 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                15.58
64 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Cycle Collstrop                                 16.43
65 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     17.04
66 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux                           17.12
67 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                17.19
68 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana                                           17.21
69 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                     17.24
70 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                         17.32
71 Rein Taaramae (Est) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              17.36
72 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Scott - American Beef                     17.37
73 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Scott - American Beef      17.41
74 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                            17.42
75 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Scott - American Beef                    19.23
76 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                     22.59
77 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                        23.18
78 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank              23.27
79 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas                                     23.32
80 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             24.54
81 Cédric Pineau (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                               25.22
82 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano                               25.44
83 Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            27.12
84 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia                                 27.19
85 Jérôme Coppel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
86 Gorka Verdugo Markotegi (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  27.22
87 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole                                27.23
88 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram                                        
89 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    
90 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Scott - American Beef                          27.24
91 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence - Lotto                             27.29
92 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                      
93 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Scott - American Beef                         27.37
94 Bert Roesems (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                 27.45
95 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            27.46
96 Sergey Rudaskov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop                              27.59
97 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                       28.13
98 Berik Kupeshov (Kaz) Astana                                             
99 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre                                           28.19
100 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 28.28
101 Andrea Grendene (Ita) Lampre                                      28.50
102 Romain Villa (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              29.33
103 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram                                      29.38
104 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             30.30
105 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Scott - American Beef                   30.44
106 Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                         33.33
107 Julien Simon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                35.05
108 Beñat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 35.13
109 Josu Agirre Aseginolaza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 35.15
110 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Scott - American Beef                         35.26
111 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  
112 Andoni Lafuente Olaguibel (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi               35.29
113 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram                                 35.37
 
Sprint classification
 
1 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                 96 pts
2 André Greipel (Ger) Team Columbia                                      86
3 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano                             75
4 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia                               74
5 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop                                      58
6 Elia Rigotto (Ita) Team Milram                                         32
7 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      30
8 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank                                              26
9 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux                            25
10 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                           24
11 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                      24
12 David Kopp (Ger) Cycle Collstrop                                      23
13 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC - Saxo Bank                            23
14 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Cycle Collstrop                                    18
15 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Scott - American Beef                           16
16 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                       15
17 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                   15
18 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               13
19 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                                          13
20 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Crédit Agricole                                   13
21 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas                                        13
22 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Scott - American Beef                       13
23 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                          12
24 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team Columbia                                     10
25 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                      10
26 José Iván Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    9
27 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                                  8
28 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step                                       8
29 Francisco Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   6
30 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                      6
31 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                                    3
32 Aitor Hernandez Gutierrez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    3
 
Teams classification
 
1 Team Columbia                                                    65.53.15
2 Quick Step                                                           0.09
3 Rabobank                                                             0.11
4 Astana                                                               0.12
5 Skil - Shimano                                                       0.27
6 Cycle - Collstrop                                                    1.02
7 Liquigas                                                            15.07
8 Silence - Lotto                                                     15.22
9 Team CSC Saxo Bank                                                  15.29
10 AG2R La Mondiale                                                   17.57
11 Caisse d`Épargne                                                   29.29
12 Crédit Agricole                                                    29.31
13 Bouygues Telecom                                                   30.37
14 Team Milram                                                        32.15
15 Française des Jeux                                                 33.57
16 Scott - American Beef                                              48.58
17 Lampre                                                             58.11
18 Euskaltel - Eusdaki                                              1.09.43
19 Cofidis, le Crédit par Téléphone                                 1.10.57
         

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