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Tour of Belgium - 2.1
Belgium, May 28-June 1, 2008
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Stage 2 - May 29: Eeklo - Tienen, 201 km
Shpilevsky surprises as Quick Step train fails
By Brecht Decaluwé
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Russian Boris Shpilevsky (Preti Mangimi) won the second stage in a bunch sprint ahead of his team-mate Marco Zanotti. Sebastian Siedler (Skil-Shimano) claimed the final podium spot in the sprint, edging out Allan Davis (Mitsubishi-Jartazi).
Belgium's Quick Step ProTour team had taken control of the bunch heading towards the finish down of Tienen. Quick Step's sprint superstar Tom Boonen led out Gert Steegmans in the final kilometre, but the strong team's lead out didn't go to plan. Steegmans was forced to jump out of Boonen's wheel with 150 metres to go as Australia's Davis boxed him out.
Preti Mangimi capitalized on the fall of Quick Step's train to grab an unexpected one-two. Davis finished fourth behind Siedler while Steegmans had to settle for fifth place.
For 25 year-old Shpilevsky the victory was his first of the 2008 season. "Unbelievable," the second year professional told Sporza/ "It was a tough day in the rain, but this win against big names gives me an enormous satisfaction."
The Italian speaking Russian continued to explain how his Tienen victory came to be. "I was lucky," he admitted. "I could take profit from the Quick Step train and managed to finish it. Normally I work for Mattia Gavazzi, but he was ill and abandoned this morning."
The Russian last won in 2007 while riding for the same team - then called KIO-ENE - where he bested some big names in the Firenze-Pistoia time trial last October. He also had an impressive run in last year's Flèche du Sud, where he took two stages and the overall classification.
General classification leader Kenny Dehaes (Topsport Vlaanderen) was just one of many surprised by the stage's outcome. Dehaes managed to keep the overall lead he obtained by winning yesterday's opening stage.
"No, I don't know who Shpilevsky is," admitted Dehaes. "It was a chaotic sprint, with a lot of pushing and pulling and that's not my cup of tea. It's good that I can keep the jersey, because the team worked hard for it.
"Maybe it would've been better if they wouldn't have done that, then they could've pulled the sprint like Quick Step did," the Belgian added.
Tomorrow the peloton heads to Belgium's southern, hillier regions where the general classification contenders will have a chance to shine. One sport where overall contenders might play a card is at the Mur de Huy, the climb where the Flèche Wallonne has its finish each year.
Shpilevsky now holds second place on general classification, but is an unknown quantity when it comes to climbing.
"I'm an allrounder," Shpilevksy said to Sport.be. "I don't 'know if I'm eligible for the overall win, but tomorrow's queen stage will be all important for the general classification.
"I'm curious to find out how the legs and head will feel tomorrow morning," the Russian laughed. "Now I want to keep becoming stronger at Preti Magimi and then I want to move up to a bigger squad; Tinkoff would be great."
How it unfolded
The start in Eeklo was quick, with a high pace established as a lot of breakaway attempts were launched. After 25 kilometres a high quality group of seven riders jumped away. The group featured names like Tom Boonen (Quick Step), Johan Van Summeren (Silence - Lotto), Niko Eeckhout (Topsport Vlaanderen), Kevin Van Impe (Quick Step), Geert Omloop (Mitsubishi-Jartazi), Thomas Ongena (Profel Prorace Continental Team) and Roberto Ferrari (LPR Brakes).
Six more riders join the escape, but the peloton couldn't let the 13 riders go as the group featured too many big names. Proving the peloton's pace, the average speed after the first hour was a blistering 48.1 km/h.
Two riders jumped away with 150 kilometres remaining and the peloton allowed the pair to go down the road. Roy Curvers (Skil-Shimano) and Fabio Polazzi (Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon) quickly built up a lead over the peloton and within 20 kilometres from their initial departure they had over five minutes on the peloton as the race reached the famous Muur in Geraardsbergen - known from the Tour of Flanders. Curvers was first over the climb ahead of Polazzi, followed by Jan Kuyckx (Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner) and Philipp Walsleben (Palmans Cras).
Straight after the climb two Belgians went on the counter-attack. Johan Coenen (Topsport Vlaanderen) and Staf Scheirlinckx (Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone) rode between the lead duo and the peloton for a while, but right after the second climb they were reeled back in.
Curvers was the first over the Bosberg climb before repeating his efforts at the Congoberg climb, with 119 kilometres of racing remaining. His efforts ensured Curvers would claim the mountains jersey at day's end.
Some 20 kilometres later Polazzi won the first Nissan Rush sprint from Curvers, with Greg Van Avermaet (Silence - Lotto) claiming third spot seven minutes later. As the peloton hit the sprint Boris Shpilevsky attacked his rivals in the main bunch. The Russian took about one minute on the peloton but was taken back 15 kilometres later.
Topsport Vlaanderen, the team of general classification leader Kenny Dehaes, took control of the peloton with 60 kilometres remaining which saw the leaders' margin begin to reduce. Polazzi took the bonus seconds at the second Nissan Rush sprint, making him virtual leader of the classification. The lead from Curvers and Polazzi had reduced to less than five minutes just 10 kilometres later, considerably down on their maximum advantage of 8.20 minutes.
With 30 kilometres to go Polazzi took the third Nissan Rush before Curvers, while Van Avermaet again picked up third place at the front of the peloton 3.30 minutes behind. As the riders passed the finish line in Tienen for the first time they were getting ready for a lucrative Super Sprint; again it was Polazzi who proved to be the fastest of the two, taking the 2000 Euro prize that came with it. The co-operation up front finished following this sprint as the peloton closed on the leader's heels.
Jan Kuyckx (Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner) jumped away from the peloton with 20 kilometres to go, but the Belgian was quickly brought back. The two leaders were caught just five kilometres later.
Kuyckx tried his luck another two times, but the sprinter's teams didn't allow him any space to get away. The peloton had to ride underneath a small and narrow bridge with nine kilometres to go causing problems for the bunch. While the head of the peloton had no problems getting through, riders at the back were forced to brake, with some riders even having to put a foot on the ground.
With three kilometres to go there was an awful crash involving Ken De Vaere (Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen). The young Belgian was forced off the road and barely avoided crashing into a parked car, but then hit a fence before ending up on the ground. Miraculously he was able to continue and finish the race.
The peloton was flying as the finish neared and it was Quick Step which did most of the work, together with LPR Brakes.
Belgian champion Stijn Devolder (Quick Step) led the peloton until the last kilometre, when team-mate Boonen led out Gert Steegmans down the right hand side of the road. Unfortunately for Quick Step Steegmans waited too long to start his sprint and Allan Davis (Mitsubishi-Jartazi) swerved over from the middle to the right, boxing in Steegmans. The Australian was marked by Shpilevsky and the Russian stood tall as he took his first victory of the season.
Photography
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- Boris Shpilevsky (Preti Mangimi) took the win in the Tour of Belgium's second stage.
Images by Yoni Peeters/cyclingpictures.be
- Roy Curvers (Skil-Shimano) and Fabio Polazzi (Bodysol) were the break of the day.
- Marco Zanotti points to Shpilevsky as if to say, he's the man!
- Boris Shpilevsky took the sprint and left a lot of people asking, who?
- Shpilevsky raises a toast to his stage win.
- Kenny Dehaes (Topsport) kept the overall lead.
- Fabio Polazzi (Bodysol) in the sprint leader's jersey.
- Allan Davis (Mitsubishi-Jartazi) took over the points classification.
- Roy Curvers (Skil-Shimano) got the climber's jersey.
- Shpilevsky is interviewed after his stage win.
Results
1 Boris Shpilevsky (Rus) Preti Mangimi 4.50.47 (42.51 km/h) 2 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Preti Mangimi 3 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 4 Allan Davis (Aus) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 5 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 6 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 7 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 8 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) LPR Brakes 9 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 10 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 11 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 13 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 14 Sven Nys (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 15 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop 16 Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 17 Thomas Ongena (Bel) Profel Prorace Continental Team 18 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 19 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 20 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen 21 Tom Steels (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 22 Eduard Bogaert (Bel) Profel Prorace Continental Team 23 Gregory Joseph (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen 24 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 25 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 26 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 27 Jonathan Henrion (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon 28 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) LPR Brakes 29 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 30 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 31 Walter Proch (Ita) LPR Brakes 32 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 33 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 34 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 35 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 36 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 37 Alessandro Maserati (Ita) LPR Brakes 38 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 39 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) P3Transfer - Batavus 40 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop 41 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 42 Sven Renders (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 43 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 44 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 45 Jonathan Bertrand (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon 46 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 47 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 48 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 49 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 50 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 51 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 52 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 53 Jens Mouris (Ned) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 54 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Silence - Lotto 55 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 56 Ian Stannard (GBr) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 57 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 58 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 59 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 60 Romain Villa (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 61 Michael Vanderaerden (Bel) Profel Prorace Continental Team 62 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 63 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 64 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 65 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 66 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 67 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 68 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 69 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 70 Wouter Mol (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 71 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 72 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 73 Johan Coenen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 74 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 75 Carlo Corra (Ita) Preti Mangimi 76 Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 77 Geert Omloop (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 78 Glenn d’Hollander (Bel) Silence - Lotto 79 Roel Vanmuysen (Bel) Profel Prorace Continental Team 80 Sven Nevens (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 81 Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 82 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Preti Mangimi 83 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes 84 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 85 Matti Helminen (Fin) Palmans Cras 86 Timothy Vangheel (Bel) P3Transfer - Batavus 87 Niels Albert (Bel) Palmans Cras 88 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 89 Marvin Van Der Pluijm (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 90 Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 91 Tom Criel (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 92 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 93 Frank Van Kuik (Bel) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 94 Philipp Walsleben (Ger) Palmans Cras 95 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 96 Lars Croket (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen 97 Kenny Terweduwe (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen 98 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 99 Gianluca Geremia (Ita) Preti Mangimi 0.28 100 Gideon De Jong (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 0.33 101 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 0.40 102 Luca Celli (Ita) LPR Brakes 0.58 103 Dan Fleeman (GBr) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 1.18 104 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 105 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 106 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) Cycle Collstrop 107 David Kopp (Ger) Cycle Collstrop 1.35 108 Ryan Wills (NZl) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon 1.48 109 Steven De Neef (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen 110 Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) Palmans Cras 111 Alessandro Bertuola (Ita) Preti Mangimi 2.34 112 Rudy Rouet (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon 2.42 113 Jeremy Honorez (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon 114 Massimo Mazzanti (Ita) Preti Mangimi 115 Niek Van Gestel (Bel) Profel Prorace Continental Team 116 Rieno Stofferis (Bel) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 117 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 118 Gianni Denolf (Bel) Palmans Cras 119 Jens Renders (Bel) Palmans Cras 120 Stijn Huys (Bel) Palmans Cras 121 Wim Botman (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 122 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 123 Tom Van De Velde (Bel) Profel Prorace Continental Team 124 Tim Mertens (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen 125 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 126 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon 127 Fabio Polazzi (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon 128 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 3.17 129 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 3.25 130 David Reyniers (Bel) Profel Prorace Continental Team 131 Sven Wielandt (Bel) Profel Prorace Continental Team 132 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 133 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 134 Christian Müller (Ger) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 3.36 135 Ken Devaere (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen DNF Laurent Fontaine (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon DNS Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Preti Mangimi General classification after stage 2 1 Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 8.59.55 2 Boris Shpilevsky (Rus) Preti Mangimi 0.01 3 Allan Davis (Aus) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 0.05 4 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 5 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Preti Mangimi 6 Sergio Laganà (Ita) LPR Brakes 0.06 7 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 0.07 8 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 9 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.09 10 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 11 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.10 12 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.11 13 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) LPR Brakes 14 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 15 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop 16 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 17 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 18 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) LPR Brakes 19 Gregory Joseph (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen 20 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 21 Walter Proch (Ita) LPR Brakes 22 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 23 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 24 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 25 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 26 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 27 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 28 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) P3Transfer - Batavus 29 Sven Renders (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 30 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 31 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 32 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 33 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 34 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 35 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 36 Sven Nys (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 37 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 38 Ian Stannard (GBr) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 39 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 40 Jens Mouris (Ned) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 41 Alessandro Maserati (Ita) LPR Brakes 42 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 43 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 44 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 45 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop 46 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 47 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 48 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 49 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 50 Thomas Ongena (Bel) Profel Prorace Continental Team 51 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 52 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 53 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 54 Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 55 Tom Steels (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 56 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 57 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes 58 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 59 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Silence - Lotto 60 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 61 Kenny Terweduwe (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen 62 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 63 Marvin Van Der Pluijm (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 64 Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 65 Wouter Mol (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 66 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 67 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 68 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 69 Romain Villa (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 70 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 71 Tom Criel (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 72 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 73 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 74 Johan Coenen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 75 Sven Nevens (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 76 Ken Devaere (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen 77 Geert Omloop (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 78 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Preti Mangimi 79 Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 80 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 81 Jonathan Henrion (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon 0.48 82 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 83 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.00 84 Luca Celli (Ita) LPR Brakes 1.09 85 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 1.29 86 Dan Fleeman (GBr) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 87 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) Cycle Collstrop 88 Niels Albert (Bel) Palmans Cras 1.50 89 Philipp Walsleben (Ger) Palmans Cras 90 Gianluca Geremia (Ita) Preti Mangimi 1.54 91 Steven De Neef (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen 1.55 92 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 2.30 93 Fabio Polazzi (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon 2.44 94 Alessandro Bertuola (Ita) Preti Mangimi 2.45 95 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2.47 96 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 2.53 97 David Kopp (Ger) Cycle Collstrop 3.09 98 Eduard Bogaert (Bel) Profel Prorace Continental Team 3.17 99 Massimo Mazzanti (Ita) Preti Mangimi 3.19 100 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 3.36 101 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 102 Rieno Stofferis (Bel) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 3.38 103 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 4.12 104 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 4.24 105 Jens Renders (Bel) Palmans Cras 4.32 106 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 107 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 5.07 108 Timothy Vangheel (Bel) P3Transfer - Batavus 10.13 109 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen 10.48 110 Jonathan Bertrand (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon 111 Michael Vanderaerden (Bel) Profel Prorace Continental Team 112 Roel Vanmuysen (Bel) Profel Prorace Continental Team 113 Carlo Corra (Ita) Preti Mangimi 114 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 115 Matti Helminen (Fin) Palmans Cras 116 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 117 Frank Van Kuik (Bel) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 118 Gideon De Jong (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 11.21 119 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 12.06 120 Ryan Wills (NZl) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon 12.36 121 Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) Palmans Cras 122 Lars Croket (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen 12.52 123 Jeremy Honorez (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon 13.30 124 Gianni Denolf (Bel) Palmans Cras 125 Rudy Rouet (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon 126 Niek Van Gestel (Bel) Profel Prorace Continental Team 127 Tim Mertens (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen 128 Tom Van De Velde (Bel) Profel Prorace Continental Team 129 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon 130 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 14.13 131 Christian Müller (Ger) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 14.24 132 Stijn Huys (Bel) Palmans Cras 15.34 133 Wim Botman (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 134 Sven Wielandt (Bel) Profel Prorace Continental Team 16.17 135 David Reyniers (Bel) Profel Prorace Continental Team Points classification 1 Allan Davis (Aus) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 44 pts 2 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 37 3 Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 33 4 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 32 5 Boris Shpilevsky (Rus) Preti Mangimi 30 6 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 29 7 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) LPR Brakes 29 8 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Preti Mangimi 25 9 Fabio Polazzi (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon 24 10 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 23 11 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 22 12 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 16 13 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 15 14 Sergio Laganà (Ita) LPR Brakes 13 15 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 13 16 Steven De Neef (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen 11 17 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) LPR Brakes 11 18 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 10 19 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 5 20 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 3 Sprint classification 1 Fabio Polazzi (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon 24 pts 2 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 16 3 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 15 4 Sergio Laganà (Ita) LPR Brakes 13 5 Steven De Neef (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen 11 6 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 6 7 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 5 8 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 3 9 Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 3 Mountains classification 1 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 20 pts 2 Fabio Polazzi (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon 13 3 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 6 4 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2 5 Johan Coenen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 2 6 Philipp Walsleben (Ger) Palmans Cras 2
