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Tour of Belgium - 2.HC
Belgium, May 27-31, 2009
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Stage 1 - May 27: Tervuren - Tervuren, 185.4km
Ivanov wins by a nose
By Laura Weislo
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Katusha's Serguei Ivanov won the first stage of the Tour of Belgium in Tervuren on Wednesday, just barely holding off the sprinters after a last kilometre solo breakaway. The Russian had just enough time to raise his arms in victory as the rush to the line came from behind, just barely edging out Rabobank's Graeme Brown, Borut Bozic (Vacansoleil) and Belgian champion Jurgen Roelandts (Silence-Lotto).
"I felt like I was going to win. I was sure in the last 200m the wind was in my favor," said Ivanov, who last year took third overall. "This year I want to try to better my result from last year. I won the stage, so I am already happy, if I can win the whole race it would be fantastic."
The first attack went just 10 kilometres into the 185.4 out and back circuit. Ivanov's Katusha team worked to control the race as nine riders escaped with some dangerous riders present.
Greg Van Avermaet (Silence-Lotto), Kevin Van Impe (Quick Step), Rick Flange (Rabobank), David Deroo (Skill-Shimano), Johnny High Erland (Vacansoleil Pro Cycling), Martin Kohler (BMC Racing Team), Olivier Pardini (Willems Verandas) and Dieter Cappelle (Palmans Cras) and Sep Vanmarcke (Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht) never gained more than 25 seconds, and were caught 20km later.
The next break was more successful, and after the first intermediate sprint, won by Dutch champion Lars Boom, another move went. This time Brent Bookwalter (BMC Racing Team), Sep Vanmarcke (Jong Vlaanderen-Bauknecht) and Federico Canuti (CSF Group-Navigare) gained a maximum of seven minutes with 100km to go.
Vanmarcke took the second sprint as the trio's lead began to shrink rapidly under the pressure of the Katusha, Quick Step and Silence-Lotto teams. But as the gap fell to within a minute on the rugged run-in to the finish, the peloton began to split apart.
"There was a change in tactic because the final 50km are really hard," said Ivanov. "I spoke to Robbie [McEwen], and he said to try to do your own race. 30km before the finish we went faster and faster on the climbs."
Ivanov went with an attack of 14 riders which swallowed up the three men out front. The lead of the race was then Ivanov with three Silence Lotto riders, Jurgen Roelandts, Mickaël Delage and Michael Elijzen, two from Quick Step, Sébastien Rosseler and Maarten Wynants, three from Rabobank (Nick Nuyens, Stef Clement and Graeme Brown) as well as Cristiano Fumagalli (Ceramica Flaminia-Bossoni Docce), David Deroo and Albert Timmer (Skil-Shimano), Borut Bozic (Vacansoleil), Jan Bakelants and Ben Hermans (Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator), with Bookwalter, Vanmarcke and Canuti.
"The group was good for me," Ivanov said. "Since I was alone for Katusha, I just stayed in the back and did less work than the others because many teams had more than one rider. I waited to see if our sprinters - Napolitano, McEwen and Steegmans - would catch us. 5km before the finish they were very close, and on the last little hill I thought I would go."
The peloton came close, but as the chase touched the tail end of the breakaway, Rosseler launched an attack and was followed by Ivanov. Roelandts, Brown, and one more rider. The Russian then dispatched his companions with one powerful move coming into the final kilometre, and held just enough of an advantage at the line to take the win and the first black leader's jersey of the 2009 Tour of Belgium.
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- Serguei Ivanov (Katusha) soloed to the win and the lead in the first stage of the Tour of Belgium
Images by Yoni Peeters/www.cyclingpictures.be
- Eddy Merckx fires the starting gun at the Tour of Belgium's opening stage.
- The peloton rolls away from the start of the 185.4km opening stage in Tervuren.
- The race director watches from his Nissan during the opening stage.
- Russian Serguei Ivanov (Team Katusha) beats the Belgians in their home tour.
- Jurgen Roelandts (Silence-Lotto) smiles with disappointment as Serguei Ivanov (Team Katusha) claims victory.
- Two sets of very well toned, yet in very different ways, legs.
- Serguei Ivanov (Team Katusha) celebrates his stage victory on the podium.
- Serguei Ivanov (Team Katusha) collects his trophy after winning the opening stage.
- Black is the new yellow: Serguei Ivanov (Team Katusha) leads both the sprint and general classifications.
- Okay, so yellow is the new yellow too. Race leader Serguei Ivanov (Team Katusha) in the leader's jersey.
Results
1 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha 4.17.35 (42.976 km/h) 2 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 3 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil 4 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 5 Cristiano Fumagalli (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossoni Docce 6 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 7 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 8 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 9 Ben Hermans (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator 0.02 10 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 11 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator 12 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 13 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 14 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 15 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Silence-Lotto 16 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen-Bauknecht 17 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Rabobank 18 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 19 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha 0.10 20 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 21 Gregory Joseph (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen-Bauknecht 22 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence-Lotto 23 Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator 24 Kevin Peeters (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 25 Stefan van Dijk (Ned) Verandas Willems 26 Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Verandas Willems 27 Timothy Dupont (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen-Bauknecht 28 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Verandas Willems 29 Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Palmans-Cras 30 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 31 Steve Schets (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen-Bauknecht 32 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Sunweb-Projob 33 Tom Vanbecelaere (Bel) Palmans-Cras 34 Thomas Vernaeckt (Bel) Sunweb-Projob 35 Kenny Terweduwe (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen-Bauknecht 36 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil 37 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha 38 Steven de Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 39 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 40 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator 41 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 42 Edwig Cammaerts (Bel) Lotto-Bodysol 43 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator 44 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 45 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Vacansoleil 46 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Silence-Lotto 47 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step 48 Enrico Rossi (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossoni Docce 49 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossoni Docce 50 Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team 51 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 52 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Verandas Willems 53 Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team 54 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 55 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Quick Step 56 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Silence-Lotto 57 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Palmans-Cras 58 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 59 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Silence-Lotto 60 Bert De Backer (Bel) Skil-Shimano 61 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank 62 Koen de Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano 63 Fabio Polazzi (Bel) Lotto-Bodysol 64 Maurizio Biondo (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossoni Docce 65 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group-Navigare 66 Geert Steurs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator 67 Olivier Pardini (Ita) Verandas Willems 68 Federico Canuti (Ita) CSF Group-Navigare 69 Ken Vanmarcke (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen-Bauknecht 70 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 71 Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Team Katusha 72 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Vacansoleil 73 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator 74 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil 75 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 76 Sven Nys (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 77 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 78 Johan Coenen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator 79 Koos Morenhout (Ned) Rabobank 80 Lukas Kloucek (Cze) Sunweb-Projob 81 Alessandro Maserati (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossoni Docce 82 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil 83 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil 84 Sven Van den Houte (Bel) Verandas Willems 85 Tiziano Dall’Antonia (Ita) CSF Group-Navigare 86 Steven De Neef (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen-Bauknecht 87 Alan Marangoni (Ita) CSF Group-Navigare 88 Fabio Negri (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 89 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil 90 Marco Cattaneo (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 91 Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) BKCP-Powerplus 92 Marco Frapporti (Ita) CSF Group-Navigare 93 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 94 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossoni Docce 95 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Verandas Willems 96 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 97 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 98 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha 99 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto 100 Sven Vandousselaere (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen-Bauknecht 101 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Team Katusha 102 Klaas Vantornout (Bel) Sunweb-Projob 103 Timothy Vangheel (Bel) Palmans-Cras 1.03 104 Jeffrey Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 105 Kenny Van der Schueren (Bel) Palmans-Cras 106 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team Katusha 1.16 107 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Team Katusha 1.24 108 Thomas Degand (Bel) Verandas Willems 109 Rudy Rouet (Bel) Lotto-Bodysol 110 Ryan Wills (GBr) Lotto-Bodysol 111 Koen Barbé (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 112 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team 113 Wim Leemans (Bel) BKCP-Powerplus 114 Stephen Collet (Bel) Lotto-Bodysol 115 Dieter Cappelle (Bel) Palmans-Cras 116 Mauro Richeze (Arg) CSF Group-Navigare 117 Enrico Zen (Ita) CSF Group-Navigare 118 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Sunweb-Projob 119 Lubomir Petrus (Cze) BKCP-Powerplus 120 Sergio Lagana (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 121 Jeremy Honorez (Bel) Lotto-Bodysol 122 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossoni Docce 123 Kevin Eeckhout (Bel) Sunweb-Projob 124 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 125 Filip Meirhaerghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 126 Jim Aernouts (Bel) BKCP-Powerplus 127 Jean Zen (Fra) Palmans-Cras 128 Radomir Simunek (Cze) BKCP-Powerplus 129 Niels Albert (Bel) BKCP-Powerplus 130 Geert Omloop (Bel) Palmans-Cras 131 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 132 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano 133 Twan van den Brand (Ned) Sunweb-Projob 1.35 134 Philipp Walsleben (Ger) BKCP-Powerplus 1.44 135 Gianni Denolf (Bel) BKCP-Powerplus 2.21 136 Damien Timmermans (Bel) Lotto-Bodysol 137 Kennth Van Compernolle (Bel) Sunweb-Projob 138 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Silence-Lotto 139 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 2.47 140 Diego Nosotti (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossoni Docce 3.15 141 Florian Stalder (Aut) BMC Racing Team 3.39 142 François Roossens (Bel) Lotto-Bodysol 5.01 143 Guillermo Bongiorno (Ita) CSF Group-Navigare Sprints 1 1 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank 8 pts 2 Tiziano Dall’Antonia (Ita) CSF Group-Navigare 5 3 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil 3 2 1 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen-Bauknecht 8 pts 2 Federico Canuti (Ita) CSF Group-Navigare 5 3 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 3 3 1 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen-Bauknecht 8 pts 2 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 5 3 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil 3 Points 1 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha 30 pts 2 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 25 3 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil 22 4 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 19 5 Cristiano Fumigalli (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossoni Docce 17 6 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 15 7 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 13 8 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 12 9 Ben Hermans (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator 11 10 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 10 Teams 1 Skil-Shimano 12.52.47 2 Rabobank 0.02 3 Quick Step 0.10 4 Silence-Lotto 5 Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator 0.12 6 Team Katusha 0.18 7 Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 8 Ceramica Flaminia-Bossine Docce 9 Jong Vlaanderen-Bauknecht 0.20 10 BMC Racing Team 11 LPR Brakes Farnese Vini 12 Veranda Willems 0.28 13 Palmans Cras 14 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 15 Sunweb Pro Job Cycling Team 16 CSF Group-Navigare 17 Lotto-Bodysol 1.42 18 BKCP-Powerplus 2.56 General classification after stage 1 1 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha 4.17.25 2 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 0.04 3 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil 4 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen-Bauknecht 0.06 5 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 0.08 6 Cristiano Fumigalli (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossoni Docce 0.10 7 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 8 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 9 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 10 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 0.11 11 Ben Hermans (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator 0.12 12 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 13 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator 14 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 15 Stef Clement (Ned) Rabobank 16 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Silence-Lotto 17 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Rabobank 18 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 19 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank 0.17 20 Federico Canuti (Ita) CSF Group-Navigare 0.18 21 Tiziano Dall’Antonia (Ita) CSF Group-Navigare 22 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha 0.20 23 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 24 Gregory Joseph (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen-Bauknecht 25 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence-Lotto 26 Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator 27 Kevin Peeters (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 28 Stefan van Dijk (Ned) Verandas Willems 29 Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Verandas Willems 30 Timothy Dupont (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen-Bauknecht 31 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Verandas Willems 32 Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Palmans-Cras 33 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 34 Steve Schets (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen-Bauknecht 35 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Sunweb-Projob 36 Tom Vanbecelaere (Bel) Palmans-Cras 37 Thomas Vernaeckt (Bel) Sunweb-Projob 38 Kenny Terweduwe (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen-Bauknecht 39 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil 40 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Katusha 41 Steven de Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 42 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 43 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator 44 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 45 Edwig Cammaerts (Bel) Lotto-Bodysol 46 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator 47 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 48 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Vacansoleil 49 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Silence-Lotto 50 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step 51 Enrico Rossi (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossoni Docce 52 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossoni Docce 53 Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team 54 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 55 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Verandas Willems 56 Markus Zberg (Swi) BMC Racing Team 57 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 58 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Quick Step 59 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Silence-Lotto 60 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Palmans-Cras 61 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 62 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Silence-Lotto 63 Bert De Backer (Bel) Skil-Shimano 64 Koen de Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano 65 Fabio Polazzi (Bel) Lotto-Bodysol 66 Maurizio Biondo (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossoni Docce 67 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group-Navigare 68 Geert Steurs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator 69 Olivier Pardini (Ita) Verandas Willems 70 Ken Vanmarcke (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen-Bauknecht 71 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 72 Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Team Katusha 73 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Vacansoleil 74 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator 75 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil 76 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Quick Step 77 Sven Nys (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 78 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 79 Johan Coenen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator 80 Koos Morenhout (Ned) Rabobank 81 Lukas Kloucek (Cze) Sunweb-Projob 82 Alessandro Maserati (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossoni Docce 83 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil 84 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil 85 Sven Van den Houte (Bel) Verandas Willems 86 Steven De Neef (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen-Bauknecht 87 Alan Marangoni (Ita) CSF Group-Navigare 88 Fabio Negri (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 89 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil 90 Marco Cattaneo (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 91 Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) BKCP-Powerplus 92 Marco Frapporti (Ita) CSF Group-Navigare 93 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 94 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossoni Docce 95 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Verandas Willems 96 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 97 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 98 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha 99 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto 100 Sven Vandousselaere (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen-Bauknecht 101 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Team Katusha 102 Klaas Vantornout (Bel) Sunweb-Projob 103 Timothy Vangheel (Bel) Palmans-Cras 1.13 104 Jeffrey Louder (USA) BMC Racing Team 105 Kenny Van der Schueren (Bel) Palmans-Cras 106 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team Katusha 1.26 107 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Team Katusha 1.34 108 Thomas Degand (Bel) Verandas Willems 109 Rudy Rouet (Bel) Lotto-Bodysol 110 Ryan Wills (GBr) Lotto-Bodysol 111 Koen Barbé (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 112 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team 113 Wim Leemans (Bel) BKCP-Powerplus 114 Stephen Collet (Bel) Lotto-Bodysol 115 Dieter Cappelle (Bel) Palmans-Cras 116 Mauro Richeze (Arg) CSF Group-Navigare 117 Enrico Zen (Ita) CSF Group-Navigare 118 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Sunweb-Projob 119 Lubomir Petrus (Cze) BKCP-Powerplus 120 Sergio Lagana (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 121 Jeremy Honorez (Bel) Lotto-Bodysol 122 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossoni Docce 123 Kevin Eeckhout (Bel) Sunweb-Projob 124 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 125 Filip Meirhaerghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 126 Jim Aernouts (Bel) BKCP-Powerplus 127 Jean Zen (Fra) Palmans-Cras 128 Radomir Simunek (Cze) BKCP-Powerplus 129 Niels Albert (Bel) BKCP-Powerplus 130 Geert Omloop (Bel) Palmans-Cras 131 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 132 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano 133 Twan van den Brand (Ned) Sunweb-Projob 1.45 134 Philipp Walsleben (Ger) BKCP-Powerplus 1.54 135 Gianni Denolf (Bel) BKCP-Powerplus 2.31 136 Damien Timmermans (Bel) Lotto-Bodysol 137 Kennth Van Compernolle (Bel) Sunweb-Projob 138 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Silence-Lotto 139 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 2.57 140 Diego Nosotti (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossoni Docce 3.25 141 Florian Stalder (Aut) BMC Racing Team 3.49 142 François Roossens (Bel) Lotto-Bodysol 5.11 143 Guillermo Bongiorno (Ita) CSF Group-Navigare Sprint classification 1 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha 30 pts 2 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil 28 3 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 25 4 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 24 5 Cristiano Fumigalli (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossoni Docce 17 6 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen-Bauknecht 16 7 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 15 8 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 13 9 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 12 10 Ben Hermans (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator 11 11 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 10 12 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank 8 13 Federico Canuti (Ita) CSF Group-Navigare 5 14 Tiziano Dall’Antonia (Ita) CSF Group-Navigare 5 15 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 3 Young rider classification 1 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen-Bauknecht 4.17.31 2 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 0.02 3 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 0.04 4 Ben Hermans (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator 0.06 5 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator 6 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 7 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank 0.11 8 Federico Canuti (Ita) CSF Group-Navigare 0.12 9 Gregory Joseph (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen-Bauknecht 0.14 10 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence-Lotto 11 Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator 12 Kevin Peeters (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 13 Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Verandas Willems 14 Timothy Dupont (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen-Bauknecht 15 Thomas Vernaeckt (Bel) Sunweb-Projob 16 Kenny Terweduwe (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen-Bauknecht 17 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator 18 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator 19 Thomas Frei (Swi) BMC Racing Team 20 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Quick Step 21 Fabio Polazzi (Bel) Lotto-Bodysol 22 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group-Navigare 23 Olivier Pardini (Ita) Verandas Willems 24 Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Team Katusha 25 Lukas Kloucek (Cze) Sunweb-Projob 26 Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) BKCP-Powerplus 27 Marco Frapporti (Ita) CSF Group-Navigare 28 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Ceramica Flaminia-Bossoni Docce 29 Cristiano Salerno (Ita) LPR Brakes-Farnese Vini 30 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 31 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto 32 Sven Vandousselaere (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen-Bauknecht 33 Timothy Vangheel (Bel) Palmans-Cras 1.07 34 Thomas Degand (Bel) Verandas Willems 1.28 35 Rudy Rouet (Bel) Lotto-Bodysol 36 Ryan Wills (GBr) Lotto-Bodysol 37 Wim Leemans (Bel) BKCP-Powerplus 38 Stephen Collet (Bel) Lotto-Bodysol 39 Mauro Richeze (Arg) CSF Group-Navigare 40 Enrico Zen (Ita) CSF Group-Navigare 41 Lubomir Petrus (Cze) BKCP-Powerplus 42 Jeremy Honorez (Bel) Lotto-Bodysol 43 Kevin Eeckhout (Bel) Sunweb-Projob 44 Mathias Frank (Swi) BMC Racing Team 45 Jim Aernouts (Bel) BKCP-Powerplus 46 Niels Albert (Bel) BKCP-Powerplus 47 Jonathan Hivert (Fra) Skil-Shimano 48 Twan van den Brand (Ned) Sunweb-Projob 1.39 49 Philipp Walsleben (Ger) BKCP-Powerplus 1.48 50 Gianni Denolf (Bel) BKCP-Powerplus 2.25 51 Damien Timmermans (Bel) Lotto-Bodysol 52 Kennth Van Compernolle (Bel) Sunweb-Projob 53 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 2.51 54 François Roossens (Bel) Lotto-Bodysol 5.05 Teams classification 1 Skil-Shimano 12.52.47 2 Rabobank 0.02 3 Quick Step 0.10 4 Silence-Lotto 5 Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator 0.12 6 Team Katusha 0.18 7 Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 8 Ceramica Flaminia-Bossine Docce 9 Jong Vlaanderen-Bauknecht 0.20 10 BMC Racing Team 11 LPR Brakes Farnese Vini 12 Veranda Willems 0.28 13 Palmans Cras 14 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 15 Sunweb Pro Job Cycling Team 16 CSF Group-Navigare 17 Lotto-Bodysol 1.42 18 BKCP-Powerplus 2.56
