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KBC Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde - 2.2
Belgium, April 1-3, 2003
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Stage 2 - April 2: Zottegem - Koksijde, 228km
Baldato wins contentious stage
Peloton says 'no go' over the Kemmelberg
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After over two hours of deliberation by the jury following the second stage, Italian Fabio Baldato (Alessio) has been declared the winner of the Zottegem - Koksijde leg of the Driedaagse van De Panne. Baldato was clearly the fastest rider in the bunch sprint, finishing several lengths ahead of Gerben Löwik (BankGiroLoterij) and Jimmy Casper (FDJeux.com) after a frenetic final 500 metres. The race lead stayed with Gianluca Bortolami (Caldirola-Sidermec), although Bart Voskamp (BankGiroLoterij) picked up a time bonus second today, and is probably the biggest favourite for the overall victory after tomorrow's time trial.
The cause of the jury deliberation was nothing to do with the sprint, rather it was what happened 111 kilometres previously when the peloton came to the foot of the Kemmelberg. At that stage, there were three leaders in the race: Kristof Trouvé (Palmans), James Vanlandschoot (Vlaanderen-T Interim) and Daniel Becke (Coast), who had more than a five minute gap to the peloton. The trio crossed the Kemmelberg in the cold rain and strong winds, that lashed the riders intermittently all day long. But the peloton came to a halt at the foot of the climb and refused to go over it.
Last year, in dry conditions, the steep, cobbled descent claimed as crash victims (among others) Andrei Tchmil, Chris Peers, and yes, Kristof Trouvé, who probably exorcised a demon on the climb today. Behind him, Fabio Baldato went up to the race director's car twice and asked him not to send the big group over the feared climb. This was not a new request, as before the stage started the peloton agreed to go over the Kemmel if the organisers reduced the local laps at the end: "Let us go over the Kemmel and then straight on to the finish; or eliminate the Kemmel and then we are OK to do a few local laps."
Not only was the weather quite bad, a crash early in the race had already shaken the peloton, forcing the withdrawal of Dave Bruylandts and Steven De Neef later. Also, there was the fact that race director Bernard Vandekerckhove had called Chris Peers a "cry-baby" because Peers had expressed his concerns about riding the dangerous climb and descent in bad weather. "Do people have to get killed first?" Peers had asked. Vandekerckhove's comments upset a lot of people in the peloton, and this resulted in them refusing to ride over it.
Vandekerckhove commented from the race director's car, "I am not happy at all with this. I think it is a real pity that suddenly they refuse to go over the Kemmel. They have been going over it for 50 years. If Cofidis wanted to show its solidarity that's OK. But Chris Peers is always nagging about stuff. I don't know what the commissaires are going to decide. Normally, according to the rules, the peloton has to be taken out of the race. I have held back the peloton four and a half minutes. It's not fair towards the three leaders because they have the Kemmel in their legs."
According to race rules, the peloton should have been stopped for as much as 10 minutes as a penalty for not going over the climb. However that was not the case today, and it resulted in a good deal of confusion after the stage had finished. Once the main part of the bunch got going again, Caldirola-Sidermec (Bortolami's team) and BankGiroLoterij (Voskamp's team) rode a steady tempo at the front to give the three leaders more of a chance. However it was inevitable that they would be caught after battling the wind all day, and with 28 km to go the bunch was together again.
After that, the pace began to increase in anticipation of a bunch sprint, with Landbouwkrediet-Colnago trying to set something up for Yuri Mitlushenko, as their main man Tom Steels had already abandoned by this stage. With 5 km to go, the Fassa Bortolo train took over, trying to lead out Marco Zanotti or Guido Trenti. They managed to split the bunch in the crosswinds by riding on the bike path on the left hand side of the road, and many riders lost a handful of seconds.
Matteo Tossato did a huge turn up to the 1 km to go banner, but the two Fassa riders behind him were unable to carry the momentum to the line. The sprint was chaotic as a Saeco train tried to get Dario Pieri across first, while the other sprinters tried to pick the best line to the finish. Eventually it was Baldato who found a way through on the right hand side, crossing to win by metres in front of Löwik and Casper.
Baldato was declared the winner of the stage on the podium, but the jury then considered what would have happened if they applied a 10 minute penalty at the Kemmelberg. If that had been the case, then Daniel Becke (Team Coast) would have won the stage as he came across the line before Trouvé and Vanlandschoot. However Vanlandschoot remarked to Belgian TV that he sat for most of the day on his and Trouvé's and wheels, and thus wouldn't have been a popular winner!
The Driedaagse van De Panne will conclude tomorrow with a 110 km stage around De Panne in the morning, followed by the deciding 13.7 km time trial in the afternoon. At the moment, Bart Voskamp in second place looks to have the edge on the competition, as he can lose 45 seconds to most of the peloton and still win, providing he beats Bortolami.
Photos
Images by Fotoreporter Sirotti
- The peloton start the first climb
- All the riders are still bunched up
- Fabio Baldato crosses the line
- Stage 2 winner Fabio Baldato (Alessio) on the podium
Images by Miwako Sasaki/Japan Cycle Sport
- Gianluca Bortolami (Caldirola-Sidermec) rides in the peloton during stage 2
- The break of the day: Kristof Trouve (Palmans) leads James Vanlandschoot (Vlaanderen)
- Kristof Trouve (Palmans) was out in front for around 160 km, and he is showing it
- Fabio Baldato (Alessio) wins the sprint for stage 2
- Fabio Baldato (Alessio) after winning the stage
- Kristof Trouve (Palmans) on the podium with flowers and child
Results
1 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 6.18.57 (36.1 km/h) 2 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 3 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com 4 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Lotto-Domo 5 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Lampre 6 Yuri Mitlushenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 7 Dario Pieri (Ita) Team Saeco 8 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 10 Robert Hunter (Rsa) Rabobank 11 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Telekom 12 Matteo Carrara (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 13 Saulius Ruskys (Lit) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 14 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 15 Julian Dean (Nzl) Team CSC 16 Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 17 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 18 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Sidermec-Saunier Duval 19 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 20 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 21 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 22 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 23 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Alessio 24 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 25 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 26 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) De Nardi-Colpack 27 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 28 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Flanders-iTeamNova 29 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 30 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Flanders-iTeamNova 31 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Sidermec-Saunier Duval 32 Roger Hammond (Gbr) Palmans-Collstrop 33 Maximilian Sciandri (Gbr) Lampre 34 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 35 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 36 Andre Korff (Ger) Team Coast 37 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Team Saeco 38 Marco Milesi (Ita) Sidermec-Saunier Duval 39 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Lotto-Domo 40 Davide Casarotto (Ita) Alessio 41 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Gerolsteiner 42 Erik Lievens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 43 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Lotto-Domo 44 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 45 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 46 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Team Saeco 47 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre 48 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 49 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 50 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com 51 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Alessio 52 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 0.09 53 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 54 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Team Saeco 0.11 55 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.15 56 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 0.18 57 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.19 58 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Sidermec-Saunier Duval 59 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 60 Fabian De Waele (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 61 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Team CSC 62 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 63 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 64 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 65 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC 66 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC 67 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 68 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 69 David Kopp (Ger) Telekom 0.37 70 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.40 71 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 72 Leif Hoste (Bel) Lotto-Domo 73 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 74 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 75 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 76 Christoph Kern (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 77 Bert Roesems (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 78 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 79 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 80 Kristof Trouve (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 81 Bradley Wiggins (Gbr) FDJeux.com 82 Malte Urban (Ger) Team Coast 83 Ondrej Fadrny (Cze) De Nardi-Colpack 84 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 85 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 86 Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis 87 Robert Hayles (Gbr) Cofidis 88 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 89 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Team Saeco 90 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Telekom 91 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom 92 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 93 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Telekom 94 Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) Telekom 95 Andreas Klier (Ger) Telekom 96 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Telekom 97 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre 98 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Lotto-Domo 99 David Derepas (Fra) FDJeux.com 100 Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 101 Robert Bartko (Ger) Rabobank 102 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 103 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Team Saeco 104 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre 105 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 106 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 107 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 108 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 109 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 110 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 111 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 112 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 113 Damon Kluck (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 114 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 115 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 116 Jans Koerts (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 117 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alessio 118 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 119 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 120 Cristian Pepoli (Ita) Team Saeco 121 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 122 Michel Van Haecke (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 123 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 124 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 125 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 126 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 127 Heiko Szonn (Ger) Flanders-iTeamNova 128 Kurt Van Landeghem (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 129 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com 130 Frederik Penne (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 1.02 131 Frederik Willems (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 1.18 132 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 1.59 133 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) De Nardi-Colpack 2.38 134 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal presented by Berr 2.41 135 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Lotto-Domo 2.54 136 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 137 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Sidermec-Saunier Duval 2.57 138 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Sidermec-Saunier Duval 3.03 139 Trent Wilson (Aus) Flanders-iTeamNova 5.53 140 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Coast 141 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 142 Alan Iacuone (Aus) Flanders-iTeamNova 143 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Sidermec-Saunier Duval 6.26 144 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Sidermec-Saunier Duval DNF Bernhard Eisel (Aut) FDJeux.com DNF Daniele Contrini (Ita) Gerolsteiner DNF Tom Steels (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago DNF Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf DNF Steven De Neef (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf DNF Johan Dekkers (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf DNF Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim DNS Geert Verheyen (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf DNS Rene Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner DNS Andy De Smet (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop DNS Johan Museeuw (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon DNS Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank DNS Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner Points 1 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 20 pts 2 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 18 3 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com 16 4 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Lotto-Domo 14 5 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Lampre 12 6 Yuri Mitlushenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 10 7 Dario Pieri (Ita) Team Saeco 9 8 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 9 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 7 10 Robert Hunter (Rsa) Rabobank 6 11 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Telekom 5 12 Matteo Carrara (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 4 13 Saulius Ruskys (Lit) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 3 14 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal presented by Ber 2 15 Julian Dean (Nzl) Team CSC 1 Climbs Kanarieberg - km 23 1 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 5 pts 2 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 3 3 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Sidermec-Saunier Duval 1 Tiegemberg - km 41 1 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 5 pts 2 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 3 3 Michel Van Haecke (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 1 Monteberg - km 115 1 Kristof Trouve (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 5 pts 2 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 3 3 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 1 Kemmelberg - km117 1 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 5 pts 2 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 3 3 Kristof Trouve (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 1 Rode Berg - km 126 1 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 5 pts 2 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 3 3 Kristof Trouve (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 1 Vidaigneberg - km 127 1 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 5 pts 2 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 3 3 Kristof Trouve (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 1 Sprints Bissegem - km 71 1 Kristof Trouve (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 3 pts 2 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 2 3 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 1 Koksijde Passage 2 - km 202 1 Kristof Trouve (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 3 pts 2 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 2 3 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 1 Young rider 1 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com 0 2 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Lampre 3 Matteo Carrara (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 4 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 5 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 6 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 7 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Flanders-iTeamNova 8 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 Erik Lievens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 10 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Lotto-Domo 11 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 12 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 0.09 13 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.15 14 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 0.19 15 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 16 David Kopp (Ger) Telekom 0.37 17 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 0.00 18 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 0.00 19 Christoph Kern (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 0.40 20 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 21 Bradley Wiggins (Gbr) FDJeux.com 22 Ondrej Fadrny (Cze) De Nardi-Colpack 23 Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis 24 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 25 David Derepas (Fra) FDJeux.com 26 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Team Saeco 27 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 28 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 29 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 30 Cristian Pepoli (Ita) Team Saeco 31 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 32 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 33 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 34 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 35 Frederik Penne (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 1.02 36 Frederik Willems (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 1.18 37 Trent Wilson (Aus) Flanders-iTeamNova 5.53 Teams 1 Alessio 18.56.51 2 Marlux Wincor Nixdorf 3 Landbouwkrediet Colnago 4 Lampre 5 Bankgiroloterij 6 Lotto Domo 7 Caldirola Sidermec 8 Rabobank 9 Saeco Longoni Sport 10 Fdjeux.Com 11 Fassa Bortolo 0.09 12 Gerolsteiner 0.15 13 Quick Step Davitamon 0.19 14 Palmans Collstrop 15 US Postal presented by Berry Floor 0.38 16 Team CSC 17 Cofidis 18 De Nardi Colpack 0.40 19 Flanders Iteamnova 20 Coast 21 Brioches La Boulangere 0.59 22 Telekom 1.17 23 Vlaanderen T Interim 1.20 General classification after stage 2 1 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Sidermec-Saunier Duval 10.55.17 2 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 0.01 3 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 0.28 4 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Lotto-Domo 0.32 5 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 0.35 6 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 0.40 7 Kristof Trouve (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 8 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 0.43 9 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 0.44 10 Dario Pieri (Ita) Team Saeco 0.46 11 Yuri Mitlushenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 11 Robert Hunter (Rsa) Rabobank 11 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Telekom 14 Matteo Carrara (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 15 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Alessio 16 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 17 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Flanders-iTeamNova 18 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 18 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 20 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 20 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 22 Marco Milesi (Ita) Sidermec-Saunier Duval 23 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Team Saeco 24 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 25 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 25 Serhiy Honchar (Ukr) De Nardi-Colpack 27 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 28 Roger Hammond (Gbr) Palmans-Collstrop 29 Erik Lievens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 30 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Lotto-Domo 31 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Team Saeco 32 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 33 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Alessio 34 Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 35 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 36 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 37 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 38 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Gerolsteiner 39 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 39 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 41 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com 41 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Flanders-iTeamNova 43 Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio 44 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 45 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 0.55 46 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Team Saeco 0.57 47 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 1.04 48 Fabian De Waele (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 1.05 49 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 50 Antonio Cruz (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 51 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC 52 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Sidermec-Saunier Duval 53 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 54 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis 55 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 56 Pavel Padrnos (Cze) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 57 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Team CSC 58 David Derepas (Fra) FDJeux.com 1.26 59 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 60 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Lampre 61 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Team Saeco 61 Andreas Klier (Ger) Telekom 63 Bradley Wiggins (Gbr) FDJeux.com 63 Roberto Petito (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 63 Bert Roesems (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 66 Benoit Joachim (Lux) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 66 Ondrej Fadrny (Cze) De Nardi-Colpack 68 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon 69 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 70 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 71 Christoph Kern (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 71 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 71 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 74 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 75 Rolf Aldag (Ger) Telekom 76 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom 77 Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 78 Malte Urban (Ger) Team Coast 79 Damon Kluck (USA) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 80 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 80 Michel Van Haecke (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 82 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre 82 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 84 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 85 Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) Telekom 86 Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 87 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 88 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Telekom 89 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre 90 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 91 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 92 Matthew White (Aus) US Postal presented by Berry Floor 93 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Telekom 94 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 95 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 96 Andrea Brognara (Ita) Alessio 97 Franck Renier (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 98 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 99 David Kopp (Ger) Telekom 1.48 100 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre 1.56 101 Saulius Ruskys (Lit) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 2.21 102 Mauro Gerosa (Ita) Sidermec-Saunier Duval 103 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 2.40 104 Frederik Willems (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 3.14 105 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) De Nardi-Colpack 3.24 106 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 3.25 107 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Sidermec-Saunier Duval 3.43 108 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com 3.49 109 Maximilian Sciandri (Gbr) Lampre 3.53 110 Davide Casarotto (Ita) Alessio 111 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Lotto-Domo 112 Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis 4.04 113 Robert Hayles (Gbr) Cofidis 114 Leif Hoste (Bel) Lotto-Domo 4.33 115 Robert Bartko (Ger) Rabobank 116 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Lotto-Domo 116 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Team Saeco 118 Cristian Pepoli (Ita) Team Saeco 119 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 120 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 121 Andre Korff (Ger) Team Coast 4.53 122 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 5.23 123 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Lampre 6.38 124 Alan Iacuone (Aus) Flanders-iTeamNova 6.39 125 Thomas Liese (Ger) Team Coast 126 Guido Trenti (USA) Fassa Bortolo 6.47 127 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Sidermec-Saunier Duval 7.12 128 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 7.18 129 Matthew Wilson (Aus) FDJeux.com 130 Kurt Van Landeghem (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 131 Uwe Hardter (Ger) Gerolsteiner 7.47 132 Julian Dean (Nzl) Team CSC 9.02 133 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) US Postal presented by Berr 9.19 134 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Sidermec-Saunier Duval 9.41 135 Mauro Radaelli (Ita) Sidermec-Saunier Duval 10.19 136 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 10.45 137 Heiko Szonn (Ger) Flanders-iTeamNova 13.11 138 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13.26 139 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 13.49 140 Jans Koerts (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 13.51 141 Frederik Penne (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 14.13 142 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Team CSC 15.10 143 Trent Wilson (Aus) Flanders-iTeamNova 19.04 144 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Lotto-Domo 25.59 Points classification 1 Dario Pieri (Ita) Team Saeco 21 pts 2 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 20 3 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Sidermec-Saunier Duval 20 4 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 18 5 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 18 6 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com 16 7 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 16 8 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Lotto-Domo 14 9 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Lotto-Domo 14 10 Yuri Mitlushenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 14 11 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Telekom 14 12 Robert Hunter (Rsa) Rabobank 14 13 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Lampre 12 14 Matteo Carrara (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 10 15 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 16 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Domina Vacanze-Elitron 7 17 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Alessio 7 18 Saulius Ruskys (Lit) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 3 19 David Derepas (Fra) FDJeux.com 3 20 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal presented by Ber 2 21 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 2 22 Julian Dean (Nzl) Team CSC 1 23 Fabian De Waele (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 1 Climbs classification 1 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 35 pts 2 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 16 2 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Sidermec-Saunier Duval 16 4 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 16 5 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 16 6 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 12 7 Kristof Trouve (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 8 8 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Lotto-Domo 8 9 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Lotto-Domo 1 10 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 1 11 Michel Van Haecke (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 1 12 David Kopp (Ger) Telekom 1 13 Massimo Apollonio (Ita) Sidermec-Saunier Duval 1 14 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 1 15 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Lotto-Domo 1 Sprints classification 1 Kristof Trouve (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 6 pts 2 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 5 3 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 3 4 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 3 5 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 2 6 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Sidermec-Saunier Duval 2 7 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 2 8 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Alessio 1 Young rider classification 1 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 10.56.00 2 Daniel Becke (Ger) Team Coast 0.01 3 Matteo Carrara (Ita) De Nardi-Colpack 0.03 4 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Flanders-iTeamNova 5 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 6 Erik Lievens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 7 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf 8 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Lampre 9 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 10 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Fassa Bortolo 0.12 12 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 0.22 13 David Derepas (Fra) FDJeux.com 0.43 14 Bradley Wiggins (Gbr) FDJeux.com 15 Ondrej Fadrny (Cze) De Nardi-Colpack 16 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 17 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 18 Christoph Kern (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 18 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 20 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Brioches La Boulangere 21 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Lampre 22 Alberto Vinale (Ita) Alessio 23 David Kopp (Ger) Telekom 1.05 24 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.57 25 Frederik Willems (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 2.31 26 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2.42 27 Jimmy Casper (Fra) FDJeux.com 3.06 28 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Lotto-Domo 3.10 29 Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis 3.21 30 Giosue Bonomi (Ita) Team Saeco 3.50 31 Cristian Pepoli (Ita) Team Saeco 32 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 33 Alberto Loddo (Ita) Lampre 5.55 34 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 6.35 35 Robert Forster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12.43 36 Frederik Penne (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop 13.30 37 Trent Wilson (Aus) Flanders-iTeamNova 18.21 Teams classification 1 Caldirola Sidermec 0.00 2 Bankgiroloterij 3 Fdjeux.Com 0.20 4 Alessio 0.34 5 Saeco Longoni Sport 6 Lampre 7 Landbouwkrediet Colnago 8 Rabobank 9 Marlux Wincor Nixdorf 10 Fassa Bortolo 0.43 11 Gerolsteiner 0.49 12 Palmans Collstrop 0.53 13 Quick Step Davitamon 14 US Postal presented by Berry Floor 1.12 15 Cofidis 16 De Nardi Colpack 1.14 17 Coast 18 Flanders Iteamnova 19 Brioches La Boulangere 1.33 20 Telekom 1.51 21 Vlaanderen T Interim 1.54 22 Lotto Domo 3.27 23 Team CSC 9.28
