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3rd Eneco Tour of Benelux - ProT
Netherlands & Belgium, August 22-29, 2007
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Prologue - August 22: Hasselt (Bel) ITT, 5.1km
Elijzen surprises in the rain
By Susan Westemeyer
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Michiel Elijzen of Team Cofidis took advantage of an early start time and dry weather to win the prologue of the Eneco Tour. The dutchman covered the 5.1-kilometre course in 6'09". Juan Antonio Flecha of Rabobank was one second back in second place and Predictor-Lotto's Johan Van Summeren another second back in third.
"I was very lucky, but my time was very strong," said the unbelieving winner. "The circumstances were certainly favourable for me, because the favourites had to ride their time trial in the rain. But I still had a strong time, when you consider that Knaven and Flecha, who also had a dry course, were slower than me."
Elijzen is a 25 year-old in his second and last year at Cofidis. The runner-up in this year's Dutch time trial championships has already announced that he will ride for Rabobank next year.
"I still can't believe that I won," he said. "I don't win that much and if you can do that in a ProTour race that runs through your own country, then of course that is the best. Plus, this morning I signed my contract with Rabobank -- what a day!"
Cofidis and Rabobank dominated the stage, with four Cofidis and three Rabobank riders in the top ten. The major player in the stage was the weather, though. It was dry when the stage started after raining all morning but the rain started up again for the last third of the field. Many of the favourites decided not to go for the win but to come in safely and, instead, take their chances in later stages.
Flecha set the standard high early in the stage, and his time held for about 25 minutes, before Elijzen broke it by one second. Van Summeren, who came in third, had problems with his chain before he got to the starting ramp, but was able to fix it before he took off.
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The course was full of curves and turns, 12 in all, with 11 of them being 90° corners. The heavy rain that came down late in the stage made it too dangerous for the riders to try anything fancy, and the wet pavement and puddles slowed them down, anyway.
Oscar Gatto of Gerolsteiner and Christophe Detilloux of Française des Jeux shared the slowest time, finishing 1,05 behind Elijzen, with the Frenchman taking the honours of last place.
The UCI did blood tests before the prologue on 47 riders from Chocolade Jacques, Unibet.com, Liquigas, Cofidis, La Francaise de Jeux and Euskaltel. All were found fit to ride.
Thursday's first stage stays in Belgium and ventures into the Ardennes. The 190km stage from Waremme to Eupen covers part of the Liege-Bastogne-Liege course, and is considered the most difficult stage of the race.
How it unfolded
It rained all morning but stopped in time for the day's action. Tom Stubbe of Chocolade Jacques was the first down the ramp, and he set a time of 6'31". This was promptly bettered by Paul Martens of Skil-Shimano, who covered the 5.1-kilometre parcours in 6'26".
That time stood for about 10 minutes, until Rabobank's time trial ace Thomas Dekker crossed the line in 6'17". But the speedy Dutchman was undercut by a speedier Belgian, Rik Verbrugghe of Cofidis, who was one second faster.
Olivier Bonnaire of Bouygues Telecom crashed within the last 50 metres, but was not injured. Meanwhile another Rabobank rider snatched the lead back from Verbrugghe, as Juan Antonio Flecha crossed the finish line six seconds faster, at 6'10".
Shortly thereafter, the rain that has been drenching Europe started up again, much to the disadvantage of those riders whose turns were yet to come. Robbie McEwen decided not to take any chances of crashing on the wet roads and ending his chances at some of those upcoming sprint finishes. The Predictor-Lotto rider made a leisurely tour of downtown Hasselt and cruised in at 6'56".
Others were a little faster underway. Servais Knaven of T-Mobile took over third place with 6'16", and four minutes later Johan Van Summeren (Predictor-Lotto) flew in at 6'11", just one second behind the leader.
Markus Zberg of Gerolsteiner was wearing number one on his back but he wasn't to be number one on the day. He took 6'35" to make the rounds. It was a Dutchman that jumped into the number 1 spot. Michiel Elijzen of Cofidis came in one second faster than Flecha, at 6'09"
The rain stopped but only briefly; by 16:00 it was coming back down hard and ruined the chances for new fast best times. Paolo Bossoni of Lampre came across the finish in exactly seven minutes, wobbling his way around a number of slick corners.
Gustav Erik Larsson of Unibet.com missed a corner and ended up going behind the barrier and up on the sidewalk but he made it back onto the course without falling. In another corner he had to avoid his accompanying motorcycle which went down in front of him. But still managed to make it in 6'24", outstanding considering the troubles he faced, and it was one of the few good times in the rain.
David Millar of Saunier Duval was one of the favourites going into the day but the rain put a stop to his ambitions. He concluded with a time of 6'20". Leif Hoste obviously decided to take it easy and look for his chances in the upcoming, hopefully dry, stages. He rolled in at 6'29".
The last rider to leave the blocks was Gerolsteiner's Sebastian Lang. The time trial specialist broke a bone in his heel this spring, causing him to miss the Tour de France. He was another who decided not to risk another injury and brought in a time of 6'41".
Photography
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Images by Luc Claessen/www.ctm-images.com
- Michiel Elijzen (Cofidis) won the prologue by one thin second.
- Johan Van Summeren (Predictor-Lotto) took third
- Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank) rides to second place in the Eneco Tour prologue
- Belgian TT champ Leif Hoste (Predictor-Lotto) favors the longer time trials, and came in a distant 57th
- Nick Nuyens (Cofidis) grimaces in pain, or maybe smiles in enjoyment of it - or maybe both?
- Michiel Elijzen (Cofidis) in action on his winning ride of the Eneco Tour prologue
Images by Elmar Krings
- David Millar was 11 seconds down in 16th
- Vattenfall Cyclassics winner, Ballan warms up.
- Retiring Dutchman, Michael Boogerd preparing to start his last Eneco Tour of the Benelux.
- Riders from the Caisse d'Epargne team warming up.
- Michiel Elijzen took advantage of his early start time to win the prologue.
- The riders from Euskatel warming by the team bus.
- Fumiyuki Beppu Discovery's Japanese connection finished in 87th today 24 seconds down.
- Gerolsteiner warming up. Heinrich Haussler (2nd from left) was thier highest finisher in 51st, 19 seconds down.
- Vladimir Gusev, Russian TT champion was 21st.
- José Ivan Gutierrez, spains TT champion finished in 45th.
- The Hasselt skyline.
- Recently crowned Belgian TT champion , displayed his new jersey for the first time and in Belgium.
- Kim Kirchen of Luxembourg.
- Sebastian Lang, last rider off the start ramp today would finish in 122nd place.
- Gustav Larsson, Swedish TT champion.
- Belgiums Gianni Meersman of Discovery.
- Team Milram riders warming up.
- Italian Vincenzo Nibali of Liquigas
- Jakob Piil from Denmark.
- Dutchman Michiel Elijzen will be the first leader of the tour.
- Peter Van Petegem finished way down in 155th.
- The team bus hussle in Hasselt.
- Rabobank had a lot of attention from curious fans.
- Australian Robbie McEwen ended up in 153rd.
- The start and finish area for the prologue.
- Riders awaiting their start times.
- Norwegian Thor Hushovd a previous TDF prologue winner, finished in 132nd, possibly due to the wet conditions.
- The T-Mobile bus.
Results
1 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6.09 (49.706km/h)
2 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 0.01
3 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 0.02
4 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.03
5 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.05
6 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile Team 0.07
7 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
8 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank
9 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 0.08
10 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
11 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 0.09
12 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil - Shimano 0.10
13 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic
14 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram
15 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank
16 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.11
17 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.12
18 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
19 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram
20 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Predictor - Lotto
21 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.13
22 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas
23 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 0.14
24 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram
25 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Française des Jeux
26 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole
27 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
28 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC
29 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 0.15
30 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic
31 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
32 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole
33 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com
34 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
35 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi
36 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 0.16
37 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne
38 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
39 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano
40 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 0.17
41 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil - Shimano
42 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic
43 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
44 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
45 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.18
46 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team
47 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas
48 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram
49 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC
50 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.19
51 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
52 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir
53 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank
54 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quickstep - Innergetic
55 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
56 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.20
57 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto
58 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas
59 Francisco Perez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
60 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
61 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
62 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto
63 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
64 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team 0.21
65 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor - Lotto
66 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 0.22
67 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com
68 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC
69 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram
70 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil - Shimano
71 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com
72 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen
73 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
74 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner
75 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 0.23
76 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Prodir
77 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner
78 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
79 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
80 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Prodir
81 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen
82 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team
83 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 0.24
84 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
85 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team
86 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com
87 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
88 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.25
89 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil - Shimano
90 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com
91 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor - Lotto
92 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram
93 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 0.26
94 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
95 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
96 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC
97 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
98 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
99 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen
100 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 0.27
101 Koen Barbé (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 0.28
102 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas
103 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
104 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil - Shimano
105 Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.29
106 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
107 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
108 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil - Shimano
109 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
110 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil - Shimano
111 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
112 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
113 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
114 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 0.30
115 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 0.31
116 Sven Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 0.32
117 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic
118 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen
119 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
120 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC
121 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
122 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner
123 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram
124 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 0.33
125 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com
126 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas
127 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team
128 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner
129 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.34
130 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC
131 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com
132 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 0.35
133 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
134 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
135 José Alberto Benitez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.36
136 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
137 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 0.37
138 Jakob Piil (Den) T-Mobile Team
139 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
140 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 0.38
141 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux
142 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.39
143 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole
144 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 0.41
145 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française des Jeux
146 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.42
147 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.44
148 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
149 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram
150 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
151 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 0.45
152 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 0.47
153 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto
154 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 0.48
155 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic
156 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank
157 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.49
158 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux
159 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 0.52
160 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.54
161 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
162 Raul Alarcon (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.59
163 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.05
164 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française des Jeux
Team
1 Cofidis 18.35
2 Rabobank 0.08
3 Predictor-Lotto 0.20
4 Quickstep-Innergetic 0.26
5 Team Milram 0.28
6 Discovery Channel 0.29
7 Liquigas 0.31
8 Skil-Shimano 0.35
9 Crédit Agricole 0.38
10 T-Mobile Team
11 Caisse d’Epargne 0.40
12 AG2R-Prévoyance 0.41
13 Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.42
14 Team CSC 0.46
15 Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.48
16 Unibet.com 0.51
17 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.53
18 Gerolsteiner 0.56
19 Lampre-Fondital 0.58
20 Bouygues Telecom 1.02
21 Française des Jeux 1.25
General Classification
1 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6.09
2 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 0.01
3 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 0.02
4 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.03
5 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.05
6 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile Team 0.07
7 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
8 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank
9 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 0.08
10 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
11 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 0.09
12 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil - Shimano 0.10
13 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic
14 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram
15 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank
16 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.11
17 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.12
18 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
19 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram
20 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Predictor - Lotto
21 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.13
22 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas
23 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 0.14
24 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram
25 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Française des Jeux
26 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole
27 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
28 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC
29 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 0.15
30 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic
31 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
32 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole
33 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com
34 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
35 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi
36 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 0.16
37 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne
38 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
39 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano
40 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 0.17
41 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil - Shimano
42 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic
43 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
44 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
45 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.18
46 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team
47 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas
48 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram
49 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC
50 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.19
51 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner
52 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir
53 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank
54 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quickstep - Innergetic
55 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
56 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.20
57 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto
58 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas
59 Francisco Perez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
60 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
61 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir
62 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto
63 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
64 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team 0.21
65 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor - Lotto
66 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 0.22
67 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com
68 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC
69 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram
70 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil - Shimano
71 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com
72 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen
73 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
74 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner
75 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 0.23
76 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Prodir
77 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner
78 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne
79 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
80 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Prodir
81 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen
82 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team
83 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 0.24
84 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne
85 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team
86 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com
87 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
88 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.25
89 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil - Shimano
90 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com
91 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor - Lotto
92 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram
93 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 0.26
94 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
95 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
96 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC
97 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
98 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
99 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen
100 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 0.27
101 Koen Barbé (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 0.28
102 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas
103 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
104 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil - Shimano
105 Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.29
106 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
107 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
108 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil - Shimano
109 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
110 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil - Shimano
111 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
112 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
113 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
114 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 0.30
115 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 0.31
116 Sven Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 0.32
117 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic
118 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen
119 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
120 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC
121 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
122 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner
123 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram
124 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 0.33
125 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com
126 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas
127 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team
128 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner
129 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.34
130 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC
131 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com
132 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 0.35
133 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital
134 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
135 José Alberto Benitez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.36
136 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
137 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 0.37
138 Jakob Piil (Den) T-Mobile Team
139 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
140 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 0.38
141 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux
142 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0.39
143 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole
144 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 0.41
145 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française des Jeux
146 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 0.42
147 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.44
148 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
149 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram
150 Julien Loubet (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
151 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 0.45
152 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 0.47
153 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto
154 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 0.48
155 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic
156 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank
157 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.49
158 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux
159 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 0.52
160 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 0.54
161 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
162 Raul Alarcon (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.59
163 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 1.05
164 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française des Jeux
Team classification
1 Cofidis 18.35
2 Rabobank 0.08
3 Predictor-Lotto 0.20
4 Quickstep-Innergetic 0.26
5 Team Milram 0.28
6 Discovery Channel 0.29
7 Liquigas 0.31
8 Skil-Shimano 0.35
9 Crédit Agricole 0.38
10 T-Mobile Team
11 Caisse d’Epargne 0.40
12 AG2R-Prévoyance 0.41
13 Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.42
14 Team CSC 0.46
15 Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.48
16 Unibet.com 0.51
17 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.53
18 Gerolsteiner 0.56
19 Lampre-Fondital 0.58
20 Bouygues Telecom 1.02
21 Française des Jeux 1.25
