Home
Competitive Cyclist
Cervelo
Giant
Seven Cycles
BMC
Gita Sporting Goods
Total Cycling
Speedplay
Vanderkitten
Maxxis

3rd Eneco Tour of Benelux - ProT

Netherlands & Belgium, August 22-29, 2007

Main Page    Results   Overall standings    Stage Details          Previous Stage  Next Stage

Stage 1 - August 23: Waremme (Bel) - Eupen (Bel), 189.5km

Nuyens takes over

By Susan Westemeyer

Nuyens was happy with his first win
Photo ©: AFP
(Click for larger image)

Nick Nuyens of Team Cofidis was the strongest of a seven-man group at the end of the Eneco Tour's Queen Stage, as he took the uphill sprint ahead of Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) and Iván Gutiérrez (Caisse d'Epargne). He also took over the leader's jersey from his teammate Michiel Elijzen.

The 27 year-old Belgian was thrilled to take the victory. "Another win, and what a win! I knew that the finish would suit me," he said. "I have shown that I can still win, even though it has been a while. I was under no stress when the stage started. We wanted to protect Elijzen's leader's jersey, because the boy deserves that."

At the finish though, the young Dutchman was nowhere to be found. "In the final, I reacted to an attack from Gutiérrez. There were seven of us there and we knew the strongest would win. I had a small gear, while the others were dying on their big gears. I jumped and to my surprise immediately had 15 metres. That's when I knew I had it."

The first part of the stage was marked by a four-man strong escape group, which got away after only five kilometres and stayed away until the descent on the last ranked climb with about 50 kilometres to go. The fast moving peloton splintered because of both the speed and the climbs. Breakaway groups formed, got away, were caught and re-formed.

The Bad Luck of the Day Award goes to Discovery Channel's Vladimir Gusev. He flatted at kilometre 30 and had to wait for a bike from the neutral supply car. Three teammates hauled him back to the peloton. With 10 kilometres to go he flatted yet again and a team-mate gave him his front wheel. He managed to make it back to the group again, when with three kilometres to go he touched tires with Predictor-Lotto's Pieter Mertens and both riders went down. Mertens was underway quickly but the Russian had to let the doctor look at his ripped open thigh before gently making his way on, coming in some four minutes down.

How it unfolded

Michiel Elijzen, a previously unfamiliar name to most in the scene, led the riders out this morning, proudly wearing the leader's red jersey. One rider was missing at the start; Christophe Detilloux of Française de Jeux, who crashed in yesterday's prologue.

After only five kilometres, the escape group of the day formed with Tom Stubbe (Chocolade Jacques), Maarten Den Bakker (Skil-Shimano), Beñat Albizuri (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Martin Pedersen of CSC. By kilometre 16 they had built an advantage of 2'15", giving Den Bakker the virtual leader's jersey. He was the best-placed of the four, having finished 22 seconds behind Elijzen in the prologue.

The quartet takes on the first climb of the day, the Mur de Huy, and come over with Pedersen first, followed by Den Bakker and Stubbe. The peloton passed 6'40" later, with Predictor-Lotto sprinter Robbie McEwen struggling on the climb.

The second climb came quickly after the first, with Pedersen, Stubbe and then Albizuri leading over the top.

Cofidis led the peloton in hunting down the escape quartet, with help from Rabobank and by 91 kilometres to go it has come down to 5'30". The chase was hit by a spate of flats, with Aart Vierhouten (Skil-Shimano), Alessandro Vanotti (Liquigas) and Graeme Brown (Rabobank, falling victim but all of them made it back to the peloton effortlessly. The gap had come down to four minutes with three ranked climbs to go.

The four in the break start their up the Stockeu, closely followed by the peloton. The lead is dropping by the second. At 66 kilometres to go the gap is down to 2'24" with the GC teams really stepping on the gas, cutting the lead to 1'30" by four kilometres later. Over the Stockeu, Stubbe and Albizuri can't keep up and have to fall back. Pedersen takes the points again, followed by Den Bakker and Albizuri.

Stubbe and Albizuri are quickly absorbed by the peloton. A group of fifteen breaks off the front, but leader Elijzen is not one of them. He is about two minutes back in the big peloton. A second, smaller group goes off, too. By 44 kilometres to go, and the two groups have joined up and somehow grown to 53 riders, including such GC candidates Nuyens, Hoste, Van Summeren, Dekker, and Miller.

The peloton was riding every-man-for-himself at less than 20 kilometres to go, which allowed a Maarten Den Bakker (Skil-Shimano) to get away with 19 kilometres to go. He pulled away as the group rolls in to Eupen. A chase led to a final decisive counter-attack of seven with Dekker, Hoste, Van den Broeck, Gutiérrez, Nuyens and Millar. The Scot took off with 10 kilometres and builds up a slight lead.

Millar was joined by Caisse d'Epargne's Gutiérrez and the pair held a gap until 7.6 kilometres to go. The regrouped seven were only leading by 14 seconds and had to stay focused if it was to stay away. Cohesion lasted until the one-kilometre banner when the riders were forced out of their saddles on the uphill finish. Millar led into the last 200 metres, but it s Nuyens who came around and won over Dekker and Gutiérrez. The following group came home 24 seconds later.

Friday's third stage is a fairly flat 200 kilometres from Antwerp to Knokke-Heist. There is one small climb near the middle of the stage.

Photography

For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here

Images by AFP

Images by Luc Claessen/www.ctm-images.com

Results

1 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               4.42.38 (40.22 km/h)
2 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                             
3 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      
4 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                
5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                        0.06
6 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                   0.09
7 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                              0.13
8 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                            0.24
9 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil - Shimano                                        
10 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         
11 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                           0.28
12 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram                                    
13 Sven Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen              
14 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank                                         0.32
15 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                      
16 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
17 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                                         
18 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                               
19 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                         
20 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                   
21 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux                             0.37
22 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     
23 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                           
24 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                            
25 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            
26 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          
27 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                          
28 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                   
29 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                      0.42
30 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                         
31 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                       
32 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                 
33 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                             
34 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance                                     
35 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  
36 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    
37 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
38 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                
39 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
40 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram                                       
41 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
42 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                              
43 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             0.51
44 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                          0.54
45 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             0.57
46 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                     0.58
47 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                     1.04
48 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                      1.05
49 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                         
50 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil - Shimano                             1.28
51 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                              0.42
52 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 
53 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           5.49
54 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   6.48
55 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC                                      6.59
56 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas                                      10.41
57 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                  
58 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                   
59 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com                              
60 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                    
61 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                      
62 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Prodir          
63 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen        
64 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                  
65 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                           
66 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                    
67 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                    
68 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                             
69 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             
70 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                        
71 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             
72 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen              
73 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil - Shimano                             
74 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
75 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               
76 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    
77 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                   
78 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 
79 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                
80 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                
81 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team                                       
82 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com                                          
83 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                               
84 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                             
85 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quickstep - Innergetic                          
86 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
87 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com                                           
88 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen             
89 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
90 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram                                 
91 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com                                         
92 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           
93 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
94 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
95 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com                                          
96 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                            
97 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        
98 Javier Benitez Pomares (Spa) Benfica                                    
99 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com                                           
100 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                 
101 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                     
102 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                                       
103 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          
104 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   
105 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC                                            
106 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      
107 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                  
108 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        
109 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                
110 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
111 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                             
112 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            
113 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
114 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                        
115 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       
116 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                         
117 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                        
118 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                           
119 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
120 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                13.38
121 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
122 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          
123 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
124 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
125 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                 
126 Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               
127 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team                                     
128 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Française des Jeux                                
129 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                  
130 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                                         
131 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française des Jeux                              
132 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                        
133 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                         
134 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           13.54
135 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen          14.01
136 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            18.12
137 Koen Barbé (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen               
138 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen            
139 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com                                          
140 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       
141 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                    
142 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                         
143 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                       
144 Jesus Del Nero Montes (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     
145 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 
146 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                      
147 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                  
148 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
149 Jakob Piil (Den) T-Mobile Team                                         
150 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC                              
151 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                               
152 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                            
153 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team                                  
154 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                  
155 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                   
156 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen         
157 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                      
158 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                              
159 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram                                      
160 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                      
161 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   
162 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 

Sprints

1
1 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  8 pts
2 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         5
3 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                   3
 
2
1 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank                                 8 pts
2 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team     5
3 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         3
 
3
1 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto               8 pts
2 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  5
3 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                 3
 
Finish
1 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone        30 pts
2 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                               25
3 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                 22
4 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir                  19
5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto              17
6 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                         15
7 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                    13
8 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                  12
9 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil - Shimano                          11
10 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir           10
 
Mountains
 
1
1 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC                              5 pts
2 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil - Shimano                     3
3 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen    1
 
2
1 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC                              5 pts
2 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen    3
3 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi           1
 
3
1 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC                              5 pts
2 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil - Shimano                     3
3 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi           1
 
Teams
 
Classification
1 Predictor-Lotto                                      14.08.37
2 Rabobank                                                 0.31
3 Caisse d'Epargne                                         0.41
4 Skil-Shimano                                             0.55
5 Quickstep-Innergetic                                     1.08
6 Team Milram                                              1.09
7 Liquigas                                                 1.34
8 T-Mobile Professional Cycling                            1.36
9 Discovery Channel                                        1.47
10 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       7.19
11 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                   10.22
12 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                        10.40
13 AG2r Prévoyance                                        10.53
14 Lampre-Fondital                                        10.59
15 Gerolsteiner                                           11.07
16 Crédit Agricole                                        11.12
17 Française des Jeux                                     11.29
18 Team CSC                                               17.34
19 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen                  21.07
20 Unibet.com                                             21.11
21 Bouygues Telecom                                       31.20
 
General classification after stage 2
 
1 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               4.48.39
2 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                         0.10
3 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                  0.17
4 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            0.19
5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                        0.25
6 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                   0.37
7 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                              0.38
8 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank                                          0.44
9 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                            0.49
10 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil - Shimano                                       
11 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil - Shimano                               0.50
12 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                             
13 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     0.51
14 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                          0.52
15 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                                     0.55
16 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              0.57
17 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                            0.59
18 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                        1.00
19 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             1.01
20 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                               
21 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      1.04
22 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance                                 1.07
23 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    
24 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                           
25 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                   
26 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                               
27 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                     1.08
28 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram                                       
29 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            
30 Sven Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen              
31 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram                                    
32 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                   1.10
33 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
34 Francisco Perez Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
35 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                              1.11
36 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                      1.12
37 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
38 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                      1.13
39 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                         
40 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 1.14
41 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil - Shimano                             1.15
42 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                      
43 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             1.17
44 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      1.18
45 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                     1.19
46 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             1.23
47 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                     1.29
48 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux                             1.34
49 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                          1.51
50 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil - Shimano                             1.58
51 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                     2.00
52 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                      2.01
53 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           6.09
54 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   7.18
55 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC                                      7.33
56 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            10.49
57 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                                   10.57
58 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                 10.59
59 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                   11.01
60 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                      11.03
61 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 
62 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                             
63 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                             11.04
64 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                            
65 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                  
66 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         
67 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                               11.05
68 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen              
69 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
70 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas                                      11.07
71 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC                                             
72 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                        11.08
73 Iban Mayo Diez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             
74 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    
75 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quickstep - Innergetic                          
76 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
77 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto                             11.09
78 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
79 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        
80 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com                         11.11
81 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com                                         
82 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
83 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Prodir     11.12
84 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen        
85 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                           
86 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                            
87 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        
88 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                 11.13
89 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team                                       
90 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com                                          
91 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram                            11.14
92 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com                                           
93 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
94 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole                               11.15
95 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
96 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                         
97 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                            11.16
98 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil - Shimano                               11.17
99 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil - Shimano                              11.18
100 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil - Shimano                            
101 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               
102 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          
103 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
104 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                  
105 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
106 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                   11.19
107 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team CSC                                    11.20
108 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen       11.21
109 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                             
110 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
111 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com                                    11.23
112 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         11.24
113 Javier Benitez Pomares (Spa) Benfica                              11.25
114 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                          11.26
115 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                         11.27
116 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com                                          
117 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       11.28
118 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                             11.41
119 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           11.43
120 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                13.53
121 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                            13.58
122 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Française des Jeux                           14.00
123 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                             14.09
124 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team                                     
125 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        14.10
126 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           14.12
127 Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          14.15
128 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                   14.18
129 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone     14.22
130 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française des Jeux                         14.27
131 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           14.30
132 Joseba Zubeldia Agirre (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
133 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen          14.31
134 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                                         
135 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                    14.34
136 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              18.23
137 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                         18.30
138 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            18.35
139 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano                             18.36
140 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            18.40
141 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team                             18.41
142 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen       18.46
143 Laurent Mangel (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                   
144 Koen Barbé (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen          18.48
145 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 18.52
146 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com                                     18.53
147 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                    
148 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                       
149 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                18.54
150 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC                              
151 Jakob Piil (Den) T-Mobile Team                                    18.57
152 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                               
153 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                 18.59
154 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen    19.01
155 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 19.02
156 Jesus Del Nero Montes (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                19.04
157 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram                                      
158 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                             19.07
159 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                       19.08
160 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux                            19.14
161 Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                  19.19
162 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                    19.25
 
Points classification
 
1 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    38 pts
2 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    35
3 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                           25
4 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                          25
5 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir                              19
6 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                     15
7 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                13
8 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                              12
9 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil - Shimano                                      11
10 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       10
11 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank                                            8
12 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                5
13 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                              3
14 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                            3

Mountains classification

1 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC                             15 pts
2 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil - Shimano                     6
3 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen    4
4 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi           2
 
Team classification
 
1 Predictor-Lotto                                      14.27.32
2 Rabobank                                                 0.19
3 Caisse d'Epargne                                         1.01
4 Skil-Shimano                                             1.10
5 Quickstep-Innergetic                                     1.14
6 Team Milram                                              1.17
7 Liquigas                                                 1.45
8 T-Mobile Professional Cycling                            1.54
9 Discovery Channel                                        1.56
10 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                       7.47
11 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                        10.20
12 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                   10.44
13 AG2r Prévoyance                                        11.14
14 Crédit Agricole                                        11.30
15 Lampre-Fondital                                        11.37
16 Gerolsteiner                                           11.43
17 Française des Jeux                                     12.34
18 Team CSC                                               18.00
19 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen                  21.40
20 Unibet.com                                             21.42
21 Bouygues Telecom                                       32.02

Back to top