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3rd Eneco Tour of Benelux - ProT

Netherlands & Belgium, August 22-29, 2007

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Stage 3 - August 25: Knokke-Heist (Bel) - Putte (Bel), 170.8km

McEwen rages to stage three win

Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto)
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By his account, Robbie McEwen shouldn't have even been in Belgium for the Eneco Tour - he would have preferred to be heading to Spain for the Vuelta instead. However, he made the best of a bad situation after being left off the Predictor-Lotto Vuelta team, and took out a sprint victory in Putte ahead of Francesco Chicchi (Liquigas) and Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole). Cofidis' Nick Nuyens finished in the main group and held onto the overall lead.

The Australian who is living in Belgium and riding for a Belgian outfit, Predictor Lotto, got a sweet home victory as consolation in the third stage that was held entirely on Belgian soil.

The race went as predicted, with a group of six going away at first and as they were caught with 90 kilometres, another group of five taking off. The sprinters' teams kept everything under control and let the various breaks take the intermediate sprints while closer to the finish line they upped the pace and caught the last break just in time to set up the bunch sprint.

Rabobank and Saunier Duval, for their top GC men (Dekker in second and Millar in fourth) also had to put out some wattage in the front. Millar was involved in a crash earlier in the race, but it did not affect him and he could hold on to his fourth place overall.

The only change at the top of any classification was the sprinter's one, where the slim lead of Nick Nuyens was not enough and T-Mobiler Mark Cavendish, who won yesterday, took over the top spot by placing fourth in the bunch gallop. Nuyens's dropped to third, but was more concerned with holding on the top of the general classification.

Both agreed with the day's outcome and will hope that GC stays the same until the final stage, when the individual time trial will bring the decision.

Tomorrow the race will cross into the Netherlands as the riders head from Maldegem in Belgium to Terneuzen, in the neighbouring country to the north, over 182.7 kilometres.

How it unfolded

Julian Dean of Crédit Agricole was the first casualty of the day, as he didn't start the third stage, which was taking the riders over 167 kilometres from Knokke-Heistto Putte (Bel). Nico Eeckhout was the first to attack, only six kilometres into the race on a day where the temperature along the coast was only around 20 degrees Celsius.

Thor Hushovd came close this time
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But Eeckhout was quickly back in the warmth of the peloton, before three others, Aleksandr Kuschynski (Liquigas), Benoit Poilvet (Crédit Agricole) and Iban Mayoz (Euskaltel) went off the front at kilometre 11. Six kilometres later they were joined by Kasper Klostergård (Team CSC) and Arnaud Coyot (Unibet.com), but they never got far away from the peloton and had only 15 seconds after 26 kilometres of racing, which allowed Steven Caethoven (Chocolade Jacques) to jump across and make it six in the front.

Those six up front they finally got some lee-way and quickly built a lead of over three minutes, with the peloton sitting back and letting the six decide the first sprint among themselves at kilometre 52, in Zaffelare-Lochristi. It was Caethoven before Kuschynski and Mayoz. Their lead was down to 2'20", and T-Mobile, Quick.Step-Innergetic and Predictor-Lotto put themselves to work up front.

With less than 100 kilometres to go the front group was reeled in. It took another ten kilometres before a new group formed, with the Belgians Tom Stubbe (Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen) and Gianni Meersman (Discovery Channel), Frenchman Matthieu Sprick (Bouygues Telecom), Italian Alessandro Vanotti (Liquigas) and Spaniard Unai Etxebarria (Euskaltel-Euskadi). Their lead also quickly went up, before some teams, especially Rabobank, put things under control and 50 kilometres before the finish the advantage was less than three minutes.

Stubbe won the sprint in Sint-Katelijne-Wavein, with 45 kilometres remaining. He was ahead of Etxebarria and Meersman. The gap had stabilized and five kilometres after the sprint it was still 2 1/2 minutes. 22 kilometres before the finish a crash disrupted the peloton's movements. Among the victims was fourth-placed David Millar and the winner of the prologue, Michiel Elijzen (Cofidis).

Two old strong men: Michael Boogerd and Peter van Petegem
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The sprinters' teams completely took over the front, but the front group reached the final sprint in Putte, 15 kilometres from the line, ahead of the charging field, with Meersman winning the sprint ahead of Stubbe and Sprick. But the peloton's work showed its effect and and with a little more than 10 kilometres left the gap was down to 30 seconds.

T-Mobile was very present at the front, hoping for another win of Cavendish. Four kilometres before the line the race was over for Carlo Westphal (Gerolsteiner), who had a run-in with a cyclo-tourist at the side of the road. The second incident of this kind in two days. With the roads narrow, the cyclist sometimes tried to take short cuts that don't always work well for everyone.

This was also about the spot where the break was caught in ever-astonishing perfect timing of the fast men's helpers. Lampre and hometown boys Predictor-Lotto took the front with less than three kilometres remaining, and McEwen delivered for his Belgian team, ahead of Chicchi and Hushovd.

Photography

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Images by Brecht Decaluwé/Cyclingnews.com

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Results

1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                             3.42.28 (46.065 km/h)
2 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                         
3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                       
4 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team                                       
5 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                    
6 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Prodir           
7 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                             
8 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                            
9 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com                                           
10 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                            
11 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                             
12 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                   
13 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
14 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                               
15 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 
16 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                            
17 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                             
18 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      
19 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                    
20 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen             
21 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                 
22 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                        
23 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                  
24 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team                                       
25 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  
26 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com                                          
27 Sven Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen              
28 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
29 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram                                       
30 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                               
31 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                                          
32 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC                                          
33 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                         
34 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC                                             
35 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
36 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
37 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
38 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank                                             
39 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     
40 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com                                           
41 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          
42 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
43 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 
44 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Française des Jeux                                 
45 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 
46 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                          
47 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            
48 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                           
49 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                               
50 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                             
51 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
52 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 
53 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                                         
54 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
55 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team                                   
56 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen          
57 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                   
58 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com                                           
59 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                          
60 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                      
61 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                    
62 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil - Shimano                                       
63 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                                        
64 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                   
65 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas                                           
66 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                         
67 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                   
68 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                
69 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                      
70 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                  
71 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                      
72 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                         
73 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram                                       
74 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                           
75 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                             
76 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                              
77 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir                               
78 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                           
79 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        
80 Koen Barbé (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                
81 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 
82 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
83 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                
84 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                            
85 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram                                 
86 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                         
87 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         
88 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen             
89 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram                                    
90 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                              
91 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                               
92 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen        
93 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                       
94 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                         
95 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
96 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  
97 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
98 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                  
99 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           
100 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    
101 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                              
102 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC                              
103 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                
104 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance                                    
105 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            
106 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                 
107 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                   
108 Francisco Perez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                 
109 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               
110 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
111 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                
112 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                         
113 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen             
114 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
115 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
116 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                   
117 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                      
118 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com                                        
119 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com                                          
120 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française des Jeux                              
121 Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               
122 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       
123 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quickstep - Innergetic                         
124 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                        
125 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                  
126 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                        
127 José Alberto Benitez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      
128 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            
129 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                        
130 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                  
131 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                               
132 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                   
133 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
134 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil - Shimano                            
135 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            
136 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              
137 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                     
138 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                 
139 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                              
140 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com                             
141 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                      
142 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                
143 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                                
144 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   
145 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                     0.33
146 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        
147 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                
148 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            0.48
149 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                              0.52
150 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          
151 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           1.25
152 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             2.14
153 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          2.38
154 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
155 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  3.28
156 Raul Alarcon (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          4.05
157 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen           4.09
158 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                   
DNF  Jakob Piil (Den) T-Mobile Team                                        
DNS Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                      
 
Sprints
 
1
1 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen          8 pts
2 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                      5
3 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                    3
 
2
1 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                8 pts
2 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         5
3 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                3
 
3
1 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                8 pts
2 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                5
3 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  3
 
Final
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                  30 pts
2 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                       25
3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                     22
4 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team                                     19
5 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                  17
6 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Prodir         15
7 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                           13
8 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          12
9 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com                                         11
10 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                          10
 
Teams
 
1 Predictor-Lotto                                                  11.07.24
2 Rabobank                                                                 
3 Quickstep-Innergetic                                                     
4 Gerolsteiner                                                             
5 Unibet.com                                                               
6 T-Mobile Professional Cycling                                            
7 Skil-Shimano                                                             
8 Caisse d'Epargne                                                         
9 Team Milram                                                              
10 Team CSC                                                                
11 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen                                   
12 Française des Jeux                                                      
13 Discovery Channel                                                       
14 Liquigas                                                                
15 Lampre-Fondital                                                         
16 Bouygues Telecom                                                        
17 Crédit Agricole                                                         
18 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                                    
19 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                       
20 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                         
21 AG2r Prévoyance                                                         
 
General classification after stage 3
 
1 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              13.02.16
2 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                         0.10
3 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           0.17
4 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            0.18
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                                          0.41
9 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                            0.49
10 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil - Shimano                                       
11 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                         0.50
12 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                   
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 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                        0.58
18 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                            0.59
19 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                           1.01
20 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 
21 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             1.02
22 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      1.04
23 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        1.05
24 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                           1.07
25 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                   
26 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                           
27 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance                                     
28 Sven Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen          1.08
29 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram                                       
30 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram                                    
31 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                         
32 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                      1.09
33 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                   1.10
34 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
35 Francisco Perez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                  
36 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                  1.11
37 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                  
38 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   1.12
39 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                      1.13
40 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                         
41 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 1.14
42 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                         
43 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil - Shimano                             1.15
44 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      1.18
45 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             1.23
46 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                     1.29
47 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux                             1.34
48 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                          1.51
49 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil - Shimano                             1.58
50 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                     2.00
51 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                      2.01
52 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                5.16
53 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   7.18
54 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC                                      7.33
55 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           8.47
56 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                                   10.57
57 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                 10.59
58 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                   11.00
59 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto                             11.03
60 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                           
61 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                             
62 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 
63 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                       11.04
64 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                  
65 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                  
66 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
67 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                               11.05
68 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen              
69 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC                                        11.07
70 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas                                           
71 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                    
72 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               11.08
73 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                             
74 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quickstep - Innergetic                          
75 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         11.09
76 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                 11.11
77 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com                                         
78 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com                              
79 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      11.12
80 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Prodir          
81 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                            
82 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        
83 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen        
84 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com                                     11.13
85 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team                                       
86 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com                                      11.14
87 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram                                 
88 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
89 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole                               11.15
90 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                            11.16
91 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil - Shimano                               11.17
92 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                              11.18
93 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           
94 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
95 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      
96 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                   
97 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                    11.19
98 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                            11.20
99 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen        11.21
100 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                             
101 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
102 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com                                    11.23
103 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         11.24
104 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                          11.26
105 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com                                     11.27
106 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
107 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       11.28
108 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                             11.41
109 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           11.43
110 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          12.36
111 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           13.20
112 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                13.53
113 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                            13.58
114 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team                                13.59
115 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Française des Jeux                           14.00
116 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                             14.09
117 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        14.10
118 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           14.12
119 Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          14.15
120 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                   14.18
121 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone     14.22
122 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         14.30
123 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                                    14.31
124 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 14.39
125 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                  14.41
126 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                    15.07
127 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        
128 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              17.31
129 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                   17.45
130 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          17.48
131 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil - Shimano                            
132 José Alberto Benitez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                 17.55
133 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                         18.30
134 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano                             18.32
135 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            18.40
136 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team                             18.41
137 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen       18.46
138 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                  18.47
139 Koen Barbé (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen          18.48
140 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com                                     18.53
141 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                18.54
142 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC                              
143 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                             18.57
144 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                               
145 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen    18.58
146 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram                                 19.04
147 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                       19.08
148 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux                            19.14
149 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                             19.45
150 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            20.49
151 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française des Jeux                         20.57
152 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           21.21
153 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 22.06
154 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen          25.05
155 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 25.32
156 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       25.34
157 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              29.19
158 Raul Alarcon (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         34.20
 
Points classification
 
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team                                     49 pts
2 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                  39
3 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    38
4 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             35
5 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                  30
6 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                           28
7 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                           25
8 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                          25
9 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                 25
10 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                      25
11 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             22
12 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                    22
13 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  19
14 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                  17
15 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank                                           16
16 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                    15
17 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                 15
18 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Prodir        15
19 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                               13
20 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                       13
21 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com                                        13
22 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen              13
23 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                             12
24 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                    12
25 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                         12
26 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil - Shimano                                     11
27 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram                                     11
28 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com                                        11
29 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              11
30 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       10
31 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                          10
32 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           8
33 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                         8
34 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen         8
35 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                5
36 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                     5
37 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        5
38 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                              3
39 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                            3
40 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                       3
41 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 3
42 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                   3
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC                                         15 pts
2 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                       15
3 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                 6
4 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            4
5 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                4
6 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                         3
7 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                    3
8 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       2
9 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                          1
10 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                     1
 
Team classification
 
1 Predictor-Lotto                                                  39.08.23
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 Discovery Channel                                                    1.41
8 Liquigas                                                             1.45
9 T-Mobile Professional Cycling                                        1.54
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

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