Tuft solos to victory in Belgium

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Wauters, Blythe round out podium

Canadian Svein Tuft scored his team's first European victory of the season with a solo win in the GP Stad Zottegem. Tuft rode away from breakaway companions to cross the line 36 seconds ahead of second place finisher Willem Wauters (trainee for Vacansoleil-DCM), while Omega Pharma-Lotto's Adam Blythe won the sprint from the chasing group for third.

“The boys rode a perfect race today," Tuft said. "Everybody is starting to feel the form of those hard climbing French stage races. Early on we had Will [Routley], Zach [Bell] and myself in the break - and I knew it was going to be a good day.

“As the day wore on, I could see the riders starting to feel the fatigue and I knew it was time to go in the headwind section about 12k out. I knew once I had 30 seconds, I would be able to break the chase group. There were some technical sections that really suited me late in the race. I knew if I could get to the technical section, I could get out of sight and gain time,” Tuft said. “It was a very satisfying win and I'm really proud of the guys. We will be looking for another one tomorrow at Overjise.”

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#Rider Name (Country) TeamResult
1Svein Tuft (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C104:06:13
2Willem Wauters (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team0:00:36
3Adam Blythe (GBr) Omega Pharma-Lotto0:00:41
4Troels Ronning Vinther (Den) Glud & Marstrand - LRORow 3 - Cell 2
5Markus Eichler (Ger) Team NSPRow 4 - Cell 2
6Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Veranda's Willems - AccentRow 5 - Cell 2
7Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling TeamRow 6 - Cell 2
8Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) LandbouwkredietRow 7 - Cell 2
9Wouter Mol (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling TeamRow 8 - Cell 2
10Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator0:00:51
11Bjorn Thurau (Ger) Team NSP0:01:04
12Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto0:01:19
13Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Netapp0:02:32
14Roy Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest - RidleyRow 13 - Cell 2
15Bertjan Lindeman (Ned) Vacansoleil DCM Pro Cycling TeamRow 14 - Cell 2
16Guillaume Boivin (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10Row 15 - Cell 2
17Boris Dron (Bel) Lotto - Bodysol Pole Continental WallonRow 16 - Cell 2
18Koen Barbe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet0:02:43
19Andrew Fenn (GBr) An Post - Sean Kelly0:02:52
20Jens Debusschere (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto0:03:43
21James Spragg (GBr) Donckers Koffie - Jelly BellyRow 20 - Cell 2
22Evan Oliphant (GBr) Endura RacingRow 21 - Cell 2
23Thomas Guldhammer (Den) Team Concordia Forsikring - HimmerlandRow 22 - Cell 2
24Remco Broers (Ned) Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de0:03:49
25Jurgen François (Bel) Colba - Mercury0:04:10
26Sven Jodts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator0:04:47
27Sven Vandousselaere (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto0:05:01
28Sebastian Körber (Ger) Nutrixxion SparkasseRow 27 - Cell 2
29Ian Wilkinson (GBr) Endura RacingRow 28 - Cell 2
30Remco Te Brake (Ned) Cyclingteam De RijkeRow 29 - Cell 2
31Christian Moberg Jörgensen (Den) Glud & Marstrand - LRORow 30 - Cell 2
32Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - MercatorRow 31 - Cell 2
33Stefan Schäfer (Ger) Team NetAppRow 32 - Cell 2
34Simon Lambert-Lemay (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10Row 33 - Cell 2
35Martin Gilbert (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10Row 34 - Cell 2
36Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.deRow 35 - Cell 2
37Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) LandbouwkredietRow 36 - Cell 2
38Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Netapp0:05:19

 

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