2nd Doha International GP - 1.1

Doha, Qatar, January 29, 2005

2004 Results Results Past winners

Photography

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Images by AFP Photo

A Qatari man peaks with Iraqi cyclist Mihsen Reauf (Aljazeera sport Channel) before the start
French sports minister Jean-Francois Lamour on hand at the start
The Bouygues Telecom team is greeted by French sports minister Jean-Francois Lamour
Are turbans mandatory?
Radhwan Al-Moraqab (Al Jazeera Sport Channel) attacks
Mario Cipollini (Liquigas-Bianchi) in action. He eventually finished 5th.
A spectator watches the action
The peloton in the Doha International Grand Prix
Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) leads the peloton in the Doha International Grand Prix
Robert Hunter (Phonak) beats Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) and Lars Michaelsen (CSC) to win the Doha International Grand Prix
Tom Boonen and Robert Hunter congratulate each other on the podium
The podium (L ro R): Lars Michaelsen (3rd), Robert Hunter (1st) and Tom Boonen (2nd)
Robert Hunter (Phonak) accepts his winner's trophy

Images by Francis Cerny/Nikon Camera

Team Marco Polo training in Qatar
Allan Wolhuter and Todd McKean from the Marco Polo Cycling Team driving to the race circuit. They will be car number 1 in the peloton.
Riders before the start Robert Hunter, Mario Cipollini, Fuyu Li, a CSC rider and Fred Rodriguez on the start line
Cipollini, Fuyu and a CSC rider before the start
The peloton and some Arabic men watching it, really excited about the speed.
The complete peloton lined out

Results - 93.5 km

1 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak Hearing Systems             2.12.17 (42.409 km/h)
2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                         
3 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC                                
4 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel                         
5 Mario Cipollini (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                        
6 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto                          
7 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze                          
8 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team                               
9 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       
10 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto                        
11 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) Team CSC                         0.04
12 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile Team                     0.07
13 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp                     0.09
14 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance                            
15 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim        0.12
16 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                    
17 Wesley Van Speybrock (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim       
18 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim    0.14
19 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                           
20 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                       
21 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim           
22 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp                  
23 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                         
24 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 
25 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel                           
26 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team                             
27 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R Prevoyance                         
28 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                
29 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                        
30 Andre Greipel (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                           
31 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi                      
32 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                  
33 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team CSC                            0.24
34 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto                       0.27
35 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                0.32
36 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prevoyance                     0.35
37 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                           
38 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim         
39 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                      
40 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Discovery Channel                       
41 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel                       
42 Thomas Eriksen (Den) Team CSC                                
43 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       
44 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Ag2R Prevoyance                          
45 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                           
46 Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 0.53
47 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Marco Polo Cycling Team         0.56
48 Rhys Pollock (Aus) Marco Polo Cycling Team               1.02
49 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                            
50 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                       
51 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems                 
52 Cédric Herve (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           
53 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Domina Vacanze                       
54 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team                               
55 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                         
56 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      
57 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                    
58 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir                
59 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                            1.09
60 Eelke Van Der Wal (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp                  
61 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                  
62 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze                           
63 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           
64 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                       
65 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                         
66 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Crédit Agricole                       
67 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                           
68 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon                    
69 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole                         
70 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                  
71 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                       
72 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                    
73 Marco Bos (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp                          
74 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel                     
75 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel                       
76 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Shimano-Memory Corp                  
77 Damien Nazon (Fra) Crédit Agricole                           
78 Fuyu Li (Chn) Marco Polo Cycling Team                        
79 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Discovery Channel                   
80 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole                    
81 Axel Merckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                            
82 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto                           
83 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team                           
84 Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                      
85 Daniele Nardello (Ita) T-Mobile Team                         
86 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                      1.24
87 Steve Zampieri (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems                  
88 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                        
89 Kilian Patour (Fra) Crédit Agricole                          
90 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim                 
91 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance                      
92 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                       
93 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team                         1.28
94 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Crédit Agricole                       
95 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick.Step-Davitamon                    
96 Rene Obst (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                               
97 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Wiesenhof                          
98 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                 1.46
99 Frédéric Mainguenaud (Fra) Bouygues Telecom              1.50
100 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems                      
101 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel                 1.53
102 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Domina Vacanze                          
103 Sacha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems             2.05
104 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi                     2.15
105 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Liquigas-Bianchi                    
106 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile Team                           
107 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon                  2.18
108 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp               3.26
109 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) Domina Vacanze                           
 
Outside time limit
 
HD Ahmed Abduljaleel (Irq) Aljazeera Sports Channel               
HD Farkad Mohammed (Irq) Aljazeera Sports Channel                 
HD Mohcena Rhiele (Mar) Aljazeera Sports Channel                

DNF Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak Hearing Systems               
DNF Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim         
DNF Tomoya Kano (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp                       
DNF Michael Carter (USA) Marco Polo Cycling Team                
DNF Edmunds Hollands (Aus) Marco Polo Cycling Team              
DNF Chiyin Leung (HKg) Marco Polo Cycling Team                  
DNF Jamsran Ulzii - Orshikh (Mgl) Marco Polo Cycling Team       
DNF Rene Van Oord (NZl) Marco Polo Cycling Team                 
DNF Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Aljazeera Sports Channel           
DNF Rdhwan Al-Moraqab (Qat) Aljazeera Sports Channel            
DNF Tareq Esmaeili (Qat) Aljazeera Sports Channel               
DNF Juan Jose Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                   
DNF Michele Gobbi (Ita) Domina Vacanze                          
DNF Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb) Domina Vacanze                      
DNS Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim            
DNS Rik Reinerink (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp                     
DNS Mihsien Reauf (Irq) Aljazeera Sports Channel                  

Courtesy of Stephane David

Past winners

2004 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) De Nardi