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6th Tour of Qatar - 2.1
Qatar, January 28-February 2, 2007
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Stage 2 - January 29: Al Wakra - Qatar Olympic Committee, 135.5 km
Boonen wins first direct match
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As expected, the first stage of the Tour of Qatar after yesterday’s team time trial ended up in a bunch sprint, and as expected, it was a tight battle between two of the world's greatest sprinters: Tom Boonen and Alessandro Petacchi. This time, the Belgian was the one who had his tyre ahead of the Italian on the finish line. After 135.5km of riding, the title holder once again proved that Qatar was his winning territory as he claimed his first success of 2007, and took over the overall leader’s yellow jersey from his teammate Steven De Jongh.
"I didn’t want my teammates to start their effort too early," said Boonen after the stage. "I asked Tosatto and De Jongh to wait until the last moment to start their effort and lead me out. I then did the necessary to capture the win."
Italian supersprinter Petacchi was still satisfied with his performance, although he had to give in to his greatest rival. "My teammates took over the lead with two kilometres to go," he commented. "In the final meters, I was behind Boonen who was led out by one of his guys. Tom surprised me; I took his wheel but I couldn't come round him. I'm still happy because it was my first real sprint since eight months and it wasn't easy mentally. I feel good and that what's important to me."
In the middle of the sprint, a crash occurred as Graeme Brown (Rabobank) collided with Tom Steels (Predictor-Lotto), who hit the ground. The Australian was found responsible of this dangerous move and later lost his initial third spot, as he was relegated by the race commissaires.
Throughout the stage, the riders had to fight against the wind, in otherwise perfect conditions. "It was a very strange day," added Boonen. "I don’t recall witnessing such a bizarre wind here in Qatar. It made the stage very tricky and tense." Asked if he was aiming at taking the overall win again this year, the former World Champion replied, "There really is a fierce competition on this Tour of Qatar. My goal isn’t to win all the stages. For the moment, I’m well satisfied with the race. I would be happy with my race if it had to stop today."
How it unfolded
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All 136 riders of this sixth edition of the Tour of Qatar took off again this morning from Al Wakra by the sea, heading west before returning to the state’s capital Doha. The action started after 25 kilometres when two riders, Marcus Burghardt (T-Mobile) and Kenny De Haes (Chocolade Jacques) took advantage of a fall and a favourable wind to break away.
Two other men chased them down after a few clicks: Murilo Fischer (Liquigas) and Jérôme Pineau (Bouygues). The Brazilian and the French enjoyed a long moment leading the race with the gap growing to a maximum of 2’35 at km 42. The pack led by the Quickstep and Milram teams then really started chasing and both men were caught at km 58.
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The peloton was all together at the first intermediate sprint of the day (km 73), won by yellow jersey De Jongh (QuickStep) ahead of his teammate Gert Steegmans and Aurélien Clerc (Bouygues). After the pace slowed down, five riders managed to take off at km 76: Bert Roesems (Predictor), Kenny De Haes (Chocolade Jacques) and Piet Rooijakkers (Skil) rapidly caught by Christophe Riblon (AG2R) and Dmitriy Muravyev (Astana). Their lead started gradually growing from 1’40 at km 82 to a maximum 4’15 at km 94. The sprinter's teams then started to reel them in with around forty kilometres to go.
At the second intermediate sprint (km 135.5) won by De Haes ahead of Roesems and Muravyev, the front men’s advantage on the pack had dropped down to 2’05 and was then of only 35 seconds with 10 kilometres to go. All five were to be caught in the final part of the stage. With the Milram, Rabobank and Quickstep teams taking control of the pack, a bunch sprint finish was bound to happen.
After winning four of the five stages last year, Tom Boonen again outsprinted all his main rivals with Petacchi clinching the second spot and Jean-Patrick Nazon (AG2R) finishing third - which should boost the confidence of the French rider, who already won two stages in the Tour de France in 2003 and 2004, but who has had trouble repeating his accomplishments these last couple of years.
Photography
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- The Lotto sittin' on the dock of the bay pinning on numbers for the day
- The peloton rolls out onto the endless highway
- A crowd of one applauds the bunch
- Graeme Brown (Rabobank) takes out Tom Steels (Predictor-Lotto)
- Tom Steels thinks… this is not what I wanted to have happen
- Boonen steams ahead as the pack puts on the breaks to avoid a fallen Tom Steels
- Petacchi is not happy getting second
- Boonen gets his first win of the 2007 season
- Steels on the deck as Pettachi and Boonen battle it out
- Boonen just gets it ahead of Petacchi
Results
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 3.01.50 (44.71 km/h) 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram 3 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 4 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 5 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 6 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 7 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 8 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 9 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 12 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 13 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 14 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 15 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 16 Mikel Gaztañaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel 17 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step 18 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 19 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 20 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2R Prévoyance 21 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana 22 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick-Step 23 Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Skil-Shimano 24 Nick Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 25 Tim Meeussen (Bel) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 26 Rieno Stofferis (Bel) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 27 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 28 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile 29 Hossein Iri Nateghi (IRI) Iran 30 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 31 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 32 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 33 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 34 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 35 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas 36 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 37 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 38 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 39 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 40 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Agritubel 41 Hamid Shiri Sisah (IRI) Iran 42 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 43 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 44 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel 45 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 46 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 47 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 48 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran 49 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 50 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 51 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile 52 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 53 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 54 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 55 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana 56 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 57 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 58 Badr Banihammad (UAE) Doha Team 59 Renaud Dion (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 60 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 61 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 62 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 63 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 64 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram 65 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 66 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile 67 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step 68 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile 69 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 70 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 71 Glenn Bak (Den) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 72 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 73 Christian Müller (Ger) Skil-Shimano 74 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 75 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 76 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 77 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 78 Johannes Frohlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 79 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 80 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 81 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 82 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 83 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 84 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 85 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 86 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 87 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Milram 88 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 89 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 90 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 0.12 91 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (IRI) Iran 92 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Prodir 93 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 94 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick-Step 95 Stéphane Poulhiès (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 96 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 97 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step 98 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R Prévoyance 99 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick-Step 100 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 101 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 102 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 103 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick-Step 104 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 0.22 105 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram 0.24 106 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 107 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 0.37 108 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 109 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile 110 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor-Lotto 1.28 111 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 1.59 112 Tom Steels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 113 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 4.19 114 Mohammed Hussain (Brn) Doha Team 8.10 115 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Doha Team 116 Tareq Esmaeili (Qat) Doha Team 117 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team 118 Radhwan Al-moraqab (Qat) Doha Team 119 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 120 Mohammad Mozafari (IRI) Iran 121 Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra) Agritubel 122 Alireza Ashgarzadeh (IRI) Iran 123 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 124 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 125 Mohamed Bin Took (UAE) Doha Team 126 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 127 Paul Healion (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 128 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Agritubel 129 Alireza Haghi (IRI) Iran 130 Mohammad Rajablou (IRI) Iran 131 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile 132 Ahmed Al Doseri (Brn) Doha Team 133 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 134 Christophe Beddegenoodts (Bel) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 135 Denis Robin (Fra) Agritubel 15.30 136 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval-Prodir Sprint 1 (Km 73) 1 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step 3 pts 2 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick-Step 2 3 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 1 Sprint 2 (Km 112.5) 1 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 3 pts 2 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2 3 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 1 Sprint 3 (Km 135.5) 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 30 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram 27 3 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 25 4 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 23 5 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 21 6 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 19 7 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 17 8 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15 9 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13 10 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11 11 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 10 12 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 9 13 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 8 14 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 7 15 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 6 16 Mikel Gaztañaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel 5 17 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step 4 18 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 3 19 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2 20 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2R Prévoyance 1 Young rider 1 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 3.01.50 2 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 3 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 4 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 5 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 6 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 7 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 8 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2R Prévoyance 9 Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Skil-Shimano 10 Nick Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 11 Hossein Iri Nateghi (IRI) Iran 12 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 13 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 14 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 15 Hamid Shiri Sisah (IRI) Iran 16 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 17 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 18 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 19 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21 Badr Banihammad (UAE) Doha Team 22 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 23 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 24 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram 25 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 26 Christian Müller (Ger) Skil-Shimano 27 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 28 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 29 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 30 Johannes Frohlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 31 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 32 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 33 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 34 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 35 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.12 36 Stéphane Poulhiès (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 37 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick-Step 38 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram 0.24 39 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 1.59 40 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Doha Team 8.10 41 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team 42 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 43 Mohammad Mozafari (IRI) Iran 44 Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra) Agritubel 45 Alireza Ashgarzadeh (IRI) Iran 46 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 47 Mohamed Bin Took (UAE) Doha Team 48 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Agritubel 49 Mohammad Rajablou (IRI) Iran 50 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 51 Christophe Beddegenoodts (Bel) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely Teams 1 Ag2R Prevoyance 9.05.30 2 Quick Step - Innergetic 3 Skil-Shimano 4 Astana 5 Bouygues Telecom 6 Saunier Duval - Prodir 7 Gerolsteiner 8 Agritubel 9 Liquigas 10 Predictor - Lotto 11 Chocolade Jacques - Topsport 12 T-Mobile Team 13 Iran 14 Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 15 Team Milram 16 Rabobank 17 Doha Team 16.20 General Classification 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 3.08.13 2 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step 0.07 3 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick-Step 0.08 4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram 0.09 5 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step 0.10 6 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram 0.15 7 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram 8 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram 9 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Milram 10 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 0.17 11 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas 12 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas 13 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas 14 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas 15 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 16 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 17 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 18 Nick Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 0.19 19 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 20 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 21 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 22 Tom Steels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 23 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 0.21 24 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile 25 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile 26 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile 27 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile 28 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 29 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2R Prévoyance 30 Renaud Dion (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 31 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step 0.22 32 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram 0.23 33 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 34 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 35 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana 36 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana 37 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 38 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile 39 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 0.24 40 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 41 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 42 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 43 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 44 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 45 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 46 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 47 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 0.25 48 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 0.26 49 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 50 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 51 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 52 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 53 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 54 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 55 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 56 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 57 Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Skil-Shimano 58 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 59 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 60 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 61 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 62 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.28 63 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 64 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner 65 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner 66 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 67 Johannes Frohlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 68 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 69 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 70 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.31 71 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 72 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 73 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 74 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 75 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 0.33 76 Stéphane Poulhiès (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 77 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 0.36 78 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 79 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Prodir 80 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 81 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.37 82 Christian Müller (Ger) Skil-Shimano 0.40 83 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram 0.41 84 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick-Step 0.42 85 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 86 Mikel Gaztañaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel 87 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Agritubel 88 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.43 89 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R Prévoyance 0.45 90 Rieno Stofferis (Bel) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 0.46 91 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 92 Glenn Bak (Den) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 93 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram 0.47 94 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana 95 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 0.49 96 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 0.54 97 Badr Banihammad (UAE) Doha Team 0.55 98 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick-Step 0.58 99 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 1.00 100 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel 1.01 101 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 102 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 1.02 103 Hossein Iri Nateghi (IRI) Iran 1.05 104 Hamid Shiri Sisah (IRI) Iran 105 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran 106 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick-Step 1.06 107 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 1.09 108 Tim Meeussen (Bel) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 1.13 109 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (IRI) Iran 1.17 110 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.24 111 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor-Lotto 1.47 112 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 2.30 113 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 5.19 114 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 8.29 115 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile 8.31 116 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.38 117 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 8.52 118 Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra) Agritubel 119 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel 120 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Agritubel 121 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 8.56 122 Paul Healion (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 123 Mohammed Hussain (Brn) Doha Team 9.05 124 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Doha Team 125 Tareq Esmaeili (Qat) Doha Team 126 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team 127 Radhwan Al-moraqab (Qat) Doha Team 128 Mohamed Bin Took (UAE) Doha Team 129 Ahmed Al Doseri (Brn) Doha Team 130 Alireza Haghi (IRI) Iran 9.15 131 Christophe Beddegenoodts (Bel) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 9.23 132 Mohammad Mozafari (IRI) Iran 10.06 133 Alireza Ashgarzadeh (IRI) Iran 134 Mohammad Rajablou (IRI) Iran 135 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15.54 136 Denis Robin (Fra) Agritubel 16.12 Points Classification 1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 30 pts 2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram 27 3 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 25 4 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 23 5 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 21 6 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 19 7 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 18 8 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15 9 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13 10 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11 11 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 10 12 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom 9 13 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 8 14 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step 7 15 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 7 16 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 6 17 Mikel Gaztañaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel 5 18 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 3 19 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 3 20 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick-Step 2 21 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 2 22 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 2 23 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2R Prévoyance 1 24 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 1 25 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank -30 Young Rider Classification 1 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram 3.08.28 2 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas 0.02 3 Nick Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 0.04 4 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 5 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 0.06 6 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2R Prévoyance 7 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 0.08 8 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 9 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 10 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 0.09 11 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 12 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 13 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 14 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.11 15 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 17 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 18 Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Skil-Shimano 19 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 20 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.13 21 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22 Johannes Frohlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner 23 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner 24 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 25 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.16 26 Stéphane Poulhiès (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 0.18 27 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.21 28 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.22 29 Christian Müller (Ger) Skil-Shimano 0.25 30 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel 0.27 31 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram 0.32 32 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile 0.34 33 Badr Banihammad (UAE) Doha Team 0.40 34 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 0.46 35 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 0.47 36 Hossein Iri Nateghi (IRI) Iran 0.50 37 Hamid Shiri Sisah (IRI) Iran 38 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick-Step 0.51 39 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 2.15 40 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Predictor-Lotto 8.14 41 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8.23 42 Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra) Agritubel 8.37 43 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Agritubel 44 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 8.41 45 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Doha Team 8.50 46 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team 47 Mohamed Bin Took (UAE) Doha Team 48 Christophe Beddegenoodts (Bel) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 9.08 49 Mohammad Mozafari (IRI) Iran 9.51 50 Alireza Ashgarzadeh (IRI) Iran 51 Mohammad Rajablou (IRI) Iran Team Classification 1 Quick Step - Innergetic 9.12.03 2 Team Milram 0.05 3 Liquigas 0.07 4 Predictor - Lotto 0.09 5 Ag2R Prevoyance 0.11 6 T-Mobile Team 7 Astana 0.13 8 Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.14 9 Rabobank 10 Skil-Shimano 0.16 11 Bouygues Telecom 12 Gerolsteiner 0.18 13 Chocolade Jacques - Topsport 0.21 14 Agritubel 0.32 15 Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely 0.36 16 Iran 0.55 17 Doha Team 17.05
