Record Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen - 2.1

Belgium, March 9-11, 2007

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Stage 1 - March 9: Kortrijk - Bellegem, 170.0 km

Photography

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One of many attacks goes down in the rainy conditions
Jimmy Casper (Unibet) wins the first stage
Casper dons the leader's jersey of the Driedaagse van West Vlaanderen
Judoka Gella Vandecaveye made an appearance at the start podium
Maarten Wijnants (Quickstep) gets the red points jersey
Robbie McEwen had a tough day
Casper gets the win for his embattled team Unibet.com
Casper gives the thumbs up for the win
Images by Stijn Vercaemer
The climb in the last 500 meters of today's stage.
Greg Van Avermaet (Predictor-Lotto) taking on his first climb of the day.
The day's two-man break: Greg Van Avermaet (Predictor-Lotto) and Maarten Wijnants (QuickStep), here riding on the pavé.
The peloton tackles the pavé.
Belgian marathon men: Erwin Thijs (Unibet.com) followed by Nico Mattan (DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed).
Geert Omloop (Jartazi) and Kevin Neirynck (Landbouwkrediet).
Li Fuyu (Discovery Channel) and a well wrapped-up Robbie McEwen (Predictor-Lotto).
Still at front of the race: Greg Van Avermaet and Maarten Wijnants with two laps to go.
Serge Baguet (QuickStep) and Erwin Thijs (Unibet.com).
Nico Mattan (DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed) at the finish.
Stage winner Jimmy Casper (Unibet.com) getting more publicity for his team.
Maarten Wijnants (QuickStep) is the leader of the sprints classification.
Wouter Weylandt (QuickStep) is the best youngest rider with a third place in the overall classification.
Results

1 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com                                                       4.11.12
2 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                            0.00
3 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic
4 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Team Wiesenhof Felt
5 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Slipstream                                               0.03
6 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
7 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream
8 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                               0.06
9 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com
10 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner                                       0.07
11 Jens Mouris (Ned) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed                                           0.09
12 André Schulze (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                                               0.10
13 Emilien Benoit Berges (Fra) Agritubel
14 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                                0.15
15 Benoît Sinner (Fra) Agritubel
16 Thomas Ongena (Bel) Yawadoo-ABM-TV-Vlaanderen
17 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto
18 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank Continental
19 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
20 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Continental
21 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team
22 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) Team Wiesenhof Felt
23 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental
24 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner
25 Nick Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto
26 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team
27 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner
28 Roy Curvers (Ned) Time-Van Hemert
29 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen
30 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank Continental
31 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen
32 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor-Lotto
33 Huub Duyn (Ned) Team Slipstream
34 Geert Omloop (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion Continental Cycling Team
35 Eduard Bogaert (Bel) Yawadoo-ABM-TV-Vlaanderen
36 Janek Tombak (Est) Jartazi Promo Fashion Continental Cycling Team
37 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic
38 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto
39 Nico Mattan (Bel) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed
40 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt
41 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com
42 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion Continental Cycling Team
43 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner
44 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel
45 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Jartazi Promo Fashion Continental Cycling Team
46 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel
47 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon
48 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto
49 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
50 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen
51 Maarten De Jonge (Ned) Time-Van Hemert
52 Evgeny Popov (Rus) Rabobank Continental
53 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Slipstream
54 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team
55 Rhys Pollock (Aus) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed
56 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com
57 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
58 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com                                                          0.44
59 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic
60 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) Team Wiesenhof Felt                                            0.46
61 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                                       0.50
62 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com
63 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Agritubel                                                       1.19
64 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                                               1.34
65 Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Continental                                          1.36
66 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team
67 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed
68 Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner                                   1.42
69 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner                              1.44
70 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed                                    1.45
71 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                                                   2.03
72 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                                         2.30
73 Kilian Patour (Fra) Team Slipstream                                                   4.19
74 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team
75 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen
76 Robby Meul (Bel) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed
77 Arjen De Baat (Ned) Rabobank Continental
78 Jurgen Francois (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion Continental Cycling Team                  5.02
79 Sven Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                            5.27
80 Glenn D'hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen
81 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen
82 Frank Van Kuik (Bel) Yawadoo-ABM-TV-Vlaanderen                                        7.44
83 Hansjorg Standaert (Bel) Yawadoo-ABM-TV-Vlaanderen
84 Jeroen Boelen (Ned) Time-Van Hemert
85 Ronny Poelvoorde (Bel) Babes Only Villapark Lingemeer Flanders
86 David Harrigan (Aus) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed
87 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Time-Van Hemert
88 Sven Nevens (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion Continental Cycling Team
89 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
90 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
91 Ian Macgregor (USA) Team Slipstream
92 Fuyu Li (Chn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
93 Cameron Jennings (Aus) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed
94 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
95 Stefan Wijnants (Bel) Palmans Collstrop
96 Jos Pronk (Ned) Time-Van Hemert
97 Klaas De Gruyter (Bel) Palmans Collstrop                                             11.16
98 Bart Velghe (Bel) Babes Only Villapark Lingemeer Flanders
99 Christoph Roodhooft (Bel) Palmans Collstrop
100 Harald Totschnig (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon
101 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner
102 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Jartazi Promo Fashion Continental Cycling Team
103 Kristian House (GBr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
104 Frederik Ericsson (Swe) Time-Van Hemert
105 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com
106 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Predictor-Lotto
107 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon
108 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Yawadoo-ABM-TV-Vlaanderen
109 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step - Innergetic
110 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic
111 Jochen Summer (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon
112 Aaron Olsen (USA) T-Mobile Team
113 Benjamin Johnson (Aus) Team Slipstream
114 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Rabobank Continental
115 Denis Robin (Fra) Agritubel
116 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
117 Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
118 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt
119 Ramuntxo Garmendia (Spa) Babes Only Villapark Lingemeer Flanders
120 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team
121 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
122 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt
123 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com
124 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner
125 Frederik Penne (Bel) Palmans Collstrop
126 David O'loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
127 Marc Streel (Bel) Palmans Collstrop
128 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
129 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion Continental Cycling Team
130 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
131 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Team Slipstream                                          13.19
132 Martin Vestby (Nor) Time-Van Hemert                                                 14.02
133 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Palmans Collstrop
134 Sjoerd Botter (Ned) Time-Van Hemert                                                 14.06
135 Jurgen Van Loocke (Bel) Palmans Collstrop                                           26.00
136 Phillip Schulz (Ger) Yawadoo-ABM-TV-Vlaanderen                                      31.29


Climbs

Tiegemberg, 36.9 km

1 Emilien Benoit Berges (Fra) Agritubel                                                      3 pts
2 André Schulze (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                                                    2
3 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                                1

Villa Scaldis, 88.1 km

1 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                           3 pts
2 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                                              2
3 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                                1

Third passage in Bellegem, 129.8 km

1 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                                     3 pts
2 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                                              2
3 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                                              1

Teams

1 Unibet.com                                                                         12.33.47
2 Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                                                0.08
3 Team Slipstream                                                                        0.10
4 Team Wiesenhof Felt                                                                    0.12
5 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                                     0.13
6 Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner                                                         0.26
7 Agritubel                                                                              0.26
8 DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed                                                              0.28
9 Predictor-Lotto                                                                        0.31
10 Rabobank Continental                                                                  0.34
11 T-Mobile Team                                                                         0.34
12 Jartazi Promo Fashion Continental Cycling Team                                        0.34
13 Quick Step - Innergetic                                                               0.43
14 Yawadoo-ABM-TV-Vlaanderen                                                             8.03
15 Time-Van Hemert                                                                       8.03
16 Navigators Insurance Cycling Team                                                    15.32
17 Elk Haus - Simplon                                                                   22.36
18 Palmans Collstrop                                                                    30.05
19 Babes Only Villapark Lingemeer Flanders                                              30.05
 
General classification after stage one
 
1 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com                                                       4.11.02
2 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                            0.02
3 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                                          0.05
4 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Team Wiesenhof Felt                                              0.10
5 William Frischkorn (USA) Team Slipstream                                               0.13
6 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
7 Steven Cozza (USA) Team Slipstream
8 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                               0.16
9 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com
10 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner                                       0.17
11 Emilien Benoit Berges (Fra) Agritubel
12 André Schulze (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                                               0.18
13 Jens Mouris (Ned) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed                                           0.19
14 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                                0.22
15 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen
16 Benoît Sinner (Fra) Agritubel                                                         0.25
17 Thomas Ongena (Bel) Yawadoo-ABM-TV-Vlaanderen
18 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto
19 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Rabobank Continental
20 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
21 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Continental
22 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile Team
23 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) Team Wiesenhof Felt
24 Thomas Berkhout (Ned) Rabobank Continental
25 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner
26 Nick Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto
27 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team
28 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner
29 Roy Curvers (Ned) Time-Van Hemert
30 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank Continental
31 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen
32 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Predictor-Lotto
33 Huub Duyn (Ned) Team Slipstream
34 Geert Omloop (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion Continental Cycling Team
35 Eduard Bogaert (Bel) Yawadoo-ABM-TV-Vlaanderen
36 Janek Tombak (Est) Jartazi Promo Fashion Continental Cycling Team
37 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic
38 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto
39 Nico Mattan (Bel) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed
40 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt
41 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com
42 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion Continental Cycling Team
43 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner
44 Cedric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel
45 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Jartazi Promo Fashion Continental Cycling Team
46 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Agritubel
47 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon
48 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto
49 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
50 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen
51 Maarten De Jonge (Ned) Time-Van Hemert
52 Evgeny Popov (Rus) Rabobank Continental
53 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Slipstream
54 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team
55 Rhys Pollock (Aus) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed
56 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com
57 Valery Kobzarenko (Ukr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
58 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com                                                          0.54
59 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic
60 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) Team Wiesenhof Felt                                            0.56
61 Kevin Seeldrayers (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                                       1.00
62 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com
63 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Agritubel                                                       1.29
64 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt                                               1.44
65 Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Continental                                          1.46
66 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team
67 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed
68 Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner                                   1.52
69 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner                              1.54
70 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed                                    1.55
71 Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Predictor-Lotto                                                   2.13
72 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic                                         2.36
73 Kilian Patour (Fra) Team Slipstream                                                   4.29
74 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team
75 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen
76 Robby Meul (Bel) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed
77 Arjen De Baat (Ned) Rabobank Continental
78 Jurgen Francois (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion Continental Cycling Team                  5.12
79 Sven Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                            5.37
80 Glenn D'hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen
81 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen
82 Frank Van Kuik (Bel) Yawadoo-ABM-TV-Vlaanderen                                        7.54
83 Hansjorg Standaert (Bel) Yawadoo-ABM-TV-Vlaanderen
84 Jeroen Boelen (Ned) Time-Van Hemert
85 Ronny Poelvoorde (Bel) Babes Only Villapark Lingemeer Flanders
86 David Harrigan (Aus) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed
87 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Time-Van Hemert
88 Sven Nevens (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion Continental Cycling Team
89 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
90 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
91 Ian Macgregor (USA) Team Slipstream
92 Fuyu Li (Chn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
93 Cameron Jennings (Aus) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed
94 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
95 Stefan Wijnants (Bel) Palmans Collstrop
96 Jos Pronk (Ned) Time-Van Hemert
97 Klaas De Gruyter (Bel) Palmans Collstrop                                             11.26
98 Bart Velghe (Bel) Babes Only Villapark Lingemeer Flanders
99 Christoph Roodhooft (Bel) Palmans Collstrop
100 Harald Totschnig (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon
101 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner
102 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Jartazi Promo Fashion Continental Cycling Team
103 Kristian House (GBr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
104 Frederik Ericsson (Swe) Time-Van Hemert
105 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Unibet.com
106 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Predictor-Lotto
107 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon
108 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Yawadoo-ABM-TV-Vlaanderen
109 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Quick Step - Innergetic
110 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick Step - Innergetic
111 Jochen Summer (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon
112 Aaron Olsen (USA) T-Mobile Team
113 Benjamin Johnson (Aus) Team Slipstream
114 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Rabobank Continental
115 Denis Robin (Fra) Agritubel
116 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
117 Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
118 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt
119 Ramuntxo Garmendia (Spa) Babes Only Villapark Lingemeer Flanders
120 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) T-Mobile Team
121 Trent Lowe (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team
122 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Felt
123 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Unibet.com
124 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner
125 Frederik Penne (Bel) Palmans Collstrop
126 David O'loughlin (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
127 Marc Streel (Bel) Palmans Collstrop
128 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
129 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion Continental Cycling Team
130 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
131 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Team Slipstream                                          13.29
132 Martin Vestby (Nor) Time-Van Hemert                                                 14.12
133 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Palmans Collstrop
134 Sjoerd Botter (Ned) Time-Van Hemert                                                 14.16
135 Jurgen Van Loocke (Bel) Palmans Collstrop                                           26.10
136 Phillip Schulz (Ger) Yawadoo-ABM-TV-Vlaanderen                                      31.39