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Belgium, April 1-3, 2008

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Stage 1 - April 1: Middelkerke - Zottegem, 192km

Gasparotto finally back for more

Blonde Italian grabs win in exciting micro-Tour of Flanders

By Brecht Decaluwé and Gregor Brown in Zottegem

Enrico Gasparotto (Barloworld)
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Enrico Gasparotto of Barloworld – who has just turned 26 last week – finally got back the winning legs that brought him to the top of Italian cycling in 2005 when he was the Italian champion. He beat Luca Paolini (Acqua Sapone-Caffč Mokambo), Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas) and Niki Terpstra (Team Milram) in a four-up sprint. 2006 was spoiled by 'gland fever' and in 2007 he just couldn't get that extra bit that is needed to take home victories, although in the Giro d'Italia Gasparotto did grab the maglia rosa, the leader's jersey, after the team time trial with Liquigas, to the great annoyance of his team leader Danilo Di Luca who's probably feeling less comfortably these days.

Today Gasparotto surged forward on the terrifying cobbles of the Haaghoek, with still 25 kilometres to go in the first stage of the 32nd Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde. A few moments later Gasparotto jumped away on his own on the final climb of the Berendies, but as it was still far away to the finish he allowed Luca Paolini to join him in the break. Manuel Quinziato and Nikki Terpstra could bridge up about ten kilometres later, but in the downhill sprint where Gasparotto led out from far, with Paolini on his wheel, nobody could excel the powerful strokes from Enrico Gasparotto.

As a result of his first win of the season the Barloworld rider will be allowed to wear the leader's jersey in the stage that leads the peloton from today's finish town Zottegem to the coastal city of Koksijde in West-Flanders. With an eye on the time trial that concludes the three-day event on Thursday afternoon, there aren't a lot of contenders left thanks to the bonus seconds, as only 11 riders are still within a minute of Gasparotto. Without big surprises in the following stages Manuel Quinziato and Joost Posthuma – who finished 16" later in the first chasing group – could become his major rivals for the overall victory in the Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde.

"I wanted this race so much, in every opportunity I tried to win," Gasparotto stated to Cyclingnews' Gregor Brown right after grabbing the win. "It is a confirmation of a good start to the season. I am a good rider – I believe that – and I am very happy now with this win because it is my first 'De Panne' and my first [win on] pavé. I am ready for Flanders."

Luca Paolini (Acqua Sapone-Caffč Mokambo) couldn't get out of Gasparotto's wheel in the final hectometres, and had to settle for second place in the four-man sprint for victory. "I think I did a good attack on the pavé as I initiated the attack; then we were with the two of us [with Gasparotto]," Paolini said to Cyclingnews. While being up front with Gasparotto it seemed as if Paolini was saving his legs for the sprint, but the Italian explained that he wasn't faking anything. "I had very stiff legs, and so I think it is good to get second today."

Greg Van Avermaet (Silence Lotto) gave it a go on the Leberg
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Third Italian in the breakaway group was Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas), but he wasn't a threat to the others in the final sprint. Quinziato explained to Cyclingnews that he was focusing on a gap with the rest of the peloton and thus the overall victory. "In the finale I did not save a lot of energy because I wanted to arrive with the maximum advantage."

Last year's winner Alessandro Ballan (Lampre) was battling along in the front today, in contrast to some other favourites for the Tour of Flanders. Eventually the tall Italian fell short for the victory, but nevertheless he told Cyclingnews that he was happy with his current form. "I was going well and I wanted to test my condition [in the big group]; it was a test for Sunday in the Ronde. I saw that my legs are there, so it was great trial run, but too bad I only got ninth place."

Some favourites for the overall victory in the Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde have been kicked out of contention right away. Among them was Stijn Devolder, who finished more than 17 minutes behind the winner. Leif Hoste, three times runner-up in the Tour of Flanders, crashed heavily after 113 kilometres but fought his way back to the peloton. Eventually Hoste couldn't fight for the victory and is out of contention for the overall win. His Ronde van Vlaanderen looks to be in peril as the Belgian arrived in Zottegem with back sores and a lot of blood on his leg.

How it unfolded

Dark clouds gathered over Middelkerke on Tuesday morning when the 32nd edition of the Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde got underway. Among the 211 riders who started the three-day event in the Belgian coastal city were George Hincapie, Mark Cavendish, Alessandro Ballan, Tom Boonen, Robbie McEwen, Leif Hoste, but no Sylvain Chavanel, Philippe Gilbert or Nick Nuyens.

Frederik Willems (Liquigas) just behind the front. The Belgian works hard in every race
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Preben Van Hecke (Topsport Vlaanderen) probably didn't fancy a ride on his own when he attacked the peloton, but it turned out that nobody was keen on joining him up front. The former Lotto rider decided to continue his efforts anyway and he started building up a lead in the depressing weather conditions. A rather late response from Andy Cappelle (Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner) followed, but on the Leberg, with 100 kilometres to go Capelle was reeled in by the peloton. On the ascent of the Berendries, with 88 kilometres to go, Preben Van Hecke had nine and a half minutes on the peloton.

Just before the peloton passed the finish line for the first time there was a big crash that caused Filip Meirhaeghe to take a dive in a canal along the road. A big group of riders, including Leif Hoste, was held up by the crash and during the first passage they were about a minute behind the first group. Hoste was riding in between the groups and he was paced back by Greg Van Avermaet.

Meanwhile, George Hincapie tried to get away but he wasn't allowed the distance. A little later David Boucher jumped away and stayed in front for a little while. The second peloton bridged up to the first group on the cobbles of the Haaghoek, with 62 kilometres remaining. Van Hecke's gap had dropped back to five minutes on the great pavé section.

On the Leberg Wouter Weylandt jumped away and created a gap on the peloton. A little later he was joined by Bram Tankink, Roger Hammond, Frederik Willems and Danilo Napolitano. The speed in the peloton didn't drop and after the Berendries a big group including Tom Boonen, Alessandro Ballan, Baden Cooke, Hincapie, Tomas Vaitkus, Grégory Rast, Rick Flens, Martijn Maaskant, Andreas Klier, Manuel Quinziato, Claudio Corioni, Robert Hunter and Janek Tombak went clear. Pavel Brutt tried to bridge up alone a little later, but his effort resulted in a chasse-patat, he didn't make it. Van Hecke still had 3'00" on the big group behind him.

USA's George Hincapie (High Road) is now entering his favourite season, with the spring classics around the corner
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On the Eikenmolen climb the lead from the sole leader melted like snow in the sun as the race was really on now. Sentjens powerfully led the peloton back towards the leaders where Napolitano was dropped. Nevertheless the speed dropped away in the peloton soon after that and just before the Stuivenberg, with 42 kilometres to go, Van Hecke was almost caught, with the peloton trailing at more than half a minute of the Ballan group. In the peloton it was Silence-Lotto that did the dirty work to pull in front.

As the riders hit the second passage of the finish line it was Hincapie who took the three bonus seconds; at this moment in the race the peloton was only 10" behind the leaders. A smaller peloton followed at one and a half minute and seemed beaten for the stage and the overall victory. This group included Gorik Gardeyn, Stijn Devolder and Wouter Weylandt who started the battle a little earlier.

With 35 kilometres to go the Ballan group was caught and Frederik Willems jumped away. The Belgian was joined by 'Rambo', also known as Niko Eeckhout, but this duo didn't get away, either. For ten kilometres a barrage of attacks followed, without success.

On the cobbles of the Haaghoek Rick Flens got away, and he was joined by Luca Paolini, Gasparotto and Kuyckx. Flens and Kuyckx got dropped within the next kilometre when Gasparotto pulled through. Gasparotto seemed to be waiting for Paolini as there were still 20 kilometres to go.

Steven Cozza (Slipstream Chipotle - H30) rides well despite the added weight of the moustache
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A group with Kurt Hovelynck, Quinziato, Niki Terpstra, Luca Paolini, Bernhard Eisel distanced themselves from the peloton just before the Berendries. On the Berendries the Italians jumped away and quickly gathered 15" on the duo behind them, with the peloton being 15 more seconds behind the leaders.

Hovelynck and Eisel were caught by five other riders: Baden Cooke, Alessandro Ballan, Joost Posthuma, Rick Flens and Simon Spilak.

The peloton was out of contention for the victory at 53" and the group Ballan tried to fight back at 20". With nine kilometres to go the duo Terpstra/Quinziato bridged up with Paolini/Gasparotto, and the four riders steamed further towards Zottegem with a gap of 18" on the seven chasers.

In the downhill final kilometre towards the finish Gasparotto took the lead from far out, but nobody could get the speed higher than the Barloworld-rider who took his first win of the season.

Photography

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Results

1 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld                          4.58.00 (38,634 km/h)
2 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                    
3 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                    
4 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                    
5 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team High Road                            0.14
6 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                                       
7 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre                                          
8 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                  0.16
9 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                 0.29
10 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                          
11 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                         
12 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux                   0.59
13 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                    
14 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                  
15 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
16 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano                              
17 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road                                
18 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step                                
19 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                
20 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road                                 
21 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
22 Janek Tombak (Est) Mitsubishi-Jartazi                             
23 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                           
24 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                       
25 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cycle Collstrop                               
26 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                   
27 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team High Road                                
28 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                       
29 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road                              
30 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                       
31 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                    
32 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                    
33 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                   
34 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                                     
35 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                     
36 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30       
37 Vladimir Goussev (Rus) Astana                                     
38 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                     
39 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Mitsubishi-Jartazi                       
40 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                          
41 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                           
42 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30           
43 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                               
44 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                            
45 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30       
46 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana                                        
47 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                             
48 David Kopp (Ger) Cycle Collstrop                                  
49 Ian Stannard (GBr) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                 
50 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                           
51 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) Cycle Collstrop                            
52 Harald Starzengruber (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon                     
53 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                       
54 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                        
55 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                          
56 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre                                      
57 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank                                  
58 Johan Coenen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                            
59 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                  
60 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                   
61 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana                                       
62 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                                      
63 Servais Knaven (Ned) Team High Road                               
64 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                     
65 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop                              
66 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana                                         
67 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step                               1.31
68 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                              
69 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo         1.48
70 Diego Milan Jiminez (Spa) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo        2.08
71 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                    3.08
72 Tom Steels (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                   
73 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                      4.25
74 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           
75 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
76 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Mitsubishi-Jartazi                      6.09
77 William Frischkorn (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30     
78 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author                       
79 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems                  
80 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank                                
81 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Team Volksbank                             
82 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                
83 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Scott                   
84 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop                                
85 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom                                
86 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                  
87 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram                                   
88 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank                               10.15
89 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                          
90 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                    
91 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano                        
92 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                
93 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                               
94 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld                               
95 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre                                       
96 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld                                 
97 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre                                     
98 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux                          
99 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                   
100 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi                     
101 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott                    
102 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo             
103 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo               
104 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana                                    
105 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner          17.11
106 Robert Lauscha (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon                          
107 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                       
108 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo            
109 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                   
110 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                        
111 Pieter Vanspeybroock (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                   
112 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano                            
113 Ilya Chernetskiy (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                    
114 Allan Davis (Aus) Mitsubishi-Jartazi                             
115 Radek Becka (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author                         
116 Geert Omloop (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi                            
117 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                          
118 Jens Mouris (Ned) Mitsubishi-Jartazi                             
119 Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner              
120 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step                                 
121 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                  
122 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi                          
123 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                   
124 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30          
125 Björn Thurau (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon                            
126 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon                           
127 Frantisek Kloucek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author                   
128 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo               
129 Jochen Summer (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon                           
130 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux                         
131 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                       
132 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Silence - Lotto                               
133 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author                   
134 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre                                       
135 Bastian Giling (Ned) Cycle Collstrop                             
136 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop                                
137 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo              
138 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram                                 
139 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
140 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road                              
141 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner            
142 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence - Lotto                              
143 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                   
144 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon                        
145 André Schulze (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author                       
146 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                       
147 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                   
148 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott                      18.55
149 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas                                   
150 Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                       
151 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank                           
152 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop                          
153 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                      
154 Yohann Gčne (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
155 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank                         
156 René Andrle (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author                         
157 Vojtech Dlouhy (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author                      
158 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld                                    
159 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                 
160 Huub Duyn (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30             
161 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld                                     
162 Michael Friedman (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30      
163 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                      
164 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30    
165 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                      
166 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Volksbank                                
167 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team High Road                              
168 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram                               20.23
169 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
170 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                          
171 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon                          
172 Peter Presslauer (Aut) Team Volksbank                            
173 Patrick Keller (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author                      
174 Long Jin (Chn) Skil-Shimano                                      
175 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott                        
176 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
177 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                     
DNF Brett Lancaster (Aus) Team Milram                                
DNF Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner           
 
Points
 
1 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld                               20 pts
2 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                  18
3 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                  16
4 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                  14
5 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team High Road                              12
6 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                                     10
7 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre                                         9
8 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                     8
9 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                    7
10 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                         6
11 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                        5
12 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux                      4
13 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                   3
14 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                 2
15 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              1
 
Mountains
 
Edelare - Km 90
1 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                        5 pts
2 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                          3
3 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank                                    1
 
Leberg - Km 102
1 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                        5 pts
2 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                3
3 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                               1
 
Berendries - Km 106
1 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                        5 pts
2 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                          3
3 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                           1
 
Stuivenberg - Km 113
1 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                        5 pts
2 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                                     3
3 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                          1
 
Leberg - Km 135
1 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                        5 pts
2 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step                                  3
3 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                       1
 
Berendries - Km 139
1 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                        5 pts
2 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road                                3
3 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                       1
 
Eikenmolen - Km 146
1 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                        5 pts
2 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team High Road                                3
3 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road                                1
 
Stuivenberg - Km 150
1 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                        5 pts
2 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                    3
3 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team High Road                                1
 
Leberg - Km 171
1 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld                                5 pts
2 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                   3
3 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                          1
 
Berendries - Km 175
1 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld                                5 pts
2 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                   3
3 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                   1
 
Eikenmolen - Km 182
1 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld                                5 pts
2 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                   3
3 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                   1
 
Stuivenberg - Km 186
1 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                   5 pts
2 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld                                3
 
Sprints
 
Sprint 1 - First Time Across Finish Line - km 120
1 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                        3 pts
2 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                2
3 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                          1
 
Sprint 2 - Second Time Across Finish Line - km 156
1 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road                              3 pts
2 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                       2
3 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld                                1
 
Teams
 
1 Barloworld                                                 14.55.46
2 Lampre                                                         0.29
3 Rabobank                                                       0.31
4 Team Milram                                                    0.45
5 Liquigas                                                           
6 High Road                                                      0.59
7 Topsport Vlaanderen                                            1.14
8 Quick Step                                                     1.44
9 Tinkoff Credit Systems                                             
10 Silence-Lotto                                                     
11 Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                              
12 Cycle Collstrop                                                   
13 Astana                                                            
14 Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                                  2.43
15 Française Des Jeux                                            3.53
16 Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner                                    
17 Bouygues Telecom                                              5.10
18 Skil-Shimano                                                  6.54
19 Mitsubishi-Jartazi                                                
20 Team Volksbank                                               12.36
21 Saunier Duval-Scott                                          16.10
22 Elk Haus - Simplon                                           34.08
23 Psk Whirlpool - Author                                       39.18
 
General classification after stage 1
 
1 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld                          4.58.00
2 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                0.05
3 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                0.07
4 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                0.11
5 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team High Road                            0.25
6 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                                       
7 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre                                          
8 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                  0.27
9 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                       0.39
10 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                0.40
11 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                         
12 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road                          1.07
13 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                   1.08
14 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux                   1.10
15 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                    
16 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                  
17 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
18 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano                              
19 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road                                
20 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quick Step                                
21 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                
22 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team High Road                                 
23 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
24 Janek Tombak (Est) Mitsubishi-Jartazi                             
25 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                           
26 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                       
27 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cycle Collstrop                               
28 Martin Velits (Svk) Team Milram                                   
29 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team High Road                                
30 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Française des Jeux                       
31 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                    
32 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram                                    
33 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                   
34 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                                     
35 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                     
36 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30       
37 Vladimir Goussev (Rus) Astana                                     
38 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                     
39 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Mitsubishi-Jartazi                       
40 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                          
41 Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                           
42 Tyler Farrar (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30           
43 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                               
44 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto                            
45 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30       
46 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana                                        
47 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                             
48 David Kopp (Ger) Cycle Collstrop                                  
49 Ian Stannard (GBr) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                 
50 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto                           
51 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) Cycle Collstrop                            
52 Harald Starzengruber (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon                     
53 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                       
54 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                        
55 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                          
56 Christian Murro (Ita) Lampre                                      
57 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Rabobank                                  
58 Johan Coenen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                            
59 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto                                  
60 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                   
61 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana                                       
62 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas                                      
63 Servais Knaven (Ned) Team High Road                               
64 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                     
65 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop                              
66 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana                                         
67 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step                               1.42
68 René Weissinger (Ger) Team Volksbank                              
69 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo         1.59
70 Diego Milan Jiminez (Spa) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo        2.19
71 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                    3.19
72 Tom Steels (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                   
73 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                      4.36
74 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           
75 Yoann Offredo (Fra) Française des Jeux                            
76 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Mitsubishi-Jartazi                      6.20
77 William Frischkorn (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30     
78 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author                       
79 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems                  
80 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Team Volksbank                                
81 Josef Benetseder (Aut) Team Volksbank                             
82 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Milram                                
83 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Scott                   
84 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop                                
85 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom                                
86 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                  
87 Christian Kux (Ger) Team Milram                                   
88 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank                               10.26
89 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto                          
90 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                    
91 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano                        
92 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                
93 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step                               
94 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Barloworld                               
95 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre                                       
96 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld                                 
97 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre                                     
98 Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française des Jeux                          
99 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step                                   
100 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi                     
101 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott                    
102 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo             
103 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo               
104 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana                                    
105 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                  17.19
106 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner          17.20
107 Robert Lauscha (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon                     17.22
108 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                       
109 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo            
110 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                   
111 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                        
112 Pieter Vanspeybroock (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                   
113 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano                            
114 Ilya Chernetskiy (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                    
115 Allan Davis (Aus) Mitsubishi-Jartazi                             
116 Radek Becka (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author                         
117 Geert Omloop (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi                            
118 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                          
119 Jens Mouris (Ned) Mitsubishi-Jartazi                             
120 Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner              
121 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step                                 
122 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step                                  
123 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi                          
124 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre                                   
125 Steven Cozza (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30          
126 Björn Thurau (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon                            
127 Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon                           
128 Frantisek Kloucek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author                   
129 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo               
130 Jochen Summer (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon                           
131 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Française des Jeux                         
132 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Silence - Lotto                               
133 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author                   
134 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre                                       
135 Bastian Giling (Ned) Cycle Collstrop                             
136 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop                                
137 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo              
138 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram                                 
139 Julien Belgy (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              
140 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road                              
141 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner            
142 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence - Lotto                              
143 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                   
144 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Elk Haus - Simplon                        
145 André Schulze (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author                       
146 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française des Jeux                       
147 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre                                   
148 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval - Scott                      19.06
149 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas                                   
150 Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                       
151 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank                           
152 Sergey Kolesnikov (Rus) Cycle Collstrop                          
153 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Scott                      
154 Yohann Gčne (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
155 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank                         
156 René Andrle (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author                         
157 Vojtech Dlouhy (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author                      
158 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld                                    
159 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                 
160 Huub Duyn (Ned) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30             
161 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld                                     
162 Michael Friedman (USA) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30      
163 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval - Scott                      
164 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30    
165 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                      
166 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Team Volksbank                                
167 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team High Road                              
168 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram                               20.34
169 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            
170 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                          
171 Wolfgang Murer (Aut) Elk Haus - Simplon                          
172 Peter Presslauer (Aut) Team Volksbank                            
173 Patrick Keller (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author                      
174 Long Jin (Chn) Skil-Shimano                                      
175 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Saunier Duval - Scott                        
176 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             
177 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                     
 
Points Classification
 
1 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld                               20 pts
2 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                  18
3 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                  16
4 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                  14
5 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team High Road                              12
6 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                                     10
7 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre                                         9
8 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                     8
9 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre                                    7
10 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                         6
11 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                        5
12 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française des Jeux                      4
13 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                   3
14 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step                                 2
15 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              1
 
Mountains Classification
 
1 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                       40 pts
2 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld                               18
3 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                   8
4 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                   6
5 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                          5
6 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road                                4
7 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team High Road                                4
8 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram                                   3
9 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Liquigas                                    3
10 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Liquigas                                    3
11 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                         3
12 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner               3
13 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step                                 3
14 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                      2
15 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                          1
16 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto                              1
17 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank                                   1
 
Sprints Classification
1 George Hincapie (USA) Team High Road                              3 pts
2 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                        3
3 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank                                       2
4 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                2
5 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld                                1
6 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                          1
 
Teams Classification
 
1 Barloworld                                                 14.55.46
2 Lampre                                                         0.29
3 Rabobank                                                       0.31
4 Team Milram                                                    0.45
5 Liquigas                                                           
6 High Road                                                      0.59
7 Topsport Vlaanderen                                            1.14
8 Quick Step                                                     1.44
9 Tinkoff Credit Systems                                             
10 Silence-Lotto                                                     
11 Slipstream Chipotle Presented By H30                              
12 Cycle Collstrop                                                   
13 Astana                                                            
14 Acqua Sapone - Caffe Mokambo                                  2.43
15 Française Des Jeux                                            3.53
16 Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner                                    
17 Bouygues Telecom                                              5.10
18 Skil-Shimano                                                  6.54
19 Mitsubishi-Jartazi                                                
20 Team Volksbank                                               12.36
21 Saunier Duval-Scott                                          16.10
22 Elk Haus - Simplon                                           34.08
23 Psk Whirlpool - Author                                       39.18