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33rd KBC-Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde - 2.HC
Belgium, March 31-April 2, 2009
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Stage 2 - April 1: Zottegem - Oostduinkerke, 219km
Wind can't blow Cavendish off course
By Bjorn Haake in Oostduinkerke
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High winds in the coastal city of Oostduinkerke couldn't prevent Columbia-Highroad's Mark Cavendish notching up another win in season 2009 as he took out the first bunch sprint of this year's Drieedaagse De Panne. With blustery conditions, plus seasoned sprinters Robbie McEwen and Francesco Chicchi to contend with, Cavendish did what he does best - finish in front of everyone else.
It could have been very different, however. "At one point, I nearly said, 'I won't do this [sprint]', as it was really, really dangerous," said Cavendish after his latest victory.
The mercurial Brit believed the problem lay in having too many riders in the mix. "I think when it split at the Kemmelberg, we had a nice, small group with the strongest riders. But when we sat up at the run-in to the finish, everything came back together and everybody thought they had a chance," he explained.
Despite his concerns, Cavendish quickly dispelled any second thoughts of going for the stage victory. "It's my job, you know. It's also my responsibility to the team, and obviously it is good for the sponsor." There was no ill feeling towards those who thought they could contest the finale - it actually drew a small confession from the 23-year-old. "It's their right. I would have done the same when I was younger; well, I still do sometimes..."
Break blowing in the wind
The day's main break contained Marcin Sapa (Lampre-NGC), Klaas Lodewyck (Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator) and Andy Cappelle (Palmans Cras). Lampre's Polish rider was exhausted at the finish but managed to briefly explain, "It was a good break, but we always had a headwind, so it was just too difficult today."
Capelle also cited the wind as the day's biggest hurdle. "Some of the roads were endlessly long and in the end, the peloton got organised and with the wind it was not comfortable. All three of us were really strong, but hey, that's racing." He added, "When it [the gap] went up to seven minutes, I still felt strong and not tired at all. The chance was there."
Capelle still snuck on the podium as the most combative rider for the stage. "It's good for the sponsor. Of course, I would have liked to get a bit more out of it, but that's all we could do," he said.
Michele Merlo (Barloworld) defended his mountains jersey, and with no categorised climbs remaining, he's assured of wearing it at the finish in De Panne. "Today was really hard, I still felt yesterday's efforts in my legs. I still have to survive tomorrow, we'll see," said Merlo.
The first break attempt came with less than four kilometeres covered in an attempt to foil the sprinters. The move included Capelle and Australian Mitchell Docker (Skil-Shimano), who bridged across into the move. An attentive peloton kept the leash short and the pace high, according to the predictions of Paul Voss (Milram): "I don't think it will start as fast as yesterday - we covered 50km in the first hour." Today it was "only" 48km after 60 minutes of racing.
On the Tiegemberg, a promising move formed with five riders, but only Sapa, Lodewyck and Cappelle maintained the advantage after cresting the top. They quickly led by over two minutes and increased it to their maximum lead of almost 10 minutes, which they kept through the feed zone, 111km before the finish.
The Kemmelberg was notable as that is when Tom Boonen (Quick Step) jumped. He was followed closely by Cavendish, and the break's advantage gradually started to shrink. It was 5:44 with three laps, or 40km, remaining.
But then Columbia-Highroad, assisted by Landbouwkrediet-Colnago, hit the front and the gap rapidly decreased, and with nine kilometres left, the break was absorbed to set up a sprinters' duel.
Final Day
Tomorrow's final day is a split day, with a 112-km flat stage suited to today's winner Cavendish. The 120 best riders in the GC after this first stage will dispute the 15-km time trial in the afternoon, which will likely be only a fight of two riders: Frederik Willems (Liquigas) and Filippo Pozzato (Katusha). The third placed rider Greg Van Avermaet (Silence-Lotto) is over a minute back although he has gained the sprinter's jersey.
Photography
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- Mark Cavendish (Columbia-Highroad) gets back to his winning ways on stage two.
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- The drawings at the start also featured Spartacus Cancellara, who will ride the Ronde after all.
- Yesterday's winner Pippo "Sunnyboy" Pozzato.
- Robert Förster (Milram) is happy that the sprinters will get to the front.
- Philippe Gilbert (Silence - Lotto) sucks on a drink before the start.
- Gregory Henderson (Columbia - Highroad) after signing in.
- Steve Chainel (Bbox Bouygues Telecom) is all smiles after a good start to the season.
- Michele Merlo (Barloworld) won the mountain jersey yesterday.
- Paul Voss (Milram) raced the Belgian races with former team Lamonta and knows the course well.
- The racers set off from Zottegem.
- The flag shows the peloton that there is a lot of wind again.
- The break on the Tiegemberg.
- Klaas Lodewyck (Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator) leads the break on the Tiegemberg, ahead of Marcin Sapa (Lampre-NGC).
- View from the rear up the Tiegemberg.
- Marcel Sieberg on the front of the peloton up the Tiegemberg.
- Julien Belgy (BBox Bouygues Telecom) had some trouble on the Tiegemberg and was back in the team cars.
- Sieberg leads the bunch with 26km to go.
Images by Tim Van Wichelen/www.CyclingView.be
- Sebastian Lang (Silence-Lotto) checks his computer at the start.
- Liquigas' Frederik Willems waits with the other riders to start.
- The peloton rolls out of Zottegem for the start of stage two.
- The early breakaway on Tiegemberg included Marcin Sapa (Lampre-NGC), Klaas Lodewyck (Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator) and Andy Cappelle (Palmans Cras).
- As the peloton reached Tiegemberg the lead group were 10 minutes down the road.
- With three laps remaining there were still three riders ahead.
- Columbia-Highroad and Katusha worked hard to bring the leaders back.
- The peloton starts its second last lap of the finishing loop.
- With one lap to go there was only 15 seconds left between the leaders and the peloton.
- The final sprint came down to Robbie McEwen (Katusha) and Mark Cavendish (Columbia-Highroad).
- Mark Cavendish (Columbia-Highroad) was too quick for Aussie Robbie McEwen (Katusha).
- Mark Cavendish (Columbia-Highroad) showed why he considers himself to be the number one sprinter.
- Filippo Pozzato (Katush) didn't contest the sprint but continues to lead the race.
- Greg Van Avermaet (Silence-Lotto) leads the points classification.
Images by Stijn Vercaemer/www.CyclingView.be
- Kristof Goddaert (Topsort Vlaanderen) was one of the three riders in the leading group.
- Team Katusha leading the peloton
- Jurgen Van De Walle and Kevin De Weert (Quick-Step) in the peloton.
- Former Dwars door Vlaanderen winner Kevin Van Impe (Quick-Step)
- Some of the Milram guys hang out the back of the peloton.
Results
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 5.07.39 (42.711 km/h) 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha 3 Francesco Chichi (Ita) Liquigas 4 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Amica Chips - Knauf 5 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 6 Chris Sutton (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 7 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 8 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 9 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence-Lotto 10 Francesco Rivera (Ita) Amica Chips - Knauf 11 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 12 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 13 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 14 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 15 Robert Förster (Ger) Team Milram 16 Marco Finetto (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 17 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 18 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 19 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 20 Steve Chainel (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 21 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 22 Wim Stroetinga (Ned) Team Milram 23 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 24 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec 25 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 26 Nicolay Trussov (Rus) Team Katusha 27 Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 28 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 29 René Haselbacher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 30 Mauro Abel Richeze (Arg) CSF Group - Navigare 31 Geert Steurs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 32 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Contentpolis-Ampo 33 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 34 Baden Cooke (Aus) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 35 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 36 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 37 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 38 Mikel Gaztanaga (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 39 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 40 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 41 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 42 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 43 Marco Frapporti (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 44 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad 45 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 46 Bolat Raimbekov (Kaz) Astana 47 William Frischkorn (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 48 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Amica Chips - Knauf 49 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 50 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 51 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 52 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas 53 Grega Bole (Slo) Amica Chips - Knauf 54 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia - Highroad 55 Michal Golas (Pol) Amica Chips - Knauf 56 Geert Omloop (Bel) Palmans Cras 57 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 58 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 59 Michael Friedman (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 60 Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto 61 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha 62 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 63 Maciek Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 64 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Team Columbia - Highroad 65 Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 66 Bart Van Heule (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 67 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 68 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 69 Enrico Franzoï (Ita) Liquigas 70 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 71 Bert De Backer (Bel) Skil-Shimano 72 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 73 Marcello Pavarin (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 74 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 75 Dieter Capelle (Bel) Palmans Cras 76 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 77 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 78 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 79 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step 0.12 80 Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 0.16 81 Rony Martias (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 82 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 0.30 83 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 0.33 84 Sergueï Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha 85 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 86 Mathieu Claude (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 87 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 88 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 89 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 90 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Silence-Lotto 91 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 92 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence-Lotto 93 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 94 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 95 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence-Lotto 96 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 97 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 98 Koen Barbe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 1.40 99 Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 100 Kevin Neirynckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 1.40 101 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 1.47 102 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram 103 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence-Lotto 104 Jürgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 3.17 105 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step 106 Josep Jufre (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 107 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad 3.19 108 Guennadi Mikhaïlov (Rus) Team Katusha 109 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vorarlberg - Corratec 110 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha 111 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 112 Martial Ricci Poggi (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 113 Jens Mouris (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 114 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas 115 Gert Dockx (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad 5.37 116 Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 117 Alan Marangoni (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 118 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 119 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 120 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld 121 Stijn Hoornaert (Bel) Palmans Cras 122 Petr Bencik (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 123 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 124 André Schulze (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 125 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 126 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 127 Johan Coenen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 128 Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - N.G.C. 129 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - Highroad 130 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 131 Vojtech Dlouhy (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 132 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 133 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Palmans Cras 134 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 5.48 135 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 7.31 136 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 137 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - N.G.C. 138 Ruben Reig (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 139 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Skil-Shimano 140 Frantisek Kloucek, Jr. (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 7.35 141 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 142 Rafael Serrano (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 143 Federico Canuti (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 144 Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Palmans Cras 145 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 146 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 147 Michele Merlo (Ita) Barloworld 148 Sergio Dominguez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 149 Mirco Selvaggi (Ita) Amica Chips - Knauf 150 Giuseppe De Maria (Ita) Amica Chips - Knauf 151 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 152 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 153 Kenny Van Der Schueren (Bel) Palmans Cras 154 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 7.43 155 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Barloworld 156 Berik Anuarbekovich Kupeshov (Kaz) Astana 7.47 157 Boris Shpilevsky (Rus) Fuji-Servetto 14.02 158 Paolo Tomaselli (Ita) Amica Chips - Knauf 159 Silvère Ackermann (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec 160 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 161 Petr Kubias (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 162 Bjorn Coomans (Bel) Palmans Cras 163 Dimitri Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 164 Jean Zen (Fra) Palmans Cras DNF Valeriy Dmitriyev (Kaz) Astana DNF Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Team Katusha DNF Vincent Jerome (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom DNF Julien Belgy (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom DNF Angel Gomez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto DNF Iker Camano (Spa) Fuji-Servetto DNF Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld DNF Claudio Casas Gallego (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo DNF Francisco Pacheco Torres (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo DNF Pedro Jose Vera Alcaraz (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo DNF Cheng Ji (Chn) Skil-Shimano DNF Long Jin (Chn) Skil-Shimano DNF Feng Han (Chn) Skil-Shimano DNF Matic Strgar (Slo) Vorarlberg - Corratec DNF Pavel Zitta (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author DNF Antonin Linda (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author Points 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 20 pts 2 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha 18 3 Francesco Chichi (Ita) Liquigas 16 4 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Amica Chips - Knauf 14 5 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 12 6 Chris Sutton (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 10 7 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 9 8 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 8 9 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence-Lotto 7 10 Francesco Rivera (Ita) Amica Chips - Knauf 6 11 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 5 12 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 4 13 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 3 14 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 2 15 Robert Förster (Ger) Team Milram 1 Sprints 1, km 137 1 Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - N.G.C. 3 pts 2 Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 2 3 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Palmans Cras 1 2, km 179 1 Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - N.G.C. 3 pts 2 Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 2 3 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Palmans Cras 1 3, km 192 1 Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - N.G.C. 3 pts 2 Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 2 3 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Palmans Cras 1 Bergs Kanarieberg - km 22 1 Dieter Capelle (Bel) Palmans Cras 5 pts 2 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha 3 3 Enrico Franzoï (Ita) Liquigas 1 Tiegemberg - km 40 1 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Palmans Cras 5 pts 2 Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 3 3 Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - N.G.C. 1 Montberg - km 120 1 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Palmans Cras 5 pts 2 Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - N.G.C. 3 3 Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 1 Kemmelberg - km 123 1 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Palmans Cras 5 pts 2 Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 3 3 Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - N.G.C. 1 Teams 1 Rabobank 15.22.57 2 Team Columbia - Highroad 3 Garmin - Slipstream 4 Amica Chips - Knauf 5 Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 6 Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 7 Team Milram 8 Team Katusha 9 CSF Group - Navigare 10 Liquigas 11 Skil - Shimano 12 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 13 Silence - Lotto 14 Team Vorarlberg -Corratec 15 Astana 16 Lampre-N.G.C. 17 Quick Step 18 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1.40 19 Fuji-Servetto 3.17 General classification after stage 2 1 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha 9.44.30 2 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 0.04 3 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1.03 4 Marco Finetto (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 1.05 5 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 6 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 1.07 7 Steve Chainel (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 8 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 9 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 10 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 11 Grega Bole (Slo) Amica Chips - Knauf 12 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 13 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia - Highroad 14 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Silence-Lotto 15 Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 16 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 17 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 18 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence-Lotto 19 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence-Lotto 20 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram 2.53 21 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 3.15 22 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 23 Dieter Capelle (Bel) Palmans Cras 4.52 24 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 4.54 25 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram 26 Enrico Franzoï (Ita) Liquigas 27 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Silence-Lotto 28 Kevin Neirynckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 6.33 29 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 7.18 30 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Team Columbia - Highroad 31 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 32 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 33 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 34 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Liquigas 8.42 35 Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 12.55 36 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 13.11 37 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha 13.18 38 Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 39 Francesco Chichi (Ita) Liquigas 13.20 40 Chris Sutton (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 13.24 41 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 42 Francesco Rivera (Ita) Amica Chips - Knauf 43 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 44 Pedro Horrillo (Spa) Rabobank 45 Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Contentpolis-Ampo 46 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec 47 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Amica Chips - Knauf 48 Nicolay Trussov (Rus) Team Katusha 49 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad 50 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram 51 Michael Friedman (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 52 Robert Förster (Ger) Team Milram 53 Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 54 Geert Steurs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 55 Bart Van Heule (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 56 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld 57 Bert De Backer (Bel) Skil-Shimano 58 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 59 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 60 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha 61 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream 62 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 63 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 64 William Frischkorn (USA) Garmin - Slipstream 65 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream 66 Mauro Abel Richeze (Arg) CSF Group - Navigare 67 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 68 Mickael Delage (Fra) Silence-Lotto 69 Geert Omloop (Bel) Palmans Cras 70 Mikel Gaztanaga (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 71 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 72 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank 73 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 74 Mathieu Claude (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 75 Matija Kvasina (Cro) Amica Chips - Knauf 76 Marco Frapporti (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 77 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Silence-Lotto 78 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 79 Baden Cooke (Aus) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 80 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Vorarlberg - Corratec 81 René Haselbacher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 82 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana 83 Wim Stroetinga (Ned) Team Milram 84 Bolat Raimbekov (Kaz) Astana 85 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 86 Maciek Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 87 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas 88 Michal Golas (Pol) Amica Chips - Knauf 89 Marcello Pavarin (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 90 Grégory Rast (Swi) Astana 91 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 92 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 93 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 94 Jens Mouris (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 95 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence-Lotto 96 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 97 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 98 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas 99 Marco Velo (Ita) Quick Step 13.36 100 Rony Martias (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 13.40 101 Saïd Haddou (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 102 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 13.54 103 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram 13.57 104 Sergueï Ivanov (Rus) Team Katusha 105 Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 14.22 106 Koen Barbe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 15.04 107 Luca Barla (Ita) Team Milram 15.11 108 Josep Jufre (Spa) Fuji-Servetto 16.41 109 Jürgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 110 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step 111 Martial Ricci Poggi (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 16.43 112 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Columbia - Highroad 113 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 114 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha 115 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vorarlberg - Corratec 116 Guennadi Mikhaïlov (Rus) Team Katusha 117 Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - N.G.C. 18.52 118 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Palmans Cras 18.58 119 André Schulze (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 19.00 120 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 19.01 121 Alan Marangoni (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 122 Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 123 Johan Coenen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 124 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Barloworld 125 Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld 126 Gert Dockx (Bel) Team Columbia - Highroad 127 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Columbia - Highroad 128 Petr Bencik (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 129 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 130 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 131 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 19.12 132 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 20.55 133 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano 134 Ruben Reig (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 135 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Skil-Shimano 136 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - N.G.C. 137 Stijn Hoornaert (Bel) Palmans Cras 138 Frantisek Kloucek, Jr. (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 20.59 139 Rafael Serrano (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 140 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 141 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Vorarlberg - Corratec 142 Sergio Dominguez (Spa) Contentpolis-Ampo 143 Kenny Van Der Schueren (Bel) Palmans Cras 144 Michele Merlo (Ita) Barloworld 145 Mirco Selvaggi (Ita) Amica Chips - Knauf 146 Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld 147 Federico Canuti (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 148 Giuseppe De Maria (Ita) Amica Chips - Knauf 149 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Fuji-Servetto 21.07 150 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Barloworld 151 Berik Anuarbekovich Kupeshov (Kaz) Astana 21.11 152 Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Palmans Cras 22.53 153 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 24.28 154 Vojtech Dlouhy (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 155 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 26.26 156 Bjorn Coomans (Bel) Palmans Cras 27.26 157 Paolo Tomaselli (Ita) Amica Chips - Knauf 158 Boris Shpilevsky (Rus) Fuji-Servetto 159 Dimitri Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 160 Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 161 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 28.37 162 Petr Kubias (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author 37.02 163 Silvère Ackermann (Swi) Vorarlberg - Corratec 164 Jean Zen (Fra) Palmans Cras Points classification 1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence-Lotto 23 pts 2 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha 20 3 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 20 4 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 18 5 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha 18 6 Francesco Chichi (Ita) Liquigas 16 7 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 14 8 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Amica Chips - Knauf 14 9 Grega Bole (Slo) Amica Chips - Knauf 12 10 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 12 11 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 10 12 Chris Sutton (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream 10 13 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana 9 14 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 9 15 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 8 16 Marco Finetto (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 7 17 Steve Chainel (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom 6 18 Francesco Rivera (Ita) Amica Chips - Knauf 6 19 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 5 20 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - Highroad 5 21 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 4 22 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 4 23 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia - Highroad 3 24 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. 3 25 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 2 26 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 2 27 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram 1 28 Robert Förster (Ger) Team Milram 1 Sprint classification 1 Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - N.G.C. 9 pts 2 Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 6 3 Enrico Franzoï (Ita) Liquigas 3 4 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Columbia - Highroad 3 5 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Palmans Cras 3 6 Marco Finetto (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 2 7 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 2 8 Dieter Capelle (Bel) Palmans Cras 2 9 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram 1 10 Kevin Neirynckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 1 11 André Schulze (Ger) PSK Whirlpool - Author 1 Mountains classification 1 Michele Merlo (Ita) Barloworld 26 pts 2 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Team Katusha 23 3 Dieter Capelle (Bel) Palmans Cras 18 4 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Palmans Cras 15 5 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 13 6 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 11 7 Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Fuji-Servetto 7 8 Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 7 9 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 6 10 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence-Lotto 5 11 Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - N.G.C. 5 12 Marco Finetto (Ita) CSF Group - Navigare 4 13 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 3 14 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha 3 15 Kevin Neirynckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 2 16 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1 17 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream 1 18 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 1 19 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence-Lotto 1 20 Enrico Franzoï (Ita) Liquigas 1 Teams classification 1 Liquigas 29.15.54 2 Silence - Lotto 0.57 3 Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team 3.05 4 Rabobank 13.14 5 Bbox Bouygues Telecom 6 CSF Group - Navigare 7 Team Milram 17.01 8 Team Columbia - High Road 19.25 9 Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 10 Team Katusha 24.34 11 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 24.52 12 Garmin - Slipstream 25.31 13 Amica Chips - Knauf 14 Astana 15 Quick Step 25.36 16 Skil - Shimano 29.18 17 Fuji-Servetto 30.56 18 Lampre-N.G.C. 31.42 19 Palmans Cras 34.55 20 Team Vorarlberg -Corratec 37.48 21 Contentpolis Ampo 45.19 22 Barloworld 49.02 23 PSK Whirlpool - Author 54.39
