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Tour of Britain - 2.1
Great Britain, August 30-September 4, 2005
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Stage 4 - September 2: Buxton - Nottingham, 195km
Rushin' Ivanov gallops home
By Shane Stokes in Nottingham
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T-Mobile rider Serguei Ivanov sprinted to his second win of the season on stage four of the Tour of Britain today, following up his win in the Russian road race championships at the end of June. The 30 year old proved quicker than Scotland rider Evan Oliphant, Kazuo Inoue (Bridgestone Anchor) and Paul Manning (Recycling.co.uk) inside the final 200 metres of the stage, the four having gone clear of the peloton less than five kilometres after the start in Buxton.
Oliphant and Manning both normally ride for the Recycling.co.uk team and, recognising that the 2001 Tour de France stage winner was the strongest in the break, decided to attack the Russian on the run in to the finish. Both tried to get clear but he was equal to the task, closing down each attack and then taking the sprint with ease.
Race leader Nick Nuyens came in as part of the main bunch 10 minutes and 6 seconds later, retaining his seven second advantage over CSC's Michael Blaudzun going into tomorrow's 4 kilometre time trial. Nuyens' team-mate Luca Paolini outsprinted the highly promising 20 year old fastman Mark Cavendish (Great Britain) to win the bunch gallop, and in doing so strengthened his lead in the points classification.
Welshman Julian Winn had an easy day as regards holding onto the King of the Mountains jersey, sewing up the competition when the four breakaway riders mopped up all the points on today's three third-category climbs.
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Stage winner Ivanov used his experience to control the other riders. "It was a good sprint because I was looking out for the two English riders, I knew to watch them. They had started attacking 20 kilometres before the finish, after the last mountain sprint. I knew they would be together for the sprint. I noticed that they must normally have been on the same team about 60 kilometres after the start, as they had the same bikes, same clothing. It made things harder for the final.
"I tried to control the group, along with the Japanese rider. We started changing over very fast, each rider hitting the front every three or four seconds. That helped me to keep an eye on them."
When asked when he realised they could stay away, Ivanov said that he knew it early on. "I knew we had a really good chance a few kilometres after the start. I saw the parcours before the race, noticing that it was slightly downhill. I knew if we got clear, we could down it very fast. There were some attacks and then we went at just the right moment, when the bunch was easing back. We got the gap then.
"Everyone worked well during the stage. No-one was sitting back, relaxing, taking it easy. Everyone was working. The Japanese rider was also strong, we didn't wait for him or anything. He rode well, never missing a turn.
"I felt that I could win today after the first attack from our group. When the first move went with 20 kilometres to go, I was able to get it back. Then the second and third one. It was not easy, but I could bring them back. So I knew that I was strong enough."
Ivanov then described the final run-in to the finish and how things went. "There was a bend about eight or nine hundred meters before the line. It wasn’t really dangerous for the break but maybe in the bunch it might have been. Our speed is not so high, especially as everyone was looking at each other to see what they were planning to do.
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"I saw that the rider from Recycling and the Scottish rider wanted to work together. He [Manning] started to lead it out two kilometres from the finish, working alone from then. I knew then I only had to look out for the other rider. He was behind me, so I was always turning my head to see where he was. Any time when he was standing out of his saddle, I was ready to jump onto his wheel. Then, 200 metres before the finish I started my sprint. It was fine from there."
Yellow jersey Nick Nuyens said that QuickStep had a tough day controlling things. "We were not really getting any help from the other teams. Our guys were pulling all the time," he said. "About 50 kilometres from the finish I went to Blaudzun and asked for him to put one of his guys up with our riders, just to maintain the tempo. The whole stage was quite fast. Then in the last 15 kilometres, a Spanish guy came to help us.
"It was quite hard to control the race. Michael [Rogers] was not pulling on the flat because yesterday he did all the mountains at the front. And Paolini was up front all day yesterday, so he was a bit tired.
Nuyens heads into tomorrow's race against the clock with a seven second buffer, but knows that a strong performance is crucial. "The time trial will be very important. We have to make some decisions before it. The circuit is very technical, so maybe it is better go with a normal bike. I don't know. We will see tomorrow. I will try my best but if Michael [Rogers] wins, that is okay too. And if I keep the jersey it is even better! The main goal is to win the jersey. If we can win the stage, it is even better for the team.
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"My main goal coming here was to take a stage. I wanted to win again. After I took the first stage I thought that there was a good chance to keep the jersey for a while. Now I want to win the general classification and also the time trial, if it is possible. But it is not that easy, we will see."
How it unfolded
Today’s stage was run off in fine weather and in front of massive crowds, enhancing the motivation of the riders. Shortly after the drop of the flag, Serguei Ivanov (T-Mobile), Paul Manning (Recycling.co.uk), Evan Oliphant (Scotland) and Kazuo Inoue (Bridgestone Anchor) attacked and were 30 seconds clear after 6 kilometres. The bunch didn't respond to the move and their advantage jumped up to 1 minute and 12 seconds by kilometre ten, and then to two and a half minutes 5 kilometres later.
Manning was the best placed overall in 50th, 24'17 behind Nuyens, and this made it likely that the bunch would give them some slack.
Behind, both the Downing brothers experienced troubles inside the first 25 kilometres. National road race champion Russell crashed and suffered abrasions to his left arm and leg, taking 12 kilometres to get back to the bunch, while Dean experienced handlebar problems and needed mechanical assistance. Meanwhile the break kept plugging ahead and had a lead of 4'22 by the top of the category 3 Cromford climb (30.6 km), where Manning led Inoue, Ivanov and Oliphant over the summit. In doing so, the four mopped up some of the points that Ryan Cox (Barloworld Valsir) needed to take back from mountains leader Julian Winn.
Manning was also first over the line at the special prime in Duffield (50.9 km). At this point the quartet had 5'43 and the daylight between bunch and break continued to grow, jumping to 8'37 some 20 kilometres later. Back in the bunch, MrBookmaker.com rider Jeremy Hunt had a fall and was taken to hospital with facial injuries. The Englishman had started the stage second to Paolini in the points classification and 14th overall.
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Oliphant won the sprint at Loughborough (114.8 km) ahead of Inoue, Manning and Ivanov. He was also first at the sprint at Leicester (133.2 km), beating Ivanov, Inoue and Manning to the line. Shortly afterwards, the gap was clocked at 13'49 and, with less than 70 kilometres remaining at that point, it became certain that the winner would come from this group. This gap then went out even further, going up to its maximum of 14'19 with 36 kilometres to go.
Oliphant beat Inoue, Ivanov and Manning to take the category 3 climb prime at Ab Kettleby (160.8 km). Manning was then first to the top of the category 3 climb of Upper Broughton (166.9 km), ahead of Ivanov, Oliphant and Inoue.
The fun and games started after that final KOM, with Oliphant attacking and gapping the other three riders. He was brought back shortly afterward. A kilometre later, Manning jumped but was closed down by Ivanov. The four resumed what was now an uneasy truce, but both tried again before the finish, to no avail.
Manning led things out inside the final kilometre but while Oliphant did what he could to take the victory, Ivanov was too quick. He blasted home to take his second victory of 2005, with Oliphant, Inoue and Manning finishing in that order. Paolini brought the bunch home just over 10 minutes later, cementing his grip on the points jersey, while Nuyens rolled over the line in eighth. He will start tomorrow's four kilometre time trial with a seven second advantage over Blaudzun, moving a step closer towards winning this year's Tour of Britain.
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- The break - Serguei Ivanov (T-Mobile), Evan Oliphant (Scotland), Kazuo Inoue (Jpn), and Paul Manning (Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed) got away early and stayed away
- Thepeloton makes its way through big crowds
- The peloton rolls along
- The peloton seemed content to enjoy teh sunshine and let teh break stay away.
- Serguei Ivanov (T-Mobile) leads Evan Oliphant (Scotland) in the break
- Serguei Ivanov (T-Mobile) gets the win from the four-man break
- Serguei Ivanov (T-Mobile) triumphant
- Serguei Ivanov (T-Mobile) celebrates
- ToB podium girls prove that not all Brits are pale and pasty!
- Luca Paolini (Quick Step) wins the bunch sprint for fifth
- Serguei Ivanov (T-Mobile) celebrates his stage victory
- Eric Baumann (T-Mobile) in the jersey for best sprinter
- A big turn out for the finish in Nottingham
- The jersey wearers - Julian Winn (Wales, mountains); Luca Paolini (Quick Step-Innergetic, points) Eric Baumann (T-Mobile, sprint) and Nick Nuyens (Quick Step-Innergetic, overall)
- A champagne shower as donated by the jersey wearers
Results
1 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile 4.24.17 2 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 3 Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 4 Paul Manning (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 5 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 10.06 6 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Great Britain 7 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 8 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 9 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 10 Javier Cherro Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 11 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 12 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 13 Paul Healion (Irl) DFL Driving Force Logistics 14 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 15 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 16 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld-Valsir 17 Yanto Barker (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 18 Bert de Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 19 Siro Camponogara (Ita) Navigators Insurance 20 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 21 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Ireland 22 Peter Mazur (Pol) Navigators Insurance 23 Phillip Dixon (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 24 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 25 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 26 Robert Hayles (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 27 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 28 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance 29 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 30 Ben Day (Aus) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 31 Ciarán Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance 32 Julian Winn (GBr) Wales 33 Kieran Page (GBr) Great Britain 34 Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld-Valsir 35 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Innergetic 36 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 37 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 38 Chris Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 39 Dale Appleby (GBr) Wales 40 Tom White (GBr) Great Britain 10.11 41 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 42 Matthew Gilmore (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 43 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 44 Matthew Brammeier (GBr) Wales 45 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 46 Frederic Gabriel (Fra) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 47 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 48 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain 49 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 50 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 51 Roger Hammond (GBr) Great Britain 52 Alex Coutts (GBr) Scotland 53 Juan Gomis Lopez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 54 Russel Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 55 Paul Griffin (Irl) Ireland 56 Ben Hallam (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 57 Paudi O'Brien (Irl) Ireland 58 David George (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir 59 Ryan Connor (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 10.16 60 Alfred Green (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir 61 Thomas Evans (Irl) Ireland 62 David Munoz Banon (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 63 Steven Roach (GBr) Wales 10.19 64 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Wales 65 Antonio Olmo Menacho (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 66 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile 67 Martin Ford (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 68 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile 10.23 69 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 10.24 70 Jose Luis Martinez Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 71 Dean Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 72 Robert Partridge (GBr) Wales 73 Gary Hand (GBr) Scotland 74 Tony Bracke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 10.27 75 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 10.31 76 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance 77 James McCallum (GBr) Scotland 78 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance 79 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 80 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 81 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld-Valsir 82 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir 83 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland 84 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 85 David McCann (Irl) Ireland 86 Wesley Van der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 10.42 87 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 88 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain 10.46 DNF Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech DNF Jean Claude Lebeau (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago DNF Junya Sano (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor Points 1 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile 15 pts 2 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 14 3 Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 13 4 Paul Manning (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 12 5 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 11 6 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Great Britain 10 7 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 9 8 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 8 9 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 7 10 Javier Cherro Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 6 11 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 5 12 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 4 13 Paul Healion (Irl) DFL Driving Force Logistics 3 14 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 2 15 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 1 Mountains Climb - Cat 3, Cromford 1 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 4 pts 2 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile 3 3 Paul Manning (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 2 4 Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 1 Climb - Cat 3, Ab Kettleby 1 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 4 pts 2 Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 3 3 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile 2 4 Paul Manning (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 1 Climb - Cat 3, Upper Broughton 1 Paul Manning (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 4 pts 2 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile 3 3 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 2 4 Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 1 Sprints Prime, Duffield 1 Paul Manning (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed Sprint - Derby 1 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 5 pts 2 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile 3 3 Paul Manning (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 2 4 Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 1 Sprint - Loughborough 1 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 5 pts 2 Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 3 3 Paul Manning (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 2 4 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile 1 Sprint - Leicester 1 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 5 pts 2 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile 3 3 Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 2 4 Paul Manning (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 1 Teams 1 T-Mobile 13.33.03 2 Bridgestone Anchor 3 Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 0.05 4 Scotland 0.23 5 Quick Step-Innergetic 10.06 6 DFL Driving Force Logistics 7 Landbouwkrediet 8 Mr Bookmaker-Sportstech 9 Navigators Insurance 10 Team CSC 11 Great Britain 10.11 12 Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 13 Barloworld-Valsir 14 Wales 15 Ireland 10.16 16 Comunidad Valenciana 10.21 General classification after stage 4 1 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 17.28.44 2 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 0.07 3 Javier Cherro Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 0.10 4 Bert de Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 0.16 5 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance 0.19 6 Ben Day (Aus) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 7 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 0.22 8 Yanto Barker (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 1.03 9 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Innergetic 1.04 10 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 1.05 11 Chris Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 1.06 12 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 1.07 13 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile 1.25 14 Peter Mazur (Pol) Navigators Insurance 1.54 15 David George (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir 2.00 16 Juan Gomis Lopez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 2.02 17 Alex Coutts (GBr) Scotland 2.18 18 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 2.41 19 Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld-Valsir 2.48 20 Antonio Olmo Menacho (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 3.15 21 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 3.39 22 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 3.43 23 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 3.53 24 Davide Bramati (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 4.22 25 Ciarán Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance 4.45 26 Alfred Green (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir 4.54 27 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Barloworld-Valsir 4.56 28 Kieran Page (GBr) Great Britain 6.28 29 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 10.47 30 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance 11.11 31 Siro Camponogara (Ita) Navigators Insurance 11.41 32 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 12.05 33 Paul Manning (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 14.09 34 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 14.43 35 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile 14.44 36 Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 14.51 37 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 18.51 38 Julian Winn (GBr) Wales 19.03 39 Russel Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 40 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 19.18 41 Dean Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 19.28 42 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir 43 Wesley Van der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 19.47 44 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain 20.41 45 Tony Bracke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 21.28 46 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 22.45 47 David Munoz Banon (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 23.38 48 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile 23.45 49 David McCann (Irl) Ireland 23.52 50 Roger Hammond (GBr) Great Britain 23.53 51 Frederic Gabriel (Fra) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 24.22 52 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 53 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 25.01 54 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 25.02 55 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 25.04 56 Phillip Dixon (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 57 Dale Appleby (GBr) Wales 58 Edward Clancy (GBr) Great Britain 25.06 59 Chris Newton (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 25.09 60 Shinichi Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 61 Paul Griffin (Irl) Ireland 62 Ryan Connor (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 25.14 63 Thomas Evans (Irl) Ireland 64 Jose Luis Martinez Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 25.22 65 Robert Partridge (GBr) Wales 66 Martin Ford (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 25.24 67 Jonathon Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance 25.29 68 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 25.36 69 Tom White (GBr) Great Britain 27.30 70 Matthew Gilmore (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 71 Robert Hayles (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 27.35 72 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 28.55 73 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 29.02 74 Matthew Brammeier (GBr) Wales 29.07 75 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Great Britain 31.56 76 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 32.00 77 Eugene Moriarty (Irl) Ireland 78 Koji Fukushima (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 79 Paudi O'Brien (Irl) Ireland 32.05 80 Steven Roach (GBr) Wales 32.13 81 Jamie Norfolk (GBr) Wales 82 Gary Hand (GBr) Scotland 32.18 83 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 84 Ben Hallam (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 32.25 85 Duncan Urquhart (GBr) Scotland 86 Paul Healion (Irl) DFL Driving Force Logistics 33.00 87 Enrico Degano (Ita) Barloworld-Valsir 33.25 88 James McCallum (GBr) Scotland 38.33 Points classification 1 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 38 pts 2 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 27 3 Javier Cherro Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 27 4 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Great Britain 23 5 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 18 6 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 16 7 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile 15 8 Roger Hammond (GBr) Great Britain 15 9 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 15 10 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 14 11 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 14 12 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 14 13 Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 13 14 Russel Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 13 15 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick Step-Innergetic 12 16 Paul Manning (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 12 17 Tony Bracke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 12 18 Bert de Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 11 19 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir 11 20 Yanto Barker (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 10 21 Julian Winn (GBr) Wales 10 22 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 9 23 Jose Luis Martinez Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 9 24 Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 9 25 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 8 26 Dean Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 8 27 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 8 28 Takehiro Mizutani (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 7 29 Wesley Van der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 7 30 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 6 31 Peter Mazur (Pol) Navigators Insurance 6 32 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain 6 33 Siro Camponogara (Ita) Navigators Insurance 5 34 Ben Day (Aus) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 4 35 Chris Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 4 36 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 4 37 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 4 38 David George (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir 3 39 Paul Healion (Irl) DFL Driving Force Logistics 3 40 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance 2 41 Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld-Valsir 2 42 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 2 43 Phillip Dixon (GBr) DFL Driving Force Logistics 1 Mountains classification 1 Julian Winn (GBr) Wales 32 pts 2 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir 26 3 Jose Luis Martinez Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 15 4 Luca Paolini (Ita) Quick Step-Innergetic 14 5 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 12 6 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 10 7 Wesley Van der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 10 8 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 10 9 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 9 10 Ben Day (Aus) Mr Bookmaker-Sports Tech 8 11 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile 8 12 Russel Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 8 13 Roger Hammond (GBr) Great Britain 8 14 Paul Manning (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 7 15 Antonio Olmo Menacho (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 7 16 Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 5 17 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 4 18 Bert de Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 4 19 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 3 20 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain 3 21 Dean Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 2 22 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile 1 23 Ciarán Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance 1 24 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance 1 25 Tony Bracke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet Colnago 1 26 Paul Griffin (Irl) Ireland 1 Sprints classification 1 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 18 pts 2 Evan Oliphant (GBr) Scotland 15 3 Roger Hammond (GBr) Great Britain 15 4 Javier Cherro Molina (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 11 5 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Great Britain 8 6 Jose Luis Martinez Jimenez (Spa) Comunidad Valenciana 8 7 Robin Sharman (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 8 8 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile 7 9 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 7 10 Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor 6 11 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 5 12 Paul Manning (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 5 13 Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld-Valsir 3 14 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile 3 15 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 3 16 Russel Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 3 17 Wesley Van der Linden (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 3 18 Dean Downing (GBr) Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 2 19 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques T-Interim 1 20 Ryan Cox (RSA) Barloworld-Valsir 1 Teams classification 1 T-Mobile 52.16.08 2 Quick Step-Innergetic 9.07 3 Comunidad Valenciana 9.38 4 Mr Bookmaker-Sportstech 13.20 5 Barloworld-Valsir 13.30 6 Team CSC 13.44 7 Navigators Insurance 16.07 8 Landbouwkrediet 30.30 9 Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 32.42 10 Bridgestone Anchor 53.52 11 Scotland 59.38 12 Great Britain 1.00.47 13 DFL Driving Force Logistics 1.01.15 14 Recycling.co.uk/Litespeed 1.02.29 15 Wales 1.19.20 16 Ireland 1.23.49
