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Eneco Tour of Benelux - ProT
Netherlands & Belgium, August 3-10, 2005
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Stage 1 - August 4: Geel (Bel) - Mierlo (Ned), 192 km
A home-win for Van Heeswijk
By Anthony Tan
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32 year-old Dutchman Max Van Heeswijk (Discovery Channel) gave the locals something to cheer about as the Benelux tour came to the Netherlands today, outsprinting Marco Zanotti (Liquigas-Bianchi) and Steven De Jongh (Rabobank) in an expected bunch gallop in Mierlo. As a result, Van Heeswijk now leads the inaugural Eneco Tour from yesterday's stage winner and overnight leader Rik Verbrugghe (Quick.Step-Innergetic), who now lies second overall. Carlos Barredo (Liberty Seguras-Würth), Roger Hammond (Discovery Channel) and Stefan Van Dijk (Mr. Bookmaker-Sport Tech) are placed third to fifth on GC, all 11 seconds behind Van Heeswijk.
The 192 kilometre journey began in the town of Geel in Belgium, before traversing across mostly flat countryside as the peloton made its way over the Dutch border to Mierlo. Today's racing featured a two-man breakaway in the form of Rudie Kemna (Shimano-Memory Corp) and Erwin Thijs (Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech), the two separated by less than a second on the overall classification at the start of the day, in 26th and 27th place respectively. Not surprisingly, with both just 11 seconds off the lead, Kemna found himself as virtual race leader for much of the time he was away, but the Quick.Step-Innergetic team of Verbrugghe never let the break get out of hand.
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A group of four riders - Koen De Kort (Liberty Seguros-Würth), Thorwald Veneberg (Rabobank), Jose Cayetano Julia (Illes Balears) and Kemna's team-mate Rik Reinerink - did try and bridge the gap, but the peloton caught the quartet with 37 kilometres remaining. At this stage, Kemna and Thijs held a 40 second advantage, and managed to increase their lead to just over a minute in the following kilometres. However, the sprinters' teams were eager for a win, and with a little over 25 kilometres to go, the likes of Discovery Channel, Rabobank and T-Mobile took up the chase in search for a stage victory.
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Entering the first of two finishing circuits in Mierlo, the lead pair were still 38 seconds in front, the multiple roundabouts and narrow roads aiding their chances. But as they passed under the start/finish line for the final time, Kemna and Thijs were swamped by the peloton, giving rise to the inevitable bunch sprint.
T-Mobile appeared well-organised to take Erik Zabel to the line, but his final lead-out man didn't see who was on his wheel until it was much too late, at which point Van Heeswijk (Discovery Channel) began the sprint from around 200 metres out and charged down the right-hand side, taking a comfortable victory over Zanotti (Liquigas-Bianchi) and De Jongh (Rabobank). Giosuè Bonomi (Lampre-Caffita) was fourth while the luckless Zabel rounded up the top five.
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- Max Van Heeswijk (Discovery Channel) outsprints Marco Zanotti (Liquigas-Bianchi) and Steven De Jongh (Rabobank) to win the first stage in Mierlo.
- Max Van Heeswijk (Discovery Channel) gave the hometown crowd something to cheer about as he became the new race leader of the Eneco Tour of Benelux.
Images by Luc Claessen/www.actiefotos.be
- Riders at the start in Geel, Belgium.
- Race leader Rik Verbrugghe (Quick Step-Innergetic).
- Carlos Barredo (Liberty Seguros-Würth, L) and Rik Verbrugghe (Quick Step-Innergetic, R).
- Alessandro Petacchi (Fassa Bortolo) didn't feature in today's bunch sprint.
- Bobby Julich (Team CSC) tries to catch a fly in his mouth.
- Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) is leaving his future whereabouts a mystery to the public.
- Fabio Baldato (Fassa Bortolo) looking pretty chirpy.
- Geert Omloop (Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech) enjoying the sunshine.
- Italian champion Enrico Gasparotto (Liquigas).
- Jurgen Van Goolen (Quick Step-Innergetic) is having a quiet season to date.
- Likewise is his team-mate Kevin De Weert (Quick Step-Innergetic)
- Linus Gerdemann (Team CSC) seeking some inner calm.
- Swiss champion Martin Elmiger (Phonak).
- Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) looking a little lost.
- Belgian champion Serge Baguet (Davitamon-Lotto) signs a few autographs.
- Dutch talent Thomas Dekker (Rabobank).
- Victor Hugo Pena (Phonak) was the first rider to escape the bunch.
- Erik Dekker (Rabobank) goes after Victor Hugo Pena (Phonak).
- Then it's Jurgen Van Goolen (Quick Step-Innergetic) who goes after Pena.
- The peloton in chase mode.
Results
1 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 4.20.08 (43.685 km/h) 2 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 3 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 4 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 5 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 6 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 8 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 9 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 10 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 11 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 12 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 13 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 14 Simone Cadamuro IRA Domina Vacanze 15 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Francaise des Jeux 16 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 17 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 18 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19 Angel Edo Alsina (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 20 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 21 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 22 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 24 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 25 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 0.04 26 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 27 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 28 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 29 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 30 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 31 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 32 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 33 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 34 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 35 Frderic Guesdon (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 36 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 37 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 38 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 0.08 39 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 40 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 41 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 42 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 43 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 44 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 45 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 46 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 47 Santos Gonzalez Capilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 48 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 49 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 50 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 51 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 52 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 53 Gorka Gonzalez Larranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 54 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 55 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 56 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 57 Rudie Kemna (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 58 Marco Bos (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 59 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 60 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 61 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 62 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 63 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 64 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 65 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 66 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 67 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 68 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 69 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 70 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 71 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 72 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 73 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 74 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 75 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 76 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 77 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 78 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 79 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 80 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 81 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 82 Geert Omloop (Bel) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 83 Johan Coenen (Bel) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 84 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 85 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 86 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 87 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 88 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 89 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 90 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 91 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 92 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 93 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 94 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 95 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 96 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 97 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 98 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 99 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 100 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 101 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 102 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 103 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 104 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 105 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 106 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 107 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp 108 Luca Solari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 109 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 110 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 111 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 112 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 113 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 114 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 115 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Francaise des Jeux 116 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 117 Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 118 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 119 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 120 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 121 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 122 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 123 Nicholas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 124 Frderik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 125 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.31 126 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 127 David Boucher (Fra) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 0.35 128 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 129 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 0.41 130 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.45 131 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Francaise des Jeux 0.49 132 Julien Smink (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 0.50 133 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.00 134 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 1.43 135 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 1.46 136 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 137 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 138 Jose Cayetano Julia Cegarra (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 139 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 140 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 141 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 142 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 143 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 144 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 145 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 146 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp 147 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 148 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 149 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 150 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 151 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 152 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 153 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 154 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 155 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 1.54 156 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.01 157 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 158 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 3.15 159 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 3.21 160 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 161 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.30 162 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.04 163 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 164 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 165 Viktor Rapinsky (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 166 Eelke Van Der Wal (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 167 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 168 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 169 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Domina Vacanze 170 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 171 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 172 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 173 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 174 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole 175 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 176 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 177 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 178 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 179 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 180 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 181 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone Sprints Sprint 1 1 Rudie Kemna (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 8 pts 2 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 5 3 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 3 Sprint 2 1 Rudie Kemna (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 8 pts 2 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 5 3 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 3 Sprint 3 1 Rudie Kemna (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 8 pts 2 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 5 3 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 3 Teams 1 Saunier Duval-Prodir 13.00.24 2 Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 0.04 3 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.08 4 Gerolsteiner 5 Davitamon-Lotto 6 T-Mobile Team 7 Euskaltel-Euskadi 8 Rabobank 0.12 9 Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 10 Liquigas-Bianchi 11 Francaise des Jeux 12 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.16 13 Phonak Hearing Systems 14 Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 15 Quick Step-Innergetic 16 Lampre-Caffita 17 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 18 Domina Vacanze 19 Team CSC 0.20 20 Fassa Bortolo 21 Credit Agricole 22 Bouygues Telecom 23 Shimano- Memery Corp 0.24 General classification after stage 1 1 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 4.26.51 2 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.01 3 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.11 4 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 5 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 6 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 7 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.12 8 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 9 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 10 Rudie Kemna (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 11 Benoit Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 12 Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile Team 0.13 13 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 14 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 15 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 0.14 16 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 17 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 0.15 18 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile Team 19 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 0.16 20 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 21 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 22 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 23 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 24 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.17 25 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 26 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 27 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 0.18 28 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 29 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.19 30 Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 31 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 32 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 33 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.20 34 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.21 35 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 0.22 36 Christian Vandevelde (USA) Team CSC 0.23 37 Gorka Verdugo Marcotegui (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 38 Geert Omloop (Bel) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 39 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.24 40 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 41 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 42 Unai Yus Kerejeta (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 0.25 43 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 44 Inaki Isasi Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 45 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.26 46 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 47 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 48 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 49 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 50 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.27 51 Mikel Pradera Rodriguez (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 52 Nicholas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 0.28 53 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 54 Gorka Gonzalez Larranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 55 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 56 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 57 Aurelien Clerc (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 58 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.29 59 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 60 Frderic Guesdon (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 0.30 61 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 62 Marco Velo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 63 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.31 64 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 65 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 66 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team 67 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 68 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 69 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 70 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 0.32 71 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 72 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.33 73 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.34 74 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 0.35 75 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 76 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 77 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.36 78 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 79 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.37 80 Simone Cadamuro IRA Domina Vacanze 81 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 82 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 83 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 0.38 84 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Credit Agricole 85 Ignacio Gutierrez Cataluna (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 86 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 0.39 87 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Francaise des Jeux 88 Angel Edo Alsina (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 89 Luca Solari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 90 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 91 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 92 Anthony Charteau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 93 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 0.40 94 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 95 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 96 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 97 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.41 98 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole 0.42 99 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 100 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 101 Johan Coenen (Bel) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 0.43 102 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.44 103 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 104 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 105 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 0.45 106 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 107 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Credit Agricole 108 Marco Bos (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 0.46 109 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.47 110 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 0.48 111 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 112 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.49 113 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole 0.51 114 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 115 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.52 116 Santos Gonzalez Capilla (Spa) Phonak Hearing Systems 117 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.53 118 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.54 119 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 120 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp 121 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 0.55 122 Frderik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 0.56 123 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Francaise des Jeux 124 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 0.58 125 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 0.59 126 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 1.02 127 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.04 128 David Boucher (Fra) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 1.05 129 Isidro Nozal Vega (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 1.07 130 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 1.12 131 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 1.16 132 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Francaise des Jeux 1.30 133 Julien Smink (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 1.33 134 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 2.01 135 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 2.04 136 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 2.05 137 Jason Mccartney (USA) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 138 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 2.08 139 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 2.13 140 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 2.15 141 Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.17 142 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 143 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.19 144 Sven Montgomery (Swi) Gerolsteiner 145 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 2.21 146 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 147 Jose Cayetano Julia Cegarra (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 148 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 2.22 149 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 2.25 150 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 151 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 2.26 152 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.27 153 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.29 154 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2.32 155 Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp 2.54 156 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.23 157 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 3.36 158 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 3.49 159 Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.54 160 Julian Dean (NZl) Credit Agricole 4.14 161 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.19 162 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 6.21 163 Viktor Rapinsky (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.26 164 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 6.29 165 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 6.30 166 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 6.31 167 Eric Leblacher (Fra) Credit Agricole 6.37 168 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.40 169 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.44 170 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.46 171 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6.48 172 Eelke Van Der Wal (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 173 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 6.49 174 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 6.52 175 Damien Nazon (Fra) Credit Agricole 6.54 176 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 6.55 177 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 6.56 178 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.57 179 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole 7.10 180 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.13 181 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 7.14 Points classification 1 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 30 pts 2 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 25 3 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 25 4 Rudie Kemna (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 24 5 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 19 6 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 17 7 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 15 8 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 15 9 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 13 10 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 12 11 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 11 12 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 10 13 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 3 14 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 3 Young rider classification 1 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 4.27.02 2 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 3 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 0.02 4 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.05 5 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel ProCycling Team 6 Thomas Ziegler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.06 7 Miguel Moreira Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.08 8 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Team CSC 9 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.09 10 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.10 11 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.13 12 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 13 Frank Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.14 14 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 0.15 15 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.16 16 Nicholas Roche (Irl) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 0.17 17 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 18 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 19 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.18 20 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 21 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile Team 0.19 22 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.20 23 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 24 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 25 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 0.24 26 Aketza Pena Iza (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 27 Koldo Fernandez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.26 28 Juan Jose Cobo Acebo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 29 Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Francaise des Jeux 0.28 30 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 31 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.29 32 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick Step-Innergetic 0.31 33 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 34 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.33 35 Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 36 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.34 37 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.36 38 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 0.37 39 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.40 40 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.43 41 Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp 42 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 0.48 43 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Domina Vacanze 0.53 44 David Boucher (Fra) Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 0.54 45 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 1.01 46 Ian Mcleod (RSA) Francaise des Jeux 1.19 47 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 1.54 48 Jose Luis Carrasco Gamiz (Spa) Illes Balears-Caisse D'epargne 2.04 49 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 2.16 50 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.12 51 Samuele Marzoli (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 3.38 52 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.08 53 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 6.10 54 Viktor Rapinsky (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems 6.15 55 Fabien Sanchez (Fra) Francaise des Jeux 6.20 56 Anton Luengo Celaya (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.29 57 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 6.35 58 Eelke Van Der Wal (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 6.37 59 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 6.41 60 Arkaitz Duran Aroca (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.02 Teams classification 1 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13.20.54 2 Rabobank 0.16 3 Liberty Seguros-Würth Team 0.18 4 Quick Step-Innergetic 0.19 5 Gerolsteiner 0.20 6 Davitamon-Lotto 0.26 7 T-Mobile Team 0.29 8 Mr. Bookmaker-Sportstech 0.30 9 Team CSC 0.31 10 Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.39 11 Domina Vacanze 0.41 12 Cofidis, Le Credit Par Telephone 0.48 13 Illes Balears-Caisse d'Epargne 0.51 14 Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 0.52 15 Euskaltel-Euskadi 0.55 16 Fassa Bortolo 1.00 17 Francaise des Jeux 1.01 18 Phonak Hearing Systems 1.07 19 Lampre-Caffita 1.12 20 Bouygues Telecom 1.13 21 Shimano- Memery Corp 1.14 22 Liquigas-Bianchi 1.23 23 Credit Agricole 1.36
