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3rd Eneco Tour of Benelux - ProT

Netherlands & Belgium, August 22-29, 2007

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Stage 2 - August 24: Anvers (Bel) - Knokke-Heist (Bel), 199.1km

Young old-school sprinter Cavendish unbeatable

By Brecht Decaluwé in Knokke, with additional reporting form Susan Westemeyer

Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile)
Photo ©: Luc Claessen
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The second stage finish of the Eneco Tour looked like a Tour de France Champs Élysées finish since fashionable Knokke was ready for a top-class bunch sprint finish in front of its casino near the North Sea coast. Instead of mulitple Tour stage winner Robbie McEwen battling it out for the sprint, it was his American team-mate Fred Rodriguez who muscled his way to the line, but nobody could get the better of the young Manx-man, Mark Cavendish.

The young T-Mobile sprinter once again proved he has two of the fastest legs in the peloton and this time the neo-professional showed the peloton his rear end in Knokke. "I'm an old-school sprinter," 22 year-old Cavendish stated, "I can't climb a mountain but if I am in front with 200 metres to go then there's nobody who can beat me."

In his first year as a professional rider he has captured already eight sprint wins, and that's the number Cavendish showed the crowds when he crossed the finish line. "Robbie [McEwen] won eight races in his first year as a pro and now I'm matching that number," Cavendish smiled, "I hope to win 11 races this year, just like Alessandro Petacchi."

The bunch sprint in Knokke was difficult one to control since there were a lot of corners and bumps in the final couple of kilometres. "The build-up to the sprint was dangerous and I was dropping back at one occasion but my team piloted me perfectly back to the front," Cavendish explained what happened when the peloton raged through the sunny and crowded streets of Knokke.

"In a normal sprint you need to be brought to the front by the team with only 200 metres to go but today the trick was to be in the front at that difficult corner with one kilometre to go," the winner explained. "Hammond did that perfectly, it's fantastic to have someone like Hammond leading you out every time," Cavendish pointed out that he and his lead-out man Hammond are a perfect tandem.

In the sprint he was bothered by a manoeuvre from Kenny Van Hummel. "Quick.Step came to the front and Van Hummel had the wheel of Weylandt but still he chopped my front wheel and I barely managed to stay on the bike, he's dangerous in a sprint." The Dutch sprinter from the Skil-Shimano team didn't feel he made a mistake and pointed instead towards Wouter Weylandt. "If he would've ridden a straight sprint then I would have won today," Van Hummel claimed, "and if the jury looks at the images then normally I'll be third instead of fourth."

His prediction proved to be correct since the blonde sprinter from Quick.Step - Innergetic was quickly relegated to position 140 by the race jury for irregular sprinting. Cavendish downplayed the Dutch sprinter's claims. "Now I had about five bike lengths on Van Hummel so maybe he would've been at only one bike length in a regular sprint," Cavendish smiled.

The peloton now takes a break in Knokke-Heist where the riders will start tomorrow for another flat stage towards the Antwerp region in Putte.

How it unfolded

161 riders took the start under partly cloudy skies in Antwerp, Belgium. Laurent Mangel of Ag2r didn't start, bringing his team down to only five riders. The French team brought only seven riders to the race, and Julien Loubet dropped out during yesterday's first stage.

The peloton rolled along as a group at 40.5 km/h for the first hour, with no escape attempts. They came through the first intermediate sprint in this order: Leon Van Bon (Rabobank), Steven De Jongh (Quick.Step-Innergetic) and David Millar (Saunier Duval). That evidently woke a few people up, as shortly thereafter a 10-man group formed and rode away. Nine more riders joined them and they got a 20-second advantage.

The group included Peter Van Petegem (Quick.Step), Nico Eeckhout (Chocolade Jacques), Maarten Tjallingii (Skil-Shimano), Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas) and Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole).

A train crossing
Photo ©: Luc Claessen
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Vladimir Gusev of Discovery Channel, who flatted twice yesterday before crashing and ripping open his pants and his thigh, tried to jump to the escape group but he soon realized he wouldn't make it and was re-absorbed into the peloton.

The group built its lead up to one minute as it hit the day's first ranked climb. Milram's Marcel Sieberg came over it first, followed by Aart Vierhouten of Skil-Shimano and T-Mobile's Servais Knaven. Sieberg kept on going and built up a lead of about 10 seconds before being joined by Frederik Willems (Liquigas), Rubén Pérez (Euskaltel) and Andriy Grivko, also of Milram.

Milram's nearly-two-metre man also won the second mountain ranking, with Pérez and Grivko crossing second and third. At 1.98m and 80 kilograms, Sieberg is not usually one for the climbs. The rest of the escape group faded back into the peloton and the leading four built up and maintained a lead of three to four minutes.

With 69 kilometres to go, Luke Roberts of CSC flatted. He waited for the team car and got not only a new rear wheel, but a whole load of water bottles to carry up to his teammates. The lead was dropping and was now under three minutes with 60 kilometres to go. It dropped to two and half minutes as the four passed the second intermediate sprints, with Grivko, Willems and Pérez taking the points in that order.

Beñat Albizuri of Euskaltel had to drop back to the medical car because of something in his eye – a tricky move to do from a moving bike and a moving car.

Nick Nuyens (Cofidis)
Photo ©: Luc Claessen
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The lead grew to around four minutes, and with 30 kilometres to go, Grivko couldn't keep up with the pace and had to drop off, leaving three in front. The last intermediate sprint was held at 18 kilometres to go and it was Willems, Pérez and Sieberg. By then the sprinters' teams had decided it was time to take action and the lead started falling rapidly. At the 10 kilometre marker the three were overtaken by the flying peloton.

Rabobank moved to the front of the peloton with 6.5 kilometres to go. Shortly thereafter three Discovery riders took over the lead, but no one team was able to control things. David Cañada of Saunier Duval went flying, losing his front tire and hitting the pavement.

Everyone was still together at two kilometres, with a Lampre rider taking over the lead work. A Lampre rider took a tumble at around one kilometre and landed on a grassy strip amongst the spectators and holding his side.

Unibet.com opened the sprint and Quick.Step took over but it was T-Mobile's young Mark Cavendish who came up the middle to take the win, ahead of Fred Rodriguez (Predictor-Lotto) and Wouter Weylandt of Quick.Step.

Photography

For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here

Images by Luc Claessen/www.ctm-images.com

Images by Brecht Decaluwé/Cyclingnews.com

Results

1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team                                4.31.09 (44.056 km/h)
2 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                   
3 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                    
4 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
5 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                     
6 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                    
7 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com                                           
8 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                       
9 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram                                        
10 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                            
11 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                            
12 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                             
13 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                           
14 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                               
15 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                  
16 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 
17 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                        
18 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen          
19 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram                                       
20 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                      
21 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                 
22 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     
23 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      
24 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                                          
25 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                             
26 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Prodir          
27 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
28 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com                                          
29 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                               
30 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team                                       
31 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                           
32 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                      
33 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           
34 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                    
35 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir                               
36 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                  
37 Sven Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen              
38 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                               
39 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                 
40 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 
41 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                   
42 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
43 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                       
44 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
45 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                           
46 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          
47 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                           
48 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC                                          
49 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                            
50 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
51 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram                                    
52 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                   
53 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                              
54 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                    
55 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                   
56 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank                                             
57 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas                                           
58 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                         
59 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com                                         
60 Koen Barbé (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                
61 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com                                           
62 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             
63 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                          
64 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                          
65 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                     
66 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                                         
67 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram                                 
68 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               
69 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                
70 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
71 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil - Shimano                                       
72 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                      
73 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
74 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Française des Jeux                                 
75 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                         
76 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       
77 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                 
78 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
79 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux                                  
80 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC                                             
81 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                             
82 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                             
83 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
84 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 
85 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           
86 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              
87 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
88 Francisco Perez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                  
89 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com                                           
90 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen             
91 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen        
92 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                               
93 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                          
94 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC                               
95 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  
96 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          
97 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 
98 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         
99 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        
100 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen            
101 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                  
102 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                               
103 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                     
104 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                       
105 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
106 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen             
107 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                   
108 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               
109 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           
110 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quickstep - Innergetic                         
111 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                             
112 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                      
113 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              
114 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                
115 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                        
116 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
117 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                 
118 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                                       
119 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com                             
120 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                        
121 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                 
122 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
123 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance                                    
124 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                
125 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                        
126 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                               
127 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                  
128 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                              
129 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                        
130 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team                                  
131 Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               
132 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 
133 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                  
134 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
135 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                         
136 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                        
137 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com                                          
138 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                                
139 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                  
140 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                           
141 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                   
142 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            1.58
143 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                 
144 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                
145 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  3.14
146 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                   3.32
147 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        
148 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            6.03
149 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               6.23
150 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                  6.30
151 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil - Shimano                            
152 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française des Jeux                              
153 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                        
154 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            
155 José Alberto Benitez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      
156 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               
157 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen               
158 Jakob Piil (Den) T-Mobile Team                                         
159 Raul Alarcon (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         10.56
160 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   
DNF Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                         
 
Sprints
 
1
1 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank                                             8 pts
2 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                            5
3 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir                               3
 
2
1 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                          8 pts
2 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                         5
3 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            3
 
3
1 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                         8 pts
2 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            5
3 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                        3
 
Final
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team                                     30 pts
2 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                 25
3 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                  22
4 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   19
5 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                   17
6 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                  15
7 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com                                         13
8 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                     12
9 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram                                      11
10 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                          10
 
Mountains
 
1
1 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                        5 pts
2 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                    3
3 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                      1
 
2
1 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                        5 pts
2 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            3
3 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                          1
 
3
1 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                        5 pts
2 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                         3
3 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            1
 
Teams
 
1 Team Milram                                                      13.33.27
2 Rabobank                                                                 
3 Skil-Shimano                                                             
4 Gerolsteiner                                                             
5 Lampre-Fondital                                                          
6 Predictor-Lotto                                                          
7 Caisse d'Epargne                                                         
8 T-Mobile Professional Cycling                                            
9 Unibet.com                                                               
10 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen                                   
11 Quickstep-Innergetic                                                    
12 Liquigas                                                                
13 Team CSC                                                                
14 Crédit Agricole                                                         
15 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                       
16 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                                    
17 Française des Jeux                                                      
18 Bouygues Telecom                                                        
19 Discovery Channel                                                       
20 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                         
21 Ag2r-Prevoyance                                                         
 
General classification after stage 2
 
1 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               9.19.48
2 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                         0.10
3 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           0.17
4 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir                            0.18
5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                        0.25
6 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                   0.37
7 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                              0.38
8 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank                                          0.41
9 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                            0.49
10 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil - Shimano                                       
11 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                         0.50
12 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                   
13 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                     0.51
14 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                          0.52
15 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                                     0.55
16 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              0.57
17 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                        0.58
18 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                            0.59
19 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                           1.01
20 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 
21 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             1.02
22 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                      1.04
23 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        1.05
24 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                           1.07
25 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                   
26 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                           
27 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance                                     
28 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    
29 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram                                   1.08
30 Sven Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen              
31 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram                                    
32 Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                         
33 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                      1.09
34 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                          1.10
35 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                       
36 Francisco Perez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                  
37 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                              1.11
38 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   1.12
39 Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                     1.13
40 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                          
41 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                 1.14
42 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                         
43 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                  1.15
44 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                 
45 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                      1.18
46 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             1.23
47 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                     1.29
48 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux                             1.34
49 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                          1.51
50 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil - Shimano                             1.58
51 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                     2.00
52 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                      2.01
53 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           6.09
54 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   7.18
55 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC                                      7.33
56 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                                   10.57
57 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                 10.59
58 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                   11.00
59 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto                             11.03
60 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                           
61 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                             
62 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                 
63 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                       11.04
64 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                  
65 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                  
66 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                               11.05
67 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen              
68 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
69 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas                                      11.07
70 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC                                             
71 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               11.08
72 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                    
73 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                             
74 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quickstep - Innergetic                          
75 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team         11.09
76 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com                                    11.11
77 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
78 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com                              
79 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Prodir     11.12
80 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                           
81 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen        
82 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        
83 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                            
84 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team                                  11.13
85 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com                                          
86 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                      
87 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram                            11.14
88 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com                                           
89 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
90 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole                               11.15
91 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
92 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                            11.16
93 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil - Shimano                               11.17
94 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      11.18
95 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                   
96 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
97 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      
98 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                   
99 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                    11.19
100 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                           11.20
101 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen       11.21
102 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
103 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                             
104 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com                                    11.23
105 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone         11.24
106 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                          11.26
107 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com                                     11.27
108 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                              
109 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       11.28
110 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                             11.41
111 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           11.43
112 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           12.47
113 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                13.53
114 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                            13.58
115 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team                                13.59
116 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Française des Jeux                           14.00
117 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                             14.09
118 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                        14.10
119 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           14.12
120 Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          14.15
121 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                   14.18
122 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone     14.22
123 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         14.30
124 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                                    14.31
125 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                    14.34
126 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi                   14.36
127 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                  14.41
128 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                              17.31
129 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                   17.45
130 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil - Shimano                       17.48
131 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               
132 José Alberto Benitez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                 17.55
133 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                         18.30
134 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano                             18.32
135 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                            18.35
136 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            18.40
137 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team                             18.41
138 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen       18.46
139 Koen Barbé (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen          18.48
140 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                  18.53
141 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                  
142 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com                                          
143 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                18.54
144 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC                              
145 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                          18.57
146 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole                                 18.59
147 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen    19.01
148 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram                                 19.04
149 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                             19.07
150 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                       19.08
151 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux                            19.14
152 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           20.33
153 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française des Jeux                         20.57
154 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen          21.01
155 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 22.06
156 Jakob Piil (Den) T-Mobile Team                                    25.27
157 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                 25.32
158 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       25.34
159 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              29.19
160 Raul Alarcon (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         30.15
 
Points classification
 
1 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    38 pts
2 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             35
3 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team                                     30
4 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                           25
5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                          25
6 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                 25
7 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir                              22
8 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                  22
9 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   19
10 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                  17
11 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank                                           16
12 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                    15
13 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                          15
14 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                 15
15 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                               13
16 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                       13
17 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com                                        13
18 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                             12
19 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                    12
20 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil - Shimano                                     11
21 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram                                     11
22 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       10
23 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                           8
24 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                         8
25 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                5
26 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                              3
27 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                            3
28 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                       3
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC                                         15 pts
2 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                       15
3 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                 6
4 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            4
5 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                4
6 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                         3
7 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                    3
8 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       2
9 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                          1
10 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                     1
 
Team classification
 
1 Predictor-Lotto                                                  28.00.59
2 Rabobank                                                             0.19
3 Caisse d'Epargne                                                     1.01
4 Skil-Shimano                                                         1.10
5 Quickstep-Innergetic                                                 1.14
6 Team Milram                                                          1.17
7 Discovery Channel                                                    1.41
8 Liquigas                                                             1.45
9 T-Mobile Professional Cycling                                        1.54
10 Euskaltel-Euskadi                                                   7.47
11 Cofidis-Le Crédit par Téléphone                                    10.20
12 Saunier Duval-Prodir                                               10.44
13 AG2r-Prevoyance                                                    11.14
14 Crédit Agricole                                                    11.30
15 Lampre-Fondital                                                    11.37
16 Gerolsteiner                                                       11.43
17 Française des Jeux                                                 12.34
18 Team CSC                                                           18.00
19 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen                              21.40
20 Unibet.com                                                         21.42
21 Bouygues Telecom                                                   32.02


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