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Tour of Belgium - 2.1

Belgium, May 30-June 3, 2007

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Stage 5 - June 3: Aywaille - Putte, 184.8 km

Scrawny Boonen tests his winning legs

Gusev clinches overall victory

By Brecht Decaluwé

Belgian Tom Boonen (Quickstep - Innergetic)
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Tom Boonen overcame his recent physical problems to clinch his first victory since March's E3-prijs Harelbeke in the final stage of the Tour of Belgium. Helped to the bunch sprint win by his Quickstep lead-out train, the somewhat scrawny-looking Belgian held off Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Skil) and Allan Davis (Discovery Channel), and gained some much needed confidence ahead of the Tour de France.

Finishing safely in the main group, Vladimir Gusev clinched his second stage race of his career after the German 2.1 Sachsen Tour in 2006. Gusev remained modest when asked about his excellent performance in Belgium. "It's a victory from the team. I won the time trial but the team did it for me," Gusev said. "Winning the Tour of Belgium is important to me. Riding in Belgium is always special as there are always many people interested in the race." The serious looking Gusev also talked about his next goal this season. "The Tour de France? I'm sure of my place," Gusev said.

Boonen started the year strong with several stage wins in Qatar, but a toe injury and back problems disrupted his spring campaign, but he looks like he will be back to full speed in time for the Tour de France. "I should be happy because I had many questions about my form and there's still a lot of work to do, but now I know that it's realistic work. From now on I'll train for two weeks to build up my speed for the Tour de France where I hope to have more luck than in previous years," Boonen concluded.

"Welcome back," said a visible exhausted Boonen. "The last few days I felt that I was improving with great strides." The Quickstep train was launched in the final kilometre, with Wouter Weylandt in support of Boonen even though he won the bunch sprint in stage one. "I think it was normal the team worked for me as everybody could chase their win during the previous stages, anyway nobody bothered asking questions this morning when it was decided the team would work for me," a smiling Boonen said.

How it unfolded

All the remaining 120 riders took the start in Aywaille for the last 185 kilometres in the Tour of Belgium. Veteran Nico Mattan asked his colleagues to take it easy for a a while as the previous stages had caused some damage in the peloton, and thanks to Mattan the peloton rolled out with ease on the Belgian roads. This cease-fire lasted for eight kilometres when three men decided they didn't want to have a day off.

Evert Verbist, Kristof De Zutter and Markus Eichler tried to stay away but in Esneux six kilometres later they were caught by the peloton. After nineteen kilometres, the breakaway group was more successful when Kai Reus, Jarno Van Mingeroet, Nico Sijmens and Pieter Mertens started their search for glory with no more than 165 kilometres to go. Race leader Vladimir Gusev gave his approval, and the four attackers quickly gathered an advantage of 50 seconds. Kenny Geluykens (Sunweb) had to let go of the peloton soon after the first attacks and not finding the courage to fight back, he abandoned after twenty kilometres.

For some reason the collaboration between the four leaders wasn't what you would expect from a breakaway group, and when Sijmens attacked with more than 150 kilometres to go, he was marked by Van Mingeroet. In an odd first hour, the leaders averaged 43 kilometres. Reus and Mertens rejoined the attacking duo while the peloton allowed the four men to take two minutes.

Tom Boonen (Quickstep - Innergetic) wins
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The dissension between the four leaders continued, and Sijmens attacked again with 115 km to go. He didn't get away and was surprised when Reus countered. The Dutchman took fifty seconds and then decided he showed enough and came back to the three Belgians. In spite of the rumble up front, the lead grew up to a maximum of 3'40.

With 100 kilometres to go the lead dropped back to 2'40 thanks to the work of Discovery Channel in the peloton. The gap maintained about 2'30 until Quickstep started sharing the work with the Discovery team at the front of the peloton with 64 km to go. Up ahead, Van Mingeroet won the first and second intermediate sprints while the lead kept dropping back, and with 50km to go the leaders had only 1'44 on the peloton.

When approaching Putte where the peloton had to ride a local circuit, the speed in the peloton increased with Skil, Unibet and Slipstream (for Friedman) taking pulls along with Quickstep in the peloton. With less than thirty kilometres to go the lead was no more than a minute, and it was clear the four leaders wouldn't fight for the victory; fifteen kilometres later the lead was down to thirty seconds.

The final intermediate sprint with thirteen kilometres was again won by Van Mingeroet, who earned his teammates some pocket money. With eleven kilometres to go the lead was down to ten seconds and young Maarten Neyens successfully crossed the gap up to the leaders, but a few moments later the break that had stayed away for 152 km was caught by the peloton.

Cofidis led the peloton in the final circuit for Tyler Farrar, and with two kilometres to go, Jan Kuyckx (Landbouwkrediet) tried to go clear of the bunch, but he wasn't given any room, as the Quickstep team ramped up the speed for Boonen. His lead-out train turned up the gas with Boonen tactically in third position and Weylandt right behind to act as a 'sweeper'. Allan Davis tried to foil the Quickstep tactics, and started his sprint on the left while Boonen continued on the right, but the Australian didn't have the speed to pass the former World Champion, and he lost out on second when Kenny Robert Van Hummel pipped him with a bike throw on the line. Greg Van Avermaet finished fourth.

Photography

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Results

1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                    4.14.12 (43.619 km/h)
2 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                             
3 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                              
4 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com                                                    
5 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                         
6 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                            
7 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com                                                      
8 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto                                              
9 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                      
10 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                             
11 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                                      
12 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Jartazi Promo Fashion                                        
13 Kevin Ista (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions                
14 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen                
15 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                      
16 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job                                         
17 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                       
18 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                                      
19 Robby Meul (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                                   
20 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com                                                   
21 Kristof De Zutter (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen               
22 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                        
23 Davy Commeyne (Bel) Palmans Collstrop                                            
24 Gregory Joseph (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen                  
25 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                       
26 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                               
27 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                            
28 Michael Polazzi (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions           
29 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                               
30 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit System                                      
31 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                          
32 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                                        
33 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                         
34 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                          
35 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                                         
36 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job                                          
37 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                  
38 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                             
39 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                           
40 Matti Helminen (Fin) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                               
41 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                               
42 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                  
43 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                                     
44 Thomas Brochard (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions           
45 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                              
46 Michael Friedman (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                       
47 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                            
48 Nico Mattan (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                                  
49 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com                                                    
50 Sven Van Den Houte (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen              
51 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com                                               
52 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Palmans Collstrop                                           
53 Maxim Debusschere (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job                                           
54 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                          
55 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job                                             
56 Fabio Polazzi (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions             
57 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                        
58 Jurgen Van Loocke (Bel) Palmans Collstrop                                        
59 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                                     
60 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                           
61 Sven Nevens (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion                                          
62 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com                                                  
63 Geert Omloop (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion                                         
64 Hamish Robert Haynes (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                         
65 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                                 
66 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                          
67 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                            
68 Frederik Penne (Bel) Palmans Collstrop                                           
69 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen                
70 Ilya Chernetsky (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                                      
71 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                                      
72 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen                  
73 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Jartazi Promo Fashion                                      
74 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                                     
75 Tom Steels (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                               
76 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                            
77 Laurent Fontaine (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions          
78 Fuyu Li (Chn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                 
79 Steven De Neef (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen                  
80 Peter Stetina (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                          
81 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                             
82 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                           
83 Benjamin Johnson (Aus) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                       
84 William Frishkorn (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                      
85 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                         
86 Janek Tombak (Est) Jartazi Promo Fashion                                         
87 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                            
88 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                  
89 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                          
90 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                            
91 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                      
92 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions          
93 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                                     
94 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                    
95 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                           
96 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Unibet.com                                            
97 Kilian Patour (Fra) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                          
98 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                       
99 Tyler Butterfield (Ber) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                      
100 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com                                                    
101 Jérémy Burton (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions            
102 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit System                                     
103 Niels Albert (Bel) Palmans Collstrop                                        0.25
104 Blake Caldwell (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                        
105 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Tinkoff Credit System                                        
106 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                         
107 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                          
108 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                         
109 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                             0.41
110 David Willemsens (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job                                       0.51
111 Marc Streel (Bel) Palmans Collstrop                                             
112 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                     
113 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                 1.00
114 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                     1.08
115 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                    1.11
116 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion                                 
117 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion                             1.56
118 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank                                                     2.36
119 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                               
 
Final General classification
 
1 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   17.04.34
2 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                       0.39
3 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                            0.40
4 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                               0.53
5 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                                     1.13
6 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                          1.14
7 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                      1.25
8 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                            1.32
9 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                     1.34
10 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                      2.16
11 Kevin Ista (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions            2.20
12 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto                                         2.28
13 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                   2.47
14 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                          3.14
15 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com                                              3.20
16 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com                                           3.34
17 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                       4.21
18 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com                                               5.20
19 Sven Nevens (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion                                      5.27
20 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen              6.30
21 Matti Helminen (Fin) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                           6.31
22 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                           6.49
23 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Jartazi Promo Fashion                                  8.34
24 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                        11.11
25 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                    11.26
26 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                                11.49
27 Geert Omloop (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion                                    11.55
28 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                     11.56
29 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                                12.00
30 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                12.09
31 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Palmans Collstrop                                      12.20
32 Janek Tombak (Est) Jartazi Promo Fashion                                    12.38
33 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                                 12.57
34 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                     13.11
35 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                     13.12
36 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                        13.54
37 Fuyu Li (Chn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                            14.07
38 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                      14.30
39 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job                                     14.33
40 Robby Meul (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                              15.07
41 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                                    15.37
42 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                 15.49
43 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit System                                 16.11
44 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                                16.15
45 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                       16.18
46 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                             16.19
47 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                 16.49
48 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                  16.54
49 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   16.59
50 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                      17.00
51 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com                                                17.04
52 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit System                                 17.39
53 Davy Commeyne (Bel) Palmans Collstrop                                       17.41
54 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                                 17.58
55 Tom Steels (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                          18.27
56 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                 18.42
57 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  18.44
58 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                                18.50
59 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                       19.07
60 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                     19.29
61 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                    19.36
62 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                        19.46
63 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                     19.49
64 Michael Friedman (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                  19.51
65 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com                                               19.58
66 Kristof De Zutter (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen          20.51
67 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                      21.34
68 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job                                    22.00
69 Laurent Fontaine (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions          
70 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                       22.04
71 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Jartazi Promo Fashion                                   22.09
72 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen               22.29
73 Peter Stetina (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                     22.43
74 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                      23.32
75 Tyler Butterfield (Ber) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                 24.07
76 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen           24.59
77 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                                 25.03
78 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen           25.36
79 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen             25.51
80 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                             25.57
81 William Frishkorn (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                 26.02
82 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                       26.19
83 Gregory Joseph (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen             26.28
84 Sven Van Den Houte (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen         26.30
85 Maxim Debusschere (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job                                      26.37
86 Kilian Patour (Fra) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                     26.40
87 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                       27.11
88 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                      27.12
89 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com                                              27.17
90 Michael Polazzi (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions      27.19
91 Thomas Brochard (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions      27.22
92 Hamish Robert Haynes (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                    27.31
93 Frederik Penne (Bel) Palmans Collstrop                                      27.34
94 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                 28.29
95 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                            29.00
96 Blake Caldwell (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                    29.08
97 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Unibet.com                                       29.27
98 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     29.52
99 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion                             29.54
100 Niels Albert (Bel) Palmans Collstrop                                       30.18
101 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Tinkoff Credit System                                   31.09
102 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                      31.15
103 Fabio Polazzi (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions       31.19
104 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                      31.21
105 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job                                       31.25
106 Benjamin Johnson (Aus) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle                 31.59
107 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com                                               32.02
108 Ilya Chernetsky (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                                32.20
109 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                          32.28
110 Marc Streel (Bel) Palmans Collstrop                                        32.33
111 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions    33.17
112 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank                                                    33.44
113 Nico Mattan (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed                            34.06
114 David Willemsens (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job                                      34.15
115 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion                            35.34
116 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                  36.06
117 Jérémy Burton (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions       36.27
118 Steven De Neef (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen            36.49
119 Jurgen Van Loocke (Bel) Palmans Collstrop                                  37.43
 
Points classification
 
1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                       76 pts
2 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                    60
3 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                            51
4 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com                                                  49
5 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                            47
6 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                          40
7 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                           40
8 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com                                                    38
9 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                         32
10 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                        30
11 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                                   30
12 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                        25
13 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                             25
14 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion                                24
15 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                             22
16 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                    22
17 Janek Tombak (Est) Jartazi Promo Fashion                                       21
18 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                         19
19 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                  19
20 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                                    17
21 Tom Steels (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                             17
22 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                16
23 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto                                           15
24 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit System                                    15
25 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank                                                        13
26 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                         12
27 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System                                    12
28 Sven Nevens (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion                                        10
29 Geert Omloop (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion                                        8
30 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                        8
31 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                     8
32 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                               8
33 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                        6
34 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit System                                     5
35 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Tinkoff Credit System                                        5
36 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com                                              3
 
Sprint classification
 
1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                       37 pts
2 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion                                 24
3 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                 16
4 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank                                                         13
5 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                          9
6 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                         8
7 Janek Tombak (Est) Jartazi Promo Fashion                                         8
8 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                          8
9 Geert Omloop (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion                                         8
10 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                               8
11 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                          8
12 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                                     8
13 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                        6
14 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit System                                     5
15 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Tinkoff Credit System                                        5
16 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com                                              3
17 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto                                            3
 
Skil klimmerstrofee

1 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion                                 27 pts
2 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank                                                    20
3 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                       18
4 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner                               16
5 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank                                                         10
6 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                    8
7 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System                                      7
8 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Tinkoff Credit System                                         7
9 Steven De Neef (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen                  6
10 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com                                                   5
11 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                          4
12 Janek Tombak (Est) Jartazi Promo Fashion                                        4
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