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Tour of Belgium - 2.1
Belgium, May 30-June 3, 2007
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Stage 1 - May 30: Oostende - Oostende , 182 km
Weylandt winds up Quickstep work
Quickstep excels in work against the wind
By Brecht Decaluwé in Oostende
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The vast plains near the Belgian coast are often windy and these conditions are the playground for the local Quickstep formation. The Belgian team took the initiative in the peloton and the echelon work once again proved to be their cup of tea. Few big names were surprised except for Nick Nuyens who lost about a minute after a final surge from Quickstep near Oostende. After 182 km there were only thirty three riders left in front even though nobody had succesfully attacked the peloton all day long. Quickstep tried to bring sprinter Gert Steegmans into position, but it was his team-mate Wouter Weylandt who turned up first on the finish line.
"Today's stage was ideal for me," said winner Weylandt. "That I could finish it is not only nice for me but for the whole team. I think nobody in the group knew who our leader was, actually it wasn't our goal that I would sprint as we were working for Steegmans. But one kilometre before the finish I noticed that Steegmans wasn't on my wheel anymore. That's why I seized my opportunity. I started the sprint with all I had and could keep it up till the finish," Weylandt explained.
It was the young glamour boy's third victory of the season after a stage win in the Driedaagse West-Vlaanderen and the Ronde van het Groene Hart, unsurprisingly all sprints even though Weylandt is only third in the Quickstep sprinter-hierarchy. "And still I'm winning here, isn't that nice" the winner smiled while he clearly enjoyed the attention. Weylandt isn't considering defending his jersey. "Why would I do that, I can't time trial and I can't climb. The rest of the week we'll try to bring Steegmans in position while we have Rosseler for the GC," Weylandt said.
Unibet's sprinter Jeremy Hunt came second, and the margin was enough to say it was a close finish, nevertheless team manager Koen Terryn was clearly dissapointed with the result. "There were a dozen bottles of champagne ready to celebrate a win in my hometown, this is just too bad," the Unibet manager said to Cyclingnews. There are more chances to come, after a small version of Gent-Wevelgem today, there's a mini Tour of Flanders tomorrow, but that shouldn't be too hard for the guys that were in front today.
How it unfolded
At the start in the coastal city of Oostende, 135 riders strolled away with the sun shining brightly on their backs. The weather forecast offered the riders a sunny though windy start, but some showers were expected during the latter part of the race. Some sunbathing riders were abruptly dropped back into the reality of cycling as the first hour was pretty rough as high speeds - averaging 47.8 km/h - and strong winds were the main executioners early on.
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The strong winds are typical for this area and the peloton immediately broke into several echelons due to these winds. Last year's winner Maarten Tjallingii was attentive enough to be in the first echelon, just like many others local boys who excel in this tactical and tough work against the wind. The inexperienced riders and the cyclo-cross riders - who are preparing for their winter season - weren't strong enough and suffered at the back. Among the surprised riders were also Jörg Jaksche and Vasil Kiryienka who tried hard to come back.
Stijn Devolder, a local of the region, clearly wasn't living up to the standard of his peers, and missed the front group. His team-mates were more attentive, with the Japanese rider Fumiyuki Beppu making the split along with Gianni Meersman and Vladimir Gusev. Meanwhile there was a crash by Mindaugas Striska, who was brought over to the nearby hospital in Torhout with a broken collarbone and shoulder blade. Masahiro Shinagawa crashed as well and bruised his hip.
Quickstep's Sébastien Rosseler showed his GC ambitions as he won the first sprint after 100 km ahead of his teammate Gert Steegmans and Greg Van Avermaet, earning a three second bonus. The first peloton of about fifty riders led the rest of the field by more than five minutes after 130 km through the flat countryside of West-Flanders.
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With 40 km to go Quickstep decided to give a lesson to the peloton on how to set up an echelon. The team unfolded their strength near Middelkerke and immediately blew twenty riders out the back, a surprising face among them was Cofidis' team leader Nick Nuyens. The second sprint after 148 km was another bonus for Rosseler, the Wallonian won ahead of Van Avermaet and Sentjens, gaining six seconds on the day.
The first peloton had a minute on the Nuyens peloton with 25 kilometres to go, as the Devolder peloton was riding more than eight minutes behind the leaders. Meanwhile, former sprint ace Tom Steels punctured but he came back in impressive style. Four kilometres later the already exciting race kept moving as there was an attack from Tom Boonen, who is competing in his first race since Paris-Roubaix.
When the former world champion was reeled in, an attack from Markus Eichler and Glenn D'Hollander managed to stay away for a while, but Quickstep kept the brave duo at 10 seconds until they turned the screws for the field sprint. With twelve kilometres to go the front duo was brought back by Quickstep with help from Skil-Shimano. The peloton of Nuyens didn't stop working as they were again within a minute of the leaders.
Ten kilometres from the finish, the third sprint was won by Geert Omloop ahead of Bram Tankink and Stijn Vandenbergh, and then the gas was on full as Quickstep and Skil led the group of thirty three riders into Oostende, with Boonen pulling turns for his team-mates. The speed was very high as the peloton was stretched out in a long line, everybody had to fight for their spot. Gianni Meersman tried to get away in the final kilometres but the sprint was inevitable. Gert Steegmans pulled the sprint for Wouter Weylandt who clinched the win ahead of Jeremy Hunt and Greg Van Avermaet.
Photography
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Images by Brecht Decaluwé/Cyclingnews
- Wim Vansevenant
- Coming to see their grandson a certain Tom Boonen
- Team Slipstream is enjoying the good weather in Oostende
- Troubles with the race radio
- Nick Nuyens and Wilfried Cretskens at the start in Oostende
- Niko Eeckhout and Leif Hoste get ready to start
- Nico Mattan is close to the end of his cycling career
- Gorik Gardeyn was all smiles at the start in Oostende
- Nico Mattan showing his 'cleansports' bracelet to his colleagues
- The Discovery guys were relaxed at the start in Oostende
- Tom Boonen gets away on his new 500,000 euro bike
- The peloton is away for the first stage in the Tour of Belgium
- Greg Van Avermaet (Predictor-Lotto) has just finished third in Oostende.
- Leif Hoste (Predictor-Lotto) suffered today.
- Gorik Gardeyn (Unibet.com) just finished the race and is quickly converted in a family man.
- Winner Wouter Weylandt (Quick.Step) rode too far and is guided to the podium.
- Last year's winner Maarten Tjallingii (Skil-Shimano)
- Wouter Weylandt is the first leader of the Tour of Belgium.
- Unibet general manager Koen Terryn pulling faces: He just missed the win in his hometown and his team wasn't selected for the Tour de France.
- Local sponsors on the podium to congratulate the winner of the day.
- Sebastién Rosseler (Quick.Step) leads the sprint classification and has ambitions for the overall too.
Images by AFP Photo
- He's back! Tom Boonen returns to racing after his customary mid-season break.
- 500,000 euros, apparently. Tom Boonen's custom made Specialized Tarmac.
- Tornado Tom gets a custom saddle too. Well, for half a million you'd probably expect one.
- Standard Campagnolo equipment and traditional shaped handlebars make up Boonen's front end.
- Wouter Weylandt (Quick.Step) finished off some solid work by his team-mates.
Results
1 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 3.52.49 2 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 3 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 4 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 5 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 6 Jens Renders (Bel) Palmans Collstrop 7 Janek Tombak (Est) Jartazi Promo Fashion 8 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 9 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 10 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 12 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 13 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 14 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil - Shimano 15 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 16 Kevin Ista (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions 17 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 18 Geert Omloop (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 19 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 20 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil - Shimano 21 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 22 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 23 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 24 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 25 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 26 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 27 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com 28 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 29 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 30 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 0.05 31 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 0.52 32 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.06 33 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 34 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 35 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 36 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com 37 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 38 Tom Steels (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 39 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 40 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 1.41 41 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Jartazi Promo Fashion 1.43 42 Matti Helminen (Fin) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 1.44 43 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Jartazi Promo Fashion 44 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1.47 45 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job 1.48 46 Robby Meul (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 47 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 48 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 49 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 50 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 51 Fuyu Li (Chn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 52 Sven Nevens (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 53 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil - Shimano 54 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 55 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano 56 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job 7.56 57 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job 58 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Palmans Collstrop 59 Kenny Geluykens (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job 60 Michael Polazzi (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions 61 Maxim Debusschere (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job 62 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen 63 Sven Vandenhoute (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen 64 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil - Shimano 65 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen 13.52 66 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 67 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 68 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 69 Gregory Joseph (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen 70 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil - Shimano 71 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 72 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job 73 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit System 74 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 75 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Unibet.com 76 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen 77 Kilian Patour (Fra) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 78 Jérémy Burton (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions 79 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 80 Davy Commeyne (Bel) Palmans Collstrop 81 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 82 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 83 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 84 Ingmar De Poortere (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen 85 Steven De Neef (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen 86 Michael Friedman (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 87 Laurent Fontaine (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions 88 Kristof De Zutter (Bel) 89 David Willemsens (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job 90 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 91 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 92 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 93 Anton Mindlin (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 94 Jin Long (Chn) Skil - Shimano 95 Nico Mattan (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 96 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 97 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 98 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 99 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 100 Thomas Brochard (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions 101 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 102 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 103 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 104 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 105 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit System 106 Ilya Chernetsky (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 107 Jeremy Vennel (NZl) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 108 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 109 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 110 William Frishkorn (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 111 Frederik Penne (Bel) Palmans Collstrop 112 Niels Albert (Bel) Palmans Collstrop 113 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 114 Marc Streel (Bel) Palmans Collstrop 115 Peter Stetina (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 116 Blake Caldwell (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 117 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 118 Hamish Robert Haynes (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 119 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 120 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 121 Jurgen Van Loocke (Bel) Palmans Collstrop 122 Tyler Butterfield (Ber) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 123 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 124 Benjamin Johnson (Aus) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 125 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Tinkoff Credit System 126 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 127 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 128 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions 14.10 129 Fabio Polazzi (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions 14.26 General classification after stage 1 1 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 3.52.39 2 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 0.03 3 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 0.04 4 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 5 Geert Omloop (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 0.07 6 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 0.08 7 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 8 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 0.09 9 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.10 10 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 11 Jens Renders (Bel) Palmans Collstrop 12 Janek Tombak (Est) Jartazi Promo Fashion 13 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 14 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 15 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 16 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 17 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 18 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil - Shimano 19 Kevin Ista (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions 20 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 21 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 22 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil - Shimano 23 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 24 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 25 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 26 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 27 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 28 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com 29 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 30 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 0.15 31 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.02 32 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com 1.15 33 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.16 34 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 35 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 36 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 37 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 38 Tom Steels (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 39 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 40 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 1.51 41 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Jartazi Promo Fashion 1.53 42 Matti Helminen (Fin) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 1.54 43 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Jartazi Promo Fashion 44 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1.57 45 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job 1.58 46 Robby Meul (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 47 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 48 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 49 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 50 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 51 Fuyu Li (Chn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 52 Sven Nevens (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 53 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil - Shimano 54 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 55 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano 56 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job 8.06 57 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job 58 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Palmans Collstrop 59 Kenny Geluykens (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job 60 Michael Polazzi (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions 61 Maxim Debusschere (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job 62 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen 63 Sven Vandenhoute (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen 64 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil - Shimano 65 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen 14.02 66 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 67 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 68 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 69 Gregory Joseph (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen 70 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil - Shimano 71 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 72 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job 73 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit System 74 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 75 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Unibet.com 76 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen 77 Kilian Patour (Fra) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 78 Jérémy Burton (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions 79 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 80 Davy Commeyne (Bel) Palmans Collstrop 81 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 82 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 83 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 84 Ingmar De Poortere (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen 85 Steven De Neef (Bel) Davitamon - Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen 86 Michael Friedman (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 87 Laurent Fontaine (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions 88 Kristof De Zutter (Bel) 89 David Willemsens (Bel) Sunweb Pro Job 90 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 91 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 92 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 93 Anton Mindlin (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 94 Jin Long (Chn) Skil - Shimano 95 Nico Mattan (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 96 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 97 Allan Davis (Aus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 98 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 99 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 100 Thomas Brochard (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions 101 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 102 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 103 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 104 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 105 Vasil Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit System 106 Ilya Chernetsky (Rus) Tinkoff Credit System 107 Jeremy Venell (NZl) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 108 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 109 Tom Danielson (USA) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 110 William Frishkorn (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 111 Frederik Penne (Bel) Palmans Collstrop 112 Niels Albert (Bel) Palmans Collstrop 113 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 114 Marc Streel (Bel) Palmans Collstrop 115 Peter Stetina (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 116 Blake Caldwell (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 117 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 118 Hamish Robert Haynes (GBr) DFL - Cyclingnews - Litespeed 119 Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Tinkoff Credit System 120 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 121 Jurgen Van Loocke (Bel) Palmans Collstrop 122 Tyler Butterfield (Ber) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 123 Kai Reus (Ned) Rabobank 124 Benjamin Johnson (Aus) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 125 Jörg Jaksche (Ger) Tinkoff Credit System 126 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 127 Craig Lewis (USA) Team Slipstream powered by Chipotle 128 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions 14.20 129 Fabio Polazzi (Bel) Pôle Continental Wallon Bergasol - Euro Millions 14.36 Points classification 1 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 30 pts 2 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 30 3 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 25 4 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 19 5 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 17 6 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 16 7 Jens Renders (Bel) Palmans Collstrop 15 8 Janek Tombak (Est) Jartazi Promo Fashion 13 9 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 12 10 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 11 11 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 10 12 Geert Omloop (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 8 13 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 5 14 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 5 15 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 3 16 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com 3 Sprint classification 1 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 16 pts 2 Geert Omloop (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion 8 3 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 8 4 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 5 5 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 5 6 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Predictor - Lotto 3 7 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Unibet.com 3
