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Tour of Belgium - 2.1
Belgium, May 28-June 1, 2008
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Stage 1 - May 28: Eeklo - Eeklo, 180.5 km
Dehaes fast as a hare
By Brecht Decaluwé
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Belgian's newest sprint ace Kenny Dehaes (Topsport Vlaanderen) won the bunch sprint in first stage of the Tour of Belgium in a convincing fashion. The first stage of the Tour of Belgium was coloured by the formation of echelons during the second hour of the race, and then a long breakaway effort from the trio David Boucher, Sergio Lagana and local rider Steven De Neef. With seven kilometres to go they were caught back due to the work of the sprinters' teams. In a disorganized final kilometre, the 23 year-old Dehaes overtook Australian Allan Davis (Mistubishi) just before the corner with 300 metres to go. The slim Belgian sprinter stood tall and allowed nobody to return, taking the stage and the first leader's jersey of the Tour. Davis held on for second place ahead of Quickstep's Gert Steegmans.
Dehaes pulled a string of strong results recently with a great bunch sprint victory over Thor Hushovd in Dunkerque as crowning glory. Today Dehaes - whose name means 'a hare' in Flemish - seemed to have no difficulty at all to capture the victory, as he was freewheeling and lifting his hands in the air way ahead of the finish line. "This is really fantastic," Dehaes said to Sporza. "The wind made it a hard stage, but the team worked hard for me. Niko Eeckhout delivered me at one kilometre from the finish," Dehaes explained.
"In the build-up to the sprint Walter Planckaert [director sportif] told me to keep an eye on David. When he started the sprint I followed his wheel. I knew Boonen wouldn't sprint today. Steegmans had to do it, but Quick Step didn't get their train on the rails," Dehaes talked about the sprint. "This Tour of Belgium is already successful for me." Tomorrow Dehaes can have another shot for glory, but from then on the riders with climbing power in the legs will take it over from the sprinters.
How it unfolded
A peloton of 142 riders took the start in Eeklo for a loop around Gent and then back towards Eeklo, totalling 180.5 kilometres on a flat course.
Tom Criel, Sep Vanmarcke and Daniel Lloyd were the first riders to get away from the peloton, but the trio wasn't allowed to get very far and after 14 kilometres they were caught back by the peloton. Six kilometres further another rider attacked. The French breakaway specialist David Boucher (Landbouwkrediet-Tönisteiner) wasn't joined by anyone, and a couple of kilometres further his lead was already up to one minute. Due to a crash in the peloton, the chase on Boucher was set on pause for a moment. After 40 kilometres there was another crash from Berik Kupeshov (Astana). The Astana rider ran into a signal man. He would continue but then abandon the race with 75 kilometres to go.
With the peloton on hold, the first Nissan intermediate sprint after 41 kilometres was won by Boucher. In the peloton it was Tomas Vaitkus (Astana) who took the next of the sprint points ahead of Kenny Van Hummel (Skil-Shimano) and Tom Boonen.
The speeds remained high and despite the average of 45 km/h two riders managed to join Boucher up front: Chris Horner and Tom Criel. Soon after those two made the juncture, Niek Van Gestel (Profel) closed the gap on his own and joined the three leaders as well.
The advantage of the four riders fell, and after 48 kilometres Boucher and Van Gestel were caught by the peloton, while Horner and Criel jumped away just before the group was caught. Three kilometres further this duo was caught as well and the peloton was back together for a moment.
Echelons were formed against the strong winds and a lot of riders were in trouble at the back. After 60 kilometres a group of forty riders were distanced by the peloton at 30". The race was full on at this stage and the peloton had shattered into several groups. Belgian champion Stijn Devolder was distanced as well, but after 75 kilometres his group managed to move back towards the front. Five kilometres further the battle was over and everybody was back in the peloton, except for 12 riders who were more than two minutes behind.
The average speed after two hours in the race was a blistering 46 km/h, and still a group riders tried to get away with 87 kilometres to go: Vaitkus, Kevin Hulsmans, Wim De Vocht, David Boucher, Kevin Neirynck, Sven Renders, Floris Goesinnen, Tom Veelers, Borut Bozic, Bas Giling, Jarno Van Mingeroet, Jens Mouris and Proch. This big group built up a lead of twenty seconds, but the peloton closed down the move four kilometres later.
The peloton had enough of the attacks, and called for a sanitary break. That was the sign for three riders to jump away, and peloton allowed the break to go and finally a cease-fire was achieved. Nineteen riders who were dropped earlier were happy as they could join the peloton again. The lead group consisted – unsurprisingly – of Boucher, together with the Italian Sergio Lagana and Belgian track specialist Steven De Neef. The co-operation up front was good and the trio started to build up a safe lead. Chris Horner – in the earlier attack – abandoned the race at the first feed zone.
At the second intermediate sprint, it was Lagana who finished first before Boucher and De Neef. Seven minutes later it was Carlos Barredo who led the peloton past the line of the sprint, with 70 kilometres to go. The maximum lead of the trio went up to 7'20".
Under impulse of the Quick Step team the advantage of the leaders started to fall. The Belgian team was joined by the Skil-Shimano team, and just before the third intermediate sprint, 36 kilometres from the finish, the lead dropped back to three minutes. De Neef won the sprint ahead of Lagana and Boucher.
With 32 kilometres to go the Topsport Vlaanderen team joined the work in the peloton and a lot of riders were in trouble at the back. Among them were Sergey Lagutin and Michiel Elijzen.
It was clear the lead trio wouldn't make it today as with 15 kilometres to go they were only one minute ahead of the peloton. Finally at seven kilometres from the finish their adventure was over.
In the final kilometre there was a late attack from Jan Kuyckx (Landbouwkrediet-Tönisteiner), but the Silenco-Lotto train quickly caught the Belgian. Despite the Belgian team's efforts they lost the lead to Astana, for Vaitkus, but with 500 metres to go no team had control over the peloton.
Allan Davis started the sprint before a slight corner with 300 metres to go, but Kenny Dehaes overtook him just before they hit the corner. The Belgian had no trouble at all to maintain his position and claimed the victory in Eeklo.
Photography
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- Kenny de Haes wins the first stage after a wild bunch sprint on narrow roads.
Images by Yoni Peeters/cyclingpictures.be
- Gert Steegmans (Quick Step)
- Salvatore Commesso (Preti Mangimi) looking a bit gray in the beard.
- Robert Gesink (Rabobank)
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step) gets some mic time.
- Stijn Devolder, the Belgian champ is interviewed.
- David Boucher (Landbouwkrediet-Tönisteiner) was on the attack all day.
- Topsport takes the lead while Quick Step was slow to organize for the sprint.
- Dehaes was quick like a bunny in the sprint on stage one.
- Kenny Dehaes (Topsport Vlaanderen) in the leader's jersey after stage one.
- David Boucher (Landbouwkrediet) took home the sprint jersey and some prizes.
- Dehaes considers the questions of reporters at the press conference.
Results
1 Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 4.09.19 (43.44 km/h) 2 Allan Davis (Aus) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 3 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 4 Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Preti Mangimi 5 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) LPR Brakes 6 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 7 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 8 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 9 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) LPR Brakes 10 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 11 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop 12 Walter Proch (Ita) LPR Brakes 13 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 14 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 15 Gregory Joseph (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen 16 Boris Shpilevsky (Rus) Preti Mangimi 17 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 18 Ken Devaere (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen 19 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 20 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 21 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 22 Sven Renders (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 23 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 24 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 25 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) P3Transfer - Batavus 26 Kenny Terweduwe (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen 27 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes 28 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 29 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 30 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 31 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 32 Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 33 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 34 Ian Stannard (GBr) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 35 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 36 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 37 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 38 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 39 Marvin Van Der Pluijm (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 40 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 41 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 42 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 43 Jens Mouris (Ned) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 44 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 45 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 46 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 47 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 48 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 49 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 50 Tom Criel (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 51 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 52 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 53 Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 54 Fabio Polazzi (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon 55 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 56 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 57 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 58 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Silence - Lotto 59 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 60 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 61 Alessandro Maserati (Ita) LPR Brakes 62 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop 63 Alessandro Bertuola (Ita) Preti Mangimi 64 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 65 Wouter Mol (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 66 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 67 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 68 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 69 Sven Nevens (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 70 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 71 Steven De Neef (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen 72 Sven Nys (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 73 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 74 Johan Coenen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 75 Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 76 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 77 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 78 Geert Omloop (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 79 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 80 Romain Villa (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 81 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Preti Mangimi 82 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 83 Sergio Laganà (Ita) LPR Brakes 84 Dan Fleeman (GBr) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 85 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Preti Mangimi 86 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) Cycle Collstrop 87 Luca Celli (Ita) LPR Brakes 88 Tom Steels (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 89 Thomas Ongena (Bel) Profel Prorace Continental Team 90 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 91 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 92 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 93 Massimo Mazzanti (Ita) Preti Mangimi 0.26 94 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 0.37 95 Jonathan Henrion (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon 96 Rieno Stofferis (Bel) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 0.45 97 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.49 98 Gianluca Geremia (Ita) Preti Mangimi 1.15 99 David Kopp (Ger) Cycle Collstrop 1.23 100 Niels Albert (Bel) Palmans Cras 1.39 101 Jens Renders (Bel) Palmans Cras 102 Philipp Walsleben (Ger) Palmans Cras 103 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 104 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 105 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 106 Eduard Bogaert (Bel) Profel Prorace Continental Team 3.06 107 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 4.01 108 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 4.13 109 Timothy Vangheel (Bel) P3Transfer - Batavus 10.02 110 Christian Müller (Ger) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 10.37 111 Gideon De Jong (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 112 Gianni Denolf (Bel) Palmans Cras 113 Roel Vanmuysen (Bel) Profel Prorace Continental Team 114 Jeremy Honorez (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon 115 Tim Mertens (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen 116 Jonathan Bertrand (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon 117 Tom Van De Velde (Bel) Profel Prorace Continental Team 118 Carlo Corra (Ita) Preti Mangimi 119 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 120 Laurent Fontaine (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon 121 Niek Van Gestel (Bel) Profel Prorace Continental Team 122 Matti Helminen (Fin) Palmans Cras 123 Ryan Wills (NZl) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon 124 Rudy Rouet (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon 125 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon 126 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 127 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen 128 Frank Van Kuik (Bel) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 129 Michael Vanderaerden (Bel) Profel Prorace Continental Team 130 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 131 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 132 Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) Palmans Cras 133 Sven Wielandt (Bel) Profel Prorace Continental Team 12.41 134 Lars Croket (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen 135 David Reyniers (Bel) Profel Prorace Continental Team 136 Stijn Huys (Bel) Palmans Cras 137 Wim Botman (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus DNF Berik Kupeshov (Kaz) Astana DNF Chris Horner (USA) Astana DNF Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi DNF Pieter Muys (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen DNF Stijn Mortelmans (Bel) Palmans Cras DNS Raffaele Ferrara (Ita) LPR Brakes General classification after stage 1 1 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 4.09.09 2 Allan Davis (Aus) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 0.04 3 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 4 Sergio Laganà (Ita) LPR Brakes 0.05 5 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 0.06 6 Steven De Neef (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen 7 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 0.08 8 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.09 9 Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Preti Mangimi 0.10 10 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) LPR Brakes 11 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 12 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 13 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 14 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) LPR Brakes 15 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 16 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop 17 Walter Proch (Ita) LPR Brakes 18 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 19 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 20 Gregory Joseph (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen 21 Boris Shpilevsky (Rus) Preti Mangimi 22 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 23 Ken Devaere (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen 24 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 25 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 26 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 27 Sven Renders (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 28 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 29 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 30 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) P3Transfer - Batavus 31 Kenny Terweduwe (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen 32 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes 33 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 34 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 35 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 36 Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 37 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 38 Ian Stannard (GBr) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 39 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 40 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 41 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 42 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 43 Marvin Van Der Pluijm (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 44 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 45 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 46 Jens Mouris (Ned) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 47 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 48 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 49 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 50 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 51 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 52 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 53 Tom Criel (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 54 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 55 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 56 Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 57 Fabio Polazzi (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon 58 Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto 59 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 60 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 61 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Silence - Lotto 62 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 63 Alessandro Maserati (Ita) LPR Brakes 64 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop 65 Alessandro Bertuola (Ita) Preti Mangimi 66 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 67 Wouter Mol (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 68 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 69 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 70 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 71 Sven Nevens (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 72 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 73 Sven Nys (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 74 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 75 Johan Coenen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 76 Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 77 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 78 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 79 Geert Omloop (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 80 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 81 Romain Villa (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 82 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Preti Mangimi 83 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 84 Dan Fleeman (GBr) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 85 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Preti Mangimi 86 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) Cycle Collstrop 87 Luca Celli (Ita) LPR Brakes 88 Tom Steels (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 89 Thomas Ongena (Bel) Profel Prorace Continental Team 90 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 91 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 92 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 93 Massimo Mazzanti (Ita) Preti Mangimi 0.36 94 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 0.47 95 Jonathan Henrion (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon 96 Rieno Stofferis (Bel) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 0.55 97 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.59 98 Gianluca Geremia (Ita) Preti Mangimi 1.25 99 David Kopp (Ger) Cycle Collstrop 1.33 100 Niels Albert (Bel) Palmans Cras 1.49 101 Jens Renders (Bel) Palmans Cras 102 Philipp Walsleben (Ger) Palmans Cras 103 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 104 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 105 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 106 Eduard Bogaert (Bel) Profel Prorace Continental Team 3.16 107 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank 4.11 108 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 4.23 109 Timothy Vangheel (Bel) P3Transfer - Batavus 10.12 110 Christian Müller (Ger) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 10.47 111 Gideon De Jong (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 112 Gianni Denolf (Bel) Palmans Cras 113 Roel Vanmuysen (Bel) Profel Prorace Continental Team 114 Jeremy Honorez (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon 115 Tim Mertens (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen 116 Jonathan Bertrand (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon 117 Tom Van De Velde (Bel) Profel Prorace Continental Team 118 Carlo Corra (Ita) Preti Mangimi 119 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 120 Laurent Fontaine (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon 121 Niek Van Gestel (Bel) Profel Prorace Continental Team 122 Matti Helminen (Fin) Palmans Cras 123 Ryan Wills (NZl) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon 124 Rudy Rouet (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon 125 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon 126 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 127 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen 128 Frank Van Kuik (Bel) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 129 Michael Vanderaerden (Bel) Profel Prorace Continental Team 130 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 131 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 132 Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) Palmans Cras 133 Sven Wielandt (Bel) Profel Prorace Continental Team 12.51 134 Lars Croket (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen 135 David Reyniers (Bel) Profel Prorace Continental Team 136 Stijn Huys (Bel) Palmans Cras 137 Wim Botman (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus Points classification 1 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 30 pts 2 Allan Davis (Aus) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 25 3 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 22 4 Mattia Gavazzi (Ita) Preti Mangimi 19 5 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) LPR Brakes 17 6 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 16 7 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 15 8 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 13 9 Sergio Laganà (Ita) LPR Brakes 13 10 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 12 11 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) LPR Brakes 11 12 Steven De Neef (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen 11 13 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 10 14 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 5 15 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 3 Sprint classification 1 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 16 pts 2 Sergio Laganà (Ita) LPR Brakes 13 3 Steven De Neef (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen 11 4 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 5 5 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 3
