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Tour of Belgium - 2.1
Belgium, May 28-June 1, 2008
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Stage 5 - June 1: Buggenhout - Putte, 185.1 km
Quick Step rules in Belgium
By Brecht Decaluwé
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After winning the time trial and the overall victory with Stijn Devolder, the Belgian Quick Step team left another mark on the Tour of Belgium by winning the last stage in the bunch sprint with Tom Boonen. The overall victory from Devolder was never under threat today, and after taking back the experienced breakaway group the Belgian team tried to set up the bunch sprint.
The breakaway consisted of five riders of which three were former Belgian champions: Niko Eeckhout, Geert Omloop and also Sven Nys who won that title multiple times in cyclo-cross. The other members in the breakaway were Kenny Lisabeth and Hervé Duclos-Lasalle. The group was on the attack for 150 kilometres but with five kilometres to go their attempt was neutralized. Quick Step stretched the peloton out in a line to set up Steegmans or Boonen in the bunch sprint. While Steegmans tried to sneak away solo in the final kilometre, it turned out to be Boonen who held off young Jurgen Roelandts in a power sprint. By repeating his performance from last year – when he also won the ultimate stage - Boonen claimed his seventh victory of the season.
The attack from Steegmans in the final kilometre created chaos in the organization from the other sprinters' teams. Winner Boonen didn't know why Steegmans attacked the way he did. "Looking back it turned out to be a good manoeuvre. I was a bit boxed in and lost the wheel of my team-mates," Boonen said on Sporza. "It's a difficult sprint to control over here as they keep coming from behind. I had done my part of the work this week and felt tired in a good way. Winning a power sprint anyway is good for the morale," the strong Belgian one-day specialist said.
Team-mate Stijn Devolder radiated confidence after his impressive performances this week, and after his good training week in the Alps last month. For the Belgian media and public he is now carrying the hope for a good performance in the GC of the Tour de France. The Belgian champion tried to remain cool and played down expectations. "Today was a calm day, except for the last nervous lap. Eventually we took two stage wins and the overall win, so it was good. My top form hasn't been reached yet, so I certainly need the Tour de Suisse to be at my absolute top in July. I'll try to take it easy over there, because the only thing that counts is the Tour," Devolder explained to Sporza.
How it unfolded
At the start in Buggenhout 122 riders lined up for the last 185 kilometres in the Tour of Belgium. After 17 kilometres Leif Hoste was involved in a serious crash while the peloton approached the Putberg. The Belgian rode into a low wall in a narrow alley with his right leg. Hoste – fourth in GC at 2'02" from Devolder – tried to continue but eventually abandoned the race with an injury at his right shinbone. "I had to avoid a wooden pole, got stuck in a ditch and ended up against a cobbled wall a bit further. The first thing I thought was that I had broken my leg, but it turned out fine," Hoste said on Sporza.
Polazzi was the first over the Putberg, followed by Nevens, Lagana and Rooijakkers. Renders and Van Mingeroet tried to get away after the Putberg, but they couldn't hold onto their lead. Not only had Hoste abandoned the race, but Ken De Vaere – who crashed badly during the second stage – and Michael Vanderaerden also called it quits.
With 154 kilometres to go the first successful breakaway was formed. It consisted of Sven Nys, Geert Omloop, Niko Eeckhout, Kenny Lisabeth and Hervé Duclos-Lasalle. The five quickly gathered a lead of two minutes and they kept developing their lead up to five minutes with 138 kilometres to go.
The second ascent of the Putberg was led by Eeckhout, ahead of Nys, Lisabeth and Duclos-Lasalle. It was the last climb of the stage race and Devolder was certain of the overall win in this competition.
The peloton didn't allow the five leaders to keep extending their lead and Silence-Lotto and Quick Step started to work in front of the peloton.
The first Nissan Rush sprint was won by former Belgian champion Geert Omloop who needed to win the next two sprints to narrowly beat Polazzi in this competition. At the second sprint, with 54 kilometres to go, Omloop confirmed that he would have a go for the jersey as he crossed the line first again. The lead from the five men was now down to three minutes, but for sure they would make it to the last Nissan Rush sprint. In the peloton the two major Belgian teams received some help from the Italian Preti Mangimi team; which had won a stage this week with Boris Shpilevsky.
As the peloton entered the local circuit in Putte, with 33 kilometres to go, the lead dropped underneath two minutes. Omloop took the points in Putte and he now equalled Fabio Polazzi with 24 points. The rule book stipulates that the rider who took the last sprint in case of a draw will win the competition; so Omloop it is. Too bad for 23 year-old Polazzi that he will not take the victory, but it is a nice win for Omloop. The latter didn't receive much competition from his breakaway companions though, nor from Bodysol, the team of Polazzi.
Some more teams with sprinters in their ranks – like Skil-Shimano and Cycle-Collstrop for Van Hummel and Bozic- joined the work in the peloton, and with 20 kilometres to go the gap between the five leaders and the peloton was down to 1'10". During the passage at the finish line, when there were 17 kilometres to go, the gap had dropped to 51" and it seemed as if the peloton had calculated to perfection today. Eeckhout tried a late solo attack when there were six kilometres to go, but Nys and the rest bridged back up to 'Rambo'. Lisabeth was the next to attack, but a counter-attack from Eeckhout proved to be a little more successful. With four kilometres to go everybody from the long breakaway was caught back and the sprinter teams had to finish it.
With 3,5 kilometres to go a crash spoiled the chances of some sprinters who were sitting too far back. With two kilometres to go Quick Step had set up their train and Devolder led the peloton at a blistering pace for 800 metres. Other teams disturbed the organization and Gert Steegmans tried a late solo attack in the last kilometre, but he couldn't hold on to his small lead. Eventually Boonen withstood Roelandts to take the victory in the last stage, just like last year.
Photography
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- Tom Boonen (Quick Step) takes the final stage of the Tour of Belgium.
Images by Yoni Peeters/cyclingpictures.be
- Greg Van Avermaet (Silence - Lotto) took the points competition in his home tour.
- Stijn Devolder (Quick Step) with the mountains jersey.
- The three jersey wearers (l-r): Geert Omloop (Sprint), Devolder (Overall & Mountains) & Van Avermaet (Points).
- Devolder gives a post race interview.
- Fabio Polazzi (Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon) wore the points jersey going into the final stage.
- The leaders line up for the last stage.
- Niko Eeckhout (Topsport Vlaanderen) was part of the days break.
- The two big Belgian teams were active at the front of the field.
- The five breakaway riders, including Sven Nys (third wheel) in his new team colours.
- The field was lead over the line with a lap to go by a Skil rider.
- Boonen took the final stage while his team-mate the overall.
- Devolder enjoys Coke!
- Boonen after his win.
- Boonen on the podium.
- The top three overall (l-r): Greg Van Avermaet (Silence - Lotto), Stijn Devolder (Quick Step) & Sergei Ivanov (Astana).
Results
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 4.07.15 (45.74 km/h) 2 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 3 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 4 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 5 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 6 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop 7 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) LPR Brakes 8 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 9 Alessandro Maserati (Ita) LPR Brakes 10 Gianluca Geremia (Ita) Preti Mangimi 11 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 12 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) LPR Brakes 13 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 14 Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 15 Eduard Bogaert (Bel) Profel Prorace Continental Team 16 Wouter Mol (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 17 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 18 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 19 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 20 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 21 Kenny Terweduwe (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen 22 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 23 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 24 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop 25 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Preti Mangimi 26 Philipp Walsleben (Ger) Palmans Cras 27 Ian Stannard (GBr) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 28 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 29 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 30 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 31 Jens Mouris (Ned) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 32 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 33 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 34 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 35 Johan Coenen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 36 Allan Davis (Aus) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 37 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 38 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 39 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 40 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 41 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 42 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 43 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 44 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes 45 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 46 Walter Proch (Ita) LPR Brakes 47 Boris Shpilevsky (Rus) Preti Mangimi 48 Alessandro Bertuola (Ita) Preti Mangimi 0.12 49 Romain Villa (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 50 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 51 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 52 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 0.20 53 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 0.22 54 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) Cycle Collstrop 0.32 55 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 56 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 57 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 0.36 58 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 59 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 60 Roel Vanmuysen (Bel) Profel Prorace Continental Team 61 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 62 David Kopp (Ger) Cycle Collstrop 63 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 64 Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 65 Niek Van Gestel (Bel) Profel Prorace Continental Team 66 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 67 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 68 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 69 Matti Helminen (Fin) Palmans Cras 70 Rudy Rouet (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon 71 Dan Fleeman (GBr) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 72 Steven De Neef (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen 73 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 74 Tom Van De Velde (Bel) Profel Prorace Continental Team 75 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 76 Sven Nys (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 77 Niels Albert (Bel) Palmans Cras 78 Tom Criel (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 79 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 80 Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) Palmans Cras 0.43 81 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Silence - Lotto 0.45 82 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 0.49 83 Luca Celli (Ita) LPR Brakes 0.53 84 Sven Renders (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 0.54 85 Sergio Laganà (Ita) LPR Brakes 1.02 86 Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 1.05 87 Geert Omloop (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 1.17 88 Gianni Denolf (Bel) Palmans Cras 89 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 90 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 1.46 91 Paidi O’Brien (Irl) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 92 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 2.30 93 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Silence - Lotto 94 Lars Croket (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen 95 Timothy Vangheel (Bel) P3Transfer - Batavus 96 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) P3Transfer - Batavus 97 Marvin Van Der Pluijm (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 98 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 99 Stijn Huys (Bel) Palmans Cras 100 Sven Nevens (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 101 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 102 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle Fra) 103 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 104 Jonathan Henrion (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon 105 Fabio Polazzi (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon 106 Tim Mertens (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen 2.46 107 Gregory Joseph (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen 108 Frank Van Kuik (Bel) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 2.49 109 Jonathan Bertrand (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon 2.54 110 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 3.19 111 Massimo Mazzanti (Ita) Preti Mangimi 3.36 112 Carlo Corra (Ita) Preti Mangimi 113 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 114 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen 4.06 115 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 116 Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 117 Thomas Ongena (Bel) Profel Prorace Continental Team DNF Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence - Lotto DNF Tom Steels (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner DNF Marco Zanotti (Ita) Preti Mangimi DNF Michael Vanderaerden (Bel) Profel Prorace Continental Team DNF Ken Devaere (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen Final General classification 1 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 18.08.47 2 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 1.11 3 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 1.35 4 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop 2.04 5 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 2.08 6 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 2.20 7 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 2.29 8 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Preti Mangimi 3.11 9 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana 3.22 10 Luca Celli (Ita) LPR Brakes 4.32 11 Johan Coenen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 4.49 12 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 5.38 13 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop 5.55 14 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana 6.14 15 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 16 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 6.28 17 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 6.40 18 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 6.51 19 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 7.04 20 Sven Renders (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 7.16 21 Dan Fleeman (GBr) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 8.30 22 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 9.17 23 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 9.46 24 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step 9.50 25 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana 9.56 26 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 27 Wouter Mol (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 9.57 28 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 10.14 29 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence - Lotto 10.19 30 Allan Davis (Aus) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 10.21 31 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 10.23 32 Sven Nys (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 11.04 33 Sergio Laganà (Ita) LPR Brakes 11.19 34 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 12.50 35 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 13.07 36 Sven Nevens (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 13.13 37 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 13.26 38 Jens Mouris (Ned) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 13.36 39 David Kopp (Ger) Cycle Collstrop 13.41 40 Eduard Bogaert (Bel) Profel Prorace Continental Team 13.42 41 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana 13.45 42 Boris Shpilevsky (Rus) Preti Mangimi 13.46 43 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 13.52 44 Alessandro Bertuola (Ita) Preti Mangimi 13.57 45 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 14.17 46 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 14.47 47 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 14.31 48 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 49 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) LPR Brakes 14.40 50 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 14.54 51 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step 52 Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 14.57 53 Walter Proch (Ita) LPR Brakes 14.59 54 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) Cycle Collstrop 15.01 55 Romain Villa (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 15.02 56 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 15.06 57 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 15.07 58 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 15.08 59 Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 15.17 60 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) LPR Brakes 15.24 61 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) LPR Brakes 15.26 62 Alessandro Maserati (Ita) LPR Brakes 15.31 63 Tom Criel (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 15.33 64 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) Cycle Collstrop 16.04 65 Niels Albert (Bel) Palmans Cras 16.20 66 Philipp Walsleben (Ger) Palmans Cras 16.36 67 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence - Lotto 16.43 68 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Silence - Lotto 17.02 69 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) P3Transfer - Batavus 17.07 70 Geert Omloop (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 17.21 71 Gregory Joseph (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen 17.58 72 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 18.19 73 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 18.25 74 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 18.52 75 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 18.53 76 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 77 Ian Stannard (GBr) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 18.55 78 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 18.59 79 Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 19.00 80 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 19.09 81 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 19.20 82 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 19.28 83 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 19.37 84 Kenny Terweduwe (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen 19.47 85 Thomas Ongena (Bel) Profel Prorace Continental Team 19.53 86 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 19.58 87 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Silence - Lotto 20.10 88 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 21.01 89 Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 21.22 90 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 21.26 91 Steven De Neef (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen 21.35 92 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 22.03 93 Gianluca Geremia (Ita) Preti Mangimi 22.22 94 Jonathan Henrion (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon 22.55 95 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 23.07 96 Marvin Van Der Pluijm (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus 23.46 97 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 23.51 98 Rudy Rouet (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon 24.48 99 Niek Van Gestel (Bel) Profel Prorace Continental Team 24.50 100 Matti Helminen (Fin) Palmans Cras 25.01 101 Fabio Polazzi (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon 25.02 102 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen 103 Jean Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 26.04 104 Massimo Mazzanti (Ita) Preti Mangimi 26.35 105 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 29.22 106 Roel Vanmuysen (Bel) Profel Prorace Continental Team 31.09 107 Frank Van Kuik (Bel) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 32.39 108 Timothy Vangheel (Bel) P3Transfer - Batavus 32.51 109 Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) Palmans Cras 110 Tom Van De Velde (Bel) Profel Prorace Continental Team 32.54 111 Jonathan Bertrand (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon 33.55 112 Lars Croket (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen 34.10 113 Carlo Corra (Ita) Preti Mangimi 34.19 114 Gianni Denolf (Bel) Palmans Cras 35.33 115 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) An Post - M. Donnelly - Grant Thornton - Sean Kelly Team 35.47 116 Tim Mertens (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen 36.12 117 Stijn Huys (Bel) Palmans Cras 38.09 Points classification 1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 67 pts 2 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 56 3 Jürgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence - Lotto 54 4 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 44 5 Allan Davis (Aus) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 44 6 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) LPR Brakes 42 7 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana 40 8 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step 37 9 Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 33 10 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 32 Sprint classification 1 Geert Omloop (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 24 pts 2 Fabio Polazzi (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon 24 3 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 16 4 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 15 5 Sergio Laganà (Ita) LPR Brakes 13 6 Steven De Neef (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen 11 7 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 11 8 Sven Nys (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 10 9 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence - Lotto 8 10 Tom Criel (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 8 Mountains classification 1 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step 25 pts 2 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 20 3 Fabio Polazzi (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon 18 4 Tom Criel (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 17 5 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence - Lotto 12 6 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank 11 7 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Quick Step 10 8 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 10 9 Sergei Ivanov (Rus) Astana 10 10 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Preti Mangimi 9 Teams classification 1 Silence-Lotto 54.31.49 2 Astana 4.32 3 Cycle Collstrop 7.31 4 Rabobank 9.21 5 Quick Step 10.35 6 Topsport Vlaanderen 11.08 7 Cofidis 19.24 8 Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 21.28 9 LPR Brakes 22.15 10 Preti Mangini 22.44 11 Mitsubishi-Jartazi 23.09 12 Skil-Shimano 29.20 13 P3 Transfer-Batavus 33.05 14 AN Post-M Sean Kelly Team 32.39 15 Davitamon-Lotto-Jong Vlaanderen 42.03 16 Palmans-Cras 43.33 17 Profel Prorace CT 46.45 18 Bodysol-Euràomillions-Pôle Continental Wallon 1.03.50
