The early breakaway: Kurt Hovelynck (Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly), Sébastien Delfosse (Landbouwkrediet), David Kopp (Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland), Cesare Benedetti (Team Netapp) and (obscured) Davide Ricci Bitti (Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli), Johannes Fröhlinger (Skil - Shimano), Lasse Bøchman (Glud & Marstrand - LRO), Maxim Belkov (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team)
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Pim Ligthart (Vacansoleil) takes the win on the stones.
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The podium in the Hel van het Mergelland - Federico Canuti (Colnago CSF Inox), Pim Ligthart (Vacansoleil) and Samuel Dumoulin (Cofidis)
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Pim Ligthart (Vacansoleil) wins the Hel van het Mergelland
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The peloton not reacting. Scintillating racing sans radios.
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Filippo Savini (Colnago - CSF Inox) and Johannes Fröhlinger (Skil-Shimano) put in a dig
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Anyone have a pen?
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The sign might not be correct for us, but for sure the riders know where they are.
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Team Indeland at the presentation
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Full Results
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 5:00:39 |
| 2 | Federico Canuti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
| 3 | Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
| 4 | Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil - Shimano | |
| 5 | Marcello Pavarin (Ita) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 6 | Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | |
| 7 | Edwig Cammaerts (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | |
| 8 | Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil - Shimano | |
| 9 | Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | |
| 10 | David Tanner (Aus) Saxo Bank Sungard | |
| 11 | Kasper Jebjerg (Den) Glud & Marstrand - LRO | |
| 12 | Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Landbouwkrediet | |
| 13 | Pieter Serry (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
| 14 | Johan Coenen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
| 15 | Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Team Netapp | |
| 16 | Jérôme Baugnies (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
| 17 | Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil - Shimano | |
| 18 | Rafal Majka (Pol) Team Saxo Bank | |
| 19 | Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 20 | Jarno Gmelich (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels | |
| 21 | Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Cycling Team Jo Piels | |
| 22 | Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 23 | Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | |
| 24 | Sander Armee (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
| 25 | Thomas Degand (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Accent | |
| 26 | Jürgen Van Goolen (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Accent | |
| 27 | Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Team Netapp | 0:00:07 |
| 28 | Lasse Bøchman (Den) Glud & Marstrand - LRO | 0:00:08 |
| 29 | Marco Frapporti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 0:00:11 |
| 30 | Filippo Savini (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 0:00:16 |
| 31 | Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team Netapp | 0:00:28 |
| 32 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Skil - Shimano | 0:00:32 |
| 33 | Yann Huguet (Fra) Skil - Shimano | |
| 34 | Jan Barta (Cze) Team Netapp | |
| 35 | Francesco Failli (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | 0:00:40 |
| 36 | Maxim Belkov (Rus) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 0:01:32 |
| 37 | Remco Broers (Ned) Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | |
| 38 | Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly | 0:02:31 |
| 39 | Evert Verbist (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Accent | 0:04:49 |
| 40 | Dieter Capelle (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Accent | 0:04:53 |
| 41 | Ronan McLaughlin (Irl) An Post - Sean Kelly | |
| 42 | Sander Oostlander (Ned) Cyclingteam De Rijke | 0:04:54 |
| 43 | Pim De Beer (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels | 0:05:03 |
| 44 | Dirk Müller (Ger) Nutrixxion Sparkasse | 0:05:11 |
| 45 | Huub Duijn (Ned) Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly | |
| 46 | Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| 47 | Reinier Honig (Ned) Landbouwkrediet | 0:05:13 |
| DNF | Thomas Damuseau (Fra) Skil - Shimano | |
| DNF | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil - Shimano | |
| DNF | Volodimir Gustov (Ukr) Team Saxo Bank | |
| DNF | Juan José Haedo (Arg) Saxo Bank Sungard | |
| DNF | Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | |
| DNF | Wouter Mol (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | |
| DNF | Yoann Bagot (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
| DNF | Rémi Cusin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
| DNF | Manuel Belletti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
| DNF | Manuele Caddeo (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
| DNF | Omar Lombardi (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
| DNF | Angelo Pagani (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
| DNF | Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | |
| DNF | Gianluca Mirenda (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | |
| DNF | Takashi Miyazawa (Jpn) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | |
| DNF | Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | |
| DNF | Benjamin Gourgue (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | |
| DNF | Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | |
| DNF | Kevin Peeters (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | |
| DNF | Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Team Netapp | |
| DNF | Robert Retschke (Ger) Team Netapp | |
| DNF | Karl Menzies (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | |
| DNF | Andrew Pinfold (Can) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | |
| DNF | Boy Van Poppel (Ned) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | |
| DNF | Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Accent | |
| DNF | Thomas Vernaeckt (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Accent | |
| DNF | Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly | |
| DNF | Dries Hollanders (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly | |
| DNF | Mark Mc Nally (GBr) An Post Sean Kelly | |
| DNF | Rikke Dijkxhoorn (Ned) Cyclingteam De Rijke | |
| DNF | Rick Ottema (Ned) Cyclingteam De Rijke | |
| DNF | Rune Van Der Meijden (Ned) Cyclingteam De Rijke | |
| DNF | Jasper Hamelink (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels | |
| DNF | Brian Megens (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels | |
| DNF | Stefan Van Winden (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels | |
| DNF | Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly | |
| DNF | Jasper Ockeloen (Ned) Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly | |
| DNF | Tom Stubbe (Bel) Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly | |
| DNF | Michaël Vanderaerden (Bel) Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly | |
| DNF | Daniel Foder (Den) Glud & Marstrand - LRO | |
| DNF | Mathias Gade Jacobsen (Den) Glud & Marstrand - LRO | |
| DNF | Nicky Nielsen Østergaard (Den) Glud & Marstrand - LRO | |
| DNF | Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | |
| DNF | Alexander Prishpetniy (Rus) Itera - Katusha | |
| DNF | Dmitry Ignatiev (Rus) Itera - Katuscha | |
| DNF | Sergej Fuchs (Ger) Nutrixxion Sparkasse | |
| DNF | Michael Schweizer (Ger) Nutrixxion Sparkasse | |
| DNF | Stefan Cohnen (Ned) Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | |
| DNF | Joel Zangerle (Lux) Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | |
| DNF | David Kopp (Ger) Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | |
| DNF | Alex Schmitt (Ger) Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | |
| DNF | Markus Eichler (Ger) Team NSP | |
| DNF | Marcus Fothen (Ger) Team NSP | |
| DNF | Jonas Schmeiser (Ger) Team NSP | |
| DNF | Bjorn Thurau (Ger) Team NSP | |
| DNF | Yannick Janssen (Ned) Nationaal Team Nederland | |
| DNF | Bram Nolten (Ned) Nationaal Team Nederland | |
| DNF | Cheng Ji (Chn) Skil - Shimano | |
| DNF | Jonathan Bellis (GBr) Saxo Bank Sungard | |
| DNF | Florent Barle (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
| DNF | Jean-Eudes Demaret (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
| DNF | Kalle Kriit (Est) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
| DNF | Paolo Locatelli (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | |
| DNF | Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | |
| DNF | Emanuel Vona (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | |
| DNF | Michaël Baer (Swi) Team Netapp | |
| DNF | Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Netapp | |
| DNF | Sven Jodt (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
| DNF | Grégory Joseph (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
| DNF | Stijn Joseph (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
| DNF | Tim Mertens (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
| DNF | Hilton Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | |
| DNF | Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | |
| DNF | Adrian Hegevary (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | |
| DNF | Jacob Keough (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | |
| DNF | Scott Zwizanski (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling | |
| DNF | Sven Van Den Houte (Bel) Veranda's Willems - Accent | |
| DNF | Jaco Venter (RSA) Veranda's Willems - Accent | |
| DNF | Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) An Post - Sean Kelly | |
| DNF | Mark Cassidy (Irl) An Post - Sean Kelly | |
| DNF | Niko Eeckhout (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly | |
| DNF | Darijus Dzervus (Ltu) An Post - Sean Kelly | |
| DNF | Ike Groen (Ned) Cyclingteam De Rijke | |
| DNF | Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Cyclingteam De Rijke | |
| DNF | Bob Schoonbroodt (Ned) Cyclingteam De Rijke | |
| DNF | Jesper Schipper (Ned) Cyclingteam De Rijke | |
| DNF | Johim Ariesen (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels | |
| DNF | Jelle Posthuma (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels | |
| DNF | James Spragg (GBr) Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly | |
| DNF | Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly | |
| DNF | Christian Moberg Jörgensen (Den) Glud & Marstrand - LRO | |
| DNF | Kasper Linde Jørgensen (Den) Glud & Marstrand - LRO | |
| DNF | Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Glud & Marstrand - LRO | |
| DNF | Dmitry Kosyakov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | |
| DNF | Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | |
| DNF | Vyacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | |
| DNF | Nikita Novikov (Rus) Itera - Katusha | |
| DNF | Alexey Tsatevitch (Rus) Itera - Katusha | |
| DNF | Sebastian Forke (Ger) Nutrixxion Sparkasse | |
| DNF | Grischa Janorschke (Ger) Nutrixxion Sparkasse | |
| DNF | Steffen Radochla (Ger) Nutrixxion Sparkasse | |
| DNF | Björn Schröder (Ger) Nutrixxion Sparkasse | |
| DNF | Ben Sydlik (Ger) Team Nutrixxion-Sparkasse | |
| DNF | Cyrille Heymans (Lux) Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | |
| DNF | Alex Meenhorst (NZl) Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | |
| DNF | Christian Poos (Lux) Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | |
| DNF | Nico Schneider (Ger) Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de | |
| DNF | Joop De Gans (Ned) Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | |
| DNF | Dirk Finders (Ger) Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | |
| DNF | Michael Kurth (Ger) Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | |
| DNF | Luc Hagenaars (Ned) Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | |
| DNF | Emmanuel Van Ruitenbeek (Ned) Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | |
| DNF | Matthias Bertling (Ger) Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | |
| DNF | Jacob Fiedler (Ger) Team NSP | |
| DNF | Thomas Fothen (Ger) Team NSP | |
| DNF | Léo Menville (Fra) Team NSP | |
| DNF | René Obst (Ger) Team NSP | |
| DNF | Luc Loozen (Ned) Nationaal Team Nederland | |
| DNF | Bob Martens (Ned) Nationaal Team Nederland | |
| DNF | Ritchie Motke (Ned) Nationaal Team Nederland | |
| DNF | Ward Schiffelers (Ned) Nationaal Team Nederland | |
| DNF | Pablo Schmeitz (Ned) Nationaal Team Nederland | |
| DNF | Raymond Werst (Ned) Nationaal Team Nederland |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | 5 | pts |
| 2 | Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | 3 | |
| 3 | David Kopp (Ger) Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | 2 | |
| 4 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Skil - Shimano | 1 |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maxim Belkov (Rus) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 5 | pts |
| 2 | Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | 3 | |
| 3 | Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly | 2 | |
| 4 | Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Team Netapp | 1 |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | 5 | pts |
| 2 | Lasse Bøchman (Den) Glud & Marstrand - LRO | 3 | |
| 3 | Maxim Belkov (Rus) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 2 | |
| 4 | Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | 1 |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | 5 | pts |
| 2 | Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | 3 | |
| 3 | Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly | 2 | |
| 4 | Maxim Belkov (Rus) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 1 |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | 5 | pts |
| 2 | Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | 3 | |
| 3 | Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly | 2 | |
| 4 | David Kopp (Ger) Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | 1 |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | 5 | pts |
| 2 | Maxim Belkov (Rus) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 3 | |
| 3 | David Kopp (Ger) Team Eddy Merckx - Indeland | 2 | |
| 4 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Skil - Shimano | 1 |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Filippo Savini (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 5 | pts |
| 2 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Skil - Shimano | 3 | |
| 3 | Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 2 | |
| 4 | Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | 1 |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Skil - Shimano | 5 | pts |
| 2 | Filippo Savini (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 3 | |
| 3 | Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | 2 | |
| 4 | Federico Canuti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 1 |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Filippo Savini (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 5 | pts |
| 2 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Skil - Shimano | 3 | |
| 3 | Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 2 | |
| 4 | Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | 1 |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Landbouwkrediet | 26 | pts |
| 2 | Filippo Savini (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 13 | |
| 3 | Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Skil - Shimano | 13 | |
| 4 | Maxim Belkov (Rus) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 11 | |
| 5 | Lasse Bøchman (Den) Glud & Marstrand - LRO | 3 | |
| 6 | Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | 3 | |
| 7 | Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 2 | |
| 8 | Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team | 2 | |
| 9 | Federico Canuti (Ita) Colnago - CSF Inox | 1 | |
| 10 | Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Team Netapp | 1 |
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