Eneco Tour 2012: Stage 6 (ITT) Results

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Tuft took the stage and the overall lead on day six of the 2012 Eneco Tour (Image credit: Sirotti)

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Svein Tuft (Orica-GreenEdge) won the fifth stage time trial of the Eneco Tour to take over the race lead. The Canadian covered the 17.4km course in 20:25. Taylor Phinney of BMC Racing Team was second, with Rabobank's Lars Boom third.

The win gave Tuft the overall lead going into the final stage, with Lars Boom (Rabobank) second at only four seconds down and Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) holding on to his third place but now at 16 seconds. Chavanel's teammate Tom Boonen had led the race coming into the stage, but lost 1:01 on the stage, dropping out of contention.

The biggest surprise of the day was the performance of Alberto Contador, who many had expected to dominate in this first individual time trial since returning from a doping-related suspension. However, the Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank rider was only able to put in a time of 30:47, a whole 22 seconds slower than Tuft and only enough for sixth place on the stage. Still, it was enough to move him up to 10th place, only 49 seconds down.

Phinney set a strong best time on the course in Ardooie, Belgium, coming in with a time of 20:30. No one was able to get too close to him, with Vacansoleil's Lieuwe Westra best at 13 seconds back. But then Tuft blasted through five seconds faster than the young American.

Boonen had come into this penultimate stage with only a one-second lead over Jens Keukeleire of Orica-GreenEdge, and in fact the whole of the top ten was within six seconds. “Tornado Tom”, better known for his sprints than his time trialling, was the last to take off.

Chavanel set a fast pace and took the best time at the only intermediate check. Keukeleire lost a lot of time in the first half of the race, and Boonen did his best, but couldn't keep up with the specialists.

Boom came to the finish six seconds slower than Tuft, and although he couldn't take this stage, it put him a good position for the overall victory after Sunday's stage, which will include the Muur van Geraardsbergen. Chavanel lost significant time on the second half of the course, crossing the finish line in 20:45, giving the win and the overall lead to Tuft.

Results

#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Svein Tuft (Can) Orica GreenEdge	0:20:25
2	Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team	0:00:05
3	Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team	0:00:06
4	Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team	0:00:18
5	Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre - ISD	0:00:19
6	Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quickstep	0:00:20
7	Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Team Saxo Bank / Tinkoff Bank	0:00:22
8	Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica GreenEdge	0:00:25
9	Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica GreenEdge	0:00:26
10	Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Movistar Team	0:00:30
11	Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Radioshack-Nissan	0:00:32
12	Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling	0:00:35
13	Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Orica GreenEdge	0:00:37
14	Alex Dowsett (GBr) Sky Procycling	0:00:42
15	Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-Quickstep	0:00:43
16	Jan Bakelants (Bel) Radioshack-Nissan	0:00:45
17	Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quickstep	0:00:46
18	Manuele Boaro (Ita) Team Saxo Bank / Tinkoff Bank
19	Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team	0:00:47
20	Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha Team	0:00:50
21	Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team	0:00:52
22	Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
23	Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale
24	David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Sharp	0:00:53
25	Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Katusha Team	0:00:56
26	David Boucher (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat	0:00:58
27	Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing Team	0:00:59
28	Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team	0:01:00
29	Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep	0:01:01
30	Gustav Larsson (Swe) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team
31	Nick Nuyens (Bel) Team Saxo Bank / Tinkoff Bank	0:01:02
32	Ben Hermans (Bel) Radioshack-Nissan
33	Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Radioshack-Nissan
34	Tony Gallopin (Fra) Radioshack-Nissan	0:01:03
35	Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin - Sharp	0:01:05
36	Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
37	Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Garmin - Sharp	0:01:06
38	Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team	0:01:07
39	Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica GreenEdge	0:01:08
40	Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team	0:01:12
41	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
42	Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin - Sharp
43	Dominik Nerz (Ger) Liquigas-Cannondale
44	Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team	0:01:13
45	Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Movistar Team	0:01:14
46	Simon Geschke (Ger) Argos-Shimano
47	Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank / Tinkoff Bank	0:01:17
48	Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha Team
49	Robert Wagner (Ger) Radioshack-Nissan	0:01:19
50	Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha Team
51	Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Saxo Bank / Tinkoff Bank
52	Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team	0:01:20
53	Luke Rowe (GBr) Sky Procycling	0:01:21
54	Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team
55	Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale	0:01:22
56	Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre - ISD
57	Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep	0:01:23
58	Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale
59	Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Garmin - Sharp	0:01:24
60	Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
61	Albert Timmer (Ned) Argos-Shimano	0:01:26
62	Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team	0:01:27
63	Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Radioshack-Nissan	0:01:28
64	Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha Team
65	Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Sky Procycling
66	Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
67	Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Garmin - Sharp	0:01:29
68	Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	0:01:32
69	Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team	0:01:33
70	Dries Devenyns (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep	0:01:34
71	Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep	0:01:36
72	Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Astana Pro Team	0:01:37
73	Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi	0:01:38
74	Jesus Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team
75	Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team	0:01:42
76	Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat	0:01:43
77	Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team
78	Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat	0:01:44
79	Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Orica GreenEdge
80	Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - ISD	0:01:45
81	Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team
82	Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team	0:01:46
83	Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team
84	Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat	0:01:47
85	Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Team Saxo Bank / Tinkoff Bank	0:01:48
86	Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team	0:01:49
87	Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Argos-Shimano	0:01:50
88	Kristof Goddaert (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale	0:01:51
89	William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
90	Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
91	Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Team Saxo Bank / Tinkoff Bank	0:01:53
92	Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre - ISD	0:01:54
93	Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
94	Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Orica GreenEdge	0:01:57
95	Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
96	Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
97	Gabriel Rasch (Nor) FDJ-Big Mat	0:01:58
98	Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi	0:02:01
99	David Tanner (Aus) Team Saxo Bank / Tinkoff Bank	0:02:03
100	Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team	0:02:05
101	Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - ISD	0:02:06
102	Sven Vandousselaere (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	0:02:08
103	Sergey Renev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team	0:02:09
104	Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team	0:02:10
105	Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
106	Frederique Robert (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team	0:02:11
107	Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
108	Miguel Minguez Ayala (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi	0:02:12
109	Wouter Mol (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team	0:02:13
110	Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre - ISD	0:02:14
111	Andreas Klier (Ger) Garmin - Sharp	0:02:16
112	Manuel Belletti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale	0:02:18
113	Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
114	Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	0:02:20
115	Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Astana Pro Team	0:02:22
116	Bert De Backer (Bel) Argos-Shimano	0:02:25
117	Federico Canuti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
118	Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team	0:02:26
119	Kenny De Haes (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
120	Tom Veelers (Ned) Argos-Shimano	0:02:27
121	Davide Appollonio (Ita) Sky Procycling	0:02:28
122	Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
123	Victor Cabedo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
124	Roy Curvers (Ned) Argos-Shimano	0:02:29
125	Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team	0:02:30
126	Maarten Neyens (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team	0:02:31
127	Boris Shpilevsky (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale
128	Marcel Kittel (Ger) Argos-Shimano	0:02:32
129	Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	0:02:33
130	Adrian Saez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi	0:02:36
131	Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team	0:02:40
132	Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
133	Steve Chainel (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat	0:02:42
134	Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi	0:02:43
135	Theo Bos (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team	0:02:44
136	Sander Cordeel (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
137	Jimmy Casper (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:02:47
138	Rudiger Selig (Ger) Katusha Team	0:02:49
139	Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Euskaltel - Euskadi	0:02:51
140	Adam Blythe (GBr) BMC Racing Team
141	Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	0:02:53
142	Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - ISD	0:02:54
143	Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team	0:02:55
144	Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's	0:02:56
145	Simone Ponzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team	0:02:58
146	Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica GreenEdge	0:02:59
147	Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Sky Procycling	0:03:02
148	Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
149	James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's	0:03:13
150	Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
151	Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team	0:03:17
152	Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team	0:03:23
153	Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD	0:03:27
154	Raymond Kreder (Ned) Garmin - Sharp	0:03:37
155	Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's	0:03:52
DNS	Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
DNS	Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ-Big Mat

General classification after stage 6
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Svein Tuft (Can) Orica GreenEdge	19:56:57
2	Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team	0:00:04
3	Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quickstep	0:00:16
4	Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica GreenEdge	0:00:25
5	Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica GreenEdge
6	Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Orica GreenEdge	0:00:37
7	Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-Quickstep	0:00:39
8	Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quickstep	0:00:47
9	Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Movistar Team	0:00:48
10	Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Team Saxo Bank / Tinkoff Bank	0:00:49
11	Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team
12	Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep	0:00:55
13	Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Katusha Team	0:00:58
14	Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica GreenEdge	0:01:03
15	Jan Bakelants (Bel) Radioshack-Nissan
16	Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre - ISD
17	Alex Dowsett (GBr) Sky Procycling	0:01:04
18	Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale	0:01:09
19	Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team	0:01:11
20	Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling
21	Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team
22	Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team	0:01:15
23	Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale	0:01:17
24	David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Sharp	0:01:20
25	Ben Hermans (Bel) Radioshack-Nissan
26	Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Radioshack-Nissan
27	Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha Team	0:01:21
28	Tony Gallopin (Fra) Radioshack-Nissan
29	Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep	0:01:24
30	Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha Team	0:01:25
31	Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Radioshack-Nissan	0:01:27
32	Nick Nuyens (Bel) Team Saxo Bank / Tinkoff Bank	0:01:29
33	David Boucher (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat	0:01:30
34	Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team	0:01:31
35	Ignatas Konovalovas (Lit) Movistar Team	0:01:32
36	Gustav Larsson (Swe) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team
37	Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep	0:01:34
38	Dries Devenyns (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep	0:01:35
39	Robert Wagner (Ger) Radioshack-Nissan	0:01:36
40	Ramunas Navardauskas (Lit) Garmin - Sharp	0:01:39
41	Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team
42	Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team	0:01:43
43	Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Saxo Bank / Tinkoff Bank	0:01:46
44	Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Garmin - Sharp	0:01:47
45	Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team	0:01:51
46	Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Garmin - Sharp
47	Simon Geschke (Ger) Argos-Shimano
48	Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team	0:01:53
49	Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team
50	Luke Rowe (GBr) Sky Procycling	0:01:55
51	Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team	0:02:04
52	Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Sky Procycling
53	Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale	0:02:06
54	Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre - ISD
55	Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team	0:02:07
56	Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team	0:02:08
57	Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat	0:02:09
58	Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing Team
59	Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat	0:02:11
60	Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team	0:02:12
61	Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:02:13
62	William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat	0:02:18
63	Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
64	Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale	0:02:22
65	Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team	0:02:23
66	Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha Team	0:02:24
67	Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - ISD
68	Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team	0:02:28
69	Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
70	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep	0:02:29
71	Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat	0:02:30
72	David Tanner (Aus) Team Saxo Bank / Tinkoff Bank
73	Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team	0:02:34
74	Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Argos-Shimano	0:02:41
75	Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	0:02:43
76	Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Radioshack-Nissan	0:02:49
77	Sven Vandousselaere (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	0:02:54
78	Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team	0:02:56
79	Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre - ISD	0:02:58
80	Manuel Belletti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale	0:02:59
81	Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's	0:03:03
82	Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	0:03:06
83	Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Astana Pro Team	0:03:12
84	Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team	0:03:13
85	Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	0:03:14
86	Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi	0:03:19
87	Roy Curvers (Ned) Argos-Shimano	0:03:20
88	Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team	0:03:27
89	Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	0:03:34
90	Wouter Mol (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team	0:03:36
91	Victor Cabedo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi	0:03:37
92	Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank / Tinkoff Bank	0:03:39
93	Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's	0:03:41
94	Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre - ISD	0:03:54
95	Sergey Renev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team	0:04:00
96	Andreas Klier (Ger) Garmin - Sharp	0:04:02
97	Maarten Neyens (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team	0:04:03
98	Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin - Sharp	0:04:05
99	Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD	0:04:06
100	Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team	0:04:07
101	Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team	0:04:13
102	Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Team Saxo Bank / Tinkoff Bank	0:04:15
103	James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's	0:04:17
104	Aidis Kruopis (Lit) Orica GreenEdge	0:04:22
105	Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team	0:04:30
106	Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale	0:04:41
107	Bert De Backer (Bel) Argos-Shimano	0:05:00
108	Tom Veelers (Ned) Argos-Shimano	0:05:02
109	Frederique Robert (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team	0:05:26
110	Jesus Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team	0:06:15
111	Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Orica GreenEdge	0:06:18
112	Simone Ponzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team
113	Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Team Saxo Bank / Tinkoff Bank	0:06:20
114	Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha Team	0:06:36
115	Dominik Nerz (Ger) Liquigas-Cannondale
116	Rudiger Selig (Ger) Katusha Team	0:06:39
117	Kristof Goddaert (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale	0:06:41
118	Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Astana Pro Team	0:06:42
119	Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Euskaltel - Euskadi	0:06:54
120	Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team	0:06:57
121	Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi	0:07:15
122	Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Garmin - Sharp	0:07:30
123	Kenny De Haes (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team	0:07:37
124	Adam Blythe (GBr) BMC Racing Team	0:07:42
125	Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - ISD	0:07:49
126	Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team	0:08:17
127	Steve Chainel (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
128	Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team	0:08:26
129	Marcel Kittel (Ger) Argos-Shimano	0:08:37
130	Raymond Kreder (Ned) Garmin - Sharp	0:09:23
131	Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team	0:09:41
132	Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Sky Procycling	0:09:42
133	Gabriel Rasch (Nor) FDJ-Big Mat	0:10:12
134	Davide Appollonio (Ita) Sky Procycling	0:10:19
135	Federico Canuti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale	0:10:56
136	Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
137	Miguel Minguez Ayala (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi	0:11:06
138	Sander Cordeel (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team	0:11:18
139	Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale	0:11:41
140	Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica GreenEdge	0:12:07
141	Manuele Boaro (Ita) Team Saxo Bank / Tinkoff Bank	0:12:12
142	Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi	0:12:41
143	Theo Bos (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team	0:12:44
144	Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	0:12:58
145	Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	0:13:21
146	Jimmy Casper (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale	0:14:45
147	Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team	0:16:10
148	Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - ISD	0:17:26
149	Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's	0:18:01
150	Albert Timmer (Ned) Argos-Shimano	0:21:45
151	Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team	0:23:01
152	Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's	0:24:05
153	Boris Shpilevsky (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale	0:25:06
154	Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi	0:26:39
155	Adrian Saez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi	0:30:43

Points classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Radioshack-Nissan	62	pts
2	Marcel Kittel (Ger) Argos-Shimano	60
3	Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Garmin - Sharp	56
4	Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team	50
5	Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team	47
6	Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	47
7	Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat	44
8	Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha Team	43
9	Theo Bos (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team	41
10	Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep	41
11	Aidis Kruopis (Lit) Orica GreenEdge	39
12	Manuel Belletti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale	39
13	Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Astana Pro Team	34
14	Svein Tuft (Can) Orica GreenEdge	30
15	Adam Blythe (GBr) BMC Racing Team	30
16	Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	26
17	Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team	25
18	Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team	25
19	Alex Dowsett (GBr) Sky Procycling	24
20	Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team	24
21	Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team	23
22	Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quickstep	19
23	Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team	19
24	Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre - ISD	17
25	Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quickstep	15
26	Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica GreenEdge	14
27	Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Team Saxo Bank / Tinkoff Bank	13
28	Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD	13
29	Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica GreenEdge	12
30	Frederique Robert (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team	12
31	Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Movistar Team	10
32	Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's	10
33	Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's	10
34	Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep	8
35	Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat	8
36	Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi	8
37	James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's	6
38	Luke Rowe (GBr) Sky Procycling	5
39	Wouter Mol (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team	5
40	Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's	5
41	Robert Wagner (Ger) Radioshack-Nissan	3
42	Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale	3
43	Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team	3
44	Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - ISD	3
45	Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team	3
46	Adrian Saez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi	3

Most combative rider classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	58	pts
2	Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team	25
3	Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's	22
4	Boris Shpilevsky (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale	21
5	James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's	20
6	Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - ISD	18
7	Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team	18
8	Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi	17
9	Adrian Saez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi	17
10	Alex Dowsett (GBr) Sky Procycling	16
11	Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's	13
12	Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's	11
13	Ramunas Navardauskas (Lit) Garmin - Sharp	10
14	Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin - Sharp	8
15	Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team	7
16	David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Sharp	6
17	Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team	6
18	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep	4
19	Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	4
20	Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	4
21	Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team	4
22	Svein Tuft (Can) Orica GreenEdge	2
23	Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep	2
24	Albert Timmer (Ned) Argos-Shimano	2
25	Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat	2

Teams classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Orica Greenedge	59:51:27
2	Omega Pharma-Quickstep	0:01:01
3	Rabobank Cycling Team	0:01:31
4	Katusha Team	0:02:24
5	Radioshack-Nissan	0:02:32
6	Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team	0:02:48
7	Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank	0:02:55
8	Movistar Team	0:03:13
9	Liquigas-Cannondale	0:03:19
10	Garmin - Sharp	0:03:44
11	Sky Procycling	0:03:45
12	BMC Racing Team	0:04:45
13	Lampre - ISD	0:04:52
14	FDJ-Big Mat	0:05:15
15	Team Argos - Shimano	0:05:40
16	Ag2R La Mondiale	0:05:52
17	Astana Pro Team	0:03:14
18	Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	0:06:55
19	Lotto Belisol Team	0:07:40
20	Euskaltel - Euskadi	0:08:40
21	Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's	0:10:10

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