Three-peat for Farrar
By Susan Westemeyer published
America's Farrar remains in race lead, continues run of good form in Eneco Tour
Tyler Farrar took yet another stage win at the Eneco Tour, winning a photo finish on an uphill sprint in Libramont. Farrar just nosed out Edvald Boasson Hagen of Columbia-HTC, with Francesco Gavazzi (Lampre) taking third.
The finish came after a wild final 30 kilometres on the rolling, 221.2-kilometre course, with numerous breaks. However, it all came back together in the end. Boasson Hagen was first thought to be the winner, but a study of the finish photo showed the American ahead of the Norwegian. The American sprinted first and Boasson Hagen nearly clipped him at the line -- but only nearly.
It was supposed to be at last a stage for the non-sprinters, and Farrar himself had expected to give up the lead on this Ardennes stage. “I'm really surprised that I am still leading,” the said after the stage. The climbs in the finale “were not steep enough to stop me.”
Sunday's stage, which has been called “a little Amstel Gold race”, will test the 25-year-old American's abilities further. “I will try to survive in the second queen stage. I am not looking any further than that. I prefer to look from day to day,” he said. “I am certainly not a favourite for the final win.”
One hundred and fifty three riders took to the start in Hasselt on another beautiful summer day to take on the Eneco Tour's hilliest stage. It was also the longest stage, at 221.2 kilometres, and featured eight "hellingen", those short but steep climbs.
Things got off to a fast start, as the peloton covered 48.6km in the first hour. After 60km, Damien Gaudin of Bbox Bouygues Telecom was the first to get away, but he was soon joined by Reinier Honig (Vacansoleil) and, for the second day in a row, Milram's Niki Terpstra.
The trio pulled away quickly, and with 131 kilometres to go had reached a maximum gap of 7:45. Behind them, Garmin-Slipstream, around race leader Tyler Farrar and GC hopeful Bradley Wiggins, and Rabobank led the peloton.
From then the lead dropped dramatically, and was down to two minutes with 66km to go. The hilly terrain wearied the legs of the escapees, and the peloton was able to outpace them. Graeme Brown and Rick Flens of Rabobank held the tempo high, and the gap continued to plummet.
Three riders jumped out of the field with 50 kilometres to go. Tony Martin (Columbia-HTC), Fabrice Piemontesi (Fuji-Servetto) and Thomas De Gendt (Topsport Vlaanderen) joined the three in the lead. The group didn't last long, though, and soon a new group was in the lead.
But Martin, Garmin's Brad Wiggins and Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) were too dangerous a trio, and were soon caught. New groups formed and were caught again practically every kilometre, as the finale proved to be very active, with numerous riders seeking their chance.
Sylvain Chavanel (Quick-Step), who won the prologue and was first to wear the leader's jersey in this year's race, got away with Lampre's Marco Bandiera with 32 kilometres to go. The high pace had by now torn apart the peloton, so that the first group was about 30, including leader Farrar.
Silence-Lotto's Jurgen Van Den Broeck led the chase of the two, who were soon joined by others. Things continued fast and furious, with the group's composition going through many changes. Finally, Chavanel and Bandiera were joined by Rabobank's Nick Nuyens, Michael Rogers (Columbia-HTC) and Angel Madrazo (Caisse d'Epargne), and they held a 20-second lead over the peloton led by Silence-Lotto and Liquigas. Race leaders Farrar and Boonen were in the leading chase group.
Madrazo and Rogers couldn't stay up with the break, and as they dropped back, Nuyens took off. He was soon joined by Chavanel and Bandiera, but they held only a slight lead over the peloton.
They were caught again with 7 kilometres to go. Maarten Tjallingii (Rabobank) and Nibali tried to get away, but the peloton wouldn't let them go. Nibali tried again with 3 kilometres to go, with Columbia-HTC's Edvald Boasson Hagen leading the chase. It all came together, bringing about the sprint.
1 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 5:27:01 |
2 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - HTC | |
3 | Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | |
4 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence-Lotto | |
5 | Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
6 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
7 | Aitor Galdos (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
8 | Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence-Lotto | |
9 | Alexandre Usov (Blr) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
10 | Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
11 | Juan Jose Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
12 | Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank | |
13 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
14 | Arnaud Labbe (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
15 | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux | |
16 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - HTC | |
17 | Nikolas Maes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
18 | Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | |
19 | Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Team Katusha | |
20 | Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | |
21 | Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française Des Jeux | |
22 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française Des Jeux | |
23 | Jan Bakelandts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
24 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - N.G.C. | |
25 | Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank | |
26 | Mikael Cherel (Fra) Française Des Jeux | |
27 | Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana | |
28 | Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
29 | Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank | |
30 | Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank | |
31 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | |
32 | Baden Cooke (Aus) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | |
33 | Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
34 | Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank | |
35 | Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale | |
36 | Nick Nuyens (Bel) Rabobank | |
37 | Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | |
38 | Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
39 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | |
40 | Frank Hoj (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
41 | Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | |
42 | Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale | |
43 | Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step | |
44 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto | |
45 | Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
46 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux | |
47 | Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana | |
48 | Gerben Löwik (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | |
49 | Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Silence-Lotto | |
50 | Johan Coenen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
51 | Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
52 | Angel Gomez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | |
53 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | |
54 | Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
55 | Bolat Raimbekov (Kaz) Astana | |
56 | Ben Hermans (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
57 | Andrey Amador (CRc) Caisse d'Epargne | |
58 | Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana | |
59 | Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Silence-Lotto | |
60 | Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
61 | Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas | |
62 | Laszlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Katusha | |
63 | Biel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | |
64 | Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale | |
65 | Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
66 | Gert Dockx (Bel) Team Columbia - HTC | |
67 | Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana | |
68 | Nico Sijmens (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
69 | Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
70 | Sergey Renev (Kaz) Astana | |
71 | Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | |
72 | Romain Villa (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
73 | Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - N.G.C. | |
74 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step | |
75 | Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas | |
76 | Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Silence-Lotto | |
77 | Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Quick Step | |
78 | Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | |
79 | Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - HTC | |
80 | Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step | 0:00:19 |
81 | Guillaume Le Floch (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:00:24 |
82 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 0:00:28 |
83 | Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | |
84 | Christopher Sutton (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:00:31 |
85 | Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:01:34 |
86 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:02:02 |
87 | Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas | 0:02:52 |
88 | Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas | |
89 | Angel Madrazo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:03:07 |
90 | Jose Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 0:03:50 |
91 | Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:06:48 |
92 | Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram | |
93 | Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:13:28 |
94 | Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C. | |
95 | Huub Duyn (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:17:09 |
96 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | |
97 | Fabrice Piemontesi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | |
98 | Alexei Markov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
99 | Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
100 | Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
101 | Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
102 | Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia - HTC | |
103 | Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | |
104 | Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step | |
105 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française Des Jeux | 0:19:23 |
106 | Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha | |
107 | Reinier Honig (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | |
108 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | |
109 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha | |
110 | Servais Knaven (Ned) Team Milram | |
111 | Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | |
112 | Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Silence-Lotto | |
113 | Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | |
114 | Wim De Vocht (Bel) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | |
115 | Andres Sergio De Lis (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
116 | Josu Agirre Aseginolaza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
117 | Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
118 | Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
119 | Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step | |
120 | Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step | |
121 | Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano | |
122 | Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano | |
123 | Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas | |
124 | Cameron Wurf (Aus) Fuji-Servetto | |
125 | Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas | |
126 | Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas | |
127 | Jens Mouris (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | |
128 | Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano | |
129 | Alex Rasmussen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
130 | Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank | |
131 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | |
132 | Andrea Tonti (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | |
133 | Robert Forster (Ger) Team Milram | |
134 | Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
135 | Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano | |
136 | Domenik Klemme (Ger) Team Saxo Bank | |
137 | Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française Des Jeux | |
138 | Josep Jufre (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | |
139 | Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
140 | Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | |
141 | Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | |
142 | Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | |
143 | Gatis Smukulis (Lat) AG2R La Mondiale | |
144 | David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano | |
145 | Damien Gaudin (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
146 | Koen De Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano | |
147 | Aurélien Clerc (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:22:08 |
148 | Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram | |
149 | Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank | |
150 | Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream | |
151 | Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | |
152 | Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank | |
DNF | Giovanni Bernaudeau (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom |
1 | Damien Gaudin (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 8 | pts |
2 | Reinier Honig (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 5 | |
3 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | 3 |
1 | Reinier Honig (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 8 | pts |
2 | Damien Gaudin (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 5 | |
3 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | 3 |
1 | Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank | 8 | pts |
2 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 5 | |
3 | Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha | 3 |
1 | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 16:21:03 |
2 | Silence - Lotto | |
3 | Caisse d'Epargne | |
4 | Française Des Jeux | |
5 | Team Saxo Bank | |
6 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
7 | Team Columbia - HTC | |
8 | Rabobank | |
9 | Lampre - N.G.C | |
10 | AG2R - La Mondiale | |
11 | Team Katusha | |
12 | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | |
13 | Astana | |
14 | Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
15 | Quick Step | |
16 | Liquigas | |
17 | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 0:00:24 |
18 | Garmin - Slipstream | 0:00:28 |
19 | Fuji - Servetto | 0:20:59 |
20 | Skil - Shimano | 0:36:32 |
21 | Team Milram | 0:45:34 |
1 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 17:51:13 |
2 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step | 0:00:20 |
3 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:00:23 |
4 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | 0:00:35 |
5 | Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank | 0:00:37 |
6 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | |
7 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | |
8 | Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank | |
9 | Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank | 0:00:39 |
10 | Nikolas Maes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 0:00:40 |
11 | Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Silence-Lotto | 0:00:41 |
12 | Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
13 | Nick Nuyens (Bel) Rabobank | 0:00:44 |
14 | Jan Bakelandts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
15 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - HTC | |
16 | Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:00:45 |
17 | Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 0:00:46 |
18 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto | |
19 | Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:00:47 |
20 | Laszlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Katusha | |
21 | Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana | |
22 | Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank | |
23 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 0:00:48 |
24 | Andrey Amador (CRc) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:00:49 |
25 | Juan Jose Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
26 | Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana | 0:00:50 |
27 | Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank | |
28 | Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale | |
29 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:00:51 |
30 | Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - N.G.C. | 0:00:52 |
31 | Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas | |
32 | Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | |
33 | Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana | |
34 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - N.G.C. | |
35 | Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence-Lotto | |
36 | Johan Coenen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
37 | Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 0:00:54 |
38 | Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:00:55 |
39 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | |
40 | Frank Hoj (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
41 | Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:00:56 |
42 | Nico Sijmens (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
43 | Ben Hermans (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
44 | Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Team Katusha | |
45 | Gert Dockx (Bel) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:00:57 |
46 | Gerben Löwik (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | |
47 | Baden Cooke (Aus) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | |
48 | Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step | 0:00:58 |
49 | Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:01:00 |
50 | Alexandre Usov (Blr) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:01:01 |
51 | Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale | |
52 | Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:01:03 |
53 | Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:01:07 |
54 | Mikael Cherel (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:01:09 |
55 | Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:01:10 |
56 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 0:04:37 |
57 | Romain Villa (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:06:49 |
58 | Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 0:06:52 |
59 | Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:06:53 |
60 | Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:06:55 |
61 | Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:06:59 |
62 | Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana | 0:07:00 |
63 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom | |
64 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:07:03 |
65 | Sergey Renev (Kaz) Astana | |
66 | Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 0:07:06 |
67 | Aitor Galdos (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:07:10 |
68 | Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram | 0:07:41 |
69 | Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:08:48 |
70 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:09:37 |
71 | Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas | 0:09:46 |
72 | Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 0:10:42 |
73 | Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas | 0:10:50 |
74 | Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
75 | Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 0:10:55 |
76 | Arnaud Labbe (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:10:57 |
77 | Angel Gomez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | |
78 | Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française Des Jeux | 0:11:04 |
79 | Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 0:11:06 |
80 | Guillaume Le Floch (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:11:21 |
81 | Christopher Sutton (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:11:23 |
82 | Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Quick Step | 0:12:08 |
83 | Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 0:12:52 |
84 | Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas | 0:13:39 |
85 | Jose Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 0:15:09 |
86 | Fabrice Piemontesi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | 0:18:08 |
87 | Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:18:18 |
88 | Damien Gaudin (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:20:04 |
89 | Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 0:20:07 |
90 | Koen De Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 0:20:10 |
91 | Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank | 0:20:14 |
92 | Reinier Honig (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 0:20:17 |
93 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha | 0:20:19 |
94 | Domenik Klemme (Ger) Team Saxo Bank | 0:20:23 |
95 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française Des Jeux | 0:20:24 |
96 | Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step | |
97 | Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas | 0:20:40 |
98 | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux | 0:20:57 |
99 | Biel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:21:00 |
100 | Bolat Raimbekov (Kaz) Astana | 0:21:05 |
101 | Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano | 0:21:10 |
102 | Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:21:25 |
103 | Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step | 0:22:24 |
104 | Alexei Markov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:23:54 |
105 | Angel Madrazo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:24:11 |
106 | Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C. | 0:24:17 |
107 | Alex Rasmussen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:26:05 |
108 | Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:26:33 |
109 | Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:28:04 |
110 | Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step | 0:28:43 |
111 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 0:29:31 |
112 | Servais Knaven (Ned) Team Milram | 0:30:07 |
113 | Wim De Vocht (Bel) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 0:30:08 |
114 | Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:30:10 |
115 | Josep Jufre (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 0:30:11 |
116 | Cameron Wurf (Aus) Fuji-Servetto | 0:30:15 |
117 | Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:30:17 |
118 | Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 0:30:20 |
119 | Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano | |
120 | Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 0:30:21 |
121 | David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 0:30:26 |
122 | Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step | 0:30:28 |
123 | Jens Mouris (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 0:32:17 |
124 | Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank | 0:32:48 |
125 | Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas | 0:33:16 |
126 | Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:34:20 |
127 | Robert Forster (Ger) Team Milram | 0:34:26 |
128 | Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 0:34:40 |
129 | Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | 0:38:00 |
130 | Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:38:12 |
131 | Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:38:13 |
132 | Huub Duyn (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:38:22 |
133 | Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:38:27 |
134 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:40:16 |
135 | Gatis Smukulis (Lat) AG2R La Mondiale | |
136 | Josu Agirre Aseginolaza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:40:21 |
137 | Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas | 0:40:22 |
138 | Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 0:40:23 |
139 | Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | 0:40:25 |
140 | Andres Sergio De Lis (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:40:35 |
141 | Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 0:40:45 |
142 | Andrea Tonti (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | |
143 | Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 0:40:58 |
144 | Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram | 0:40:59 |
145 | Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 0:41:45 |
146 | Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française Des Jeux | 0:42:19 |
147 | Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 0:42:48 |
148 | Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:43:05 |
149 | Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank | 0:43:06 |
150 | Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:43:07 |
151 | Aurélien Clerc (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:43:13 |
152 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | 0:43:18 |
1 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 115 | pts |
2 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - HTC | 77 | |
3 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step | 65 | |
4 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 45 | |
5 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française Des Jeux | 40 | |
6 | Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 37 | |
7 | Alexandre Usov (Blr) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 33 | |
8 | Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 30 | |
9 | Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 29 | |
10 | Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank | 27 | |
11 | Baden Cooke (Aus) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 25 | |
12 | Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step | 24 | |
13 | Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 24 | |
14 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | 22 | |
15 | Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas | 22 | |
16 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 19 | |
17 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 19 | |
18 | Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank | 19 | |
19 | Wim De Vocht (Bel) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 18 | |
20 | Alexei Markov (Rus) Team Katusha | 17 | |
21 | Robert Forster (Ger) Team Milram | 17 | |
22 | Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 17 | |
23 | Damien Gaudin (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 16 | |
24 | Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | 15 | |
25 | Reinier Honig (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 13 | |
26 | Romain Villa (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 13 | |
27 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | 13 | |
28 | Aitor Galdos (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 13 | |
29 | Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano | 11 | |
30 | Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank | 8 | |
31 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 8 | |
32 | Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas | 8 | |
33 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 5 | |
34 | Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale | 5 | |
35 | Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha | 3 | |
36 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 3 |
1 | Rabobank | 53:35:35 |
2 | Quick Step | 0:00:08 |
3 | Team Columbia - HTC | 0:00:10 |
4 | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 0:00:13 |
5 | Silence - Lotto | 0:00:19 |
6 | Team Saxo Bank | 0:00:21 |
7 | Astana | 0:00:23 |
8 | Team Katusha | 0:00:24 |
9 | Caisse d'Epargne | 0:00:26 |
10 | Lampre - N.G.C | 0:00:38 |
11 | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:40 |
12 | Française Des Jeux | 0:00:41 |
13 | Ag2R - La Mondiale | 0:00:44 |
14 | Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | |
15 | Liquigas | 0:00:46 |
16 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:06:45 |
17 | Garmin - Slipstream | 0:10:30 |
18 | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 0:13:05 |
19 | Skil - Shimano | 0:37:49 |
20 | Fuji - Servetto | 0:41:42 |
21 | Team Milram | 1:10:05 |

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