GP Stad Zottegem 2011: Results

Canadian Svein Tuft scored his team's first European victory of the season with a solo win in the GP Stad Zottegem. Tuft rode away from breakaway companions to cross the line 36 seconds ahead of second place finisher Willem Wauters (trainee for Vacansoleil-DCM), while Omega Pharma-Lotto's Adam Blythe won the sprint from the chasing group for third.

“The boys rode a perfect race today," Tuft said. "Everybody is starting to feel the form of those hard climbing French stage races. Early on we had Will [Routley], Zach [Bell] and myself in the break - and I knew it was going to be a good day.

“As the day wore on, I could see the riders starting to feel the fatigue and I knew it was time to go in the headwind section about 12k out. I knew once I had 30 seconds, I would be able to break the chase group. There were some technical sections that really suited me late in the race. I knew if I could get to the technical section, I could get out of sight and gain time,” Tuft said. “It was a very satisfying win and I'm really proud of the guys. We will be looking for another one tomorrow at Overjise.”

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#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Svein Tuft (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10	4:06:13
2	Willem Wauters (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	0:00:36
3	Adam Blythe (GBr) Omega Pharma-Lotto	0:00:41
4	Troels Ronning Vinther (Den) Glud & Marstrand - LRO	Row 3 - Cell 2
5	Markus Eichler (Ger) Team NSP	Row 4 - Cell 2
6	Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Veranda's Willems - Accent	Row 5 - Cell 2
7	Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	Row 6 - Cell 2
8	Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Landbouwkrediet	Row 7 - Cell 2
9	Wouter Mol (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	Row 8 - Cell 2
10	Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	0:00:51
11	Bjorn Thurau (Ger) Team NSP	0:01:04
12	Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto	0:01:19
13	Eric Baumann (Ger) Team Netapp	0:02:32
14	Roy Hegreberg (Nor) Sparebanken Vest - Ridley	Row 13 - Cell 2
15	Bertjan Lindeman (Ned) Vacansoleil DCM Pro Cycling Team	Row 14 - Cell 2
16	Guillaume Boivin (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10	Row 15 - Cell 2
17	Boris Dron (Bel) Lotto - Bodysol Pole Continental Wallon	Row 16 - Cell 2
18	Koen Barbe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet	0:02:43
19	Andrew Fenn (GBr) An Post - Sean Kelly	0:02:52
20	Jens Debusschere (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto	0:03:43
21	James Spragg (GBr) Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly	Row 20 - Cell 2
22	Evan Oliphant (GBr) Endura Racing	Row 21 - Cell 2
23	Thomas Guldhammer (Den) Team Concordia Forsikring - Himmerland	Row 22 - Cell 2
24	Remco Broers (Ned) Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de	0:03:49
25	Jurgen François (Bel) Colba - Mercury	0:04:10
26	Sven Jodts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	0:04:47
27	Sven Vandousselaere (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto	0:05:01
28	Sebastian Körber (Ger) Nutrixxion Sparkasse	Row 27 - Cell 2
29	Ian Wilkinson (GBr) Endura Racing	Row 28 - Cell 2
30	Remco Te Brake (Ned) Cyclingteam De Rijke	Row 29 - Cell 2
31	Christian Moberg Jörgensen (Den) Glud & Marstrand - LRO	Row 30 - Cell 2
32	Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	Row 31 - Cell 2
33	Stefan Schäfer (Ger) Team NetApp	Row 32 - Cell 2
34	Simon Lambert-Lemay (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10	Row 33 - Cell 2
35	Martin Gilbert (Can) Team Spidertech Powered By C10	Row 34 - Cell 2
36	Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Team Differdange - Magic-Sportfood.de	Row 35 - Cell 2
37	Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Landbouwkrediet	Row 36 - Cell 2
38	Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Netapp	0:05:19