Tour of Belgium 2012: Stage 5 Results

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Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Acqua & Sapone) wins the final stage in Belgium (Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Acqua & Sapone) on the podium (Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb - Revor) after the finish (Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Pieter Serry (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) (Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Carlos Alberto Betancour leads Philippe Gilbert and Kevin Pauwels to the finish (Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Podium: Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil), Tony Martin (Omega Pharma Quick Step), Carlos Barredo (Rabobank) (Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Leonardo Fabio Duque (Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne) (Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Overall winner Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) (Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) topped the overall podium (Image credit: Photopress.be)

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The final push to the line (Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Acqua & Sapone) is congratulated after the stage (Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing) finishes up (Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb - Revor) (Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Stijn Devolder (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) after the stage (Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) crosses the finish line on the final stage (Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Acqua & Sapone) races toward the stage victory (Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) after the finish (Image credit: Photopress.be)

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Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) on the podium (Image credit: Photopress.be)

German riders for Belgian teams dominated the Tour of Belgium, as Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) defended his lead on the final stage to take the overall title. Martin had won the previous day's time trial, while his countryman Andre Greipel (Lotto Belisol) had won the first three stages.

Sunday's closing stage was won by Colombian Carlos Alberto Betancur (Acqua & Sapone), who outsprinted Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb-Revor) and Sergey Firsanov (RusVelo). The three finished only seconds ahead of an escape group which was caught almost on the line.

The final stage was the race's queen stage. A group of riders had broken away, including Carlos Barredo (Rabobank), who was a threat to Martin's leader's jersey. The German personally led the chase, working alone at the head of the chase group to defend his lead, but he also had help from Lotto Belisol. He finished seventh on the stage, only eight seconds behind the winner.

“I knew the day would be tough with all those hills,” he told sporza.be. “The team worked hard but when Barredo was gone and I was along, I was lucky enough to get a little help form my friend Griepel. That's what friends are for.”

"The whole stage was pretty hard, like expected," Martin said according to his team. "The profile, I think it was 16 climbs, really hard climbs from the Ardennes Classics, so we knew it would be a hard stage. But we really had a strong team here. We controlled the race right from the beginning, and then in the final I took the risk to stay in front, so that the gap in front couldn't get far away. It was really hard, but I have to say thank you to the whole team. The whole week they always protected me. I am happy for this team that we could win this race here."

"It was an important race for me. I didn't have a win yet. I had some physical problems due to the crash, and it takes always a while to get with a new team and get used to everything, but I think we are now in a really good way. It's important to get confidence for the future." He heads next to the Critérium du Dauphiné as next step, in preparation for the Tour de France.

Full Results

#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) Acqua & Sapone	5:04:18
2	Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Sunweb - Revor	0:00:02
3	Sergey Firsanov (Rus) RusVelo
4	Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team	0:00:05
5	Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
6	Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony	0:00:08
7	Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
8	Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) RusVelo
9	Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Katusha Team	0:00:11
10	Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team	0:00:13
11	Pieter Serry (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	0:00:17
12	Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team	0:00:19
13	Sven Nys (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony
14	Egidijus Juodvalkis (Ltu) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony
15	Francesco Reda (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
16	Maarten Wynants (Bel) Rabobank Cycling Team	0:00:22
17	Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha Team
18	Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
19	Petr Ignatenko (Rus) Katusha Team
20	Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team
21	Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Katusha Team
22	Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
23	Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team	0:00:33
24	Nikita Eskov (Rus) RusVelo
25	Nico Sijmens (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne	0:00:52
26	Stijn Devolder (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	0:01:03
27	Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony	0:01:20
28	Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team	0:01:26
29	Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team
30	Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha Team	0:01:52
31	Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	0:02:23
32	Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team	0:02:27
33	Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
34	Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Argos - Shimano	0:02:29
35	Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team	0:04:44
36	Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	0:07:30
37	Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Omega Pharma-Quickstep	0:08:00
38	Juan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Katusha Team
39	Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team	0:08:31
40	Gianni Vermeersch (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus	0:10:33
41	Jay Thomson (RSA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
42	Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
43	Lubomir Petrus (Cze) BKCP - Powerplus
44	Sergey Klimov (Rus) RusVelo
45	Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
46	Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
47	Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
48	Yann Huguet (Fra) Argos - Shimano
49	Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
50	Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team
51	André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team
52	Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team
53	Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team	0:10:52
54	Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-Quickstep	0:11:15
55	Paolo Ciavatta (Ita) Acqua & Sapone	0:12:02
56	Claudio Corioni (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
57	Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony
58	Davide Frattini (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
59	Francesco Di Paolo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
60	Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony
61	Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
62	Vinnie Braet (Bel) Sunweb - Revor
63	Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
64	Arnaud Jouffroy (Fra) Telenet - Fidea
65	Tom Meeusen (Bel) Telenet - Fidea
66	Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Argos - Shimano
67	James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
68	Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
69	Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) BMC Racing Team
70	Wietse Bosmans (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus
71	Leif Hoste (Bel) Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
72	Alexey Tsatevich (Rus) Katusha Team
73	Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
74	Jerome Gilbert (Bel) Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
75	Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
76	Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
77	Nikolay Trusov (Rus) RusVelo
78	Quentin Bertholet (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles - Credit Agricole
79	Kevin Thome (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles - Credit Agricole
80	Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team
81	Francesco Van Coppernolle (Bel) Belgium
82	Christophe Prémont (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles - Credit Agricole
83	Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
84	Niels Wytinck (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly
85	Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly
86	Niels Albert (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus
87	Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
88	Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
89	Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol Team
90	Sander Cordeel (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
91	Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Argos - Shimano
92	Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
93	Bert De Backer (Bel) Argos - Shimano
94	Joeri Adams (Bel) Telenet - Fidea
95	Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
96	Kenny De Haes (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
97	Karel Hnik (Cze) Sunweb - Revor
98	Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
99	Adam Blythe (GBr) BMC Racing Team
100	Valery Valynin (Rus) RusVelo
101	Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
102	Jim Aernouts (Bel) Sunweb - Revor	0:12:17
103	Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony	0:12:42
104	Timothy Dupont (Bel) Belgium
105	Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep	0:12:59
106	Matti Breschel (Den) Rabobank Cycling Team
107	Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team	0:13:09
108	Niels Vandyck (Bel) Belgium
109	Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team	0:13:22
DSQ	Andy Cappelle (Bel) Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
DNF	Iljo Keisse (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
DNF	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
DNF	Andrew Fenn (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
DNF	Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
DNF	Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Astana Pro Team
DNF	Sergey Renev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
DNF	Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
DNF	Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
DNF	Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
DNF	Steven Van Vooren (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
DNF	Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony
DNF	Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
DNF	Adrien Petit (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
DNF	Albert Timmer (Ned) Argos - Shimano
DNF	Cheng Ji (Chn) Argos - Shimano
DNF	Wim De Vocht (Bel) Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
DNF	Rob Goris (Bel) Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
DNF	Robert Förster (Ger) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
DNF	Boy Van Poppel (Ned) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
DNF	Hilton Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
DNF	Karl Menzies (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
DNF	Jake Keough (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
DNF	Adrian Hegyvary (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
DNF	Niko Eeckhout (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly
DNF	Roy Jans (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly
DNF	Kenneth Vanbilsen (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly
DNF	Mark McNally (GBr) An Post - Sean Kelly
DNF	Bart Wellens (Bel) Telenet - Fidea
DNF	Rob Peeters (Bel) Telenet - Fidea
DNF	Corne Van Kessel (Ned) Telenet - Fidea
DNF	Radomir Simunek (Cze) BKCP - Powerplus
DNF	Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus
DNF	Philipp Walsleben (Ger) BKCP - Powerplus
DNF	Tim Merlier (Bel) Sunweb - Revor
DNF	Tijmen Eising (Ned) Sunweb - Revor
DNF	Sven Beelen (Bel) Sunweb - Revor
DNF	Fabio Polazzi (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles - Credit Agricole
DNF	Philippe Legrand (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles - Credit Agricole
DNF	Justin Van Hoecke (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles - Credit Agricole
DNF	Robin Stenuit (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles - Credit Agricole
DNF	Steve Schets (Bel) Belgium
DNF	Benjamin Verraes (Bel) Belgium
DNF	Kevin Verwaest (Bel) Belgium
DNF	Bert Vanlerberghe (Bel) Belgium
DNF	Moreno De Pauw (Bel) Belgium
DNS	Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
DNS	Alexander Serov (Rus) RusVelo

Sprint 1 - Super sprint
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team	24	pts
2	Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team	15
3	Sven Nys (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony	9

Sprint 2 - Stage
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) Acqua & Sapone	30	pts
2	Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Sunweb - Revor	25
3	Sergey Firsanov (Rus) RusVelo	22
4	Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team	19
5	Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	17
6	Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony	15
7	Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep	13
8	Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) RusVelo	12
9	Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Katusha Team	11
10	Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team	10

Most combative 1
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne	11	pts
2	Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team	9
3	Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Astana Pro Team	7
4	Juan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Katusha Team	5
5	Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	2

Most combative 2
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team	12	pts
2	Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne	10
3	Juan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Katusha Team	8
4	Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	6
5	Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	4

Most combative 3
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne	12	pts
2	Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team	10
3	Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	8
4	Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team	6
5	Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Astana Pro Team	4

Best young rider
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) Acqua & Sapone	5:04:18
2	Pieter Serry (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	0:00:17
3	Egidijus Juodvalkis (Ltu) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony	0:00:19
4	Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne	0:00:22
5	Petr Ignatenko (Rus) Katusha Team
6	Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	0:02:23
7	Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Argos - Shimano	0:02:29
8	Gianni Vermeersch (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus	0:10:33
9	Lubomir Petrus (Cze) BKCP - Powerplus
10	Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
11	Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
12	Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony	0:12:02
13	Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
14	Vinnie Braet (Bel) Sunweb - Revor
15	Arnaud Jouffroy (Fra) Telenet - Fidea
16	Tom Meeusen (Bel) Telenet - Fidea
17	Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Argos - Shimano
18	Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
19	Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) BMC Racing Team
20	Wietse Bosmans (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus
21	Alexey Tsatevich (Rus) Katusha Team
22	Quentin Bertholet (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles - Credit Agricole
23	Kevin Thome (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles - Credit Agricole
24	Francesco Van Coppernolle (Bel) Belgium
25	Christophe Prémont (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles - Credit Agricole
26	Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
27	Niels Wytinck (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly
28	Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
29	Sander Cordeel (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
30	Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Argos - Shimano
31	Joeri Adams (Bel) Telenet - Fidea
32	Karel Hnik (Cze) Sunweb - Revor
33	Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
34	Adam Blythe (GBr) BMC Racing Team
35	Jim Aernouts (Bel) Sunweb - Revor	0:12:17
36	Timothy Dupont (Bel) Belgium
37	Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team	0:12:42
38	Niels Vandyck (Bel) Belgium	0:13:09
39	Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team	0:13:22
DNF	Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
DNF	Andrew Fenn (GBr) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
DNF	Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Astana Pro Team
DNF	Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
DNF	Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
DNF	Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
DNF	Adrien Petit (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
DNF	Cheng Ji (Chn) Argos - Shimano
DNF	Boy Van Poppel (Ned) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
DNF	Jake Keough (USA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
DNF	Roy Jans (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly
DNF	Kenneth Vanbilsen (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly
DNF	Mark McNally (GBr) An Post - Sean Kelly
DNF	Corne Van Kessel (Ned) Telenet - Fidea
DNF	Philipp Walsleben (Ger) BKCP - Powerplus
DNF	Tim Merlier (Bel) Sunweb - Revor
DNF	Tijmen Eising (Ned) Sunweb - Revor
DNF	Sven Beelen (Bel) Sunweb - Revor
DNF	Justin Van Hoecke (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles - Credit Agricole
DNF	Robin Stenuit (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles - Credit Agricole
DNF	Benjamin Verraes (Bel) Belgium
DNF	Kevin Verwaest (Bel) Belgium
DNF	Bert Vanlerberghe (Bel) Belgium
DNF	Moreno De Pauw (Bel) Belgium

Teams
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Rusvelo	15:13:37
2	Landbouwkrediet	0:00:03
3	Katusha Team	0:00:12
4	BMC Racing Team	0:01:10
5	Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team	0:02:52
6	Astana Pro Team	0:08:40
7	Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	0:09:27
8	Acqua & Sapone	0:10:09
9	Rabobank Cycling Team	0:11:54
10	Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne	0:12:33
11	Omega Pharma-Quickstep	0:18:40
12	Lotto Belisol Team	0:22:50
13	Sunweb - Revor	0:23:23
14	Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's	0:23:43
15	Argos-Shimano	0:24:21
16	BKCP - Powerplus	0:32:25
17	Telenet - Fidea	0:35:23
18	Wallonie Bruxelles - Credit Agricole
19	Belgium	0:37:10
DNF	An Post - Sean Kelly
DNF	Unitedhealthcare Pro Cycling Team

Final general classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep	16:51:28
2	Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	0:00:43
3	Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team	0:01:02
4	Sergey Firsanov (Rus) RusVelo	0:01:11
5	Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team	0:01:26
6	Francesco Reda (Ita) Acqua & Sapone	0:01:38
7	Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team	0:01:45
8	Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha Team	0:01:47
9	Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team	0:01:50
10	Maarten Wynants (Bel) Rabobank Cycling Team	0:01:58
11	Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Katusha Team	0:02:14
12	Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) RusVelo	0:02:16
13	Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team	0:02:33
14	Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's	0:02:35
15	Pieter Serry (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	0:02:40
16	Nikita Eskov (Rus) RusVelo	0:02:42
17	Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne	0:03:06
18	Stijn Devolder (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
19	Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Katusha Team	0:03:09
20	Nico Sijmens (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne	0:03:13
21	Petr Ignatenko (Rus) Katusha Team	0:03:20
22	Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team	0:03:21
23	Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha Team	0:03:24
24	Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony	0:03:27
25	Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony	0:03:35
26	Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team	0:03:38
27	Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Argos - Shimano	0:03:40
28	Egidijus Juodvalkis (Ltu) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony	0:03:41
29	Sven Nys (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony	0:04:04
30	Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) Acqua & Sapone	0:04:19
31	Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team	0:05:08
32	Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	0:05:44
33	Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	0:06:13
34	Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team	0:07:03
35	Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	0:09:52
36	Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Omega Pharma-Quickstep	0:09:57
37	Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team	0:10:52
38	Juan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Katusha Team	0:10:53
39	Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-Quickstep	0:11:59
40	Jay Thomson (RSA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team	0:12:11
41	Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Sunweb - Revor	0:12:15
42	André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team	0:12:16
43	Sergey Klimov (Rus) RusVelo	0:12:21
44	Massimo Codol (Ita) Acqua & Sapone	0:12:40
45	Yann Huguet (Fra) Argos - Shimano	0:12:43
46	Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	0:12:55
47	Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team	0:13:03
48	Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team	0:13:04
49	Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team	0:13:35
50	Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone	0:13:49
51	Lubomir Petrus (Cze) BKCP - Powerplus	0:13:52
52	Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team	0:13:58
53	Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Belisol Team	0:14:05
54	Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
55	Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team	0:14:10
56	Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) BMC Racing Team	0:14:12
57	Gianni Vermeersch (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus	0:14:16
58	Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Argos - Shimano	0:14:17
59	Nikolay Trusov (Rus) RusVelo	0:14:22
60	Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	0:14:23
61	Leif Hoste (Bel) Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's	0:14:26
62	Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne	0:14:33
63	Christophe Prémont (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles - Credit Agricole	0:14:34
64	Kevin Thome (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles - Credit Agricole	0:14:36
65	Alexey Tsatevich (Rus) Katusha Team
66	Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	0:14:42
67	Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Argos - Shimano
68	Niels Albert (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus	0:14:44
69	Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne	0:14:57
70	Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony	0:14:58
71	Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Acqua & Sapone	0:15:09
72	Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep	0:15:14
73	Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team	0:15:17
74	Wietse Bosmans (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus	0:15:21
75	Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	0:15:28
76	Jim Aernouts (Bel) Sunweb - Revor	0:15:30
77	Quentin Bertholet (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles - Credit Agricole	0:15:36
78	Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony	0:15:43
79	James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's	0:15:47
80	Vinnie Braet (Bel) Sunweb - Revor	0:15:49
81	Paolo Ciavatta (Ita) Acqua & Sapone	0:15:50
82	Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	0:15:51
83	Francesco Di Paolo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone	0:15:52
84	Joeri Adams (Bel) Telenet - Fidea	0:15:55
85	Adam Blythe (GBr) BMC Racing Team	0:15:57
86	Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team	0:15:59
87	Matti Breschel (Den) Rabobank Cycling Team	0:16:13
88	Davide Frattini (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team	0:16:16
89	Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly	0:16:23
90	Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	0:16:27
91	Claudio Corioni (Ita) Acqua & Sapone	0:16:29
92	Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony	0:16:30
93	Timothy Dupont (Bel) Belgium
94	Bert De Backer (Bel) Argos - Shimano	0:16:46
95	Arnaud Jouffroy (Fra) Telenet - Fidea	0:16:49
96	Valery Valynin (Rus) RusVelo	0:17:05
97	Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team	0:17:10
98	Niels Wytinck (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly
99	Tom Meeusen (Bel) Telenet - Fidea	0:17:12
100	Francesco Van Coppernolle (Bel) Belgium	0:17:39
101	Jerome Gilbert (Bel) Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's	0:17:49
102	Karel Hnik (Cze) Sunweb - Revor	0:18:18
103	Sander Cordeel (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team	0:20:35
104	Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team	0:21:52
105	Kenny De Haes (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team	0:22:12
106	Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne	0:23:39
107	Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team	0:23:42
108	Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team	0:24:39
109	Niels Vandyck (Bel) Belgium	0:25:14

Sprint classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team	90	pts
2	Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Acqua & Sapone	75
3	Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	58
4	Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Spa) Rabobank Cycling Team	53
5	Tony Martin (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep	43
6	Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	42
7	Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team	42
8	Adam Blythe (GBr) BMC Racing Team	39
9	Sergey Firsanov (Rus) RusVelo	33
10	Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) Acqua & Sapone	30
11	Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	30
12	Kevin Pauwels (Bel) Sunweb - Revor	25
13	Bert De Backer (Bel) Argos - Shimano	25
14	Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha Team	24
15	Egidijus Juodvalkis (Ltu) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony	24
16	Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	24
17	Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-Quickstep	22
18	Alexey Tsatevich (Rus) Katusha Team	22
19	Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team	19
20	Amaël Moinard (Fra) BMC Racing Team	15
21	Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony	15
22	Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	15
23	Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team	13
24	Timothy Dupont (Bel) Belgium	13
25	Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) RusVelo	12
26	Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Argos - Shimano	12
27	Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony	12
28	Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Katusha Team	11
29	Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team	10
30	Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony	10
31	Tom Meeusen (Bel) Telenet - Fidea	10
32	Sven Nys (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony	9
33	Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Argos - Shimano	9
34	Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne	9
35	Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony	-5

Most combative classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Leonardo Fabio Duque (Col) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne	87	pts
2	Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team	43
3	Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Argos - Shimano	35
4	Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone	26
5	Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	21
6	Jay Thomson (RSA) UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team	19
7	Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne	19
8	Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team	18
9	Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha Team	16
10	Paolo Ciavatta (Ita) Acqua & Sapone	14
11	Juan Horrach Rippoll (Spa) Katusha Team	13
12	Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	12
13	Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	8
14	Arnaud Jouffroy (Fra) Telenet - Fidea	7
15	Egidijus Juodvalkis (Ltu) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony	7
16	Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team	6

Best young rider classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Pieter Serry (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	16:54:08
2	Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne	0:00:26
3	Petr Ignatenko (Rus) Katusha Team	0:00:40
4	Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Argos - Shimano	0:01:00
5	Egidijus Juodvalkis (Ltu) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony	0:01:01
6	Carlos Alberto Betancur Gomez (Col) Acqua & Sapone	0:01:39
7	Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	0:03:33
8	Pim Ligthart (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	0:10:15
9	Lubomir Petrus (Cze) BKCP - Powerplus	0:11:12
10	Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quickstep	0:11:25
11	Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) BMC Racing Team	0:11:32
12	Gianni Vermeersch (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus	0:11:36
13	Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Argos - Shimano	0:11:37
14	Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	0:11:43
15	Christophe Prémont (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles - Credit Agricole	0:11:54
16	Kevin Thome (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles - Credit Agricole	0:11:56
17	Alexey Tsatevich (Rus) Katusha Team
18	Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	0:12:02
19	Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Argos - Shimano
20	Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony	0:12:18
21	Wietse Bosmans (Bel) BKCP - Powerplus	0:12:41
22	Jim Aernouts (Bel) Sunweb - Revor	0:12:50
23	Quentin Bertholet (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles - Credit Agricole	0:12:56
24	Vinnie Braet (Bel) Sunweb - Revor	0:13:09
25	Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team	0:13:11
26	Joeri Adams (Bel) Telenet - Fidea	0:13:15
27	Adam Blythe (GBr) BMC Racing Team	0:13:17
28	Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team	0:13:19
29	Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	0:13:47
30	Timothy Dupont (Bel) Belgium	0:13:50
31	Arnaud Jouffroy (Fra) Telenet - Fidea	0:14:09
32	Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team	0:14:30
33	Niels Wytinck (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly
34	Tom Meeusen (Bel) Telenet - Fidea	0:14:32
35	Francesco Van Coppernolle (Bel) Belgium	0:14:59
36	Karel Hnik (Cze) Sunweb - Revor	0:15:38
37	Sander Cordeel (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team	0:17:55
38	Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team	0:21:02
39	Niels Vandyck (Bel) Belgium	0:22:34

Teams classification
#	Rider Name (Country) Team	Result
1	Rusvelo	50:39:05
2	Katusha Team	0:01:06
3	BMC Racing Team	0:02:17
4	Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team	0:03:45
5	Landbouwkrediet	0:04:35
6	Astana Pro Team	0:09:47
7	Rabobank Cycling Team	0:11:27
8	Acqua & Sapone	0:12:23
9	Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator	0:12:54
10	Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne	0:15:37
11	Omega Pharma-Quickstep	0:16:33
12	Lotto Belisol Team	0:25:37
13	Argos-Shimano	0:25:59
14	Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's	0:26:30
15	Sunweb - Revor	0:29:23
16	BKCP - Powerplus	0:37:22
17	Wallonie Bruxelles - Credit Agricole	0:40:03
18	Belgium	0:41:40
19	Telenet - Fidea	0:41:49

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