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KBC Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde - 2.HC

Belgium, April 3-5, 2007

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Stage 3 - April 5: De Panne - De Panne, 119 km

Steegmans not the only Quick-Step sprinter

Paolini extends his lead ahead of final time trial

By Brecht Decaluwé in De Panne

Gert Steegmans (Quickstep-Innergetic)
Photo ©: Luc Claessen
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The short morning stage with start and finish in De Panne was just up Gert Steegmans' alley; the Belgian of Quick-Step beat yesterday's winner Daniele Bennati (Lampre) in a bunch sprint. Luca Paolini extended his lead by grabbing three bonus seconds during the stage making it clear he'll do his very best in the final time trial in the afternoon.

Steegmans claimed his third win of the season after winning a bunch sprint in the Volta ao Algarve stage one and the team time trial in Qatar.

"Yesterday, I didn't feel well and I thought my form was gone, that's why I didn't take part in the bunch sprint. Today, I wanted to compare myself against the sprinters and it worked out well, my form's still there," the Boonen look-a-like explained. "Steven [De Jongh] was supposed to deliver me in front but I lost his wheel, luckily Wouter [Weylandt] took over perfectly.

"I'm feeling good although I wanted to feel like this a week earlier, I planned to be good in Dwars door Vlaanderen," Steegmans continued. Sunday, he will work for Boonen and Bettini; Boonen didn't start in today's stage but that didn't come as a surprise to Steegmans. "We knew that already two weeks ago."

Daniele Bennati (Lampre-Fondital)
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Yesterday, Nico Mattan (DFL-Cyclingnews) said that a bunch sprint was inevitable but he did try his best to avoid it. "This morning I said to Eric [Vanderaerden] that I would try something but it's hard against ten men; anyway, it was a good day," Mattan said.

His compatriot in the ultimate breakaway was Andy Cappelle (Landbouwkrediet), who was more than happy that he could show himself today. "I live about 200 metres away from here, that motivates me to show myself. Without guys like us there's nothing to see in a stage like this," Cappelle said.

How it unfolded

Paolini nips away
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Seven men tried to avoid a bunch sprint: Belgian champion Niko Eeckhout (Chocolade Jacques), Wim De Vocht (Predictor), Christian Murro (Tenax), Sven Nevens (Jartazi), Ralf Grabsch (Milram), Christophe Mengin (Française Des Jeux) and Elio Aggiano (Tinkoff). They weren't allowed to ride away further than two minutes ahead of the peloton and with twenty kilometres to go it was clear they wouldn't make it to the finish line. 'Rambo' Eeckhout tried to get away on his own but with ten kilometres to go everybody was back together.

Passing the finish line for the first time the bonus seconds were grabbed by Paolini before Ballan; this way Paolini was able to extend his lead on Ballan up to 10" seconds while putting other TT specialists like Posthuma and Roesems at an additional three seconds.

With five kilometres to go Koen De Kort (Astana) attacked the peloton but he was without kick when a trio passed him. Mattan, Cappelle and Matteo Priamo (Panaria) managed a gap of about 15" but guys like Fabio Baldato of Lampre didn't let them get too far.

In the last kilometre Priamo tried to make it on his own but he couldn't fight up against the fresh sprinters. Steegmans was leading on the small cobbles in the city centre and Bennati couldn't come out of his wheel.

Photography

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Results

1 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                        2.33.20 (46,565 km/h)
2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                   
3 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo                    
4 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt                                       
5 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                             
6 Tom Steels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                        
7 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Wiesenhof-Felt                                   
8 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                                             
9 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram                                          
10 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                 
11 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Intel-Action                                    
12 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile                                          
13 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                    
14 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel                                  
15 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
16 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                
17 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                             
18 Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                       
19 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana                                              
20 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com                                          
21 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                          
22 Nikolai Trussov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                           
23 Robby Meul (Bel) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed                             
24 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                       
25 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram                                          
26 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                           
27 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                     
28 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com                                          
29 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed                           
30 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems                           
31 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana                                              
32 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
33 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel                                 
34 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion                        
35 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile                                          
36 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                          
37 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                       
38 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                        
39 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com                                        
40 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                           
41 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana                                            
42 Rhys Pollock (Aus) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed                           
43 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed                     
44 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                              
45 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                     
46 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile                                           
47 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen           
48 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto                                   
49 Janek Tombak (Est) Jartazi Promo Fashion                               
50 Kristian House (GBr) Navigators Insurance                              
51 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic                             
52 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel                               
53 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux                                 
54 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion                        
55 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen              
56 Jaroslaw Zarebski (Pol) Intel-Action                                   
57 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo                   
58 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                          
59 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen             
60 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux                              
61 Geert Omloop (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion                               
62 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Milram                                           
63 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                       
64 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel                                   
65 Troels Ronning Vinther (Den) Unibet.com                                
66 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Unibet.com                                       
67 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance                              
68 Nico Mattan (Bel) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed                            
69 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com                                           
70 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                          
71 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile                                           
72 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram                                            
73 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                          
74 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                  
75 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         
76 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                                
77 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                        
78 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                       
79 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                          
80 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Jartazi Promo Fashion                            
81 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                    
82 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel                                 
83 Peter Velits (Svk) Wiesenhof-Felt                                      
84 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          
85 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana                                            
86 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com                                        
87 Ilya Chernetsky (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                           
88 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                       
89 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                             
90 Jurgen François (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion                            
91 Mario Ickx (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion                                 
92 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram                                              
93 Nick Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                      
94 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                
95 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                                     
96 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen         
97 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux                          
98 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                          
99 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux                             
100 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                    
101 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                              
102 Bas Giling (Ned) Wiesenhof-Felt                                       
103 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                
104 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                   
105 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                  
106 Jens Mouris (Ned) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed                           
107 Martin Müller (Swi) Milram                                            
108 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel                                 
109 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile                                         
110 Steve Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel                                
111 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Milram                                           
112 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt                                    
113 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                             
114 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt                                     
115 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
116 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
117 Sergio Lagana (Ita) Tenax-Menikini                                    
118 Martin Velits (Svk) Wiesenhof-Felt                                    
119 Alessandro Bertuola (Ita) Tenax-Menikini                              
120 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) Tenax-Menikini                                
121 Andrea Rossi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo                       
122 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
123 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
124 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
125 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen         
126 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com                                          
127 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          
128 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               
129 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                       
130 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance                               
131 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                                   
132 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana                                           
133 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance                             
134 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo                    
135 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française Des Jeux                             
136 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt                                 
137 Sven Nevens (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion                               
138 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                  
139 Filippo Savini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                        
140 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                          
141 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile                                          
142 Jeremy Vennel (NZl) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed                         
143 Anton Mindlin (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                        2.08
144 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Navigators Insurance                      2.11
145 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française Des Jeux                         2.15
146 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen         2.25
147 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen              
148 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom                                2.27
149 Koen Barbé (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen            3.05
150 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile                                       3.21
151 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Intel-Action                               3.22
152 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile                                          
153 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo              3.25
154 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                  
155 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                       3.29
156 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                   
157 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                         3.32
158 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               
159 Christian Murro (Ita) Tenax-Menikini                                  
DNF Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                         
DNF Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                   
DNF Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Tenax-Menikini                                  
DNS Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                                 
DNS Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram                                         
DNS Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                        
DNS Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank                                           
 
Points
 
Arrivee - km 119
1 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                             10 pts
2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                  9
3 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo                   8
4 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt                                      7
5 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                            6
6 Tom Steels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                       5
7 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Wiesenhof-Felt                                  4
8 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                                            3
9 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram                                         2
10 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                1
 
Sprints
 
De Panne - km 110
1 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                                            3 pts
2 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                2
3 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance                              1
 
Mountains
 
Monteberg - km 52
1 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                              5 pts
2 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux                             3
3 Christian Murro (Ita) Tenax-Menikini                                   1
Rodeberg - km 57
1 Christian Murro (Ita) Tenax-Menikini                                   5 pts
2 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux                             3
3 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram                                              1
Vidaigneberg - km 58
1 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                              5 pts
2 Christian Murro (Ita) Tenax-Menikini                                   3
3 Sven Nevens (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion                                1
 
General classification after stage 3
 
1 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                                     12.34.06 (42,818 km/h)
2 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                             0.10
3 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                     0.21
4 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                       0.23
5 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                  0.24
6 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                           0.25
7 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com                                     0.29
8 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               0.45
9 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                           0.53
10 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com                                      0.59
11 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana                                              
12 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                     
13 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel                             1.04
14 Janek Tombak (Est) Jartazi Promo Fashion                               
15 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                          
16 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel                              1.29
17 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana                                            
18 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Wiesenhof-Felt                              2.40
19 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana                                              
20 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                             
21 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                 
22 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram                                         
23 David Boucher (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                       
24 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen           
25 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Intel-Action                                    
26 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile                                           
27 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com                                           
28 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic                             
29 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram                                            
30 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                              
31 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                
32 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               2.44
33 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt                                  2.45
34 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                           
35 Daniel Lloyd (GBr) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed                           
36 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                       
37 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram                                          
38 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                          
39 Nico Mattan (Bel) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed                            
40 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux                          
41 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo                   
42 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel                               
43 Geert Omloop (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion                               
44 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                             
45 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux                              
46 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                        
47 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                          
48 Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                       
49 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         
50 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                   
51 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
52 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Milram                                           
53 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                     
54 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
55 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank                                     
56 Steve Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel                                 
57 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                
58 Bart Dockx (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                   3.00
59 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                          
60 Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                   
61 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance                          3.03
62 Peter Velits (Svk) Wiesenhof-Felt                                  3.10
63 Bas Giling (Ned) Wiesenhof-Felt                                        
64 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                       
65 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     
66 Christian Murro (Ita) Tenax-Menikini                                   
67 Vincent Jérôme (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                              3.20
68 Filippo Savini (Ita) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                         
69 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                           
70 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen     5.42
71 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                    
72 Martin Velits (Svk) Wiesenhof-Felt                                     
73 Aurélien Passeron (Fra) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo               6.05
74 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                        6.09
75 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems                       6.21
76 Nikolai Trussov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                       6.26
77 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux                                 
78 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                          
79 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion                        
80 Kristian House (GBr) Navigators Insurance                              
81 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana                                            
82 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Milram                                            
83 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Astana                                        6.51
84 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram                                              
85 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                                    
86 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                    6.59
87 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com                                      7.16
88 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                9.11
89 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com                                    9.22
90 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed                 9.23
91 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 
92 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile                                          
93 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      9.24
94 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen           9.26
95 Robby Meul (Bel) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed                         9.29
96 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) Unibet.com                                   9.54
97 Martin Müller (Swi) Milram                                        10.21
98 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                       14.30
99 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile                                     14.36
100 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                   
101 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
102 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt                                 
103 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance                               
104 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen        14.41
105 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen            
106 Troels Ronning Vinther (Den) Unibet.com                               
107 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux                            
108 Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                 14.56
109 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel                           15.04
110 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner              15.06
111 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Jartazi Promo Fashion                           
112 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                              
113 Sven Nevens (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion                               
114 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          
115 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com                                     15.15
116 Tom Steels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                 15.16
117 Antonio Cruz (USA) Discovery Channel                                  
118 Nick Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                     
119 Claudio Cucinotta (Ita) Tenax-Menikini                                
120 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel                            15.28
121 Jaroslaw Zarebski (Pol) Intel-Action                             16.17
122 Jens Mouris (Ned) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed                      16.34
123 Oleg Grishkine (Rus) Navigators Insurance                        16.42
124 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen        17.01
125 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion                  17.14
126 Claudio Corioni (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                            17.38
127 Alessandro Bertuola (Ita) Tenax-Menikini                              
128 Daniel Musiol (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt                                    
129 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo             17.52
130 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile                                      18.02
131 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                        18.13
132 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               18.58
133 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                     19.08
134 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen    20.57
135 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt                                21.54
136 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française Des Jeux                        22.01
137 Koen Barbé (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen           22.03
138 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                          22.06
139 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor-Lotto                             23.54
140 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile                                    24.20
141 Ilya Chernetsky (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                          
142 Mario Ickx (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion                                
143 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                             
144 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom                               24.28
145 Rhys Pollock (Aus) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed                     25.30
146 Jurgen François (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion                      25.56
147 Bernard Van Ulden (USA) Navigators Insurance                     26.31
148 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                    27.10
149 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) T-Mobile                                     27.13
150 Andrea Rossi (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo                       
151 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile                                          
152 Jeremy Vennel (NZl) DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed                         
153 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française Des Jeux                        29.28
154 Sergio Lagana (Ita) Tenax-Menikini                               30.31
155 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Intel-Action                              30.35
156 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                          30.42
157 Andrei Kunitski (Blr) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo                    
158 André Greipel (Ger) T-Mobile                                     32.11
159 Anton Mindlin (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                       34.26
 
Points classification
 
1 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 37 pts
2 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                                           33
3 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                           24
4 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo                  20
5 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               18
6 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                             16
7 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel                                 16
8 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                       14
9 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com                                          14
10 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Wiesenhof-Felt                                13
11 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                        12
12 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                            11
13 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com                                      10
14 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                    9
15 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile                                         8
16 Janek Tombak (Est) Jartazi Promo Fashion                              7
17 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana                                             7
18 Olaf Pollack (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt                                     7
19 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com                                         6
20 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof-Felt                                 6
21 Blazej Janiaczyk (Pol) Intel-Action                                   5
22 Tom Steels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                      5
23 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                    4
24 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel                                3
25 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                            3
26 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Astana                                           2
27 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram                                        2
28 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram                                           2
29 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                1
30 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         1
 
Sprints classification 
 
1 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Navigators Insurance                              7 pts
2 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion                        4
3 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                                            3
4 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                        3
5 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                          3
6 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                2
7 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                        2
8 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel                                 2
9 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                          1
10 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                  1
11 Matthew Wilson (Aus) Unibet.com                                       1
12 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com                                          1
 
Mountains classification
 
1 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                         45 pts
2 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                               20
3 Elio Aggiano (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                             10
4 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                         10
5 Christian Murro (Ita) Tenax-Menikini                                   9
6 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile                                            9
7 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel                                 9
8 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux                             6
9 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 5
10 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                                           4
11 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                             4
12 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                  4
13 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com                                         3
14 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                      3
15 Steffen Weigold (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems                          3
16 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                                   3
17 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                   3
18 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                  2
19 Sergiy Matveyev (Ukr) Ceramica Panaria-Navigare                       1
20 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                             1
21 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                1
22 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic                            1
23 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram                                             1
24 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                   1
25 Sven Nevens (Bel) Jartazi Promo Fashion                               1