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6th Tour of Qatar - 2.1

Qatar, January 28-February 2, 2007

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Stage 2 - January 29: Al Wakra - Qatar Olympic Committee, 135.5 km

Boonen wins first direct match

Petacchi is not happy
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As expected, the first stage of the Tour of Qatar after yesterday’s team time trial ended up in a bunch sprint, and as expected, it was a tight battle between two of the world's greatest sprinters: Tom Boonen and Alessandro Petacchi. This time, the Belgian was the one who had his tyre ahead of the Italian on the finish line. After 135.5km of riding, the title holder once again proved that Qatar was his winning territory as he claimed his first success of 2007, and took over the overall leader’s yellow jersey from his teammate Steven De Jongh.

"I didn’t want my teammates to start their effort too early," said Boonen after the stage. "I asked Tosatto and De Jongh to wait until the last moment to start their effort and lead me out. I then did the necessary to capture the win."

Italian supersprinter Petacchi was still satisfied with his performance, although he had to give in to his greatest rival. "My teammates took over the lead with two kilometres to go," he commented. "In the final meters, I was behind Boonen who was led out by one of his guys. Tom surprised me; I took his wheel but I couldn't come round him. I'm still happy because it was my first real sprint since eight months and it wasn't easy mentally. I feel good and that what's important to me."

In the middle of the sprint, a crash occurred as Graeme Brown (Rabobank) collided with Tom Steels (Predictor-Lotto), who hit the ground. The Australian was found responsible of this dangerous move and later lost his initial third spot, as he was relegated by the race commissaires.

Throughout the stage, the riders had to fight against the wind, in otherwise perfect conditions. "It was a very strange day," added Boonen. "I don’t recall witnessing such a bizarre wind here in Qatar. It made the stage very tricky and tense." Asked if he was aiming at taking the overall win again this year, the former World Champion replied, "There really is a fierce competition on this Tour of Qatar. My goal isn’t to win all the stages. For the moment, I’m well satisfied with the race. I would be happy with my race if it had to stop today."

How it unfolded

A crowd of one
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All 136 riders of this sixth edition of the Tour of Qatar took off again this morning from Al Wakra by the sea, heading west before returning to the state’s capital Doha. The action started after 25 kilometres when two riders, Marcus Burghardt (T-Mobile) and Kenny De Haes (Chocolade Jacques) took advantage of a fall and a favourable wind to break away.

Two other men chased them down after a few clicks: Murilo Fischer (Liquigas) and Jérôme Pineau (Bouygues). The Brazilian and the French enjoyed a long moment leading the race with the gap growing to a maximum of 2’35 at km 42. The pack led by the Quickstep and Milram teams then really started chasing and both men were caught at km 58.

Graeme Brown (Rabobank) takes out Tom Steels
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The peloton was all together at the first intermediate sprint of the day (km 73), won by yellow jersey De Jongh (QuickStep) ahead of his teammate Gert Steegmans and Aurélien Clerc (Bouygues). After the pace slowed down, five riders managed to take off at km 76: Bert Roesems (Predictor), Kenny De Haes (Chocolade Jacques) and Piet Rooijakkers (Skil) rapidly caught by Christophe Riblon (AG2R) and Dmitriy Muravyev (Astana). Their lead started gradually growing from 1’40 at km 82 to a maximum 4’15 at km 94. The sprinter's teams then started to reel them in with around forty kilometres to go.

At the second intermediate sprint (km 135.5) won by De Haes ahead of Roesems and Muravyev, the front men’s advantage on the pack had dropped down to 2’05 and was then of only 35 seconds with 10 kilometres to go. All five were to be caught in the final part of the stage. With the Milram, Rabobank and Quickstep teams taking control of the pack, a bunch sprint finish was bound to happen.

After winning four of the five stages last year, Tom Boonen again outsprinted all his main rivals with Petacchi clinching the second spot and Jean-Patrick Nazon (AG2R) finishing third - which should boost the confidence of the French rider, who already won two stages in the Tour de France in 2003 and 2004, but who has had trouble repeating his accomplishments these last couple of years.

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Results

1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step                                     3.01.50 (44.71 km/h)
2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram                                       
3 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance                               
4 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                    
5 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                       
6 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance                                     
7 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                  
8 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      
9 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          
10 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
11 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                         
12 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom                                    
13 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                              
14 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen        
15 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana                                             
16 Mikel Gaztañaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel                            
17 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step                                      
18 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                    
19 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                        
20 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2R Prévoyance                                     
21 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana                                       
22 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick-Step                                       
23 Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                     
24 Nick Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                     
25 Tim Meeussen (Bel) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely      
26 Rieno Stofferis (Bel) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely      
27 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                    
28 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile                                      
29 Hossein Iri Nateghi (IRI) Iran                                        
30 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile                                       
31 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
32 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                         
33 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                         
34 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen            
35 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas                                         
36 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
37 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                 
38 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                               
39 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
40 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Agritubel                                       
41 Hamid Shiri Sisah (IRI) Iran                                          
42 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                       
43 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                            
44 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel                                   
45 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
46 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana                                           
47 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                       
48 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran                                              
49 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                           
50 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               
51 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile                                          
52 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
53 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          
54 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                      
55 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana                                             
56 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
57 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
58 Badr Banihammad (UAE) Doha Team                                       
59 Renaud Dion (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance                                     
60 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen             
61 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                    
62 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen             
63 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram                                               
64 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram                                           
65 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                    
66 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile                                           
67 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step                                   
68 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile                                         
69 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                       
70 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely      
71 Glenn Bak (Den) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely      
72 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                        
73 Christian Müller (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                   
74 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
75 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram                                          
76 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                             
77 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
78 Johannes Frohlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
79 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram                                             
80 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                                   
81 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                 
82 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                   
83 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                      
84 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen             
85 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance                                
86 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                    
87 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Milram                                    
88 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely      
89 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                           
90 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile                                       0.12
91 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (IRI) Iran                                          
92 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        
93 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                
94 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick-Step                                   
95 Stéphane Poulhiès (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance                               
96 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance                               
97 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step                                       
98 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R Prévoyance                                  
99 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick-Step                                        
100 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                             
101 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                         
102 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen               
103 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick-Step                                      
104 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram                                    0.22
105 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram                                    0.24
106 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen             
107 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank                                      0.37
108 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana                                        
109 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile                                        
110 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor-Lotto                             1.28
111 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen        1.59
112 Tom Steels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                     
113 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                    4.19
114 Mohammed Hussain (Brn) Doha Team                                 8.10
115 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Doha Team                                   
116 Tareq Esmaeili (Qat) Doha Team                                       
117 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team                                           
118 Radhwan Al-moraqab (Qat) Doha Team                                   
119 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
120 Mohammad Mozafari (IRI) Iran                                         
121 Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra) Agritubel                                
122 Alireza Ashgarzadeh (IRI) Iran                                       
123 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                     
124 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely      
125 Mohamed Bin Took (UAE) Doha Team                                     
126 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                        
127 Paul Healion (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely      
128 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Agritubel                                       
129 Alireza Haghi (IRI) Iran                                             
130 Mohammad Rajablou (IRI) Iran                                         
131 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile                                           
132 Ahmed Al Doseri (Brn) Doha Team                                      
133 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                   
134 Christophe Beddegenoodts (Bel) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely      
135 Denis Robin (Fra) Agritubel                                     15.30
136 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          

Sprint 1 (Km 73)

1 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step                                      3 pts
2 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick-Step                                       2
3 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                 1

Sprint 2 (Km 112.5)

1 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen             3 pts
2 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                    2
3 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                         1

Sprint 3 (Km 135.5)

1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step                                          30 pts
2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram                                     27
3 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance                             25
4 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                  23
5 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                     21
6 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance                                   19
7 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                17
8 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    15
9 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        13
10 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   11
11 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                       10
12 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom                                   9
13 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                             8
14 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen       7
15 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana                                            6
16 Mikel Gaztañaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel                           5
17 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step                                     4
18 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                   3
19 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                       2
20 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2R Prévoyance                                    1
 
Young rider
 
1 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano                             3.01.50
2 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance                                     
3 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                      
4 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                          
5 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                               
6 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana                                              
7 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                         
8 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2R Prévoyance                                      
9 Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                      
10 Nick Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                     
11 Hossein Iri Nateghi (IRI) Iran                                        
12 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile                                       
13 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                               
14 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
15 Hamid Shiri Sisah (IRI) Iran                                          
16 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                            
17 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
18 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                       
19 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
20 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
21 Badr Banihammad (UAE) Doha Team                                       
22 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                    
23 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen             
24 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram                                           
25 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                        
26 Christian Müller (Ger) Skil-Shimano                                   
27 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
28 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                             
29 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
30 Johannes Frohlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
31 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen             
32 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance                                
33 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                    
34 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely      
35 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            0.12
36 Stéphane Poulhiès (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance                               
37 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick-Step                                        
38 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram                                     0.24
39 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen         1.59
40 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Doha Team                                8.10
41 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team                                            
42 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
43 Mohammad Mozafari (IRI) Iran                                          
44 Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra) Agritubel                                 
45 Alireza Ashgarzadeh (IRI) Iran                                        
46 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely      
47 Mohamed Bin Took (UAE) Doha Team                                      
48 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Agritubel                                        
49 Mohammad Rajablou (IRI) Iran                                          
50 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                    
51 Christophe Beddegenoodts (Bel) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely      
 
Teams
 
1 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                 9.05.30
2 Quick Step - Innergetic                                                
3 Skil-Shimano                                                           
4 Astana                                                                 
5 Bouygues Telecom                                                       
6 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                                 
7 Gerolsteiner                                                           
8 Agritubel                                                              
9 Liquigas                                                               
10 Predictor - Lotto                                                     
11 Chocolade Jacques - Topsport                                          
12 T-Mobile Team                                                         
13 Iran                                                                  
14 Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely      
15 Team Milram                                                           
16 Rabobank                                                              
17 Doha Team                                                        16.20
 
General Classification
 
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step                                     3.08.13
2 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step                                   0.07
3 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick-Step                                    0.08
4 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram                                   0.09
5 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step                                0.10
6 Marco Velo (Ita) Milram                                            0.15
7 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram                                            
8 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Milram                                              
9 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Milram                                     
10 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                  0.17
11 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas                                         
12 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas                                         
13 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas                                         
14 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas                                       
15 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                       
16 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                    
17 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance                              
18 Nick Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                 0.19
19 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                    
20 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                               
21 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                      
22 Tom Steels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                      
23 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                   0.21
24 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile                                      
25 Bert Grabsch (Ger) T-Mobile                                           
26 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile                                         
27 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) T-Mobile                                         
28 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance                                    
29 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2R Prévoyance                                     
30 Renaud Dion (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance                                     
31 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step                                   0.22
32 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram                                      0.23
33 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                              
34 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana                                             
35 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Astana                                       
36 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana                                           
37 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance                                
38 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile                                          
39 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                       0.24
40 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                    
41 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                             
42 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     
43 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                         
44 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
45 David Cañada (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                               
46 Ángel Gómez Gómez (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                          
47 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                             0.25
48 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas                               0.26
49 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom                                    
50 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
51 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               
52 Rony Martias (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
53 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
54 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
55 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                   
56 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                    
57 Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                     
58 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                 
59 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                        
60 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                 
61 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                   
62 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                 0.28
63 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                        
64 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    
65 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner                                      
66 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
67 Johannes Frohlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
68 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                    
69 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen             
70 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen    0.31
71 Kenny Lisabeth (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen            
72 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen             
73 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen             
74 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen              
75 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile                                       0.33
76 Stéphane Poulhiès (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance                               
77 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank                                          0.36
78 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                          
79 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        
80 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir                                
81 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           0.37
82 Christian Müller (Ger) Skil-Shimano                               0.40
83 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Milram                                     0.41
84 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick-Step                               0.42
85 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                         
86 Mikel Gaztañaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel                            
87 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Agritubel                                       
88 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen            0.43
89 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Ag2R Prévoyance                              0.45
90 Rieno Stofferis (Bel) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely                0.46
91 Stephen Gallagher (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely      
92 Glenn Bak (Den) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely      
93 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram                                     0.47
94 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana                                             
95 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile                                   0.49
96 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                       0.54
97 Badr Banihammad (UAE) Doha Team                                   0.55
98 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick-Step                                   0.58
99 René Haselbacher (Aut) Astana                                     1.00
100 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Agritubel                              1.01
101 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                           
102 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely                  1.02
103 Hossein Iri Nateghi (IRI) Iran                                   1.05
104 Hamid Shiri Sisah (IRI) Iran                                         
105 Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran                                             
106 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick-Step                                   1.06
107 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank                                      1.09
108 Tim Meeussen (Bel) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely                  1.13
109 Ahad Kazemi Sarai (IRI) Iran                                     1.17
110 Christophe Riblon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance                          1.24
111 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Predictor-Lotto                             1.47
112 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen        2.30
113 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                    5.19
114 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                               8.29
115 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile                                       8.31
116 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   8.38
117 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank                                 8.52
118 Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra) Agritubel                                
119 Freddy Bichot (Fra) Agritubel                                        
120 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Agritubel                                       
121 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely                 8.56
122 Paul Healion (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely      
123 Mohammed Hussain (Brn) Doha Team                                 9.05
124 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Doha Team                                   
125 Tareq Esmaeili (Qat) Doha Team                                       
126 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team                                           
127 Radhwan Al-moraqab (Qat) Doha Team                                   
128 Mohamed Bin Took (UAE) Doha Team                                     
129 Ahmed Al Doseri (Brn) Doha Team                                      
130 Alireza Haghi (IRI) Iran                                         9.15
131 Christophe Beddegenoodts (Bel) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely      9.23
132 Mohammad Mozafari (IRI) Iran                                    10.06
133 Alireza Ashgarzadeh (IRI) Iran                                       
134 Mohammad Rajablou (IRI) Iran                                         
135 Remmert Wielinga (Ned) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     15.54
136 Denis Robin (Fra) Agritubel                                     16.12
 
Points Classification
 
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step                                          30 pts
2 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Milram                                     27
3 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance                             25
4 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                  23
5 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                     21
6 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance                                   19
7 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Bouygues Telecom                                18
8 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                    15
9 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir                        13
10 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   11
11 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                       10
12 Erki Pütsep (Est) Bouygues Telecom                                   9
13 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                             8
14 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step                                     7
15 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen       7
16 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana                                            6
17 Mikel Gaztañaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel                           5
18 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen            3
19 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                   3
20 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick-Step                                      2
21 Bert Roesems (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                   2
22 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                       2
23 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2R Prévoyance                                    1
24 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                        1
25 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                        -30
 
Young Rider Classification
 
1 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Milram                                     3.08.28
2 Francesco Failli (Ita) Liquigas                                    0.02
3 Nick Ingels (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                  0.04
4 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                
5 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance                                 0.06
6 Rene Mandri (Est) Ag2R Prévoyance                                      
7 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                           0.08
8 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana                                              
9 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance                                 
10 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank                                0.09
11 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                             
12 Francisco José Ventoso (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                     
13 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
14 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           0.11
15 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
16 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
17 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                   
18 Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                     
19 David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano                                        
20 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                                    0.13
21 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
22 Johannes Frohlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                
23 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                                    
24 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen             
25 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen         0.16
26 Stéphane Poulhiès (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance                           0.18
27 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir                            0.21
28 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                           0.22
29 Christian Müller (Ger) Skil-Shimano                               0.25
30 Romain Feillu (Fra) Agritubel                                     0.27
31 Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Milram                                     0.32
32 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile                                   0.34
33 Badr Banihammad (UAE) Doha Team                                   0.40
34 Michael Schär (Swi) Astana                                        0.46
35 Mark Cassidy (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely                   0.47
36 Hossein Iri Nateghi (IRI) Iran                                    0.50
37 Hamid Shiri Sisah (IRI) Iran                                          
38 Davide Viganò (Ita) Quick-Step                                    0.51
39 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen         2.15
40 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                8.14
41 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    8.23
42 Emilien-Benoît Berges (Fra) Agritubel                             8.37
43 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Agritubel                                        
44 Paidi O'Brien (Irl) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely                  8.41
45 Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Doha Team                                8.50
46 Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team                                            
47 Mohamed Bin Took (UAE) Doha Team                                      
48 Christophe Beddegenoodts (Bel) Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely       9.08
49 Mohammad Mozafari (IRI) Iran                                      9.51
50 Alireza Ashgarzadeh (IRI) Iran                                        
51 Mohammad Rajablou (IRI) Iran                                          
 
Team Classification
 
1 Quick Step - Innergetic                                         9.12.03
2 Team Milram                                                        0.05
3 Liquigas                                                           0.07
4 Predictor - Lotto                                                  0.09
5 Ag2R Prevoyance                                                    0.11
6 T-Mobile Team                                                          
7 Astana                                                             0.13
8 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                             0.14
9 Rabobank                                                               
10 Skil-Shimano                                                      0.16
11 Bouygues Telecom                                                      
12 Gerolsteiner                                                      0.18
13 Chocolade Jacques - Topsport                                      0.21
14 Agritubel                                                         0.32
15 Murphy-Gunn/Newlyn/M.Donnely                                      0.36
16 Iran                                                              0.55
17 Doha Team                                                        17.05