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3rd Eneco Tour of Benelux - ProT

Netherlands & Belgium, August 22-29, 2007

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Stage 4 - August 26: Maldegem (Bel) - Terneuzen (Ned), 182.7km

Weylandt gets his revenge

By Susan Westemeyer

Wouter Weylandt (Quick.Step Innergetic)
Photo ©: Luc Claessen
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After being relegated due to "irregular sprinting" from third to 140th in stage two of the Eneco Tour, Wouter Weylandt got his revenge in Sunday afternoon's stage four by winning another controverisal sprint ahead of Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) and CSC's Matthew Goss. The Belgian and the big Dane bumped shoulders shortly before crossing the finish line; however, this time Weylandt kept his placing and claimed the win. Cofidis' Nick Nuyens safely held on to the overall leader's jersey.

"This is my revenge," proclaimed the 22 year-old blond Belgian. Referring to the second stage, which ended in Knokke, Weylandt said, "I wrongly took the incorrect line. I have admitted that. That just makes it more beautiful to take this [today's] sporting revenge."

"Afterwards three riders came up to complain to me, but the only one who might have a right to do that was Hushovd. I bumped against him when I made my jump," Weylandt continued. "The other two just complained because they know I was disqualified in Knokke."

The peloton spent much of the day patiently chasing an escape group of Stephane Poulhies (Ag2r), Roberto Longo (Lampre), Niko Eeckhout (Chocolade Jacques) and Dymytro Grabowsky (QuickStep). They built up a lead of over seven minutes before being reeled in again with 30 km to go. Things were hectic thereafter as many tried their luck but none was able to get away.

Monday's fifth stage will stay in the Netherlands, running 179.8 flat kilomters from Terneuzen to Nieuwegein.

How it unfolded

155 riders took off under partly cloudy skies at noon Sunday to race the 182.7 km course between Maldgen, Belgium, and Terneuzen, Netherlands. Three riders did not start -- Scott Davis and Adam Hansen of T-Mobile and Credit Agricole's William Bonnet.

The break with Eeckhout, Poulhiès, Longo and Grabowski
Photo ©: Luc Claessen
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After only two kilometers, the peloton passed into the Netherlands. Not quite five kilometers into the day, Niko Eeckhout of Chocolade Jacques was the first to go off, just as he was on Saturday. But like Saturday, the peloton didn't let him get away. He wasn't going to give up that easily, and tried again. The peloton didn't give up either and caught him again.

With about 160 km to go, Robert Longo of Lampre and Dmytro Grabowsky of Quick.Step-Innergetic got away and quickly built up a lead of 1'25". The never-say-die Eeckhout jumped after them, along with Stephane Poulhies of Ag2r. The four harmonized well together and the peloton, seeing that none of the four was within 10 minutes of the leader, let them go. 50 km in to the stage their lead was up to 6'30".

They took a lead of seven minutes into the first intermediate sprint at Driewegen, which Grabowsky won ahead of Eeckhout and Poulhies.

7'15" was their biggest lead of the day. With slightly less than 90km to go, it started dwindling, with Cofidis and Skil-Shimano leading the charge. The peloton was held up slighlty by a mass crash in the middle of the field, but everyone was able to get back up and continue.

The lead was down to about two minutes at the second intermediate sprint, which saw Longo taking the points ahead of Eeckhout and Grabowsky.

Skil-Shimano led the peloton as it overtook the four with 32 km to go. Shortly thereafter the riders were waved over the left side of the road in order to let an ambulance through.

A number of riders were determined to avoid mass sprint and shot out to take their chances at a new break, but the peloton was equally determined not to let them eat away. A group of 10-12 riders got a slight lead over the peloton, which had been shattered by the tremendous speed, but they were unable to maintain their lead.

Nick Nuyens (Cofidis)
Photo ©: Luc Claessen
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Jose Gutierrez (Caisse d'Epargne), David Millar (Saunier Duval), Bram Tankink (Quick.Step) and Maarten Tjallingii (Skil-Shimano) took off to contest the final intermediate sprint, with Gutierrez finishing ahead of Millar and Tankink. Their hopes to contiue on alone were quickly dashed, and a new quartet formed, of Sebastian Rosseler (Quick.Step), Fredeik Williems (Liquigas), Tjallingii and Sebastian Hinault (Credit Agricole). They built up a lead of 17 seconds before the peloton, led by T-Mobile, tracked them down.

The peloton flew together down the road, Bram Tankink flatted at three kilometers to go, and a Liquigas rider crashed, flying out of the peloton dangerously close to a lamp post.

Lampre led the charge down the final few hundred meters, but it was Wouter Weylandt who was first over the finish line in another controversial finish. He and Thor Hushovd got into a shoving match only meters before the finish line, and a number of riders came up to the Belgian immediately after they crossed the line, complaining about his manner of riding. "Are you crazy?" shouted Gerolsteiner's David Kopp.

Photography

For a thumbnail gallery of these images, click here

Images by Luc Claessen/www.ctm-images.com

Results

1 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                       4.09.31 (43.932 km/h)
2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                        
3 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC                                               
4 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com                                            
5 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                     
6 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Prodir            
7 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                          
8 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                        
9 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                             
10 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen           
11 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                       
12 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            
13 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                     
14 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                         
15 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                              
16 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team                                       
17 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                   
18 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                  
19 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                   
20 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com                                           
21 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                    
22 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                        
23 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               
24 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank                                              
25 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                            
26 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                             
27 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                 
28 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
29 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                
30 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                     
31 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com                                            
32 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                          
33 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                            
34 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                    
35 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                           
36 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                
37 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                        
38 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                           
39 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                       
40 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                                           
41 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                               
42 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                      
43 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                          
44 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                
45 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                    
46 Koen Barbé (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                 
47 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               
48 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                        
49 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux                                   
50 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                              
51 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen               
52 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram                                        
53 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                            
54 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         
55 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                               
56 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil - Shimano                              
57 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil - Shimano                                        
58 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC                                           
59 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                          
60 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                             
61 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                             
62 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                  
63 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                                          
64 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           
65 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                           
66 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  
67 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team                                    
68 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             
69 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas                                          
70 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas                                            
71 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          
72 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 0.14
73 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  
74 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
75 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                   
76 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com                                            
77 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                                 
78 Sven Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen               
79 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                
80 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                                    
81 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                      
82 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                    
83 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram                                  
84 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               
85 Francisco Perez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                                   
86 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                     
87 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                              
88 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         
89 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                  
90 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                               0.25
91 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team                                        
92 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
93 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                 0.28
94 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                  
95 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                               
96 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                 0.32
97 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                  
98 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC                                
99 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                 
100 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              
101 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com                              
102 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                      
103 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                          
104 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
105 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             
106 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    
107 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             
108 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quickstep - Innergetic                          
109 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                               
110 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen        
111 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  
112 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                         
113 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           
114 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                   
115 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com                                         
116 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                                 
117 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                       
118 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                   
119 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
120 Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                
121 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                               
122 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                              0.32
123 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                             
124 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                               0.50
125 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                  
126 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                      
127 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen         1.02
128 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      
129 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                      1.13
130 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                1.24
131 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                 
132 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         
133 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com                                       2.29
134 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                  
135 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                                        
136 Raul Alarcon (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                           8.11
137 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                
138 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                               
139 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                             
140 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               
141 José Alberto Benitez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                       
142 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                 
143 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                         
144 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance                                     
145 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                   
146 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen             
147 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram                                       
148 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française des Jeux                               
149 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram                                    
150 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 
151 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                  
152 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux                                 
153 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       
154 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Française des Jeux                            12.57
155 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                       
DNS Scott Davis (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                         
DNS Adam Hansen (Aus) T-Mobile Team                                         
DNS William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                    
 
Sprints

Sprint 1
1 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quickstep - Innergetic                           8 pts
2 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen              5
3 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                  3
 
Sprint 2
1 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                    8 pts
2 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen              5
3 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quickstep - Innergetic                           3
 
Sprint 3
1 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               8 pts
2 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                5
3 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                                3
 
Final Sprint
1 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                            30 pts
2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                      25
3 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC                                             22
4 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com                                          19
5 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                   17
6 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Prodir          15
7 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                        13
8 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                      12
9 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                           11
10 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen         10

Mountains classification
 
1 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC                                         15 pts
2 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                       15
3 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                 6
4 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            4
5 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                4
6 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                         3
7 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                    3
8 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                       2
9 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                          1
10 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                     1

Teams

1 Team Milram                                                       12.28.33
2 Unibet.com                                                                
3 Gerolsteiner                                                              
4 Rabobank                                                                  
5 Skil - Shimano                                                            
6 Lampre - Fondital                                                         
7 Predictor - Lotto                                                         
8 Liquigas                                                                  
9 Team CSC                                                                  
10 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                                   
11 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                      
12 Quickstep - Innergetic                                                   
13 Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                                  
14 T-Mobile Team                                                            
15 Caisse d'Epargne                                                         
16 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                       
17 Bouygues Telecom                                                     0.14
18 AG2r Prévoyance                                                          
19 Crédit Agricole                                                      0.28
20 Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                    0.39
21 Française des Jeux                                                   8.11

General Classification after stage 4

1 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               17.11.47
2 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                          0.10
3 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                            0.14
4 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir                             0.16
5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                         0.25
6 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                    0.37
7 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank                                           0.41
8 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                             0.48
9 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil - Shimano                                     0.49
10 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                0.50
11 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                              
12 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                      0.51
13 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                              0.52
14 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                               
15 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                         0.58
16 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              1.01
17 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                
18 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                       1.04
19 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                   1.05
20 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                             
21 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                1.07
22 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC                                            
23 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                
24 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram                                    1.08
25 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                       1.09
26 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas                                    1.10
27 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               1.11
28 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                    1.12
29 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic                             1.13
30 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas                                           
31 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                      1.14
32 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com                                      1.15
33 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                  
34 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                       1.18
35 Sven Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen           1.22
36 Francisco Perez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                               1.24
37 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                  1.28
38 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              1.34
39 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                               1.36
40 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team              1.37
41 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                           1.42
42 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                      1.49
43 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux                           1.51
44 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team                                      2.00
45 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil - Shimano                              2.26
46 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                       2.33
47 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    7.18
48 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC                                       7.33
49 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team            9.01
50 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance                                  9.18
51 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram                                 9.19
52 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux                              9.45
53 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas                                    10.57
54 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                  10.59
55 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                    11.00
56 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                        11.02
57 Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram                                       11.03
58 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole                                  
59 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                   
60 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC                                              
61 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                                        11.04
62 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                11.05
63 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen               
64 Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas                                       11.07
65 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                11.08
66 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team          11.09
67 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Prodir      11.12
68 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                            
69 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Prodir                         
70 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com                                      11.13
71 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com                                       11.14
72 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                             11.15
73 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                               11.18
74 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            
75 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) B305                                         11.19
76 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank                                         11.22
77 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram                             11.28
78 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                11.31
79 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                               11.32
80 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                11.35
81 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                              11.36
82 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                   
83 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quickstep - Innergetic                           
84 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team                                   11.38
85 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                11.39
86 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com                                       11.41
87 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                11.43
88 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                       
89 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com                                          
90 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com                               
91 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com                                           
92 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen    11.44
93 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         11.46
94 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                          11.49
95 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil - Shimano                               11.50
96 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC                                             11.52
97 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                            11.58
98 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         12.00
99 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                             12.15
100 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 12.20
101 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen        12.23
102 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                              12.31
103 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           13.08
104 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team                                 13.59
105 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            14.12
106 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne                              14.23
107 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                         14.24
108 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                                     14.31
109 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile Team                                 14.43
110 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                          14.44
111 Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team           14.47
112 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                             14.48
113 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                    14.50
114 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone      14.54
115 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                   14.55
116 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi                    15.07
117 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                     16.20
118 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) B315                                  17.48
119 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole                               18.03
120 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone           18.13
121 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano                              18.32
122 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team             18.40
123 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team                              18.41
124 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                   18.47
125 Koen Barbé (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen           18.48
126 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                 18.54
127 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                           18.57
128 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen     18.58
129 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank                                          19.02
130 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                        19.08
131 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux                             19.14
132 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC                                             
133 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                             19.15
134 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC                          19.26
135 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                              19.29
136 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone          19.35
137 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux                          19.38
138 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com                                      21.22
139 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone            21.31
140 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                  22.38
141 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                  22.50
142 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole                             23.18
143 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                    25.56
144 José Alberto Benitez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                  26.06
145 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        26.26
146 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen        26.53
147 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Française des Jeux                            26.57
148 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram                                  27.35
149 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                              27.53
150 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française des Jeux                          29.08
151 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                            29.32
152 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone               30.43
153 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen           33.16
154 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner                                  38.29
155 Raul Alarcon (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir                          42.31
 
Sprint classification

1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team                                      49 pts
2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                      47
3 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                              43
4 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                            40
5 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                   39
6 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                     38
7 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                        38
8 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                   30
9 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Prodir          30
10 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com                                         30
11 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                           28
12 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir                              27
13 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                          25
14 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                           25
15 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto                                 25
16 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                          23
17 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC                                            22
18 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                   19
19 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen         18
20 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                  17
21 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne                                   17
22 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank                                            16
23 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                  15
24 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                     15
25 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen               13
26 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas                                        13
27 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                13
28 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com                                         13
29 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                              12
30 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                     12
31 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram                                     12
32 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quickstep - Innergetic                         11
33 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team               11
34 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram                                      11
35 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil - Shimano                                      11
36 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen            10
37 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir                        10
38 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital                                   8
39 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram                                          8
40 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                            8
41 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                               6
42 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi                         5
43 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas                                      5
44 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                 5
45 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                 3
46 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom                                  3
47 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi                                    3
48 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                        3
49 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank                             3
 
Team classification

1 Predictor - Lotto                                                 51.36.56
2 Rabobank                                                              0.19
3 Caisse d'Epargne                                                      1.01
4 Skil - Shimano                                                        1.10
5 Quickstep - Innergetic                                                1.14
6 Team Milram                                                           1.17
7 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team                                    1.41
8 Liquigas                                                              1.45
9 T-Mobile Team                                                         1.54
10 Euskaltel - Euskadi                                                  7.47
11 Saunier Duval - Prodir                                              10.44
12 Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone                                   10.59
13 AG2r Prévoyance                                                     11.28
14 Lampre - Fondital                                                   11.37
15 Gerolsteiner                                                        11.43
16 Crédit Agricole                                                     11.58
17 Team CSC                                                            18.00
18 Française des Jeux                                                  20.45
19 Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen                             21.40
20 Unibet.com                                                          21.42
21 Bouygues Telecom                                                    32.16

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