3rd Eneco Tour of Benelux - ProT - Stage 5 - August 27: Terneuzen (Ned) - Nieuwegein (Ned), 179.9km
A Brazilian win in Holland
By Susan Westemeyer
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Saunier Duval's Luciano Pagliarini came from behind to take the sprint ahead of T-Mobile's Mark Cavendish and Rabobank's Graeme Brown in the fifth stage of the Eneco Tour. Nick Nuyens arrived with the peloton and easily kept his leader's jersey.
The ecstatic winner threw kisses to the TV camera and dedicated the victory to his newborn daughter, Aurora. "Because I had to ride Hamburg and the Eneco Tour, I was only able to see my daughter Aurura for one hour after she was born ten days ago. So this win is for her and of course for my wife," Pagliarini said. "They gave me strength after a hard season with many difficulties of all kinds. This is undoubtedly my most beautiful win, and my first in the ProTour."
"I felt very good in the first week, but was not able to succeed in the previous three mass sprints. For that reason, I carefully studied the final today and had chosen a large gear. The sprint went perfectly I am so happy that I could win it."
The stage was marked by an exceptionally long --ndash; but ultimately unsuccessful --ndash; breakaway. Only one kilometre into the stage, Fumiyuki Beppu (Discovery Channel), Pierre Drancourt (Bouygues Telecom) and Matthé Pronk (Unibet.com) took off and stayed away for about 175 kilometres. Their lead was all the way up to nearly 10 minutes, and for much of the day, the Japanese rider Beppu was the race's new "virtual leader." But the sprinters were determined to have their say in the last sprint stage of the tour, and combined to lead the charge to bring the three back to the fold.
The flat stage didn't feature any climbs for the mountain ranking but had a "tunnel premium." Shortly after the start, the riders rode through the 6.6 kilometres long Westerscheldetunnel. Pronk was the first to emerge, and was able to claim a 500 euro bonus.
Lampre led the final sprint but on the road going up to the finish line was wide enough that everyone was able to take their chance. Cavendish was in the lead until the Brazilian move up from behind him and flew on by, finishing a good bike length ahead.
How it unfolded
The Eneco Tour peloton kept on shrinking as only 150 riders set off promptly at 11:45 under cloudy skies but with a comfortable 20°C. Three Liquigas riders did not start (Francesco Chicchi, Roberto Petito and Alessandro Vanotti) as well as Enrico Franzoi of Lampre and Milram's Matej Jurco.
The remaining riders didn't wait long to start the action on the day's flat-as-a-pancake stage, as Discovery Channel's Fumiyuki Beppu, Pierre Drancourt (Bouygues Telecom) and Matthé Pronk (Unibet.com) attacked after only one kilometre. They quickly got a lead of over two minutes.
That put the virtual leader's jersey on the shoulders of Discovery Channel's Japanese rider, who started the day in 40th overall, only 1'37" behind leader Nick Nuyens. The peloton was content to let them go, and after 20 kilometres they had built up an eight minute lead. They came through the first intermediate sprint in Kruiningen, in the order Beppu, Pronk and Drancourt. After 60 kilometres their lead had increased to 9'50".
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That was more than enough for the peloton that finally decided to get to work. With 100 kilometres to go, the lead had plummeted to 5'55". With 70 kilometres to, Mickaël Chérel of Française de Jeux, who crashed yesterday, decided to stop racing.
Beppu, Pronk and Drancourt went through the second intermediate sprint in that order. With 43 kilometres to go, there lead had dropped to 3'35". It continued to go down as the peloton put on the pressure, with only two minutes at 20 kilometres to go. Predictor-Lotto moved to the front of the group, and by 8 kilometres to go the lead was down to eight seconds.
At five kilometres to go, the end was in sight for the trio, with the onrushing peloton only seconds. The three kept on trying until they were absorbed into the fast moving field.
Lampre led the final charge down the broad avenue. A huge group came around the final curve, with Mark Cavendish charging for the line, but Saunier Duval's Luciano Pagliarini came from behind, passed the young Briton and took the win by a bike length.
Results
1 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 4.01.10 (44.757km/h) 2 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 3 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 4 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com 5 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 6 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 7 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 8 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 9 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 10 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 11 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 12 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 13 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 14 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 15 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 16 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 17 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 18 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 19 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com 20 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 21 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 22 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 23 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 24 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 25 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Française des Jeux 26 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 27 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 28 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano 29 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 30 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 31 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 32 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 33 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 34 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil - Shimano 35 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team 36 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 37 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 38 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 39 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 40 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 41 Sven Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 42 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 43 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 44 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 45 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 46 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 47 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 48 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 49 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 50 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 51 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 52 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 53 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil - Shimano 54 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 55 Alberto Losada Alguacil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 56 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto 57 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 58 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team 59 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC 60 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 61 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi 62 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 63 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 64 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 65 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 66 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 67 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 68 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 69 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 70 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 71 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 72 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 73 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 74 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Prodir 75 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 76 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 77 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 78 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 79 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 80 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 81 Francisco Perez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 82 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 83 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 84 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 85 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 86 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 87 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil - Shimano 88 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 89 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 90 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com 91 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil - Shimano 92 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 93 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC 94 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 95 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 96 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 97 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil - Shimano 98 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 99 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 100 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 101 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 102 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 103 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 104 Koen Barbé (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 105 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 106 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 107 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 108 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quickstep - Innergetic 109 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française des Jeux 110 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile Team 111 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 112 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 113 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 114 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 115 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 116 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 117 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 118 José Alberto Benitez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 119 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com 120 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 121 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 122 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 123 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 124 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 125 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil - Shimano 126 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 127 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 128 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 129 Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 130 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 131 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 132 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 133 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 0.17 134 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 135 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 136 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 0.30 137 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 0.33 138 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 139 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 2.01 140 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.25 141 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 4.13 142 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 143 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil - Shimano 144 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 145 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 146 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 147 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 148 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 149 Raul Alarcon (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 6.53 DNF Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux DNS Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas DNS Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas DNS Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas DNS Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital DNS Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram Sprints Sprint 1 1 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8 pts 2 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 5 3 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 Sprint 2 1 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8 pts 2 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 5 3 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 Sprint 3 1 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 8 pts 2 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5 3 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 3 Final Sprint 1 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 30 pts 2 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 25 3 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 22 4 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com 19 5 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 17 6 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 15 7 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 13 8 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 12 9 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 11 10 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 10 Team 1 Unibet.com 12.03.30 2 Quickstep - Innergetic 3 Team Milram 4 Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 Rabobank 6 Liquigas 7 Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 8 Euskaltel - Euskadi 9 T-Mobile Team 10 Caisse d'Epargne 11 Team CSC 12 Gerolsteiner 13 Bouygues Telecom 14 Skil - Shimano 15 Saunier Duval - Prodir 16 Lampre - Fondital 17 Predictor - Lotto 18 Crédit Agricole 19 Française des Jeux 20 Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 21 AG2r Prévoyance General classification after stage 5 1 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 21.12.57 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 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.11 27 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.12 28 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.13 29 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 30 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 1.14 31 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 1.15 32 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil - Shimano 33 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner 1.18 34 Sven Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 1.22 35 Francisco Perez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.24 36 Mikel Astarloza Chaurreau (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 1.28 37 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 38 Brian Vandborg (Den) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.34 39 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1.36 40 Vicente Reynes Mimo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 1.42 41 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.49 42 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 1.51 43 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 2.00 44 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil - Shimano 2.26 45 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 2.33 46 Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 7.18 47 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 7.33 48 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 9.01 49 Simon Gerrans (Aus) AG2r Prévoyance 9.18 50 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Team Milram 9.19 51 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 10.57 52 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 10.59 53 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 11.00 54 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 11.02 55 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 56 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) Crédit Agricole 11.03 57 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto 58 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 11.04 59 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 11.05 60 Johan Coenen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 61 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11.08 62 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11.09 63 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 11.12 64 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Prodir 65 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com 11.13 66 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Unibet.com 11.14 67 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 11.15 68 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 11.18 69 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 70 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 11.19 71 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 11.22 72 Alessandro Cortinovis (Ita) Team Milram 11.28 73 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil - Shimano 11.31 74 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11.32 75 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 11.33 76 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11.35 77 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11.36 78 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quickstep - Innergetic 79 Roger Hammond (GBr) T-Mobile Team 11.38 80 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 11.39 81 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 11.43 82 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 83 Markus Eichler (Ger) Unibet.com 84 Victor Hugo Pena Grisales (Col) Unibet.com 85 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 86 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 11.44 87 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 11.46 88 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC 11.49 89 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil - Shimano 11.50 90 Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC 11.52 91 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 12.00 92 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.15 93 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12.20 94 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 12.23 95 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 12.31 96 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 97 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 13.08 98 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 13.37 99 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 13.53 100 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 14.12 101 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne 14.23 102 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 14.24 103 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 14.31 104 Servais Knaven (Ned) T-Mobile Team 14.43 105 Steven Cummings (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 14.47 106 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 14.48 107 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 14.50 108 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 14.54 109 David Canada Gracia (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 14.55 110 Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15.01 111 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi 15.07 112 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 16.37 113 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 18.03 114 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 18.13 115 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano 18.32 116 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 18.40 117 Gregory Henderson (NZl) T-Mobile Team 18.41 118 Koen Barbé (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 18.48 119 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 18.54 120 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 18.57 121 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 18.58 122 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 19.04 123 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française des Jeux 19.14 124 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 125 Nicolas Rousseau (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 19.15 126 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank 19.19 127 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC 19.26 128 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 19.29 129 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Unibet.com 21.22 130 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil - Shimano 22.01 131 Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 22.38 132 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole 23.18 133 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 23.48 134 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française des Jeux 23.51 135 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 25.44 136 José Alberto Benitez (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 26.06 137 Jesus Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 26.26 138 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 26.53 139 Johan Lindgren (Swe) Française des Jeux 26.57 140 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Gerolsteiner 27.03 141 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Team Milram 27.35 142 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 28.26 143 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Française des Jeux 29.08 144 Markus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 30.09 145 Tyler Farrar (USA) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 30.43 146 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 32.53 147 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 37.29 148 Marcel Strauss (Swi) Gerolsteiner 42.42 149 Raul Alarcon (Spa) Saunier Duval - Prodir 49.24 Sprint classification 1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 74 pts 2 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 60 3 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com 49 4 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 47 5 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 43 6 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 40 7 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 40 8 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano 39 9 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 38 10 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 36 11 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne 32 12 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 30 13 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 27 14 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 25 15 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 25 16 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Predictor - Lotto 25 17 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 24 18 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 22 19 Matthew Goss (Aus) Team CSC 22 20 Heinrich Haussler (Ger) Gerolsteiner 19 21 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 18 22 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 17 23 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 17 24 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 16 25 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 15 26 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 15 27 Tom Stubbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 13 28 Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 13 29 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 13 30 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 13 31 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com 13 32 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 12 33 Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 12 34 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Team Milram 12 35 Dmytro Grabovskyy (Ukr) Quickstep - Innergetic 11 36 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 11 37 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 11 38 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC 11 39 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Milram 11 40 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil - Shimano 11 41 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - Topsport Vlaanderen 10 42 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 10 43 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval - Prodir 10 44 Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre - Fondital 8 45 Andry Grivko (Ukr) Team Milram 8 46 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 8 47 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 6 48 Unai Etxebarria Arana (Ven) Euskaltel - Euskadi 5 49 Aleksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Liquigas 5 50 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 5 51 Stéphane Poulhies (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance 3 52 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3 53 Iban Mayoz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 3 54 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 3 55 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Rabobank 3 Team classification 1 Predictor - Lotto 63.40.26 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
