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Wadecki Takes Dunkirk Finale
Little known Adam Wadecki of team Intel-Action got the better of the fast-men, Tomas Vaitkus (AG2R-Prévoyance) and Fred Rodriguez (Davitamon- Lotto) in the fifth and final stage of the Four Days of Dunkirk. Wadecki needed all of 3 hours and 43 minutes to cover the course from Bourbourg-Dunkirk (165.6K), and then to beat out his race companions.
- Paco
Results: 3:43'19", 44.46 K/hr
1 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Intel-Action
2 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Ag2R Prévoyance
3 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto
4 Crescenzo D'Amore (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
5 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Agritubel
6 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis
7 Oleg Grichkine (Rus) Navigators
8 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld-Valsir
9 Jaroslaw Zarebski (Pol) Intel-Action
10 Javier Benitez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada
11 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) Team CSC
12 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux
13 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole
14 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
15 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada
16 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Barloworld-Valsir
17 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
18 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim
19 Pavel Zerzan (Cze) eD'System-ZVVZ
20 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
21 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld-Valsir
22 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
23 David Boucher (Fra) MrBookmaker-Sports Tech
24 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux
25 Benjamin Levecot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences
26 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC
27 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC
28 Jan Valach (Svk) eD'System-ZVVZ
29 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
30 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
31 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim
32 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
33 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux
34 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof
35 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
36 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prévoyance
37 Petr Bencik (Cze) eD'System-ZVVZ
38 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) Intel-Action
39 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim
40 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Agritubel
41 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
42 Jan Svorada (Cze) eD'System-ZVVZ
43 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Agritubel
44 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
45 Lukasz Bodnar (Pol) Intel-Action
46 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Navigators
47 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis
48 Johan Coenen (Bel) MrBookmaker-Sports Tech
49 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
50 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
51 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
52 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis
53 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
54 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole
55 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto
56 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel
57 Laurent Paumier (Fra) MrBookmaker-Sports Tech
58 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada
59 Jans Koerts (Ned) Cofidis
60 Roman Bronis (Svk) eD'System-ZVVZ
61 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Wiesenhof
62 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Agritubel
63 Cédric Herve (Fra) Crédit Agricole
64 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis 0.12
65 Damien Nazon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.42
66 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators
67 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 0.46
68 Raul Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 1.10
69 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare
70 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 1.14
71 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 2.13
72 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 2.41
73 Frédéric Maingueneaud (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4.02
74 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 5.05
75 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5.57
76 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC
77 Renaud Dion (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences
78 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10.50
DNF Sylvain Calzati (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
DNF Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis
DNF Tony Bracke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
DNF Jurgen Van Loocke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
DNF Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
DNF Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux
DNF Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux
DNF Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux
DNF Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux
DNF Lars Bak (Den) Team CSC
DNF Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
DNF Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim
DNF Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim
DNF Wesley Van Speybroeck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim
DNF Eric Berthou (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences
DNF Christophe Rinero (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences
DNF Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences
DNF Roman Luhovyy (Ukr) R.A.G.T. Semences
DNF Nicolas Reynaud (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences
DNF Angel Castresana (Spa) MrBookmaker-Sports Tech
DNF Camille Bouquet (Fra) MrBookmaker-Sports Tech
DNF Lubos Pelanek (Cze) Relax Fuenlabrada
DNF Benjamin Johnson (Aus) Agritubel
DNF Krzysztof Krzywy (Pol) Intel-Action
DNF David Kupka (Cze) eD'System-ZVVZ
DNF Milan Kadlec (Cze) eD'System-ZVVZ
DNF Michal Precechtel (Cze) eD'System-ZVVZ
DNF Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Wiesenhof
DNF René Obst (Ger) Team Wiesenhof
DNF Luca Celli (Ita) Barloworld-Valsir
DNF Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
DNF Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
DNF Denis Bertolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone
DNF Francesco Failli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare
DNF Alessio Galletti (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare
DNF Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare
Final GC:
1 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 21:14'55"
2 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld-Valsir 0.12
3 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.19
4 Petr Bencik (Cze) eD'System-ZVVZ 0.21
5 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 0.22
6 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 0.23
7 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
8 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 0.24
9 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 0.26
10 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis 0.35
11 Jan Valach (Svk) eD'System-ZVVZ 0.43
12 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 0.45
13 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
14 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 0.46
15 Laurent Paumier (Fra) MrBookmaker-Sports Tech 0.58
16 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prévoyance 1.04
17 Benjamin Levecot (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences
18 Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.07
19 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
20 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Agritubel 1.44
21 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 2.04
22 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 2.20
23 Johan Coenen (Bel) MrBookmaker-Sports Tech 2.44
24 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 3.33
25 Pavel Zerzan (Cze) eD'System-ZVVZ 4.20
26 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis 4.26
27 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 4.55
28 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 5.02
29 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5.49
30 Xavier Florencio (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 7.25
31 Jaroslaw Zarebski (Pol) Intel-Action 11.46
32 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 11.50
33 Bogdan Bondariew (Ukr) Intel-Action 12.08
34 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 12.13
35 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 12.14
36 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Navigators 12.22
37 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 12.23
38 Jan Svorada (Cze) eD'System-ZVVZ 12.37
39 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Agritubel 13.02
40 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare 13.12
41 Cédric Herve (Fra) Crédit Agricole 13.19
42 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) Agritubel 13.51
43 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 15.23
44 Damien Nazon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 15.30
45 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 15.59
46 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux 16.31
47 Raul Garcia (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 17.04
48 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 17.06
49 David Boucher (Fra) MrBookmaker-Sports Tech 17.21
50 Lukasz Bodnar (Pol) Intel-Action 17.29
51 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Agritubel 17.48
52 Crescenzo D'Amore (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 17.59
53 Oleg Grichkine (Rus) Navigators 19.16
54 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 20.18
55 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Ag2R Prévoyance 20.37
56 Christian Müller (Ger) Team CSC 22.11
57 Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Barloworld-Valsir 22.48
58 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 23.30
59 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld-Valsir 23.50
60 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators 24.12
61 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 24.55
62 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 25.28
63 Renaud Dion (Fra) R.A.G.T. Semences 25.56
64 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 27.05
65 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 30.09
66 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Intel-Action 30.36
67 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux 32.34
68 Roman Bronis (Svk) eD'System-ZVVZ 33.01
69 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 34.10
70 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 34.12
71 Koen Barbe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 34.16
72 Javier Benitez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 36.22
73 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis 38.08
74 Jans Koerts (Ned) Cofidis 40.07
75 Frédéric Maingueneaud (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 44.37
76 Ivan Mayoz (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 45.04
77 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 45.56
78 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 50.20
Points
1 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 60
2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 38
3 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Ag2R Prévoyance 34
4 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld-Valsir 32
5 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 32
6 Jaroslaw Zarebski (Pol) Intel-Action 32
7 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis 31
8 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 24
9 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 24
10 Crescenzo D'Amore (Ita) Acqua & Sapone 23
11 Jan Valach (Svk) eD'System-ZVVZ 21
12 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Intel-Action 20
13 Josep Jufre (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 19
14 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 19
15 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 18
16 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Agritubel 17
17 Oleg Grichkine (Rus) Navigators 17
18 Andy Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 13
19 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 13
20 Petr Bencik (Cze) eD'System-ZVVZ 13
21 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 12
22 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis 12
23 Javier Benitez (Spa) Relax Fuenlabrada 12
24 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 11
25 Jan Svorada (Cze) eD'System-ZVVZ 10
26 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux 10
27 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 10
28 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9
29 Johan Coenen (Bel) MrBookmaker-Sports Tech 9
30 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 6
31 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 6
32 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 6
33 Damien Nazon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6
34 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis 6
35 Thomas Bruun Eriksen (Den) Team CSC 5
36 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 5
37 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 4
38 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 4
39 Jans Koerts (Ned) Cofidis 3
40 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 2
41 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prévoyance 2
42 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Agritubel 2
43 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Agritubel 2
44 Laurent Paumier (Fra) MrBookmaker-Sports Tech 1
45 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis 1
46 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 1
Mountains
1 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 18
2 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis 12
3 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 9
4 Christophe Laurent (Fra) Agritubel 9
5 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 6
6 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 5
7 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld-Valsir 4
8 Damien Nazon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4
9 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 4
10 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 2
11 Johan Coenen (Bel) MrBookmaker-Sports Tech 2
12 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 2
13 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1
14 Cyril Dessel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance 1
Combination
1 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 10
2 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole 10
3 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis 10
4 Vladimir Efimkin (Rus) Barloworld-Valsir 6
5 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 6
6 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux 6
7 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis 6
8 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Ag2R Prévoyance 3
Teams
1 Ag2R Prévoyance 63.46.50
2 Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1.38
3 Bouygues Telecom 2.58
4 eD'System-ZVVZ 3.23
5 Crédit Agricole 10.40
6 Team CSC 11.42
7 MrBookmaker-Sports Tech 13.27
8 Cofidis 15.04
9 Agritubel 15.40
10 Chocolade Jacques 17.16
11 Française Des Jeux 17.24
12 Davitamon-Lotto 17.32
13 Relax Fuenlabrada 20.37
14 R.A.G.T. Semences 28.37
15 Team Barloworld 33.01
16 Intel Action 34.59
17 Navigators 53.35
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