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Stage 5, Verviers - Hasselt, 194K

8 August

Van Heeswijk Gets Second

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Van Heeswijk Gets Second, photo: Eneco Tour

Max Van Heeswijk has thoroughly erased any memories of a bad season. The Dutch rider came storming out of the pack in the final kilometer to win stage 5 of the Eneco Tour. Verbrugghe was able to save the race lead from an aggressive Allan Davis.

The riders and organizers of the 1st Eneco Tour seem to be cursed with bad weather. Today in Belgium looked like mid-March, with heavy rains continuing to dampen the Eneco Tour. For the first half of the race, from Verviers to Hasselt, the riders endured temperatures below 20°C. Then the rains came in the 2nd half, fortunately all the big côtes were past.

Early on, over the first three côtes, the day's escape group was established. The three riders off the front were: Sergio Miguel Paulinho (Liberty Seguros-Würth), Gert Steegmans (Davitamon-Lotto), Gorka Gonzalez (Euskaltel-Euskadi). By the day's last challenge, the Côte d’Hallembaye (66K to go), the trio had 8 minutes back to the peloton, headed by Quick-Step.

Charging northerly to Hasselt, at 40K to go, the trio's lead was down to 6 minutes. They were working in a smooth rhythm, trading fair pulls in hopes to reach the finish alone. The peloton was edging closer and closer, and so were the thunderstorms. It was going to be a close battle with the peloton for the leading three. The rain, however, came right away. Pouring down on a peloton that already had arm-warmers and vests on. It did not feel like August in the Eneco Tour.

Escape Trio

Escape Trio, photo: Eneco Tour

The trio started to show traces of wear and tear as their war continued on. Their faces and legs were beginning to look tired. The peloton was now at 2 minutes with 20K to go. The trio battled on for the following kilometers, until Paulinho decided to go solo. Hasselt was only 7K away when the Liberty rider made his bid for freedom. But the peloton was only 15" back and the move came to nothing.

It was gruppo compatto at 4K to go, and Hasselt looked set to see a bunch gallop. José Ivan Gutierrez (Illes Balears) had other plans, at 2K to go he fired his gun, quickly gaining time on a peloton driven by Rabobank. His move was crushed shortly after by a hard-charging Roger Hammond (Discovery Channel). Hammond perfectly placed his teammate, Van Heeswijk, to take his second win in the Eneco Tour. Rik Verbrugghe (Quick-Step) was able to successfully hold off any moves by Allan Davis (Liberty Seguros-Würth). The two are in a tight GC battle (separated by 6") that will be fought over the next two stages.

Results: 4:41'06", 41.408 K/h
1 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel
2 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
3 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) MrBookmaker-Sports Tech
4 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
5 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
6 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth
7 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto
8 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile
9 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
10 Unai Yus (Spa) Bouygues Telecom
11 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank
12 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux
13 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
14 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
15 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze
16 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile
17 Angel Edo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
18 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Illes Balears
19 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel
20 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp
21 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
22 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim
23 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux
24 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile
25 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim
26 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux
27 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole
28 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears
29 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick-Step
30 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
31 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
32 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel
33 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
34 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner
35 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze
36 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
37 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth
38 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
39 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel
40 Johan Coenen (Bel) MrBookmaker-Sports Tech
41 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears
42 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis
43 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux
44 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
45 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis
46 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
47 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile
48 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
49 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC
50 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak
51 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
52 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner
53 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp
54 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Phonak
55 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Illes Balears
56 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
57 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile
58 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick-Step
59 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim
60 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis
61 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel
62 David Boucher (Fra) MrBookmaker-Sports Tech
63 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC
64 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
65 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile
66 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole
67 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth
68 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears
69 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
70 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
71 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Illes Balears
72 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick-Step
73 Matthé Pronk (Ned) MrBookmaker-Sports Tech
74 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim
75 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
76 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
77 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
78 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo
79 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick-Step
80 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto
81 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth
82 Julien Smink (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp
83 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth
84 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française Des Jeux
85 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC
86 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth
87 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
88 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir
89 Marco Bos (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp
90 Nicholas Roche (Irl) Cofidis
91 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner
92 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
93 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
94 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi
95 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner
96 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
97 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank
98 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp
99 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
100 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth
101 Gorka González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
102 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
103 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank
104 Geert Omloop (Bel) MrBookmaker-Sports Tech
105 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
106 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC
107 Luca Solari (Ita) Domina Vacanze
108 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) Domina Vacanze
109 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner
110 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel
111 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
112 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
113 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux
114 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
115 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
116 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
117 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC
118 Erwin Thijs (Bel) MrBookmaker-Sports Tech
119 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze
120 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) MrBookmaker-Sports Tech
121 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak
122 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
123 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick-Step 0.23
124 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim
125 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim
126 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
127 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel
128 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears
129 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 0.29
130 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim
131 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
132 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quick-Step
133 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze
134 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step
135 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 0.36
136 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 0.50
137 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 4.12
138 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi
139 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 5.30
140 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis
141 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 12.22
DNF Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile
DNF Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole
DNF Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux
DNF Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
DNF Marco Pinotti (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
DNF Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
DNF Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak
DNF Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak
DNF Hidenori Nodera (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp
DNF Masahiro Shinagawa (Jpn) Shimano-Memory Corp
DNS Bram Schmitz (Ned) T-Mobile
DNS Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner

Climbs
Climb 1
1 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 10
2 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 7
3 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 5
4 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3
5 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1

Climb 2
1 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 10
2 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 7
3 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 5
4 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 3
5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel 1

Climb 3
1 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth 10
2 Gorka González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7
3 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5
4 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 3
5 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 1

Climb 4
1 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth 10
2 Gorka González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 7
3 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 5
4 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 3
5 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 1

Sprints
Sprint 1
1 Gorka González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8
2 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth 5
3 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3

Sprint 2
1 Gorka González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 8
2 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth 5
3 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 3

Sprint 3
1 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 8
2 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth 5
3 Gorka González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3

Teams
1 T-Mobile 14.03.18
2 Discovery Channel
3 Davitamon-Lotto
4 Française Des Jeux
5 Euskaltel-Euskadi
6 Rabobank
7 Liberty Seguros-Würth
8 Illes Balears
9 Liquigas-Bianchi
10 MrBookmaker-Sports Tech
11 Chocolade Jacques-T Interim
12 Saunier Duval-Prodir
13 Team CSC
14 Cofidis
15 Lampre-Caffita
16 Shimano-Memory Corp
17 Domina Vacanze
18 Crédit Agricole
19 Quick-Step
20 Gerolsteiner
21 Fassa Bortolo
22 Bouygues Telecom
23 Phonak

GC:
1 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick-Step 24.25.34
2 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.06
3 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 0.14
4 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.15
5 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.16
6 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel 0.18
7 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile 0.20
8 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.25
9 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile 0.36
10 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim
11 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
12 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
13 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 0.40
14 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 0.49
15 Serge Baguet (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.54
16 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick-Step 1.26
17 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears 1.34
18 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 2.06
19 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 2.43
20 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Illes Balears
21 Jan Hruska (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth 2.44
22 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 2.50
23 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick-Step 2.56
24 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 2.57
25 Andrea Moletta (Ita) Gerolsteiner 3.03
26 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 3.04
27 Benoît Poilvet (Fra) Crédit Agricole 3.05
28 Iñaki Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 3.47
29 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC 3.59
30 Johan Coenen (Bel) MrBookmaker-Sports Tech 4.08
31 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 4.28
32 Unai Yus (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 4.38
33 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth 6.00
34 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 7.07
35 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 7.27
36 René Andrle (Cze) Liberty Seguros-Würth 7.59
37 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 8.29
38 Gorka González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 9.01
39 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel 9.06
40 Luca Solari (Ita) Domina Vacanze 9.07
41 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 9.08
42 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 9.13
43 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 9.20
44 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile 9.26
45 Ruslan Ivanov (Mda) Domina Vacanze 9.42
46 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 10.20
47 Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval-Prodir 10.36
48 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10.51
49 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 13.10
50 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 13.29
51 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole 13.30
52 Isidro Nozal (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 14.03
53 Patrick Calcagni (Swi) Liquigas-Bianchi 14.24
54 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 15.18
55 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Illes Balears 15.53
56 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.17
57 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.31
58 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick-Step 17.55
59 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak 18.33
60 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears 19.11
61 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 19.55
62 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
63 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Crédit Agricole 21.59
64 Uwe Peschel (Ger) Gerolsteiner 22.33
65 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 22.54
66 Angel Edo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 23.32
67 André Korff (Ger) T-Mobile 23.35
68 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth 23.48
69 Matthé Pronk (Ned) MrBookmaker-Sports Tech 24.03
70 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 24.04
71 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 24.14
72 Nicholas Roche (Irl) Cofidis 25.24
73 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 26.11
74 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux 26.16
75 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 26.37
76 David Boucher (Fra) MrBookmaker-Sports Tech 27.40
77 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 28.16
78 Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 28.27
79 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28.28
80 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner 28.36
81 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Illes Balears 28.38
82 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 28.47
83 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 29.05
84 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 29.21
85 Joan Horrach (Spa) Illes Balears
86 Gianluca Sironi (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 29.54
87 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 30.03
88 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 31.03
89 Nicola Loda (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 31.30
90 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 32.19
91 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 32.21
92 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick-Step 32.54
93 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick-Step 33.08
94 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 33.29
95 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis 33.49
96 Julien Smink (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 34.06
97 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux 34.14
98 Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Crédit Agricole 34.50
99 Victor Hugo Peña (Col) Phonak 35.12
100 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 36.56
101 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 37.03
102 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 37.11
103 Geert Omloop (Bel) MrBookmaker-Sports Tech 37.31
104 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 37.35
105 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux 37.43
106 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis 37.53
107 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 38.10
108 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Fassa Bortolo 38.38
109 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 39.00
110 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel 40.41
111 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 40.44
112 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 41.01
113 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 41.04
114 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) MrBookmaker-Sports Tech 41.05
115 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 41.08
116 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Phonak 41.25
117 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 41.31
118 Erwin Thijs (Bel) MrBookmaker-Sports Tech 41.34
119 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 41.57
120 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 42.00
121 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 42.03
122 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) MrBookmaker-Sports Tech 42.04
123 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 42.27
124 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quick-Step 42.37
125 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Illes Balears 43.15
126 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 43.24
127 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 43.44
128 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 45.51
129 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 49.00
130 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 49.12
131 Marco Bos (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 49.25
132 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 49.56
133 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 51.00
134 Ruggero Borghi (Ita) Domina Vacanze 51.08
135 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 51.56
136 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 52.35
137 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 53.18
138 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Cofidis 54.51
139 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Domina Vacanze 54.59
140 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 55.00
141 Enrico Grigoli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 59.05

Points
1 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 116
2 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel 65
3 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 54
4 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 50
5 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 46
6 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Quick-Step 41
7 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) MrBookmaker-Sports Tech 39
8 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 33
9 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile 30
10 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 30
11 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 30
12 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Domina Vacanze 30
13 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 28
14 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 25
15 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 24
16 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 24
17 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile 22
18 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 22
19 Gorka González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 19
20 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 19
21 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel 17
22 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 17
23 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile 17
24 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth 15
25 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 15
26 Erwin Thijs (Bel) MrBookmaker-Sports Tech 15
27 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 13
28 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner 13
29 Gorka Verdugo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 12
30 Johan Coenen (Bel) MrBookmaker-Sports Tech 12
31 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Illes Balears 11
32 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 11
33 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 11
34 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 11
35 Unai Yus (Spa) Bouygues Telecom 10
36 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 5
37 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux 3
38 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 3
39 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Shimano-Memory Corp 3

Climbs
1 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team CSC 68
2 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 66
3 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 32
4 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 27
5 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis 27
6 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth 21
7 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 18
8 Gorka González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 14
9 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 12
10 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10
11 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC 10
12 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 8
13 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Illes Balears 7
14 David Boucher (Fra) MrBookmaker-Sports Tech 6
15 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile 6
16 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Discovery Channel 5
17 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel 3
18 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1
19 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 1
20 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 1
21 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 1
22 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 1

Young rider
1 Allan Davis (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 24.25.40
2 Carlos Barredo (Spa) Liberty Seguros-Würth 0.10
3 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel 0.12
4 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 0.19
5 Pieter Mertens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 0.30
6 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Caffita
7 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick-Step 1.20
8 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) Discovery Channel 2.37
9 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick-Step 2.50
10 Juan José Cobo (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.58
11 Sergio Paulinho (Por) Liberty Seguros-Würth 5.54
12 Fränk Schleck (Lux) Team CSC 9.14
13 Markel Irizar (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.11
14 Koldo Fernández (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 17.25
15 Kevin De Weert (Bel) Quick-Step 17.49
16 Sascha Urweider (Swi) Phonak 18.27
17 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Illes Balears 19.05
18 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 19.49
19 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 22.48
20 Koen De Kort (Ned) Liberty Seguros-Würth 23.42
21 David López García (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 23.58
22 Nicholas Roche (Irl) Cofidis 25.18
23 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 26.31
24 David Boucher (Fra) MrBookmaker-Sports Tech 27.34
25 Aketza Peña (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 28.22
26 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Illes Balears 28.32
27 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 28.41
28 Ian McLeod (RSA) Française Des Jeux 28.59
29 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 29.57
30 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Liberty Seguros-Würth 30.57
31 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 32.13
32 Enrico Franzoi (Ita) Lampre-Caffita 33.23
33 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 37.29
34 Arkaitz Durán (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir 40.38
35 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team CSC 40.55
36 Anton Luengo (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 40.58
37 Viktor Rapinski (Blr) Phonak 41.19
38 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 41.51
39 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas-Bianchi 41.57
40 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) MrBookmaker-Sports Tech 41.58
41 Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas-Bianchi 42.21
42 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quick-Step 42.31
43 José Luis Carrasco (Spa) Illes Balears 43.09
44 Yohann Gene (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 45.45
45 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 49.50
46 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 54.54

Teams
1 Liberty Seguros-Würth 73.17.31
2 T-Mobile 0.16
3 Rabobank 1.28
4 Discovery Channel 2.09
5 Quick-Step 2.28
6 Team CSC 2.47
7 Saunier Duval-Prodir 7.32
8 Euskaltel-Euskadi 8.41
9 Davitamon-Lotto 9.03
10 Illes Balears 18.42
11 Lampre-Caffita
12 Gerolsteiner 19.47
13 Crédit Agricole 21.28
14 Chocolade Jacques-T Interim 22.19
15 Phonak 26.43
16 MrBookmaker-Sports Tech 48.21
17 Cofidis 51.04
18 Domina Vacanze 54.48
19 Française Des Jeux 56.01
20 Liquigas-Bianchi 56.45
21 Fassa Bortolo 1.00.56
22 Bouygues Telecom 1.09.17
23 Shimano-Memory Corp 1.51.40

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