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Eneco Tour, Netherlands

Stage 1, Wieringerwerf (NL) – Hoogeveen (NL), 176.9K

17 August

Boonen Bags Stage and Takes Overall Lead

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Eneco Tour of Benelux stage 1, World Champion Tom Boonen stuck it to a field of top sprinters and took the overall leader's reddish jersey in the process. The race covered 176.9 kilometers from Wieringerwerf to Hoogeveen through northern Holland before Boonen, with a fifth place in yesterday's prologue, hammered Simone Cadamuro (Milram) and 2005 Italian Champion Enrico Gasparotto (Liquigas).

Boonen can thank Il Treno Blu for pulling back the day's escape trio. Dutchman Rik Reinerink (Skil-Shimano) formed the escape after 54K into the day's affairs, later being joined by compatriot Matthé Pronk (Unibet.com) and Belgian Koen Barbé (Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen) 25K later. They boys built a maximum advantage of 5'45" under the watchful eye of Davitamon-Lotto and Discovery Channel.

But the gap really started to tumble in the last 30K, when Il Treno Blu kicked into gear for Belgian Tom Boonen. With 11km remaining the two Dutchmen and Belgian had been completely absorbed by the peloton as they rumbled into Hoogeveen.

With the victory Boonen took an extra ten seconds, enabling him to move into the overall race lead. Boonen will trade his rainbow jersey for the red race leader's jersey in tomorrow flat run from 's Hertogenbosch to Sittard-Geleen, 194.6K

Results: 4:12'53", 41.971 K/h
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step
2 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) Milram
3 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas
4 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole
5 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com
6 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
7 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Milram
8 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner
9 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
10 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak
11 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra) Saunier Duval-Prodir
12 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano
13 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole
14 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
15 Loyd Mondory (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
16 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC
17 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prévoyance
18 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel
19 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step
20 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen
21 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile
22 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 0.04
23 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas
24 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas
25 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak
26 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com
27 Javier Mejías (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
28 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick-Step
29 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen
30 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel
31 Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.09
32 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC
33 Roy Sentjens (Bel) Rabobank
34 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile
35 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank
36 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank
37 José Joaquín Rojas (Spa) Astaná
38 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) Ag2R Prévoyance
39 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
40 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com
41 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Crédit Agricole
42 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
43 Renaud Dion (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
44 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
45 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux
46 Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
47 Vicente Reynes (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
48 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
49 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Française Des Jeux
50 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC
51 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astaná
52 Luis Pasamontes (Spa) Unibet.com
53 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
54 Manuele Mori (Ita) Saunier Duval-Prodir
55 Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
56 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Discovery Channel
57 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano
58 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak
59 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole
60 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen
61 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick-Step
62 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux
63 Mark Scanlon (Irl) Ag2R Prévoyance
64 Allan Johansen (Den) Team CSC
65 David Vitoria (Swi) Phonak
66 Marco Righetto (Ita) Liquigas
67 Beñat Albizuri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
68 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Lampre-Fondital
69 Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Française Des Jeux
70 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano
71 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano
72 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
73 Laurent Mangel (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
74 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen
75 Michael Schär (Swi) Phonak
76 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile
77 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
78 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis
79 Martin Müller (Ger) Milram
80 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) T-Mobile
81 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Crédit Agricole
82 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
83 Matej Jurco (Svk) Milram
84 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano
85 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak
86 Carlo Scognamiglio (Ita) Milram
87 Nicolas Portal (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
88 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
89 Dennis Haueisen (Ger) Milram
90 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC
91 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
92 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Milram
93 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis
94 Antonio Colom (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
95 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française Des Jeux
96 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Unibet.com
97 Andoni Aranaga (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
98 Iker Flores (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
99 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel
100 Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
101 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Cofidis
102 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank
103 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Discovery Channel
104 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Française Des Jeux
105 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
106 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank
107 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
108 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas
109 Johan Coenen (Bel) Unibet.com
110 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank
111 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Skil-Shimano
112 Piotr Mazur (Pol) Saunier Duval-Prodir
113 Bas Giling (Ned) T-Mobile
114 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
115 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Cofidis
116 Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas
117 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Quick-Step
118 Mikel Pradera (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
119 Joseba Albizu (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
120 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak
121 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano
122 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Crédit Agricole
123 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis
124 Leonardo Bertagnolli (Ita) Cofidis
125 Aitor Pérez Arrieta (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears
126 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner
127 Michael Albasini (Swi) Liquigas
128 Andreas Klier (Ger) T-Mobile
129 Carlos Abellán (Spa) Astaná
130 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol) Astaná
131 Alberto Fernández De La Puebla (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
132 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick-Step
133 Mario Aerts (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
134 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quick-Step
135 Gorka González (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
136 David Loosli (Swi) Lampre-Fondital
137 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick-Step
138 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Skil-Shimano
139 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC
140 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel
141 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto
142 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Crédit Agricole
143 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak
144 Carlos Zarate (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir
145 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile
146 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) Discovery Channel
147 Alan Pérez (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
148 Eladio Sánchez (Spa) Astaná
149 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com
150 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile
151 Koen Barbé (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen
152 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen
153 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Milram
154 Nicholas Roche (Irl) Cofidis
155 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Astaná
156 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team CSC
157 Sandy Casar (Fra) Française Des Jeux
158 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen
159 Unai Uribarri (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
160 Aaron Olson (USA) Saunier Duval-Prodir
161 Nicolas Fritsch (Fra) Saunier Duval-Prodir
162 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
163 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
164 Matthew White (Aus) Discovery Channel
165 Anthony Ravard (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
166 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner
167 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com
168 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.33
169 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
170 Fred Rodriguez (USA) Davitamon-Lotto
171 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner 0.09
172 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française Des Jeux 1.36
173 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 2.35
174 Ivan Santos (Spa) Astaná 6.43
DNF Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC
DNF Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
DNF Joseba Zubeldia (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
DNS José Antonio Redondo (Spa) Astaná

GC:
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 4:19'47"
2 Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.04
3 George Hincapie (USA) Discovery Channel 0.07
4 Iván Gutiérrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.08
5 Alexei Markov (Rus) Caisse d'Epargne-Illes Balears 0.11
6 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 0.15
7 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank 0.16
8 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas 0.18
9 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital
10 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Liquigas 0.19
11 Julian Dean (NZl) Crédit Agricole 0.20
12 Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile
13 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick-Step
14 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Crédit Agricole 0.22
15 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC 0.23
16 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
17 Jason McCartney (USA) Discovery Channel 0.24
18 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Milram 0.25
19 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Liquigas
20 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux
21 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel 0.26
22 Bobby Julich (USA) Team CSC 0.27
23 Juan Carlos Dominguez (Spa) Unibet.com
24 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano
25 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
26 Gustav Erik Larsson (Swe) Française Des Jeux
27 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak
28 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak 0.28
29 Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank
30 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Cofidis
31 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) T-Mobile 0.29
32 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step
33 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC
34 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick-Step
35 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
36 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com
37 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Phonak 0.30
38 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole
39 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano
40 Axel Merckx (Bel) Phonak