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2006 Tour of Qatar, Stage 3

Tour of Qatar, Qatar

Stage 3, Sealine Beach Resort - Khalifa Stadium, 160K

1 February

World Champion On Winning Streak in Qatar

Zabel Complements Boonen, photo: Quick-Step

World Champion, Tom Boonen (Quick-Step), keeps turning out the wins in Qatar and continues his 2006 wining streak of four wins in four races. Today it was another Treno Blu sprint-fest leading in the final kilometers to the line in Khalifa Stadium. Boonen's squadra controlled the final march and delivered him to another Mid-East stage win. The Belgian remains in GC control ahead of an answerless Erik Zabel (Milram).

129 riders departed on the 160K stage under warm temperatures and light wind. Early on a break of nine went clear and eventually gained up to eight minutes. Their gap was control perfectly by Team CSC and Quick-Step. The Danish/Belgian accord reeled in this escape and also a much shorter lived second escape group. We were once again ready for a sprint royale in front of oil-rich sheikhs.

Four K to go and il Treno Blu was jamming the accelerator for a Boonen blast. The World Champion delivered ahead of Zabel and Matti Breschel (Team CSC). The German, Zabel, is again showing his consistency, but needs to score a win, while BiciRace.com is impressed with the legs of young Paride Grillo of Panaria-Navigare. The Italian is showing strongly even though he is racing for a non-ProTour squadra.

Results: 3:34'50", 44.685 K/hr
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step
2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram
3 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC
4 Paride Grillo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
5 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner
6 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step
7 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport V-n
8 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport V-n
9 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC
10 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux
11 Nick Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
12 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner
13 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak
14 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare
15 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank
16 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak
17 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak
18 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Wiesenhof-Akud
19 René Weissinger (Ger) Skil-Shimano
20 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak
21 Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis
22 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano
23 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux
24 Alexandr Dymovskikh (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec
25 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano
26 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC
27 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Wiesenhof-Akud
28 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Ag2R Prévoyance
29 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano
30 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare
31 Murilo Fischer (Bra) Naturino-Sapore di Mare
32 Tim Klinger (Ger) Wiesenhof-Akud
33 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto
34 Volker Ordowski (Ger) Gerolsteiner
35 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil-Shimano
36 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram
37 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Milram
38 Luca Ascani (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare
39 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick-Step
40 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis
41 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner
42 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Skil-Shimano
43 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank
44 Mickaël Delage (Fra) Française Des Jeux
45 Frédéric Finot (Fra) Française Des Jeux
46 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC
47 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux
48 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC
49 Martin Müller (Swi) Milram
50 Geert Omloop (Bel) Unibet.com
51 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC
52 Christian Knees (Ger) Milram
53 Frank Hoj (Den) Gerolsteiner
54 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner
55 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport V-n
56 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) Française Des Jeux
57 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank
58 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank
59 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step
60 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 0.12
61 Matteo Priamo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare
62 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak
63 José Alberto Martínez (Spa) Ag2R Prévoyance
64 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 0.31
65 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick-Step 0.41
66 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step
67 Chris Horner (USA) Davitamon-Lotto 0.50
68 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick-Step 1.59
69 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick-Step
70 Christoph Meschenmoser (Ger) Skil-Shimano 5.29
71 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) Naturino-Sapore di Mare
72 David Boucher (Fra) Unibet.com 7.00
73 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com
74 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram
75 Lubor Tesar (Cze) Wiesenhof-Akud
76 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
77 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com
78 Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis
79 Camille Bouquet (Fra) Unibet.com
80 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank
81 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
82 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Panaria-Navigare
83 Koen Barbé (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport V-n
84 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Ag2R Prévoyance
85 Arno Wallaard (Ned) Skil-Shimano
86 Nicholas Roche (Irl) Cofidis
87 Ben Johnson (Aus) Ag2R Prévoyance
88 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
89 Moisés Aldape Chavez (Mex) Panaria-Navigare
90 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
91 Kasper Klostergård (Den) Team CSC
92 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française Des Jeux
93 Alexey Zaitsev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 14.42
94 Felix Odebrecht (Ger) Wiesenhof-Akud
95 Ilya Chernyshov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec
96 Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) Unibet.com
97 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank
98 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Milram
99 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Milram
100 Florian Stalder (Swi) Phonak
101 Benoit Sinner (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
102 Martin Mares (Cze) Naturino-Sapore di Mare
103 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Unibet.com
104 Miguel Rubiano Chávez (Col) Panaria-Navigare
105 Fabien Patanchon (Fra) Française Des Jeux
106 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport V-n
107 Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis
108 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis
109 Christian Leben (Ger) Wiesenhof-Akud
110 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank
111 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare
112 Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
113 Evert Verbist (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport V-n
114 Andrey Mizourov (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec
115 Artur Gajek (Ger) Wiesenhof-Akud
116 David Vitoria (Swi) Phonak
117 Gilles Canouet (Fra) Ag2R Prévoyance
118 Ryder Hesjedal (Can) Phonak
119 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner
120 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare
121 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis
122 René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner
123 Aitor Galdos Alonso (Spa) Panaria-Navigare
124 Luis Laverde (Col) Panaria-Navigare
125 Alexey Lyalko (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec 25.35
126 Valeriy Dmitriyev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec
127 Alexandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec
128 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Cycling Team Capec
DNF Kenny De Haes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport V-n

GC:
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step 10:02'00"
2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Milram 0.12
3 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Phonak 0.18
4 Robert Hunter (RSA) Phonak 0.26
5 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 0.27
6 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick-Step
7 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Phonak 0.29
8 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Phonak 0.30
9 Nick Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
10 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano
11 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC
12 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner
13 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.32
14 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.36
15 Guido Trenti (USA) Quick-Step 1.01
16 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick-Step 1.33
17 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick-Step 1.47
18 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC 2.03
19 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Wiesenhof-Akud
20 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto
21 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Française Des Jeux
22 Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 2.13
23 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick-Step 3.05
24 Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Milram 3.40
25 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Milram 3.50
26 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team CSC 4.40
27 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick-Step 5.16
28 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 8.07
29 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 10.40
30 Koen Barbé (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport V-n
31 Björn Schröder (Ger) Milram 10.50
32 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport V-n 11.33
33 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak 11.45
34 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Team CSC 12.33
35 Paride Grillo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 12.47
36 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Skil-Shimano 12.52
37 Robert Förster (Ger) Gerolsteiner 12.53
38 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Française Des Jeux
39 Lilian Jegou (Fra) Française Des Jeux
40 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Naturino-Sapore di Mare

Young riders
1 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC 10:02'27"
2 Nick Ingels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.03
3 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Team CSC
4 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.05
5 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Wiesenhof-Akud 1.36
6 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 7.40
7 Koen Barbé (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport V-n 10.13
8 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport V-n 11.06
9 Paride Grillo (Ita) Panaria-Navigare 12.20