Bak solos to Eneco Tour win
Boasson Hagen claims race lead from Farrar
Lars Ytting Bak of Team Saxo Bank won the "Little Amstel Gold Race" stage of the Eneco Tour on Sunday, attacking out of a lead group with two kilometres remaining. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Columbia-HTC) won the sprint for second from Francesco Gavazzi (Lampre).
Boasson Hagen, who started the day in third place overall only 23 seconds down, picked up enough bonus seconds both underway and at the finish to take over the general classification lead.
“I wasn't sure of the win until 200 metres to go,” said Bak. “I had to go deep, and I was almost faint from the effort.”
Looking to the final two stages, the Dane noted, ”I am an all rounder and can do a lot when I'm in form, also a time trial. But for the overall win I tip my Norwegian friend Edvald Boasson Hagen.”
"It was a very difficult stage today,” said Boasson Hagen. He had two teammates with him in the escape group, and said they were all surprised when Rabobank attacked out of the group on the Eyserbosweg, “because that was the steepest climb.”
The 22-year-old Norwegian had hoped that the others would chase when Bak jumped at the end, since he wanted to save himself for the sprint. It didn't happen, “but I'm happy with second place and the bonus seconds that came with it. Winning the leader's jersey was our team's main goal today.”
Boasson Hagen now hopes for little wind tomorrow, and figures he has a good chance to hold on to the lead at the closing time trial. That final stage “is quite short and technical, which I usually do well at.”
Farrar held on to second place overall by finishing in the first chase group, and is now 15 seconds back, in the same time as third-placed Bak. His Garmin-Slipstream teammate Bradley Wiggins, who was considered a favourite for the overall title, dropped out of contention by finishing over 10 minutes down.
It was a wild race, as a trio got away early, to be joined near the end by a larger group. The chasing peloton came close, but not close enough.
One hundred and fifty-one riders were at the start of Sunday's stage in Roermond, as the race returned to the Netherlands. The day's difficult 204.3-kilometre course took the riders over a grand total of 16 of those short, steep climbs to be found in this part of Europe. The stage started and ended in the Netherlands, but in between dipped its toe into both Belgium and Germany.
The stage has been called "a little Amstel Gold race", as it goes over much of the same roads as the famous Spring Classic. It even paid a visit to the famous Cauberg at km 151.
Missing at the start was Damien Gaudin (Bbox Bouygues Telecom), who was in the previous day's long escape group. In addition, several riders dropped out during the stage, Arnaud Labbe (Bbox Bouygues Telecom) had to leave after crashing in the neutralised section, and later Aurelien Clerc (AG2R) and Ben Hermans (Topsport Vlaanderen) left the race.
Once again, a trio of riders got away early. Only two kilometres into the stage, Sergio de Lis (Euskaltel), David Deroo (Skil-Shimano) and Jens Mouris (Vacansoleil) took off and quickly built up a lead. And what a lead! By km 77, the lead had skyrocketed to 17:35.
But either the peloton finally woke up or the difficult course got to the trio, as the gap fell to just over 10 minutes with 100 km to go. Columbia-HTC led the chase, and brought it down to about eight minutes.
That wasn't enough for Rabobank, which was still looking to do well in its homeland race, and the Dutch team moved to the lead. Rick Flens led the charge, and Nick Nuyens put in such a high pace at the front on the Eyserbosweg that the peloton fell into pieces.
With 81 kilometres to go, a strong 15-man group took off in pursuit. Prologue winner Sylvain Chavanel (Quick Step), third-placed Edvald Boasson Hagen, Maxime Monfort, and Michael Rogers (all Columbia-HTC), Jurgen Van Goolen and Lars Ytting Bak (both Saxo Bank),Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas), Jurgen Van Den Broeck, Greg Van Avermaet and Johan Vansummeren (all Silence-Lotto), Juan Flecha, Sebastian Langefeld and Joost Posthuma (all Rabobank), Francesco Gavazzi (Lampre) and Jan Bakelants (Topsport Vlaanderen) quickly built up a minute lead on the peloton.
Garmin-Slipstream, with race leader Tyler Farrar and overall favourite Bradley Wiggins, was not represented in the group. The American team led the chase.
The gap between the leading trio and the chasing 15 continued to fall while the gap back to the peloton stayed at about one minute.
On the Doodeman climb, with 63 km to go, the peloton came within 30 seconds of the chase group, which was the signal to Rabobank to take action. Flecha and Posthuma took off, exploding the group. Only Gavazzi, Nibali and Van Avermaet were able to go with them.
The other 10 caught them again, though, a few kilometres later. As the race headed up the Cauberg, the three leaders had not quite a minute lead over the chasers. A peloton of about 60 riders, including first and second placed Farrar and Tom Boonen, was only about 45 seconds behind the chasers.
With 48 kilometres to go, the escape of the trio was over, as the 15 chasers caught them. They maintained a one-minute gap on the peloton. Garmin-Slipstream, still unrepresented in the lead, desperately led the chase, with Wiggins himself at the front of the group, but the gap dropped only very slowly, hitting one minute 26 kilometres before the finish.
The lead group stayed together on the difficult short climbs, and entered the final 20-kilometre circuit course with a 1:10 lead. It looked like they would be able to stay away for the win, but Garmin-Slipstream and Caisse d'Epargne put on the pressure and picked up the speed, cutting the lead to 30 seconds within three kilometres.
Farrar and Wiggins joined forces at the head of the chase, and their combined efforts broke the peloton to pieces. Ahead of them, Chavanel jumped from the lead group, followed first by Bakelants and then by the rest of the group. Caisse d'Epargne moved to lead the peloton in chase.
Vansummeren had the bad luck to puncture at six kilometres to go, knocking him out of the lead group. The break went into the final five kilometres with a narrow 26-second lead.
Nibali tried his luck, but was stopped by a crash. Bak took off as the group had a 37-second lead at the two kilometre to go banner. He went under the red kite at one kilometre to go eight seconds ahead of his group, and was able to stay away until the end.
1 | Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 5:13:16 |
2 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:00:02 |
3 | Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence-Lotto | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Jan Bakelandts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - HTC | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:00:31 |
15 | Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence-Lotto | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Robert Forster (Ger) Team Milram | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Alexandre Usov (Blr) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Nikolas Maes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Silence-Lotto | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Guillaume Le Floch (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Gerben Löwik (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - N.G.C. | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Juan Jose Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Nick Nuyens (Bel) Rabobank | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Frank Hoj (Den) Team Saxo Bank | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Angel Gomez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Mikael Cherel (Fra) Française Des Jeux | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Laszlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Katusha | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Nico Sijmens (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - HTC | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Andrey Amador (CRc) Caisse d'Epargne | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Andres Sergio De Lis (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:01:25 |
54 | Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 0:02:04 |
56 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 0:02:00 |
57 | Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:02:27 |
58 | Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 0:03:42 |
61 | Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Jens Mouris (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 0:04:30 |
63 | Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:06:44 |
64 | Servais Knaven (Ned) Team Milram | 0:10:21 |
65 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
66 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
68 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | Row 67 - Cell 2 |
69 | Gatis Smukulis (Lat) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:22:08 |
70 | Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
71 | Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | Row 71 - Cell 2 |
73 | Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - N.G.C. | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
74 | Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
75 | Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
76 | Johan Coenen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Bolat Raimbekov (Kaz) Astana | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française Des Jeux | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
79 | Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
80 | Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
81 | Biel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
82 | Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
83 | Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
84 | Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
85 | Josep Jufre (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
86 | Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
87 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
88 | Gert Dockx (Bel) Team Columbia - HTC | Row 87 - Cell 2 |
89 | Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
90 | Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
91 | Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano | Row 90 - Cell 2 |
92 | Huub Duyn (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream | Row 91 - Cell 2 |
93 | Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | Row 92 - Cell 2 |
94 | Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Quick Step | Row 93 - Cell 2 |
95 | Cameron Wurf (Aus) Fuji-Servetto | Row 94 - Cell 2 |
96 | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
97 | Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
98 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
99 | Sergey Renev (Kaz) Astana | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
100 | Jose Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
101 | Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
102 | Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
103 | Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:27:42 |
104 | Alex Rasmussen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
105 | Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
106 | Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C. | Row 105 - Cell 2 |
107 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française Des Jeux | Row 106 - Cell 2 |
108 | Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 107 - Cell 2 |
109 | Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana | Row 108 - Cell 2 |
110 | Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française Des Jeux | Row 109 - Cell 2 |
111 | Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 110 - Cell 2 |
112 | Wim De Vocht (Bel) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | Row 111 - Cell 2 |
113 | Christopher Sutton (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream | Row 112 - Cell 2 |
114 | Angel Madrazo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | Row 113 - Cell 2 |
115 | Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | Row 114 - Cell 2 |
116 | Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas | Row 115 - Cell 2 |
117 | Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Team Katusha | Row 116 - Cell 2 |
118 | Baden Cooke (Aus) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | Row 117 - Cell 2 |
119 | Fabrice Piemontesi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | Row 118 - Cell 2 |
120 | Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | Row 119 - Cell 2 |
121 | Reinier Honig (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | Row 120 - Cell 2 |
122 | Andrea Tonti (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | Row 121 - Cell 2 |
123 | Domenik Klemme (Ger) Team Saxo Bank | Row 122 - Cell 2 |
124 | Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | Row 123 - Cell 2 |
125 | Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | Row 124 - Cell 2 |
126 | Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram | Row 125 - Cell 2 |
127 | Aitor Galdos (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 126 - Cell 2 |
128 | Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 127 - Cell 2 |
129 | Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 128 - Cell 2 |
130 | Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | Row 129 - Cell 2 |
131 | Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Silence-Lotto | Row 130 - Cell 2 |
132 | Josu Agirre Aseginolaza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 131 - Cell 2 |
133 | Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step | Row 132 - Cell 2 |
134 | Romain Villa (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 133 - Cell 2 |
135 | Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano | Row 134 - Cell 2 |
136 | Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | Row 135 - Cell 2 |
137 | Alexei Markov (Rus) Team Katusha | Row 136 - Cell 2 |
138 | Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 137 - Cell 2 |
139 | Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step | Row 138 - Cell 2 |
140 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | Row 139 - Cell 2 |
141 | Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | Row 140 - Cell 2 |
142 | Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Silence-Lotto | Row 141 - Cell 2 |
143 | Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | Row 142 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | Row 143 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Greg Henderson (NZl) Team Columbia - HTC | Row 144 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas | Row 145 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha | Row 146 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Aurélien Clerc (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 147 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Arnaud Labbe (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | Row 148 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Koen De Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano | Row 149 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ben Hermans (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | Row 150 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Damien Gaudin (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | Row 151 - Cell 2 |
1 | Jens Mouris (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 8 | pts |
2 | David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 5 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Andres Sergio De Lis (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 3 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
1 | Andres Sergio De Lis (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 8 | pts |
2 | Jens Mouris (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 5 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 3 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
1 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - HTC | 8 | pts |
2 | Jan Bakelandts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 5 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - HTC | 3 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
1 | Rabobank | 15:39:54 |
2 | Team Saxo Bank | 0:00:27 |
3 | Silence - Lotto | 0:00:29 |
4 | Team Columbia - HTC | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Quick Step | 0:00:58 |
6 | Lampre - N.G.C | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Liquigas | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Française Des Jeux | 0:01:27 |
9 | Astana | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Team Katusha | 0:02:21 |
11 | Caisse d'Epargne | 0:03:23 |
12 | AG2R - La Mondiale | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 0:05:26 |
14 | Skil - Shimano | 0:10:48 |
15 | Team Milram | 0:11:17 |
16 | Garmin - Slipstream | 0:21:07 |
17 | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 0:22:35 |
18 | Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:23:04 |
19 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:23:58 |
20 | Fuji - Servetto | 0:44:41 |
21 | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
1 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - HTC | 23:04:45 |
2 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:00:15 |
3 | Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Quick Step | 0:00:21 |
5 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 0:00:23 |
6 | Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank | 0:00:25 |
8 | Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 0:00:28 |
9 | Jan Bakelandts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
10 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:00:29 |
11 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 0:00:32 |
12 | Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank | 0:00:33 |
13 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 0:00:34 |
14 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step | 0:00:35 |
15 | Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank | 0:00:36 |
16 | Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank | 0:00:52 |
17 | Nikolas Maes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 0:00:55 |
18 | Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Silence-Lotto | 0:00:56 |
19 | Nick Nuyens (Bel) Rabobank | 0:00:59 |
20 | Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:01:00 |
21 | Michael Rogers (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:01:02 |
22 | Laszlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Katusha | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Steve Morabito (Swi) Astana | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Andrey Amador (CRc) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:01:04 |
25 | Juan Jose Oroz (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Astana | 0:01:05 |
27 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:01:06 |
28 | Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana | 0:01:07 |
29 | Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - N.G.C. | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence-Lotto | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:01:10 |
32 | Frank Hoj (Den) Team Saxo Bank | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Nico Sijmens (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:01:11 |
34 | Gerben Löwik (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 0:01:12 |
35 | Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step | 0:01:13 |
36 | Alexandre Usov (Blr) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:01:16 |
37 | Renaud Dion (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:01:18 |
38 | Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:01:22 |
39 | Mikael Cherel (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:01:24 |
40 | Pablo Lastras (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:03:06 |
41 | Mathieu Drujon (Fra) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:03:11 |
42 | Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:03:12 |
43 | Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 0:04:20 |
44 | Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 0:04:52 |
45 | Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:07:14 |
46 | Anthony Geslin (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:07:18 |
47 | Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 0:07:21 |
48 | Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram | 0:07:56 |
49 | Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:08:02 |
50 | Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas | 0:10:01 |
51 | Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:10:42 |
52 | Angel Gomez (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 0:11:12 |
53 | Guillaume Le Floch (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:11:36 |
54 | Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 0:12:54 |
55 | Murilo Fischer (Bra) Liquigas | 0:17:05 |
56 | Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas | 0:20:55 |
57 | Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step | 0:22:39 |
58 | Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:22:42 |
59 | Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - N.G.C. | 0:22:44 |
60 | Brian Vandborg (Den) Liquigas | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
61 | Johan Coenen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Javier Aramendia (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:22:48 |
63 | Gert Dockx (Bel) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:22:49 |
64 | Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:23:02 |
65 | Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Team Katusha | 0:28:22 |
66 | Baden Cooke (Aus) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 0:28:23 |
67 | Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 0:28:44 |
68 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:28:52 |
69 | Sergey Renev (Kaz) Astana | 0:28:55 |
70 | David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 0:30:09 |
71 | Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 0:30:35 |
72 | Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 0:30:40 |
73 | Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step | 0:30:43 |
74 | Tony Martin (Ger) Team Columbia - HTC | 0:31:29 |
75 | Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:31:30 |
76 | Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Liquigas | 0:32:42 |
77 | Maryan Hary (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
78 | Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française Des Jeux | 0:32:56 |
79 | Branislau Samoilau (Blr) Quick Step | 0:34:00 |
80 | Romain Villa (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:34:15 |
81 | Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:34:21 |
82 | Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana | 0:34:26 |
83 | Aitor Galdos (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:34:36 |
84 | Robert Forster (Ger) Team Milram | 0:34:41 |
85 | Jens Mouris (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 0:36:26 |
86 | Jose Alberto Benitez Roman (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 0:37:01 |
87 | Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 0:38:08 |
88 | Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 0:38:21 |
89 | Christopher Sutton (Aus) Garmin - Slipstream | 0:38:49 |
90 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 0:39:36 |
91 | Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:40:10 |
92 | Servais Knaven (Ned) Team Milram | 0:40:12 |
93 | Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 0:40:18 |
94 | Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:40:48 |
95 | Andres Sergio De Lis (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:41:40 |
96 | Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 0:41:59 |
97 | Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank | 0:42:06 |
98 | Jussi Veikkanen (Fin) Française Des Jeux | 0:42:49 |
99 | Biel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:42:52 |
100 | Bolat Raimbekov (Kaz) Astana | 0:42:57 |
101 | Fabrice Piemontesi (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | 0:45:34 |
102 | Reinier Honig (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 0:47:43 |
103 | Domenik Klemme (Ger) Team Saxo Bank | 0:47:49 |
104 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française Des Jeux | 0:47:50 |
105 | Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
106 | Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:48:25 |
107 | Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano | 0:48:36 |
108 | Alexei Markov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:51:20 |
109 | Angel Madrazo (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 0:51:37 |
110 | Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - N.G.C. | 0:51:43 |
111 | Josep Jufre (Spa) Fuji-Servetto | 0:52:03 |
112 | Cameron Wurf (Aus) Fuji-Servetto | 0:52:07 |
113 | Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 0:52:13 |
114 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | 0:53:23 |
115 | Alex Rasmussen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 0:53:31 |
116 | Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank | 0:54:40 |
117 | Jean-Charles Senac (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:55:30 |
118 | Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step | 0:56:09 |
119 | Wim De Vocht (Bel) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 0:57:34 |
120 | Alexander Serov (Rus) Team Katusha | 0:57:36 |
121 | Alexandre Blain (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:57:43 |
122 | Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 0:57:46 |
123 | Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | 0:59:52 |
124 | Perrig Quemeneur (Fra) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 1:00:05 |
125 | Huub Duyn (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream | 1:00:14 |
126 | Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 1:02:06 |
127 | Gatis Smukulis (Lat) AG2R La Mondiale | 1:02:08 |
128 | Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 1:02:15 |
129 | Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 1:02:37 |
130 | Pablo Urtasun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 1:05:38 |
131 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | 1:07:42 |
132 | Josu Agirre Aseginolaza (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 1:07:47 |
133 | Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas | 1:07:48 |
134 | Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | 1:07:51 |
135 | Andrea Tonti (Ita) Fuji-Servetto | 1:08:11 |
136 | Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 1:08:24 |
137 | Martin Müller (Ger) Team Milram | 1:08:25 |
138 | Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 1:09:11 |
139 | Timothy Gudsell (NZl) Française Des Jeux | 1:09:45 |
140 | Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 1:10:14 |
141 | Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned) Garmin - Slipstream | 1:10:31 |
142 | Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank | 1:10:32 |
143 | Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 1:10:33 |
1 | Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Slipstream | 115 | pts |
2 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Columbia - HTC | 110 | Row 1 - Cell 3 |
3 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step | 65 | Row 2 - Cell 3 |
4 | Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 59 | Row 3 - Cell 3 |
5 | Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Lampre - N.G.C. | 59 | Row 4 - Cell 3 |
6 | Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne | 45 | Row 5 - Cell 3 |
7 | Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française Des Jeux | 40 | Row 6 - Cell 3 |
8 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 38 | Row 7 - Cell 3 |
9 | Alexandre Usov (Blr) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 33 | Row 8 - Cell 3 |
10 | Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 30 | Row 9 - Cell 3 |
11 | Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank | 27 | Row 10 - Cell 3 |
12 | Baden Cooke (Aus) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 25 | Row 11 - Cell 3 |
13 | Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step | 24 | Row 12 - Cell 3 |
14 | Roy Sentjens (Bel) Silence-Lotto | 24 | Row 13 - Cell 3 |
15 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram | 22 | Row 14 - Cell 3 |
16 | Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas | 22 | Row 15 - Cell 3 |
17 | Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 19 | Row 16 - Cell 3 |
18 | David Deroo (Fra) Skil-Shimano | 19 | Row 17 - Cell 3 |
19 | Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank | 19 | Row 18 - Cell 3 |
20 | Wim De Vocht (Bel) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 18 | Row 19 - Cell 3 |
21 | Jan Bakelandts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 17 | Row 20 - Cell 3 |
22 | Alexei Markov (Rus) Team Katusha | 17 | Row 21 - Cell 3 |
23 | Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Rabobank | 17 | Row 22 - Cell 3 |
24 | Robert Forster (Ger) Team Milram | 17 | Row 23 - Cell 3 |
25 | Kristof Goddaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 17 | Row 24 - Cell 3 |
26 | Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | 15 | Row 25 - Cell 3 |
27 | Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank | 15 | Row 26 - Cell 3 |
28 | Jens Mouris (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 13 | Row 27 - Cell 3 |
29 | Reinier Honig (Ned) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 13 | Row 28 - Cell 3 |
30 | Romain Villa (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 13 | Row 29 - Cell 3 |
31 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team Columbia - HTC | 13 | Row 30 - Cell 3 |
32 | Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank | 13 | Row 31 - Cell 3 |
33 | Aitor Galdos (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 13 | Row 32 - Cell 3 |
34 | Andres Sergio De Lis (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 11 | Row 33 - Cell 3 |
35 | Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano | 11 | Row 34 - Cell 3 |
36 | Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Team Saxo Bank | 10 | Row 35 - Cell 3 |
37 | Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank | 8 | Row 36 - Cell 3 |
38 | Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 8 | Row 37 - Cell 3 |
39 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas | 5 | Row 38 - Cell 3 |
40 | Tanel Kangert (Est) AG2R La Mondiale | 5 | Row 39 - Cell 3 |
41 | Maxime Monfort (Bel) Team Columbia - HTC | 3 | Row 40 - Cell 3 |
42 | Nikita Eskov (Rus) Team Katusha | 3 | Row 41 - Cell 3 |
43 | Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) BBox Bouygues Telecom | 3 | Row 42 - Cell 3 |
1 | Rabobank | 69:15:29 |
2 | Team Columbia - HTC | 0:00:39 |
3 | Silence - Lotto | 0:00:48 |
4 | Team Saxo Bank | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Quick Step | 0:01:06 |
6 | Lampre - N.G.C | 0:01:36 |
7 | Liquigas | 0:01:44 |
8 | Astana | 0:01:50 |
9 | Française Des Jeux | 0:02:08 |
10 | Team Katusha | 0:02:45 |
11 | Caisse d'Epargne | 0:03:49 |
12 | AG2R - La Mondiale | 0:04:07 |
13 | Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 0:06:06 |
14 | Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 0:22:48 |
15 | Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne | 0:23:48 |
16 | Euskaltel - Euskadi | 0:30:43 |
17 | Garmin - Slipstream | 0:31:37 |
18 | Skil - Shimano | 0:48:37 |
19 | Bbox Bouygues Telecom | 0:57:46 |
20 | Team Milram | 1:21:22 |
21 | Fuji - Servetto | 1:26:23 |
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