Ballan og Boom tok en seier hver

Eneco Tour (WT)

Selveste Muur van Geraardsbergen stod på plakaten i dag, og den berømte brosteinsstigningen var som alltid stappet med elleville sykkelfans.

Stigningen ble kjørt flere ganger og gjorde sammen med de smale veiene sitt for å tynne ut feltet. Alberto Contador (Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank) var aktiv den nest siste gangen opp Muuren, men spanjolens angrep ble tauet inn ikke lenge etter.

Angrepene fortsatte og Jan Bakelandts (RadioShack-Nissan) lå en stund alene foran med rundt 30 sekunder. 

Det avgjørende støtet

Bakelandts ble hentet inn i Muuren for siste gang, og da satte Alessandro Ballan (BMC) opp et tempo ingen klarte å følge.

Like etter toppen fikk han besøk av Lars Boom (Rabobank), og nederlenderen gjorde sitt for å holde unna til gruppen bak, da han jaktet sammenlagtseier.

Tetduoen holdt unna og Ballan tok etappeseieren foran Boom, som selv sikret seg seieren i sammendraget. 

- Det var en hard og varm etappe. Jeg var bare fire sekunder bak Tuft. Jeg fryktet Chavanel, men jeg kom løs sammen med Ballan og vi jobbet sammen, sa Boom etter målgang.

Rabobank-rytteren vant sammenlagt foran Sylvain Chavanel og Niki Terpstra (Omega Pharma-Quick Step).

Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) kom inn i en gruppe 34 sekunder bak vinneren og ble nummer 20 sammenlagt, mens Gabriel Rasch (FDJ-BigMat) krysset målstreken nesten to minutter senere.

Resultater:

1 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing Team 4:54:16
2 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:00:02
3 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:06
4 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Team Saxo Bank / Tinkoff Bank
5 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team
6 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre - ISD
7 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Radioshack-Nissan
8 Alberto Contador Velasco (Spa) Team Saxo Bank / Tinkoff Bank
9 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 0:00:10
10 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
11 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Radioshack-Nissan
12 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
13 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Spa) Movistar Team
14 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
15 Jan Bakelants (Bel) Radioshack-Nissan
16 Ben Hermans (Bel) Radioshack-Nissan 0:00:16
17 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - ISD 0:00:18
18 Michal Kwiatkowski (Pol) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
19 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:22
20 Martin Elmiger (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:25
21 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 0:00:30
22 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team
23 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Orica GreenEdge
24 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica GreenEdge
25 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling
26 Miguel Minguez Ayala (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:00:34
27 Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
28 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
29 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Garmin - Sharp
30 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team
31 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
32 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha Team
33 Simon Geschke (Ger) Argos-Shimano
34 Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
35 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica GreenEdge 0:00:40
36 David Tanner (Aus) Team Saxo Bank / Tinkoff Bank
37 Sergey Renev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:00:43
38 Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
39 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Sky Procycling 0:00:46
40 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team
41 Jorge Azanza Soto (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
42 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team
43 Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:00:49
44 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Astana Pro Team 0:00:53
45 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:00:57
46 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Movistar Team
47 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha Team
48 Simon Spilak (Slo) Katusha Team 0:01:04
49 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 0:01:08
50 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin - Sharp 0:01:12
51 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:01:48
52 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
53 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team
54 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
55 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team
56 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) FDJ-Big Mat
57 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Garmin - Sharp
58 Daniele Pietropolli (Ita) Lampre - ISD
59 Jon Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
60 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:02:11
61 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre - ISD 0:02:15
62 Roy Curvers (Ned) Argos-Shimano
63 Wouter Mol (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team 0:02:24
64 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat 0:02:26
65 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:02:28
66 Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre - ISD
67 Bert De Backer (Bel) Argos-Shimano 0:02:41
68 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team
69 Federico Canuti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
70 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
71 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank / Tinkoff Bank
72 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Team Saxo Bank / Tinkoff Bank
73 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team
74 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team
75 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team 0:03:13
76 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Radioshack-Nissan 0:04:47
77 Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin - Sharp
78 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:04:55
79 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 0:05:00
80 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:05:13
81 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's 0:05:41
82 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 0:05:47
83 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica GreenEdge
84 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 0:06:17
85 Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:07:43
86 Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's 0:08:55
87 Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:10:29
88 Davide Appollonio (Ita) Sky Procycling 0:11:12
89 Luke Rowe (GBr) Sky Procycling
90 Adam Blythe (GBr) BMC Racing Team
91 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Argos-Shimano
92 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez (Spa) Team Saxo Bank / Tinkoff Bank
93 Jesus Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team
94 Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica GreenEdge
95 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Orica GreenEdge 0:14:41
96 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
97 Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
98 Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica GreenEdge
99 Sander Cordeel (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
100 Frederique Robert (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
101 Adrian Saez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
102 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Team Saxo Bank / Tinkoff Bank 0:15:25
103 Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:17:05
104 Victor Cabedo (Spa) Euskaltel - Euskadi
DNF Rudiger Selig (Ger) Katusha Team
DNF Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Katusha Team
DNF David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Sharp
DNF Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Radioshack-Nissan
DNF Robert Wagner (Ger) Radioshack-Nissan
DNF Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Astana Pro Team
DNF Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
DNF Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team
DNF Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team
DNF Martijn Keizer (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team
DNF Kenny De Haes (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
DNF Alex Dowsett (GBr) Sky Procycling
DNF Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Sky Procycling
DNF Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Saxo Bank / Tinkoff Bank
DNF Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
DNF Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
DNF Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
DNF Theo Bos (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
DNF Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team
DNF Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
DNF Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team
DNF Andreas Klier (Ger) Garmin - Sharp
DNF Pavel Brutt (Rus) Katusha Team
DNF Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Garmin - Sharp
DNF Raymond Kreder (Ned) Garmin - Sharp
DNF Marcel Kittel (Ger) Argos-Shimano
DNF Albert Timmer (Ned) Argos-Shimano
DNF Tom Veelers (Ned) Argos-Shimano
DNF Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Lampre - ISD
DNF Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - ISD
DNF Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre - ISD
DNF Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Orica GreenEdge
DNF Tiziano Dall'antonia (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
DNF Dominik Nerz (Ger) Liquigas-Cannondale
DNF Boris Shpilevsky (Rus) AG2R La Mondiale
DNF Kristof Goddaert (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
DNF Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
DNF Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
DNF Jimmy Casper (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
DNF Manuel Belletti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
DNF David Boucher (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
DNF Steve Chainel (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
DNF Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
DNF Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
DNF Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
DNF Sven Vandousselaere (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
DNF Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator
DNF Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
DNF Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's
DNS Simone Ponzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team
DNS Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha Team

Sammenlagt:

1 Lars Boom Netherlands Rabobank Cycling Team 24:51:13
2 Sylvain Chavanel France Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:00:26
3 Niki Terpstra Netherlands Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:00:49
4 Alberto Contador Velasco Spain Team Saxo Bank / Tinkoff Bank 0:00:55
5 Luke Durbridge Australia Orica GreenEdge
6 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas Spain Movistar Team 0:00:58
7 Svein Tuft Canada Orica GreenEdge 0:01:00
8 Michal Kwiatkowski Poland Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:01:05
9 Sebastian Langeveld Netherlands Orica GreenEdge 0:01:07
10 Jan Bakelants Belgium Radioshack-Nissan 0:01:13
11 Tony Gallopin France Radioshack-Nissan 0:01:27
12 Nick Nuyens Belgium Team Saxo Bank / Tinkoff Bank 0:01:35
13 Ben Hermans Belgium Radioshack-Nissan 0:01:36
14 Giacomo Nizzolo Italy Radioshack-Nissan 0:01:37
15 Christian Knees Germany Sky Procycling 0:01:41
16 Taylor Phinney United States BMC Racing Team 0:01:45
17 Tom Boonen Belgium Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:01:49
18 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi Spain Movistar Team 0:01:55
19 Alessandro Ballan Italy BMC Racing Team 0:01:59
20 Alexander Kristoff Norway Katusha Team
21 Maciej Bodnar Poland Liquigas-Cannondale 0:02:06
22 Dries Devenyns Belgium Omega Pharma-Quickstep 0:02:09
23 Diego Ulissi Italy Lampre - ISD 0:02:12
24 Marco Marcato Italy Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team 0:02:14
25 Heinrich Haussler Australia Garmin - Sharp 0:02:21
26 Simon Spilak Slovenia Katusha Team 0:02:25
27 Simon Geschke Germany Argos-Shimano
28 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova Costa Rica Movistar Team
29 Ignatas Konovalovas Lithuania Movistar Team 0:02:29
30 Manuele Mori Italy Lampre - ISD 0:02:42
31 Greg Van Avermaet Belgium BMC Racing Team 0:02:44
32 Mickael Delage France FDJ-Big Mat 0:02:45
33 Martin Elmiger Switzerland AG2R La Mondiale 0:02:47
34 Salvatore Puccio Italy Sky Procycling 0:02:50
35 Ramunas Navardauskas Lithuania Garmin - Sharp 0:02:51
36 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil Spain Movistar Team 0:03:09
37 David Tanner Australia Team Saxo Bank / Tinkoff Bank 0:03:10
38 Bram Tankink Netherlands Rabobank Cycling Team 0:03:22
39 Tanel Kangert Estonia Astana Pro Team 0:03:26
40 Adriano Malori Italy Lampre - ISD 0:03:31
41 Pablo Lastras Garcia Spain Movistar Team 0:03:35
42 Tom Van Asbroeck Belgium Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 0:03:36
43 Sep Vanmarcke Belgium Garmin - Sharp 0:03:39
44 Imanol Erviti Spain Movistar Team 0:03:52
45 Frederik Veuchelen Belgium Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team 0:03:55
46 Arnaud Demare France FDJ-Big Mat 0:03:57
47 Pieter Jacobs Belgium Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 0:04:06
48 Gustav Larsson Sweden Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team 0:04:13
49 Jean-Pierre Drucker Luxembourg Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's 0:04:15
50 Jurgen Roelandts Belgium Lotto Belisol Team 0:04:19
51 Sergey Renev Kazakhstan Astana Pro Team 0:04:43
52 William Bonnet France FDJ-Big Mat 0:04:44
53 Daniele Pietropolli Italy Lampre - ISD 0:04:46
54 Gert Dockx Belgium Lotto Belisol Team 0:05:19
55 Kris Boeckmans Belgium Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team 0:05:25
56 Roy Curvers Netherlands Argos-Shimano 0:05:35
57 Wouter Mol Netherlands Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team 0:06:00
58 Valentin Iglinskiy Kazakhstan Astana Pro Team 0:06:01
59 Linus Gerdemann Germany Radioshack-Nissan 0:06:04
60 Danilo Hondo Germany Lampre - ISD 0:06:09
61 Karsten Kroon Netherlands Team Saxo Bank / Tinkoff Bank 0:06:20
62 Dennis Van Winden Netherlands Rabobank Cycling Team 0:06:31
63 Jens Keukeleire Belgium Orica GreenEdge 0:06:50
64 Mauro Da Dalto Italy Liquigas-Cannondale 0:07:22
65 Maxim Belkov Russia Katusha Team 0:07:33
66 Daniel Oss Italy Liquigas-Cannondale 0:07:34
67 Evgeny Petrov Russia Astana Pro Team 0:07:35
68 Dmitriy Gruzdev Kazakhstan Astana Pro Team 0:07:41
69 Bert De Backer Belgium Argos-Shimano
70 Jorge Azanza Soto Spain Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:08:01
71 Marcus Burghardt Germany BMC Racing Team 0:08:04
72 Tosh Van Der Sande Belgium Lotto Belisol Team 0:08:59
73 Matteo Tosatto Italy Team Saxo Bank / Tinkoff Bank 0:09:01
74 Jack Bauer New Zealand Garmin - Sharp 0:09:12
75 Maarten Neyens Belgium Lotto Belisol Team 0:09:50
76 James Vanlandschoot Belgium Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's 0:09:58
77 Martin Kohler Switzerland BMC Racing Team 0:11:07
78 Jens Mouris Netherlands Orica GreenEdge 0:11:37
79 Miguel Minguez Ayala Spain Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:11:40
80 Gabriel Rasch Norway FDJ-Big Mat 0:12:00
81 Manuel Quinziato Italy BMC Racing Team 0:12:22
82 Luke Rowe Great Britain Sky Procycling 0:13:07
83 Laurens De Vreese Belgium Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 0:13:31
84 Federico Canuti Italy Liquigas-Cannondale 0:13:37
85 Tim Declercq Belgium Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator 0:13:41
86 Alan Perez Lezaun Spain Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:13:48
87 Ramon Sinkeldam Netherlands Argos-Shimano 0:13:53
88 Jon Izaguirre Insausti Spain Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:14:29
89 Pierre Cazaux France Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:14:37
90 Benjamin Noval Gonzalez Spain Team Saxo Bank / Tinkoff Bank 0:15:27
91 Jesus Herrada Lopez Spain Movistar Team 0:17:27
92 Adam Blythe Great Britain BMC Racing Team 0:18:54
93 Arnoud Van Groen Netherlands Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's 0:19:51
94 Frederique Robert Belgium Lotto Belisol Team 0:20:07
95 Victor Cabedo Spain Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:20:42
96 Fumiyuki Beppu Japan Orica GreenEdge 0:20:59
97 Davide Appollonio Italy Sky Procycling 0:21:31
98 Sander Cordeel Belgium Lotto Belisol Team 0:25:59
99 Fabio Sabatini Italy Liquigas-Cannondale 0:26:22
100 Leigh Howard Australia Orica GreenEdge 0:26:48
101 Manuele Boaro Italy Team Saxo Bank / Tinkoff Bank 0:27:37
102 Sjef De Wilde Belgium Accent Jobs - Willems Veranda's 0:32:42
103 Pablo Urtasun Perez Spain Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:43:43
104 Adrian Saez Spain Euskaltel - Euskadi 0:45:24