Beginning the final stage second overall, eight seconds behind race leader Tom Dumoulin (Argos-Shimano), the Omega Pharma Quick Step rider Zdenek Stybar pulled off the biggest road race win of his career when he nabbed final overall victory in the Eneco Tour today.
Stybar’s success came with a storming performance on the final stage, with the Czech jumping clear on the climb of the Denderoordberg, shaking off Dumoulin and bridging across to lone leader Ian Stannard with six kilometres to go. The duo remained together until the final climb of the Kapelmuur, where Stybar dropped the Briton inside the final 500 metres and reached the line four seconds clear.
Former race leader and 2012 champion Lars Boom was third, twelve seconds back, while Dumoulin trailed in eighth, 25 seconds behind the final race winner.
“This is one of the best days of my life,” said an elated Sybar. “I am really happy and it is like a dream for me to come there to Eneco Tour to win two stages, almost three, and the GC.
“Today the stage wasn't so easy, but when Chava [Sylvain Chavanel – ed.] went away with small group on the Kwaremont I said ‘okay, perfect, I have to only to stay on wheels and see what happens. But when we caught the group, I understood probably I had a chance to win Eneco Tour.’
Sybar said that his knowledge of the Denderoordberg climb as being a tough one was crucial for his success. “To me it was the only way to go for the win. It wasn't in my head to wait for the final sprint so I decided it was everything or nothing on the climb. I tried my maximum and I did it.”
Racing clear of those he had been with, Stybar admitted that he was surprised to encounter Stannard ahead of him. He said that he didn’t realise that he had been ahead, but was pleased that he was as it boosted his chances of remaining clear.
“It was really great to find a rider like him. We worked well together — to be honest even he would have deserved the victory,” he said. “But when I was there I was only focused and concentrated on gaining seconds for the GC, so I really went for it. Until the last meters I went a block for the GC.”
Stannard had been out front since early on and was the last of that break to remain out front. Despite that, the big diesel engine still had enough in the tank to jump first on the final climb, briefly opening a gap. However Stybar got back up to him and then accelerated clear in the saddle, blasting ahead to race home for the win and the final overall success.
His effort saw him end the WorldTour race 26 seconds clear of a disappointed Dumoulin, and a further 24 ahead of Astana’s Andriy Grivko. Jan Bakelandts (RadioShack Leopard) and Daryl Impey (Orica GreenEdge) were fourth and fifth, 55 seconds back.
Stybar’s success is all the more rewarding for him as he had to have knee surgery in May and missed the Tour de France as a result. Finding success after that setback makes him savour it all the more strongly, and his twin wins today bring his team’s victory count across three disciplines up to 51 for the season.
“It's really a big step for me after a very hard period, a lot of time alone in training,” he said. “Now I am happy. I have to thank my family, my girlfriend and the team who was always near me. To me it's like a surprise, to be the winner of this race. But I was probably fresher than other riders at this moment.”
“It's really a big step for me after a very hard period, a lot of time alone in training,” he said. “Now I am happy. I have to thank my family, my girlfriend and the team who was always near me. To me it's like a surprise, to be the winner of this race. But I was probably fresher than other riders at this moment.”
How it played out:
If yesterday’s penultimate stage was seen as a mini Liège-Bastogne-Liège, the final day of the Eneco Tour was modelled on the Ronde van Vlaanderen, taking in familiar climbs including the Kapelmuur.
Early on, Sky’s Ian Stannard started off what would be a long day to the forefront of the action, clipping away with seven others and building a maximum lead of almost six minutes. His fellow breakaway companions were stage four winner Andre Greipel (Lotto Belisol), Manuele Boaro (Team Saxo-Tinkoff), Omega Pharma Quick Step’s Guillaume Van Keirsbulck, RadioShack Leopard’s Giacomo Nizzolo, Julian Kern (Ag2R La Mondiale), Ruben Perez Moreno (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and the Vacansoleil DCM rider Pim Ligthart.
Behind, race leader Tom Dumoulin’s Argos Shimano team got some respite when Lampre Merida chased at the front. They, and later chasers Orica GreenEdge, brought the gap down to under two minutes with fifty kilometres left, prompting Stannard to scarper.
Realising the danger, Greipel went with him and the duo set about trying to increase their advantage. Ligthart had more to give and he was able to get across too. With 33 kilometres remaining they were thirty seconds clear of the chasers; two kilometres later, Ligthart cracked under Stannard’s pace, dropping backwards.
Behind, the reason for Lampre Merida’s chase became apparent when Filippo Pozzato started trying to blitz the peloton, and managed to drag a group of over a dozen riders clear. Stannard and Greipel raced on to the Bosberg, where the British rider dropped the German, while Pozzato initially attacked there but was then distanced by Daniel Oss (BMC Racing Team).
The Italian was joined by Sylvan Chavanel (Omega Pharma Quick Step), who started the day just fifty seconds back, plus Wilco Kelderman (Belkin Pro Cycling). They caught Ligthart, while out front Greipel got back up to Stannard. However he once again slipped back on the Bosberg, this time for keeps.
Ligthart had nothing left and went south; meanwhile Stannard was trying to maintain his solo lead and had a minute over Chavanel’s group with twenty kilometres left. This advantage dropped but once again went out to a minute with twelve kilometres left. However from that point things tightened up.
The chase group was caught with six kilometres left. Stannard had half a minute then but was still riding well. Stybar had more left in the tank, though, and attacked on the Denderoordber, getting clear and bridging up to Stannard.
Behind, race leader Dumoulin was distanced by the chase group and could see his chances ebb away. Stybar had started the day just eight seconds back and had taken back more than enough time; he and Stannard continued riding well and hit the final climb together, the Kapelmuur.
Stannard tried to get rid of the former world cyclo-cross champion halfway up the climb but his effort was answered and then exceeded. Stybar surged clear, putting out considerable watts despite remaining in the saddle, and opened up a four second gap by the finish.
He crossed the line arms aloft, celebrating a very important victory, while Stannard impressed with his second place after a very long and tough day in the saddle.
Defending champion Lars Boom was third, twelve seconds back, while race leader Dumoulin was twenty eight seconds down in eighth. He had ridden very well during the race, but couldn’t match Stybar on the final day.
He had to be satisfied with second overall, while Andriy Grivko (Astana Pro Team) completed the podium in third.
Eneco Tour (WorldTour)
Stage 7, Tienen to Geraardsbergen:
1, Zdenek Stybar (Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team) 208 kilometres in 5 hours 3 secs
2, Ian Stannard (Sky Procycling) at 4 secs
3, Lars Boom (Belkin Pro Cycling) at 12 secs
4, Manuel Quinziato (BMC Racing Team) at 14 secs
5, Pieter Weening (Orica-GreenEdge) at 17 secs
6, Daryl Impey (Orica-GreenEdge) at 25 secs
7, Wilco Kelderman (Belkin Pro Cycling)
8, Tom Dumoulin (Team Argos-Shimano)
9, Filippo Pozzato (Lampre-Merida)
10, Laurens De Vreese (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise)
11, Jan Bakelants (RadioShack Leopard)
12, Andriy Grivko (Astana Pro Team)
13, Niki Terpstra (Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team) at 29 secs
14, Maciej Paterski (Cannondale Pro Cycling)
15, Gediminas Bagdonas (Ag2R La Mondiale)
16, Danilo Wyss (BMC Racing Team)
17, Maciej Bodnar (Cannondale Pro Cycling)
18, Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team)
19, Arnold Jeannesson (FDJ) at 33 secs
20, Luca Wackermann (Lampre-Merida)
21, Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team)
22, Maxim Iglinskiy (Astana Pro Team)
23, Maxime Monfort (RadioShack Leopard)
24, Jurgen Roelandts (Lotto Belisol)
25, Kevin De Weert (Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team) at 38 secs
26, Vladimir Gusev (Katusha)
27, Romain Sicard (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 39 secs
28, Tim Declercq (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise)
29, Mathew Hayman (Sky Procycling)
30, Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Movistar Team) at 49 secs
31, Bram Tankink (Belkin Pro Cycling) at mins 57 secs
32, Jonathan Cantwell (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 1 min 27 secs
33, Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
34, Miguel Minguez Ayala (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
35, Koldo Fernandez (Garmin-Sharp)
36, Elia Viviani (Cannondale Pro Cycling)
37, Björn Leukemans (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 1 min 32 secs
38, Amaël Moinard (BMC Racing Team)
39, Gijs Van Hoecke (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise)
40, Yauheni Hutarovich (Ag2R La Mondiale) at 1 min 35 secs
41, Axel Domont (Ag2R La Mondiale) at 1 min 38 secs
42, Sebastian Langeveld (Orica-GreenEdge) at 1 min 39 secs
43, Jens Debusschere (Lotto Belisol) at 1 min 43 secs
44, Nick Nuyens (Garmin-Sharp) at 1 min 46 secs
45, Matthieu Ladagnous (FDJ) at 3 mins 4 secs
46, Mirko Selvaggi (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 3 mins 9 secs
47, Bob Jungels (RadioShack Leopard)
48, Danny Van Poppel (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team)
49, Matti Breschel (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 3 mins 29 secs
50, Luke Durbridge (Orica-GreenEdge) at 4 mins 29 secs
51, Koen De Kort (Team Argos-Shimano) at 4 mins 37 secs
52, André Greipel (Lotto Belisol) at 4 mins 56 secs
53, Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team) at 5 mins 50 secs
54, Daniel Oss (BMC Racing Team) at 7 mins 22 secs
55, Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Katusha) at 7 mins 24 secs
56, Alexander Porsev (Katusha)
57, Pieter Jacobs (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise)
58, Jelle Wallays (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise)
59, Stijn Vandenbergh (Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team)
60, Klaas Lodewyck (BMC Racing Team)
61, Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Katusha)
62, Jonas Vangenechten (Lotto Belisol)
63, Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Team Saxo-Tinkoff)
64, Guillaume Boivin (Cannondale Pro Cycling)
65, Frederik Veuchelen (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team)
66, Alan Marangoni (Cannondale Pro Cycling)
67, Ioannis Tamouridis (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
68, Jure Kocjan (Euskaltel-Euskadi)
69, Jesse Sergent (RadioShack Leopard) at 7 mins 33 secs
70, Borut Bozic (Astana Pro Team)
71, Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Sharp)
72, Evan Huffman (Astana Pro Team)
73, Jens Keukeleire (Orica-GreenEdge) at 7 mins 36 secs
74, Boy Van Poppel (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team)
75, Maarten Tjallingii (Belkin Pro Cycling)
76, Daniele Pietropolli (Lampre-Merida)
77, Jos Van Emden (Belkin Pro Cycling)
78, Grégory Rast (RadioShack Leopard)
79, Danilo Hondo (RadioShack Leopard)
80, Bradley Wiggins (Sky Procycling)
81, Christopher Sutton (Sky Procycling)
82, James Vanlandschoot (Accent Jobs-Wanty)
83, Francois Parisien (Team Argos-Shimano)
84, Staf Scheirlinckx (Accent Jobs-Wanty)
85, Pim Ligthart (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team)
86, Jurgen Van Goolen (Accent Jobs-Wanty) at 7 mins 51 secs
87, Mickael Delage (FDJ) at 7 mins 55 secs
88, Hugo Houle (Ag2R La Mondiale)
89, Bernhard Eisel (Sky Procycling)
90, Davide Appollonio (Ag2R La Mondiale) at 7 mins 58 secs
91, Karsten Kroon (Team Saxo-Tinkoff)
92, Gert Dockx (Lotto Belisol)
93, Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Cannondale Pro Cycling)
94, Svein Tuft (Orica-GreenEdge)
95, Julian Kern (Ag2R La Mondiale) at 8 mins 14 secs
96, Tim Wellens (Lotto Belisol) at 8 mins 27 secs
97, Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 8 mins 29 secs
98, Ruben Perez Moreno (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 8 mins 44 secs
99, David Boucher (FDJ) at 10 mins 0 secs
100, Alexey Tsatevitch (Katusha)
101, Benjamin Verraes (Accent Jobs-Wanty)
102, Manuele Boaro (Team Saxo-Tinkoff)
103, Marko Kump (Team Saxo-Tinkoff)
104, Giacomo Nizzolo (RadioShack Leopard) at 10 mins 4 secs
105, Takashi Miyazawa (Team Saxo-Tinkoff)
106, Luca Dodi (Lampre-Merida) at 10 mins 9 secs
107, Enrique Sanz (Movistar Team) at 10 mins 16 secs
108, Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Movistar Team) at 10 mins 24 secs
109, Tom Veelers (Team Argos-Shimano)
110, Roy Curvers (Team Argos-Shimano) at 11 mins 20 secs
111, Dmitriy Gruzdev (Astana Pro Team) at 12 mins 27 secs
Teams:
1, Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team 15 hours 1 min 7 secs
2, Belkin Pro Cycling Team, at 36 secs
3, BMC Racing Team, at 1 min 17 secs
4, Orica-GreenEdge, at 1 min 23 secs
5, Cannondale Pro Cycling, at 1 min 27 secs
6, Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise, at 1 min 38 secs
7, Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 2 mins 35 secs
8, Ag2R La Mondiale, at 2 mins 44 secs
9, RadioShack Leopard, at 3 mins 9 secs
10, Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team, at 4 mins 16 secs
11, Lotto Belisol, at 6 mins 14 secs
12, Sky Procycling, at 7 mins 21 secs
13, Astana Pro Team, at 7 mins 33 secs
14, Lampre-Merida, at 7 mins 36 secs
15, Garmin-Sharp, at 9 mins 48 secs
16, FDJ, at 10 mins 34 secs
17, Team Saxo-Tinkoff, at 11 mins 22 secs
18, Team Argos-Shimano, at 11 mins 40 secs
19, Katusha, at 14 mins 28 secs
20, Movistar Team, at 20 mins 31 secs
21, Accent Jobs-Wanty, at 22 mins 5 secs
Final general classification:
1, Zdenek Stybar (Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team) 25 hours 14 mins 5 secs
2, Tom Dumoulin (Team Argos-Shimano) at 26 secs
3, Andriy Grivko (Astana Pro Team) at 50 secs
4, Jan Bakelants (RadioShack Leopard) at 55 secs
5, Daryl Impey (Orica-GreenEdge)
6, Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team) at 1 min 20 secs
7, Wilco Kelderman (Belkin Pro Cycling) at 1 min 32 secs
8, Pieter Weening (Orica-GreenEdge) at 1 min 34 secs
9, Maxim Iglinskiy (Astana Pro Team) at 2 mins 7 secs
10, Maxime Monfort (RadioShack Leopard) at 2 mins 14 secs
11, Lars Boom (Belkin Pro Cycling) at 2 mins 15 secs
12, Romain Sicard (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 2 mins 39 secs
13, Vladimir Gusev (Katusha) at 2 mins 52 secs
14, Niki Terpstra (Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team) at 2 mins 53 secs
15, Kevin De Weert (Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team) at 2 mins 57 secs
16, Johnny Hoogerland (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 3 mins 37 secs
17, Tim Declercq (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise) at 3 mins 41 secs
18, Ian Stannard (Sky Procycling) at 3 mins 51 secs
19, Nick Nuyens (Garmin-Sharp) at 4 mins 29 secs
20, Garikoitz Bravo Oiarbide (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 4 mins 51 secs
21, Bob Jungels (RadioShack Leopard) at 4 mins 57 secs
22, Björn Leukemans (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 5 mins 20 secs
23, Luca Wackermann (Lampre-Merida) at 5 mins 39 secs
24, Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Movistar Team) at 5 mins 57 secs
25, Danilo Wyss (BMC Racing Team) at 6 mins 19 secs
26, Maciej Paterski (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 6 mins 24 secs
27, Arnold Jeannesson (FDJ) at 6 mins 39 secs
28, Matti Breschel (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 9 mins 5 secs
29, Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Katusha) at 9 mins 36 secs
30, Jens Keukeleire (Orica-GreenEdge) at 10 mins 8 secs
31, Tim Wellens (Lotto Belisol) at 10 mins 30 secs
32, Stijn Vandenbergh (Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team) at 10 mins 57 secs
33, Axel Domont (Ag2R La Mondiale) at 11 mins 18 secs
34, Hugo Houle (Ag2R La Mondiale) at 11 mins 49 secs
35, Karsten Kroon (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 12 mins 55 secs
36, Bram Tankink (Belkin Pro Cycling) at 13 mins 24 secs
37, Boy Van Poppel (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 13 mins 31 secs
38, Amaël Moinard (BMC Racing Team) at 15 mins 1 secs
39, Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Movistar Team) at 15 mins 6 secs
40, Gert Dockx (Lotto Belisol) at 15 mins 52 secs
41, Manuel Quinziato (BMC Racing Team) at 16 mins 4 secs
42, Sebastian Langeveld (Orica-GreenEdge) at 16 mins 48 secs
43, Jurgen Van Goolen (Accent Jobs-Wanty) at 17 mins 48 secs
44, Gijs Van Hoecke (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise) at 17 mins 55 secs
45, Jurgen Roelandts (Lotto Belisol) at 18 mins 31 secs
46, Matthieu Ladagnous (FDJ) at 19 mins 19 secs
47, Elia Viviani (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 19 mins 22 secs
48, Jonathan Cantwell (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 19 mins 32 secs
49, Maciej Bodnar (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 19 mins 35 secs
50, Danny Van Poppel (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 19 mins 39 secs
51, Jesse Sergent (RadioShack Leopard) at 19 mins 50 secs
52, Laurens De Vreese (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise) at 19 mins 55 secs
53, Koldo Fernandez (Garmin-Sharp) at 20 mins 0 secs
54, André Greipel (Lotto Belisol) at 20 mins 16 secs
55, Filippo Pozzato (Lampre-Merida) at 20 mins 29 secs
56, Mirko Selvaggi (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 22 mins 1 secs
57, Mathew Hayman (Sky Procycling) at 22 mins 29 secs
58, Alexander Porsev (Katusha) at 22 mins 50 secs
59, Yauheni Hutarovich (Ag2R La Mondiale) at 23 mins 8 secs
60, Jens Debusschere (Lotto Belisol) at 23 mins 28 secs
61, Pieter Jacobs (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise) at 23 mins 36 secs
62, Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Sharp) at 23 mins 39 secs
63, Francois Parisien (Team Argos-Shimano) at 23 mins 46 secs
64, Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 24 mins 18 secs
65, Gediminas Bagdonas (Ag2R La Mondiale) at 24 mins 24 secs
66, Koen De Kort (Team Argos-Shimano) at 24 mins 51 secs
67, Pim Ligthart (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 25 mins 27 secs
68, Luke Durbridge (Orica-GreenEdge) at 25 mins 28 secs
69, Ruben Perez Moreno (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 25 mins 37 secs
70, Klaas Lodewyck (BMC Racing Team) at 25 mins 57 secs
71, Daniele Pietropolli (Lampre-Merida) at 26 mins 7 secs
72, Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team) at 26 mins 17 secs
73, Miguel Minguez Ayala (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 26 mins 36 secs
74, Christopher Sutton (Sky Procycling) at 27 mins 29 secs
75, Jos Van Emden (Belkin Pro Cycling) at 27 mins 34 secs
76, Giacomo Nizzolo (RadioShack Leopard) at 27 mins 40 secs
77, Alexey Tsatevitch (Katusha) at 27 mins 45 secs
78, David Boucher (FDJ) at 28 mins 22 secs
79, Grégory Rast (RadioShack Leopard) at 28 mins 23 secs
80, Frederik Veuchelen (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) at 28 mins 31 secs
81, Alan Marangoni (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 28 mins 44 secs
82, Ioannis Tamouridis (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 29 mins 0 secs
83, Daniel Oss (BMC Racing Team) at 29 mins 1 secs
84, James Vanlandschoot (Accent Jobs-Wanty) at 29 mins 10 secs
85, Julian Kern (Ag2R La Mondiale) at 29 mins 14 secs
86, Mickael Delage (FDJ) at 29 mins 31 secs
87, Enrique Sanz (Movistar Team) at 30 mins 10 secs
88, Svein Tuft (Orica-GreenEdge) at 30 mins 19 secs
89, Staf Scheirlinckx (Accent Jobs-Wanty) at 31 mins 2 secs
90, Borut Bozic (Astana Pro Team) at 31 mins 13 secs
91, Bradley Wiggins (Sky Procycling) at 32 mins 1 secs
92, Dmitriy Gruzdev (Astana Pro Team) at 32 mins 13 secs
93, Tom Veelers (Team Argos-Shimano) at 32 mins 20 secs
94, Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 32 mins 35 secs
95, Roy Curvers (Team Argos-Shimano) at 33 mins 5 secs
96, Marko Kump (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 33 mins 11 secs
97, Guillaume Boivin (Cannondale Pro Cycling) at 33 mins 39 secs
98, Benjamin Verraes (Accent Jobs-Wanty) at 33 mins 47 secs
99, Takashi Miyazawa (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 33 mins 53 secs
100, Jelle Wallays (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise) at 34 mins 18 secs
101, Danilo Hondo (RadioShack Leopard) at 34 mins 41 secs
102, Davide Appollonio (Ag2R La Mondiale) at 34 mins 58 secs
103, Luca Dodi (Lampre-Merida) at 35 mins 13 secs
104, Jon Aberasturi Izaga (Euskaltel-Euskadi) at 36 mins 7 secs
105, Jonas Vangenechten (Lotto Belisol) at 38 mins 51 secs
106, Manuele Boaro (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) at 39 mins 34 secs
107, Maarten Tjallingii (Belkin Pro Cycling) at 39 mins 50 secs
108, Evan Huffman (Astana Pro Team) at 40 mins 26 secs
109, Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Katusha) at 44 mins 11 secs
110, Bernhard Eisel (Sky Procycling) at 45 mins 11 secs
Points:
1, Lars Boom (Belkin Pro Cycling) 100 pts
2, André Greipel (Lotto Belisol) 99
3, Zdenek Stybar (Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team) 85
4, Giacomo Nizzolo (RadioShack Leopard) 66
5, Tom Dumoulin (Team Argos-Shimano) 56
6, Ian Stannard (Sky Procycling) 41
7, Laurens De Vreese (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise) 41
8, Pieter Jacobs (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise) 37
9, Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Sharp) 37
10, Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team) 30
11, Alexander Porsev (Katusha) 29
12, Elia Viviani (Cannondale Pro Cycling) 28
13, Daryl Impey (Orica-GreenEdge) 27
14, Maciej Paterski (Cannondale Pro Cycling) 25
15, Mathew Hayman (Sky Procycling) 24
16, Filippo Pozzato (Lampre-Merida) 24
17, Davide Appollonio (Ag2R La Mondiale) 23
18, Jesse Sergent (RadioShack Leopard) 22
19, Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Movistar Team) 20
20, Manuel Quinziato (BMC Racing Team) 19
21, Sebastian Langeveld (Orica-GreenEdge) 19
22, Marko Kump (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) 19
23, Jan Bakelants (RadioShack Leopard) 17
24, Pieter Weening (Orica-GreenEdge) 17
25, Bradley Wiggins (Sky Procycling) 17
26, Wilco Kelderman (Belkin Pro Cycling) 16
27, Pim Ligthart (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) 16
28, Vladimir Gusev (Katusha) 13
29, Jens Keukeleire (Orica-GreenEdge) 13
30, Yauheni Hutarovich (Ag2R La Mondiale) 12
Combativity classification:
1, Laurens De Vreese (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise) 66 pts
2, Mathew Hayman (Sky Procycling) 36
3, Pieter Jacobs (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise) 30
4, Tim Declercq (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise) 28
5, Pim Ligthart (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) 25
6, Benjamin Verraes (Accent Jobs-Wanty) 22
7, Gediminas Bagdonas (Ag2R La Mondiale) 22
8, Maciej Paterski (Cannondale Pro Cycling) 20
9, Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team) 19
10, André Greipel (Lotto Belisol) 19
11, Jelle Wallays (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise) 18
12, Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Katusha) 15
13, Ian Stannard (Sky Procycling) 12
14, Jurgen Van Goolen (Accent Jobs-Wanty) 11
15, Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Movistar Team) 9
16, Matthieu Ladagnous (FDJ) 8
17, Matti Breschel (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) 8
18, Ioannis Tamouridis (Euskaltel-Euskadi) 8
19, Giacomo Nizzolo (RadioShack Leopard) 7
20, Maarten Tjallingii (Belkin Pro Cycling) 6
21, Jonathan Cantwell (Team Saxo-Tinkoff) 6
22, Staf Scheirlinckx (Accent Jobs-Wanty) 6
23, Nick Nuyens (Garmin-Sharp) 6
24, Kevin De Weert (Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team) 4
25, David Boucher (FDJ) 4
26, Gijs Van Hoecke (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise) 4
27, Grégory Rast (RadioShack Leopard) 4
28, Stijn Vandenbergh (Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team) 4
29, Pieter Weening (Orica-GreenEdge) 2
30, Amaël Moinard (BMC Racing Team) 2
Teams:
1, Omega Pharma-Quick-Step Cycling Team, 75 hours 46 mins 8 secs
2, Orica-GreenEdge, at 1 min 39 secs
3, RadioShack Leopard, at 3 mins 5 secs
4, Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team, at 7 mins 41 secs
5, BMC Racing Team, at 13 mins 2 secs
6, Belkin Pro Cycling Team, at 13 mins 29 secs
7, Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 21 mins 23 secs
8, Astana Pro Team, at 23 mins 5 secs
9, Lotto Belisol, at 24 mins 11 secs
10, Sky Procycling, at 25 mins 17 secs
11, FDJ, at 27 mins 35 secs
12, Ag2R La Mondiale, at 30 mins 8 secs
13, Team Saxo-Tinkoff, at 30 mins 50 secs
14, Katusha, at 31 mins 11 secs
15, Cannondale Pro Cycling, at 31 mins 17 secs
16, Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise, at 34 mins 30 secs
17, Movistar Team, at 40 mins 38 secs
18, Team Argos-Shimano, at 41 mins 23 secs
19, Garmin-Sharp, at 41 mins 35 secs
20, Lampre-Merida, at 45 mins 11 secs
21, Accent Jobs-Wanty, at 46 mins 14 secs