Tour of Belgium: Greipel seizes race leader’s jersey with sprint win
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Thursday, May 26, 2011

Tour of Belgium: Greipel seizes race leader’s jersey with sprint win

by Shane Stokes at 6:33 PM EST   comments
Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results, Tour of Belgium 		 
Prologue winner Westra drops out of contention

Andre GreipelHaving shown signs his form was good with a solid ninth place in Wednesday’s prologue, Andre Greipel took over the race lead in the Tour of Belgium today with a strong sprint victory into Knokke Heist.

The German Omega Pharma-Lotto rider beat Kenny Van Hummel (Skil-Shimano), Maxime Vantomme (Katusha Team) and the rest of the bunch to the line and, when the bonuses were calculated, moved

Prologue winner Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team) had a tough day and finished over 15 minutes back. He was caught out when the bunch split in strong winds, and has lost the chance of winning the race.

“It was a nervous affair in the final, but the team has been working great again,” he told Sporza.be. “With 50 kilometres to go to the finish, I was in the second group. I was glad we finally got back to the leaders, so I could sprint for victory.

“The wind came from all sides in the last kilometre beside the sea – you couldn’t get any shelter at all. With 600 metres to go everyone was going flat out; I was lucky in that I had some power left. I’m glad I built on the work of the team. My goal was a stage victory in this race and it worked. Taking the jersey is the icing on the cake; that’s also thanks to my good prologue yesterday.”

Following a short-lived attack early on by Niko Eeckhout (An Post Grant Thornton M. Donnelly Sean Kelly), his team-mate Kenny Terweduwe was one of five who clipped away after his recapture. Tom Meeusen (Telenet-Fidea), Frederic Amorison (Landbouwkrediet), Kurt Hovelynck (Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly) and Steven Van Vooren (Topsport Vlaannderen-Mercator) were also there and together they built a gap of six minutes. That looked promising, but the strong winds shredded their chances and led to their recapture.

Greipel was left stranded when the peloton split with 50 kilometres to go; frantic chasing on their part brought him back into play. Tom Boonen was also able to recover after he had a puncture, and tried to take the stage win. Greipel was too strong, though, and so the Belgian had to settle for fourth.

The 2.HC race continues with a 187.8 kilometre race around Knokke-Heist. Greipel holds a slender two second lead over Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto), with Dominique Cornu (Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator) a further second behind.

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Tour of Belgium (2.HC) Stage 1: Lochristi to Knokke-Heist (180 km)

  Click on the arrowsat the top of the column to sort the race results.
Country Result Name Team Time
ger GER 1 Andre Greipel (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) 03:38:14
ned NED 2 Kenny Van Hummel (Skil-Shimano) s.t.
bel BEL 3 Maxime Vantomme (Katusha) s.t.
bel BEL 4 Tom Boonen (Quick Step) s.t.
rus RUS 5 Nikolay Trusov (Katusha) s.t.
ned NED 6 Pim Ligthart (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
aus AUS 7 Allan Davis (Astana) s.t.
bel BEL 8 Maarten Wynants (Rabobank) s.t.
bel BEL 9 Michael Van Staeyen (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) s.t.
ltu LTU 10 Aidis Kruopis (Landbouwkrediet) s.t.
bel BEL 11 Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) s.t.
ita ITA 12 Alessandro Proni (Acqua E Sapone) s.t.
sui SUI 13 Michael Schar (BMC Racing) s.t.
bel BEL 14 Bjorn Leukemans (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
bel BEL 15 Dominique Cornu (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) s.t.
bel BEL 16 Stijn Neirynck (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) s.t.
bel BEL 17 Kurt Hovelijnck (Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly Cycling ...) s.t.
usa USA 18 John Murphy (BMC Racing) s.t.
ned NED 19 Niki Terpstra (Quick Step) s.t.
ger GER 20 Marcus Burghardt (BMC Racing) s.t.
bel BEL 21 Jens Keukeleire (Cofidis) s.t.
bel BEL 22 Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing) s.t.
bel BEL 23 Jurgen Roelandts (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) s.t.
bel BEL 24 Sven Vanthourenhout (Landbouwkrediet) s.t.
bel BEL 25 Pieter Ghyllebert (An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton - S...) 00:00:07
ned NED 26 Tom Veelers (Skil-Shimano) s.t.
bel BEL 27 Jens Debusschere (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) s.t.
ned NED 28 Sebastian Langeveld (Rabobank) s.t.
bel BEL 29 Dries Hollanders (An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton - S...) s.t.
bel BEL 30 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) s.t.
bel BEL 31 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Quick Step) s.t.
bel BEL 32 James Vanlandschoot (Veranda's Willems - Accent) s.t.
bel BEL 33 Jim Aernouts (Sunweb - Revor) s.t.
fra FRA 34 Cyril Lemoine (Saur-Sojasun) s.t.
ita ITA 35 Manuel Quinziato (BMC Racing) s.t.
bel BEL 36 Stijn Vandenbergh (Katusha) s.t.
fra FRA 37 David Boucher (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) s.t.
fra FRA 38 Rony Martias (Saur-Sojasun) s.t.
rus RUS 39 Alexander Mironov (Katusha) s.t.
bel BEL 40 Gaetan Bille (Wallonie - Bruxelles) s.t.
bel BEL 41 Bert De Backer (Skil-Shimano) s.t.
ger GER 42 Marcel Sieberg (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) s.t.
bel BEL 43 Gorik Gardeyn (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
bel BEL 44 Bert De Waele (Landbouwkrediet) s.t.
ltu LTU 45 Egidijus Juodvalkis (Landbouwkrediet) s.t.
bel BEL 46 Gert Steegmans (Quick Step) s.t.
ned NED 47 Koen De Kort (Skil-Shimano) s.t.
fra FRA 48 Jean-lou Paiani (Saur-Sojasun) s.t.
ned NED 49 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Skil-Shimano) s.t.
ned NED 50 Joost Van Leijen (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
ltu LTU 51 Tomas Vaitkus (Astana) s.t.
bel BEL 52 Sven Van Den Houte (Veranda's Willems - Accent) s.t.
bel BEL 53 Rob Goris (Veranda's Willems - Accent) s.t.
ned NED 54 Jens Mouris (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
bel BEL 55 Kevin Van Impe (Quick Step) s.t.
bel BEL 56 Steven Van Vooren (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) s.t.
bel BEL 57 Klaas Vantornout (Sunweb - Revor) 00:00:15
ita ITA 58 Mirco Lorenzetto (Astana) 00:00:27
bel BEL 59 Tom Meeusen (Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team) 00:01:05
bel BEL 60 Frederik Willems (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) s.t.
bel BEL 61 Jonathan Dufrasnes (Wallonie - Bruxelles) 00:08:16
bel BEL 62 Justin Van Hoecke (Wallonie - Bruxelles) s.t.
bel BEL 63 Gilles Devillers (Wallonie - Bruxelles) s.t.
bel BEL 64 Wietse Bosmans (Bkcp-powerplus) s.t.
bel BEL 65 Gianni Vermeersch (Bkcp-powerplus) s.t.
bel BEL 66 Matthias Bossuyt (Sunweb - Revor) s.t.
ned NED 67 David Van Der Poel (Bkcp-powerplus) s.t.
bel BEL 68 Benjamin Verraes (Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht) s.t.
fra FRA 69 Julien Fouchard (Cofidis) s.t.
bel BEL 70 Jonas Vangenechten (Wallonie - Bruxelles) s.t.
fra FRA 71 Adrien Petit (Cofidis) s.t.
ita ITA 72 Filippo Pozzato (Katusha) s.t.
ita ITA 73 Alessandro Donati (Acqua E Sapone) s.t.
kaz KAZ 74 Valentin Iglinskiy (Astana) s.t.
tun TUN 75 Rafaa Chtioui (Acqua E Sapone) s.t.
fra FRA 76 Romain Matheou (Saur-Sojasun) s.t.
est EST 77 Tanel Kangert (Astana) s.t.
ita ITA 78 Francesco Di Paolo (Acqua E Sapone) s.t.
ned NED 79 Albert Timmer (Skil-Shimano) s.t.
cze CZE 80 Zdenek Stybar (Quick Step) s.t.
bel BEL 81 Bart Wellens (Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team) s.t.
ltu LTU 82 Darijus Dzervus (An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton - S...) s.t.
ger GER 83 Andreas Stauff (Quick Step) s.t.
bel BEL 84 Vincent Baestaens (Landbouwkrediet) s.t.
bel BEL 85 Kevin Verwaest (Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht) s.t.
bel BEL 86 Kenny Terweduwe (An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton - S...) s.t.
bel BEL 87 Evert Verbist (Veranda's Willems - Accent) s.t.
bel BEL 88 Jurgen Van Goolen (Veranda's Willems - Accent) s.t.
bel BEL 89 Koen Barbe (Landbouwkrediet) s.t.
den DEN 90 Matti Breschel (Rabobank) s.t.
bel BEL 91 Kenneth Vanbilsen (Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly Cycling ...) s.t.
ned NED 92 Bauke Mollema (Rabobank) s.t.
aus AUS 93 Graeme Brown (Rabobank) s.t.
ned NED 94 Theo Bos (Rabobank) s.t.
fra FRA 95 Sébastien Joly (Saur-Sojasun) s.t.
bel BEL 96 Steve Schets (Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly Cycling ...) s.t.
bel BEL 97 Kevin Hulsmans (Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly Cycling ...) s.t.
ned NED 98 Tijmen Eising (Sunweb - Revor) s.t.
ned NED 99 Wouter Mol (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
bel BEL 100 Kris Boeckmans (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) 00:15:00
bel BEL 101 Kevin Van Melsen (Veranda's Willems - Accent) 00:15:51
bel BEL 102 Kess Heytens (An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton - S...) s.t.
bel BEL 103 Timothy Dupont (Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht) s.t.
bel BEL 104 Staf Scheirlinckx (Veranda's Willems - Accent) s.t.
sui SUI 105 Arnaud Grand (Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team) s.t.
bel BEL 106 Francesco Vancoppernolle (Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht) s.t.
ned NED 107 Micki Van Empel (Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team) s.t.
ita ITA 108 Simone Masciarelli (Acqua E Sapone) s.t.
bel BEL 109 Rob Peeters (Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team) s.t.
bel BEL 110 Sven Beelen (Sunweb - Revor) s.t.
ita ITA 111 Andrea Masciarelli (Acqua E Sapone) s.t.
bel BEL 112 Wilfried Cretskens (Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly Cycling ...) s.t.
bel BEL 113 Kevin Claeys (An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton - S...) s.t.
rus RUS 114 Petr Ignatenko (Katusha) s.t.
CHN 115 Ji Cheng (Skil-Shimano) s.t.
rus RUS 116 Egor Silin (Katusha) s.t.
fra FRA 117 Nicolas Vogondy (Cofidis) s.t.
bel BEL 118 Geert Verheyen (Landbouwkrediet) s.t.
bel BEL 119 Stijn Devolder (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
esp ESP 120 Luis Angel Mate Mardones (Cofidis) s.t.
cze CZE 121 Karel Hnik (Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team) s.t.
fra FRA 122 Tristan Valentin (Cofidis) s.t.
bel BEL 123 Jeroen Hoorne (Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht) s.t.
bel BEL 124 Dieter Vanthourenhout (Bkcp-powerplus) s.t.
fra FRA 125 Thomas Bonnin (Skil-Shimano) s.t.
bel BEL 126 Steven De Neef (Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht) s.t.
ned NED 127 Corne Van Kessel (Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team) s.t.
bel BEL 128 Niels Albert (Bkcp-powerplus) s.t.
fra FRA 129 Christophe Laborie (Saur-Sojasun) s.t.
bel BEL 130 Joeri Adams () s.t.
kaz KAZ 131 Andrey Mizurov (Astana) s.t.
bel BEL 132 Laurens De Vreese (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) s.t.
bel BEL 133 Maxim Debusschere (An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton - S...) s.t.
bel BEL 134 Andy Cappelle (Quick Step) s.t.
ita ITA 135 Enrico Gasparotto (Astana) s.t.
bel BEL 136 Walt De Winter (Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht) s.t.
bel BEL 137 Ingmar De Poortere (Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly Cycling ...) s.t.
ned NED 138 Huub Duyn (Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly Cycling ...) s.t.
ned NED 139 Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
ita ITA 140 Luca Paolini (Katusha) s.t.
ita ITA 141 Paolo Ciavatta (Acqua E Sapone) s.t.
bel BEL 142 Tom Stubbe (Donckers Koffie - Jelly Belly Cycling ...) s.t.
aus AUS 143 Simon Clarke (Astana) s.t.
bel BEL 144 Olivier Pardini (Wallonie - Bruxelles) s.t.
bel BEL 145 Jeroen Lepla (Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht) s.t.
bel BEL 146 Jelle Wallays (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) s.t.
cze CZE 147 Radomir Simunek (Bkcp-powerplus) s.t.
cze CZE 148 Jiri Polnicky (Sunweb - Revor) s.t.
bel BEL 149 Kenny Dehaes (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) s.t.
bel BEL 150 Niko Eeckhout (An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton - S...) s.t.
bel BEL 151 Robin Steenuit (Wallonie - Bruxelles) s.t.
bel BEL 152 Fabio Polazzi (Wallonie - Bruxelles) s.t.
ned NED 153 Stefan Van Dijk (Veranda's Willems - Accent) s.t.
bel BEL 154 Frédéric Amorison (Landbouwkrediet) s.t.
fra FRA 155 Cyril Bessy (Saur-Sojasun) s.t.
bel BEL 156 Nico Sijmens (Cofidis) s.t.
ned NED 157 Karsten Kroon (BMC Racing) s.t.
fra FRA 158 Stéphane Poulhies (Saur-Sojasun) s.t.
ger GER 159 Philipp Walsleben (Bkcp-powerplus) s.t.

General classification:

Country Result Name Team Time
ger GER 1 Andre Greipel (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) 03:44:49
bel BEL 2 Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) 00:00:02
bel BEL 3 Dominique Cornu (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) 00:00:03
bel BEL 4 Maarten Wynants (Rabobank) 00:00:08
bel BEL 5 Tom Boonen (Quick Step) 00:00:10
bel BEL 6 Jens Keukeleire (Cofidis) s.t.
ned NED 7 Sebastian Langeveld (Rabobank) 00:00:13
ned NED 8 Pim Ligthart (Vacansoleil-DCM) s.t.
usa USA 9 John Murphy (BMC Racing) s.t.
bel BEL 10 Jens Debusschere (Omega Pharma-Lotto ) 00:00:14

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