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Stage 2 Results: Steegmans wins in war of attrition

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Results – Stage 2
1. Gert Steegmans (B), Quick Step, 201km in 5:29:47 (36.6kph)
2. Thor Hushovd (Nor), Credit Agricole, s.t.
3. Sylvain Chavanel (F), Cofidis, s.t.
4. Michael Albasini (Swi), Liquigas, s.t.
5. Philippe Gilbert (B), Francaise des Jeux, at 0:03
6. Matteo Tosatto (I), Quick Step, at 0:03
7. Mirco Lorenzetto (I), Lampre, at 0:03
8. Enrico Franzoi (I), Liquigas, at 0:03
9. Manuele Mori (I), Saunier Duval, at 0:03
10. Vicente Reynes (Sp), High Road, at 0:03
11. Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr), Liquigas, at 0:03
12. Alexander Efimkin (Rus), Quick Step, at 0:03
13. Karsten Kroon (Nl), CSC, at 0:03
14. Juan Manuel Garate (Sp), Quick Step, at 0:03
15. Maxime Monfort (B), Cofidis, at 0:03
16. Carlos Barredo (Sp), Quick Step, at 0:03
17. Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz), Credit Agricole, at 0:03
18. Alberto Losada (Sp), Caisse d'Epargne, at 0:03
19. Niki Terpstra (Nl), Milram, at 0:03
20. Robert Gesink (Nl), Rabobank, at 0:03
21. Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr), Silence-Lotto, at 0:03
22. Simon Gerrans (Aus), Credit Agricole, at 0:03
23. Eduardo Gonzalo (Sp), Agritubel, at 0:03
24. Jerome Pineau (F), Bouygues Telecom, at 0:03
25. Simon Spilak (Slo), Lampre, at 0:03
26. Oliver Zaugg (Swi), Gerolsteiner, at 0:03
27. Luis Leon Sanchez (Sp), Caisse d'Epargne, at 0:03
28. Kjell Carlstrom (Fin), Liquigas, at 0:03
29. Juan Antonio Flecha (Sp), Rabobank, at 0:03
30. Bram Tankink (Nl), Rabobank, at 0:03
31. Bingen Fernandez (Sp), Cofidis, at 0:03
32. Marc De Maar (Nl), Rabobank, at 0:03
33. Lilian Jegou (F), Francaise des Jeux, at 0:03
34. Igor Anton (Sp), Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 0:03
35. Davide Rebellin (I), Gerolsteiner, at 0:03
36. Trent Lowe (Aus), Slipstream Chipotle, at 0:03
37. Alexandre Botcharov (Rus), Credit Agricole, at 0:03
38. Koos Moerenhout (Nl), Rabobank, at 0:03
39. Christophe Moreau (F), Agritubel, at 0:03
40. David Millar (GBr), Slipstream Chipotle, at 0:03
41. Yann Huguet (F), Cofidis, at 0:03
42. Clement L'Hottelerie (F), Skil-Shimano, at 0:03
43. Cadel Evans (Aus), Silence-Lotto, at 0:03
44. Paolo Bossoni (I), Lampre, at 0:03
45. Gorka Verdugo (Sp), Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 0:03
46. Nicolas Jalabert (F), Agritubel, at 0:03
47. Christian Vande Velde (USA), Slipstream Chipotle, at 0:03
48. Stefan Schumacher (G), Gerolsteiner, at 0:03
49. Damiano Cunego (I), Lampre, at 0:03
50. Juan Jose Cobo (Sp), Saunier Duval, at 0:13
51. Sebastien Minard (F), Cofidis, at 0:13
52. Rinaldo Nocentini (I), Ag2r, at 0:15
53. Haimar Zubeldia (Sp), Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 1:15
54. Tom Veelers (Nl), Skil-Shimano, at 2:04
55. Craig Lewis (USA), High Road, at 2:04
56. Hubert Dupont (F), Ag2r, at 2:04
57. Geoffroy Lequatre (F), Agritubel, at 2:04
58. Johan Van Summeren (B), Silence-Lotto, at 2:04
59. Matthew Lloyd (Aus), Silence-Lotto, at 2:04
60. Benat Intxausti (Sp), Saunier Duval, at 2:04
61. Benoît Vaugrenard (F), Francaise des Jeux, at 2:04
62. Bernhard Eisel (A), High Road, at 2:04
63. Danny Pate (USA), Slipstream Chipotle, at 2:04
64. Peter Velits (Svk), Milram, at 2:04
65. Matteo Carrara (I), Quick Step, at 2:04
66. Morris Possoni (I), High Road, at 2:04
67. Pierre Rolland (F), Credit Agricole, at 2:04
68. Stephane Goubert (F), Ag2r, at 2:04
69. Ivan Santaromita (Swi), Liquigas, at 2:04
70. Laurens Ten Dam (Nl), Rabobank, at 2:04
71. Paolo Tiralongo (I), Lampre, at 2:04
72. David Arroyo (Sp), Caisse d'Epargne, at 2:04
73. Leonardo Bertagnolli (I), Liquigas, at 2:04
74. Andriy Grivko (Ukr), Milram, at 2:56
75. Bobby Julich (USA), CSC, at 2:56
76. Frank Schleck (Lux), CSC, at 2:56
77. Matthieu Sprick (F), Bouygues Telecom, at 2:56
78. Wilfried Cretskens (B), Quick Step, at 2:56
79. Marcel Sieberg (G), High Road, at 2:56
80. Christophe Brandt (B), Silence-Lotto, at 2:56
81. Iouri Trofimov (Rus), Bouygues Telecom, at 2:56
82. David Lopez García (Sp), Caisse d'Epargne, at 2:56
83. Dionisio Galparsoro (Sp), Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 2:56
84. Christophe Laurent (F), Slipstream Chipotle, at 2:56
85. Servais Knaven (Nl), High Road, at 2:56
86. Tom Stamsnijder (Nl), Gerolsteiner, at 2:56
87. Jose Luis Arrieta (Sp), Ag2r, at 2:56
88. Massimiliano Mori (I), Lampre, at 2:56
89. Kevin Hulsmans (B), Quick Step, at 2:56
90. Jose Alberto Benítez (Sp), Saunier Duval, at 2:56
91. Andrea Moletta (I), Gerolsteiner, at 2:56
92. Andreas Klier (G), High Road, at 2:56
93. Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus), CSC, at 4:25
94. Markel Irizar (Sp), Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 4:25
95. Christian Knees (G), Milram, at 4:25
96. Claudio Corioni (I), Liquigas, at 4:25
97. Johann Tschopp (Swi), Bouygues Telecom, at 4:25
98. Matteo Bono (I), Lampre, at 4:25
99. Chris Anker Sorensen (Dk), CSC, at 4:25
100. Francesco Gavazzi (I), Lampre, at 4:25
101. Matthias Russ (G), Gerolsteiner, at 4:25
102. Mathew Hayman (Aus), Rabobank, at 4:25
103. Christophe Rinero (F), Agritubel, at 4:25
104. Xavier Florencio (Sp), Bouygues Telecom, at 4:25
105. Jurgen Van den Broeck (B), Silence-Lotto, at 6:15
106. Samuel Dumoulin (F), Cofidis, at 8:01
107. Jens Voigt (G), CSC, at 8:01
108. Josep Jufre (Sp), Saunier Duval, at 8:01
109. Lander Aperribai (Sp), Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 8:01
110. Tyler Farrar (USA), Slipstream Chipotle, at 8:01
111. Floris Goesinnen (Nl), Skil-Shimano, at 8:01
112. Thierry Hupond (F), Skil-Shimano, at 8:01
113. Jelle Vanendert (B), Francaise des Jeux, at 8:01
114. Bernhard Kohl (A), Gerolsteiner, at 8:01
115. Aurelien Passeron (F), Saunier Duval, at 8:01
116. Mario Aerts (B), Silence-Lotto, at 8:01
117. Remi Pauriol (F), Credit Agricole, at 8:01
118. William Bonnet (F), Credit Agricole, at 8:01
119. Christophe Le Mevel (F), Credit Agricole, at 8:01
120. Sandy Casar (F), Francaise des Jeux, at 8:01
121. Yoann Le Boulanger (F), Francaise des Jeux, at 8:01
122. Anthony Geslin (F), Bouygues Telecom, at 8:01
123. Nicolas Portal (F), Caisse d'Epargne, at 9:01
124. Nicolas Vogondy (F), Agritubel, at 9:01
125. Anthony Charteau (F), Caisse d'Epargne, at 9:03
126. Stef Clement (Nl), Bouygues Telecom, at 9:45
127. Carlo Westphal (G), Gerolsteiner, at 9:45
128. Amael Moinard (F), Cofidis, at 13:23
129. Sylvain Calzati (F), Ag2r, at 13:23
130. Albert Timmer (Nl), Skil-Shimano, at 14:01
131. Remy Di Gregorio (F), Francaise des Jeux, at 14:01
132. Ralf Grabsch (G), Milram, at 15:05
133. Bjorn Schroder (G), Milram, at 15:05
134. Sergio Ghisalberti (I), Milram, at 15:05
135. Mathieu Perget (F), Caisse d'Epargne, at 16:31
136. David Moncoutie (F), Cofidis, at 16:31
137. Andre Greipel (G), High Road, at 16:31
138. Jason McCartney (USA), CSC, at 19:02
139. Bradley McGee (Aus), CSC, at 19:02
140. Christophe Edaleine (F), Ag2r, at 19:02
141. Cyril Dessel (F), Ag2r, at 19:02
142. Michiel Elijzen (Nl), Rabobank, at 19:02
143. Markus Eichler (G), Milram, at 19:02
144. Koos Moerenhout (Nl), Rabobank, at 19:02
145. Thomas Peterson (USA), Slipstream Chipotle, at 19:02
146. Lucas Euser (USA), Slipstream Chipotle, at 19:02
147. Mickael Cherel (F), Francaise des Jeux, at 19:02
148. Roy Curvers (Nl), Skil-Shimano, at 26:20
149. Christophe Edaleine (F), Ag2r, at 26:20
150. Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn), Skil-Shimano, at 26:20
151. Robert Wagner (G), Skil-Shimano, at 26:20
152. Aitor Hernandez (Sp), Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 26:20
153. Kevin Ista (B), Agritubel, at 26:20
154. Freddy Bichot (F), Agritubel, at 29:33

Did Not Finish
Arkaitz Duran (Sp), Saunier Duval
Jose Angel Gomez Marchante (Sp), Saunier Duval
Benat Albizuri (Sp), Euskaltel-Euskadi
Dario Cioni (I), Silence-Lotto

Overall
1. Thor Hushovd (Nor), Credit Agricole, at 7:56:34
2. Gert Steegmans (B), Quick Step, at 0:03
3. Jerome Pineau (F), Bouygues Telecom, at 0:23
4. Karsten Kroon (Nl), CSC, at 0:23
5. Trent Lowe (Aus), Slipstream Chipotle, at 0:29
6. Sylvain Chavanel (F), Cofidis, at 0:30
7. David Millar (GBr), Slipstream Chipotle, at 0:30
8. Matteo Tosatto (I), Quick Step, at 0:32
9. Luis Leon Sanchez (Sp), Caisse d'Epargne, at 0:33
10. Niki Terpstra (Nl), Milram, at 0:36
11. Philippe Gilbert (B), Francaise des Jeux 0:36
12. Enrico Franzoi (I), Liquigas, at 0:37
13. Simon Gerrans (Aus), Credit Agricole, at 0:37
14. Juan Antonio Flecha (Sp), Rabobank 0:37
15. Gorka Verdugo (Sp), Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 0:38
16. Juan Manuel Garate (Sp), Quick Step, at 0:39
17. Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr), Liquigas, at 0:41
18. Davide Rebellin (I), Gerolsteiner, at 0:44
19. Mirco Lorenzetto (I), Lampre, at 0:47
20. Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr), Silence-Lotto, at 0:49
21. Rinaldo Nocentini (I), Ag2r, at 0:51
22. Robert Gesink (Nl), Rabobank
23. Bram Tankink (Nl), Rabobank, at 0:55
24. Alexander Efimkin (Rus), Quick Step, at 0:55
25. Vicente Reynes (Sp), High Road, at 0:57
26. Lilian Jegou (F), Francaise des Jeux, at 1:05
27. Marc De Maar (Nl), Rabobank, at 1:20
28. Johan Van Summeren (B), Silence-Lotto, at 2:36
29. Geoffroy Lequatre (F), Agritubel, at 2:50
30. Bernhard Eisel (A), High Road, at 2:54
31. Stefan Schumacher (G), Gerolsteiner, at 2:55
32. Peter Velits (Svk), Milram, at 3:06
33. Cadel Evans (Aus), Silence-Lotto, at 3:07
34. Simon Spilak (Slo), Lampre, at 3:08
35. Carlos Barredo (Sp), Quick Step, at 3:10
36. Maxime Monfort (B), Cofidis, at 3:11
37. Michael Albasini (Swi), Liquigas, at 3:12
38. Igor Anton (Sp), Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 3:15
39. Clement L'Hottelerie (F), Skil-Shimano, at 3:16
40. Christian Vande Velde (USA), Slipstream Chipotle, at 3:20
41. Sebastien Minard (F), Cofidis, at 3:20
42. Andriy Grivko (Ukr), Milram, at 3:21
43. Paolo Bossoni (I), Lampre, at 3:21
44. Tom Stamsnijder (Nl), Gerolsteiner, at 3:33
45. Frank Schleck (Lux), CSC, at 3:47
46. Marcel Sieberg (G), High Road, at 3:47
47. Kjell Carlstrom (Fin), Liquigas, at 3:53
48. Dmitriy Fofonov (Kaz), Credit Agricole, at 4:04
49. Nicolas Jalabert (F), Agritubel, at 4:12
50. Wilfried Cretskens (B), Quick Step, at 4:29
51. Oliver Zaugg (Swi), Gerolsteiner, at 4:31
52. Haimar Zubeldia (Sp), Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 4:35
53. Danny Pate (USA), Slipstream Chipotle, at 4:57
54. Benoît Vaugrenard (F), Francaise des Jeux, at 5:04
55. Craig Lewis (USA), High Road, at 5:04
56. Christian Knees (G), Milram, at 5:07
57. Laurens Ten Dam (Nl), Rabobank, at 5:19
58. Pierre Rolland (F), Credit Agricole, at 5:21
59. Tom Veelers (Nl), Skil-Shimano, at 5:22
60. Matteo Carrara (I), Quick Step, at 5:23
61. Jose Luis Arrieta (Sp), Ag2r, at 5:59
62. Bobby Julich (USA), CSC
63. Servais Knaven (Nl), High Road, at 6:10
64. Dionisio Galparsoro (Sp), Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 6:25
65. Alberto Losada (Sp), Caisse d'Epargne, at 6:57
66. Roman Kreuziger (Cz), Liquigas
67. Iouri Trofimov (Rus), Bouygues Telecom, at 6:58
68. Christophe Brandt (B), Silence-Lotto, at 7:01
69. Yann Huguet (F), Cofidis, at 7:10
70. Manuele Mori (I), Saunier Duval, at 7:11
71. Alexandre Botcharov (Rus), Credit Agricole, at 7:13
72. Christophe Moreau (F), Agritubel, at 7:14
73. Markel Irizar (Sp), Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 7:16
74. Damiano Cunego (I), Lampre, at 7:18
75. Eduardo Gonzalo (Sp), Agritubel, at 7:26
76. Juan Jose Cobo (Sp), Saunier Duval, at 7:30
77. Francesco Gavazzi (I), Lampre, at 7:35
78. Claudio Corioni (I), Liquigas, at 7:40
79. Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus), CSC, at 7:46
80. Mathew Hayman (Aus), Rabobank, at 8:33
81. Matteo Bono (I), Lampre, at 8:39
82. Leonardo Bertagnolli (I), Liquigas, at 8:53
83. William Bonnet (F), Credit Agricole, at 9:07
84. Paolo Tiralongo (I), Lampre, at 9:16
85. Hubert Dupont (F), Ag2r, at 9:21
86. David Arroyo (Sp), Caisse d'Epargne, at 9:26
87. Morris Possoni (I), High Road, at 9:42
88. Matthieu Sprick (F), Bouygues Telecom, at 9:57
89. Kevin Hulsmans (B), Quick Step, at 10:02
90. David Lopez García (Sp), Caisse d'Epargne, at 10:03
91. Christophe Laurent (F), Slipstream Chipotle, at 10:04
92. Andreas Klier (G), High Road, at 10:10
93. Massimiliano Mori (I), Lampre, at 10:31
94. Andrea Moletta (I), Gerolsteiner, at 10:54
95. Ivan Santaromita (Swi), Liquigas, at 11:03
96. Floris Goesinnen (Nl), Skil-Shimano, at 11:11
97. Stephane Goubert (F), Ag2r, at 11:13
98. Mario Aerts (B), Silence-Lotto, at 11:17
99. Benat Intxausti (Sp), Saunier Duval, at 11:20
100. Matthew Lloyd (Aus), Silence-Lotto, at 11:21
101. Anthony Geslin (F), Bouygues Telecom, at 11:27
102. Johann Tschopp (Swi), Bouygues Telecom, at 11:37
103. Josep Jufre (Sp), Saunier Duval, at 11:52
104. Jens Voigt (G), CSC, at 11:52
105. Jose Alberto Benítez (Sp), Saunier Duval, at 12:10
106. Nicolas Portal (F), Caisse d'Epargne, at 12:17
107. Xavier Florencio (Sp), Bouygues Telecom, at 13:16
108. Jurgen Van den Broeck (B), Silence-Lotto, at 13:19
109. Matthias Russ (G), Gerolsteiner, at 13:25
110. Bingen Fernandez (Sp), Cofidis, at 13:35
111. Carlo Westphal (G), Gerolsteiner, at 13:48
112. Christophe Rinero (F), Agritubel, at 13:53
113. Tyler Farrar (USA), Slipstream Chipotle, at 14:01
114. Chris Anker Sorensen (Dk), CSC, at 14:13
115. Sandy Casar (F), Francaise des Jeux, at 14:56
116. Thierry Hupond (F), Skil-Shimano, at 15:01
117. Remi Pauriol (F), Credit Agricole, at 15:03
118. Bernhard Kohl (A), Gerolsteiner, at 15:07
119. Christophe Le Mevel (F), Credit Agricole, at 15:11
120. Jelle Vanendert (B), Francaise des Jeux, at 15:25
121. Lander Aperribai (Sp), Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 15:25
122. Aurelien Passeron (F), Saunier Duval, at 15:25
123. Stef Clement (Nl), Bouygues Telecom, at 16:40
124. Yoann Le Boulanger (F), Francaise des Jeux, at 17:12
125. Samuel Dumoulin (F), Cofidis, at 17:16
126. Sylvain Calzati (F), Ag2r, at 17:44
127. Nicolas Vogondy (F), Agritubel, at 17:51
128. Sergio Ghisalberti (I), Milram, at 19:08
129. Ralf Grabsch (G), Milram, at 19:26
130. Andre Greipel (G), High Road, at 19:40
131. Mickael Cherel (F), Francaise des Jeux, at 20:11
132. Amael Moinard (F), Cofidis, at 20:30
133. Albert Timmer (Nl), Skil-Shimano, at 21:14
134. Bradley McGee (Aus), CSC, at 21:54
135. Anthony Charteau (F), Caisse d'Epargne, at 22:56
136. Michiel Elijzen (Nl), Rabobank, at 22:58
137. Jason McCartney (USA), CSC, at 22:58
138. Cyril Dessel (F), Ag2r, at 23:16
139. Koos Moerenhout (Nl), Rabobank, at 23:17
140. Bjorn Schroder (G), Milram, at 24:08
141. Mathieu Perget (F), Caisse d'Epargne, at 25:51
142. Markus Eichler (G), Milram, at 25:56
143. Philip Deignan (Irl), Ag2r, at 26:18
144. Remy Di Gregorio (F), Francaise des Jeux, at 27:58
145. Thomas Peterson (USA), Slipstream Chipotle, at 28:06
146. Lucas Euser (USA), Slipstream Chipotle, at 28:15
147. Robert Wagner (G), Skil-Shimano, at 29:31
148. Roy Curvers (Nl), Skil-Shimano, at 29:47
149. Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn), Skil-Shimano, at 30:26
150. David Moncoutie (F), Cofidis, at 30:43
151. Christophe Edaleine (F), Ag2r, at 33:17
152. Aitor Hernandez (Sp), Euskaltel-Euskadi, at 33:35
153. Kevin Ista (B), Agritubel, at 35:23
154. Freddy Bichot (F), Agritubel, at 38:38

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