Etapesejr til Devolder - samlet sejr til Ballan

Stijn Devolder startede på grund af sin dårlige samlede placering tidligt på etapen. Og da han kørte ind i 13:25 efter sine 11 km fra De Panne til De Panne, var det den klart bedste tid.

T-mobiles Servais Kanven var den første til at være under et minut efter, da han kørte ind i 14:15. Det var først da David Millar (over en time efter Devolder var kørt i mål) kom ind i 13:33, at tiden var bare i nærheden af at blive slået.

Og ingen kom tættere på end Saunier Duvals Millar, der endte som nummer 2, mens russeren Vladimir Gusev endte som nummer 3 – 10 sekunder efter.

I kampen om den samlede sejr startede den førende rytter Luca Paolini (Liquigas) rigtig dårligt, da problemer med hans gearskifte forårsagde, at han slog sit knæ op i styret samt var lige ved at tabe kæden og styrte. Paolini kørte ikke nogen god tid med 15:07. Han dumpede et godt stykke ned i klassementet.

Så stod slagt mellem de 4 andre i top-5. Ved vendepunktet efter 6,6 km havde Joost Poosthuma (Rabobank) bedste tid af de 4. Han kørte i 8:13. Bert Roesems (Predictor-Lotto) var næstbedst med 8:20, mens både Sergiy Matveyev (Panaria) og Alessandro Ballan (Lampre-Fondital) kørte i 8:24.

Joost Poosthuma kørte også hurtigst i mål af de 4 med 13:44, Roesems kørte 13:48, Ballan 13:51 og Matveyev 13:57.

Det betyder, at Ballan dermed vinder KBC Driedaagse De Panne – Koksiijde (3 dage ved Panne) med 6 sekunders forspring til Poosthuma, 11 til Roesems og 17 til Matveyev. Han bryder dermed også Discoverys dominans, da de har vundet de seneste 3 år med Hoste i 2006, Devolder i 2005 og Hincapie i 2004.

Nu skal det blive interessant at se, hvem der har fået mest ud af dette løb med henblik på søndagens Ronde Van Vlaanderen.

Resultat af 4. etape:
1 Stijn Devolder - Discovery Channel 13.25.7 (49,193 km/t)
2 David Millar - Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.07.9
3 Vladimir Gusev - Discovery Channel 0.09.9
4 Sébastien Rosseler - Quickstep-Innergetic 0.16.5
5 Raivis Belohvosciks - Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.18.7
6 Joost Posthuma - Rabobank 0.19.0
7 Olaf Pollack - Wiesenhof-Felt 0.21.5
8 Bert Roesems - Predictor-Lotto 0.23.0
9 Tomas Vaitkus - Discovery Channel 0.24.0
10 Alessandro Ballan - Lampre-Fondital 0.26.2
11 Brett Lancaster - Milram 0.31.5
12 Sergiy Matveyev - Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 0.32.1
13 Steve Cummings - Discovery Channel 0.38.8
14 Nikolai Trussov - Tinkoff Credit Systems 0.42.7
15 Leif Hoste - Predictor-Lotto 0.43.4
16 Daniele Bennati - Lampre-Fondital 0.45.7
17 Arnaud Labbe - Bouygues Telecom 0.46.0
18 Jesús Del Nero - Saunier Duval-Prodir 0.47.3
19 Gert Steegmans - Quickstep-Innergetic 0.49.2
20 Tiziano Dall'Antonia - Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 0.50.0
21 Servais Knaven - T-Mobile 0.50.2
22 Volodymyr Bileka - Discovery Channel 0.50.3
23 Andy Cappelle - Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 0.50.8
24 Dmitriy Muravyev - Astana
25 Enrico Franzoi - Lampre-Fondital 0.51.6
26 Matteo Priamo - Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 0.52.0
27 David Boucher - Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 0.52.6
28 Bas Giling - Wiesenhof-Felt 0.53.0
29 Steven De Jongh - Quickstep-Innergetic 0.54.1
30 Benoît Joachim - Astana 0.55.0
31 Michael Schär - Astana 0.57.1
32 Nico Mattan - DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 0.57.6
33 Martin Velits - Wiesenhof-Felt 0.57.9
34 Aleksandr Kuschynski - Liquigas 0.58.4
35 Peter Velits - Wiesenhof-Felt 0.59.4
36 Kevin Hulsmans - Quickstep-Innergetic 0.59.5
37 Markus Eichler - Unibet.com 1.00.9
38 Sergey Lagutin - Navigators Insurance 1.02.6
39 Rony Martias - Bouygues Telecom 1.04.6
40 Koen De Kort - Astana 1.05.0
41 Blazej Janiaczyk - Intel-Action 1.06.3
42 Volodymyr Dyudya - Milram 1.09.2
43 Arnaud Coyot - Unibet.com 1.09.5
44 Filippo Savini - Ceramica Panaria-Navigare
45 Gregory Rast - Astana 1.09.7
46 Vytautas Kaupas - Jartazi Promo Fashion 1.10.2
47 Alessandro Donati - Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 1.12.4
48 Frederik Willems - Liquigas 1.14.8
49 Maximiliano Richeze - Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1.15.7
50 Roy Sentjens - Predictor-Lotto 1.16.0
51 Mauro Da Dalto - Liquigas 1.16.4
52 Steffen Weigold - Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.16.7
53 Geert Omloop - Jartazi Promo Fashion 1.16.9
54 Roger Hammond - T-Mobile 1.17.5
55 Wilfried Cretskens - Quickstep-Innergetic 1.17.9
56 Vincent Jérôme - Bouygues Telecom 1.18.1
57 Fabio Sabatini - Milram 1.19.5
58 Bernhard Eisel - T-Mobile 1.20.9
59 Kristian House - Navigators Insurance 1.21.4
60 Martin Müller - Milram 1.21.5
61 Bart Dockx - Predictor-Lotto 1.23.1
62 Daniel Lloyd - DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 1.28.2
63 Yohann Gène - Bouygues Telecom 1.28.8
64 Frederik Veuchelen - Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 1.29.3
65 Ralf Grabsch - Milram 1.29.5
66 Jimmy Casper - Unibet.com 1.29.7
67 Salvatore Commesso - Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.29.8
68 Mathieu Claude - Bouygues Telecom 1.30.7
69 Aurélien Passeron - Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 1.31.4
70 Steven Caethoven - Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 1.32.3
71 Christian Murro - Tenax-Menikini 1.33.1
72 Jan Kuyckx - Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 1.33.5
73 Wouter Weylandt - Quickstep-Innergetic 1.33.6
74 Mathew Hayman - Rabobank 1.35.5
75 Jan Boven - Rabobank 1.38.5
76 Wim De Vocht - Predictor-Lotto 1.39.5
77 Juan Antonio Flecha - Rabobank 1.40.8
78 Frédéric Gabriel - Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 1.41.1
79 Luca Paolini - Liquigas 1.41.4
80 Ludovic Auger - Française Des Jeux 1.42.7
81 Fabio Baldato - Lampre-Fondital 1.43.6
82 Sjef De Wilde - Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 1.43.8
83 Igor Abakoumov - Astana 1.46.5
84 Erwin Thijs - Unibet.com 1.48.3
85 Graeme Brown - Rabobank 1.48.4
86 James Vanlandschoot - Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 1.51.3
87 Janek Tombak - Jartazi Promo Fashion 1.53.0
88 Jonas Ljungblad - Unibet.com 1.54.7
89 Antonio Bucciero - Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1.55.4
90 Bernard Sulzberger - DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 1.58.6
91 Tom Steels - Predictor-Lotto 2.00.3
92 Johan Coenen - Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 2.03.8
93 Troels Ronning Vinther - Unibet.com 2.06.1
94 Nick Ingels - Predictor-Lotto 2.06.8
95 Christophe Detilloux - Française Des Jeux 2.09.4
96 Frédéric Guesdon - Française Des Jeux 2.14.0
97 Mathieu Criquielion - Jartazi Promo Fashion 2.14.3
98 Ciaran Power - Navigators Insurance 2.15.3
99 Daniele Righi - Lampre-Fondital 2.20.8
100 Robby Meul - DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 2.23.2
101 Evert Verbist - Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 2.25.9
102 Sven Nevens - Jartazi Promo Fashion 2.27.2
103 Stefan Van Dijck - Wiesenhof-Felt 2.27.3
104 Steffen Radochla - Wiesenhof-Felt 2.29.5
105 Christophe Mengin - Française Des Jeux 2.31.9
106 Claudio Cucinotta - Tenax-Menikini 2.35.1
107 Paolo Fornaciari - Lampre-Fondital 2.45.3
108 Matthew Wilson - Unibet.com 2.58.8

Udgået på 4. etape
TC Kurt Hovelynck - Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen
DNS Peter Van Petegem - Quickstep-Innergetic
DNS Manuele Mori - Saunier Duval-Prodir
DNS Ángel Gómez Gómez - Saunier Duval-Prodir
DNS Luciano Pagliarini - Saunier Duval-Prodir
DNS Antonio Cruz - Discovery Channel
DNS Matthew White - Discovery Channel
DNS Marcel Sieberg - Milram
DNS Sebastian Siedler - Milram
DNS Gerben Löwik - Rabobank
DNS Serguei Ivanov - Astana
DNS Baden Cooke - Unibet.com
DNS Frédéric Amorison - Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner

Samlet slutstilling
1 Alessandro Ballan - Lampre-Fondital 12.48.07 (42,892 km/h)
2 Joost Posthuma - Rabobank 0.06
3 Bert Roesems - Predictor-Lotto 0.11
4 Sergiy Matveyev - Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 0.17
5 Vladimir Gusev - Discovery Channel 0.38
6 Sébastien Rosseler - Quickstep-Innergetic 0.45
7 Kevin Hulsmans - Quickstep-Innergetic 0.49
8 Markus Eichler - Unibet.com 0.54
9 Daniele Bennati - Lampre-Fondital 0.55
10 Luca Paolini - Liquigas 1.06
11 Gert Steegmans - Quickstep-Innergetic
12 Tomas Vaitkus - Discovery Channel 1.17
13 Arnaud Coyot - Unibet.com 1.33
14 Gregory Rast - Astana
15 Roy Sentjens - Predictor-Lotto 1.39
16 David Millar - Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.17
17 Janek Tombak - Jartazi Promo Fashion 2.21
18 Raivis Belohvosciks - Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.28
19 Olaf Pollack - Wiesenhof-Felt 2.31
20 Brett Lancaster - Milram 2.41
21 Steve Cummings - Discovery Channel 2.48
22 Jesús Del Nero - Saunier Duval-Prodir 2.52
23 Arnaud Labbe - Bouygues Telecom 2.55
24 David Boucher - Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 2.57
25 Steven De Jongh - Quickstep-Innergetic 2.58
26 Volodymyr Bileka - Discovery Channel 2.59
27 Enrico Franzoi - Lampre-Fondital 3.00
28 Andy Cappelle - Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner
29 Dmitriy Muravyev - Astana
30 Michael Schär - Astana 3.06
31 Nico Mattan - DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 3.07
32 Koen De Kort - Astana 3.09
33 Blazej Janiaczyk - Intel-Action 3.11
34 Tiziano Dall'Antonia - Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3.14
35 Matteo Priamo - Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3.16
36 Leif Hoste - Predictor-Lotto 3.18
37 Volodymyr Dyudya - Milram
38 Alessandro Donati - Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 3.22
39 Roger Hammond - T-Mobile
40 Mauro Da Dalto - Liquigas 3.26
41 Geert Omloop - Jartazi Promo Fashion
42 Bas Giling - Wiesenhof-Felt 3.27
43 Sergey Lagutin - Navigators Insurance 3.30
44 Peter Velits - Wiesenhof-Felt 3.34
45 Steven Caethoven - Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 3.37
46 Daniel Lloyd - DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed
47 Wouter Weylandt - Quickstep-Innergetic 3.38
48 Salvatore Commesso - Tinkoff Credit Systems 3.39
49 Mathieu Claude - Bouygues Telecom 3.40
50 Mathew Hayman - Rabobank 3.45
51 Bart Dockx - Predictor-Lotto 3.47
52 Wim De Vocht - Predictor-Lotto 3.49
53 Juan Antonio Flecha - Rabobank 3.50
54 Filippo Savini - Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3.54
55 James Vanlandschoot - Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 3.55
56 Vincent Jérôme - Bouygues Telecom 4.02
57 Yohann Gène - Bouygues Telecom 4.03
58 Antonio Bucciero - Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 4.05
59 Christian Murro - Tenax-Menikini 4.07
60 Christophe Detilloux - Française Des Jeux 4.19
61 Frédéric Guesdon - Française Des Jeux 4.23
62 Stefan Van Dijck - Wiesenhof-Felt 4.32
63 Martin Velits - Wiesenhof-Felt 6.04
64 Nikolai Trussov - Tinkoff Credit Systems 6.33
65 Frederik Veuchelen - Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 6.36
66 Benoît Joachim - Astana 6.45
67 Fabio Baldato - Lampre-Fondital 6.50
68 Aurélien Passeron - Acqua & Sapone-Caffè Mokambo 7.01
69 Steffen Weigold - Tinkoff Credit Systems 7.02
70 Wilfried Cretskens - Quickstep-Innergetic 7.08
71 Fabio Sabatini - Milram 7.10
72 Kristian House - Navigators Insurance 7.12
73 Aleksandr Kuschynski - Liquigas 7.14
74 Ludovic Auger - Française Des Jeux 7.33
75 Frederik Willems - Liquigas 7.38
76 Ralf Grabsch - Milram 7.45
77 Igor Abakoumov - Astana 8.02
78 Mathieu Criquielion - Jartazi Promo Fashion 8.05
79 Jimmy Casper - Unibet.com 8.10
80 Servais Knaven - T-Mobile 9.37
81 Bernard Sulzberger - DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 10.46
82 Johan Coenen - Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 10.54
83 Daniele Righi - Lampre-Fondital 10.56
84 Martin Müller - Milram 11.07
85 Jonas Ljungblad - Unibet.com 11.13
86 Robby Meul - DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 11.16
87 Paolo Fornaciari - Lampre-Fondital 11.33
88 Matthew Wilson - Unibet.com 11.45
89 Stijn Devolder - Discovery Channel 14.28
90 Rony Martias - Bouygues Telecom 15.05
91 Maximiliano Richeze - Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 15.16
92 Bernhard Eisel - T-Mobile 15.21
93 Vytautas Kaupas - Jartazi Promo Fashion 15.40
94 Graeme Brown - Rabobank 15.43
95 Sjef De Wilde - Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 16.04
96 Jan Boven - Rabobank 16.09
97 Frédéric Gabriel - Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 16.11
98 Troels Ronning Vinther - Unibet.com
99 Ciaran Power - Navigators Insurance 16.15
100 Erwin Thijs - Unibet.com 16.27
101 Steffen Radochla - Wiesenhof-Felt 16.30
102 Evert Verbist - Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 16.31
103 Christophe Mengin - Française Des Jeux 16.37
104 Tom Steels - Predictor-Lotto 16.41
105 Nick Ingels - Predictor-Lotto 16.47
106 Sven Nevens - Jartazi Promo Fashion 16.57
107 Claudio Cucinotta - Tenax-Menikini 17.15
108 Jan Kuyckx - Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 28.08

Slutstilling i Pointkonkurrencen
1 Daniele Bennati - Lampre-Fondital 37 pts
2 Luca Paolini - Liquigas 33
3 Graeme Brown - Rabobank 24
4 Alessandro Ballan - Lampre-Fondital 19
5 Tomas Vaitkus - Discovery Channel 18
6 Joost Posthuma - Rabobank 17
7 Kevin Hulsmans - Quickstep-Innergetic 16
8 Sergiy Matveyev - Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 14
9 Stefan Van Dijck - Wiesenhof-Felt 13
10 Bert Roesems - Predictor-Lotto 12
11 Gert Steegmans - Quickstep-Innergetic 11
12 Vladimir Gusev - Discovery Channel 11
13 Olaf Pollack - Wiesenhof-Felt 11
14 Stijn Devolder - Discovery Channel 10
15 Markus Eichler - Unibet.com 10
16 David Millar - Saunier Duval-Prodir 9
17 Bernhard Eisel - T-Mobile 8
18 Sébastien Rosseler - Quickstep-Innergetic 7
19 Janek Tombak - Jartazi Promo Fashion 7
20 Koen De Kort - Astana 7
21 Arnaud Coyot - Unibet.com 6
22 Raivis Belohvosciks - Saunier Duval-Prodir 6
23 Steffen Radochla - Wiesenhof-Felt 6
24 Blazej Janiaczyk - Intel-Action 5
25 Tom Steels - Predictor-Lotto 5
26 Roy Sentjens - Predictor-Lotto 4
27 Wouter Weylandt - Quickstep-Innergetic 3
28 James Vanlandschoot - Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 1

Slutstilling i Bjergkonkurrencen
1 Jan Kuyckx - Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 45 pts
2 Alessandro Ballan - Lampre-Fondital 20
3 Joost Posthuma - Rabobank 10
4 Christian Murro - Tenax-Menikini 9
5 Stijn Devolder - Discovery Channel 9
6 Christophe Mengin - Française Des Jeux 6
7 Paolo Fornaciari - Lampre-Fondital 5
8 Luca Paolini - Liquigas 4
9 Gert Steegmans - Quickstep-Innergetic 4
10 Enrico Franzoi - Lampre-Fondital 4
11 Arnaud Coyot - Unibet.com 3
12 Andy Cappelle - Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 3
13 Steffen Weigold - Tinkoff Credit Systems 3
14 Aleksandr Kuschynski - Liquigas 3
15 Frédéric Gabriel - Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 3
16 Sergiy Matveyev - Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 1
17 Kevin Hulsmans - Quickstep-Innergetic 1
18 Steven De Jongh - Quickstep-Innergetic 1
19 James Vanlandschoot - Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 1
20 Ralf Grabsch - Milram 1
21 Daniele Righi - Lampre-Fondital 1
22 Sven Nevens - Jartazi Promo Fashion 1

Slutstilling i Holdkonkurrencen
1 Quickstep-Innergetic 38.26.55
2 Discovery Channel 1.34
3 Lampre-Fondital 1.44
4 Predictor-Lotto 2.09
5 Astana 3.04
6 Liquigas 3.11
7 Unibet.com 3.27
8 Ceramica Panaria-Navigare 3.41
9 Saunier Duval-Prodir 4.53
10 Rabobank 4.56
11 Wiesenhof-Felt 5.56
12 Milram 6.44
13 Bouygues Telecom 6.57
14 Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 7.01
15 Jartazi Promo Fashion 10.13
16 DFL-Cyclingnews-Litespeed 11.59
17 Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 12.31
18 Française Des Jeux 13.41
19 Tinkoff Credit Systems 14.40
20 T-Mobile 22.49
21 Navigators Insurance 24.30

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