Joachim(Dasani) Sohrabi(Gatorade) Jeandesbosz(Pearl Jam) Bellis(British Airways) Power(Ernst&Young) Wacker (Magenta B) Askari (Fed Ex B) Burke (Virgin B)
3 Struggle in no mans land behind: Podgornik, Medici and Duggan.
Over the third KoM of the day Gianni Meersman and ben Jauque Maynes attack!!
The two new attackers catch the Duggan group on the Ouede Kwaremont.
Interestingly enough the splits don't happen until after the cobbles...
Joachim and Jeandesbosz leave the rest behind.
And Meersmen and BJM strike out again this time bridgeing to the remnants of the BOTD, then dropping them but picking up Power as a stowaway.
Jeandesbosz leaves Joachim Behind and takes the win!
Joachim Second
The Stage:
1
Fabrice Jeandesbosz
LA/MSS/PEARL JAM
3h21'50
2
Benoît Joachim
DASANI - HINCAPIE SPORTSWEAR
+ 1'03
3
Gianni Meersman
IRN BRU - RBS
+ 2'47
4
Ben Jacques-Maynes
PROCYCLING - BBC
+ 3'23
5
Ciaran Power
ERNST & YOUNG
s.t.
6
Rik Kavsek
DASANI - HINCAPIE SPORTSWEAR
+ 5'07
7
Jukka Vastaranta
LA/MSS/PEARL JAM
s.t.
8
Jonathan Bellis
BRITISH AIRWAYS - CYCLINGNEWS
s.t.
9
Michael Vanderaerden
CHAMPION
+ 5'40
10
Mikel Gaztañaga
ZENMIND - EVOLUTION
s.t.
11
Ivan Rovny
B&O
s.t.
12
Tomas Vaitkus
NIPPO CORPORATION
s.t.
13
Jean-Patrick Nazon
NIPPO CORPORATION
s.t.
14
Arturs Ansons
NIPPO CORPORATION
s.t.
15
Andy Flickinger
GATORADE
s.t.
16
David Kopp
ZENMIND - EVOLUTION
s.t.
17
Evgeni Sladkov
NIPPO CORPORATION
s.t.
18
Kobe Vanoverschelde
B&O
s.t.
19
Gerben Löwik
CHAMPION
s.t.
20
Stuart O'Grady
LA/MSS/PEARL JAM
s.t.
21
Mahdi Sohrabi
GATORADE
s.t.
22
Christopher Sutton
IRN BRU - RBS
s.t.
23
Benoît Sinner
ZENMIND - EVOLUTION
s.t.
24
Niki Terpstra
IRN BRU - RBS
s.t.
25
Adam Blythe
PROCYCLING - BBC
s.t.
26
Oscar Gatto
FED-EX B
s.t.
27
Geraint Thomas
BRITISH AIRWAYS - CYCLINGNEWS
s.t.
28
Luca Paolini
CHAMPION
s.t.
29
Iljo Keisse
VIRGIN MEDIA B
s.t.
30
André Greipel
VIRGIN MEDIA B
s.t.
31
Juhi-Matti Alaluusua
VIRGIN MEDIA B
s.t.
32
Pieter Mertens
NIPPO CORPORATION
s.t.
33
Brett Lancaster
FED-EX
s.t.
34
Sergei Ivanov
MOLTENI
s.t.
35
Jurgen Vandenbroeck
MOLTENI
s.t.
36
Francis Mourey
MOLTENI
s.t.
37
Marco Velo
FED-EX
s.t.
38
Michiel Elijzen
LA/MSS/PEARL JAM
s.t.
39
Dimitri Jiriakov
PROCYCLING - BBC
s.t.
40
Simon Gaywood
PROCYCLING - BBC
s.t.
41
Adam Hansen
PROCYCLING - BBC
s.t.
42
Thomas De Gendt
B&O
s.t.
43
Bas Giling
ZENMIND - EVOLUTION
s.t.
44
Dennis Haueisen
FED-EX
s.t.
45
Niels Albert
BRITISH AIRWAYS - CYCLINGNEWS
s.t.
46
Sven Vandousselaere
VIRGIN MEDIA B
s.t.
47
Aleksei Markov
BRITISH AIRWAYS - CYCLINGNEWS
s.t.
48
Bradley Wiggins
PROCYCLING - BBC
s.t.
49
Steven Burke
VIRGIN MEDIA B
s.t.
50
Will Frischkorn
SLIPSTREAM
s.t.
51
Tom Zirbel
SLIPSTREAM
s.t.
52
Nicolas Portal
ERNST & YOUNG
s.t.
53
Frank Høj
BRITISH AIRWAYS B
s.t.
54
Kevin Barclay
VIRGIN MEDIA B
s.t.
55
Erik Hoffmann
BRITISH AIRWAYS B
s.t.
56
Evgeny Wacker
MAGENTA B
s.t.
57
Kristian House
BRITISH AIRWAYS B
s.t.
58
Tadej Valjavec
ERNST & YOUNG
s.t.
59
Nico Keinath
B&O
s.t.
60
Chris Barton
FED-EX B
s.t.
61
Alex Howes
SLIPSTREAM
s.t.
62
Budi Santoso
FED-EX B
s.t.
63
Fortunato Baliani
CHAMPION
s.t.
64
Nick Ingels
DASANI - HINCAPIE SPORTSWEAR
s.t.
65
Thomas Frei
ZENMIND - EVOLUTION
s.t.
66
Paúl Torres
FED-EX B
s.t.
67
André Steensen
B&O
s.t.
68
Tom Criel
DASANI - HINCAPIE SPORTSWEAR
s.t.
69
Ruslan Grychenko
IRN BRU - RBS
s.t.
70
Gracjan Lejman
NIPPO CORPORATION
s.t.
71
Sten Stenersen
B&O
s.t.
72
Timothy Johnson
IRN BRU - RBS
s.t.
73
Dmitri Grabovski
IRN BRU - RBS
s.t.
74
Roman Kreuziger
B&O
s.t.
75
Gustav Larsson
ZENMIND - EVOLUTION
s.t.
76
Cornelius Van Ooijen
IRN BRU - RBS
s.t.
77
Blake Caldwell
SLIPSTREAM
s.t.
78
Grégory Rast
ERNST & YOUNG
s.t.
79
Tom Leezer
LA/MSS/PEARL JAM
s.t.
80
Jonas Vangenechten
LA/MSS/PEARL JAM
s.t.
81
Stijn Joseph
LA/MSS/PEARL JAM
s.t.
82
Amadou Bakari
GATORADE
s.t.
83
Erki Pütsep
ERNST & YOUNG
s.t.
84
Marco Zanotti
ERNST & YOUNG
s.t.
85
José Vicente Garcia Acosta
ERNST & YOUNG
s.t.
86
Francis De Greef
MOLTENI
s.t.
87
Stefano Barberi
FED-EX
+ 7'47
88
Joe Knoxville
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
89
Mike Friedman
SLIPSTREAM
s.t.
90
Anuar Manan
BRITISH AIRWAYS - CYCLINGNEWS
s.t.
91
Mattias Westling
GATORADE
s.t.
92
Nilceu Santos
BRITISH AIRWAYS B
s.t.
93
Jaroslaw Zarebski
DASANI - HINCAPIE SPORTSWEAR
s.t.
94
Tiziano Dall'Antonia
CHAMPION
s.t.
95
Kam-po Wong
BRITISH AIRWAYS - CYCLINGNEWS
s.t.
96
Tigran Korkotyan
MAGENTA B
s.t.
97
Ruben Bongiorno
MOLTENI
s.t.
98
Alberto Martinez Trinidad
ZENMIND - EVOLUTION
s.t.
99
Wang-yip Tang
MAGENTA B
s.t.
100
Hayden Godfrey
GATORADE
s.t.
101
Fu-yu Li
FED-EX
s.t.
102
Ivan Dominguez
FED-EX
s.t.
103
Francisco Matamoros
MAGENTA B
s.t.
104
Roger Hammond
PROCYCLING - BBC
s.t.
105
Milton Ramos Gamez
MAGENTA B
s.t.
106
Jérémie Allain
NIPPO CORPORATION
s.t.
107
Radomir Simunek
DASANI - HINCAPIE SPORTSWEAR
s.t.
108
Timothy Duggan
SLIPSTREAM
s.t.
109
Mikhail Khalilov
DASANI - HINCAPIE SPORTSWEAR
+ 9'19
110
Marian Frunzeanu
FED-EX B
+ 9'49
111
Andreas Schillenger
MAGENTA B
s.t.
112
Hossein Askari
FED-EX B
s.t.
113
Alois Kankovský
FED-EX
+ 10'16
114
Tanguy Reuzeau
THE CONTROL TEAM
+ 10'42
115
Dean Podgornik
BRITISH AIRWAYS B
+ 11'19
116
Alvise Cappioli
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
117
Aitor Galdos
MOLTENI
+ 12'08
118
Matías Médici
CHAMPION
s.t.
119
Christian Lademann
MAGENTA B
+ 12'57
120
Tom Southam
BRITISH AIRWAYS B
+ 13'27
121
Chris Hoy
BRITISH AIRWAYS - CYCLINGNEWS
s.t.
122
Fredy Piamonte
CHAMPION
s.t.
123
Alessandro Proni
MOLTENI
s.t.
124
Rahsaan Bahati
SLIPSTREAM
s.t.
125
Ruslan Sambris
GATORADE
s.t.
126
Tim Klinger
VIRGIN MEDIA B
s.t.
127
Kofi Kramer
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
128
Giannis Tamouridis
BRITISH AIRWAYS B
s.t.
129
Farkad Mohammad
THE CONTROL TEAM
s.t.
130
Joe Hicks
FED-EX B
s.t.
131
Miles Olman
GATORADE
+ 18'27
GC: Jeandesbosz takes the lead ahead of stage 5's hills