August 23/10 18:32 pm - Enco Tour: Stage 6
Posted by Editoress on 08/23/10
Results from today's 6th stage in Belgium. Svein Tuft is holding onto 4th in the overall and needs 7 seconds to move into the top 3. Tomorrow is the final stage, a 16.5 km ITT.. Go Svein!
HTC-Columbia's Andre Greipel took his second stage victory at this year's Eneco Tour as teammate Tony Martin moved one step closer to overall victory in the UCI ProTour stage race.
Like the rest of his teammates, Greipel worked hard all day to help Martin defend his race lead on the hilly stage in the Ardennes but still had the speed to win the sprint in Heers.
He was well placed in the final kilometre despite some late attacks and then burst past Edvald Boasson Hagen to win by more than a bike length. Belgium's Jurgen Roelandts also went past Boasson Hagen to finish second.
It was the the 52nd victory for the HTC-Columbia team in 2010.
"This is a very special victory for me," Greipel said proudly. "It was a hard stage and not really suited to the sprinters. I was seriously struggling to stay in the peloton after working to help Toy Martin hold the lead. With 10km to go to the finish, I went back to the team car and they told me to save myself for the sprint. I was really hurting but fortunately I had a little bit left and it was enough to win."
Tony Martin picked up some precious bonus seconds during the stage to extend his overall lead to 11 seconds on Koos Moerenhout before Tuesday's final 16.9km time trial stage around Genk.
HTC-Columbia press release
| Stage 6: Bilzen to Heers, 205.6 km | |
| 1 Andre Greipel (Ger) Team HTC-Columbia | 5:12:25 |
| 2 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
| 3 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Professional Cycling Team | |
| 4 Elia Viviani (Ita) Liquigas - Doimo | |
| 5 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank | |
| 6 Koen De Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano | |
| 7 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas - Doimo | |
| 8 Tony Martin (Ger) Team HTC-Columbia | |
| 9 Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Team Katusha | |
| 10 Inaki Isasi Flores (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
| 11 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha | |
| 12 Ben Hermans (Bel) Team Radioshack | |
| 13 Ruben Perez Moreno (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
| 14 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana | |
| 15 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Milram | |
| 16 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Sky Professional Cycling Team | |
| 17 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step | |
| 18 Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | |
| 19 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport-Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
| 20 Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Topsport-Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
| 21 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Topsport-Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
| 22 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | |
| 23 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank | |
| 24 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | |
| 25 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française Des Jeux | |
| 26 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin - Transitions | |
| 27 Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano | |
| 28 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step | |
| 29 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux | |
| 30 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas - Doimo | |
| 31 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R la Mondial | |
| 32 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank | |
| 33 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Skil-Shimano | |
| 34 Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - Farnese Vini | |
| 35 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
| 36 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Transitions | |
| 37 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Esp) Caisse d'Epargne | |
| 38 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) Team Katusha | |
| 39 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - Farnese Vini | |
| 40 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Radioshack | |
| 41 Tiago Machado (Por) Team Radioshack | |
| 42 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Team Radioshack | |
| 43 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Esp) Caisse d'Epargne | |
| 44 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank | |
| 45 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
| 46 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
| 47 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
| 48 Francis De Greef (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
| 49 Andrey Amador Bikkazakova (Crc) Caisse d'Epargne | |
| 50 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank | |
| 51 Gregory Rast (Sui) Team Radioshack | |
| 52 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux | |
| 53 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank | |
| 54 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Sky Professional Cycling Team | |
| 55 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank | |
| 56 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | |
| 57 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team HTC-Columbia | |
| 58 Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
| 59 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Sky Professional Cycling Team | |
| 60 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Esp) Caisse d'Epargne | |
| 61 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Radioshack | |
| 62 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram | all s.t. |
| 63 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Footon-Servetto | 0:10 |
| 64 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 0:17 |
| 65 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas - Doimo | s.t. |
| 66 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R la Mondial | 1:33 |
| 67 David Gutierrez Palacios (Esp) Footon-Servetto | 1:40 |
| 68 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas - Doimo | 1:42 |
| 69 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step | 5:53 |
| 70 Mario Aerts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | s.t. |
| 71 Chris Sutton (Aus) Sky Professional Cycling Team | 7:09 |
| 72 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre - Farnese Vini | |
| 73 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha | both s.t. |
| 74 Bert De Backer (Bel) Skil-Shimano | 9:03 |
| 75 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Quick Step | |
| 76 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Team Milram | |
| 77 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
| 78 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
| 79 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Team HTC-Columbia | |
| 80 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha | |
| 81 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano | |
| 82 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Astana | |
| 83 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Esp) Footon-Servetto | |
| 84 Johan Coenen (Bel) Topsport-Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
| 85 Jorge Azanza Soto (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
| 86 Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R la Mondial | |
| 87 Gorka Izaguirre (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
| 88 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | |
| 89 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Française Des Jeux | |
| 90 Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - Farnese Vini | |
| 91 Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre - Farnese Vini | |
| 92 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Topsport-Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
| 93 Adam Blythe (GBr) Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
| 94 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team | |
| 95 Travis Meyer (Aus) Garmin - Transitions | |
| 96 Johnnie Walker (Aus) Footon-Servetto | |
| 97 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | |
| 98 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team HTC-Columbia | all s.t. |
| 99 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - Farnese Vini | 15:55 |
| 100 Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) Team Saxo Bank | 20:44 |
| 101 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Liquigas - Doimo | |
| 102 Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) Topsport-Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
| 103 Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Team HTC-Columbia | |
| 104 David Loosli (Sui) Lampre - Farnese Vini | |
| 105 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | |
| 106 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) AG2R la Mondial | |
| 107 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Topsport-Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
| 108 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) AG2R la Mondial | |
| 109 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | |
| 110 Steven Van Vooren (Bel) Topsport-Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
| 111 Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | |
| 112 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Garmin - Transitions | |
| 113 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano | |
| 114 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank | |
| 115 Dominique Nerz (Ger) Team Milram | |
| 116 Matthias Brandle (Aut) Footon-Servetto | |
| 117 Scott Davis (Aus) Astana | |
| 118 Leigh Howard (Aus) Team HTC-Columbia | |
| 119 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team HTC-Columbia | |
| 120 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank | |
| 121 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | |
| 122 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team Katusha | |
| 123 Christopher Froome (Ken) Sky Professional Cycling Team | all s.t. |
| DNF Valeriy Dmitriyev (Kaz) Astana | |
| DNF Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Astana | |
| DNF Frank Hoj (Den) Team Saxo Bank | |
| DNF Artem Ovechkin (Rus) Team Katusha | |
| DNF Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas - Doimo | |
| DNF Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas - Doimo | |
| DNF Jason McCartney (USA) Team Radioshack | |
| DNF José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Esp) Caisse d'Epargne | |
| DNF Miguel Minguez Ayala (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | |
| DNF Steven Cozza (USA) Garmin - Transitions | |
| DNF Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Garmin - Transitions | |
| DNF Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step | |
| DNF Alexander Efimkin (Rus) AG2R la Mondial | |
| DNF Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano | |
| DNS Enrique Mata Cabello (Esp) Footon-Servetto | |
| DNS Allan Davis (Aus) Astana | |
| DNS Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana | |
| DNS Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Française Des Jeux | |
| DNS Mikael Cherel (Fra) Française Des Jeux | |
| 1 Tony Martin (Ger) Team HTC-Columbia | 28:30:33 |
| 2 Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank | at 0:11 |
| 3 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Professional Cycling Team | 1:22 |
| 4 Svein Tuft (Can) Garmin - Transitions | 1:28 |
| 5 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank | 1:31 |
| 6 Richie Porte (Aus) Team Saxo Bank | 1:37 |
| 7 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 1:38 |
| 8 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Skil-Shimano | 1:41 |
| 9 Andreas Klöden (Ger) Team Radioshack | 1:45 |
| 10 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas - Doimo | s.t. |
| 11 Tiago Machado (Por) Team Radioshack | 1:49 |
| 12 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step | 1:51 |
| 13 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport-Vlaanderen - Mercator | 1:52 |
| 14 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank | s.t. |
| 15 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 1:55 |
| 16 Koen De Kort (Ned) Skil-Shimano | s.t. |
| 17 Simon Spilak (Slo) Lampre - Farnese Vini | 1:56 |
| 18 Kasper Klostergaard (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 2:02 |
| 19 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Esp) Caisse d'Epargne | 2:09 |
| 20 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank | 2:11 |
| 21 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 22 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Team Katusha | 2:28 |
| 23 Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Team Katusha | s.t. |
| 24 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank | 2:32 |
| 25 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Liquigas - Doimo | 2:33 |
| 26 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Topsport-Vlaanderen - Mercator | 3:15 |
| 27 Ben Hermans (Bel) Team Radioshack | 3:25 |
| 28 Romain Sicard (Fra) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 3:39 |
| 29 Jonathan Castroviejo Nicolas (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 3:49 |
| 30 Inaki Isasi Flores (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 4:01 |
| 31 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) Team Katusha | 4:34 |
| 32 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Team Radioshack | 5:32 |
| 33 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Sky Professional Cycling Team | 7:21 |
| 34 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step | 8:08 |
| 35 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Sky Professional Cycling Team | 9:50 |
| 36 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Topsport-Vlaanderen - Mercator | 10:56 |
| 37 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Team Radioshack | 12:58 |
| 38 Mario Aerts (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 13:49 |
| 39 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Team Saxo Bank | 13:56 |
| 40 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 13:56 |
| 41 Jens Voigt (Ger) Team Saxo Bank | 14:57 |
| 42 Andre Greipel (Ger) Team HTC-Columbia | 15:49 |
| 43 David Gutierrez Palacios (Esp) Footon-Servetto | 16:10 |
| 44 Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil-Shimano | 16:10 |
| 45 Francis De Greef (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 16:20 |
| 46 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team HTC-Columbia | 16:31 |
| 47 Gregory Rast (Sui) Team Radioshack | 16:40 |
| 48 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 16:48 |
| 49 Michal Golas (Pol) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 17:10 |
| 50 Borut Bozic (Slo) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 18:00 |
| 51 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas - Doimo | 18:07 |
| 52 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Astana | 18:08 |
| 53 Angel Madrazo Ruiz (Esp) Caisse d'Epargne | 18:10 |
| 54 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas - Doimo | 18:15 |
| 55 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 18:46 |
| 56 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Astana | 19:31 |
| 57 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française Des Jeux | 21:31 |
| 58 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Team Milram | 21:42 |
| 59 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Sky Professional Cycling Team | 21:46 |
| 60 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Team Milram | 21:51 |
| 61 Ruben Perez Moreno (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 22:28 |
| 62 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha | 22:51 |
| 63 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Team Katusha | 23:15 |
| 64 Xabier Zandio Echaide (Esp) Caisse d'Epargne | 23:45 |
| 65 Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Team HTC-Columbia | 24:08 |
| 66 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 24:20 |
| 67 Gorka Izaguirre (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 26:23 |
| 68 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R la Mondial | 26:51 |
| 69 Johan Coenen (Bel) Topsport-Vlaanderen - Mercator | 26:56 |
| 70 Olivier Bonnaire (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 27:33 |
| 71 Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 27:46 |
| 72 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Sky Professional Cycling Team | 28:04 |
| 73 Andrey Amador Bikkazakova (Crc) Caisse d'Epargne | 28:11 |
| 74 Travis Meyer (Aus) Garmin - Transitions | 28:26 |
| 75 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Lampre - Farnese Vini | 29:10 |
| 76 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 29:47 |
| 77 Chris Sutton (Aus) Sky Professional Cycling Team | 31:22 |
| 78 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Garmin - Transitions | 31:47 |
| 79 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R la Mondial | 32:28 |
| 80 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Team HTC-Columbia | 32:58 |
| 81 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Quick Step | 33:34 |
| 82 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Vacansoleil Pro Cycling Team | 34:35 |
| 83 Elia Viviani (Ita) Liquigas - Doimo | 35:45 |
| 84 Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Topsport-Vlaanderen - Mercator | 36:57 |
| 85 Marcin Sapa (Pol) Lampre - Farnese Vini | 37:04 |
| 86 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Quick Step | 37:04 |
| 87 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) AG2R la Mondial | 37:30 |
| 88 Julien Berard (Fra) AG2R la Mondial | 38:55 |
| 89 Jérémy Roy (Fra) Française Des Jeux | 39:43 |
| 90 Bert De Backer (Bel) Skil-Shimano | 39:52 |
| 91 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 41:15 |
| 92 Dominique Nerz (Ger) Team Milram | 41:52 |
| 93 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Team Saxo Bank | 41:57 |
| 94 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Footon-Servetto | 43:11 |
| 95 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team HTC-Columbia | 43:13 |
| 96 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Topsport-Vlaanderen - Mercator | 43:33 |
| 97 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Liquigas - Doimo | 43:55 |
| 98 Adam Blythe (GBr) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 44:58 |
| 99 Johnnie Walker (Aus) Footon-Servetto | 45:30 |
| 100 Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre - Farnese Vini | 45:33 |
| 101 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Team Milram | 45:56 |
| 102 Jorge Azanza Soto (Esp) Euskaltel - Euskadi | 48:01 |
| 103 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 49:32 |
| 104 Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre - Farnese Vini | 50:42 |
| 105 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) AG2R la Mondial | 51:07 |
| 106 Jack Bobridge (Aus) Garmin - Transitions | 51:10 |
| 107 Klaas Lodewyck (Bel) Topsport-Vlaanderen - Mercator | 51:40 |
| 108 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Team HTC-Columbia | 51:40 |
| 109 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank | 51:56 |
| 110 Angelo Furlan (Ita) Lampre - Farnese Vini | 53:36 |
| 111 Steven Van Vooren (Bel) Topsport-Vlaanderen - Mercator | 53:48 |
| 112 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano | 56:41 |
| 113 Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Omega Pharma-Lotto | 57:39 |
| 114 Aitor Perez Arrieta (Esp) Footon-Servetto | 58:06 |
| 115 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Team Katusha | 59:58 |
| 116 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Team Katusha | 1.00:24 |
| 117 Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) Team Saxo Bank | 1.00:39 |
| 118 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank | 1.01:21 |
| 119 Matthias Brandle (Aut) Footon-Servetto | 1.02:22 |
| 120 Christopher Froome (Ken) Sky Professional Cycling Team | 1.02:34 |
| 121 David Loosli (Sui) Lampre - Farnese Vini | 1.08:53 |
| 122 Leigh Howard (Aus) Team HTC-Columbia | 1.09:04 |
| 123 Scott Davis (Aus) Astana | 1.11:11 |
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