Tom Boonen vince per la terza volta il Giro delle Fiandre. Dopo i successi del 2005 e 2006 (quest’ultimo in Maglia Iridata) il campione della Omega Pharma-Quick Step si riconferma dominatore della più importante corsa belga. Al secondo posto si piazza Filippo Pozzato (Farnese Vini-Selle Italia), autore di una bellissima corsa, sempre nelle prime posizioni e a solo un mese e mezzo dalla doppia operazione alle clavicole.
Terza piazza per un altro italiano, il campione del mondo di Varese 2008 Alessandro Ballan (BMC Racing Team).
Uno dei favoriti per la vittoria, Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack-Nissan), è caduto violentemente a terra durante le operazioni di rifornimento e il bollettino medico diramato dalla squadra parla di tripla frattura della clavicola. Cancellara sarebbe in viaggio per la Svizzera, dove verrà operato. Facciamo a Fabian i nostri migliori auguri per una pronta guarigione.
Di seguito l’ordine d’arrivo completo:
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 6:04:33
2 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Farnese Vini – Selle Italia
3 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:00:01
4 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 0:00:38
5 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale
6 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
7 Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team
8 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Team Europcar
9 Matti Breschel (Den) Rabobank Cycling Team
10 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
11 Grégory Rast (Swi) Radioshack-Nissan
12 Oscar Freire Gomez (Spa) Katusha Team
13 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
14 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team
15 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha Team
16 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
17 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa) Katusha Team
18 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank
19 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling
20 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Spa) Sky Procycling
21 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Radioshack-Nissan
22 Elia Favilli (Ita) Farnese Vini – Selle Italia
23 Maxim Iglinsky (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
24 Tony Gallopin (Fra) Radioshack-Nissan
25 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Rabobank Cycling Team
26 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Team Europcar
27 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar
28 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team
29 Marco Marcato (Ita) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team
30 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Garmin – Barracuda
31 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Greenedge Cycling Team
32 Steve Chainel (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
33 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
34 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre – ISD
35 Egidijus Juodvalkis (Ltu) Landbouwkrediet
36 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team
37 Leif Hoste (Bel) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s
38 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Farnese Vini – Selle Italia
39 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
40 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
41 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team
42 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet
43 Francesco Failli (Ita) Farnese Vini – Selle Italia
44 Andrey Amador Bakkazakova (CRc) Movistar Team
45 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Farnese Vini – Selle Italia
46 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
47 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Team Saxo Bank 0:00:48
48 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Garmin – Barracuda
49 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Garmin – Barracuda 0:01:06
50 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:18
51 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator 0:03:26
52 George Hincapie (USA) BMC Racing Team
53 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
54 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling
55 Thor Hushovd (Nor) BMC Racing Team
56 Davy Commeyne (Bel) Landbouwkrediet
57 Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling
58 Christian Knees (Ger) Sky Procycling
59 John Degenkolb (Ger) Argos-Shimano
60 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
61 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:04:43
62 Ruben Perez Moreno (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
63 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s
64 Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin – Barracuda
65 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
66 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator
67 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team
68 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre – ISD
69 Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Katusha Team
70 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
71 Jérôme Baugnies (Bel) Team Netapp
72 David Veilleux (Can) Team Europcar
73 Assan Bazayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
74 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Team Europcar
75 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team
76 Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
77 Edward King (USA) Liquigas-Cannondale
78 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team
79 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Sky Procycling
80 Wouter Mol (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team
81 Dennis Van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
82 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Radioshack-Nissan
83 Andreas Klier (Ger) Garmin – Barracuda
84 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Argos-Shimano
85 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Greenedge Cycling Team
86 David Boucher (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
87 Baptiste Plackaert (Bel) Landbouwkrediet
88 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Katusha Team 0:15:34
89 Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Saxo Bank
90 Peio Bilbao (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
91 Aliaksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Katusha Team
92 Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
93 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team
94 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Radioshack-Nissan
95 Manuel Belletti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
96 Jacob Rathe (USA) Garmin – Barracuda
97 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s
98 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team
99 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin – Barracuda
100 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale
101 Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) Team Saxo Bank
102 Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank
103 Anders Lund (Den) Team Saxo Bank
104 Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ-Big Mat
DNF Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team Saxo Bank
DNF Michael Morkov (Den) Team Saxo Bank
DNF Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team
DNF Nikolas Maes (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
DNF Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
DNF Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
DNF Gaetan Bille (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
DNF Sander Cordeel (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
DNF Kenny De Haes (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
DNF Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
DNF Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
DNF Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Sky Procycling
DNF Christopher Sutton (Aus) Sky Procycling
DNF Gregor Gazvoda (Slo) AG2R La Mondiale
DNF Romain Lemarchand (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
DNF Steve Houanard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
DNF Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Greenedge Cycling Team
DNF Baden Cooke (Aus) Greenedge Cycling Team
DNF Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Greenedge Cycling Team
DNF Stuart O’grady (Aus) Greenedge Cycling Team
DNF Svein Tuft (Can) Greenedge Cycling Team
DNF Matthew Wilson (Aus) Greenedge Cycling Team
DNF Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team
DNF Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
DNF Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Astana Pro Team
DNF Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
DNF Simone Ponzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team
DNF Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Euskaltel – Euskadi
DNF Ricardo Garcia Ambroa (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
DNF Miguel Minguez Ayala (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
DNF Alan Perez Lezaun (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
DNF Adrian Saez (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
DNF Pablo Urtasun Perez (Spa) Euskaltel – Euskadi
DNF William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
DNF Anthony Geslin (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat
DNF Alexander Porsev (Rus) Katusha Team
DNF Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre – ISD
DNF Vitaliy Buts (Ukr) Lampre – ISD
DNF Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre – ISD
DNF Massimo Graziato (Ita) Lampre – ISD
DNF Yuriy Krivtsov (Fra) Lampre – ISD
DNF Davide Vigano (Ita) Lampre – ISD
DNF Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
DNF Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale
DNF Alan Marangoni (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
DNF Jesus Herrada Lopez (Spa) Movistar Team
DNF Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Movistar Team
DNF José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team
DNF Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team
DNF Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Movistar Team
DNF Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
DNF Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
DNF Thomas Leezer (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
DNF Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
DNF Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Garmin – Barracuda
DNF Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Radioshack-Nissan
DNF Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa) Radioshack-Nissan
DNF Jesse Sergent (NZl) Radioshack-Nissan
DNF Stijn Devolder (Bel) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team
DNF Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team
DNF Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-Dcm Pro Cycling Team
DNF Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator
DNF Eliot Lietaer (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator
DNF Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator
DNF Sven Vandousselaere (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator
DNF Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator
DNF Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator
DNF Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet
DNF Koen Barbe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet
DNF Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet
DNF Jonathan Breyne (Bel) Landbouwkrediet
DNF Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s
DNF Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s
DNF Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s
DNF Rob Goris (Bel) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s
DNF James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s
DNF Luca Ascani (Ita) Farnese Vini – Selle Italia
DNF Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) Farnese Vini – Selle Italia
DNF Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Farnese Vini – Selle Italia
DNF Roy Curvers (Ned) Argos-Shimano
DNF Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Argos-Shimano
DNF Tom Veelers (Ned) Argos-Shimano
DNF Dominic Klemme (Ger) Argos-Shimano
DNF Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Argos-Shimano
DNF Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Argos-Shimano
DNF Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Team Europcar
DNF Cyril Gautier (Fra) Team Europcar
DNF Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar
DNF Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Team Netapp
DNF Daniel Schorn (Aut) Team Netapp
DNF Blaz Jarc (Slo) Team Netapp
DNF Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Netapp
DNF André Schulze (Ger) Team Netapp
DNF Timon Seubert (Ger) Team Netapp
DNF Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Team Netapp
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