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2008 Gent - Wevelgem (Pro Tour)
Ghent - Wevelgem (English), Gand - Wevelgem (French)
70th edition: Wednesday, April 9, 2008
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Deinze - Wevelgem, 209 km / 42.784 km/hr
196 starters / 182 classified finishers
Oscar Freire was the fastest man of the day.
Complete Results:
| 1 | Oscar Freire (Rabobank) | 4hr 53min 8sec |
| 2 | Aurélien Clerc (Bouygues Télécom) | s.t. |
| 3 | Wouter Weylandt (Quick Step) | s.t. |
| 4 | Erik Zabel (Team Milram) | s.t. |
| 5 | Kenny Dehaes (Topsport Vlaanderen) | s.t. |
| 6 | Luca Paolini (Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo) | s.t. |
| 7 | José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Caisse d'Epargne) | s.t. |
| 8 | Stuart O'Grady (CSC-Saxo Bank) | s.t. |
| 9 | Heinrich Haussler (Gerolsteiner) | s.t. |
| 10 | Roger Hammond (High Road) | s.t. |
| 11 | Hervé Duclos-Lassalle (Cofidis) | s.t. |
| 12 | Peter Wrolich (Gerolsteiner) | s.t. |
| 13 | Filippo Pozzato (Liquigas) | s.t. |
| 14 | Rony Martias (Bouygues Télécom) | s.t. |
| 15 | Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole) | s.t. |
| 16 | Guennadi Mikhailov (Mitsubishi-Jartazi) | s.t. |
| 17 | Mark Cavendish (High Road) | s.t. |
| 18 | Sven Renders (Topsport Vlaanderen) | s.t. |
| 19 | Tom Veelers (Skil-Shimano) | s.t. |
| 20 | Matti Breschel (CSC-Saxo Bank) | s.t. |
| 21 | Koldo Fernandez (Euskaltel-Euskadi) | s.t. |
| 22 | Dmitriy Muravyev (Astana) | s.t. |
| 23 | Baden Cooke (Barloworld) | s.t. |
| 24 | Michael Schär (Astana) | s.t. |
| 25 | Arnaud Coyot (Caisse d'Epargne) | s.t. |
| 26 | Fabio Sabatini (Team Milram) | s.t. |
| 27 | Borut Bozic (Cycle Collstrop) | s.t. |
| 28 | Renaud Dion (AG2R-La Mondiale) | s.t. |
| 29 | Alexandre Usov (AG2R-La Mondiale) | s.t. |
| 30 | Aaron Kemps (Astana) | s.t. |
| 31 | Aurélien Passeron (Saunier Duval-Scott) | s.t. |
| 32 | Gabriele Balducci (Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo) | s.t. |
| 33 | Robbie McEwen (Silence-Lotto) | s.t. |
| 34 | Luis Pasamontes (Caisse d'Epargne) | s.t. |
| 35 | Allan Johansen (CSC-Saxo Bank) | s.t. |
| 36 | Steven De Jongh (Quick Step) | s.t. |
| 37 | Alexandre Pichot (Bouygues Télécom) | s.t. |
| 38 | Stijn Vandenbergh (AG2R-La Mondiale) | s.t. |
| 39 | Fumiyuki Beppu (Skil-Shimano) | s.t. |
| 40 | Imanol Erviti (Caisse d'Epargne) | s.t. |
| 41 | Jesus Del Nero (Saunier Duval-Scott) | s.t. |
| 42 | Marco Marcato (Cycle Collstrop) | s.t. |
| 43 | Koen De Kort (Astana) | s.t. |
| 44 | Jeremy Hunt (Crédit Agricole) | s.t. |
| 45 | Markel Irizar (Euskaltel-Euskadi) | s.t. |
| 46 | Juan Jose Oroz (Euskaltel-Euskadi) | s.t. |
| 47 | Martin Elmiger (AG2R-La Mondiale) | s.t. |
| 48 | Yuriy Krivtsov (AG2R-La Mondiale) | s.t. |
| 49 | Martin Müller (Team Milram) | s.t. |
| 50 | Sébastien Hinault (Crédit Agricole) | s.t. |
| 51 | Christophe Mengin (La Française des Jeux) | s.t. |
| 52 | Alessandro Ballan (Lampre-Fondital) | s.t. |
| 53 | George Hincapie (High Road) | s.t. |
| 54 | Gabriel Rasch (Crédit Agricole) | s.t. |
| 55 | Massimiliano Mori (Lampre-Fondital) | s.t. |
| 56 | Luca Barla (Team Milram) | s.t. |
| 57 | Sebastian Lang (Gerolsteiner) | s.t. |
| 58 | Mauro Da Dalto (Liquigas) | s.t. |
| 59 | Fabio Baldato (Lampre-Fondital) | s.t. |
| 60 | Steffen Wesemann (Cycle Collstrop) | s.t. |
| 61 | Andreas Klier (High Road) | s.t. |
| 62 | Philippe Gilbert (La Française des Jeux) | s.t. |
| 63 | Stijn Devolder (Quick Step) | s.t. |
| 64 | Frederik Willems (Liquigas) | s.t. |
| 65 | Pedro Horrillo (Rabobank) | s.t. |
| 66 | Kurt-Asle Arvesen (CSC-Saxo Bank) | s.t. |
| 67 | Fabian Cancellara (CSC-Saxo Bank) | s.t. |
| 68 | Tom Leezer (Rabobank) | s.t. |
| 69 | Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank) | s.t. |
| 70 | Danilo Napolitano (Lampre) | s.t. |
| 71 | Yannick Talabardon (Crédit Agricole) | s.t. |
| 72 | Vincent Jérôme (Bouygues Telecom) | s.t. |
| 73 | Bram Tankink (Rabobank) | s.t. |
| 74 | Kevin Hulsmans (Quick Step) | s.t. |
| 75 | Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas) | @ 13sec |
| 76 | Murilo Antonio Fischer (Liquigas) | @ 15sec |
| 77 | Matteo Tosatto (Quick Step) | @ 19sec |
| 78 | José Vicente Garcia (Caisse d'Epargne) | @ 46sec |
| 79 | Ermanno Capelli (Saunier Duval – Scott) | @ 51sec |
| 80 | Mathew Hayman (Rabobank) | s.t. |
| 81 | Frédéric Guesdon (Française des Jeux) | s.t. |
| 82 | Carlo Scognamiglio (Barloworld) | @ 1min 9sec |
| 83 | Paolo Longo Borghini (Barloworld) | s.t. |
| 84 | Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (CSC-Saxo Bank) | s.t. |
| 85 | Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Topsport Vlaanderen) | s.t. |
| 86 | Luciano Pagliarini (Saunier Duval – Scott) | @ 4min 58sec |
| 87 | Alexandre Blain (Cofidis) | s.t. |
| 88 | Sergueï Ivanov (Astana) | s.t. |
| 89 | Raul Alarcon Garcia (Saunier Duval-Scott) | s.t. |
| 90 | Filip Meirhaeghe (Landbouwkrediet–Tonissteiner) | s.t. |
| 91 | Giuseppe Palumbo (Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo) | s.t. |
| 92 | Kevin Neirynck (Landbouwkrediet-Tonissteiner | s.t. |
| 93 | Graeme Brown (Rabobank) | s.t. |
| 94 | James Vanlandschoot (Mitsubishi-Jartazi) | s.t. |
| 95 | Bastiaan Giling (Cycle Collstrop) | s.t. |
| 96 | Stefan van Dijk (Mitsubishi-Jartazi) | s.t. |
| 97 | Kurt Hovelijnck (Topsport Vlaanderen) | s.t. |
| 98 | Kenny Robert van Hummel (Skil-Shimano | s.t. |
| 99 | Simone Masciarelli (Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo) | s.t. |
| 100 | Vicente Reynes Mimo (Team High Road) | s.t. |
| 101 | Vytautas Kaupas (Mitsubishi-Jartazi) | s.t. |
| 102 | Kristof Goddaert (Topsport Vlaanderen) | s.t. |
| 103 | Lloyd Mondory (AG2R-La Mondiale) | s.t. |
| 104 | Anthony Geslin (Bouygues Telecom) | s.t. |
| 105 | Servais Knaven (Team High Road) | s.t. |
| 106 | Preben Van Hecke (Topsport Vlaanderen) | s.t. |
| 107 | Steven Kleynen (Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner) | s.t. |
| 108 | Alan Perez Lezaun (Euskaltel-Euskadi) | s.t. |
| 109 | Laurent Mangel (AG2R-La Mondiale) | s.t. |
| 110 | Javier Francisco Aramendia (Euskaltel-Euskadi) | s.t. |
| 111 | Daryl Impey (Barloworld) | s.t. |
| 112 | Erki Pütsep (Bouygues Telecom) | s.t. |
| 113 | Aliaksandr Kuschynski (Liquigas) | s.t. |
| 114 | Mirko Selvaggi (Cycle Collstrop) | s.t. |
| 115 | Matthé Pronk (Cycle Collstrop) | s.t. |
| 116 | Andrei Kunitski (Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo) | s.t. |
| 117 | Frank Høj (Cofidis) | s.t. |
| 118 | Jurgen Roelandts (Silence-Lotto) | s.t. |
| 119 | Alessandro Donati (Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo) | s.t. |
| 120 | Paolo Fornaciari (Lampre) | s.t. |
| 121 | Christopher Froome (Barloworld) | s.t. |
| 122 | Marco Bandiera (Lampre) | s.t. |
| 123 | Oscar Gatto (Gerolsteiner) | s.t. |
| 124 | Geert Omloop (Mitsubishi-Jartazi) | s.t. |
| 125 | Patrick Calcagni (Barloworld) | s.t. |
| 126 | Michal Golas (Cycle Collstrop) | s.t. |
| 127 | Yohann Gène (Bouygues Telecom) | s.t. |
| 128 | Jimmy Engoulvent (Crédit Agricole) | s.t. |
| 129 | Sebastian Siedler (Skil-Shimano) | s.t. |
| 130 | Stephan Schreck (Gerolsteiner) | s.t. |
| 131 | Mathieu Drujon (Caisse d'Epargne) | s.t. |
| 132 | Marcus Ljungqvist (CSC-Saxo Bank) | s.t. |
| 133 | Francesco Chicchi (Liquigas) | s.t. |
| 134 | Enrico Poitschke (Team Milram) | s.t. |
| 135 | Thomas Fothen (Gerolsteiner) | s.t. |
| 136 | Markus Eichler (Team Milram) | s.t. |
| 137 | Christian Knees (Team Milram) | s.t. |
| 138 | Artur Gajek (Team Milram) | s.t. |
| 139 | Laszlo Bodrogi (Crédit Agricole) | s.t. |
| 140 | Fabien Patanchon (Caisse d'Epargne) | s.t. |
| 141 | Timothy Gudsell (Française des Jeux) | s.t. |
| 142 | Paolo Bossoni (Lampre) | s.t. |
| 143 | Mickael Delage (Française des Jeux) | s.t. |
| 144 | José Ivan Gutierrez (Caisse d'Epargne) | s.t. |
| 145 | Bert Scheirlinckx (Landbouwkrediet-Tonissteiner) | s.t. |
| 146 | Sven Krauss (Gerolsteiner) | s.t. |
| 147 | Matthieu Ladagnous (Française des Jeux) | s.t. |
| 148 | Sébastien Chavanel (Française des Jeux) | s.t. |
| 149 | Nick Gates (Silence-Lotto) | s.t. |
| 150 | Tom Boonen (Quick Step) | s.t. |
| 151 | Wilfried Cretskens (Quick Step) | s.t. |
| 152 | Pieter Jacobs (Silence-Lotto) | s.t. |
| 153 | Gianni Meersman (Française des Jeux) | s.t. |
| 154 | Maarten den Bakker (Skil-Shimano | s.t. |
| 155 | Floris Goesinnen (Skil-Shimano | s.t. |
| 156 | Josu Agirre (Euskaltel-Euskadi) | s.t. |
| 157 | Gert Steegmans (Quick Step) | s.t. |
| 158 | Frederik Veuchelen (Topsport Vlaanderen) | s.t. |
| 159 | Romain Villa (Cofidis) | s.t. |
| 160 | Bernhard Eisel (Team High Road) | s.t. |
| 161 | Ian Stannard (Landbouwkrediet-Tonissteiner) | s.t. |
| 162 | Mathieu Heijboer (Cofidis) | s.t. |
| 163 | Wim De Vocht (Silence-Lotto) | s.t. |
| 164 | Benat Albizuri Aransolo (Euskaltel-Euskadi) | s.t. |
| 165 | Rene Haselbacher (Astana) | s.t. |
| 166 | Grégory Rast (Astana) | s.t. |
| 167 | Yann Huguet (Cofidis) | s.t. |
| 168 | Stéphane Poulhiès (AG2R-La Mondiale) | s.t. |
| 169 | Lars Ytting Bak (CSC-Saxo Bank) | s.t. |
| 170 | Greg Van Avermaet (Silence-Lotto) | s.t. |
| 171 | Marco Corti (Barloworld) | @ 10min 25sec |
| 172 | Bert Roesems (Silence-Lotto) | s.t. |
| 173 | Raynold Smith (Cycle Collstrop) | s.t. |
| 174 | Dirk Bellemakers (Landbouwkrediet-Tonissteiner) | s.t. |
| 175 | Lander Aperribay (Euskaltel-Euskadi) | s.t. |
| 176 | Niko Eeckhout (Topsport Vlaanderen) | s.t. |
| 177 | Denis Flahaut (Saunier Duval-Scott) | s.t. |
| 178 | Tom Steels (Landbouwkrediet-Tonissteiner) | s.t. |
| 179 | Andrea Masciarelli (Acqua & Sapone-Caffe Mokambo | s.t. |
| 180 | Carlo Westphal (Gerolsteiner) | s.t. |
| 181 | Michiel Elijzen (Rabobank) | s.t. |
| 182 | Jens Mouris (Mitsubishi-Jartazi) | s.t. |
Photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
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Amazing that one of the most important races in the world ends up on a road that is little more than a path.through the forest. |
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Of course the crowds were huge. |
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Winning is always sweet, even for a man with 3 Rainbow Jerseys. |
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