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Cycling-Eneco Tour first stage result and standings

Aug 19 - Result and standings after the 185-km
first stage of the Eneco Tour from Aalter to Ardooie, Belgium on
Wednesday.
1. Tyler Farrar (U.S. / Garmin ) 4hrs 18mins 40secs"
2. Tom Boonen (Belgium / Quick-Step ) ST
3. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Norway / Columbia )
4. Graeme Brown (Australia / Rabobank )
5. Robert Foerster (Germany / Milram )
6. Yauheni Hutarovich (Belarus / Francaise des Jeux )
7. Tom Veelers (Netherlands / Skil - Shimano )
8. Roy Sentjens (Belgium / Silence - Lotto )
9. Mathew Hayman (Australia / Rabobank )
10. Juan Jose Haedo (Argentina / Saxo Bank )
11. Renaud Dion (France / AG2R )
12. Tomas Vaitkus (Lithuania / Astana )
13. Alexandre Blain (France / Cofidis )
14. Alexei Markov (Russia / Katusha )
15. Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spain / Caisse d'Epargne )
16. Jacopo Guarnieri (Italy / Liquigas )
17. Ermanno Capelli (Italy / Fuji )
18. Juan Antonio Flecha (Spain / Rabobank )
19. Matthew Goss (Australia / Saxo Bank )
20. Kristof Goddaert (Belgium / Topsport Vlaanderen )
21. Vincenzo Nibali (Italy / Liquigas )
22. Sylvain Chavanel (France / Quick-Step )
23. Guillaume Le Floch (France / Bbox - Bouygues )
24. Joost Posthuma (Netherlands / Rabobank )
25. Arnaud Coyot (France / Caisse d'Epargne )
26. Nikolai Trussov (Russia / Katusha )
27. Arnaud Labbe (France / Bbox - Bouygues )
28. Giovanni Bernaudeau (France / Bbox - Bouygues )
29. Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Spain / Caisse d'Epargne )
30. Maarten Tjallingii (Netherlands / Rabobank )

Overall standings
1. Tyler Farrar (U.S. / Garmin ) 4hrs 23mins 26secs"
2. Tom Boonen (Belgium / Quick-Step ) +4"
3. Sylvain Chavanel (France / Quick-Step ) +9"
4. Edvald Boasson Hagen (Norway / Columbia ) +10"
5. Bradley Wiggins (Britain / Garmin ) +11"
6. Joost Posthuma (Netherlands / Rabobank )
7. Vincenzo Nibali (Italy / Liquigas ) +13"
8. Juan Antonio Flecha (Spain / Rabobank )
9. Maarten Tjallingii (Netherlands / Rabobank ) +14"
10. Nikolas Maes (Belgium / Topsport Vlaanderen )
11. Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Spain / Caisse d'Epargne ) +15"
12. Michiel Elijzen (Netherlands / Silence - Lotto )
13. Lars Bak (Denmark / Saxo Bank )
14. Alex Rasmussen (Denmark / Saxo Bank )
15. Andreas Kloeden (Germany / Astana ) +16"
16. Niki Terpstra (Netherlands / Milram )
17. Tony Martin (Germany / Columbia )
18. Rick Flens (Netherlands / Rabobank ) +17"
19. Tom Veelers (Netherlands / Skil - Shimano ) +18"
20. Greg Henderson (New Zealand / Columbia )
21. Alexei Markov (Russia / Katusha )
22. Nick Nuyens (Belgium / Rabobank )
23. Jan Bakelants (Belgium / Topsport Vlaanderen )
24. Maxime Monfort (Belgium / Columbia )
25. Thomas Lovkvist (Sweden / Columbia ) +19"
26. Kristof Goddaert (Belgium / Topsport Vlaanderen )
27. Jurgen Van den Broeck (Belgium / Silence - Lotto ) +20"
28. Maciej Bodnar (Poland / Liquigas )
29. Albert Timmer (Netherlands / Skil - Shimano )
30. Michael Rogers (Australia / Columbia ) +21"

(Compiled by Infostrada Sports; Edited by Neil Maidment)