Sunday, May 27, 2012 Tour of Belgium: Tony Martin secures overall victory as Carlos Betancur takes Queen stage by Ben Atkins at 3:45 PM EST

Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results, Tour of Belgium Ardennes Classics style stage ends Belgian tour but previous day’s time trial was enough for victory Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) secured overall victory in the Tour of Belgium, after the toughest stage of the race between Clavier and Engis. The 212km Ardennes Classic style stage was taken by Carlos Betancur (Acqua & Sapone), ahead of cyclocross star Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb-Revor), with Sergey Firsanov (RusVelo) third.



Martin was not far behind though, in seventh place, which was enough to give the World time trial champion the win.



“The whole stage was pretty hard, like expected,” said Martin. “The profile, I think it was 16 climbs, really hard climbs from the Ardennes Classics, so we knew it would be a hard stage. But we really had a strong team here. We controlled the race right from the beginning, and then in the final I took the risk to stay in front, so that the gap in front couldn't get far away.



“It was really hard, but I have to say thank you to the whole team,” he added. “The whole week they always protected me. I am really happy for this team that we could win this race here.”



After 40km a nine man break got away, consisting of: Stijn Devolder (Vacansoleil-DCM), Carlos Barredo (Rabobank), Romain Zingle (Cofidis), Betancur, another cyclocross star in Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet-Euphony), Pieter Serry (Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator), Dmitriy Fofonov (Astana), Maxime Vantomme (Katusha) and Amaël Moinard (BMC Racing).



Of the nine however, Barredo was regarded as dangerous however, as he started the day just one minute behind Martin in the general classification. The German put himself on the front of the chasing pack and reeled them in himself.



On the steep climb of the Rue Des Fagnes to the finish, Belgian champion Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing) made the first move, but this was quickly countered by Pauwels. Betancur was lurking on his wheel however, and took an easy sprint on the line.



Martin followed just eight seconds later, in seventh place, to secure his first overall stage race victory of the season.



“It was really an important race for me,” Martin said. “I didn't have a win yet. I had some physical problems due to the crash and it takes always a while to get with a new team and get used to everything, but I think we are now in a really good way. It's really important to give the confidence for the future. I am really happy, the team is happy especially since it's the home race here. So, this is a special win and a great week for me and the whole team.



“My next race will be the Critérium du Dauphiné as next step, in preparation for the Tour de France,” he concluded.





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Subscribe via RSS or daily email Contact the editor about this article Tour of Belgium (2.HC) Stage 5 Results: Clavier to Engis, 212 km: Click on the arrows at the top of the column to sort the race results. Country Result Name Team Time COL 1 Carlos Alberto Betancurt Gomez (Acqua & Sapone) 05:04:18 BEL 2 Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb - Revor) 00:00:02 RUS 3 Sergey Firsanov (Team Rusvelo) s.t. BEL 4 Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing Team) 00:00:05 NED 5 Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t. BEL 6 Bert De Waele (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) 00:00:08 GER 7 Tony Martin (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. RUS 8 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Team Rusvelo) s.t. RUS 9 Alexandr Kolobnev (Katusha Team) 00:00:11 ESP 10 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Rabobank Cycling Team) 00:00:13 BEL 11 Pieter Serry (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) 00:00:17 UKR 12 Andriy Grivko (Astana Pro Team) 00:00:19 BEL 13 Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) s.t. LTU 14 Egidijus Juodvalkis (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) s.t. ITA 15 Francesco Reda (Acqua & Sapone) s.t. BEL 16 Maarten Wynants (Rabobank Cycling Team) 00:00:22 SLO 17 Simon Spilak (Katusha Team) s.t. BEL 18 Romain Zingle (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) s.t. RUS 19 Petr Ignatenko (Katusha Team) s.t. ITA 20 Manuel Quinziato (BMC Racing Team) s.t. BEL 21 Maxime Vantomme (Katusha Team) s.t. BEL 22 Jurgen Van Goolen (Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s) s.t. KAZ 23 Dmitriy Fofonov (Astana Pro Team) 00:00:33 RUS 24 Nikita Eskov (Team Rusvelo) s.t. BEL 25 Nico Sijmens (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) 00:00:52 BEL 26 Stijn Devolder (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) 00:01:03 NED 27 Dirk Bellemakers (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) 00:01:20 SUI 28 Michael Schar (BMC Racing Team) 00:01:26 FRA 29 Amaël Moinard (BMC Racing Team) s.t. RUS 30 Maxim Belkov (Katusha Team) 00:01:52 BEL 31 Laurens De Vreese (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) 00:02:23 BEL 32 Jurgen Roelandts (Lotto - Belisol Team) 00:02:27 BEL 33 Bjorn Leukemans (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t. SWE 34 Tobias Ludvigsson (Argos-Shimano) 00:02:29 SUI 35 Martin Kohler (BMC Racing Team) 00:04:44 BEL 36 Pieter Jacobs (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) 00:07:30 CZE 37 Zdenek Stybar (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) 00:08:00 ESP 38 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Katusha Team) s.t. ITA 39 Francesco Gavazzi (Astana Pro Team) 00:08:31 BEL 40 Gianni Vermeersch (BKCP-Powerplus) 00:10:33 RSA 41 Jay Robert Thomson (UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis) s.t. ITA 42 Massimo Codol (Acqua & Sapone) s.t. CZE 43 Lubomir Petrus (BKCP-Powerplus) s.t. RUS 44 Sergey Klimov (Team Rusvelo) s.t. BEL 45 Jurgen Van De Walle (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t. NED 46 Pim Ligthart (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t. ITA 47 Alessandro Donati (Acqua & Sapone) s.t. FRA 48 Yann Huguet (Argos-Shimano) s.t. BEL 49 Jens Debusschere (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t. GER 50 Marcel Sieberg (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t. GER 51 Andre Greipel (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t. SLO 52 Borut Bozic (Astana Pro Team) s.t. KAZ 53 Dmitriy Muravyev (Astana Pro Team) 00:10:52 NED 54 Niki Terpstra (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) 00:11:15 ITA 55 Paolo Ciavatta (Acqua & Sapone) 00:12:02 ITA 56 Claudio Corioni (Acqua & Sapone) s.t. BEL 57 Sven Vanthourenhout (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) s.t. ITA 58 Davide Frattini (UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis) s.t. ITA 59 Francesco Di Paolo (Acqua & Sapone) s.t. BEL 60 Baptiste Planckaert (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) s.t. ITA 61 Matteo Trentin (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. BEL 62 Vinnie Braet (Sunweb - Revor) s.t. NED 63 Lars Boom (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t. FRA 64 Arnaud Jouffroy (Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team) s.t. BEL 65 Tom Meeusen (Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team) s.t. NED 66 Ramon Sinkeldam (Argos-Shimano) s.t. BEL 67 James Vanlandschoot (Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s) s.t. NED 68 Bert-jan Lindeman (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t. BEL 69 Klaas Lodewyck (BMC Racing Team) s.t. BEL 70 Wietse Bosmans (BKCP-Powerplus) s.t. BEL 71 Leif Hoste (Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s) s.t. RUS 72 Alexey Tsatevitch (Katusha Team) s.t. FRA 73 Julien Fouchard (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) s.t. BEL 74 Jérôme Gilbert (Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s) s.t. COL 75 Leonardo Fabio Duque (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) s.t. LAT 76 Aleksejs Saramotins (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) s.t. RUS 77 Nikolay Trusov (Team Rusvelo) s.t. BEL 78 Quentin Bertholet (Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole) s.t. BEL 79 Kevin Thome (Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole) s.t. GER 80 Marcus Burghardt (BMC Racing Team) s.t. BEL 81 Francesco Vancoppernolle (Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht) s.t. BEL 82 Christophe Premont (Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole) s.t. BEL 83 Tom Van Asbroeck (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) s.t. BEL 84 Niels Wytinck (An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton - S...) s.t. BEL 85 Pieter Ghyllebert (An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton - S...) s.t. BEL 86 Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) s.t. BEL 87 Michael Van Staeyen (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) s.t. NED 88 Rick Flens (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t. NZL 89 Gregory Henderson (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t. BEL 90 Sander Cordeel (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t. NED 91 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Argos-Shimano) s.t. NED 92 Kenny Van Hummel (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t. BEL 93 Bert De Backer (Argos-Shimano) s.t. BEL 94 Joeri Adams (Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team) s.t. ITA 95 Danilo Napolitano (Acqua & Sapone) s.t. BEL 96 Kenny Dehaes (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t. CZE 97 Karel Hnik (Sunweb - Revor) s.t. BEL 98 Kris Boeckmans (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t. GBR 99 Adam Blythe (BMC Racing Team) s.t. RUS 100 Valery Valynin (Team Rusvelo) s.t. NED 101 Jos Van Emden (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t. BEL 102 Jim Aernouts (Sunweb - Revor) 00:12:17 NED 103 Bobbie Traksel (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) 00:12:42 BEL 104 Timothy Dupont (Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht) s.t. BEL 105 Gert Steegmans (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) 00:12:59 DEN 106 Matti Breschel (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t. NED 107 Coen Vermeltfoort (Rabobank Cycling Team) 00:13:09 BEL 108 Niels Vandyck (Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht) s.t. NED 109 Jetse Bol (Rabobank Cycling Team) 00:13:22 USA DNF Adrian Hegyvari (UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis) FRA DNF Adrien Petit (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) NED DNF Albert Timmer (Argos-Shimano) GBR DNF Andrew Fenn (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) BEL DNF Bart Wellens (Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team) BEL DNF Benjamin Verraes (Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht) BEL DNF Bert Van Lerberghe (Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht) NED DNF Boy Van Poppel (UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis) NED DNF Corne Van Kessel (Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team) BEL DNF Dieter Vanthourenhout (BKCP-Powerplus) KAZ DNF Dmitriy Gruzdev (Astana Pro Team) BEL DNF Fabio Polazzi (Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole) BEL DNF Frédéric Amorison (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) BEL DNF Frederik Veuchelen (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) BEL DNF Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) AUS DNF Hilton Clarke (UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis) BEL DNF Iljo Keisse (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) USA DNF Jacob Keough (UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis) ITA DNF Jacopo Guarnieri (Astana Pro Team) BEL DNF Jan Ghyselinck (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) BEL DNF Jelle Wallays (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) CHN DNF Ji Cheng (Argos-Shimano) BEL DNF Justin Van Hoecke (Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole) AUS DNF Karl Menzies (UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis) BEL DNF Kenneth Vanbilsen (An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton - S...) BEL DNF Kevin Verwaest (Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht) GBR DNF Mark Mcnally (An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton - S...) BEL DNF Moreno De Pauw (Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht) BEL DNF Niko Eeckhout (An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton - S...) GER DNF Philipp Walsleben (BKCP-Powerplus) BEL DNF Philippe Legrand (Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole) BEL DNF Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) CZE DNF Radomir Simunek (BKCP-Powerplus) BEL DNF Rob Goris (Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s) BEL DNF Rob Peeters (Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team) GER DNF Robert Förster (UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis) BEL DNF Robin Stenuit (Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole) BEL DNF Roy Jans (An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton - S...) KAZ DNF Sergey Renev (Astana Pro Team) BEL DNF Steve Schets (Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht) BEL DNF Steven Van Vooren (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) BEL DNF Sven Beelen (Sunweb - Revor) NED DNF Tijmen Eising (Sunweb - Revor) BEL DNF Tim Merlier (Sunweb - Revor) BEL DNF Wim De Vocht (Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s) General classification: Country Result Name Team Time GER 1 Tony Martin (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) 16:51:28 NED 2 Lieuwe Westra (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) 00:00:43 ESP 3 Carlos Barredo Llamazales (Rabobank Cycling Team) 00:01:02 RUS 4 Sergey Firsanov (Team Rusvelo) 00:01:11 UKR 5 Andriy Grivko (Astana Pro Team) 00:01:26 ITA 6 Francesco Reda (Acqua & Sapone) 00:01:38 BEL 7 Philippe Gilbert (BMC Racing Team) 00:01:45 SLO 8 Simon Spilak (Katusha Team) 00:01:47 ITA 9 Manuel Quinziato (BMC Racing Team) 00:01:50 BEL 10 Maarten Wynants (Rabobank Cycling Team) 00:01:58 BEL 11 Maxime Vantomme (Katusha Team) 00:02:14 RUS 12 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Team Rusvelo) 00:02:16 KAZ 13 Dmitriy Fofonov (Astana Pro Team) 00:02:33 BEL 14 Jurgen Van Goolen (Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s) 00:02:35 BEL 15 Pieter Serry (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) 00:02:40 RUS 16 Nikita Eskov (Team Rusvelo) 00:02:42 BEL 17 Romain Zingle (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) 00:03:06 BEL 18 Stijn Devolder (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) s.t. RUS 19 Alexandr Kolobnev (Katusha Team) 00:03:09 BEL 20 Nico Sijmens (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) 00:03:13 RUS 21 Petr Ignatenko (Katusha Team) 00:03:20 FRA 22 Amaël Moinard (BMC Racing Team) 00:03:21 RUS 23 Maxim Belkov (Katusha Team) 00:03:24 BEL 24 Bert De Waele (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) 00:03:27 NED 25 Dirk Bellemakers (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) 00:03:35 SUI 26 Michael Schar (BMC Racing Team) 00:03:38 SWE 27 Tobias Ludvigsson (Argos-Shimano) 00:03:40 LTU 28 Egidijus Juodvalkis (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) 00:03:41 BEL 29 Sven Nys (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) 00:04:04 COL 30 Carlos Alberto Betancurt Gomez (Acqua & Sapone) 00:04:19 BEL 31 Jurgen Roelandts (Lotto - Belisol Team) 00:05:08 BEL 32 Bjorn Leukemans (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) 00:05:44 BEL 33 Laurens De Vreese (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) 00:06:13 SUI 34 Martin Kohler (BMC Racing Team) 00:07:03 BEL 35 Pieter Jacobs (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) 00:09:52 CZE 36 Zdenek Stybar (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) 00:09:57 ITA 37 Francesco Gavazzi (Astana Pro Team) 00:10:52 ESP 38 Joan Horrach Rippoll (Katusha Team) 00:10:53 NED 39 Niki Terpstra (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) 00:11:59 RSA 40 Jay Robert Thomson (UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis) 00:12:11 BEL 41 Kevin Pauwels (Sunweb - Revor) 00:12:15 GER 42 Andre Greipel (Lotto - Belisol Team) 00:12:16 RUS 43 Sergey Klimov (Team Rusvelo) 00:12:21 ITA 44 Massimo Codol (Acqua & Sapone) 00:12:40 FRA 45 Yann Huguet (Argos-Shimano) 00:12:43 NED 46 Pim Ligthart (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) 00:12:55 NED 47 Lars Boom (Rabobank Cycling Team) 00:13:03 SLO 48 Borut Bozic (Astana Pro Team) 00:13:04 KAZ 49 Dmitriy Muravyev (Astana Pro Team) 00:13:35 ITA 50 Alessandro Donati (Acqua & Sapone) 00:13:49 CZE 51 Lubomir Petrus (BKCP-Powerplus) 00:13:52 NED 52 Jos Van Emden (Rabobank Cycling Team) 00:13:58 NZL 53 Gregory Henderson (Lotto - Belisol Team) 00:14:05 ITA 54 Matteo Trentin (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t. GER 55 Marcus Burghardt (BMC Racing Team) 00:14:10 BEL 56 Klaas Lodewyck (BMC Racing Team) 00:14:12 BEL 57 Gianni Vermeersch (BKCP-Powerplus) 00:14:16 NED 58 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Argos-Shimano) 00:14:17 RUS 59 Nikolay Trusov (Team Rusvelo) 00:14:22 BEL 60 Kris Boeckmans (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) 00:14:23 BEL 61 Leif Hoste (Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s) 00:14:26 LAT 62 Aleksejs Saramotins (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) 00:14:33 BEL 63 Christophe Premont (Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole) 00:14:34 BEL 64 Kevin Thome (Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole) 00:14:36 RUS 65 Alexey Tsatevitch (Katusha Team) s.t. BEL 66 Tom Van Asbroeck (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) 00:14:42 NED 67 Ramon Sinkeldam (Argos-Shimano) s.t. BEL 68 Niels Albert (BKCP-Powerplus) 00:14:44 COL 69 Leonardo Fabio Duque (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) 00:14:57 BEL 70 Baptiste Planckaert (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) 00:14:58 ITA 71 Danilo Napolitano (Acqua & Sapone) 00:15:09 BEL 72 Gert Steegmans (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) 00:15:14 GER 73 Marcel Sieberg (Lotto - Belisol Team) 00:15:17 BEL 74 Wietse Bosmans (BKCP-Powerplus) 00:15:21 NED 75 Kenny Van Hummel (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) 00:15:28 BEL 76 Jim Aernouts (Sunweb - Revor) 00:15:30 BEL 77 Quentin Bertholet (Wallonie Bruxelles - Crédit Agricole) 00:15:36 BEL 78 Sven Vanthourenhout (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) 00:15:43 BEL 79 James Vanlandschoot (Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s) 00:15:47 BEL 80 Vinnie Braet (Sunweb - Revor) 00:15:49 ITA 81 Paolo Ciavatta (Acqua & Sapone) 00:15:50 NED 82 Bert-jan Lindeman (Vacansoleil - DCM Pro Cycling Team) 00:15:51 ITA 83 Francesco Di Paolo (Acqua & Sapone) 00:15:52 BEL 84 Joeri Adams (Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team) 00:15:55 GBR 85 Adam Blythe (BMC Racing Team) 00:15:57 BEL 86 Jens Debusschere (Lotto - Belisol Team) 00:15:59 DEN 87 Matti Breschel (Rabobank Cycling Team) 00:16:13 ITA 88 Davide Frattini (UnitedHealthcare Presented By Maxxis) 00:16:16 BEL 89 Pieter Ghyllebert (An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton - S...) 00:16:23 BEL 90 Michael Van Staeyen (Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator) 00:16:27 ITA 91 Claudio Corioni (Acqua & Sapone) 00:16:29 NED 92 Bobbie Traksel (Landbouwkrediet - Euphony) 00:16:30 BEL 93 Timothy Dupont (Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht) s.t. BEL 94 Bert De Backer (Argos-Shimano) 00:16:46 FRA 95 Arnaud Jouffroy (Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team) 00:16:49 RUS 96 Valery Valynin (Team Rusvelo) 00:17:05 NED 97 Jetse Bol (Rabobank Cycling Team) 00:17:10 BEL 98 Niels Wytinck (An Post-M. Donnelly-Grant Thornton - S...) s.t. BEL 99 Tom Meeusen (Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team) 00:17:12 BEL 100 Francesco Vancoppernolle (Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht) 00:17:39 BEL 101 Jérôme Gilbert (Accent.jobs – Willems Veranda’s) 00:17:49 CZE 102 Karel Hnik (Sunweb - Revor) 00:18:18 BEL 103 Sander Cordeel (Lotto - Belisol Team) 00:20:35 NED 104 Rick Flens (Rabobank Cycling Team) 00:21:52 BEL 105 Kenny Dehaes (Lotto - Belisol Team) 00:22:12 FRA 106 Julien Fouchard (Cofidis - Le Credit En Ligne) 00:23:39 NED 107 Coen Vermeltfoort (Rabobank Cycling Team) 00:23:42 BEL 108 Jurgen Van De Walle (Lotto - Belisol Team) 00:24:39 BEL 109 Niels Vandyck (Jong Vlaanderen - Bauknecht) 00:25:14

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