The cobbles are set to begin but the opeaning pair of Omloop and Kuurne hold little interest to Nolf, who is currently at 60 fitness. His training will not pick up until after these two races.
Omloop Het Volk
Filippo Pozzato was the strongest of the 5 attackers as he took victory. He's showing good form this season having already won the Tour of California. Boonen led in a group of 4 after Pozzato while Nolf finished inside the next group - of 40.
1 Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS 5h21'34
2 Tom Boonen QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 42
3 Fabian Cancellara TEAM CSC s.t.
4 Nikolas Maes RABOBANK s.t.
5 Leif Hoste PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
6 Vladimir Gusev QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 3'56
7 Wouter Weylandt QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
8 Juan Antonio Flecha RABOBANK s.t.
9 Björn Leukemans PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
10 Martin Mortensen TEAM CSC s.t.
11 Philippe Gilbert RABOBANK s.t.
12 Marcus Burghardt FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
13 Greg Van Avermaet PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
14 Matti Breschel T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
15 Wim De Vocht PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
16 Bobbie Traksel DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
17 Kevin Van Impe RABOBANK s.t.
18 Nick Nuyens TEAM CSC s.t.
19 Tom Veelers COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
20 Max Van Heeswijk COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
21 Gianni Meersman DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
22 Stuart O'Grady DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
23 Preben Van Hecke PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
24 Geert Steurs PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
25 Jonas Decouttere LIQUIGAS s.t.
26 Damien Gaudin LIQUIGAS s.t.
27 Dimitri Muravyev TEAM ASTANA s.t.
28 Staf Scheirlinckx LIQUIGAS s.t.
29 Sergei Ivanov TEAM ASTANA s.t.
30 George Hincapie DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
31 Frederik Nolf DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
32 Geert Omloop CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN s.t.
33 Wilfried Cretskens CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN s.t.
34 Matthew Hayman RABOBANK s.t.
35 Yuri Trofimov COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
36 Christophe Mengin FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
37 Pieter Jacobs JARTAZI PROMO FASHION s.t.
38 Bert Grabsch T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
39 Simone Masciarelli DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
40 Evert Verbist CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN s.t.
41 Jan Kuyckx RABOBANK s.t.
42 Paolo Bettini QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
43 Sébastien Rosseler QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
44 Frederik Veuchelen T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
45 Gorik Gardeyn UNIBET.COM s.t.
111 Geraint Thomas DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 12'08
114 Ian Stannard DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
134 Rafaâ Chtioui DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
148 Ivan Stevic DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 16'08
152 Matthew Goss DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 19'12
161 Evan Oliphant DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 20'16
Kuurne-Bruxelles-Kuurne
Cancellara attacked from a long way out and would never be seen again, he wins in Kuurrne. Boonen was 2nd again while Nolf finished a pleasing 11th - 7 minutes down, but what do you expect with a form in the mid 60s? Coyot was a disappointing 57th, nearly 14 minutes down - and his form is slightly better than Nolf's. They were the only 2 DFL finishers of 8 starters - Pliuschin was just 500 metres away from finishing when the time limit kicked in.
1 Fabian Cancellara TEAM CSC 4h56'37
2 Tom Boonen QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 1'38
3 Juan Antonio Flecha RABOBANK + 2'36
4 Stuart O'Grady DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
5 Filippo Pozzato LIQUIGAS s.t.
6 Matti Breschel T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
7 George Hincapie DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
8 Björn Leukemans PREDICTOR - LOTTO + 3'23
9 Nikolas Maes RABOBANK s.t.
10 Kevin Van Impe RABOBANK s.t.
11 Frederik Nolf DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED + 7'20
12 Gianni Meersman DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
13 Philippe Gilbert RABOBANK s.t.
14 Marcus Burghardt FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
15 Yuri Trofimov COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
16 Wouter Weylandt QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 8'50
17 Geert Steurs PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
18 Dimitri Muravyev TEAM ASTANA s.t.
19 Leif Hoste PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
20 Steven De Jongh QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
21 Gorik Gardeyn UNIBET.COM + 10'28
22 Steffen Wesemann LIQUIGAS s.t.
23 Kenny De Ketele CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN s.t.
24 Greg Van Avermaet PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
25 Erik Zabel TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
26 Wilfried Cretskens CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN s.t.
27 Nick Nuyens TEAM CSC s.t.
28 Damien Gaudin LIQUIGAS s.t.
29 Wim De Vocht PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
30 Geert Omloop CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN s.t.
31 Markus Eichler UNIBET.COM s.t.
32 Evert Verbist CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN s.t.
33 Stefan Van Dijk TEAM WIESENHOF FELT s.t.
34 Kenny De Haes PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
35 Nico Sijmens LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER s.t.
36 Staf Scheirlinckx LIQUIGAS s.t.
37 Joost Posthuma AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
38 Jimmy Engoulvent FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
39 Simone Masciarelli DISCOVERY CHANNEL s.t.
40 Pieter Jacobs JARTAZI PROMO FASHION s.t.
41 Vladimir Gusev QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
42 Frederik Veuchelen T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
43 Bert Grabsch T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
44 Sergei Ivanov TEAM ASTANA s.t.
45 Bobbie Traksel DISCOVERY CHANNEL + 11'38
46 Jonas Decouttere LIQUIGAS s.t.
47 Martin Mortensen TEAM CSC + 12'20
48 Daniel Foder QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
49 Jimmy Casper UNIBET.COM s.t.
50 Max Van Heeswijk COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
51 Matthew Hayman RABOBANK s.t.
52 Nick Ingels PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
53 Koen Barbé LIQUIGAS s.t.
54 Sébastien Rosseler QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC + 13'29
55 Christophe Mengin FRANÇAISE DES JEUX s.t.
56 Allan Davis TEAM MILRAM + 13'54
57 Arnaud Coyot DFL - CYCLINGNEWS - LITESPEED s.t.
58 Fabio Sacchi TEAM MILRAM s.t.
59 Leon Van Bon TEAM CSC s.t.
60 Thomas Ziegler T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
61 Bram Schmitz RABOBANK s.t.
62 Nicolas Jalabert AGRITUBEL s.t.
63 Andy Cappelle LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER s.t.
64 Constantino Zaballa CRÉDIT AGRICOLE + 15'07
65 Nico Eeckhout TEAM CSC s.t.
66 Gabriele Balducci ACQUA & SAPONE - CAFFÉ MOKAMBO + 15'39
67 Zdenek Stybar AGRITUBEL s.t.
68 Maarten Verveer LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER + 16'07
69 Ilshat Pyvin SKIL - SHIMANO + 16'35
70 Imanol Erviti QUICKSTEP - INNERGETIC s.t.
71 Stefano Zanini PREDICTOR - LOTTO s.t.
72 Jan Kuyckx RABOBANK s.t.
73 James Vanlandschoot LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER s.t.
74 Pierre Drancourt BOUYGUES TÉLÉCOM s.t.
75 Stefan Huizinga CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN s.t.
76 Viggo Klit SKIL - SHIMANO s.t.
77 Benjamin Vervalle JARTAZI PROMO FASHION s.t.
78 Frank Høj COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.
79 Bart Aernouts LANDBOUWKREDIET - TÖNISSTEINER s.t.
80 Tom Veelers COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE + 17'51
81 Klaas Sys LIQUIGAS + 18'19
82 Alexandre Usov AG2R PRÉVOYANCE s.t.
83 Alessandro Cortinovis UNIBET.COM s.t.
84 Pieter Ghyllebert JARTAZI PROMO FASHION s.t.
85 Vincent Bastaens JARTAZI PROMO FASHION s.t.
86 Kurt Hovelynck CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN s.t.
87 Marvin Van der Pluijm UNIBET.COM s.t.
88 Daniel McConnell T-MOBILE TEAM s.t.
89 Anthony Geslin TEAM WIESENHOF FELT + 19'51
90 Kristof De Zutter CHOCOLADE JACQUES - TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN s.t.
91 Maxime Monfort COFIDIS, LE CRÉDIT PAR TÉLÉPHONE s.t.