Boonen Breaks Up The Traditional Transitional Formula
The Quickstep team benefited from a long chase of two escapees that was controlled by both the Lampre and Francaise des Jeux team. It was only in the final three kilometers that Tom Boonen’s boys moved forward to set up a lead-out train that delivered the green jersey to the front at exactly the right time. The winner of stage six held off all the other sprint specialists to claim his second stage victory this year and the sixth of his career. He beat his two closest rivals in the points classification – with Erik Zabel and Robert Hunter taking the minor places. It was a stage that was animated by two escapees who took off at the 52km mark: Amets Txurruka and Pierrick Fedrigo built a lead of 11’30” and worked well together until being swallowed up by the sprint squads just 1,200m from the line. Of the three transitational stages, two have ended in bunch sprints...
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