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21.06.2008/ Marc Cavendish (Columbia) stormed towards the line to take the final stage of the Ster Elektrotoer. Barloworlds Enrico Gasparotto won the overall of the Dutch stage race.

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Mark Cavendish took the final stage. (© Ster Elektrotoer)

Team Barloworld 's Enrico Gasparotto won the overall of the Ster Elektrotoer (Netherlands)  The Italian rider managed to keep his 17 seconds lead over Tinkoff's Vasili Kiryienka thanks to a strong effort of his Barloworld team.

Gasparotto is aiming for a second national title at the Italian National Championships next week and the Barloworld rider seems to be in the right form to achieve one of his foals for the current season.

Mark Cavendish (Columbia) scored a strong bunch sprint win in the Ster Elektrotoer race when he romped home in first place on the final stage. The Briton roared across the finish line a good two bike lengths clear at the end of the 150 kilometres stage in Germert, Netherlands.

After 23 kilometres Mathew Hayman (Rabobank), Kasper Klostergaard (CSC), Arnoud van Groen (P3Transfer - Batavus) and Joost van Leijen (Van Vliet - EBH Elshof) took off. The escapees managed to create a gap fro around four minutes but the sprinter teams were determind to bring the bunch back and the break never really had a chance.

South African sprinter Robert Hunter (Barloworld) finished second in the close sprint, Kenny Van Hummel (Skil-Shimano) came in third and Quickstep's Tom Boonen finished fourth.

"I went from a long way out, maybe 300 meters from the line." Cavendish said afterwards. "But I had the strength and I just kept going and going. I could even put my hands in the air 15 or 20 meters ahead of the line because I could see I’d won."

"It was a hard and quite dangerous finishing circuit, with a lot of narrow roads and some chicanes. But the team did a really good job and kept me at the front and I was in the top ten when we got into the final kilometer."

"Then I made my move, and it worked out perfectly. It shows that I am exactly where I should be at this point in the season."

Cavendish’ next road-race is the British National Championships on Sunday 29th June, where he will be racing alongside Columbia (High Road) team-mate Roger Hammond.

"This is our second victory in the Ster Elektotoer after Tony [Martin] won the prologue, and it’s always good to see our young riders doing so well,"  added Columbia' sports director on the race, Tristan Hoffman.

"Both Mark and Tony did the Giro and they’re reaping the benefits here. They’ve recovered well from an exceptionally tough edition of the Tour of Italy and have bounced back in time to be ready for the summer."

"The team was a real factor in Mark’s victory, too. They helped pull back a long break during the stage and kept him in contention despite the technical finish. It was a great all-round effort and it paid off 100 percent."

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Results Ster Elektrotoer 2008
 
Stage 5
 
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road                      3.14.57 (46.196 km/h)
2 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                                 
3 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano                     
4 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step                               
5 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                             
6 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road                             
7 David Kopp (Ger) Cycle Collstrop                               
8 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                        
9 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                                  
10 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana                                     
11 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale                      
12 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                              
13 Reinier Honig (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus                      
14 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                      
15 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cycle Collstrop                           
16 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus                    
17 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Silence - Lotto                            
18 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                                   
19 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                   
20 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                   
21 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale                     
22 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) P3Transfer - Batavus                 0.05
23 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana                                   
24 Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof              
25 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Cycle Collstrop                            
26 Wouter Mol (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus                         
27 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team                 
28 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team High Road                        
29 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                               
30 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step                                  
31 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                  
32 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                        
33 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) Cycle Collstrop                         
34 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                            
35 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale                         
36 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems                 
37 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld                            
38 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                           
39 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner            
40 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                       
41 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                               
42 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto                          
43 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner             
44 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                  
45 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                                  
46 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                      
47 Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner      0.11
48 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                
49 Sven Renders (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                        
50 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                 
51 Hans Bloks (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels                         
52 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop                          
53 Johan Coenen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                        
54 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop                            
55 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC                     
56 Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner       
57 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                    
58 Geert Van Der Sanden (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels               
59 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana                                    
60 Rik Kavsek (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team                   
61 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                    
62 Wout Poels (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus                         
63 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                   
64 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                    
65 Maurice De Bekker (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels                  
66 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                                  
67 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                                
68 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram                            0.15
69 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step                               
70 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                         
71 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels                        
72 Rob Peeters (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner              
73 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team High Road                            
74 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana                                     
75 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner               
76 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof                
77 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram                           0.21
78 Bert Roesems (Bel) Silence - Lotto                            
79 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                                
80 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto                          
81 Geert Steurs (Bel) Silence - Lotto                            
82 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana                                      
83 Maurice Vrijmoed (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof                 
84 André Steensen (Den) Team CSC                                 
85 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence - Lotto                        
86 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems              0.25
87 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step                           
88 Sjoerd Botter (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team                
89 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana                                     
90 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC                                  
91 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale                    
92 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step                           
93 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                     
94 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) Cycle Collstrop                        
95 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                    
96 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto                          
97 Lasse Bøchman (Den) Team CSC                                  
98 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step                                  
99 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano                         
100 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                            0.28
101 Jos Pronk (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team                   
102 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank                              0.36
103 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team High Road                       0.53
104 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step                          1.01
105 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                              1.10
106 Servais Knaven (Ned) Team High Road                       1.15
107 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                            1.30
108 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof                 1.37
109 Arne Hassink (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels                   1.44
110 Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus               1.45
111 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank                                    
112 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                               
113 Kenny Van Der Schueren (Bel) Cycle Collstrop                 
114 Lars Vierbergen (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof              2.23
115 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                          
116 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano                            
117 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels                 
118 Adriaan Helmantel (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels                 
119 Eric Van De Meent (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team           
120 Jasper Lenferink (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team            
121 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team High Road                         
122 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             
123 Ivor Bruin (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof                      
124 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner       2.41
125 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                         3.55
126 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                           
127 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof             4.15
128 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof              
129 Tony Martin (Ger) Team High Road                             
DNS Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale
 
Final General Classification

1 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Barloworld                      16.49.14
2 Vasili Kiryienka (Blr) Tinkoff Credit Systems               0.17
3 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                 0.23
4 Koen De Kort (Ned) Astana                                   0.27
5 Matti Breschel (Den) Team CSC                               0.36
6 Paul Martens (Ger) Rabobank                                 0.38
7 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                         0.40
8 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto                        0.41
9 Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team CSC                             0.44
10 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) AG2R La Mondiale                  0.45
11 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Gerolsteiner                         0.47
12 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cycle Collstrop                        0.48
13 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                    0.52
14 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                    
15 Thomas Fothen (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           0.56
16 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner         0.57
17 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step                               0.58
18 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Astana                                1.02
19 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner             
20 Johan Coenen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                        
21 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Cycle Collstrop                            
22 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) Cycle Collstrop                      1.03
23 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop                       1.04
24 Hans Bloks (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels                      1.05
25 Roman Kireyev (Kaz) Astana                                 1.06
26 Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) P3Transfer - Batavus                 1.07
27 Aaron Kemps (Aus) Astana                                   1.10
28 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale                   1.11
29 Sven Renders (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                        
30 Kristof Vandewalle (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen               1.13
31 Thijs Van Amerongen (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof           1.14
32 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof                
33 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                        
34 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                 1.17
35 Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner      1.20
36 Yuriy Krivtsov (Ukr) AG2R La Mondiale                      1.25
37 Wouter Mol (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus                         
38 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step                               1.26
39 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank                                 
40 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Silence - Lotto                            
41 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram                         1.27
42 Francis De Greef (Bel) Silence - Lotto                        
43 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop                         1.30
44 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step                                1.34
45 Geert Steurs (Bel) Silence - Lotto                         1.36
46 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana                                  2.01
47 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence - Lotto                       2.05
48 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Silence - Lotto                       2.10
49 Geert Van Der Sanden (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels            2.11
50 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                  
51 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner            2.12
52 Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner    2.29
53 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step                            2.37
54 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                             2.39
55 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step                        2.49
56 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team High Road                        3.16
57 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team High Road                            
58 Thomas Frei (Swi) Astana                                   3.21
59 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano                          3.28
60 Reinier Honig (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus                   3.40
61 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team High Road                         3.44
62 David Kopp (Ger) Cycle Collstrop                           3.51
63 Baden Cooke (Aus) Barloworld                               4.11
64 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                   4.13
65 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus                 4.22
66 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano                             4.33
67 Matthias Russ (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           4.36
68 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner                             4.53
69 Lasse Bøchman (Den) Team CSC                               5.05
70 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank                                  5.10
71 Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team CSC                  5.18
72 Kenny Van Der Schueren (Bel) Cycle Collstrop               5.55
73 Sjoerd Botter (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team             6.08
74 Maint Berkenbosch (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels               6.19
75 Julien Mazet (Fra) Astana                                  7.03
76 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano                      7.12
77 Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus                7.14
78 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Rabobank                               7.25
79 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step                        7.29
80 Jos Pronk (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team                 7.42
81 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Barloworld                      7.53
82 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano                        8.20
83 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step                           8.36
84 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems                  8.44
85 Anders Lund (Den) Team CSC                                 8.47
86 Lars Vierbergen (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof               9.04
87 Robert Hunter (RSA) Barloworld                             9.16
88 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team             10.11
89 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                   10.39
90 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen                12.37
91 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems             12.45
92 Gianpaolo Cheula (Ita) Barloworld                         13.30
93 Yvo Kusters (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels                    14.21
94 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step                          14.27
95 Servais Knaven (Ned) Team High Road                       15.29
96 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team High Road                       15.32
97 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank                              15.44
98 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank                               15.53
99 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof             16.00
100 Juan José Haedo (Arg) Team CSC                           16.21
101 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank                             16.39
102 Bert Roesems (Bel) Silence - Lotto                       16.56
103 Rob Peeters (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner         17.21
104 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale               17.23
105 John-Lee Augustyn (RSA) Barloworld                       17.29
106 Bradley McGee (Aus) Team CSC                             18.26
107 André Steensen (Den) Team CSC                            18.58
108 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) Cycle Collstrop                   19.04
109 Rik Kavsek (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team              19.12
110 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Team High Road                   19.27
111 Eric Van De Meent (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team       20.05
112 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Gerolsteiner                           20.23
113 Bram Schmitz (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof                20.57
114 Ivor Bruin (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof                  21.12
115 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano               21.19
116 Tony Martin (Ger) Team High Road                         22.24
117 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner      22.50
118 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Barloworld                          23.39
119 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Team High Road                     24.33
120 Dominik Roels (Ger) Team Milram                          25.49
121 Maurice Vrijmoed (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof            29.09
122 Markus Eichler (Ger) Team Milram                         30.07
123 Tim Klinger (Ger) Gerolsteiner                           31.50
124 Maurice De Bekker (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels             32.23
125 Arne Hassink (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels                  33.57
126 Jasper Lenferink (Ned) Krolstone Continental Team        35.14
127 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Elshof          36.32
128 Adriaan Helmantel (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels             37.15
129 Wout Poels (Ned) P3Transfer - Batavus                    40.07

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