Ballan attacked on Grammont followed by Hoste and then preceded the breakaway mate in the final sprint. A very strong Ballan, but the whole Lampre-Fondital team was surprisingly strong: Franzoi was in the main breakaway of the day that reached an advantage of 10’, Bennati was during the whole race at the front of the bunch and finished 19th, Baldato and Mori led the bunch in the key moment, Fornaciari and Righi covered Ballan in the central part of the race.
"A dream comes true,"  Ballan commented. "I won with an attack on Grammont just like the great champions: I immediately understood that it was the right action, then in the sprint I was a bit afraid when Hoste started, but I hung on and I obtained this fantastic victory. I want to thank my team mates, they were perfect; I thank also the sponsors that follow the team with an outstanding passion."

 

Results Tour of Flanders 2007:

 

1 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                          6.10.15 (41.97 km/h)
2 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                                       
3 Luca Paolini (Ita) Liquigas                                         0.05
4 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team CSC                                           
5 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel                                 
6 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Discovery Channel                               0.13
7 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis                                              
8 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana                                          
9 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank                                         
10 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Team CSC                                      0.35
11 Jesús Del Nero (Spa) Saunier Duval-Prodir                             
12 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic                                 
13 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) T-Mobile                                       
14 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Liquigas                                        
15 Gregory Rast (Swi) Astana                                             
16 Steffen Wesemann (Swi) Wiesenhof-Felt                                 
17 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis                                       
18 Cristian Moreni (Ita) Cofidis                                         
19 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Lampre-Fondital                                 
20 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Predictor-Lotto                              0.42
21 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Quickstep-Innergetic                           0.48
22 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com                                     1.32
23 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner                      
24 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems                       
25 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française Des Jeux