Rabobank sports director Frans Maassen said: "We should be very satisfied. We won the first stage, finished second in the general classification and Robert Gesink is the strongest of them all in the concluding stage. He completely breaks away from guys like Kirchen and Di Luca. Would you believe that? That is fantastic." Maassen had also made peace with the stage and general victory of the Belgian Johan van Summeren. "That guy performed magnificently and certainly did not steal it."

CSC's Luke Roberts finshed third overall. Roberts was eight in the 157-kilometer stage and when one of the riders at the top of the general classification suffered a flat the Australian advanced one spot. He even came close to full bonus points at the end.

"Luke tried to attack towards the end and he almost succeeded in getting away to go on and snatch the overall victory, but unfortunately he didn't quite make it. It was a nice try though. He managed to get a gap of about 50 meters and only needed six seconds to win, but some one, who had no chance whatsoever in the general classification, was chasing him, so he was caught just before the finish line," explained CSC's sports director Scott Sunderland, who all things considered was still pleased with the outcome.