Results after the 173.8km first stage of the Tour of Benelux cycling race on Thursday:

1st stage
1. Tom Boonen (BEL) Quick Step 4hr 16min 17sec, 2. Daniele Bennati (ITA) same time, 3. Fabio Sabatini (ITA) s.t., 4. Jurgen Roelandts (BEL) s.t., 5.
Heinrich Haussler (GER) s.t.

Overall
1. Jose Ivan Gutierrez (ESP) Caisse d’Epargne 4hr 21min 46sec, 2. Cyril Lemoine (FRA) 2sec behind, 3. Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) 3, 4. Sebastien Rosseler (BEL) 5, 5. Michael Rogers (AUS) 6

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