September 01, 2012 (Antwerp, Belgium) – Racing in a world-class field, Guillaume Boivin of Team SpiderTech powered by C10 finished the inaugural World Ports Classic in seventh place overall.

After Friday’s Stage 1 was blown to pieces by powerful winds blowing off the North Sea, Saturday’s 163-km second and final stage was run in calm, sunny conditions and followed a more traditional script. A breakaway of three riders gained close to three minutes but with time bonuses at the finish crucial to determining the overall standings they were brought back with about 6 km to race, setting up a sprint showdown between Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-Quickstep) and Andre Greipel (Lotto-Belisol).

But it was Theo Bos (RaboBank) who played spoiler for the stage result, sprinting to the win ahead of Greipel and Boonen. However, Bos had lost time on Stage 1 and while Greipel got the time bonus for second place Boonen just hung on to the overall win by a single second.

Team SpiderTech worked hard to ensure the breakaway was kept in check and Boivin sprinted to 12^th place on the stage, despite being boxed in against the barriers on the left side of the road in the closing metres. The result was good enough to move Boivin up to seventh overall, sixth in the points standings and third in the young rider classification.

Team SpiderTech will be back in action in North America at the WorldTour races in Quebec City and Montreal. Zach Bell will be waving the SpiderTech flag as competition begins Sept. 6 with the crowd favourite Challenge Sprint Pro in Quebec City.

Results

1. Theo Bos (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 3:30:06
2. André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team
3. Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
4. Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha Team
5. Adam Blythe (Gbr) BMC Racing Team
6. Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s
7. Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
8. Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
9. Marco Benfatto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
10. Adrien Petit (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
11. Steele Von Hoff (Aus) Garmin – Sharp
12. Guillaume Boivin (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10
13. Tom Veelers (Ned) Argos – Shimano
14. Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony
15. Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator
16. Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s
17. Benjamin Verraes (Bel) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s
18. Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
19. Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator
20. Renaud Dion (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller
21. Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team
22. Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
23. Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
24. Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Garmin – Sharp
25. James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s
26. Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 00:04
27. Andrew Fenn (Gbr) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
28. Alexander Serebryakov (Rus) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
29. Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator
30. Tim Mertens (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator
31. Michael Morkov (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
32. Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller
33. Nikolas Maes (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
34. Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
35. Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
36. Bert De Backer (Bel) Argos – Shimano
37. Steven Van Vooren (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator
38. Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale
39. Robin Stenuit (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles – Credit Agricole
40. Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
41. Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
42. Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
43. Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
44. Laszlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
45. Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller
46. Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 00:10
47. Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
48. Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 00:13
49. Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s 00:15
50. Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 00:17
51. Roy Curvers (Ned) Argos – Shimano 00:18
52. André Schulze (Ger) Team NetApp 00:20
53. Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator 00:24
54. Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony
55. Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team
56. Greg Henderson (Nzl) Lotto Belisol Team
57. Jonathan Breyne (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony 00:26
58. Nikita Novikov (Rus) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
59. Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Katusha Team
60. Roger Kluge (Ger) Argos – Shimano
61. Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller
62. Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin – Sharp
63. Danilo Wyss (Sui) BMC Racing Team
64. Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
65. Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
66. Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Katusha Team
67. Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony
68. Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
69. Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
70. Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Garmin – Sharp
71. Blaz Jarc (Slo) Team NetApp
72. Matthias Krizek (Aut) Liquigas-Cannondale
73. Florian Senechal (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
74. Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 00:40
75. Thomas Leezer (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 00:42
76. Kévin Thome (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles – Credit Agricole 01:03
77. Olivier Chevalier (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles – Credit Agricole
78. Martin Kohler (Sui) BMC Racing Team
79. Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
80. Tom Scully (Nzl) Garmin – Sharp
81. Alexander Porsev (Rus) Katusha Team 01:17
82. Rudiger Selig (Ger) Katusha Team
83. Legrand Philippe (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles – Credit Agricole 01:26
84. Kevin Claeys (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony 01:33
85. Iljo Keisse (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
86. Kenny De Haes (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
87. Frederique Robert (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
88. Daniele Aldegheri (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
89. Marcel Kittel (Ger) Argos – Shimano
90. Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team
91. Jacob Rathe (USA) Garmin – Sharp
92. Francois Parisien (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10
93. Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 01:38
94. Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Argos – Shimano
95. Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team NetApp 01:50
96. Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Team NetApp
97. Maarten Wynants (Bel) Rabobank Cycling Team 02:06
98. Martin Gilbert (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10
99. Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
100. Christian Patron (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles – Credit Agricole 02:11
101. Quentin Bertholet (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles – Credit Agricole
102. Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Garmin – Sharp
103. Juraj Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale
104. Marco Pinotti (Ita) BMC Racing Team
105. Jan Barta (Cze) Team NetApp
106. Simon Lambert-Lemay (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10
107. Daniele Colli (Ita) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
108. Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
109. Ryan Anderson (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10
110. Guillaume Blot (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller
111. Markus Eichler (Ger) Team NetApp
112. Daniel Schorn (Aut) Team NetApp
113. Johan Le Bon (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller
114. Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
115. Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha Team
116. Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
117. Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol Team
118. Willem Wauters (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
119. Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s
120. Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
121. Koen Barbe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony
122. Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator
123. Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
124. Oscar Freire Gomez (Esp) Katusha Team
125. Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team
126. Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha Team
127. Reinier Honig (Ned) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony
128. Bjorn Selander (USA) Spidertech Powered By C10 05:29
129. Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Argos – Shimano 06:26
130. Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Argos – Shimano
131. Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 06:40
DNF Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin – Sharp

GC after Stage 2

1. Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 7:26:47
2. André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team 00:01
3. Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha Team 00:11
4. Tom Veelers (Ned) Argos – Shimano 00:13
5. Mark Renshaw (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 00:14
6. Steele Von Hoff (Aus) Garmin – Sharp 00:16
7. Guillaume Boivin (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10
8. Jonathan Cantwell (Aus) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
9. Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator
10. Benjamin Verraes (Bel) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s
11. Renaud Dion (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller
12. Adam Blythe (Gbr) BMC Racing Team
13. Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
14. Michael Morkov (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 00:17
15. Andrew Fenn (Gbr) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 00:18
16. Nikolas Maes (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 00:19
17. Florian Vachon (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller 00:20
18. Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
19. Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
20. Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator
21. Bert De Backer (Bel) Argos – Shimano
22. Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
23. Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller
24. Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team 00:25
25. Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 00:29
26. Roy Curvers (Ned) Argos – Shimano 00:34
27. Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator 00:40
28. Blaz Jarc (Slo) Team NetApp 00:42
29. Kasper Klostergaard Larsen (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
30. Florian Senechal (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quickstep
31. Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Garmin – Sharp
32. Theo Bos (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 00:46
33. Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol Team 00:48
34. Thomas Leezer (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 00:58
35. Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 01:05
36. Roger Kluge (Ger) Argos – Shimano 01:29
37. Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 01:38
38. Marcel Kittel (Ger) Argos – Shimano 01:49
39. Daniel Schorn (Aut) Team NetApp 02:27
40. Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol Team
41. Willem Wauters (Bel) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
42. Oscar Freire Gomez (Esp) Katusha Team
43. Karsten Kroon (Ned) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
44. Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator
45. Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Argos – Shimano 02:44
46. Iljo Keisse (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quickstep 02:54
47. Laszlo Bodrogi (Fra) Team Type 1 – Sanofi 10:57
48. Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s 11:35
49. Adrien Petit (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
50. Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony
51. Robin Stenuit (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles – Credit Agricole 11:39
52. Tim Mertens (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator
53. Martijn Verschoor (Ned) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
54. Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale 12:01
55. Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team
56. Tom Scully (Nzl) Garmin – Sharp 12:38
57. Jacob Rathe (USA) Garmin – Sharp 13:08
58. Frederique Robert (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team
59. Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Garmin – Sharp 13:46
60. Patrick Gretsch (Ger) Argos – Shimano 18:01
61. Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Argos – Shimano
62. Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) Team Type 1 – Sanofi 26:33
63. Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s
64. Marco Benfatto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
65. Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
66. James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s
67. Luke Roberts (Aus) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
68. Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator
69. Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Garmin – Sharp
70. Jetse Bol (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 26:37
71. Kristijan Koren (Slo) Liquigas-Cannondale
72. Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
73. Romain Zingle (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
74. Alexander Serebryakov (Rus) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
75. Steven Van Vooren (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Mercator
76. Jonas Aaen Jörgensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 26:43
77. Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s 26:48
78. André Schulze (Ger) Team NetApp 26:53
79. Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony 26:57
80. Greg Henderson (Nzl) Lotto Belisol Team
81. Jonathan Breyne (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony 26:59
82. Maxime Vantomme (Bel) Katusha Team
83. Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony
84. Jean-Luc Delpech (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller
85. Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
86. Nikita Novikov (Rus) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team
87. Matthias Krizek (Aut) Liquigas-Cannondale
88. Danilo Wyss (Sui) BMC Racing Team
89. Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Katusha Team
90. Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin – Sharp
91. Kévin Thome (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles – Credit Agricole 27:36
92. Olivier Chevalier (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles – Credit Agricole
93. Martin Kohler (Sui) BMC Racing Team
94. Julien Fouchard (Fra) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne
95. Rudiger Selig (Ger) Katusha Team 27:50
96. Alexander Porsev (Rus) Katusha Team
97. Legrand Philippe (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles – Credit Agricole 27:59
98. Kevin Claeys (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony 28:04
99. Kenny De Haes (Bel) Lotto Belisol Team 28:06
100. Daniele Aldegheri (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
101. Francois Parisien (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10
102. Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team
103. Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team 28:11
104. Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Team NetApp 28:23
105. Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team NetApp
106. Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor) Team Type 1 – Sanofi 28:39
107. Maarten Wynants (Bel) Rabobank Cycling Team
108. Martin Gilbert (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10
109. Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank 28:41
110. Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM Pro Cycling Team 28:43
111. Christian Patron (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles – Credit Agricole 28:44
112. Jan Barta (Cze) Team NetApp
113. Marco Pinotti (Ita) BMC Racing Team
114. Markus Eichler (Ger) Team NetApp
115. Quentin Bertholet (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles – Credit Agricole
116. Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team
117. Guillaume Blot (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller
118. Juraj Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale
119. Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) Accent Jobs – Willems Veranda’s
120. Koen Barbe (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony
121. Johan Le Bon (Fra) Bretagne – Schuller
122. Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale
123. Daniele Colli (Ita) Team Type 1 – Sanofi
124. Reinier Honig (Ned) Landbouwkrediet-Euphony
125. Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha Team
126. Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha Team
127. Ryan Anderson (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10
128. Simon Lambert-Lemay (Can) Spidertech Powered By C10
129. Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Team Saxo Bank-Tinkoff Bank
130. Bjorn Selander (USA) Spidertech Powered By C10 32:02
131. Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Cofidis, Le Credit En Ligne 33:13