January 30, 2008 – Here is a quick recap of the Tour of Qatar after four stages. Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step leads the tour by 18 seconds after winning Stages 2 and 3. He placed second in today’s Stage 4, outsprinted by Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems. Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step took the early lead after Team Quick Step won the 6km Stage 1 Team TT.

Stage 4 – January 30 – Khalifa Stadium to Al Khor Corniche – 131.5km

1. Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 2.44.33
2. Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step
3. Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano
4. Angelo Furlan (Ita) Credit Agricole
5. Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre
6. Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream p/b Chipotle
7. Kenny De Haes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
8. Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence – Lotto
9. Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
10. Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
11. Luciano Andr̩ Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval РScott
12. Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas
13. Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre
14. Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano
15. Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas
16. Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step
17. Omar Hasanin (Syr) Doha Team
18. Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
19. Nicolaï Trussov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems
20. Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram
21. Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole
22. Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas
23. Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
24. Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
25. Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre
26. Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval – Scott
27. Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas
28. Martyn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream p/b Chipotle
29. Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole
30. Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Credit Agricole
31. Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram
32. Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence – Lotto
33. Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Porshe
34. Curvers Roy (Ned) Skil-Shimano
35. Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas
36. Hossein Jahanbanian (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation
37. Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems
38. Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step
39. Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step
40. Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence – Lotto
41. Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence – Lotto
42. Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence – Lotto at 0.09
43. Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence – Lotto 0.11
44. Julian Dean (NZl) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 0.16
45. Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream p/b Chipotle
46. Huub Duyn (Ned) Slipstream p/b Chipotle
47. Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 0.21
48. Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step
49. Kilian Patour (Fra) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 0.39
50. Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas
51. Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 0.49
52. David Millar (GBr) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 1.00
53. Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 1.53
54. Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 3.16
55. Abbas Saeiditanha (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation
56. Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano
57. Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation
58. Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team
59. Rafaa Chitioui (Tun) Doha Team
60. Peter Mc Donald (Aus) Drapac Porshe
61. Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram
62. Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porshe
63. Koen Barbé (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
64. Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval – Scott
65. Abdelbasat Hanachi (Alg) Doha Team 6.20
66. Aymen Ben Hassine (Tun) Doha Team
67. Hossein Askari (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 6.26
68. Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano
69. Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval – Scott 8.37
70. Amir Zargari (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation
71. Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval – Scott
72. Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram
73. Evert Verbist (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
74. Robbie Williams (Aus) Drapac Porshe
75. Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas
76. Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
77. Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team
78. Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems
79. Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Team Milram
80. Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram
81. Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems
82. Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems
83. Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems
84. Tareq Esmaeili (Qat) Doha Team
85. Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre
86. Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre
87. Christophe Laurent (Fra) Slipstream p/b Chipotle
88. Hamad Afif (Qat) Doha Team
89. Seyed Mostafa Seyed Rezaei Khormizi (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation
90. Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval – Scott
91. Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Doha Team
92. Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team
93. Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porshe
94. Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano
95. Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team
96. Roy Sentjens (Ned) Silence – Lotto
97. Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram
98. Hossein Nateghi (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation
99. Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval – Scott
100. Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre
101. Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre
102. Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation
103. Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems
104. Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano
105. Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone
106. Damien Gaudin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
107. Jean-Paul Simon (Bel) Credit Agricole
108. Gene Bates (Aus) Drapac Porshe
109. Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone
110. Aur̩lien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval РScott
111. Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porshe
112. Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano
113. Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
114. Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone
115. Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone
116. Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone
117. Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone
118. Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team
119. Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole
120. Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
121. Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone
122. William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole
123. Bert Roesems (Bel) Silence – Lotto
124. Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone
125. Bart Vanheule (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
126. Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
127. Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
128. Eric Berthou (Fra) Credit Agricole
129. Guido Trenti (USA) Liquigas

Stage 3 – January 29 – Camel Race Track to Qatar Foundation – 147.5km

1. Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 3.29.41
2. Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre
3. Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step
4. Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence – Lotto
5. Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 0.02
6. Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence – Lotto
7. Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence – Lotto 0.05
8. Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step
9. Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems
10. Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 0.12

Stage 2 – January 28 – Al Zubarah to Doha Golf Club – 137.5km

1. Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 2.28.37 (55.5 km/h)
2. Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence – Lotto
3. Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre
4. Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream p/b Chipotle
5. Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence – Lotto
6. Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
7. Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step
8. Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence – Lotto 0.07
9. Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step
10. Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 0.20

Stage 1 – January 27 – Doha to Doha – 6km

1. Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 6.35 (54.68 km/h)
2. Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step
3. Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step
4. Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step
5. Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step
6. Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step
7. Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 0.02
8. David Millar (GBr) Slipstream p/b Chipotle
9. Martyn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream p/b Chipotle
10. Huub Duyn (Ned) Slipstream p/b Chipotle

GC after Stage 4

1. Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step 8.48.57
2. Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quick Step at 0.18
3. Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Silence – Lotto 0.26
4. Christopher Sutton (Aus) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 0.32
5. Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Silence – Lotto 0.36
6. Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.56
7. Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Silence – Lotto 1.00
8. Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Quick Step 1.09
9. Alberto Loddo (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.20
10. Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Quick Step 1.26
11. Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Skil-Shimano 1.27
12. Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano 1.30
13. Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 1.36
14. Angelo Furlan (Ita) Credit Agricole 1.37
15. Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Silence – Lotto
16. Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quick Step 1.40
17. Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Credit Agricole
18. Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre 1.43
19. Franck Renier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 1.44
20. Luciano Andr̩ Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval РScott 1.46
21. Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 2.08
22. Frederik Willems (Bel) Liquigas 2.28
23. Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step 3.00
24. Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas 4.24
25. Niki Terpstra (Ned) Team Milram 4.30
26. Marco Velo (Ita) Team Milram 4.31
27. Angel Gomez (Spa) Saunier Duval – Scott 4.36
28. Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas 4.40
29. Roberto Petito (Ita) Liquigas
30. Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 4.47
31. Leif Hoste (Bel) Silence – Lotto 4.50
32. Antonio Cruz (USA) BMC Racing Team 5.00
33. Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Credit Agricole 5.09
34. Curvers Roy (Ned) Skil-Shimano 5.34
35. Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 7.47
36. Omar Hasanin (Syr) Doha Team 8.04
37. Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step 8.16
38. Martyn Maaskant (Ned) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 9.00
39. Kenny De Haes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 9.07
40. Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Lampre 9.08
41. Nicolaï Trussov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 9.09
42. Anthony Geslin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 9.11
43. Roberto Longo (Ita) Lampre 9.26
44. Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Silence – Lotto 9.27
45. Matej Mugerli (Slo) Liquigas 10.12
46. Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Credit Agricole 10.17
47. Christian Knees (Ger) Team Milram 10.21
48. Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 10.29
49. Julian Dean (NZl) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 10.37
50. Daniele Righi (Ita) Lampre 10.38
51. Cycril Lemoine (Fra) Credit Agricole 12.06
52. Aleksandr Kuschynski (Blr) Liquigas 12.29
53. Roy Sentjens (Ned) Silence – Lotto 13.02
54. William Bonnet (Fra) Credit Agricole 13.04
55. Stuart Shaw (Aus) Drapac Porshe 13.07
56. Volodymyr Dyudya (Ukr) Team Milram 13.18
57. David Millar (GBr) Slipstream p/b Chipotle
58. Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 13.24
59. Mathieu Heijboer (Ned) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 13.28
60. Aur̩lien Passeron (Fra) Saunier Duval РScott 13.29
61. Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 13.40
62. Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 15.34
63. Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 15.45
64. Dean Windsor (Aus) Drapac Porshe 16.27
65. Koen Barbé (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 16.54
66. Huub Duyn (Ned) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 17.05
67. Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 17.48
68. Frank Hoj (Den) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 17.52
69. Tristan Valentin (Fra) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone
70. Robbie Williams (Aus) Drapac Porshe 18.03
71. Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Team Milram 18.04
72. Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil-Shimano 18.20
73. Marco Bandiera (Ita) Lampre 18.27
74. Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 18.43
75. Alberto Curtolo (Ita) Liquigas 18.52
76. Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 19.14
77. Rafaa Chitioui (Tun) Doha Team 20.29
78. Eric Berthou (Fra) Credit Agricole 20.53
79. Evert Verbist (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 20.56
80. Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
81. Arnaud Labbe (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 20.57
82. Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 21.27
83. Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems 21.28
84. Angus Morton (Aus) Drapac Porshe 21.29
85. Mitchell Docker (Aus) Drapac Porshe 22.17
86. Aymen Ben Hassine (Tun) Doha Team 22.20
87. Nikita Eskov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 22.36
88. Hossein Askari (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 22.50
89. Ghader Mizbani Iranagh (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 23.39
90. Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval – Scott 24.40
91. Peter Mc Donald (Aus) Drapac Porshe 24.45
92. Mauro Santambrogio (Ita) Lampre 24.58
93. Mehdi Sohrabi (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 25.03
94. Eros Capecchi (Ita) Saunier Duval – Scott 25.06
95. Bert Roesems (Bel) Silence – Lotto 25.31
96. Bart Vanheule (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 25.36
97. Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 25.37
98. Matej Jurco (Svk) Team Milram 25.40
99. Kevin De Weert (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 25.41
100. Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone
101. Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone
102. Raul Alarcon Garcia (Spa) Saunier Duval – Scott 25.42
103. Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 25.49
104. Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 25.55
105. Guido Trenti (USA) Liquigas 26.22
106. Gene Bates (Aus) Drapac Porshe 26.28
107. Christophe Laurent (Fra) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 26.33
108. Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Milram 27.15
109. Rubens Bertogliati (Swi) Saunier Duval – Scott 27.20
110. Abbas Saeiditanha (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 27.32
111. Saïd Haddou (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 27.56
112. Abdelbasat Hanachi (Alg) Doha Team 28.03
113. Hossein Nateghi (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 28.09
114. Ermanno Capelli (Ita) Saunier Duval – Scott 28.43
115. Hossein Jahanbanian (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 28.46
116. Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems 30.05
117. Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 30.07
118. Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 30.11
119. Kilian Patour (Fra) Slipstream p/b Chipotle 30.20
120. Seyed Mostafa Seyed Rezaei Khormizi (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 30.24
121. Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre 30.34
122. Jean-Paul Simon (Bel) Credit Agricole 31.26
123. Sébastien Minard (Fra) Cofidis Credit Par Telephone 31.55
124. Damien Gaudin (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 32.36
125. Amir Zargari (IRI) Iran Cycling Federation 32.53
126. Tareq Esmaeili (Qat) Doha Team 37.19
127. Hamad Afif (Qat) Doha Team 38.18
128. Moosa Said (Qat) Doha Team
129. Khaleel Abduljanan (Qat) Doha Team 38.27