Ten riders attacked immediately after the start shot. Our Olivier Kaisen was there, with Kvist, Gajek, Kozubek, Kloucek, Chzuzhda, Caccia, Savini, Fantini and Mihojlevic.
The peloton let them go, and they had already made a 7’25" after an hour. They carried on, still without reaction from behind, so that they had 8′ with 40 kilometres to go.
The leaders accelerated, and their group split in two, Olivier leading with Caccia, Fantini, Savini and Mihojlevic.
The others were caught, but the five leaders were left alone. Some 10 kilometres from Fethiye, Italian Diego Caccia attacked, followed by our Silence-Lotto rider.
While they prepared the sprint, the other three caught them, but a super Olivier won his first 2009 race ahead of Alessandro Fantini (Acqua & Sapone – Caff? Mokambo) and Diego Caccia (Barloworld) !
Results
1. Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Silence-Lotto
2. Alessandro Fantini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone – Caffe Mokambo
3. Diego Caccia (Ita) Barloworld
4. Filippo Savini (Ita) CSF Group – Navigare at 7"
5. Hrvoje Miholjevic (Cro) Loborika at 9"
6. Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool – Author at 1’12"
7. Oleg Chuzhda (Ukr) Contentpolis-Ampo
8. Frantisek Kloucek Jr. (Cze) PSK Whirlpool – Author at 1’37"
9. Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step at 6’55"
10. Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Milram
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21. Pieter Jacobs at 8’56"
32. Jonas Ljungblad (Swe)
39. Christophe Brandt
67. Gorik Gardeyn
81. Bart Dockx
109. Tom Stubbe at 14’08"
Classification
1. David Loosli (Swi) Lampre – N.G.C
2. Daryl Impey (RSA) Barloworld at 2"
3. Davide Malacarne (Ita) Quick Step at 3"
4. Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Silence-Lotto at 4"
5. David Garcia Dapena (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia at 5"
6. Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone – Caffe Mokambo at 7"
7. Gustavo C?sar Veloso (Spa) Xacobeo Galicia at 12"
8. Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone – Caffe Mokambo at 1’47"
9. Diego Milan Jimenez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone – Caffe Mokambo at 1’48"
10. Paul Voss (Ger) Team Milram
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21. Olivier Kaisen at 22’10"
26. Christophe Brandt at 27’52"
37. Bart Dockx at 29’21"
42. Gorik Gardeyn at 30’46"
64. Jonas Ljungblad (Swe) at 39’57"
107. Tom Stubbe at 1u00’18"
