Le Finlandais Paavo Paajanen (Geox - Fuji Test Team) a remporté ce mercredi la 4e étape du Tour de Liège, disputée sur 147,8 kilomètres autour de Welkenraedt. L'ancien coureur de l'AVC Aix-en-Povence devance Walt De Winter (Jong Vlaanderen) et Stig Broeckx (Ovyta - Eijssen). Ce dernier devient le nouveau leader de l'épreuve.

Classement de la 3e étape :
1 Paavo PAAJANEN GEO les 147.8 km en 03h29'00'' (moy. 42,431 km/h)
2 Walt DE WINTER JVL 00:00:00
3 Stig BROECKX OVY 00:00:00
4 Kevin VAN HOOVELS BEL 00:00:00
5 Clement LHOTELLERIE PSM 00:00:00
6 Brian BULGAC OPL 00:00:00
7 Jimmy JANSSENS OPL 00:00:00
8 Jeffrey DE GROOTE ISO 00:00:00
9 Gertjan DE VOS GEO 00:00:03
10 Toshi VAN DER SANDE OPL 00:00:30
11 Louis VERHELST EFC 00:00:30
12 Antoine DEMOITIE PCW 00:00:30
13 Emiel WASTYN JVL 00:00:30
14 Mats BOEVE VHG 00:00:30
15 Dries DEPOORTERE OVY 00:00:30
16 Andrew YDENS CUR 00:00:30
17 Stijn VAN ROY PBP 00:00:30
18 Sven VAN LUIJK VHG 00:00:30
19 Gerry DRUYTS ROC 00:00:30
20 Gijs VAN HOECKE OPL 00:00:30
21 Casper DEGN LARSEN WAT 00:00:30
22 Michael SAVO MX1 00:00:30
23 Gianni VERMEERSCH BEL 00:00:30
24 Daniel KLEMME WIE 00:00:30
25 Arnaud GEROMBOUX VCA 00:00:30
26 Björn DE DECKER PRO 00:00:30
27 Dieter BOUVRY EFC 00:00:30
28 Sam VAN DE MIEROP KON 00:00:30
29 Jerôme GILBERT  MX1 00:00:30
30 Kirill POZDNYAKOV SOE 00:00:30
31 Kevin DE MESMAEKER ISO 00:00:30
32 Mattias RAEYMAEKERS NHT 00:00:30
33 Phillip MULLER WIE 00:00:30
34 Jo  PIROTTE PRO 00:00:30
35 Tim VANSPEYBROECK OVY 00:00:30
36 Rolf NYBORG BROGE WAT 00:00:30
37 Valentyn LAUWERS KON 00:00:30
38 Axel DE CORTE SOE 00:00:30
39 Frederik BACKAERT ISO 00:00:30
40 Boris DRON PCW 00:00:30
41 Gaetan PONS VCA 00:00:30
42 Raf VANLOMMEL TRU 00:00:30
43 Niels SCHEPMANS TRU 00:00:30
44 Mathieu LANGEDOCK DEE 00:00:30
45 Jean-Michel COMMINETTE PSM 00:00:30
46 Dimitri FAUVILLE PRO 00:00:30  
47 Berden DE VRIES MID 00:00:30
48 Bob MICHELS TRU 00:00:30
49 Denys BRECHT DEE 00:00:30
50 Kevin CANT PRO 00:00:30
51 Dylan TEUNS JVL 00:00:30
52 Garrit BROEDERS JVL 00:00:30
53 Quentin BERTHOLET PSM 00:00:30
54 Leon BURGER MID 00:00:30
55 Floris SMEYERS OVY 00:00:30
56 Melvin WANTE UCS 00:00:30
57 Kay VAN DEN BRANDE APK 00:00:30
58 Hophra GERARD UCS 00:00:30
59 Kevin THOME PCW 00:00:30
60 Jens ADAMS BEL 00:00:30
61 Arthur VANOVERBERGHE OVY 00:00:30
62 Falko KOHLER WIE 00:00:30
63 Julien STASSEN UCS 00:00:30
64 Johnny VAN DIERMEN VHG 00:00:30
65 Thomas SPRENGERS OPL 00:00:30
66 Stijn MINNE MOO 00:00:30
67 Sjors ROOSEN VHG 00:00:30
68 Tim HAEX ROC 00:00:30
69 Tanner PUTT USA 00:00:30
70 Bram VAN BROEKHOVEN APK 00:00:30
71 Randy COSTERMANS ROC 00:00:30
72 Kalle CORNELIUSSEN WAT 00:00:30
73 Eliot LIETAER EFC 00:00:30
74 Thomas RIIS WAT 00:00:30
75 Laurent EVRARD UCS 00:00:30
76 Jeroen VROLIJKX TRU 00:00:30
77 Ruben OERLEMANS TER 00:00:30
78 Gianni MARCHAND DEE 00:00:30
79 Jurriën BOSTERS VHG 00:00:30
80 Arnaud VAN DEN ABEELE JVL 00:00:30
81 Lucas PERSSON GEO 00:00:30
82 Tom DERNIES PCW 00:00:30
83 Ty MAGNER USA 00:00:30
84 Martijn DEBAENE OVY 00:00:30
85 Kim BORRY SOE 00:00:30
86 Ken  SMETS KON 00:00:30
87 Sven VAN LUYCK ASF 00:00:30
88 Simon VAN ROY PBP 00:00:30
89 Stijn BREYE DEE 00:00:30
90 Laurent VAN DEN BAK SOE 00:00:30
91 Cedric RAYMACKERS TRU 00:00:30
92 Jonas SMULDERS CUR 00:00:30
93 Peter HAWKINS MOO 00:00:30
94 Maarten VLASSELAER CUR 00:00:30
95 Harm DE VRIES MID 00:00:30
96 Jeroen DESMET  EFC 00:00:30
97 Stijn NAUWYNCK EFC 00:00:30
98 Jeroen HOORNE JVL 00:00:30
99 Holger SIEVERS WIE 00:00:30
100 Thibaut POLS ISO 00:00:30
101 Nicolas BAIOLET PSM 00:00:30
102 Kalle SANDELL GEO 00:00:30
103 Kevin FOUQUET CUR 00:00:30
104 Dries HEYLEN UCS 00:00:30
105 Dries PAUWELS PRO 00:00:30
106 Matti STIENS TER 00:00:30
107 Nils HEYNS NHT 00:00:46
108 Matthieu DE COSTER CUR 00:00:46
109 Taylor KNEUVEN GEO 00:00:30
110 Daniel PATTEN ASF 00:07:13
111 Bart VAN DAMME ASF 00:07:13
112 Dieter UYTTERSPROT TER 00:07:13
113 Thomas ONGENA PBP 00:07:13
114 Eamon FRANCK USA 00:09:04
115 Morten LARSEN WAT 00:09:04
116 Jens WALLAYS EFC 00:09:04
117 Angelo HEINDRICHS MX1 00:09:04
118 Ward MOMMAERS HHB 00:09:04
119 Jaron VAN DIERMEN VHG 00:09:04
120 Erwin DE KERF  HHB 00:09:04
121 Jean-Philippe GOFFAUX VCA 00:09:04
122 Roy JANS UCS 00:09:04
123 Rob VANGENECHTEN PRO 00:09:04
124 Pieter CORDEEL NHT 00:09:04
125 Maarten CRAEGHS ROC 00:09:04
126 Tom OERLEMANS SOE 00:09:19

Abandons :
KIMMENCE Ethan * ISO
ANCIAUX Maxime * PCW
DECHESNE Julien * PCW
WAUTERS Willem * OPL
DE GRAAF Jorn * APK
RIGAUX Lewis * TRU
GIAUX Jerome PBP
DEWAELE Alessandro * MOO
TAILLIEU Mike * MOO
DELIE Bram MOO
VERREYDT Joris HHB
DERYCKE Lorenzo * SOE
VAN TRIJP Jurgen * ROC
CRABBE Kevin TER
CARDOEN Henryk ASF
LIEBOWITZ Adam * USA
SCHETS Steve  BEL
SAVO Anthony * MX1

Classement général :
1 Stig BROECKX OVY les 443.7 Km en 10h27'11'' (moy . 42,447 km/h)
2 Hophra GERARD UCS 00:00:09
3 Jimmy JANSSENS OPL 00:00:19
4 Paavo PAAJANEN GEO 00:00:19
5 Walt DE WINTER JVL 00:00:23
6 Clement LHOTELLERIE PSM 00:00:29
7 Kevin VAN HOOVELS BEL 00:00:29
8 Jeffrey DE GROOTE ISO 00:00:29
9 Brian BULGAC OPL 00:00:29
10 Boris DRON PCW 00:00:30
11 Ty MAGNER USA 00:00:32
12 Gertjan DE VOS GEO 00:00:32
13 Sven VAN LUIJK VHG 00:00:34
14 Tom DERNIES PCW 00:00:36
15 Johnny VAN DIERMEN VHG 00:00:38
16 Floris SMEYERS OVY 00:00:38
17 Stijn MINNE MOO 00:00:38
18 Gianni MARCHAND DEE 00:00:38
19 Lucas PERSSON GEO 00:00:40
20 Taylor KNEUVEN GEO 00:00:42
21 Harm DE VRIES MID 00:00:45
22 Emiel WASTYN JVL 00:00:48
23 Toshi VAN DER SANDE OPL 00:00:59
24 Michael SAVO MX1 00:00:59
25 Dries DEPOORTERE OVY 00:00:59
26 Rolf NYBORG BROGE WAT 00:00:59
27 Louis VERHELST EFC 00:00:59
28 Gerry DRUYTS ROC 00:00:59
29 Daniel KLEMME WIE 00:00:59
30 Björn DE DECKER PRO 00:00:59
31 Andrew YDENS CUR 00:00:59
32 Kevin DE MESMAEKER ISO 00:00:59
33 Frederik BACKAERT ISO 00:00:59
34 Antoine DEMOITIE PCW 00:00:59
35 Sam VAN DE MIEROP KON 00:00:59
36 Phillip MULLER WIE 00:00:59
37 Valentyn LAUWERS KON 00:00:59
38 Julien STASSEN UCS 00:00:59
39 Gianni VERMEERSCH BEL 00:00:59
40 Kevin CANT PRO 00:00:59
41 Dylan TEUNS JVL 00:00:59
42 Mattias RAEYMAEKERS NHT 00:00:59
43 Mats BOEVE VHG 00:00:59
44 Niels SCHEPMANS TRU 00:00:59
45 Melvin WANTE UCS 00:00:59
46 Jerôme GILBERT  MX1 00:00:59
47 Jo  PIROTTE PRO 00:00:59
48 Tim HAEX ROC 00:00:59  
49 Gijs VAN HOECKE OPL 00:00:59
50 Kirill POZDNYAKOV SOE 00:00:59
51 Thomas SPRENGERS OPL 00:00:59
52 Eliot LIETAER EFC 00:00:59
53 Dimitri FAUVILLE PRO 00:00:59
54 Bob MICHELS TRU 00:00:59
55 Thomas RIIS WAT 00:00:59
56 Mathieu LANGEDOCK DEE 00:00:59
57 Garrit BROEDERS JVL 00:00:59
58 Raf VANLOMMEL TRU 00:00:59
59 Berden DE VRIES MID 00:00:59
60 Axel DE CORTE SOE 00:00:59
61 Arnaud VAN DEN ABEELE JVL 00:00:59
62 Jean-Michel COMMINETTE PSM 00:00:59
63 Denys BRECHT DEE 00:00:59
64 Simon VAN ROY PBP 00:00:59
65 Jeroen HOORNE JVL 00:00:59
66 Bram VAN BROEKHOVEN APK 00:00:59
67 Tim VANSPEYBROECK OVY 00:00:59
68 Sjors ROOSEN VHG 00:00:59
69 Jens ADAMS BEL 00:00:59
70 Leon BURGER MID 00:00:59
71 Laurent EVRARD UCS 00:00:59
72 Arthur VANOVERBERGHE OVY 00:00:59
73 Kalle CORNELIUSSEN WAT 00:00:59
74 Jeroen VROLIJKX TRU 00:00:59
75 Tanner PUTT USA 00:00:59
76 Ruben OERLEMANS TER 00:00:59
77 Kay VAN DEN BRANDE APK 00:00:59
78 Quentin BERTHOLET PSM 00:00:59
79 Kim BORRY SOE 00:00:59
80 Holger SIEVERS WIE 00:00:59
81 Kalle SANDELL GEO 00:00:59
82 Ken  SMETS KON 00:00:59
83 Laurent VAN DEN BAK SOE 00:00:59
84 Stijn NAUWYNCK EFC 00:00:59
85 Stijn BREYE DEE 00:00:59
86 Cedric RAYMACKERS TRU 00:00:59
87 Maarten VLASSELAER CUR 00:00:59
88 Sven VAN LUYCK ASF 00:00:59
89 Peter HAWKINS MOO 00:00:59
90 Kevin FOUQUET CUR 00:00:59
91 Dries HEYLEN UCS 00:00:59
92 Stijn VAN ROY PBP 00:01:16
93 Nicolas BAIOLET PSM 00:02:56
94 Thibaut POLS ISO 00:02:59
95 Jurriën BOSTERS VHG 00:04:02
96 Nils HEYNS NHT 00:05:53
97 Randy COSTERMANS ROC 00:07:34
98 Thomas ONGENA PBP 00:07:42
99 Dieter UYTTERSPROT TER 00:07:42   
100 Daniel PATTEN ASF 00:07:42
101 Dieter BOUVRY EFC 00:07:44
102 Jeroen DESMET  EFC 00:07:44
103 Gaetan PONS VCA 00:08:33
104 Arnaud GEROMBOUX VCA 00:08:33
105 Falko KOHLER WIE 00:08:33
106 Martijn DEBAENE OVY 00:08:33
107 Dries PAUWELS PRO 00:08:33
108 Matti STIENS TER 00:08:33
109 Roy JANS UCS 00:09:33
110 Pieter CORDEEL NHT 00:09:33
111 Maarten CRAEGHS ROC 00:09:33
112 Eamon FRANCK USA 00:09:33
113 Erwin DE KERF  HHB 00:09:33
114 Tom OERLEMANS SOE 00:09:48
115 Matthieu DE COSTER CUR 00:11:38
116 Casper DEGN LARSEN WAT 00:11:48
117 Jens WALLAYS EFC 00:12:36
118 Rob VANGENECHTEN PRO 00:12:36
119 Jonas SMULDERS CUR 00:14:51
120 Kevin THOME PCW 00:14:57
121 Bart VAN DAMME ASF 00:15:16
122 Jaron VAN DIERMEN VHG 00:17:07
123 Morten LARSEN WAT 00:17:07
124 Angelo HEINDRICHS MX1 00:17:07
125 Ward MOMMAERS HHB 00:22:08
126 Jean-Philippe GOFFAUX VCA 00:30:26

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