Sunday, April 2, 2006: Tour of Flanders - Ronde van Vlaanderen (Pro Tour), 258 km. Belgium. There are 17 hills in this year's edition. The first one is the Molenberg at the 145th kilometer. The last one is the Bosberg at Km 246.

Tour of Flanders podium history.

Results:

1. Tom Boonen (Quick Step) 6hr 24min 26sec. 40.414 km/hr

2. Leif Hoste (Discovery) s.t.

3. George Hincapie (Discovery) @ 1min 17sec

4. Peter Van Petegem (Davitamon-Lotto) s.t.

5. Alessandro Ballan (Lampre) s.t.

6. Fabian Cancellara (CSC) s.t.

7. Paolo Bettini (Quick Step) @ 1min 50sec

8. Karsten Kroon (CSC) s.t.

9. Andreas Klier (T-Mobile) s.t.

10. Roberto Petito (Tenax) s.t.

11. Erik Zabel (Milram) @ 3min 29sec

12. Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank) s.t.

13. Filippo Pozzato (Quick Step) @ 4min 21sec

14. Thor Hushovd (Credit Agricole) s.t.

15. Bernhard Eisel (FDJ) @ 8min 3sec

16. David Kopp (Gerolsteiner) s.t.

17. Nick Nuyens (Quick Step) s.t.

18. Anthony Geslin (Bouygues Telecom) s.t.

19. Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) s.t.

20. Kurt-Asle Arvesen (CSC) s.t.

Above: Imagine doing 17 of these little cobbled delights (I think this is the Paterberg) in a 258 km ride. Below: Boonen has plenty of time to celebrate.