Belgian Tom Van Asbroeck of Topsport Vlaanderen-Mercator and Italian Luca Mazzanti of Farnese Vini-Selle Italia split the seam as the cuspides for the Gent Wevelgem, finishing 79th and 80th, respectively, among the 158 finishers.
Asbroeck and Mazzanti finished 10 minutes and 1 second back of leader Tom Boonen along with 70 other riders. They were only about 2:30 ahead of the final riders.
Kiel Reijnen of Team Type 1-Sanofi finished as the Point d’Appui of this year’s Milan-San Remo Classic. He finished just 3:27 behind the winner, Austrian Simon Gerrans of the Greenedge Cycling Team, who won the race with a time of 6:59.24.
Hear an interview with Reijnen after the race at 303 Cycling. UPDATE: Reijnen finished third at the U.S.A. Nationals in May.
The Lanterne Rouge was Italian Daniele Righi, riding for Colnago-CSF Inox; +20:18
Most years, an even number of riders compete in the Milan-San Remo Classic, and an even number of riders finish the race, meaning that a point d’appui cannot be awarded. Occasionally, though, an odd number of riders have either competed or finished, leading to the following fulcrum list:
An even 156 riders finished Paris-Nice, meaning no Point d’Appui could be awarded. Bradley Wiggins of Great Britain, riding for Sky Procycling, won the race with a time of 22:31:52.
Les Cuspides for Paris-Nice were two Italians: Leonardo Bertagnolli of Lampre-ISD, who finished 21:52 behind Wiggins, and Paolo Longo Borghini of Liquigas-Cannondale, who finished 22:17 back.
The Lanterne Rouge for the race was Polish rider Jaroslaw Marycz of Team Saxo Bank, coming in 1:15:35 behind the leader.
Point d'Appui 