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.