Belgian sprinter Tom Boonen of showed that he was the strongest kasseinfretter, or cobble-eater, by winning both the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix cobbled classics, propelling him to the top of the UCI ProTour rankings and thus earning him the white leaders jersey.
As the spring classics campaign continues, Bettini was plagued with injuries, but fellow one-day specialist Danilo Di Luca of found his best form in years and won the Tour of the Basque Country race.