2007 Eneco Tour of Benelux

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The 2007 Eneco Tour of Benelux road cycling race will take place from August 22 to August 29. The third edition of the Eneco Tour of Benelux covered parts of the Netherlands and Belgium. Instead of 23 teams like before, only 21 teams take part in the race this year. Of the 20 UCI ProTour teams, only Astana chose not to take part.^[1] The teams Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen and Skil-Shimano were each given a wild card.

Several cities that have been start or finish locations already the previous years appear again in the schedule, e.g. Hasselt, Beek, Landgraaf, Sittard and Geleen were already part of the 2006 route. A major difference in the schedule is that the long time trial will now take place on the last day of the competition.

[edit] Schedule

Stage	Route	Distance	Date	Winner
P	Hasselt – Hasselt	5.1 km	Wednesday, August 22	Michiel Elijzen
1	Waremme – Eupen	189.5 km	Thursday, August 23	Nick Nuyens
2	Antwerp – Knokke-Heist	199.1 km	Friday, August 24	Mark Cavendish
3	Knokke-Heist – Putte	170.8 km	Saturday, August 25	Robbie McEwen
4	Maldegem – Terneuzen	182.7 km	Sunday, August 26	Wouter Weylandt
5	Terneuzen – Nieuwegein	179.9 km	Monday, August 27	Luciano Pagliarini
6	Beek – Landgraaf	177.4 km	Tuesday, August 28	Pablo Lastras
7 (ITT)	Sittard – Geleen	29.6 km	Wednesday, August 29	Sébastien Rosseler

[edit] Stages

[edit] 22-08-2006: Hasselt, 5.1 km. (ITT):

Prologue Result Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Michiel Elijzen  Netherlands COF 6' 09" 2 Juan Antonio Flecha  Spain RAB + 01" 3 Johan van Summeren  Belgium PRL + 02"

General Classification after the Prologue Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Michiel Elijzen  Netherlands COF 6' 09" 2 Juan Antonio Flecha  Spain RAB + 01" 3 Johan van Summeren  Belgium PRL + 02"

[edit] 23-08-2006: Waremme-Eupen, 189.5 km.:

Stage 1 Result Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Nick Nuyens  Belgium COF 4h 42' 38" 2 Thomas Dekker  Netherlands RAB s.t. 3 Iván Gutiérrez  Spain GCE s.t.

General Classification after Stage 1 Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Nick Nuyens  Belgium COF 4h 48' 39" 2 Thomas Dekker  Netherlands RAB + 10" 3 Iván Gutiérrez  Spain GCE + 17"

[edit] 24-08-2006: Antwerp-Knokke-Heist, 199.1 km.:

Stage 2 Result Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Mark Cavendish  United Kingdom TMO 4h 31' 09" 2 Fred Rodriguez  United States PRL s.t. 3 Kenny van Hummel  Netherlands SKS s.t.

General Classification after Stage 2 Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Nick Nuyens  Belgium COF 9h 19' 48" 2 Thomas Dekker  Netherlands RAB + 10" 3 Iván Gutiérrez  Spain GCE + 17"

• Wouter Weylandt (QSI) finished third but was relegated due to irregular sprint.

[edit] 25-08-2006: Knokke-Heist-Putte, 170.8 km.:

Stage 3 Result Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Robbie McEwen  Australia PRL 3h 42' 28" 2 Francesco Chicchi  Italy LIQ s.t. 3 Thor Hushovd  Norway C.A s.t.

General Classification after Stage 3 Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Nick Nuyens  Belgium COF 13h 02' 16" 2 Thomas Dekker  Netherlands RAB + 10" 3 Iván Gutiérrez  Spain GCE + 17"

[edit] 26-08-2006: Maldegem-Terneuzen, 182.7 km.:

Stage 4 Result Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Wouter Weylandt  Belgium QSI 4h 09' 31" 2 Thor Hushovd  Norway C.A s.t. 3 Matthew Goss  Australia CSC s.t.

General Classification after Stage 4 Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Nick Nuyens  Belgium COF 17h 11' 47" 2 Thomas Dekker  Netherlands RAB + 10" 3 Iván Gutiérrez  Spain GCE + 14"

[edit] 27-08-2006: Terneuzen-Nieuwegein, 179.9 km.:

Stage 5 Result Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Luciano Pagliarini  Brazil SDV 4h 01' 10" 2 Mark Cavendish  United Kingdom TMO s.t. 3 Graeme Brown  Australia RAB s.t.

General Classification after Stage 5 Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Nick Nuyens  Belgium COF 21h 12' 57" 2 Thomas Dekker  Netherlands RAB + 10" 3 Iván Gutiérrez  Spain GCE + 14"

[edit] 28-08-2006: Beek-Landgraaf, 177.4 km.:

Stage 6 Result Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Pablo Lastras  Spain GCE 4h 15' 28" 2 Steven Caethoven  Belgium JAC s.t. 3 Anders Lund  Denmark CSC s.t.

General Classification after Stage 5 Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Thomas Dekker  Netherlands RAB 25h 28' 48" 2 Iván Gutiérrez  Spain GCE + 4" 3 David Millar  United Kingdom SDV + 6"

[edit] 29-08-2006: Sittard-Geleen, 29.6 km. (ITT):

Stage 7 Result Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Sébastien Rosseler  Belgium QSI 36' 50" 2 Iván Gutiérrez  Spain GCE + 2" 3 Gustav Erik Larsson  Sweden UNI + 6"

General Classification after Stage 7 Cyclist Country Team Time 1 Iván Gutiérrez  Spain GCE 26h 05' 44" 2 David Millar  United Kingdom SDV + 11" 3 Gustav Erik Larsson  Sweden UNI + 1'05"

[edit] General Classification

The leader of the general classification (ENECO Energie leiderstrui) wears a red jersey.

	Cyclist	Nation	Team	Time
1	Iván Gutiérrez	Spain	GCE	26h 05' 44"
2	David Millar	United Kingdom	SDV	+ 11"
3	Gustav Erik Larsson	Sweden	UNI	+ 1' 05"
4	Leif Hoste	Belgium	PRL	+ 1' 12"
5	Thomas Dekker	Netherlands	RAB	+ 1' 15"
6	Vladimir Gusev	Russia	DSC	+ 1' 17"
7	Bram Tankink	Netherlands	QSI	+ 1' 32"
8	Sébastien Rosseler	Belgium	QSI	+ 1' 33"
9	Paul Martens	Germany	SKS	+ 1' 34"
10	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	Belgium	PRL	+ 1' 34"
11	Juan Antonio Flecha	Spain	RAB	+ 1' 46"
12	Piet Rooijakkers	Netherlands	SKS	+ 1' 47"
13	Sebastian Lang	Germany	GST	+ 1' 48"
14	Andriy Hryvko	Ukraine	MRM	+ 1' 50"
15	Vincenzo Nibali	Italy	LIQ	+ 1' 56"
16	Maarten Tjallingii	Netherlands	SKS	+ 1' 56"
17	Rubens Bertogliati	Switzerland	SDV	+ 1' 59"
18	Alberto Losado	Spain	GCE	+ 2' 12"
19	Mikel Astarloza	Spain	EUS	+ 2' 16"
20	Thor Hushovd	Norway	C.A	+ 2' 23"

Last updated: August 29, 2007

[edit] Points Classification

The leader of the points classification (Lotto Puntenklassement) wears a white jersey.

	Cyclist	Nation	Team	Points
1	Mark Cavendish	United Kingdom	TMO	74
2	Luciano Pagliarini	Brazil	SDV	60
3	Pablo Lastras	Spain	GCE	51
4	Steven de Jongh	Netherlands	QSI	51
5	Gorik Gardeyn	Belgium	UNI	49
6	Thor Hushovd	Norway	C.A	47
7	Steven Caethoven	Belgium	JAC	43
8	Iván Gutiérrez	Spain	GCE	43
9	Wouter Weylandt	Belgium	QSI	40
10	Kenny van Hummel	Netherlands	SKS	39

Last updated: August 27, 2007

[edit] Points in Prologue

Although in most stage races, the organisation gives away some points in the prologue, these were not given this year.

[edit] Points in Stage 1

1^st Eneco Sprint after (143.5 km)

First	Iván Gutiérrez	Caisse d'Epargne	8 Pts. and 3"
Second	Nick Nuyens	Cofidis	5 Pts. and 2"
Third	Bram Tankink	Quick Step-Innergetic	3 Pts. and 1"

2^nd Eneco Sprint after (158.5 km)

First	Leon Van Bon	Rabobank	8 Pts. and 3"
Second	Vladimir Gusev	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	5 Pts. and 2"
Third	Nick Nuyens	Cofidis	3 Pts. and 1"

3^rd Eneco Sprint after (176.5 km)

First	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	Predictor-Lotto	8 Pts. and 3"
Second	Iván Gutiérrez	Caisse d'Epargne	5 Pts. and 2"
Third	Juan Antonio Flecha	Rabobank	3 Pts. and 1"

Finish in Eupen after (189.5 km)

First	Nick Nuyens	Cofidis	30 Pts. and 10"
Second	Thomas Dekker	Rabobank	25 Pts. and 6"
Third	Iván Gutiérrez	Caisse d'Epargne	22 Pts. and 4"
4th	David Millar	Saunier Duval-Prodir	19 Pts.
5th	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	Predictor-Lotto	17 Pts.
6th	Leif Hoste	Predictor-Lotto	15 Pts.
7th	Christophe Riblon	AG2R Prévoyance	13 Pts.
8th	Alessandro Ballan	Lampre-Fondital	12 Pts.
9th	Paul Martens	Skil-Shimano	11 Pts.
10th	Rubens Bertogliati	Saunier Duval-Prodir	10 Pts.

[edit] Points in Stage 2

1^st Eneco Sprint after (66.1 km)

First	Leon Van Bon	Rabobank	8 Pts. and 3"
Second	Steven De Jongh	Quick Step-Innergetic	5 Pts. and 2"
Third	David Millar	Saunier Duval-Prodir	3 Pts. and 1"

2^nd Eneco Sprint after (151.1 km)

First	Andriy Hryvko	Team Milram	8 Pts. and 3"
Second	Frederik Willems	Liquigas	5 Pts. and 2"
Third	Rubén Pérez	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3 Pts. and 1"

3^rd Eneco Sprint after (181.1 km)

First	Frederik Willems	Liquigas	8 Pts. and 3"
Second	Rubén Pérez	Euskaltel-Euskadi	5 Pts. and 2"
Third	Marcel Sieberg	Team Milram	3 Pts. and 1"

Finish in Knokke-Heist after (199.1 km)

First	Mark Cavendish	T-Mobile Team	30 Pts. and 10"
Second	Fred Rodriguez	Predictor-Lotto	25 Pts. and 6"
Third	Kenny Van Hummel	Skil-Shimano	22 Pts. and 4"
4th	Heinrich Haussler	Team Gerolsteiner	19 Pts.
5th	Alexei Markov	Caisse d'Epargne	17 Pts.
6th	Daniele Righi	Lampre-Fondital	15 Pts.
7th	Marco Zanotti	Unibet.com	13 Pts.
8th	Mirco Lorenzetto	Team Milram	12 Pts.
9th	Mirko Celestino	Team Milram	11 Pts.
10th	Steven De Jongh	Quick Step-Innergetic	10 Pts.

[edit] Points in Stage 3

1^st Eneco Sprint after (55.8 km)

First	Steven Caethoven	Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen	8 Pts. and 3"
Second	Aleksandr Kuschynski	Liquigas	5 Pts. and 2"
Third	Ivan Mayoz	Euskaltel-Euskadi	3 Pts. and 1"

2^nd Eneco Sprint after (125.8 km)

First	Tom Stubbe	Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen	8 Pts. and 3"
Second	Unai Etxebarria	Euskaltel-Euskadi	5 Pts. and 2"
Third	Gianni Meersman	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	3 Pts. and 1"

3^rd Eneco Sprint after (155.8 km)

First	Gianni Meersman	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	8 Pts. and 3"
Second	Tom Stubbe	Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen	5 Pts. and 2"
Third	Matthieu Sprick	Bouygues Télécom	3 Pts. and 1"

Finish in Putte after (170.8 km)

First	Robbie McEwen	Predictor-Lotto	30 Pts. and 10"
Second	Francesco Chicchi	Liquigas	25 Pts. and 6"
Third	Thor Hushovd	Crédit Agricole	22 Pts. and 4"
4th	Mark Cavendish	T-Mobile Team	19 Pts.
5th	Kenny Van Hummel	Skil-Shimano	17 Pts.
6th	Luciano Pagliarini	Saunier Duval-Prodir	15 Pts.
7th	Steven De Jongh	Quick Step-Innergetic	13 Pts.
8th	David Kopp	Team Gerolsteiner	12 Pts.
9th	Gorik Gardeyn	Unibet.com	11 Pts.
10th	Wouter Weylandt	Quick Step-Innergetic	10 Pts.

[edit] Points in Stage 4

1^st Eneco Sprint after (54.7 km)

First	Dmitry Grabovskiy	Quick Step-Innergetic	8 Pts. and 3"
Second	Niko Eeckhout	Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen	5 Pts. and 2"
Third	Stéphane Poulhies	AG2R Prévoyance	3 Pts. and 1"

2^nd Eneco Sprint after (140.7 km)

First	Roberto Longo	Lampre-Fondital	8 Pts. and 3"
Second	Niko Eeckhout	Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen	5 Pts. and 2"
Third	Dmitry Grabovskiy	Quick Step-Innergetic	3 Pts. and 1"

3^rd Eneco Sprint after (163.7 km)

First	Iván Gutiérrez	Caisse d'Epargne	8 Pts. and 3"
Second	David Millar	Saunier Duval-Prodir	5 Pts. and 2"
Third	Bram Tankink	Quick Step-Innergetic	3 Pts. and 1"

Finish in Terneuzen after (182.7 km)

First	Wouter Weylandt	Quick Step-Innergetic	30 Pts. and 10"
Second	Thor Hushovd	Crédit Agricole	25 Pts. and 6"
Third	Matthew Goss	Team CSC	22 Pts. and 4"
4th	Gorik Gardeyn	Unibet.com	19 Pts.
5th	Fabio Baldato	Lampre-Fondital	17 Pts.
6th	Luciano Pagliarini	Saunier Duval-Prodir	15 Pts.
7th	Francesco Chicchi	Liquigas	13 Pts.
8th	Saïd Haddou	Bouygues Télécom	12 Pts.
9th	David Kopp	Team Gerolsteiner	11 Pts.
10th	Steven Caethoven	Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen	10 Pts.

[edit] Points in Stage 5

1^st Eneco Sprint after (44.9 km)

First	Fumiyuki Beppu	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	8 Pts. and 3"
Second	Matthé Pronk	Unibet.com	5 Pts. and 2"
Third	Pierre Drancourt	Bouygues Télécom	3 Pts. and 1"

2^nd Eneco Sprint after (136.9 km)

First	Fumiyuki Beppu	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	8 Pts. and 3"
Second	Matthé Pronk	Unibet.com	5 Pts. and 2"
Third	Pierre Drancourt	Bouygues Télécom	3 Pts. and 1"

3^rd Eneco Sprint after (165.9 km)

First	Fumiyuki Beppu	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	8 Pts. and 3"
Second	Pierre Drancourt	Bouygues Télécom	5 Pts. and 2"
Third	Matthé Pronk	Unibet.com	3 Pts. and 1"

Finish in Nieuwegein after (179.9 km)

First	Luciano Pagliarini	Saunier Duval-Prodir	30 Pts. and 10"
Second	Mark Cavendish	T-Mobile Team	25 Pts. and 6"
Third	Graeme Brown	Rabobank	22 Pts. and 4"
4th	Gorik Gardeyn	Unibet.com	19 Pts.
5th	Tomas Vaitkus	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	17 Pts.
6th	Alexei Markov	Caisse d'Epargne	15 Pts.
7th	David Kopp	Team Gerolsteiner	13 Pts.
8th	Steven De Jongh	Quick Step-Innergetic	12 Pts.
9th	Juan José Haedo	Team CSC	11 Pts.
10th	Enrico Gasparotto	Liquigas	10 Pts.

[edit] Best Team

	Team	Country	Time
1	Quick Step-Innergetic	Belgium	78h 21' 52"
2	Predictor-Lotto	Belgium	+ 18"
3	Rabobank	Netherlands	+ 27"

[edit] Jersey progress

Stage (Winner)	General Classification	Points Classification	Team Classification
0Prologue (ITT) (Michiel Elijzen)	Michiel Elijzen	not awarded	Cofidis
0Stage 1 (Nick Nuyens)	Nick Nuyens	Nick Nuyens	Predictor-Lotto
0Stage 2 (Mark Cavendish)
0Stage 3 (Robbie McEwen)		Mark Cavendish
0Stage 4 (Wouter Weylandt)
0Stage 5 (Luciano Pagliarini)
0Stage 6 (Pablo Lastras)	Thomas Dekker
0Stage 7 (ITT) (Sébastien Rosseler)	Iván Gutiérrez		Quick Step-Innergetic
Final	Iván Gutiérrez	Mark Cavendish	Quick Step-Innergetic

[edit] Withdrawals

All teams were allowed to start with 8 riders. For 21 teams this would create a starting field of 168 riders. Just like previous years however, some teams chose to start with only 7 riders, namely Française des Jeux, Lampre-Fondital, Crédit Agricole and AG2R Prévoyance. As a result, only 164 riders were on the official starting list.

	Stage	Rider	Team	Reason
DNS	1	Christophe Detilloux	Française des Jeux	Crash during prologue
DNF	1	Julien Loubet	AG2R Prévoyance	Unknown
DNF	2	Oscar Gatto	Team Gerolsteiner	Unknown
DNF	2	Laurent Mangel	AG2R Prévoyance	Unknown
DNS	3	Julian Dean	Crédit Agricole	Unknown
DNF	3	Jakob Piil	T-Mobile Team	Unknown
DNS	4	Scott Davis	T-Mobile Team	Unknown
DNS	4	Adam Hansen	T-Mobile Team	Unknown
DNS	4	William Bonnet	Crédit Agricole	Unknown
DNS	5	Francesco Chicchi	Liquigas	Unknown
DNS	5	Roberto Petito	Liquigas	Unknown
DNS	5	Alessandro Vanotti	Liquigas	Unknown
DNS	5	Enrico Franzoi	Lampre-Fondital	Unknown
DNS	5	Matej Jurčo	Milram	Unknown
DNF	5	Mickaël Cherel	Française des Jeux	Crash during stage 4

[edit] UCI ProTour Points

The Eneco Tour of Benelux 2007 is part of the UCI ProTour and so the riders can earn UCI ProTour Points. Below is states which riders won points and where. Because the Eneco Tour of Benelux 2006 is a smaller stage race the points given are 3, 2 and 1 for the first three in each stage result. At the end of the tour, the top 10 in the standings receive points accorded as follows: 50, 40, 35, 30, 25, 20, 15, 10, 5 and 2.

[edit] Stage Results

Stage	Route	First (3 Points)	Second (2 Points)	Third (1 Points)
P	Hasselt – Hasselt	Michiel Elijzen	Juan Antonio Flecha	Johan Van Summeren
1	Waremme – Eupen	Nick Nuyens	Thomas Dekker	Iván Gutiérrez
2	Antwerp – Knokke-Heist	Mark Cavendish	Fred Rodriguez	No UCI ProTour points awarded for Kenny Van Hummel (Skil-Shimano)
3	Knokke-Heist – Putte	Robbie McEwen	Francesco Chicchi	Thor Hushovd
4	Maldegem – Terneuzen	Wouter Weylandt	Thor Hushovd	Matthew Goss
5	Terneuzen – Nieuwegein	Luciano Pagliarini	Mark Cavendish	Graeme Brown
6	Beek – Landgraaf	Pablo Lastras	No UCI ProTour points awarded for Steven Caethoven (Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen)	Anders Lund
7 (ITT)	Sittard – Geleen	Sébastien Rosseler	Iván Gutiérrez	Gustav Erik Larsson

[edit] Overall Result

	Cyclist	Points
1	Iván Gutiérrez	50
2	David Millar	40
3	Gustav Erik Larsson	35
4	Leif Hoste	30
5	Thomas Dekker	25
6	Vladimir Gusev	20
7	Bram Tankink	15
8	Sébastien Rosseler	10
9	Paul Martens	No UCI ProTour points awarded (Skil-Shimano)
10	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	2

[edit] Summary

	Cyclist	Nation	Team	Points
1	Iván Gutiérrez	Spain	Caisse d'Epargne	53
2	David Millar	United Kingdom	Saunier Duval-Prodir	40
3	Gustav Erik Larsson	Sweden	Unibet	36
4	Leif Hoste	Belgium	Predictor-Lotto	30
5	Thomas Dekker	Netherlands	Rabobank	27
6	Vladimir Gusev	Russia	Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team	20
7	Bram Tankink	Netherlands	Quick Step-Innergetic	15
8	Sébastien Rosseler	Belgium	Quick Step-Innergetic	13
9	Mark Cavendish	United Kingdom	T-Mobile Team	5
=10	Michiel Elijzen	Netherlands	Cofidis	3
=10	Thor Hushovd	Norway	Crédit Agricole	3
=10	Pablo Lastras	Spain	Caisse d'Epargne	3
=10	Robbie McEwen	Australia	Predictor-Lotto	3
=10	Nick Nuyens	Belgium	Cofidis	3
=10	Luciano Pagliarini	Brazil	Saunier Duval-Prodir	3
=10	Wouter Weylandt	Belgium	Quick Step-Innergetic	3
=17	Francesco Chicchi	Italy	Liquigas	2
=17	Juan Antonio Flecha	Spain	Rabobank	2
=17	Fred Rodriguez	United States	Predictor-Lotto	2
=17	Jurgen Van Den Broeck	Belgium	Predictor-Lotto	2
=21	Graeme Brown	Australia	Rabobank	1
=21	Matthew Goss	Australia	Team CSC	1
=21	Anders Lund	Denmark	Team CSC	1
=21	Johan Van Summeren	Belgium	Predictor-Lotto	1

[edit] External links

• Race website

[edit] References

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