The 2007 Eneco Tour road cycling race took place from 22 to 29 August. The third edition of the Eneco Tour 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 chose not to take part. 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.
Schedule StageRouteDistanceDateWinner PHasselt – Hasselt 5.1 km Wednesday 22 AugustMichiel Elijzen 1Waremme – Eupen 189.5 km Thursday 23 AugustNick Nuyens 2Antwerp – Knokke-Heist 199.1 km Friday 24 AugustMark Cavendish 3Knokke-Heist – Putte 170.8 km Saturday 25 AugustRobbie McEwen 4Maldegem – Terneuzen 182.7 km Sunday 26 AugustWouter Weylandt 5Terneuzen – Nieuwegein 179.9 km Monday 27 AugustLuciano Pagliarini 6Beek – Landgraaf 177.4 km Tuesday 28 AugustPablo Lastras 7 (ITT)Sittard – Geleen 29.6 km Wednesday 29 AugustSébastien Rosseler
Stages
22-08-2007: Hasselt, 5.1 km. (ITT)
Prologue Result CyclistCountryTeamTime1Michiel Elijzen 6' 09"2Juan Antonio Flecha + 1"3Johan van Summeren + 2"General classification after the Prologue CyclistCountryTeamTime1Michiel Elijzen 6' 09"2Juan Antonio Flecha + 1"3Johan van Summeren + 2"
23-08-2007: Waremme-Eupen, 189.5 km.
Stage 1 result CyclistCountryTeamTime1Nick Nuyens4h 42' 38"2Thomas Dekkers.t.3Iván Gutiérrezs.t.General classification after Stage 1 CyclistCountryTeamTime1Nick Nuyens4h 48' 39"2Thomas Dekker+ 10"3Iván Gutiérrez+ 17"
24-08-2007: Antwerp-Knokke-Heist, 199.1 km.
Stage 2 result CyclistCountryTeamTime1Mark Cavendish4h 31' 09"2Fred Rodriguezs.t.3Kenny van HummelSkil–Shimanos.t.General classification after Stage 2 CyclistCountryTeamTime1Nick Nuyens9h 19' 48"2Thomas Dekker+ 10"3Iván Gutiérrez+ 17"
Wouter Weylandt () finished third but was relegated due to irregular sprint.
25-08-2007: Knokke-Heist-Putte, 170.8 km.
Stage 3 result CyclistCountryTeamTime1Robbie McEwen3h 42' 28"2Francesco Chicchis.t.3Thor Hushovds.t.General classification after Stage 3 CyclistCountryTeamTime1Nick Nuyens13h 02' 16"2Thomas Dekker+ 10"3Iván Gutiérrez+ 17"
26-08-2007: Maldegem-Terneuzen, 182.7 km.
Stage 4 result CyclistCountryTeamTime1Wouter Weylandt4h 09' 31"2Thor Hushovds.t.3Matthew Gosss.t.General classification after Stage 4 CyclistCountryTeamTime1Nick Nuyens17h 11' 47"2Thomas Dekker+ 10"3Iván Gutiérrez+ 14"
27-08-2007: Terneuzen-Nieuwegein, 179.9 km. Stage 5 result CyclistCountryTeamTime1Luciano Pagliarini4h 01' 10"2Mark Cavendishs.t.3Graeme Browns.t.General classification after Stage 5 CyclistCountryTeamTime1Nick Nuyens21h 12' 57"2Thomas Dekker+ 10"3Iván Gutiérrez+ 14"
28-08-2007: Beek-Landgraaf, 177.4 km.
Stage 6 result CyclistCountryTeamTime1Pablo Lastras4h 15' 28"2Steven CaethovenChocolade Jacques–Topsport Vlaanderens.t.3Anders Lunds.t.General classification after Stage 5 CyclistCountryTeamTime1Thomas Dekker25h 28' 48"2Iván Gutiérrez+ 4"3David Millar+ 6"
29-08-2007: Sittard-Geleen, 29.6 km. (ITT)
Stage 7 result CyclistCountryTeamTime1Sébastien Rosseler36' 50"2Iván Gutiérrez+ 2"3Gustav LarssonUnibet.com Cycling Team+ 6"General classification after Stage 7 CyclistCountryTeamTime1Iván Gutiérrez26h 05' 44"2David Millar+ 11"3Gustav LarssonUnibet.com Cycling Team+ 1'05"
General classification The leader of the general classification (ENECO Energie leiderstrui) wears a red jersey. CyclistNationTeamTime1Iván Gutiérrez26h 05' 44"2David Millar+ 11"3Gustav LarssonUnibet.com Cycling Team+ 1' 05"4Leif Hoste+ 1' 12"5Thomas Dekker+ 1' 15"6Vladimir Gusev+ 1' 17"7Bram Tankink+ 1' 32"8Sébastien Rosseler+ 1' 33"9Paul MartensSkil–Shimano+ 1' 34"10Jurgen Van den Broeck+ 1' 34"11Juan Antonio Flecha+ 1' 46"12Piet RooijakkersSkil–Shimano+ 1' 47"13Sebastian Lang+ 1' 48"14Andriy Hryvko+ 1' 50"15Vincenzo Nibali+ 1' 56"16Maarten TjallingiiSkil–Shimano+ 1' 56"17Rubens Bertogliati+ 1' 59"18Alberto Losado+ 2' 12"19Mikel Astarloza+ 2' 16"20Thor Hushovd+ 2' 23" Last updated: August 29, 2007
Points Classification The leader of the points classification (Lotto Puntenklassement) wears a white jersey.
CyclistNationTeamPoints1Mark Cavendish742Luciano Pagliarini603Pablo Lastras514Steven de Jongh515Gorik GardeynUnibet.com Cycling Team496Thor Hushovd477Steven CaethovenChocolade Jacques–Topsport Vlaanderen438Iván Gutiérrez439Wouter Weylandt4010Kenny van HummelSkil–Shimano39 Last updated: August 27, 2007
Best Team TeamCountryTime178h 21' 52"2+ 18"3+ 27"
Jersey progress
Stage Winner General classification Points Classification Team Classification P Michiel Elijzen Michiel Elijzen not awarded 1 Nick Nuyens Nick Nuyens Nick Nuyens 2 Mark Cavendish 3 Robbie McEwen Mark Cavendish 4 Wouter Weylandt 5 Luciano Pagliarini 6 Pablo Lastras Thomas Dekker 7 Sébastien Rosseler Iván Gutiérrez Final Iván Gutiérrez Mark Cavendish
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 , , and . As a result, only 164 riders were on the official starting list.
StageRiderTeamReasonDNS1 Christophe DetillouxCrash during prologue DNF1 Julien LoubetUnknown DNF2 Oscar GattoUnknown DNF2 Laurent MangelUnknown DNS3 Julian DeanUnknown DNF3 Jakob PiilUnknown DNS4 Scott DavisUnknown DNS4 Adam HansenUnknown DNS4 William BonnetUnknownDNS5 Francesco ChicchiUnknownDNS5 Roberto PetitoUnknownDNS5 Alessandro VanottiUnknownDNS5 Enrico FranzoiUnknownDNS5 Matej JurčoUnknownDNF5 Mikaël CherelCrash during stage 4
UCI ProTour Points The Eneco Tour 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 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.
Stage Results StageRouteFirst (3 Points)Second (2 Points)Third (1 Points) PHasselt – Hasselt Michiel Elijzen Juan Antonio Flecha Johan Van Summeren 1Waremme – Eupen Nick Nuyens Thomas Dekker Iván Gutiérrez 2Antwerp – Knokke-Heist Mark Cavendish Fred Rodriguez No UCI ProTour points awardedfor Kenny van Hummel (Skil–Shimano) 3Knokke-Heist – Putte Robbie McEwen Francesco Chicchi Thor Hushovd 4Maldegem – Terneuzen Wouter Weylandt Thor Hushovd Matthew Goss 5Terneuzen – Nieuwegein Luciano Pagliarini Mark Cavendish Graeme Brown 6Beek – Landgraaf Pablo Lastras No UCI ProTour points awardedfor Steven Caethoven (Chocolade Jacques–Topsport Vlaanderen)Anders Lund 7 (ITT)Sittard – Geleen Sébastien Rosseler Iván Gutiérrez Gustav Larsson
Overall result CyclistPoints1Iván Gutiérrez 502David Millar 403Gustav Larsson 354Leif Hoste 305Thomas Dekker 256Vladimir Gusev 207Bram Tankink 158Sébastien Rosseler 109Paul Martens No UCI ProTour points awarded (Skil–Shimano)10Jurgen Van den Broeck 2
Summary CyclistNationTeamPoints1Iván Gutiérrez53 2David Millar 40 3Gustav LarssonUnibet 364Leif Hoste 305Thomas Dekker 276Vladimir Gusev 207Bram Tankink 158Sébastien Rosseler 139Mark Cavendish 5 =10Michiel Elijzen 3=10Thor Hushovd 3=10Pablo Lastras 3 =10Robbie McEwen 3=10Nick Nuyens 3=10Luciano Pagliarini 3=10Wouter Weylandt 3=17Francesco Chicchi 2=17Juan Antonio Flecha 2=17Fred Rodriguez 2=17Jurgen Van den Broeck 2=21Graeme Brown 1=21Matthew Goss 1=21Anders Lund 1=21Johan Van Summeren 1
External links Race website
References
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