The 2014 Eneco Tour was the tenth running of the Eneco Tour cycling stage race. It started on 11 August in Terneuzen and ended on 17 August in Sittard-Geleen, after seven stages. It was the 21st race of the 2014 UCI World Tour season.
Teams All 18 teams in the UCI's Proteam category were entitled, and obliged, to enter the race. Two UCI Professional Continental teams were also invited.
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†: Invited Pro-Continental teams
Schedule The race consisted of seven stages, including one individual time trial stage. Just as the previous season, the race finished with a stage including the Muur van Geraardsbergen, which was famous for its presence in the Tour of Flanders single-day race.
StageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinner111 August Terneuzen (Netherlands) to Terneuzen Flat stage212 August Waalwijk (Netherlands) to Nieuwkuijk (Netherlands) Flat stage 313 August Breda (Netherlands) to Breda Individual time trial414 August Koksijde (Belgium) to Ardooie (Belgium) Flat stage 515 August Geraardsbergen (Belgium) to Geraardsbergen Intermediate stage 616 August Heerlen (Netherlands) to Aywaille (Belgium) Intermediate stage 717 August Riemst (Belgium) to Sittard-Geleen (Netherlands) Intermediate stage Total
Stages
Stage 1 11 August 2014 — Terneuzen (Netherlands) to Terneuzen,
Stage 1 Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 0" 3 + 0" 4 + 0" 5 + 0" 6 + 0" 7 + 0" 8 + 0" 9 + 0" 10 + 0"General Classification after Stage 1 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 4" 3 + 5" 4 + 6" 5 + 7" 6 + 8" 7 + 8" 8 + 9" 9 + 10" 10 + 10"
Stage 2 12 August 2014 — Waalwijk (Netherlands) to Vlijmen (Netherlands),
Stage 2 Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 0" 3 + 0" 4 + 0" 5 + 0" 6 + 0" 7 + 0" 8 + 0" 9 + 0" 10 + 0"General Classification after Stage 2 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 1" 3 + 6" 4 + 7" 5 + 9" 6 + 10" 7 + 10" 8 + 10" 9 + 10" 10 + 10"
Stage 3 13 August 2014 — Breda (Netherlands) to Breda, , individual time trial (ITT)
Stage 3 Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 2" 3 + 10" 4 + 14" 5 + 15" 6 + 17" 7 + 17" 8 + 18" 9 + 19" 10 + 20"General Classification after Stage 3 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 4" 3 + 4" 4 + 7" 5 + 12" 6 + 14" 7 + 18" 8 + 19" 9 + 21" 10 + 21"
Stage 4 14 August 2014 — Koksijde (Belgium) to Ardooie (Belgium),
Stage 4 Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 0" 3 + 0" 4 + 0" 5 + 0" 6 + 0" 7 + 0" 8 + 0" 9 + 0" 10 + 0"General Classification after Stage 4 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 4" 3 + 4" 4 + 7" 5 + 9" 6 + 14" 7 + 17" 8 + 18" 9 + 19" 10 + 21"
Stage 5 15 August 2014 — Geraardsbergen (Belgium) to Geraardsbergen,
Stage 5 Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 1" 3 + 1" 4 + 1" 5 + 1" 6 + 6" 7 + 6" 8 + 6" 9 + 6" 10 + 6"General Classification after Stage 5 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 2" 3 + 11" 4 + 14" 5 + 21" 6 + 23" 7 + 24" 8 + 25" 9 + 25" 10 + 28"
Stage 6 16 August 2014 — Heerlen (Netherlands) to Aywaille (Belgium),
Stage 6 Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 50" 3 + 52" 4 + 52" 5 + 56" 6 + 58" 7 + 59" 8 + 59" 9 + 59" 10 + 59"General Classification after Stage 6 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 7" 3 + 13" 4 + 33" 5 + 34" 6 + 38" 7 + 45" 8 + 48" 9 + 56" 10 + 1' 04"
Stage 7 17 August 2014 — Riemst (Belgium) to Sittard-Geleen (Netherlands),
Niki Terpstra was disqualified for aggressive behaviour during this stage towards Maarten Wynants.
Stage 7 Result RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 46" 3 + 46" 4 + 46" 5 + 46" 6 + 46" 7 + 46" 8 + 46" 9 + 46" 10 + 46"Final General Classification RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 7" 3 + 13" 4 + 33" 5 + 34" 6 + 38" 7 + 48" 8 + 56" 9 + 1' 04" 10 + 1' 11"
Classification leadership table Stage Winner General classification Points classification Combativity Classification Team classification 1 Andrea Guardini Andrea Guardini Andrea Guardini Kenneth Vanbilsen 2 Zdeněk Štybar Zdeněk Štybar Lars Boom 3 Tom Dumoulin Lars Boom 4 Nacer Bouhanni Andrea Guardini 5 Greg Van Avermaet Tom Dumoulin Tom Dumoulin 6 Tim Wellens Tim Wellens 7 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck Final Tim Wellens Tom Dumoulin Kenneth Vanbilsen
UCI World Tour points The 2014 Eneco Tour was part of the UCI World Tour and so the riders could earn UCI World Tour points. Below is states which riders won points and where. For each stage, points were given to the top five in each stage: 6, 4, 2, 1 and 1. At the end of the tour, the top 10 in the standings receive points as follows: 100, 80, 70, 60, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10 and 4. This resulted in the following points being earned during this tour:
CyclistTeamPoints 1 106 2 89 3 81 4 60 5 58 6 43 7 30 8 20 9 10 10 6 6 6 6 14 5 15 4 4 4 4 19 2 2 2 2 2 2 25 1 1 1 1 1
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