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2006 Eneco Tour Of Benelux
The 2006 Eneco Tour road cycling race took place from 16 to 23 August, two weeks later in the season than the year before. The second edition of the Eneco Tour covered parts of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. As in 2005, 23 teams took part in the race. Next to the 20 UCI ProTour teams, , and received wild card entries. The race itself was very close, as both the prologue (6 km) and timetrial (16 km) were quite short which led to small time differences. A dramatic conclusion on the last day rendered Stefan Schumacher the victory over George Hincapie, with just one second of advantage. Other riders who stood out during this race were the Belgians Tom Boonen and Philippe Gilbert, who both won in their home region. Other wins came from Manuel Quinziato and David Kopp. Schedule Stages 16-08-2006: Den Helder, 6.1 km. (ITT) 17-08-2006: Wieringerwerf-Hoogeveen, 176.9 km. 18-08-2006: 's-Hertogenbosch-Sittard Geleen, 194.6 km. 19-08-2006: ...
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Eneco Tour
The Benelux Tour (previously known as the Eneco Tour and the BinckBank Tour) is a road bicycle racing stage-race that is part of the UCI World Tour. The race was established in 2005 and was originally known as the Eneco Tour, named after the original sponsor. In 2017, the online discount broker BinckBank took over as the title sponsor, with the name of the race changing accordingly. In 2021, with the absence of a title sponsor, the race will be known as the Benelux Tour. History The Tour of the Netherlands began on 6 May 1948, but only became an annual event in 1975. From about 2000 it was known as the Eneco Tour. The start of the UCI's ProTour in 2005 saw the faltering tour reorganised and reinvigorated. From 2017 to 2020, the race was known as the BinckBank Tour. The Benelux Tour is a continuation of the faltering Tour of the Netherlands, which UCI president Hein Verbruggen deemed necessary for marketing reasons. The Dutch Tour organisation got a better sponsor (ENECO Ener ...
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Beek
Beek (; li, Baek ) is a town and municipality in the southeastern Netherlands, in the province of Limburg. As of 2012, Beek has a population of about 16,400, of which about 8,800 live in the town of Beek. The municipality of Beek makes part of the region of South Limburg and lies between the city of Geleen in the north and Maastricht in the south, and lies furthermore southeast of interchange Kerensheide and the chemical industries of Chemelot. It has a slightly hilly landscape with altitudes differing between above sea level, and has two small forests: Kelmonderbos between Beek and Kelmond, and Spaubekerbos near Spaubeek. The Keutelbeek flows through and has its source in the municipality of Beek. Population centres Settlements in the municipality of Beek (population within brackets on 1 January 2005). Town: * Beek (8,770) History In 1982, Spaubeek merged with Beek and the municipality got his current size. In 2005, an archaeological site was found between Beek a ...
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Wouter Weylandt
Wouter Weylandt (27 September 1984 – 9 May 2011) was a Belgian professional cyclist for UCI ProTeam and later for . His first major win was the 17th stage of the 2008 Vuelta a España. He also won the third stage of the 2010 Giro d'Italia. He died in a crash during the third stage of the 2011 Giro d'Italia. Career In September 2004, Wouter Weylandt became a member of the team , participating in the Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen, Grote Prijs Jef Scherens and Circuit Franco-Belge, where he took twelfth place. He was part of the Belgian team in the under-23 category at the 2005 UCI Road World Championships. Weylandt turned professional for in 2005, but this first professional season was marred by mononucleosis detected at the beginning of the year. Towards the end of the season, he won the GP Briek Schotte, and finished fifth at the Memorial Rik Van Steenbergen event and the National Award, demonstrating his excellent sprinting qualities. In 2006, his first full season, he ...
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Enrico Gasparotto
Enrico Gasparotto (born 22 March 1982) is an Italian-born Swiss former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 2005 and 2020, for seven different teams. After retiring, he worked as a directeur sportif for UCI Continental team in 2021 before joining in a similar role the following year. Career Born in Sacile, Gasparotto turned professional in 2005 with and stayed with the team for three years. At the 2007 Giro d'Italia, Gasparotto led his Liquigas squad to a stage 1 team time trial win and wore the pink jersey the following day. Gasparotto achieved his first Classics victory at the 2012 Amstel Gold Race; he won the race in an uphill finish, after Óscar Freire was caught before the finish line, and Gasparotto out-sprinted 's Jelle Vanendert and Peter Sagan of . One week later, he took part in Liège–Bastogne–Liège, finishing third by beating a small group to the sprint in a race won by fellow teammate, Maxim Iglinsky. At the Vuelta a España, ...
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Simone Cadamuro
Simone Cadamuro (born 28 June 1976) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist. He is a native of San Donà di Piave. Major results ;1998 : 1st Stage 4a Giro del Friuli Venezia Giulia ;1999 : 3rd La Popolarissima ;2000 : 1st GP Industrie del Marmo : 3rd Coppa San Geo ;2001 : 1st ;2002 : 1st Stage 3 Okolo Slovenska : 2nd Stausee-Rundfahrt Klingnau : 4th Porec Trophy ;2003 : 1st Stages 1 & 3 Tour de Pologne The Tour de Pologne (Polish: ''Wyścig Dookoła Polski'', English: ''Tour of Poland'', official abbreviation TdP,) is an annual, professional men's multiple-stage bicycle race primarily held in Poland. It consists of seven or eight stages ... ;2004 : 1st Doha International GP : 1st Veenendaal–Veenendaal : 1st Stage 3 Tour of Qinghai Lake : 3rd 2004 Scheldeprijs, Scheldeprijs : 3rd Ronde van Drenthe ;2005 : 1st Stage 2 2005 Eneco Tour, Eneco Tour : 3rd 2005 Scheldeprijs, Scheldeprijs : 7th Doha International GP : 8th 2005 Gent–Wevelgem, Gent–We ...
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