The 2007

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 orig ...

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took place from 22 to 29 August. The third edition of the Eneco Tour covered parts of the

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. 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.

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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

Stages

22-08-2007: Hasselt, 5.1 km. (ITT)

23-08-2007: Waremme-Eupen, 189.5 km.

24-08-2007: Antwerp-Knokke-Heist, 199.1 km.

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() finished third but was relegated due to irregular sprint.

25-08-2007: Knokke-Heist-Putte, 170.8 km.

26-08-2007: Maldegem-Terneuzen, 182.7 km.

27-08-2007: Terneuzen-Nieuwegein, 179.9 km.

28-08-2007: Beek-Landgraaf, 177.4 km.

29-08-2007: Sittard-Geleen, 29.6 km. (ITT)

General classification

The leader of the

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(ENECO ''Energie leiderstrui'') wears a red jersey. Last updated: August 29, 2007

Points Classification

The leader of the points classification (Lotto ''Puntenklassement'') wears a white jersey. Last updated: August 27, 2007

Best Team

Jersey progress

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.

UCI ProTour Points

The Eneco Tour 2007 is part of the

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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

Overall Result

Summary

External links

Race website

References

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