The 2008 Eneco Tour of Benelux cycling road race takes place from 20 to 27 August 2008 in the

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. Like the previous years, parts of the Netherlands and Belgium are covered. The 18 UCI ProTour teams are participating and two extra teams were invited, namely

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and Skil–Shimano who were each given a wild card.

Schedule

Stages

Prologue – 20 August 2008

Stage 1 – 21 August 2008

Stage 2 – 22 August 2008

Stage 3 – 23 August 2008

Stage 4 – 24 August 2008

Stage 5 – 25 August 2008

Stage 6 – 26 August 2008

Stage 7 – 27 August 2008 (ITT)

Points Classification

The leader of the points classification wears a red jersey.

Points in Prologue

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

Points in Stage 1

1st Eneco Sprint after (45 km) 2nd Eneco Sprint after (98 km) 3rd Eneco Sprint after (156 km) Finish in

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after (175.6 km)

Points in Stage 2

1st Eneco Sprint after (26 km) 2nd Eneco Sprint after (123 km) 3rd Eneco Sprint after (155 km) Finish in

Nieuwegein Nieuwegein () is a municipality and city in the Netherlands, Dutch province of Utrecht (province), Utrecht. It is bordered on the north by the city of Utrecht (city), Utrecht, the provincial capital. It is separated from Vianen to the south by the ...

after (175 km)

Points in Stage 3

1st Eneco Sprint after (80 km) 2nd Eneco Sprint after (127 km) 3rd Eneco Sprint after (147 km) Finish in

Terneuzen Terneuzen () is a city and municipality in the southwestern Netherlands, in the province of Zeeland, in the middle of Zeelandic Flanders. With almost 55,000 inhabitants, it is the most populous municipality of Zeeland. History First mentione ...

after (185 km)

Jersey progress

*During stage 5,

Kenny van Hummel Kenny Robert van Hummel (born 30 September 1982) is a retired road bicycle racer from the Netherlands, who specialised in sprint finishes. He competed professionally between 2006 and 2014, with the , and teams. Career Born in Elden, Gelderl ...

wore the points jersey as

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did not start the stage.

Withdrawals

All teams were allowed to start with 8 riders. For 20 teams this would create a starting field of 160 riders. Just like previous years however, some teams chose to start with fewer riders, which reduced the number riders on the official starting list to 151. , , and started with 7 riders, started with 6 riders and only 5 riders were selected for team .

UCI ProTour Points

The Eneco Tour of Benelux 2008 is part of the

UCI ProTour The UCI ProTour was a series of road bicycle races in Europe, Australia and Canada organised by the UCI (International Cycling Union). Created by Hein Verbruggen, former president of the UCI, it comprises a number of 'ProTour' cycling teams, e ...

and so the riders can earn UCI ProTour Points. Below is states which riders won points and where. Because the Eneco Tour of Benelux 2008 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

References

External links

Race website
{{2008 UCI ProTour Eneco Tour of Benelux Benelux Tour

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