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.[1] 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.
| Stage | Route | Distance | Date | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Hasselt  - Hasselt | 5.1 km | Wednesday 22 August | Michiel Elijzen  |
| 1 | Waremme - Eupen | 189.5 km | Thursday 23 August | Nick Nuyens |
| 2 | Antwerp - Knokke-Heist | 199.1 km | Friday 24 August | |
| 3 | Knokke-Heist - Putte | 170.8 km | Saturday 25 August | Robbie McEwen  |
| 4 | Maldegem - Terneuzen | 182.7 km | Sunday 26 August | Wouter Weylandt |
| 5 | Terneuzen - Nieuwegein | 179.9 km | Monday 27 August | Luciano Pagliarini  |
| 6 | Beek - Landgraaf | 177.4 km | Tuesday 28 August | Pablo Lastras  |
| 7 (ITT) | Sittard - Geleen | 29.6 km | Wednesday 29 August | Sébastien Rosseler |
Prologue Result
| General classification after the Prologue
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Stage 1 result
| General classification after Stage 1
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Stage 2 result
| General classification after Stage 2
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Wouter Weylandt finished third but was relegated due to irregular sprint.Stage 3 result
| General classification after Stage 3
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Stage 4 result
| General classification after Stage 4
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Stage 5 result
| General classification after Stage 5
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Stage 6 result
| General classification after Stage 5
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Stage 7 result
| General classification after Stage 7
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The leader of the general classification (ENECO Energie leiderstrui) wears a red jersey.
| Cyclist | Nation | Team | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iván Gutiérrez | 26h 05' 44" | |||
| 2 | David Millar | + 11" | |||
| 3 | Gustav Larsson | Unibet.com Cycling Team | + 1' 05" | ||
| 4 | Leif Hoste | + 1' 12" | |||
| 5 | Thomas Dekker | + 1' 15" | |||
| 6 | Vladimir Gusev | + 1' 17" | |||
| 7 | Bram Tankink | + 1' 32" | |||
| 8 | Sébastien Rosseler | + 1' 33" | |||
| 9 | Paul Martens | Skil–Shimano | + 1' 34" | ||
| 10 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | + 1' 34" | |||
| 11 | Juan Antonio Flecha | + 1' 46" | |||
| 12 | Piet Rooijakkers | Skil–Shimano | + 1' 47" | ||
| 13 | Sebastian Lang | + 1' 48" | |||
| 14 | Andriy Hryvko | + 1' 50" | |||
| 15 | Vincenzo Nibali | + 1' 56" | |||
| 16 | Maarten Tjallingii | Skil–Shimano | + 1' 56" | ||
| 17 | Rubens Bertogliati | + 1' 59" | |||
| 18 | Alberto Losado | + 2' 12" | |||
| 19 | Mikel Astarloza | + 2' 16" | |||
| 20 | Thor Hushovd | + 2' 23" |
The leader of the points classification (Lotto Puntenklassement) wears a white jersey.
| Team | Country | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 78h 21' 52" | |||
| 2 | + 18" | |||
| 3 | + 27" |
| 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 | |||
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.
| Stage | Rider | Team | Reason | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DNS | 1 | Christophe Detilloux | Crash during prologue | ||
| DNF | 1 |  Julien Loubet | Unknown | ||
| DNF | 2 |  Oscar Gatto | Unknown | ||
| DNF | 2 | Laurent Mangel | Unknown | ||
| DNS | 3 |  Julian Dean | Unknown | ||
| DNF | 3 | Jakob Piil | Unknown | ||
| DNS | 4 | Scott Davis | Unknown | ||
| DNS | 4 | Adam Hansen | Unknown | ||
| DNS | 4 | William Bonnet | Unknown | ||
| DNS | 5 | Francesco Chicchi | Unknown | ||
| DNS | 5 | Roberto Petito | Unknown | ||
| DNS | 5 | Alessandro Vanotti | Unknown | ||
| DNS | 5 | Enrico Franzoi | Unknown | ||
| DNS | 5 | Matej Jurčo | Unknown | ||
| DNF | 5 | Mikaël Cherel | Crash during stage 4 |
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 | Route | First (3 Points) | Second (2 Points) | Third (1 Points) |
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| P | Hasselt - Hasselt | Michiel Elijzen | Juan Antonio Flecha | Johan Van Summeren |
| 1 | Waremme - Eupen | Nick Nuyens | Thomas Dekker | Iván Gutiérrez |
| 2 | Antwerp - Knokke-Heist | Fred Rodriguez  | No UCI ProTour points awarded for Kenny van Hummel (Skil–Shimano) | |
| 3 | Knokke-Heist - Putte | Robbie McEwen | Francesco Chicchi | Thor Hushovd  |
| 4 | Maldegem - Terneuzen | Wouter Weylandt | Thor Hushovd | Matthew Goss |
| 5 | Terneuzen - Nieuwegein | Luciano Pagliarini | Graeme Brown | |
| 6 | Beek - Landgraaf | Pablo Lastras | No UCI ProTour points awarded for Steven Caethoven (Chocolade Jacques–Topsport Vlaanderen) | Anders Lund  |
| 7 (ITT) | Sittard - Geleen | Sébastien Rosseler | Iván Gutiérrez | Gustav Larsson  |
| Cyclist | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iván Gutiérrez | 50 | |
| 2 | 40 | ||
| 3 | Gustav Larsson | 35 | |
| 4 | Leif Hoste | 30 | |
| 5 | Thomas Dekker | 25 | |
| 6 | 20 | ||
| 7 | Bram Tankink | 15 | |
| 8 | Sébastien Rosseler | 10 | |
| 9 | Paul Martens  | No UCI ProTour points awarded (Skil–Shimano) | |
| 10 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | 2 |
| Cyclist | Nation | Team | Points | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iván Gutiérrez | 53 | |||
| 2 | David Millar | 40 | |||
| 3 | Gustav Larsson | Unibet | 36 | ||
| 4 | Leif Hoste | 30 | |||
| 5 | Thomas Dekker | 27 | |||
| 6 | Vladimir Gusev | 20 | |||
| 7 | Bram Tankink | 15 | |||
| 8 | Sébastien Rosseler | 13 | |||
| 9 | Mark Cavendish | 5 | |||
| =10 | Michiel Elijzen | 3 | |||
| =10 | Thor Hushovd | 3 | |||
| =10 | Pablo Lastras | 3 | |||
| =10 | Robbie McEwen | 3 | |||
| =10 | Nick Nuyens | 3 | |||
| =10 | Luciano Pagliarini | 3 | |||
| =10 | Wouter Weylandt | 3 | |||
| =17 | Francesco Chicchi | 2 | |||
| =17 | Juan Antonio Flecha | 2 | |||
| =17 | Fred Rodriguez | 2 | |||
| =17 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | 2 | |||
| =21 | Graeme Brown | 1 | |||
| =21 | Matthew Goss | 1 | |||
| =21 | Anders Lund | 1 | |||
| =21 | Johan Van Summeren | 1 |