2008 Eneco Tour Explained

2008 Eneco Tour
Series:2008 UCI ProTour
Race No:11
Season No:15
Previous:2007
Next:2009
Date:20 to 27 August 2008
Stages:7
Unit:km
Time:26h 27' 07"
First:Iván Gutiérrez
First Nat:ESP
Second:Sébastien Rosseler
Second Nat:BEL
Third:Michael Rogers
Third Nat:AUS
Points:Jürgen Roelandts
Points Nat:BEL

The 2008 Eneco Tour of Benelux cycling road race takes place from 20 to 27 August 2008 in the Benelux. 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 Cycle Collstrop and Skil–Shimano who were each given a wild card.

Schedule

StageRouteDistanceDateWinner
PSittard > Geleen 4.4 kmWednesday 20 August
1Beek > Roermond 175.6 kmThursday 21 August
2Roermond > Nieuwegein 175.0 kmFriday 22 August
3Nieuwegein > Terneuzen 189.3 kmSaturday 23 August
4Terneuzen > Ardooie 212.4 kmSunday 24 August
5Ardooie > Ostend 171.8 kmMonday 25 August
6Maldegem > Brussels 184.0 kmTuesday 26 August
7 (ITT)Mechelen > Mechelen 18.8 kmWednesday 27 August

Stages

Prologue – 20 August 2008

Prologue Result
CyclistTeamTime
15' 31"
2+ 0"
3+ 1"
General classification after the Prologue
CyclistTeamTime
15' 31"
2+ 0"
3+ 1"

Stage 1 – 21 August 2008

Stage 1 Result
CyclistTeamTime
14h 16' 17"
2s.t.
3s.t.
General classification after Stage 1
CyclistTeamTime
14h 21' 46"
2+ 2"
3+ 3"

Stage 2 – 22 August 2008

Stage 2 Result
CyclistTeamTime
13h 51' 31"
2s.t.
3s.t.
General classification after Stage 2
CyclistTeamTime
18h 13' 17"
2+ 0"
3+ 1"

Stage 3 – 23 August 2008

Stage 3 Result
CyclistTeamTime
14h 43' 33"
2s.t.
3s.t.
General classification after Stage 3
CyclistTeamTime
112h 59' 21"
2+ 1"
3+ 4"

Stage 4 – 24 August 2008

Stage 4 Result
CyclistTeamTime
15h 00' 35"
2Skil–Shimanos.t.
3s.t.
General classification after Stage 4
CyclistTeamTime
117h 59' 51"
2+ 2"
3+ 7"

Stage 5 – 25 August 2008

Stage 5 Result
CyclistTeamTime
13h 59' 03"
2s.t.
3Cycle Collstrops.t.
General classification after Stage 5
CyclistTeamTime
121h 57' 26"
2+ 11"
3+ 12"

Stage 6 – 26 August 2008

Stage 6 Result
CyclistTeamTime
14h 07' 20"
2s.t.
3s.t.
General classification after Stage 6
CyclistTeamTime
126h 04' 46"
2+ 11"
3+ 12"

Stage 7 – 27 August 2008 (ITT)

Stage 7 Result
CyclistTeamTime
122' 04"
2+ 6"
3s.t.
General classification after Stage 7
CyclistTeamTime
126h 27' 07"
2+ 4"
3+ 7"

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)

First Bram Tankink 8 Pts. and 3"
Second 5 Pts. and 2"
Third Iván Gutiérrez 3 Pts. and 1"

2nd Eneco Sprint after (98 km)

First Bram Tankink 8 Pts. and 3"
Second 5 Pts. and 2"
Third Iván Gutiérrez 3 Pts. and 1"

3rd Eneco Sprint after (156 km)

First Bram Tankink 8 Pts. and 3"
Second 5 Pts. and 2"
Third 3 Pts. and 1"

Finish in Roermond after (175.6 km)

First Tom Boonen 30 Pts. and 10"
Second Daniele Bennati 25 Pts. and 6"
Third Fabio Sabatini 22 Pts. and 4"
4th Jürgen Roelandts 19 Pts.
5th 17 Pts.
6th Edvald Boasson Hagen 15 Pts.
7th Angelo Furlan 13 Pts.
8th 12 Pts.
9th Elia Rigotto 11 Pts.
10th 10 Pts.

Points in Stage 2

1st Eneco Sprint after (26 km)

First Edvald Boasson Hagen 8 Pts. and 3"
Second Jürgen Roelandts 5 Pts. and 2"
Third Cyril Lemoine 3 Pts. and 1"

2nd Eneco Sprint after (123 km)

First Ermanno Capelli 8 Pts. and 3"
Second 5 Pts. and 2"
Third Javier Aramendia 3 Pts. and 1"

3rd Eneco Sprint after (155 km)

First Ermanno Capelli 8 Pts. and 3"
Second 5 Pts. and 2"
Third Javier Aramendia 3 Pts. and 1"

Finish in Nieuwegein after (175 km)

First André Greipel 30 Pts. and 10"
Second Juan José Haedo 25 Pts. and 6"
Third 22 Pts. and 4"
4th 19 Pts.
5th Tom Boonen 17 Pts.
6th Edvald Boasson Hagen 15 Pts.
7th Jürgen Roelandts 13 Pts.
8th Francesco Chicchi 12 Pts.
9th 11 Pts.
10th Elia Rigotto 10 Pts.

Points in Stage 3

1st Eneco Sprint after (80 km)

First Raúl Alarcón 8 Pts. and 3"
Second 5 Pts. and 2"
Third Aitor Hernández 3 Pts. and 1"

2nd Eneco Sprint after (127 km)

First Laurent Mangel 8 Pts. and 3"
Second Raúl Alarcón 5 Pts. and 2"
Third 3 Pts. and 1"

3rd Eneco Sprint after (147 km)

First Edvald Boasson Hagen 8 Pts. and 3"
Second 5 Pts. and 2"
Third Sébastien Rosseler 3 Pts. and 1"

Finish in Terneuzen after (185 km)

First Daniele Bennati 30 Pts. and 10"
Second Tom Boonen 25 Pts. and 6"
Third Jürgen Roelandts 22 Pts. and 4"
4th 19 Pts.
5th 17 Pts.
6th 15 Pts.
7th Alberto Curtolo 13 Pts.
8th 12 Pts.
9th 11 Pts.
10th Roger Hammond 10 Pts.

Jersey progress

Stage
(Winner)		General classification
Points Classification
Team Classification
Prologue (ITT)
(Iván Gutiérrez)		Iván Gutiérreznot awarded
Stage 1
(Tom Boonen)		Tom Boonen
Stage 2
(André Greipel)
Stage 3
(Daniele Bennati)		Daniele Bennati
Stage 4
(Tom Boonen)		André Greipel
Stage 5
(Carlo Westphal)		Jürgen Roelandts
Stage 6
(Edvald Boasson Hagen)
Stage 7 (ITT)
(Raivis Belohvoščiks)		Iván Gutiérrez
FinalIván GutiérrezJürgen Roelandts

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 .

StageRiderTeamReason
DNF1Unknown
DNF1Unknown
DNS2Unknown
DNF2Unknown
DNF2Unknown
DNS3Unknown
DNF4Unknown
DNF4Unknown
DNF4Unknown
DNF4Unknown
DNF4Unknown
DNF4Unknown
DNF4Unknown
DNF4Unknown
DNF4Injured after crash
DNS5Unknown
DNS5Unknown
DNS5Unknown
DNS5Unknown
DNS5Unknown
DNS5Unknown
DNS5Unknown
DNS5Unknown
DNS5Unknown
DNS5Unknown
DNS5Unknown
DNS5Unknown
DNF5Unknown
DNF5Unknown
DNF5Unknown
DNF5Cycle CollstropUnknown
DNF5Unknown
DNF5Unknown
DNF5Unknown
DNF5Unknown
DNS6Skil–ShimanoUnknown
DNS6Unknown

UCI ProTour Points

The Eneco Tour of Benelux 2008 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 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

StageRouteFirst (3 Points)Second (2 Points)Third (1 Points)
PSittard  - Geleen Iván Gutiérrez Cyril Lemoine Edvald Boasson Hagen
1Beek  - Roermond Tom Boonen Daniele Bennati Fabio Sabatini
2Roermond  - Nieuwegein André Greipel Juan José Haedo Robert Förster
3Nieuwegein  - Terneuzen Daniele Bennati Tom Boonen Jürgen Roelandts
4Terneuzen  - Ardooie Tom Boonen No UCI ProTour points awarded
for Kenny van Hummel (Skil–Shimano)		Edvald Boasson Hagen
5Ardooie  - Ostend Carlo Westphal Yauheni Hutarovich No UCI ProTour points awarded
for Borut Božič (Cycle Collstrop)
6Maldegem  - Brussels Edvald Boasson Hagen Jimmy Engoulvent
7 (ITT)Mechelen  - Mechelen Raivis Belohvoščiks Iván Gutiérrez Sébastien Rosseler

Overall Result

CyclistPoints
1Iván Gutiérrez 50
2Sébastien Rosseler 40
3Michael Rogers 35
4Stijn Devolder 30
5André Greipel 25
6Joost Posthuma 20
7Servais Knaven 15
8Bram Tankink 10
9Jürgen Roelandts 5
10Piet Rooijakkers No UCI ProTour points awarded (Skil–Shimano)

Summary

CyclistNationTeamPoints
1Iván Gutiérrez55
2Sébastien Rosseler41
3Michael Rogers35
4Stijn Devolder30
5André Greipel28
6Joost Posthuma20
7Servais Knaven15
8Bram Tankink10
9Tom Boonen8
10Jürgen Roelandts6
11Daniele Bennati5
=Edvald Boasson Hagen5
13Raivis Belohvoščiks3
=Carlo Westphal3
15Jimmy Engoulvent2
=Juan José Haedo2
=Yauheni Hutarovich2
=Cyril Lemoine2
19Robert Förster1
=Sergei Ivanov1
=Fabio Sabatini1

See also

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