2016 Eneco Tour Explained

2016 Eneco Tour
Series:	2016 UCI World Tour
Race No:	26
Season No:	27
Date:	19–25 September 2016
Stages:	7
Distance:	981.9
Unit:	km
Time:	22h 43' 26"
First:	Niki Terpstra
First Nat:	NED
First Color:	white
Second:	Oliver Naesen
Second Nat:	BEL
Third:	Peter Sagan
Third Nat:	SVK
Points:	Peter Sagan
Points Nat:	SVK
Points Color:	red
Combativity:	Bert Van Lerberghe
Combativity Nat:	BEL
Combativity Color:	green
Previous:	2015
Next:	2017

The 2016 Eneco Tour is a road cycling stage race which took place between 19 and 25 September 2016 in the Netherlands and Belgium. It was the 12th edition of the Eneco Tour stage race and the twenty-sixth race of the 2016 UCI World Tour. It was won by Niki Terpstra.

Teams

The 18 UCI World Tour teams are automatically entitled and obliged to start the race. The race organisation also gave out wildcards to four UCI Professional Continental teams.

Schedule

The course for the race was announced in March 2016.^[1]

Stage	Date	Route	Distance
1	19 September	Bolsward to Bolsward	184,5 km (114.6 mi)	Flat stage
2	20 September	Breda to Breda	9,6 km (6 mi)	Individual time trial
3	21 September	Blankenberge to Ardooie	184,5 km (114.6 mi)	Flat stage
4	22 September	Aalter to Sint-Pieters-Leeuw	199 km (123.7 mi)	Flat stage
5	23 September	Sittard-Geleen to Sittard-Geleen	20,9 km (13 mi)	Team time trial
6	24 September	Riemst to Lanaken	177,5 km (110.3 mi)	Hilly stage
7	25 September	Bornem to Geraardsbergen	195 km (121.2 mi)	Hilly stage

Stages

Stage 1

19 September 2016 — Bolsward to Bolsward, 184.5km (114.6miles)

Stage 1 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

General Classification after Stage 1

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Stage 2

20 September 2016 — Breda to Breda, 9.6km (06miles) Individual time trial (ITT)

Stage 2 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

General Classification after Stage 2

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Stage 3

21 September 2016 — Blankenberge to Ardooie, 184.5km (114.6miles)

Stage 3 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

General Classification after Stage 3

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Stage 4

22 September 2016 — Aalter to Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, 199km (124miles)

Stage 4 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

General Classification after Stage 4

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Stage 5

23 September 2016 — Sittard-Geleen to Sittard-Geleen, 20.9km (13miles) Team time trial (TTT)

Stage 5 Result

	Team	Time
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

General Classification after Stage 5

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Stage 6

24 September 2016 — Riemst to Lanaken, 177.5km (110.3miles)

Stage 6 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

General Classification after Stage 6

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Stage 7

24 September 2016 — Bornem to Geraardsbergen, 195km (121miles)

Stage 7 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Final general classification

	Rider	Team	Time
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10

Classification leadership table

There are four principal classifications in the race. The first of these is the general classification, calculated by adding up the time each rider took to ride each stage. Time bonuses are applied for winning stages (10, 6 and 4 seconds to the first three riders) and for the three "golden kilometre" sprints on each stage. At each of these sprints, the first three riders are given 3-, 2- and 1-second bonuses respectively. The rider with the lowest cumulative time is the winner of the general classification. The rider leading the classification wins a white jersey.

There is also a points classification. On each road stage the riders are awarded points for finishing in the top 10 places, with other points awarded for intermediate sprints. The rider with the most accumulated points is the leader of the classification and wins the red jersey. The combativity classification is based solely on points won at the intermediate sprints; the leading rider wins the green jersey. The final classification is a team classification: on each stage the times of the best three riders on each team are added up. The team with the lowest cumulative time over the seven stages wins the team classification.

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Combativity classification
1	Dylan Groenewegen	Dylan Groenewegen	Dylan Groenewegen	Bert van Lerberghe
2	Rohan Dennis	Rohan Dennis	Peter Sagan
3	Peter Sagan
4	Peter Sagan	Peter Sagan
5		Rohan Dennis
6	Luka Pibernik
7	Edvald Boasson Hagen
Final		Niki Terpstra

In stage five, Dylan Groenewegen, who was second in the points classification, wore the red jersey, because first-placed Peter Sagan wore the white jersey as leader of the general classification.

Notes and References

Web site: 2016 Eneco Tour route announced - Cyclingnews.com. cyclingnews.com. 31 July 2016.