2005 Eneco Tour

2005 Eneco Tour 2005 UCI ProTour 20 27 2006 3 to 10 August 2005 7 1230 km 29h 08' 01" Bobby Julich USA CSC 2005 Erik Dekker NED RAB 2005 Lief Hoste BEL DSC 2005 The 2005 Eneco Tour of Benelux road cycling race took place from August 3 to August 10. The Eneco tour is the continuation of the Tour of the Netherlands. This first edition covered parts of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. 184 cyclists and 23 cycling teams participated. 20 are UCI ProTour teams, the three remaining are Shimano Memory-Corp and the Belgian teams MrBookmaker and Chocolade Jacques. The winner, Bobby Julich (SAX 2005), won the last stage, an individual time trial with a time of 31'14". This launched him from the twelfth place 12 to the first. Leif Hoste (DSC 2005), thirteenth, became second. Max van Heeswijk (DSC) wore the red jersey two days (the 2nd and the 3rd) and Rik Verbrugghe five days. This edition was somewhat tainted by an incident during stage 4. Near Stavelot, the peloton were sent in the wrong direction, while the handful of men ahead were on the correct course. As a result, their lead grew to about 15 minutes, which would have made it nearly impossible for anyone else to attain the overall victory, destroying the appeal of the race. The jury decided that the leaders would have to halt until the peloton's lag was reduced to what it was before, but they initially refused. Eventually, they had to be halted by the police, causing leader Bart Dockx to sit on the ground by way of protest. In the final time trial, Bobby Julich climbed from 12th to 1st overall. Stages 03-08-2005: Mechelen, 5.7 km. (ITT) CyclistTeamTime1Rik VerbruggheQuick Step6' 45"2Carlos BarredoLiberty Seguros + 1"3Servais KnavenQuick Step + 2" 04-08-2005: Geel-Mierlo, 189 km. CyclistTeamTime1Max van HeeswijkDiscovery Channel4h 20' 08"2Marco ZanottiLiquigass.t.3Steven de JonghRabobanks.t. 05-08-2005: Geldrop-Sittard, 178 km. CyclistTeamTime1Simone CadamuroDomina Vacanze4h 14' 48"2Marco ZanottiLiquigass.t.3Enrico GasparottoLiquigass.t. 06-08-2005: Beek-Landgraaf, 205 km. CyclistTeamTime1Allan DavisLiberty Seguros4h 56' 44"2Erik DekkerRabobank + 5"3Daniele BennatiLampre-Caffita + 5" 07-08-2005: Landgraaf-Verviers, 232 km. CyclistTeamTime1Alessandro BallanLampre-Caffita6h 06' 05"2Rik VerbruggheQuick Steps.t.3Leif HosteDiscovery Channels.t. 08-08-2005: Verviers-Hasselt, 194 km. CyclistTeamTime1Max van HeeswijkDiscovery Channel4h 41' 06"2Alberto OngaratoFassa Bortolos.t.3Stefan van DijkMr Bookmakers.t. 09-08-2005: Sint Truiden-Hoogstraten, 195 km. CyclistTeamTime1Stefan van DijkMr Bookmaker4h 10' 37"2Max van HeeswijkDiscovery Channels.t.3Simone CadamuroDomina Vacanzes.t. 10-08-2005: Etten-Leur, 26 km. (ITT) CyclistTeamTime1Bobby JulichTeam CSC31' 14"2Leif HosteDiscovery Channel + 21"3Erik DekkerRabobank + 45" General Standings CyclistTeamTime1Bobby JulichSAX 200529h 08' 01"2Erik DekkerRAB 2005 + 21"3Leif HosteDSC 2005 + 41"4Thomas DekkerRAB 2005 + 54"5Michael BlaudzunSAX 2005 + 1' 07"6Rik VerbruggheQST 2005 + 1' 16"7Carlos BarredoONC 2005 + 1' 22"8Jurgen van den BroeckDSC 2005 + 1' 28"9Andreas KlierTHR 2005 + 1' 57"10Sergei IvanovTHR 2005 + 2' 12" KOM Classification CyclistTeam1Christian VandeveldeTeam CSC Points Classification CyclistTeam1Allan DavisLiberty Seguros Best Young Rider CyclistTeam1Thomas DekkerRabobank Best Team TeamCountry1Team CSCDenmark External links Race website https://web.archive.org/web/20141219133333/http://www.enecotour.com/ 2014-12-19 Category:2005 UCI ProTour Eneco Eneco Eneco Category:August 2005 sports events in Europe 2005