2012 Eneco Tour

300px 2012 Eneco Tour 2012 UCI World Tour 20 28 6–12 August 2012 7 1040.6 km 24h 51' 13" Lars Boom Netherlands RAB 2012 white Sylvain Chavanel France OPQ 2012 Niki Terpstra Netherlands OPQ 2012 Giacomo Nizzolo Italy RNT 2012 red OPQ 2012 2011 2013 The 2012 Eneco Tour was the eighth running of the Eneco Tour cycling stage race. It started on August 6 in Waalwijk in the Netherlands and ended on August 12 in Geraardsbergen, Belgium, after seven stages. It was the 20th race of the 2012 UCI World Tour season. The race was won by RAB 2012 rider Lars Boom, who claimed the leader's white jersey on the final day after finishing second to BMC 2012 rider Alessandro Ballan on the queen stage, and held enough of an advantage to assume the leader's jersey with his result.http://www.rabosport.com/news/item/19001 Boom adds the Eneco Tour to his track record RAB 2012 Rabosport 12 August 2012 12 August 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120817104515/http://www.rabosport.com/news/item/19001 17 August 2012 dead dmy-all Boom's winning margin over runner-up Sylvain Chavanel of OPQ 2012 was 26 seconds,http://www1.skysports.com/cycling/news/15264/7985579/Eneco-win-for-Boom Eneco win for Boom Sky Sports BSkyB 12 August 2012 12 August 2012 and his team-mate Niki Terpstra completed the podium, 23 seconds down on Chavanel and 49 behind Boom.http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/08/news/lars-boom-wins-2012-eneco-tour-in-final-stage_234327 Lars Boom wins 2012 Eneco Tour in final stage VeloNews Competitor Group, Inc. 12 August 2012 12 August 2012 Agence France-Presse 24 April 2013 https://web.archive.org/web/20130424012449/http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/08/news/lars-boom-wins-2012-eneco-tour-in-final-stage_234327 dead OGE 2012b rider Svein Tuft had originally finished third on the road, but was given a 20-second penalty for a water bottle infringement. In the race's other classifications, RNT 2012's Giacomo Nizzolo won the red jersey for the points classification,http://www.radioshacknissantrek.com/news/successful-week-eneco-tour Successful week in Eneco Tour RNT 2012 Leopard SA 12 August 2012 12 August 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120904091622/http://www.radioshacknissantrek.com/news/successful-week-eneco-tour 4 September 2012 dead dmy-all after winning a stage during the event, and Laurens De Vreese of TSV 2012 won the "combativity" classification for most points awarded at each of the intermediate sprints during the event. Despite not winning a stage during the event, OPQ 2012 yes finished at the head of the teams classification, after placing three riders – Chavanel, Terpstra and Michał Kwiatkowski, who was eighth – in the top ten of the final general classification standings.http://www.omegapharma-quickstep.com/en/news/show/eneco-tour-chavanel-terpstra-on-the-gc-podium/806 Chavanel, Terpstra on the GC podium OPQ 2012 Decolef 12 August 2012 12 August 2012 https://archive.today/20130131014356/http://www.omegapharma-quickstep.com/en/news/show/eneco-tour-chavanel-terpstra-on-the-gc-podium/806 31 January 2013 dead dmy-all Schedule The race consisted of seven stages, including two time trial stages; one individual time trial in Ardooie, and a team time trial, in Sittard.http://www.nusport.nl/wielrennen/2780983/eneco-tour-van-start-in-waalwijk.html Eneco Tour van start in Waalwijk Dutch Eneco Tour starts in Waalwijk 22 April 2012 6 August 2012 NU.nl Sanoma 8 April 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120408064513/http://www.nusport.nl/wielrennen/2780983/eneco-tour-van-start-in-waalwijk.html dead Also included in the parcours for the first time was the Muur van Geraardsbergen,http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/muur-van-geraardsbergen-finale-for-eneco-tour Muur van Geraardsbergen finale for Eneco Tour 1 February 2012 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 6 August 2012 famous for its presence in the Tour of Flanders single-day race. StageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinner16 August Waalwijk (Netherlands) to Middelburg (Netherlands) 203.9 km 1 on22pxFlat stage Marcel Kittel GER27 AugustSittard (Netherlands) to Sittard (Netherlands) 18.9 km 1 on 20px|link=Team time trial OGE 2012b38 August Riemst (Belgium) to Genk (Belgium) 188 km 1 on 22pxFlat stage Theo Bos NED49 August Heers (Belgium) to Bergen op Zoom (Netherlands) 213.3 km 1 on 22pxFlat stage Marcel Kittel GER510 August Hoogerheide (Netherlands) to Aalter (Belgium) 184.6 km 1 on 22pxFlat stage Giacomo Nizzolo ITA611 August Ardooie (Belgium) to Ardooie (Belgium) 17.4 km 1 on 20px|link=Individual time trial Svein Tuft CAN712 August Maldegem (Belgium) to Geraardsbergen (Belgium) 214.5 km 1 on 22px Intermediate stage Alessandro Ballan ITA Total 1040.6 km 1 on Participating teams As the Eneco Tour was a UCI World Tour event, all eighteen UCI ProTeams were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad. Three other squads were given wildcard places into the race, and as such, formed the event's 21-team peloton.http://sport.be.msn.com/enecotour/2012/eng/nieuws/article.html?Article_ID=599201 https://archive.today/20130103222635/http://sport.be.msn.com/enecotour/2012/eng/nieuws/article.html?Article_ID=599201 dead January 3, 2013 Lots of top riders in the 2012 Eneco Tour Eneco Tour Eneco Energie 3 August 2012 6 August 2012 Among the competitors was Alberto Contador, in his first race since returning from a doping ban.http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/12572/Contador-eligible-to-race-as-suspension-comes-to-an-end.aspx Contador eligible to race as suspension comes to an end VeloNation VeloNation LLC Shane Stokes 5 August 2012 6 August 2012 The twenty-one teams that competed in the race were:http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/eneco-tour-2012/start-list Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 6 August 2012 Eneco Tour 2012 start list 22em WGG 2012 ALM 2012 ARG 2012b AST 2012 BMC 2012 EUS 2012 FDJ 2012 GRM 2012b KAT 2012 LAM 2012 LIQ 2012 LTB 2012 MOV 2012 OPQ 2012 OGE 2012b RAB 2012 RNT 2012 SAX 2012b SKY 2012 TSV 2012 VCD 2012 Stages Stage 1 6 August 2012 — Waalwijk (Netherlands) to Middelburg (Netherlands), 203.9 km 1 onhttp://sport.be.msn.com/enecotour/2012/downloads/parcours/plan01.pdf PDF Eneco Tour Eneco Energie 6 August 2012 Waalwijk – Middelburg 12 August 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120812235443/http://sport.be.msn.com/enecotour/2012/downloads/parcours/plan01.pdf dead The opening stage saw the riders contest five different intermediate sprints on the route from Waalwijk to Middelburg, with the final two intermediate sprint points – one Eneco Bonisprint in Vrouwenpolder and one Checkpoint Primus sprint, just outside Domburg – coming on a finishing circuit 43.8 km 1 on in length, around the coast in Zeeland.http://sport.be.msn.com/enecotour/2012/downloads/parcours/finish01.pdf PDF Eneco Tour Eneco Energie 6 August 2012 Finish: Middelburg The finish in Middelburg, and all the later stages, awarded bonus seconds towards the general classification, unlike in previous years. The day's breakaway consisted of a pair of riders as EUS 2012 rider Pablo Urtasun was joined at the front by Belgian rider Staf Scheirlinckx, riding for one of the three home wildcard teams, WGG 2012.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/eneco-tour-2012/stage-1/results Kittel wins Eneco opener at Middelburg Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 6 August 2012 6 August 2012 The duo extended their advantage to a maximum of around eight-and-a-half minutes around halfway into the stage,http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/12576/Eneco-Tour-Marcel-Kittel-cruises-to-stage-one-sprint-as-a-crash-hits-the-final-two-kilometres.aspx Ben Atkins Marcel Kittel cruises to stage one sprint as a crash hits the final two kilometres VeloNation VeloNation LLC 6 August 2012 6 August 2012 but several teams sent riders to the front of the main field in order to bring back the lead pair towards the peloton before the finishing loop. They ultimately did so, as the leaders were caught 74 km 1 on prior to the finish,http://www1.skysports.com/cycling/news/15264/7968813/Kittel-claims-Eneco-opener Kittel claims Eneco opener Sky Sports BSkyB 6 August 2012 6 August 2012 while RAB 2012 led the field across the finish line for the first time. TSV 2012's Tim Declercq attacked off the front of the field around halfway through the lap, but was ultimately brought back. A crash in the peloton reduced numbers – to around thirty ridershttp://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/kittel-wins-eneco-opener-162013034.html Kittel wins Eneco opener, Contador satisfied Yahoo! Eurosport TF1 Group Reuters 6 August 2012 6 August 2012 – for the bunch sprint, where ARG 2012b's Marcel Kittel held off the rest of the field for his first victory since June's Ster ZLM Toer. Kittel finished ahead of FDJ 2012 rider Arnaud Démare and BMC 2012's Taylor Phinney, the 2011 opening stage winner, to the line; the latter sprinting after a mishap with team-mate Adam Blythe, who finished fifth.http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/12580/Taylor-Phinney-carries-Olympic-form-into-Eneco-Tour-sprint.aspx Ben Atkins Taylor Phinney carries Olympic form into Eneco Tour sprint VeloNation VeloNation LLC 6 August 2012 6 August 2012 Stage 1 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Marcel Kittel GER ARG 2012b 5h 38' 28" 2 Arnaud Démare FRA FDJ 2012 s.t. 3 Taylor Phinney USA BMC 2012 s.t. 4 Heinrich Haussler AUS GRS 2012b s.t. 5 Adam Blythe GBR BMC 2012 s.t. 6 Michael Van Staeyen BEL TSV 2012 s.t. 7 José Joaquín Rojas ESP MOV 2012 s.t. 8 Fréderique Robert BEL LTB 2012 s.t. 9 Jacopo Guarnieri ITA AST 2012 s.t. 10 Giacomo Nizzolo ITA RNT 2012 s.t.General Classification after Stage 1 RiderTeamTime 1 Marcel Kittel GER 20px20px ARG 2012b 5h 38' 18" 2 Arnaud Démare FRA FDJ 2012 + 4" 3 Taylor Phinney USA BMC 2012 + 6" 4 Aidis Kruopis LTU OGE 2012b + 6" 5 Francisco Ventoso ESP MOV 2012 + 7" 6 Wouter Mol NED VCD 2012 + 8" 7 Luke Rowe GBR SKY 2012 + 8" 8 Robert Wagner GER RNT 2012 + 9" 9 Matteo Montaguti ITA ALM 2012 + 9" 10 Heinrich Haussler AUS GRS 2012b + 10" Stage 2 7 August 2012 — Sittard (Netherlands), 18.9 km 1 on, team time trial (TTT)http://sport.be.msn.com/enecotour/2012/downloads/parcours/plan02.pdf PDF Eneco Tour Eneco Energie 7 August 2012 Sittard-Geleen – Sittard-Geleen 13 August 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120813012203/http://sport.be.msn.com/enecotour/2012/downloads/parcours/plan02.pdf dead For the first time since the Eneco Tour was established in 2005, one of the race's stages was held as a team time trial; held over 18.9 km 1 on, around the towns of Sittard and Geleen in the Netherlands.http://www.limburg2012.nl/section.php?sid=news_en&news_vmd=svw&news_id=167 Team Time Trial in Eneco Tour Limburg 2012 Colofon 6 August 2012 7 August 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120916223522/http://www.limburg2012.nl/section.php?sid=news_en&news_vmd=svw&news_id=167 16 September 2012 dead dmy-all However, the stage was predominantly run in the far north-west of Germany, passing through the villages of Tüddern, Höngen, Süsterseel and Hillensberg, where there was a small climb at the intermediate time-point.http://sport.be.msn.com/enecotour/2012/downloads/parcours/route02.pdf PDF Eneco Tour Eneco Energie 7 August 2012 2e etappe Ploegentijdrit / 2ème étape C.L.M. par Équipes: Sittard – Sittard Much like individual time trial stages, each of the squads set off in reverse order from where they were ranked in the teams general classification at the end of the previous stage,http://sport.be.msn.com/enecotour/2012/nl/nieuws/article.html?Article_ID=599952 De startvolgorde van de ploegentijdrit Dutch The starting order for the team time trial Eneco Tour Eneco Energie 7 August 2012 7 August 2012 with the exception of ARG 2012b – seventh in the standings – who started after the classification leaders BMC 2012, as Marcel Kittel held the lead of the race overall for ARG 2012b yes. Thus, EUS 2012, who were bottom of the classification, after recording the highest cumulative score for their best three riders, were the first team to set off on the stage. EUS 2012 yes set a time of 22' 18" for the course, with only BMC 2012 yes recording a slower time overall, after they were involved in a crash out on the course.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/eneco-tour-2012/stage-2-ttt/results Orica-GreenEdge on top in Eneco team time trial Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 7 August 2012 7 August 2012 SAX 2012b were the next team to start the stage, and eventually completed the course in a time of 21' 36", some 42 seconds quicker than the time set by EUS 2012 yes.http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/12584/Eneco-Tour-Orica-GreenEdge-rides-Jens-Keukeleire-into-the-lead-in-team-time-trial.aspx Orica-GreenEdge rides Jens Keukeleire into the lead in team time trial Ben Atkins VeloNation VeloNation LLC 7 August 2012 7 August 2012 VCD 2012 recorded a time four seconds off the benchmark set by SAX 2012b yes, but RNT 2012 soon topped the timesheets with a time of 21' 27". Their time held until OGE 2012b came across the line; despite losing three riders from the train, including their highest-placed rider from the previous day, Aidis Kruopis, they still recorded the quickest time by a substantial margin at that point. Their time of 21' 09" was not beaten by the other teams, despite OPQ 2012, KAT 2012 and RAB 2012 all coming within five seconds of the time, and as such, Jens Keukeleire became the race leader,http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/08/news/orica-wins-eneco-team-time-trial_233538 Orica wins Eneco team time trial VeloNews Competitor Group, Inc. 7 August 2012 7 August 2012 9 August 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120809005340/http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/08/news/orica-wins-eneco-team-time-trial_233538 dead with four of his team-mates also in the same overall time. Stage 2 Result TeamTime 1 OGE 2012b 21' 09" 2 OPQ 2012 + 1" 3 KAT 2012 + 2" 4 RAB 2012 + 4" 5 LIQ 2012 + 17" 6 RNT 2012 + 18" 7 MOV 2012 + 18" 8 GRS 2012b + 27" 9 SAX 2012b + 27" 10 VCD 2012 + 31"General Classification after Stage 2 RiderTeamTime 1 Jens Keukeleire BEL 20px OGE 2012b 5h 59' 37" 2 Sebastian Langeveld NED OGE 2012b + 0" 3 Svein Tuft CAN OGE 2012b + 0" 4 Luke Durbridge AUS OGE 2012b + 0" 5 Jens Mouris NED OGE 2012b + 0" 6 Tom Boonen BEL OPQ 2012 + 1" 7 Sylvain Chavanel FRA OPQ 2012 + 1" 8 Niki Terpstra NED OPQ 2012 + 1" 9 Michał Kwiatkowski POL OPQ 2012 + 1" 10 Dries Devenyns BEL OPQ 2012 + 1" Stage 3 8 August 2012 — Riemst (Belgium) to Genk (Belgium), 188 km 1 onhttp://sport.be.msn.com/enecotour/2012/downloads/parcours/plan03.pdf PDF Eneco Tour Eneco Energie 8 August 2012 Riemst – GenkDecember 2021 InternetArchiveBot yes Just as it was the previous day, the majority of the stage was contested in a different country from the start and finish locations. After an opening loop in Belgium, the stage moved into the Netherlands and contested a circuit around the Limburgish town of Valkenburg aan de Geul,http://www.nieuwsblad.be/sportwereld/cnt/DMF20120808_179 Dutch Het Nieuwsblad Corelio 8 August 2012 Theo Bos wint massasprint in Genk 8 August 2012 Theo Bos wins mass sprint in Genk the location of the UCI Road World Championships; the circuit included climbs of the Bemelerberg (twice) and the Cauberghttp://sport.be.msn.com/enecotour/2012/eng/nieuws/article.html?Article_ID=600310 Eneco Tour Eneco Energie 8 August 2012 Bos fends off rivals at the finish line 8 August 2012 – both prominent in the single-day Amstel Gold Race held in the spring – before heading back towards Belgium and the eventual finish to the stage in Genk. A four-rider breakaway was formed in the early kilometres of the stage, consisting of SKY 2012's Alex Dowsett, LAM 2012 rider Matteo Bono, Laurens De Vreese of TSV 2012 and James Vanlandschoot, representing WGG 2012.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/eneco-tour-2012/stage-3/results Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 8 August 2012 Bos takes sprint victory in Genk 8 August 2012 They managed to establish a maximum advantage of around five-and-a-half minutes on the peloton, which was led by OGE 2012b, who were protecting the overall leader of the race, Jens Keukeleire.http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/12591/Eneco-Tour-Theo-Bos-takes-stage-three-sprint-victory-in-Genk.aspx VeloNation VeloNation LLC Ben Atkins 8 August 2012 Theo Bos takes stage three sprint victory in Genk 8 August 2012 With added assistance from the ARG 2012b team of the points classification leader Marcel Kittel, the advantage that the leaders held was consistently reduced prior to the finishing circuit around Genk, with the advantage cut from its maximum to around a minute before the final loop of 22.7 km 1 on in length, to curtail the day's proceedings. Halfway around the circuit, the peloton had the lead quartet in their sights with only Vanlandschoot making an effort to remain clear and tried to make a solo attempt to stay off the front until the finish. Vanlandschoot's bid was ultimately unsuccessful, as RAB 2012 and LTB 2012 moved some of their riders forward in the hopes of setting up a sprint finish for their respective sprinters. SAX 2012b's David Tanner also made a late attack for victory, but he too was unsuccessful; and after Kittel's team changed their focus to setting up John Degenkolb for the victory – after Kittel puncturedhttp://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/534291/bos-takes-eneco-tour-stage-three-sprint.html Nigel Wynn Bos takes Eneco Tour stage three sprint Cycling Weekly IPC Media Limited 8 August 2012 8 August 2012 – it was RAB 2012 yes sprinter Theo Bos that crossed the finish line first, for his maiden World Tour victory. Keukeleire finished within the peloton to maintain his overall lead,http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/bos-bosses-eneco-stage-three-155752107.html Bos bosses Eneco stage three Yahoo! Eurosport TF1 Group Reuters 8 August 2012 8 August 2012 and was hoping to maintain the lead until Saturday's penultimate stage time trial.http://sport.be.msn.com/enecotour/2012/eng/nieuws/article.html?Article_ID=600328 Eneco Tour Eneco Energie 8 August 2012 Keukeleire: 'I was lucky today' 8 August 2012 Stage 3 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Theo Bos NED RAB 2012 4h 14' 49" 2 John Degenkolb GER ARG 2012b s.t. 3 Heinrich Haussler AUS GRS 2012b s.t. 4 Michał Kwiatkowski POL OPQ 2012 s.t. 5 Manuel Belletti ITA ALM 2012 s.t. 6 Francisco Ventoso ESP MOV 2012 s.t. 7 Alessandro Petacchi ITA LAM 2012 s.t. 8 Michael Van Staeyen BEL TSV 2012 s.t. 9 Alexander Kristoff NOR KAT 2012 s.t. 10 Jacopo Guarnieri ITA AST 2012 s.t.General Classification after Stage 3 RiderTeamTime 1 Jens Keukeleire BEL 20px OGE 2012b 10h 14' 26" 2 Sebastian Langeveld NED OGE 2012b + 0" 3 Svein Tuft CAN OGE 2012b + 0" 4 Luke Durbridge AUS OGE 2012b + 0" 5 Jens Mouris NED OGE 2012b + 0" 6 Michał Kwiatkowski POL OPQ 2012 + 1" 7 Sylvain Chavanel FRA OPQ 2012 + 1" 8 Niki Terpstra NED OPQ 2012 + 1" 9 Tom Boonen BEL OPQ 2012 + 1" 10 Dries Devenyns BEL OPQ 2012 + 1" Stage 4 9 August 2012 — Heers (Belgium) to Bergen op Zoom (Netherlands), 213.3 km 1 onhttp://sport.be.msn.com/enecotour/2012/downloads/parcours/plan04.pdf PDF Eneco Tour Eneco Energie 9 August 2012 Heers – Bergen op Zoom 13 August 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120813003320/http://sport.be.msn.com/enecotour/2012/downloads/parcours/plan04.pdf dead The fourth stage of the race was a predominantly flat ride from Heers in the Belgian province of Limburg to Bergen op Zoom in the neighbouring North Brabant province over the border in the Netherlands. The stage itself finished after a closing circuit of 15.4 km 1 on in length, with bonus seconds on offer at an intermediate sprint point on the first passage of the finish line. Six riders – VCD 2012 rider Frederik Veuchelen, EUS 2012's Adrián Sáez, Arnoud van Groen (WGG 2012), Martin Kohler of BMC 2012, Gert Dockx for LTB 2012 and Boris Shpilevsky representing ALM 2012 – went clear in the early kilometres of the stage,http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/12597/Eneco-Tour-Kittel-sprints-to-stage-four-as-Boonen-sneaks-into-the-lead.aspx Ben Atkins Kittel sprints to stage four as Boonen sneaks into the lead VeloNation VeloNation LLC 9 August 2012 9 August 2012 and quickly established a substantial lead on the road, reaching a maximum of around eight-and-a-half minutes within the first quarter of the stage.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/eneco-tour-2012/stage-4/results Kittel takes second win at Eneco Tour Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 9 August 2012 9 August 2012 As it was the previous day, it was OGE 2012b holding station on the front of the peloton by protecting the leader of the general classification, Jens Keukeleire. The squad brought the time gap down gradually, in order to maintain Keukeleire's lead on the road through the intermediate sprint points of the stage. TSV 2012, RAB 2012 and ARG 2012b all helped out with the chase of the lead sextet, reducing the gap to under a minute inside of 30 km 1 on remaining of the stage. Veuchelen attacked from the group of six with 20 km 1 on to go, and maintained a 20-second lead into Bergen op Zoom for the first time; Tom Boonen (OPQ 2012) beat RAB 2012 yes rider Lars Boom to second at the intermediate sprint point,http://sport.be.msn.com/enecotour/2012/eng/nieuws/article.html?Article_ID=600491 9 August 2012 Eneco Tour Eneco Energie 9 August 2012 Second victory for Kittel, but Boonen wins white jersey to take the virtual lead of the race from Keukeleire.http://omegapharma-quickstep.com/en/news/show/eneco-tour-stage-4-boonen-new-gc-leader/794 Boonen New GC Leader OPQ 2012 Decolef 9 August 2012 9 August 2012 https://archive.today/20130131190057/http://omegapharma-quickstep.com/en/news/show/eneco-tour-stage-4-boonen-new-gc-leader/794 31 January 2013 dead dmy-all Veuchelen was swept up by the peloton on the finishing circuit, and it eventually amounted to a bunch sprint for the line; KAT 2012's Alexander Kristoff made his bid first, but ultimately it was Marcel Kittel that took his second victory of the race,http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/kittel-wins-stage-boonen-leads-gc-171616361.html Kittel wins stage, Boonen leads GC Yahoo! Eurosport TF1 Group 9 August 2012 9 August 2012 ahead of Dockx's team-mate Jürgen Roelandts and Giacomo Nizzolo of RNT 2012.http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/534314/kittel-makes-it-two-at-eneco-tour-as-boonen-moves-into-lead.html Kenny Pryde Kittel makes it two at Eneco Tour as Boonen moves into lead Cycling Weekly IPC Media Limited 9 August 2012 9 August 2012 Boonen finished fourth ahead of Kristoff to take the race lead definitively from Keukeleire.http://velonews.competitor.com/2012/08/news/kittel-takes-eneco-stage-4-win-boonen-takes-overall-lead_233877 Kittel takes Eneco stage 4 win; Boonen takes overall lead VeloNews Competitor Group, Inc. 9 August 2012 9 August 2012 Stage 4 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Marcel Kittel GER ARG 2012b 5h 11' 41" 2 Jürgen Roelandts BEL LTB 2012 s.t. 3 Giacomo Nizzolo ITA RNT 2012 s.t. 4 Tom Boonen BEL OPQ 2012 s.t. 5 Alexander Kristoff NOR KAT 2012 s.t. 6 Heinrich Haussler AUS 20px GRS 2012b s.t. 7 Jacopo Guarnieri ITA AST 2012 s.t. 8 Aidis Kruopis LTU OGE 2012b s.t. 9 Theo Bos NED RAB 2012 s.t. 10 Michael Van Staeyen BEL TSV 2012 s.t.General Classification after Stage 4 RiderTeamTime 1 Tom Boonen BEL 20px OPQ 2012 15h 26' 06" 2 Jens Keukeleire BEL OGE 2012b + 1" 3 Sylvain Chavanel FRA OPQ 2012 + 2" 4 Niki Terpstra NED OPQ 2012 + 2" 5 Alexander Kristoff NOR KAT 2012 + 3" 6 Lars Boom NED RAB 2012 + 4" 7 Sebastian Langeveld NED OGE 2012b + 6" 8 Luke Durbridge AUS OGE 2012b + 6" 9 Jens Mouris NED OGE 2012b + 6" 10 Svein Tuft CAN OGE 2012b + 6" Stage 5 10 August 2012 — Hoogerheide (Netherlands) to Aalter (Belgium), 184.6 km 1 onhttp://sport.be.msn.com/enecotour/2012/downloads/parcours/plan05.pdf PDF Eneco Tour Eneco Energie 10 August 2012 Hoogerheide – Aalter 12 August 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120812235450/http://sport.be.msn.com/enecotour/2012/downloads/parcours/plan05.pdf dead The final transitional stage of the race saw the peloton start the day in Hoogerheide, best known for its annual World Cup race in the cyclo-cross discipline,http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/12604/Eneco-Tour-Giacomo-Nizzolo-takes-maiden-WorldTour-victory-in-stage-five-sprint.aspx Ben Atkins Giacomo Nizzolo takes maiden WorldTour victory in stage five sprint VeloNation VeloNation LLC 10 August 2012 10 August 2012 before moving back into Belgium before the finish. A finishing loop was once again in place for the closing kilometres of the stage; on this occasion, it was a circuit some 22.4 km 1 on in length, with bonus seconds once again on offer at the first passage through the finish line in Aalter. A four-rider breakaway was initiated in the early kilometres of the stage; the move consisted of FDJ 2012's Mickaël Delage, WGG 2012 rider Sjef De Wilde, Dimitry Muravyev of AST 2012 and Laurens De Vreese representing TSV 2012, the holder of the black Primus jersey for the leader of the combativity classification awarded for most points at the intermediate sprints.http://sport.be.msn.com/enecotour/2012/eng/nieuws/article.html?Article_ID=600848 Roelandts cries victory, Nizzolo wins Eneco Tour Eneco Energie 10 August 2012 10 August 2012 They managed to establish a maximum advantage of over five minutes on the peloton,http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/eneco-tour-2012/stage-5/results Nizzolo triumphs in Aalter Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 10 August 2012 10 August 2012 which was led by OPQ 2012, who were protecting the overall leader of the race, Tom Boonen. Delage exited the lead quartet not long afterhttp://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/534337/nizzolo-takes-surprise-win-in-eneco-tour-stage-five.html Kenny Pryde Nizzolo takes surprise win in Eneco Tour stage five Cycling Weekly IPC Media Limited 10 August 2012 10 August 2012 – due to his close proximity to Boonen in the general classification – and left the other three riders to try and extend their lead over the main field as the kilometres passed. With added help from Jens Keukeleire's OGE 2012b team, the breakaway were not allowed to hold an advantage into the finishing circuit; indeed they were brought back several kilometres before the loop commenced, with Boonen's team-mate Gert Steegmans taking the three bonus seconds on offer for the intermediate sprint, with Keukeleire not attempting to take time at the line. The field remained together until the finish where RNT 2012's Giacomo Nizzolo just managed to fend off the advances of LTB 2012 rider Jürgen Roelandts,http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/nizzolo-wins-maiden-victory-talansky-leads-tour-de-164200413.html Nizzolo wins maiden victory, Talansky leads Tour de l'Ain Yahoo! Eurosport TF1 Group 10 August 2012 10 August 2012 to take his third win of the seasonhttp://sport.be.msn.com/enecotour/2012/eng/nieuws/article.html?Article_ID=600855 Nizzolo: 'I thought Roelandts had won' Eneco Tour Eneco Energie 10 August 2012 10 August 2012 and his first career World Tour victory, by inches. Boonen maintained his overall lead by finishing fifth on the stage, despite nearly crashing in the closing stages.http://sport.be.msn.com/enecotour/2012/eng/nieuws/article.html?Article_ID=600858 Boonen: 'Risks are part of being a sprinter' Eneco Tour Eneco Energie 10 August 2012 10 August 2012 Stage 5 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Giacomo Nizzolo ITA RNT 2012 4h 10' 20" 2 Jürgen Roelandts BEL LTB 2012 s.t. 3 Manuel Belletti ITA ALM 2012 s.t. 4 Arnaud Démare FRA FDJ 2012 s.t. 5 Tom Boonen BEL 20px OPQ 2012 s.t. 6 Alexander Kristoff NOR KAT 2012 s.t. 7 Adam Blythe GBR BMC 2012 s.t. 8 José Joaquín Rojas ESP MOV 2012 s.t. 9 Aidis Kruopis LTU OGE 2012b s.t. 10 Michael Van Staeyen BEL TSV 2012 s.t.General Classification after Stage 5 RiderTeamTime 1 Tom Boonen BEL 20px OPQ 2012 19h 36' 26" 2 Jens Keukeleire BEL OGE 2012b + 1" 3 Sylvain Chavanel FRA OPQ 2012 + 2" 4 Niki Terpstra NED OPQ 2012 + 2" 5 Alexander Kristoff NOR KAT 2012 + 3" 6 Lars Boom NED RAB 2012 + 4" 7 Gert Steegmans BEL OPQ 2012 + 4" 8 Giacomo Nizzolo ITA 20px RNT 2012 + 5" 9 Jens Mouris NED OGE 2012b + 5" 10 Sebastian Langeveld NED OGE 2012b + 6" Stage 6 11 August 2012 — Ardooie (Belgium), 17.4 km 1 on, individual time trial (ITT)https://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5geKjtNp9f4ttZZ5cgzEqBTgMko3g?docId=CNG.1240d6b143be8f4f9122c7a82baa40cd.f1 https://archive.today/20130103075450/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5geKjtNp9f4ttZZ5cgzEqBTgMko3g?docId=CNG.1240d6b143be8f4f9122c7a82baa40cd.f1 dead January 3, 2013 Tuft lands Eneco time trial, race leadership Google News Google Inc. Agence France-Presse 11 August 2012 11 August 2012 A perfectly flat out-and-back ride around Ardooie was the basis for the penultimate day time trial, covering 17.4 km 1 on in distance; the time trial was also set to open up time gaps within the top placings in the general classification after each of the mass-start stages provided sprint finishes and the team time trial saw four teams finish within five seconds of one another; the top ten overall were covered by six seconds.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/eneco-tour-2012/stage-6-itt/results Tuft takes Eneco time trial and overall lead Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 11 August 2012 11 August 2012 As was customary of time trial stages, the riders set off in reverse order from where they were ranked in the general classification at the end of the previous stage. Thus, Adrián Saez of EUS 2012, who, in 158th place – of the 168 starters – trailed overall leader Tom Boonen (OPQ 2012) by twenty-eight minutes and thirteen seconds, was the first rider to set off on the stage.http://sport.be.msn.com/enecotour/2012/eng/nieuws/article.html?Article_ID=600860 Starting order for today's time trial Eneco Tour Eneco Energie 10 August 2012 11 August 2012http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/12611/Eneco-Tour-Svein-Tuft-time-trials-into-the-lead-on-stage-six.aspx Svein Tuft time trials into the lead on stage six VeloNation VeloNation LLC 11 August 2012 11 August 2012 Ben Atkins Saez set a time outside of 23 minutes for the course, which was almost instantaneously beaten by Boris Shpilevsky of the ALM 2012 team, who set a time inside the mark that had been set by Saez. ARG 2012b rider Albert Timmer and Rick Flens of RAB 2012 each had spells at the top of the timesheets before Manuele Boaro, riding for SAX 2012b, stopped the clock for his run in a time of 21' 11". VCD 2012 rider Thomas De Gendt, who had put in a good closing time trial to seal third in May's Giro d'Italia, got closest to Boaro's time but eventually missed out by around a second. It was not until RNT 2012's Markel Irizar – who had started almost 45 minutes after Boaro – set the quickest time at the intermediate time-point and eventually recorded the quickest time at the finish, breaking 21 minutes with a time of 20' 57". Irizar held top spot for around another quarter of an hour before Taylor Phinney – winner of the prologue stage at the 2011 race – of the BMC 2012 surpassed that time by almost half a minute; most of the time gain was achieved in the second half of the course, as he was marginally behind the mark of Irizar at the intermediate time-check, and eventually finished with a time of 20' 30".http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/12614/Phinney-gracious-in-defeat-after-near-miss-in-Eneco-time-trial.aspx Phinney gracious in defeat after near-miss in Eneco time trial VeloNation VeloNation LLC 11 August 2012 11 August 2012 Shane Stokes Phinney's time was ultimately beaten by only one other rider as Canadian champion Svein Tuft repeated Phinney's achievements; he was also slower than Irizar at the time-check, but saw off Phinney's time by five seconds. OPQ 2012 yes's Sylvain Chavanel was the only rider to go quicker than Irizar to halfway, but he faded in the second half of the course to a sixth place stage finish, twenty seconds off Tuft's time, and two seconds ahead of Boaro's returning team-mate Alberto Contador, who moved into the top ten overall, having earlier talked down his chances for the stage.http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/12610/Contador-plays-down-chances-in-todays-Eneco-Tour-time-trial.aspx Contador plays down chances in today’s Eneco Tour time trial VeloNation VeloNation LLC 11 August 2012 11 August 2012 Contador moved up at the expense of both Boonen and Keukeleire – the top two heading into the stage – who lost 1' 01" and 1' 08" respectively to Tuft, who took the overall lead. Tuft's lead was four seconds ahead of RAB 2012 yes rider Lars Boom, with Chavanel 16 seconds behind Tuft in third.http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/news/tuft-leads-eneco-tt-victory-152340260.html Tuft leads Eneco after TT, Talansky wins Tour de l'Ain Yahoo! Eurosport TF1 Group 11 August 2012 11 August 2012http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/534340/tuft-wins-eneco-tour-time-trial-and-takes-lead.html Kenny Pryde Tuft wins Eneco Tour time trial and takes lead Cycling Weekly IPC Media Limited 11 August 2012 11 August 2012 Stage 6 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Svein Tuft CAN OGE 2012b 20' 25" 2 Taylor Phinney USA BMC 2012 + 5" 3 Lars Boom NED RAB 2012 + 6" 4 Lieuwe Westra NED VCD 2012 + 18" 5 Adriano Malori ITA LAM 2012 + 19" 6 Sylvain Chavanel FRA OPQ 2012 + 20" 7 Alberto Contador ESP SAX 2012b + 22" 8 Luke Durbridge AUS OGE 2012b + 25" 9 Jens Mouris NED OGE 2012b + 26" 10 Jonathan Castroviejo ESP MOV 2012 + 30"General Classification after Stage 6 RiderTeamTime 1 Svein Tuft CAN 20px OGE 2012b 19h 56' 57" 2 Lars Boom NED RAB 2012 + 4" 3 Sylvain Chavanel FRA OPQ 2012 + 16" 4 Jens Mouris NED OGE 2012b + 25" 5 Luke Durbridge AUS OGE 2012b + 25" 6 Sebastian Langeveld NED OGE 2012b + 37" 7 Niki Terpstra NED OPQ 2012 + 39" 8 Michał Kwiatkowski POL OPQ 2012 + 47" 9 Jonathan Castroviejo ESP MOV 2012 + 48" 10 Alberto Contador ESP SAX 2012b + 49" Stage 7 12 August 2012 — Maldegem (Belgium) to Geraardsbergen (Belgium), 214.5 km 1 onhttp://sport.be.msn.com/enecotour/2012/downloads/parcours/plan07.pdf PDF Eneco Tour Eneco Energie 12 August 2012 Maldegem – GeraardsbergenMarch 2021 InternetArchiveBot yes The final day of the race saw the remaining riders contest the event's queen stage,http://sport.be.msn.com/enecotour/2012/eng/nieuws/article.html?Article_ID=574882 Eneco Tour Eneco Energie 12 August 2012 Eneco Tour embraces the Mur de Grammont 27 March 2012 which would see the overall classification being decided. After a relatively flat opening third to the stage from the start in Maldegem, the remainder of the 214.5 km 1 on parcours was packed with climbs. In total, there were sixteen climbs with eight climbs being utilised.http://sport.be.msn.com/enecotour/2012/downloads/parcours/profile07.pdf PDF Eneco Tour Eneco Energie 12 August 2012 Profile: Maldegem – Geraardsbergen Of those, one was climbed once – the Hurdumont, with an average gradient of 8% – with six being ascented twice, and the climb that the stage was built around, the Muur van Geraardsbergen, was climbed on three occasions.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/eneco-tour-2012/stage-7/results Boom wins 2012 Eneco Tour Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 12 August 2012 12 August 2012 The stage also finished at the bottom of the Muur van Geraardsbergen – the Wall of Grammont; formerly an iconic part of the Tour of Flanders – on the cobbles of the "vesten" in Geraardsbergen itself. After a quickly-paced first hour of racing, a nine-rider breakaway formed just after the 40 km 1 on mark of the stage. Of the nine riders, three – KAT 2012's Pavel Brutt, RNT 2012 rider Linus Gerdemann and Gert Steegmans of OPQ 2012 – were inside of 90 seconds behind the overall leader coming into the stage, Svein Tuft, riding for the OGE 2012b team.http://www.velonation.com/News/ID/12618/Eneco-Tour-Lars-Boom-secures-overall-with-late-attack-on-final-stage.aspx Lars Boom secures overall with late attack on final stage Ben Atkins VeloNation VeloNation LLC 12 August 2012 12 August 2012 As a result, the peloton did not allow for the lead group to extend a substantial advantage over themselves; indeed, it remained below three minutes for the entire stage. Tuft and Steegmans' team-mate Tom Boonen, the winner of the Muur-less Tour of Flanders earlier in the season both suffered punctures within the peloton as the gap was closing, but both were eventually able to rejoin the main field after several kilometres of chasing. Tuft would later cost himself a chance of third place overall; he received a 20-second time penalty for taking a water bottle inside of the final 20 km 1 on of the stage. The lead group was brought back by the time the riders climbed the Muur for the second time. BMC 2012's Marcus Burghardt, a breakaway member, again attacked on the Muur and took several riders with him, including Alberto Contador of SAX 2012b, who had been inside the top ten of the general classification overnight. The move was quickly shut down but Jan Bakelants of RNT 2012 yes soon counter-attacked and managed to achieve a buffer of around 40 seconds with 12 km 1 on remaining. Bakelants stayed off the front until the final Muur climb, but provided Burghardt's team-mate, Alessandro Ballan – winner of the 2007 Tour of Flanders – with the ammunition to attack.http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/534342/ballan-wins-final-eneco-tour-stage-as-boom-wins-overall.html Kenny Pryde Ballan wins final Eneco Tour stage as Boom wins overall Cycling Weekly IPC Media Limited 12 August 2012 12 August 2012 He was joined on the descent by RAB 2012 rider Lars Boom, who in second place overall at four seconds behind Tuft, provided the race-deciding move. Ballan and Boom stayed away until the end; Ballan celebrated the stage victory, while Boom did likewise for the overall win.http://sport.be.msn.com/enecotour/2012/eng/nieuws/article.html?Article_ID=601209 Eneco Tour Eneco Energie 12 August 2012 Ballan wins queen stage, Boom wins overall 12 August 2012 Boom later praised the organisers for using the Muur, and hoped it would remain in the race for the foreseeable future.http://sport.be.msn.com/enecotour/2012/eng/nieuws/article.html?Article_ID=601236 Eneco Tour Eneco Energie 12 August 2012 Boom: 'Muur should become tradition in Eneco Tour' 12 August 2012 Stage 7 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Alessandro Ballan ITA BMC 2012 4h 54' 16" 2 Lars Boom NED RAB 2012 + 2" 3 Francisco Ventoso ESP MOV 2012 + 6" 4 Nick Nuyens BEL SAX 2012b + 6" 5 Marco Marcato ITA VCD 2012 + 6" 6 Diego Ulissi ITA LAM 2012 + 6" 7 Tony Gallopin FRA RNT 2012 + 6" 8 Alberto Contador ESP SAX 2012b + 6" 9 Laurens De Vreese BEL 20px TSV 2012 + 10" 10 Niki Terpstra NED OPQ 2012 + 10"Final General Classification RiderTeamTime 1 Lars Boom NED 20px RAB 2012 24h 51' 13" 2 Sylvain Chavanel FRA OPQ 2012 + 26" 3 Niki Terpstra NED OPQ 2012 + 49" 4 Alberto Contador ESP SAX 2012b + 55" 5 Luke Durbridge AUS OGE 2012b + 55" 6 Jonathan Castroviejo ESP MOV 2012 + 58" 7 Svein Tuft CAN OGE 2012b + 1' 00" 8 Michał Kwiatkowski POL OPQ 2012 + 1' 05" 9 Sebastian Langeveld NED OGE 2012b + 1' 07" 10 Jan Bakelants BEL RNT 2012 + 1' 13" Classification leadership table Stage Winner General classification25px Points classification25px Combativity Classification25px Team classification25 px 1 Marcel Kittel Marcel Kittel Marcel Kittel Pablo Urtasun BMC 2012 2 OGE 2012b Jens Keukeleire OGE 2012b 3 Theo Bos Heinrich Haussler Laurens De Vreese 4 Marcel Kittel Tom Boonen Marcel Kittel 5 Giacomo Nizzolo Giacomo Nizzolo 6 Svein Tuft Svein Tuft 7 Alessandro Ballan Lars Boom OPQ 2012 Final Lars Boom Giacomo Nizzolo Laurens De Vreese OPQ 2012 References 30em External links http://www.enecotour.com/ Eneco Tour Category:Benelux Tour Eneco Tour Eneco Tour