2007 Eneco Tour

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 Astana 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.

Schedule

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	Mark Cavendish
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

Stages

22-08-2007: Hasselt, 5.1 km. (ITT)

Prologue Result

	Cyclist	Country	Team	Time
1	Michiel Elijzen	Netherlands	Cofidis	6' 09"
2	Juan Antonio Flecha	Spain	Rabobank	+ 1"
3	Johan van Summeren	Belgium	Predictor–Lotto	+ 2"

General classification after the Prologue

	Cyclist	Country	Team	Time
1	Michiel Elijzen	Netherlands	Cofidis	6' 09"
2	Juan Antonio Flecha	Spain	Rabobank	+ 1"
3	Johan van Summeren	Belgium	Predictor–Lotto	+ 2"

23-08-2007: Waremme-Eupen, 189.5 km.

Stage 1 result

	Cyclist	Country	Team	Time
1	Nick Nuyens	Belgium	Cofidis	4h 42' 38"
2	Thomas Dekker	Netherlands	Rabobank	s.t.
3	Iván Gutiérrez	Spain	Caisse d'Epargne	s.t.

General classification after Stage 1

	Cyclist	Country	Team	Time
1	Nick Nuyens	Belgium	Cofidis	4h 48' 39"
2	Thomas Dekker	Netherlands	Rabobank	+ 10"
3	Iván Gutiérrez	Spain	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 17"

24-08-2007: Antwerp-Knokke-Heist, 199.1 km.

Stage 2 result

	Cyclist	Country	Team	Time
1	Mark Cavendish	United Kingdom	T-Mobile Team	4h 31' 09"
2	Fred Rodriguez	United States	Predictor–Lotto	s.t.
3	Kenny van Hummel	Netherlands	Skil–Shimano	s.t.

General classification after Stage 2

	Cyclist	Country	Team	Time
1	Nick Nuyens	Belgium	Cofidis	9h 19' 48"
2	Thomas Dekker	Netherlands	Rabobank	+ 10"
3	Iván Gutiérrez	Spain	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 17"

Wouter Weylandt (Quick-Step–Innergetic) finished third but was relegated due to irregular sprint.

25-08-2007: Knokke-Heist-Putte, 170.8 km.

Stage 3 result

	Cyclist	Country	Team	Time
1	Robbie McEwen	Australia	Predictor–Lotto	3h 42' 28"
2	Francesco Chicchi	Italy	Liquigas	s.t.
3	Thor Hushovd	Norway	Crédit Agricole	s.t.

General classification after Stage 3

	Cyclist	Country	Team	Time
1	Nick Nuyens	Belgium	Cofidis	13h 02' 16"
2	Thomas Dekker	Netherlands	Rabobank	+ 10"
3	Iván Gutiérrez	Spain	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 17"

26-08-2007: Maldegem-Terneuzen, 182.7 km.

Stage 4 result

	Cyclist	Country	Team	Time
1	Wouter Weylandt	Belgium	Quick-Step–Innergetic	4h 09' 31"
2	Thor Hushovd	Norway	Crédit Agricole	s.t.
3	Matthew Goss	Australia	Team CSC	s.t.

General classification after Stage 4

	Cyclist	Country	Team	Time
1	Nick Nuyens	Belgium	Cofidis	17h 11' 47"
2	Thomas Dekker	Netherlands	Rabobank	+ 10"
3	Iván Gutiérrez	Spain	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 14"

27-08-2007: Terneuzen-Nieuwegein, 179.9 km.

Stage 5 result

	Cyclist	Country	Team	Time
1	Luciano Pagliarini	Brazil	Saunier Duval–Prodir	4h 01' 10"
2	Mark Cavendish	United Kingdom	T-Mobile Team	s.t.
3	Graeme Brown	Australia	Rabobank	s.t.

General classification after Stage 5

	Cyclist	Country	Team	Time
1	Nick Nuyens	Belgium	Cofidis	21h 12' 57"
2	Thomas Dekker	Netherlands	Rabobank	+ 10"
3	Iván Gutiérrez	Spain	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 14"

28-08-2007: Beek-Landgraaf, 177.4 km.

Stage 6 result

	Cyclist	Country	Team	Time
1	Pablo Lastras	Spain	Caisse d'Epargne	4h 15' 28"
2	Steven Caethoven	Belgium	Chocolade Jacques–Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
3	Anders Lund	Denmark	Team CSC	s.t.

General classification after Stage 5

	Cyclist	Country	Team	Time
1	Thomas Dekker	Netherlands	Rabobank	25h 28' 48"
2	Iván Gutiérrez	Spain	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 4"
3	David Millar	United Kingdom	Saunier Duval–Prodir	+ 6"

29-08-2007: Sittard-Geleen, 29.6 km. (ITT)

Stage 7 result

	Cyclist	Country	Team	Time
1	Sébastien Rosseler	Belgium	Quick-Step–Innergetic	36' 50"
2	Iván Gutiérrez	Spain	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 2"
3	Gustav Larsson	Sweden	Unibet.com Cycling Team	+ 6"

General classification after Stage 7

	Cyclist	Country	Team	Time
1	Iván Gutiérrez	Spain	Caisse d'Epargne	26h 05' 44"
2	David Millar	United Kingdom	Saunier Duval–Prodir	+ 11"
3	Gustav Larsson	Sweden	Unibet.com Cycling Team	+ 1'05"

General classification

The leader of the general classification (ENECO Energie leiderstrui) wears a red jersey.

	Cyclist	Nation	Team	Time
1	Iván Gutiérrez	Spain	Caisse d'Epargne	26h 05' 44"
2	David Millar	United Kingdom	Saunier Duval–Prodir	+ 11"
3	Gustav Larsson	Sweden	Unibet.com Cycling Team	+ 1' 05"
4	Leif Hoste	Belgium	Predictor–Lotto	+ 1' 12"
5	Thomas Dekker	Netherlands	Rabobank	+ 1' 15"
6	Vladimir Gusev	Russia	Discovery Channel	+ 1' 17"
7	Bram Tankink	Netherlands	Quick-Step–Innergetic	+ 1' 32"
8	Sébastien Rosseler	Belgium	Quick-Step–Innergetic	+ 1' 33"
9	Paul Martens	Germany	Skil–Shimano	+ 1' 34"
10	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Belgium	Predictor–Lotto	+ 1' 34"
11	Juan Antonio Flecha	Spain	Rabobank	+ 1' 46"
12	Piet Rooijakkers	Netherlands	Skil–Shimano	+ 1' 47"
13	Sebastian Lang	Germany	Gerolsteiner	+ 1' 48"
14	Andriy Hryvko	Ukraine	Team Milram	+ 1' 50"
15	Vincenzo Nibali	Italy	Liquigas	+ 1' 56"
16	Maarten Tjallingii	Netherlands	Skil–Shimano	+ 1' 56"
17	Rubens Bertogliati	Switzerland	Saunier Duval–Prodir	+ 1' 59"
18	Alberto Losado	Spain	Caisse d'Epargne	+ 2' 12"
19	Mikel Astarloza	Spain	Euskaltel–Euskadi	+ 2' 16"
20	Thor Hushovd	Norway	Crédit Agricole	+ 2' 23"

Last updated: August 29, 2007

Points Classification

The leader of the points classification (Lotto Puntenklassement) wears a white jersey.

	Cyclist	Nation	Team	Points
1	Mark Cavendish	United Kingdom	T-Mobile Team	74
2	Luciano Pagliarini	Brazil	Saunier Duval–Prodir	60
3	Pablo Lastras	Spain	Caisse d'Epargne	51
4	Steven de Jongh	Netherlands	Quick-Step–Innergetic	51
5	Gorik Gardeyn	Belgium	Unibet.com Cycling Team	49
6	Thor Hushovd	Norway	Crédit Agricole	47
7	Steven Caethoven	Belgium	Chocolade Jacques–Topsport Vlaanderen	43
8	Iván Gutiérrez	Spain	Caisse d'Epargne	43
9	Wouter Weylandt	Belgium	Quick-Step–Innergetic	40
10	Kenny van Hummel	Netherlands	Skil–Shimano	39

Last updated: August 27, 2007

Best Team

	Team	Country	Time
1	Quick-Step–Innergetic	Belgium	78h 21' 52"
2	Predictor–Lotto	Belgium	+ 18"
3	Rabobank	Netherlands	+ 27"

Jersey progress

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points Classification	Team Classification
P	Michiel Elijzen	Michiel Elijzen	not awarded	Cofidis
1	Nick Nuyens	Nick Nuyens	Nick Nuyens	Predictor–Lotto
2	Mark Cavendish		Nick Nuyens
3	Robbie McEwen		Mark Cavendish
4	Wouter Weylandt
5	Luciano Pagliarini
6	Pablo Lastras	Thomas Dekker
7	Sébastien Rosseler	Iván Gutiérrez		Quick-Step–Innergetic
Final		Iván Gutiérrez	Mark Cavendish	Quick-Step–Innergetic

Withdrawals

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 Française des Jeux, Lampre–Fondital, Crédit Agricole and AG2R Prévoyance. As a result, only 164 riders were on the official starting list.

	Stage	Rider	Team	Reason
DNS	1	Christophe Detilloux	Française des Jeux	Crash during prologue
DNF	1	Julien Loubet	AG2R Prévoyance	Unknown
DNF	2	Oscar Gatto	Gerolsteiner	Unknown
DNF	2	Laurent Mangel	AG2R Prévoyance	Unknown
DNS	3	Julian Dean	Crédit Agricole	Unknown
DNF	3	Jakob Piil	T-Mobile Team	Unknown
DNS	4	Scott Davis	T-Mobile Team	Unknown
DNS	4	Adam Hansen	T-Mobile Team	Unknown
DNS	4	William Bonnet	Crédit Agricole	Unknown
DNS	5	Francesco Chicchi	Liquigas	Unknown
DNS	5	Roberto Petito	Liquigas	Unknown
DNS	5	Alessandro Vanotti	Liquigas	Unknown
DNS	5	Enrico Franzoi	Lampre–Fondital	Unknown
DNS	5	Matej Jurčo	Team Milram	Unknown
DNF	5	Mikaël Cherel	Française des Jeux	Crash during stage 4

UCI ProTour Points

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 Results

Stage	Route	First (3 Points)	Second (2 Points)	Third (1 Points)
P	Hasselt – Hasselt	Michiel Elijzen	Juan Antonio Flecha	Johan Van Summeren
1	Waremme – Eupen	Nick Nuyens	Thomas Dekker	Iván Gutiérrez
2	Antwerp – Knokke-Heist	Mark Cavendish	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	Mark Cavendish	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

Overall Result

	Cyclist	Points
1	Iván Gutiérrez	50
2	David Millar	40
3	Gustav Larsson	35
4	Leif Hoste	30
5	Thomas Dekker	25
6	Vladimir Gusev	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

Summary

	Cyclist	Nation	Team	Points
1	Iván Gutiérrez	Spain	Caisse d'Epargne	53
2	David Millar	United Kingdom	Saunier Duval–Prodir	40
3	Gustav Larsson	Sweden	Unibet	36
4	Leif Hoste	Belgium	Predictor–Lotto	30
5	Thomas Dekker	Netherlands	Rabobank	27
6	Vladimir Gusev	Russia	Discovery Channel	20
7	Bram Tankink	Netherlands	Quick-Step–Innergetic	15
8	Sébastien Rosseler	Belgium	Quick-Step–Innergetic	13
9	Mark Cavendish	United Kingdom	T-Mobile Team	5
=10	Michiel Elijzen	Netherlands	Cofidis	3
=10	Thor Hushovd	Norway	Crédit Agricole	3
=10	Pablo Lastras	Spain	Caisse d'Epargne	3
=10	Robbie McEwen	Australia	Predictor–Lotto	3
=10	Nick Nuyens	Belgium	Cofidis	3
=10	Luciano Pagliarini	Brazil	Saunier Duval–Prodir	3
=10	Wouter Weylandt	Belgium	Quick-Step–Innergetic	3
=17	Francesco Chicchi	Italy	Liquigas	2
=17	Juan Antonio Flecha	Spain	Rabobank	2
=17	Fred Rodriguez	United States	Predictor–Lotto	2
=17	Jurgen Van den Broeck	Belgium	Predictor–Lotto	2
=21	Graeme Brown	Australia	Rabobank	1
=21	Matthew Goss	Australia	Team CSC	1
=21	Anders Lund	Denmark	Team CSC	1
=21	Johan Van Summeren	Belgium	Predictor–Lotto	1