Eneco Tour 2014
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Eneco Tour 2014: Van Keirsbulck takes stage, Wellens GC
Door Harmen Lustig Sunday, August 17th - The Dutch/Belgian Eneco Tour closes with a stage similar to Amstel Gold Race. Out of a break away of 20 riders the 23-year old Guillaume Van Keirsbulck soloes to victory. His same aged countryman Tim Wellens wins the GC,…
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Eneco Tour 2014: Young Tim Wellens wins at La Redoute
Door Martijn Ophorst Stage 6 of the Eneco Tour is a pocket version of Liege-Bastogne-Liege, filled with notorious hills from the Wallone classic. In 174 kilometres riders head from the Dutch town of Heerlen to Aywaille, birth ground of Philippe Gilbert. The former…
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Eneco Tour 2014: Greg Van Avermaet stage, Tom Dumoulin GC
Door Martijn Ophorst The 5th stage of the Dutch/Belgian Eneco Tour showcases a route with a lot of cobbled hills, notorious from the Flemish spring classics. The break away of four is killed in the finale and homerider Laurens De Vreese takes over in the streets of…
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Eneco Tour 2014: Bouhanni outsprints the bunch, Stybar crashes
Door Martijn Ophorst The first Belgian stage in the Dutch/Belgian Eneco Tour goes in 179 kilometres from Koksijde to Ardooie. Two homeriders attack, but the break doesn’t last and the stage explodes quite literally. Titleholder Stybar crashes hard in the bunch…
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Eneco Tour 2014: Dumoulin takes win, Boom new leader
Door Harmen Lustig Located in the Netherlands, Breda hosts the 9,6 kilometres individual time of the Eneco Tour. Homerider Tom Dumoulin bests Fabian Cancellara and wins the race, thus making up time he lost yesterday after he punctured. Lars Boom is the new leader…
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Eneco Tour 2014: Titleholder Stybar takes control, Boom at 0'01"
Door Harmen Lustig In 175,8 kilometres the bunch heads from Waalwijk to Vlijmen, as the crow flies just 10 kilometres apart. When the break of the day - Brutt, Van Melsen and Gougeard - is reeled the race explodes into a spectacular finale bringing the most recent…
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Eneco Tour 2014: Guardini takes stage and leader's jersey
Door Harmen Lustig The 1st stage in the Dutch/Belgium Eneco Tour is in the ultra-flat province of Zeeland. Start and finish was in Terneuzen and after 183 kilometres Italian Andrea Guardini was fastest in the bunch sprint. Homerider Tom Dumoulin tried to break free…
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Eneco Tour 2014: Favourites
Door Martijn Ophorst Racing in both Belgium and Holland, the 10th edition of Eneco Tour kicks off August 11th in Terneuzen. After six days of racing the closing stage resembles Amstel Gold Race, whilst prior stages are a bit like Liege-Bastogne-Liege and the Tour of…
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Eneco Tour 2014: Riders and teams
Door Martijn Ophorst Monday 11th of August sees the start the 10th edition of Eneco Tour. After a few sprint stages and an individual time trial, the race builds up towards an exciting closing weekend with three stages resembling the famous spring classics held in the…
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Eneco Tour 2014 Route stage 1: Terneuzen - Terneuzen (NL)
Door Harmen Lustig Monday, August 11 - The Eneco Tour 2014 starts on the Dutch coast with a 181.9 kilometres stage beginning and ending in Terneuzen. Along the way, riders make different loops through Zeeland, a province with islands and peninsulas that are…
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Eneco Tour 2014 Route stage 2: Waalwijk (NL) – Vlijmen (NL)
Door Martijn Ophorst Tuesday, August 12, 2014 - The 2nd stage is 177.4 kilometres ride from Waalwijk to Vlijmen, both in the southern part of the Netherlands. It is a flat stage finishing in the residence of Lars Boom, 2012 Eneco Tour winner and more recent victor in…
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Eneco Tour 2014 Route stage 3: ITT in Breda (NL)
Door Harmen Lustig Wednesday, August 13 - Stage 3 of the Eneco Tour 2014 is an individual time trial of 9.6 kilometers in city Breda. It is a fast track with a few technical parts in it.
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Eneco Tour 2014 Route Stage 4: Koksijde (B) – Ardooie (B)
Door Martijn Ophorst Thursday, August 14, 2014 - In 2013 the Eneco Tour opened with a Koksijde-Ardooie stage. Today's 4th ride is a copy of that one, covering 183.3 kilometres and peppered with a false flat in the deep finale.
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Eneco Tour 2014 Route stage 5: Geraardsbergen (B) – Geraardsbergen
Door Martijn Ophorst Friday, August 15, 2014 - The final weekend of the Eneco Tour is nothing short of spectacular with stages resembling Tour of Flanders, Liege-Bastogne-Liege and Amstel Gold Race. Starting with the first one stage 5 offers a 160 kilometres ride…
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Eneco Tour 2014 Route stage 6: Heerlen (NL) - La Redoute (B)
Door Harmen Lustig Saturday, August 16 - In 173 kilometres the Queen Stage of the 2014 Eneco Tour leads from Heerlen to the famous La Redoute. After a local spin in the southern parts of the Netherlands the riders are off to the Ardennes for a ride resembling…
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Eneco Tour 2014 Route Stage 7: Riemst (B) – Sittard (NL)
Door Martijn Ophorst Sunday, August 17 - Last two editions of the Eneco Tour finished at the Muur van Geraardsbergen, this year sees the grande finale in the center of Sittard. After cropped versions of the Tour of Flanders and Liege-Bastogne-Liege in previous stages,…