Eneco Tour 2016
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Eneco Tour 2016 Stage 7: Boasson Hagen wins stage, Terpstra the overall
Door Martijn Ophorst The closing stage in Eneco Tour stirs up the overall. Leader Rohan Dennis crashes while Niki Terpstra takes control on the cobbles and steep climbs of Flanders. He escapes at the right moment with among others Boasson Hagen. The Norwegian takes…
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Eneco Tour 2016 Stage 6: Pibernik brings early break home, Dennis retains in lead
Door Martijn Ophorst After a hilly Eneco Tour-stage at 177.7 kilometres the early break is successful with 22-year old Luka Pibernik outsprinting McNally and Van Lerberghe. The peloton finishes 5 seconds down on them. With one stage left Rohan Dennis is still in the…
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Eneco Tour 2016 Stage 5: BMC powers to TTT win, Rohan Dennis in the overall lead
Door Martijn Ophorst The 20.9 kilometres TTT in the Eneco Tour is won by BMC. The World Champion squad bests Etixx-QuickStep and Lotto-Jumbo. Rohan Dennis is the new overall leader as Tinkoff (Sagan) finishes 34 seconds down on him.
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Eneco Tour 2016 Stage 4: Sagan bests Greipel in close finish and takes GC lead
Door Martijn Ophorst At almost 200 kilometres, the 4th stage of the Eneco Tour leads to a tricky finale as the final lap features both cobbles and nasty climbs. Nevertheless the race boils down to a sprint with Sagan powering to the win. As a bonus he takes the…
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Eneco Tour 2016 Stage 3: Sagan sprints to win and second place overall
Door Martijn Ophorst Stage 3 in the Eneco Tour is this edition first race on Belgian soil. The early break is caught in the dying metres, while Peter Sagan powers to the win ahead of Danny van Poppel. Rohan Dennis retains in the overall lead.
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Eneco Tour 2016 Stage 2: Rohan Dennis races to ITT win and overall lead
Door Martijn Ophorst The 9.6 kilometres ITT in the Eneco Tour is won Rohan Dennis, who outperforms homerider Jos van Emden and 23-year old German Jasha Sütterlin. The Australian is the new overall leader.
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Eneco Tour 2016 Stage 1: Groenewegen outsprints Bouhanni and Sagan
Door Martijn Ophorst The first stage of the Eneco Tour is as flat as can be. Young Dutchman Dylan Groenewegen outsprints Bouhanni and Sagan in a star-stutted feld featuring the likes of Kittel, Greipel and Démare.
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Eneco Tour 2016: The Route
Door Martijn Ophorst The 2016 Eneco Tour is held from Monday, September 19, to Sunday, September 25. The race is a perfect preparation for the World Championships in Doha as it features quite a numbers of sprint stages and both an individual time trials and a team…
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Eneco Tour 2016 Route stage 1: Bolsward (NL) - Bolsward
Door Harmen Lustig Monday, September 19, 2016 – Just like last year the Eneco Tour sets off from Friesland, the most nothern region of the Netherlands. Both start and finish are in Bolsward. while the race on flat terrain totals 184.7 kilometres.
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Eneco Tour 2016 Route stage 2: ITT in Breda (NL)
Door Harmen Lustig Tuesday, September 20, 2016 – At 9.6 kilometres, stage 2 in the Eneco Tour is an individual time trial in Breda, a town in the south of the Netherlands. The course is the same as the ITT in the 2014 Eneco Tour when homerider Tom Dumoulin powered…
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Eneco Tour 2016 Route stage 3: Blankenberge (B) – Ardooie (B)
Door Martijn Ophorst Wednesday, September 21, 2016 – At 184.6 kilometres, stage 3 in the Eneco Tour leads from Flemish coastal town Blankenberge to Ardooie. Chances are it will be up to the fast men.
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Eneco Tour 2016 Route stage 4: Aalter (B) – Sint-Pieters-Leeuw (B)
Door Martijn Ophorst Thursday, September 22, 2016 – At 199.1 kilometres, stage 4 in the Eneco Tour leads from Aalter to Sint-Pieters-Leeuw. The race closes with a circuit that's on the menu twice, while the short and steep climb up the Bruine Put could thwart…
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Eneco Tour 2016 Route stage 5: TTT in Sittard (NL)
Door Martijn Ophorst Friday, September 23, 2016 – Stage 5 in the Eneco Tour is a 20.9 kilometres team time trial. Start and finish are in Sittard in the south of the Netherlands. Perfect rehearsal for the World Championships in Doha!
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Eneco Tour 2016 Route stage 6: Riemst (B) – Lanaken (B)
Door Martijn Ophorst Saturday, September 24, 2016 – At 177.7 kilometres, the penultimate stage in the Eneco Tour leads over seven hills from Riemst to Lanaken. The last climb is crested with 15 kilometres remaining.
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Eneco Tour 2016 Route stage 7: Bornem (B) – Geraardsbergen (B)
Door Martijn Ophorst Sunday, September 25, 2016 – At 194.6 kilometres, the closing stage in the Eneco Tour leads from Bornem to the Wall of Geraardsbergen. All in all, stage 7 features 21 climbs and the arrival is, just like last year, halfway up the infamous Wall
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Eneco Tour 2016: Riders
Door Martijn Ophorst The Eneco Tour left September 19th from Friesland in the north of the Netherlands to finish at the Wall of Geraardsbergen in Belgium on September 25th. Flat stages and (expected) strong winds make it an ideal preparation for the Worlds in Qatar,…
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Eneco Tour 2016: Favourites
Door Martijn Ophorst The 2016 Eneco Tour features three flat stages, one individual time trial, one team time trial en two hilly stages. So the overall contenders must be men of all trades. The names of Peter Sagan, Greg Van Avermaet and Tom Dumoulin spring to mind...