The 2008 Eneco Tour of Benelux cycling road race takes place from 20 to 27 August 2008 in the Benelux. Like the previous years, parts of the Netherlands and Belgium are covered. The 18 UCI ProTour teams are participating and two extra teams were invited, namely Cycle Collstrop and Skil–Shimano who were each given a wild card.
All teams were allowed to start with 8 riders. For 20 teams this would create a starting field of 160 riders. Just like previous years however, some teams chose to start with fewer riders, which reduced the number riders on the official starting list to 151. Astana, Bouygues Télécom, Cofidis and Euskaltel–Euskadi started with 7 riders, Gerolsteiner started with 6 riders and only 5 riders were selected for team Lampre.
The Eneco Tour of Benelux 2008 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 of Benelux 2008 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.
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The 2008 Eneco Tour of Benelux cycling road race takes place from 20 to 27 August 2008 in the Benelux Like the previous years parts of the Netherlands and Belgium are covered The 18 UCI ProTour teams are participating and two extra teams were invited namely Cycle Collstrop and Skil Shimano who were each given a wild card 2008 Eneco Tour2008 UCI ProTour race 11 of 15Race detailsDates20 to 27 August 2008Stages7Winning time26h 27 07 Results Winner Ivan Gutierrez ESP Caisse d Epargne Second Sebastien Rosseler BEL Quick Step Third Michael Rogers AUS Team Columbia Points Jurgen Roelandts BEL Silence Lotto TeamTeam Columbia 20072009 Contents 1 Schedule 2 Stages 2 1 Prologue 20 August 2008 2 2 Stage 1 21 August 2008 2 3 Stage 2 22 August 2008 2 4 Stage 3 23 August 2008 2 5 Stage 4 24 August 2008 2 6 Stage 5 25 August 2008 2 7 Stage 6 26 August 2008 2 8 Stage 7 27 August 2008 ITT 3 Points Classification 3 1 Points in Prologue 3 2 Points in Stage 1 3 3 Points in Stage 2 3 4 Points in Stage 3 4 Jersey progress 5 Withdrawals 6 UCI ProTour Points 6 1 Stage Results 6 2 Overall Result 6 3 Summary 7 See also 8 References 9 External linksSchedule editStage Route Distance Date Winner P Sittard nbsp gt Geleen nbsp 4 4 km Wednesday 20 August nbsp Ivan Gutierrez ESP 1 Beek nbsp gt Roermond nbsp 175 6 km Thursday 21 August nbsp Tom Boonen BEL 2 Roermond nbsp gt Nieuwegein nbsp 175 0 km Friday 22 August nbsp Andre Greipel GER 3 Nieuwegein nbsp gt Terneuzen nbsp 189 3 km Saturday 23 August nbsp Daniele Bennati ITA 4 Terneuzen nbsp gt Ardooie nbsp 212 4 km Sunday 24 August nbsp Tom Boonen BEL 5 Ardooie nbsp gt Ostend nbsp 171 8 km Monday 25 August nbsp Carlo Westphal GER 6 Maldegem nbsp gt Brussels nbsp 184 0 km Tuesday 26 August nbsp Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR 7 ITT Mechelen nbsp gt Mechelen nbsp 18 8 km Wednesday 27 August nbsp Raivis Belohvosciks LAT Stages editPrologue 20 August 2008 edit Prologue Result Cyclist Team Time 1 nbsp Ivan Gutierrez ESP Caisse d Epargne 5 31 2 nbsp Cyril Lemoine FRA Credit Agricole 0 3 nbsp Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR Team Columbia 1 General classification after the Prologue Cyclist Team Time 1 nbsp Ivan Gutierrez ESP Caisse d Epargne 5 31 2 nbsp Cyril Lemoine FRA Credit Agricole 0 3 nbsp Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR Team Columbia 1 Stage 1 21 August 2008 edit Stage 1 Result Cyclist Team Time 1 nbsp Tom Boonen BEL Quick Step 4h 16 17 2 nbsp Daniele Bennati ITA Liquigas s t 3 nbsp Fabio Sabatini ITA Team Milram s t General classification after Stage 1 Cyclist Team Time 1 nbsp Ivan Gutierrez ESP Caisse d Epargne 4h 21 46 2 nbsp Cyril Lemoine FRA Credit Agricole 2 3 nbsp Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR Team Columbia 3 Stage 2 22 August 2008 edit Stage 2 Result Cyclist Team Time 1 nbsp Andre Greipel GER Team Columbia 3h 51 31 2 nbsp Juan Jose Haedo ARG CSC Saxo Bank s t 3 nbsp Robert Forster GER Gerolsteiner s t General classification after Stage 2 Cyclist Team Time 1 nbsp Ivan Gutierrez ESP Caisse d Epargne 8h 13 17 2 nbsp Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR Team Columbia 0 3 nbsp Cyril Lemoine FRA Credit Agricole 1 Stage 3 23 August 2008 edit Stage 3 Result Cyclist Team Time 1 nbsp Daniele Bennati ITA Liquigas 4h 43 33 2 nbsp Tom Boonen BEL Quick Step s t 3 nbsp Jurgen Roelandts BEL Silence Lotto s t General classification after Stage 3 Cyclist Team Time 1 nbsp Daniele Bennati ITA Liquigas 12h 59 21 2 nbsp Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR Team Columbia 1 3 nbsp Andre Greipel GER Team Columbia 4 Stage 4 24 August 2008 edit Stage 4 Result Cyclist Team Time 1 nbsp Tom Boonen BEL Quick Step 5h 00 35 2 nbsp Kenny van Hummel NED Skil Shimano s t 3 nbsp Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR Team Columbia s t General classification after Stage 4 Cyclist Team Time 1 nbsp Andre Greipel GER Team Columbia 17h 59 51 2 nbsp Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR Team Columbia 2 3 nbsp Tom Boonen BEL Quick Step 7 Stage 5 25 August 2008 edit Stage 5 Result Cyclist Team Time 1 nbsp Carlo Westphal GER Gerolsteiner 3h 59 03 2 nbsp Yauheni Hutarovich BLR Francaise des Jeux s t 3 nbsp Borut Bozic SLO Cycle Collstrop s t General classification after Stage 5 Cyclist Team Time 1 nbsp Andre Greipel GER Team Columbia 21h 57 26 2 nbsp Ivan Gutierrez ESP Caisse d Epargne 11 3 nbsp Jurgen Roelandts BEL Silence Lotto 12 Stage 6 26 August 2008 edit Stage 6 Result Cyclist Team Time 1 nbsp Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR Team Columbia 4h 07 20 2 nbsp Jimmy Engoulvent FRA Credit Agricole s t 3 nbsp Sergei Ivanov RUS Astana s t General classification after Stage 6 Cyclist Team Time 1 nbsp Andre Greipel GER Team Columbia 26h 04 46 2 nbsp Ivan Gutierrez ESP Caisse d Epargne 11 3 nbsp Jurgen Roelandts BEL Silence Lotto 12 Stage 7 27 August 2008 ITT edit Stage 7 Result Cyclist Team Time 1 nbsp Raivis Belohvosciks LAT Scott American Beef 22 04 2 nbsp Ivan Gutierrez ESP Caisse d Epargne 6 3 nbsp Sebastien Rosseler BEL Quick Step s t General classification after Stage 7 Cyclist Team Time 1 nbsp Ivan Gutierrez ESP Caisse d Epargne 26h 27 07 2 nbsp Sebastien Rosseler BEL Quick Step 4 3 nbsp Michael Rogers AUS Team Columbia 7 Points Classification editThe leader of the points classification wears a red jersey Points in Prologue edit Although in most stage races the organisation gives away some points in the prologue these were not given this year Points in Stage 1 edit 1st Eneco Sprint after 45 km First Bram Tankink nbsp Rabobank 8 Pts and 3 Second Floris Goesinnen nbsp Skil Shimano 5 Pts and 2 Third Ivan Gutierrez nbsp Caisse d Epargne 3 Pts and 1 2nd Eneco Sprint after 98 km First Bram Tankink nbsp Rabobank 8 Pts and 3 Second Floris Goesinnen nbsp Skil Shimano 5 Pts and 2 Third Ivan Gutierrez nbsp Caisse d Epargne 3 Pts and 1 3rd Eneco Sprint after 156 km First Bram Tankink nbsp Rabobank 8 Pts and 3 Second Floris Goesinnen nbsp Skil Shimano 5 Pts and 2 Third Michiel Elijzen nbsp Rabobank 3 Pts and 1 Finish in Roermond after 175 6 km First Tom Boonen nbsp Quick Step 30 Pts and 10 Second Daniele Bennati nbsp Liquigas 25 Pts and 6 Third Fabio Sabatini nbsp Team Milram 22 Pts and 4 4th Jurgen Roelandts nbsp Silence Lotto 19 Pts 5th Heinrich Haussler nbsp Gerolsteiner 17 Pts 6th Edvald Boasson Hagen nbsp Team Columbia 15 Pts 7th Angelo Furlan nbsp Credit Agricole 13 Pts 8th Kenny van Hummel nbsp Skil Shimano 12 Pts 9th Elia Rigotto nbsp Team Milram 11 Pts 10th Aurelien Clerc nbsp Bouygues Telecom 10 Pts Points in Stage 2 edit 1st Eneco Sprint after 26 km First Edvald Boasson Hagen nbsp Team Columbia 8 Pts and 3 Second Jurgen Roelandts nbsp Silence Lotto 5 Pts and 2 Third Cyril Lemoine nbsp Credit Agricole 3 Pts and 1 2nd Eneco Sprint after 123 km First Ermanno Capelli nbsp Scott American Beef 8 Pts and 3 Second Matthe Pronk nbsp Cycle Collstrop 5 Pts and 2 Third Javier Aramendia nbsp Euskaltel Euskadi 3 Pts and 1 3rd Eneco Sprint after 155 km First Ermanno Capelli nbsp Scott American Beef 8 Pts and 3 Second Matthe Pronk nbsp Cycle Collstrop 5 Pts and 2 Third Javier Aramendia nbsp Euskaltel Euskadi 3 Pts and 1 Finish in Nieuwegein after 175 km First Andre Greipel nbsp Team Columbia 30 Pts and 10 Second Juan Jose Haedo nbsp CSC Saxo Bank 25 Pts and 6 Third Robert Forster nbsp Gerolsteiner 22 Pts and 4 4th Kenny van Hummel nbsp Skil Shimano 19 Pts 5th Tom Boonen nbsp Quick Step 17 Pts 6th Edvald Boasson Hagen nbsp Team Columbia 15 Pts 7th Jurgen Roelandts nbsp Silence Lotto 13 Pts 8th Francesco Chicchi nbsp Liquigas 12 Pts 9th David Kopp nbsp Cycle Collstrop 11 Pts 10th Elia Rigotto nbsp Team Milram 10 Pts Points in Stage 3 edit 1st Eneco Sprint after 80 km First Raul Alarcon nbsp Scott American Beef 8 Pts and 3 Second Matthe Pronk nbsp Cycle Collstrop 5 Pts and 2 Third Aitor Hernandez nbsp Euskaltel Euskadi 3 Pts and 1 2nd Eneco Sprint after 127 km First Laurent Mangel nbsp Ag2r La Mondiale 8 Pts and 3 Second Raul Alarcon nbsp Scott American Beef 5 Pts and 2 Third Matthe Pronk nbsp Cycle Collstrop 3 Pts and 1 3rd Eneco Sprint after 147 km First Edvald Boasson Hagen nbsp Team Columbia 8 Pts and 3 Second Andre Greipel nbsp Team Columbia 5 Pts and 2 Third Sebastien Rosseler nbsp Quick Step 3 Pts and 1 Finish in Terneuzen after 185 km First Daniele Bennati nbsp Liquigas 30 Pts and 10 Second Tom Boonen nbsp Quick Step 25 Pts and 6 Third Jurgen Roelandts nbsp Silence Lotto 22 Pts and 4 4th Kenny van Hummel nbsp Skil Shimano 19 Pts 5th Borut Bozic nbsp Cycle Collstrop 17 Pts 6th Tom Leezer nbsp Rabobank 15 Pts 7th Alberto Curtolo nbsp Liquigas 13 Pts 8th David Kopp nbsp Cycle Collstrop 12 Pts 9th Robert Forster nbsp Gerolsteiner 11 Pts 10th Roger Hammond nbsp Team Columbia 10 Pts Jersey progress editStage Winner General classification Points Classification Team Classification 0 Prologue ITT Ivan Gutierrez Ivan Gutierrez not awarded Caisse d Epargne 0 Stage 1 Tom Boonen Tom Boonen 0 Stage 2 Andre Greipel Team Columbia 0 Stage 3 Daniele Bennati Daniele Bennati Caisse d Epargne 0 Stage 4 Tom Boonen Andre Greipel 0 Stage 5 Carlo Westphal Jurgen Roelandts Team Columbia 0 Stage 6 Edvald Boasson Hagen 0 Stage 7 ITT Raivis Belohvosciks Ivan Gutierrez Final Ivan Gutierrez Jurgen Roelandts Team Columbia During stage 5 Kenny van Hummel wore the points jersey as Tom Boonen did not start the stage Withdrawals editAll teams were allowed to start with 8 riders For 20 teams this would create a starting field of 160 riders Just like previous years however some teams chose to start with fewer riders which reduced the number riders on the official starting list to 151 Astana Bouygues Telecom Cofidis and Euskaltel Euskadi started with 7 riders Gerolsteiner started with 6 riders and only 5 riders were selected for team Lampre Stage Rider Team Reason DNF 1 nbsp Dionisio Galparsoro ESP Euskaltel Euskadi Unknown DNF 1 nbsp Steve Morabito SUI Astana Unknown DNS 2 nbsp Gianni Meersman BEL Francaise des Jeux Unknown DNF 2 nbsp Andre Steensen DEN CSC Saxo Bank Unknown DNF 2 nbsp Nicolas Crosbie FRA Bouygues Telecom Unknown DNS 3 nbsp Philippe Gilbert BEL Francaise des Jeux Unknown DNF 4 nbsp Joan Horrach ESP Caisse d Epargne Unknown DNF 4 nbsp Michiel Elijzen NED Rabobank Unknown DNF 4 nbsp Stephan Schreck GER Gerolsteiner Unknown DNF 4 nbsp Artur Gajek GER Team Milram Unknown DNF 4 nbsp Yuriy Krivtsov UKR Ag2r La Mondiale Unknown DNF 4 nbsp Jean Patrick Nazon FRA Ag2r La Mondiale Unknown DNF 4 nbsp Stephane Poulhies FRA Ag2r La Mondiale Unknown DNF 4 nbsp Juan Jose Haedo ARG CSC Saxo Bank Unknown DNF 4 nbsp Fabio Baldato ITA Lampre Injured after crash DNS 5 nbsp Glenn D Hollander BEL Silence Lotto Unknown DNS 5 nbsp Maarten Tjallingii NED Silence Lotto Unknown DNS 5 nbsp Tom Boonen BEL Quick Step Unknown DNS 5 nbsp Thomas Fothen GER Gerolsteiner Unknown DNS 5 nbsp Heinrich Haussler GER Gerolsteiner Unknown DNS 5 nbsp Daniele Bennati ITA Liquigas Unknown DNS 5 nbsp Mickael Delage FRA Francaise des Jeux Unknown DNS 5 nbsp Jelle Vanendert BEL Francaise des Jeux Unknown DNS 5 nbsp Matti Breschel DEN CSC Saxo Bank Unknown DNS 5 nbsp Jurgen Van Goolen BEL CSC Saxo Bank Unknown DNS 5 nbsp Aurelien Clerc SUI Bouygues Telecom Unknown DNS 5 nbsp Olivier Bonnaire FRA Bouygues Telecom Unknown DNF 5 nbsp Mathieu Drujon FRA Caisse d Epargne Unknown DNF 5 nbsp Claudio Corioni ITA Liquigas Unknown DNF 5 nbsp Enrico Franzoi ITA Liquigas Unknown DNF 5 nbsp Sergey Lagutin UZB Cycle Collstrop Unknown DNF 5 nbsp Jeremy Hunt GBR Credit Agricole Unknown DNF 5 nbsp Christophe Kern FRA Credit Agricole Unknown DNF 5 nbsp Cyril Lemoine FRA Credit Agricole Unknown DNF 5 nbsp Yannick Talabardon FRA Credit Agricole Unknown DNS 6 nbsp Sebastian Siedler GER Skil Shimano Unknown DNS 6 nbsp Dennis Haueisen GER Team Milram UnknownUCI ProTour Points editThe Eneco Tour of Benelux 2008 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 of Benelux 2008 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 edit Stage Route First 3 Points Second 2 Points Third 1 Points P Sittard nbsp Geleen nbsp Ivan Gutierrez nbsp Cyril Lemoine nbsp Edvald Boasson Hagen nbsp 1 Beek nbsp Roermond nbsp Tom Boonen nbsp Daniele Bennati nbsp Fabio Sabatini nbsp 2 Roermond nbsp Nieuwegein nbsp Andre Greipel nbsp Juan Jose Haedo nbsp Robert Forster nbsp 3 Nieuwegein nbsp Terneuzen nbsp Daniele Bennati nbsp Tom Boonen nbsp Jurgen Roelandts nbsp 4 Terneuzen nbsp Ardooie nbsp Tom Boonen nbsp No UCI ProTour points awardedfor Kenny van Hummel nbsp Skil Shimano Edvald Boasson Hagen nbsp 5 Ardooie nbsp Ostend nbsp Carlo Westphal nbsp Yauheni Hutarovich nbsp No UCI ProTour points awardedfor Borut Bozic nbsp Cycle Collstrop 6 Maldegem nbsp Brussels nbsp Edvald Boasson Hagen nbsp Jimmy Engoulvent nbsp Sergei Ivanov nbsp 7 ITT Mechelen nbsp Mechelen nbsp Raivis Belohvosciks nbsp Ivan Gutierrez nbsp Sebastien Rosseler nbsp Overall Result edit Cyclist Points 1 Ivan Gutierrez nbsp 50 2 Sebastien Rosseler nbsp 40 3 Michael Rogers nbsp 35 4 Stijn Devolder nbsp 30 5 Andre Greipel nbsp 25 6 Joost Posthuma nbsp 20 7 Servais Knaven nbsp 15 8 Bram Tankink nbsp 10 9 Jurgen Roelandts nbsp 5 10 Piet Rooijakkers nbsp No UCI ProTour points awarded Skil Shimano Summary edit Cyclist Nation Team Points 1 Ivan Gutierrez nbsp Spain Caisse d Epargne 55 2 Sebastien Rosseler nbsp Belgium Quick Step 41 3 Michael Rogers nbsp Australia Team Columbia 35 4 Stijn Devolder nbsp Belgium Quick Step 30 5 Andre Greipel nbsp Germany Team Columbia 28 6 Joost Posthuma nbsp Netherlands Rabobank 20 7 Servais Knaven nbsp Netherlands Team Columbia 15 8 Bram Tankink nbsp Netherlands Rabobank 10 9 Tom Boonen nbsp Belgium Quick Step 8 10 Jurgen Roelandts nbsp Belgium Silence Lotto 6 11 Daniele Bennati nbsp Italy Liquigas 5 Edvald Boasson Hagen nbsp Norway Team Columbia 5 13 Raivis Belohvosciks nbsp Latvia Scott American Beef 3 Carlo Westphal nbsp Germany Gerolsteiner 3 15 Jimmy Engoulvent nbsp France Credit Agricole 2 Juan Jose Haedo nbsp Argentina CSC Saxo Bank 2 Yauheni Hutarovich nbsp Belarus Francaise des Jeux 2 Cyril Lemoine nbsp France Credit Agricole 2 19 Robert Forster nbsp Germany Gerolsteiner 1 Sergei Ivanov nbsp Russia Astana 1 Fabio Sabatini nbsp Italy Team Milram 1See also edit2008 in road cyclingReferences editExternal links editRace website Archived 2010 11 22 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2008 Eneco Tour amp oldid 1199028031, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
