2008 Eneco Tour

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 Tour

2008 UCI ProTour, race 11 of 15
Race details
Dates	20 to 27 August 2008
Stages	7
Winning time	26h 27' 07"
Results
Winner  Iván Gutiérrez (ESP) (Caisse d'Epargne)   Second  Sébastien Rosseler (BEL) (Quick-Step)   Third  Michael Rogers (AUS) (Team Columbia)   Points  Jürgen Roelandts (BEL) (Silence–Lotto)   Team Team Columbia
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Schedule

Stage	Route	Distance	Date	Winner
P	Sittard > Geleen	4.4 km	Wednesday 20 August	Iván Gutiérrez (ESP)
1	Beek > Roermond	175.6 km	Thursday 21 August	Tom Boonen (BEL)
2	Roermond > Nieuwegein	175.0 km	Friday 22 August	André Greipel (GER)
3	Nieuwegein > Terneuzen	189.3 km	Saturday 23 August	Daniele Bennati (ITA)
4	Terneuzen > Ardooie	212.4 km	Sunday 24 August	Tom Boonen (BEL)
5	Ardooie > Ostend	171.8 km	Monday 25 August	Carlo Westphal (GER)
6	Maldegem > Brussels	184.0 km	Tuesday 26 August	Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)
7 (ITT)	Mechelen > Mechelen	18.8 km	Wednesday 27 August	Raivis Belohvoščiks (LAT)

Stages

Prologue – 20 August 2008

Prologue Result Cyclist Team Time 1  Iván Gutiérrez (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne 5' 31" 2  Cyril Lemoine (FRA) Crédit Agricole + 0" 3  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) Team Columbia + 1"

General classification after the Prologue Cyclist Team Time 1  Iván Gutiérrez (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne 5' 31" 2  Cyril Lemoine (FRA) Crédit Agricole + 0" 3  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) Team Columbia + 1"

Stage 1 – 21 August 2008

Stage 1 Result Cyclist Team Time 1  Tom Boonen (BEL) Quick-Step 4h 16' 17" 2  Daniele Bennati (ITA) Liquigas s.t. 3  Fabio Sabatini (ITA) Team Milram s.t.

General classification after Stage 1 Cyclist Team Time 1  Iván Gutiérrez (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne 4h 21' 46" 2  Cyril Lemoine (FRA) Crédit Agricole + 2" 3  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) Team Columbia + 3"

Stage 2 – 22 August 2008

Stage 2 Result Cyclist Team Time 1  André Greipel (GER) Team Columbia 3h 51' 31" 2  Juan José Haedo (ARG) CSC–Saxo Bank s.t. 3  Robert Förster (GER) Gerolsteiner s.t.

General classification after Stage 2 Cyclist Team Time 1  Iván Gutiérrez (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne 8h 13' 17" 2  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) Team Columbia + 0" 3  Cyril Lemoine (FRA) Crédit Agricole + 1"

Stage 3 – 23 August 2008

Stage 3 Result Cyclist Team Time 1  Daniele Bennati (ITA) Liquigas 4h 43' 33" 2  Tom Boonen (BEL) Quick-Step s.t. 3  Jürgen Roelandts (BEL) Silence–Lotto s.t.

General classification after Stage 3 Cyclist Team Time 1  Daniele Bennati (ITA) Liquigas 12h 59' 21" 2  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) Team Columbia + 1" 3  André Greipel (GER) Team Columbia + 4"

Stage 4 – 24 August 2008

Stage 4 Result Cyclist Team Time 1  Tom Boonen (BEL) Quick-Step 5h 00' 35" 2  Kenny van Hummel (NED) Skil–Shimano s.t. 3  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) Team Columbia s.t.

General classification after Stage 4 Cyclist Team Time 1  André Greipel (GER) Team Columbia 17h 59' 51" 2  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) Team Columbia + 2" 3  Tom Boonen (BEL) Quick-Step + 7"

Stage 5 – 25 August 2008

Stage 5 Result Cyclist Team Time 1  Carlo Westphal (GER) Gerolsteiner 3h 59' 03" 2  Yauheni Hutarovich (BLR) Française des Jeux s.t. 3  Borut Božič (SLO) Cycle Collstrop s.t.

General classification after Stage 5 Cyclist Team Time 1  André Greipel (GER) Team Columbia 21h 57' 26" 2  Iván Gutiérrez (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne + 11" 3  Jürgen Roelandts (BEL) Silence–Lotto + 12"

Stage 6 – 26 August 2008

Stage 6 Result Cyclist Team Time 1  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) Team Columbia 4h 07' 20" 2  Jimmy Engoulvent (FRA) Crédit Agricole s.t. 3  Sergei Ivanov (RUS) Astana s.t.

General classification after Stage 6 Cyclist Team Time 1  André Greipel (GER) Team Columbia 26h 04' 46" 2  Iván Gutiérrez (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne + 11" 3  Jürgen Roelandts (BEL) Silence–Lotto + 12"

Stage 7 – 27 August 2008 (ITT)

Stage 7 Result Cyclist Team Time 1  Raivis Belohvoščiks (LAT) Scott–American Beef 22' 04" 2  Iván Gutiérrez (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne + 6" 3  Sébastien Rosseler (BEL) Quick-Step s.t.

General classification after Stage 7 Cyclist Team Time 1  Iván Gutiérrez (ESP) Caisse d'Epargne 26h 27' 07" 2  Sébastien Rosseler (BEL) Quick-Step + 4" 3  Michael Rogers (AUS) Team Columbia + 7"

Points Classification

The leader of the points classification wears a red jersey.

Points in Prologue

Although in most stage races, the organisation gives away some points in the prologue, these were not given this year.

Points in Stage 1

1st Eneco Sprint after (45 km)

First	Bram Tankink	Rabobank	8 Pts. and 3"
Second	Floris Goesinnen	Skil–Shimano	5 Pts. and 2"
Third	Iván Gutiérrez	Caisse d'Epargne	3 Pts. and 1"

2nd Eneco Sprint after (98 km)

First	Bram Tankink	Rabobank	8 Pts. and 3"
Second	Floris Goesinnen	Skil–Shimano	5 Pts. and 2"
Third	Iván Gutiérrez	Caisse d'Epargne	3 Pts. and 1"

3rd Eneco Sprint after (156 km)

First	Bram Tankink	Rabobank	8 Pts. and 3"
Second	Floris Goesinnen	Skil–Shimano	5 Pts. and 2"
Third	Michiel Elijzen	Rabobank	3 Pts. and 1"

Finish in Roermond after (175.6 km)

First	Tom Boonen	Quick-Step	30 Pts. and 10"
Second	Daniele Bennati	Liquigas	25 Pts. and 6"
Third	Fabio Sabatini	Team Milram	22 Pts. and 4"
4th	Jürgen Roelandts	Silence–Lotto	19 Pts.
5th	Heinrich Haussler	Gerolsteiner	17 Pts.
6th	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Team Columbia	15 Pts.
7th	Angelo Furlan	Crédit Agricole	13 Pts.
8th	Kenny van Hummel	Skil–Shimano	12 Pts.
9th	Elia Rigotto	Team Milram	11 Pts.
10th	Aurélien Clerc	Bouygues Télécom	10 Pts.

Points in Stage 2

1st Eneco Sprint after (26 km)

First	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Team Columbia	8 Pts. and 3"
Second	Jürgen Roelandts	Silence–Lotto	5 Pts. and 2"
Third	Cyril Lemoine	Crédit Agricole	3 Pts. and 1"

2nd Eneco Sprint after (123 km)

First	Ermanno Capelli	Scott–American Beef	8 Pts. and 3"
Second	Matthé Pronk	Cycle Collstrop	5 Pts. and 2"
Third	Javier Aramendia	Euskaltel–Euskadi	3 Pts. and 1"

3rd Eneco Sprint after (155 km)

First	Ermanno Capelli	Scott–American Beef	8 Pts. and 3"
Second	Matthé Pronk	Cycle Collstrop	5 Pts. and 2"
Third	Javier Aramendia	Euskaltel–Euskadi	3 Pts. and 1"

Finish in Nieuwegein after (175 km)

First	André Greipel	Team Columbia	30 Pts. and 10"
Second	Juan José Haedo	CSC–Saxo Bank	25 Pts. and 6"
Third	Robert Förster	Gerolsteiner	22 Pts. and 4"
4th	Kenny van Hummel	Skil–Shimano	19 Pts.
5th	Tom Boonen	Quick-Step	17 Pts.
6th	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Team Columbia	15 Pts.
7th	Jürgen Roelandts	Silence–Lotto	13 Pts.
8th	Francesco Chicchi	Liquigas	12 Pts.
9th	David Kopp	Cycle Collstrop	11 Pts.
10th	Elia Rigotto	Team Milram	10 Pts.

Points in Stage 3

1st Eneco Sprint after (80 km)

First	Raúl Alarcón	Scott–American Beef	8 Pts. and 3"
Second	Matthé Pronk	Cycle Collstrop	5 Pts. and 2"
Third	Aitor Hernández	Euskaltel–Euskadi	3 Pts. and 1"

2nd Eneco Sprint after (127 km)

First	Laurent Mangel	Ag2r–La Mondiale	8 Pts. and 3"
Second	Raúl Alarcón	Scott–American Beef	5 Pts. and 2"
Third	Matthé Pronk	Cycle Collstrop	3 Pts. and 1"

3rd Eneco Sprint after (147 km)

First	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Team Columbia	8 Pts. and 3"
Second	André Greipel	Team Columbia	5 Pts. and 2"
Third	Sébastien Rosseler	Quick-Step	3 Pts. and 1"

Finish in Terneuzen after (185 km)

First	Daniele Bennati	Liquigas	30 Pts. and 10"
Second	Tom Boonen	Quick-Step	25 Pts. and 6"
Third	Jürgen Roelandts	Silence–Lotto	22 Pts. and 4"
4th	Kenny van Hummel	Skil–Shimano	19 Pts.
5th	Borut Božič	Cycle Collstrop	17 Pts.
6th	Tom Leezer	Rabobank	15 Pts.
7th	Alberto Curtolo	Liquigas	13 Pts.
8th	David Kopp	Cycle Collstrop	12 Pts.
9th	Robert Förster	Gerolsteiner	11 Pts.
10th	Roger Hammond	Team Columbia	10 Pts.

Jersey progress

Stage (Winner)	General classification	Points Classification	Team Classification
0Prologue (ITT) (Iván Gutiérrez)	Iván Gutiérrez	not awarded	Caisse d'Epargne
0Stage 1 (Tom Boonen)		Tom Boonen
0Stage 2 (André Greipel)			Team Columbia
0Stage 3 (Daniele Bennati)	Daniele Bennati		Caisse d'Epargne
0Stage 4 (Tom Boonen)	André Greipel
0Stage 5 (Carlo Westphal)		Jürgen Roelandts	Team Columbia
0Stage 6 (Edvald Boasson Hagen)
0Stage 7 (ITT) (Raivis Belohvoščiks)	Iván Gutiérrez
Final	Iván Gutiérrez	Jürgen Roelandts	Team Columbia

• During stage 5, Kenny van Hummel wore the points jersey as Tom Boonen did not start the stage.

Withdrawals

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.

	Stage	Rider	Team	Reason
DNF	1	Dionisio Galparsoro (ESP)	Euskaltel–Euskadi	Unknown
DNF	1	Steve Morabito (SUI)	Astana	Unknown
DNS	2	Gianni Meersman (BEL)	Française des Jeux	Unknown
DNF	2	André Steensen (DEN)	CSC–Saxo Bank	Unknown
DNF	2	Nicolas Crosbie (FRA)	Bouygues Télécom	Unknown
DNS	3	Philippe Gilbert (BEL)	Française des Jeux	Unknown
DNF	4	Joan Horrach (ESP)	Caisse d'Epargne	Unknown
DNF	4	Michiel Elijzen (NED)	Rabobank	Unknown
DNF	4	Stephan Schreck (GER)	Gerolsteiner	Unknown
DNF	4	Artur Gajek (GER)	Team Milram	Unknown
DNF	4	Yuriy Krivtsov (UKR)	Ag2r–La Mondiale	Unknown
DNF	4	Jean-Patrick Nazon (FRA)	Ag2r–La Mondiale	Unknown
DNF	4	Stéphane Poulhies (FRA)	Ag2r–La Mondiale	Unknown
DNF	4	Juan José Haedo (ARG)	CSC–Saxo Bank	Unknown
DNF	4	Fabio Baldato (ITA)	Lampre	Injured after crash
DNS	5	Glenn D'Hollander (BEL)	Silence–Lotto	Unknown
DNS	5	Maarten Tjallingii (NED)	Silence–Lotto	Unknown
DNS	5	Tom Boonen (BEL)	Quick-Step	Unknown
DNS	5	Thomas Fothen (GER)	Gerolsteiner	Unknown
DNS	5	Heinrich Haussler (GER)	Gerolsteiner	Unknown
DNS	5	Daniele Bennati (ITA)	Liquigas	Unknown
DNS	5	Mickaël Delage (FRA)	Française des Jeux	Unknown
DNS	5	Jelle Vanendert (BEL)	Française des Jeux	Unknown
DNS	5	Matti Breschel (DEN)	CSC–Saxo Bank	Unknown
DNS	5	Jurgen Van Goolen (BEL)	CSC–Saxo Bank	Unknown
DNS	5	Aurélien Clerc (SUI)	Bouygues Télécom	Unknown
DNS	5	Olivier Bonnaire (FRA)	Bouygues Télécom	Unknown
DNF	5	Mathieu Drujon (FRA)	Caisse d'Epargne	Unknown
DNF	5	Claudio Corioni (ITA)	Liquigas	Unknown
DNF	5	Enrico Franzoi (ITA)	Liquigas	Unknown
DNF	5	Sergey Lagutin (UZB)	Cycle Collstrop	Unknown
DNF	5	Jeremy Hunt (GBR)	Crédit Agricole	Unknown
DNF	5	Christophe Kern (FRA)	Crédit Agricole	Unknown
DNF	5	Cyril Lemoine (FRA)	Crédit Agricole	Unknown
DNF	5	Yannick Talabardon (FRA)	Crédit Agricole	Unknown
DNS	6	Sebastian Siedler (GER)	Skil–Shimano	Unknown
DNS	6	Dennis Haueisen (GER)	Team Milram	Unknown

UCI ProTour Points

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.

Stage Results

Stage	Route	First (3 Points)	Second (2 Points)	Third (1 Points)
P	Sittard – Geleen	Iván Gutiérrez	Cyril Lemoine	Edvald Boasson Hagen
1	Beek – Roermond	Tom Boonen	Daniele Bennati	Fabio Sabatini
2	Roermond – Nieuwegein	André Greipel	Juan José Haedo	Robert Förster
3	Nieuwegein – Terneuzen	Daniele Bennati	Tom Boonen	Jürgen Roelandts
4	Terneuzen – Ardooie	Tom Boonen	No UCI ProTour points awarded for Kenny van Hummel (Skil–Shimano)	Edvald Boasson Hagen
5	Ardooie – Ostend	Carlo Westphal	Yauheni Hutarovich	No UCI ProTour points awarded for Borut Božič (Cycle Collstrop)
6	Maldegem – Brussels	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Jimmy Engoulvent	Sergei Ivanov
7 (ITT)	Mechelen – Mechelen	Raivis Belohvoščiks	Iván Gutiérrez	Sébastien Rosseler

Overall Result

	Cyclist	Points
1	Iván Gutiérrez	50
2	Sébastien Rosseler	40
3	Michael Rogers	35
4	Stijn Devolder	30
5	André Greipel	25
6	Joost Posthuma	20
7	Servais Knaven	15
8	Bram Tankink	10
9	Jürgen Roelandts	5
10	Piet Rooijakkers	No UCI ProTour points awarded (Skil–Shimano)

Summary

	Cyclist	Nation	Team	Points
1	Iván Gutiérrez	Spain	Caisse d'Epargne	55
2	Sébastien Rosseler	Belgium	Quick-Step	41
3	Michael Rogers	Australia	Team Columbia	35
4	Stijn Devolder	Belgium	Quick-Step	30
5	André Greipel	Germany	Team Columbia	28
6	Joost Posthuma	Netherlands	Rabobank	20
7	Servais Knaven	Netherlands	Team Columbia	15
8	Bram Tankink	Netherlands	Rabobank	10
9	Tom Boonen	Belgium	Quick-Step	8
10	Jürgen Roelandts	Belgium	Silence–Lotto	6
11	Daniele Bennati	Italy	Liquigas	5
=	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Norway	Team Columbia	5
13	Raivis Belohvoščiks	Latvia	Scott–American Beef	3
=	Carlo Westphal	Germany	Gerolsteiner	3
15	Jimmy Engoulvent	France	Crédit Agricole	2
=	Juan José Haedo	Argentina	CSC–Saxo Bank	2
=	Yauheni Hutarovich	Belarus	Française des Jeux	2
=	Cyril Lemoine	France	Crédit Agricole	2
19	Robert Förster	Germany	Gerolsteiner	1
=	Sergei Ivanov	Russia	Astana	1
=	Fabio Sabatini	Italy	Team Milram	1

See also

• 2008 in road cycling