2011 Eneco Tour

The 2011 Eneco Tour was the seventh running of the Eneco Tour cycling stage race. It started with an individual time trial in Amersfoort in the Netherlands on 8 August and finished on 14 August 2011 in Sittard-Geleen, also in the Netherlands.

2011 Eneco Tour

2011 UCI World Tour, race 20 of 27
Race details
Dates	8–14 August 2011
Stages	6+Prologue
Distance	967.8 km (601.4 mi)
Winning time	22h 54' 22"
Results
Winner  Edvald Boasson Hagen (Norway) (Team Sky)   Second  Philippe Gilbert (Belgium) (Omega Pharma–Lotto)   Third  David Millar (Great Britain) (Garmin–Cervélo) Points  Edvald Boasson Hagen (Norway) (Team Sky) Youth  Edvald Boasson Hagen (Norway) (Team Sky)   Team Team RadioShack[1]
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The race consisted of seven stages, including the race-commencing prologue, as well as another individual time trial held in Roermond in the Netherlands. It was the 20th race of the 2011 UCI World Tour season. The race was held one week earlier than during the previous season and also one day less in length. Like the previous years, parts of the Netherlands and Belgium were covered.

The race was won by Team Sky rider Edvald Boasson Hagen, who claimed the leader's white jersey for the second time in three years – after his previous triumph in 2009 – after a strong finish on the individual time trial stage, and maintained his advantage to the end of the race, winning the race's final stage in Sittard-Geleen. Boasson Hagen's winning margin over runner-up Philippe Gilbert of Omega Pharma–Lotto was 22 seconds,^[2] and Garmin–Cervélo's David Millar completed the podium, 6 seconds behind Gilbert and 28 seconds down on Boasson Hagen.^[2]

Boasson Hagen also played a prominent part in the other classifications, as six top-ten placings over the week earned him victory in the points classification,^[3] while his overall triumph also meant victory in the young rider classification.^[3] Team RadioShack finished on top of the teams classification, after finishing tied with Team Sky in the standings. Team Sky had originally been classed as winners by a second, but a protest from Team RadioShack general manager Dirk Demol, overturned a one-second split in the field and Team RadioShack won the countback on time trial timings.^[1]

Schedule

Stage	Route	Distance	Date	Winner
P (ITT)	Amersfoort (Netherlands)	5.7 km	Monday, August 8	Taylor Phinney (USA)
1	Oosterhout (Netherlands) to Sint Willebrord (Netherlands)	192.1 km	Tuesday, August 9	André Greipel (GER)
2	Aalter (Belgium) to Ardooie (Belgium)	173.7 km	Wednesday, August 10	André Greipel (GER)
3	Heers (Belgium) to Andenne (Belgium)	191.2 km	Thursday, August 11	Philippe Gilbert (BEL)
4 (ITT)	Roermond (Netherlands)	14.7 km	Friday, August 12	Jesse Sergent (NZL)
5	Genk (Belgium) to Genk (Belgium)	189.2 km	Saturday, August 13	Matteo Bono (ITA)
6	Sittard-Geleen (Netherlands) to Sittard-Geleen (Netherlands)	201.2 km	Sunday, August 14	Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)

Teams

The 18 teams from the UCI World Tour automatically take part in this edition of the Eneco Tour.

Ag2r–La Mondiale Astana BMC Racing Team Euskaltel–Euskadi Garmin–Cervélo HTC–Highroad

Lampre–ISD Leopard Trek Liquigas–Cannondale Omega Pharma–Lotto Quick-Step Rabobank

Saxo Bank–SunGard Team Katusha Movistar Team Team RadioShack Team Sky Vacansoleil–DCM

4 teams have been awarded a wildcard; Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator on 10 June,^[4] Skil–Shimano on 24 June^[5] and on 14 July, Cofidis and Veranda's Willems–Accent.^[6]

Stages

Prologue

8 August 2011 – Amersfoort (Netherlands), 5.7 km (3.5 mi) individual time trial (ITT)

Prologue Result and General Classification after Prologue Rider Team Time 1  Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 6' 57" 2  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) Team Sky + 7" 3  David Millar (GBR) Garmin–Cervélo + 8" 4  Alex Rasmussen (DEN) HTC–Highroad + 9" 5  Lars Boom (NED) Rabobank + 10" 6  Jos van Emden (NED) Rabobank + 11" 7  Jesse Sergent (NZL) Team RadioShack + 12" 8  Philippe Gilbert (BEL) Omega Pharma–Lotto + 15" 9  Geraint Thomas (GBR) Team Sky + 18" 10  Robert Wagner (GER) Leopard Trek + 18"

Stage 1

9 August 2011 – Oosterhout (Netherlands) to Sint Willebrord (Netherlands), 192.1 km (119.4 mi)

Stage 1 Result Cyclist Team Time 1  André Greipel (GER) Omega Pharma–Lotto 4h 21' 20" 2  Denis Galimzyanov (RUS) Team Katusha s.t. 3  Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin–Cervélo s.t. 4  Theo Bos (NED) Rabobank s.t. 5  Tom Veelers (NED) Skil–Shimano s.t. 6  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) Team Sky s.t. 7  Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team s.t. 8  Mirko Selvaggi (ITA) Vacansoleil–DCM s.t. 9  Gerald Ciolek (GER) Quick-Step s.t. 10  Grega Bole (SLO) Lampre–ISD s.t.

General Classification after Stage 1 Rider Team Time 1  Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 4h 28' 17" 2  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) Team Sky + 7" 3  David Millar (GBR) Garmin–Cervélo + 8" 4  Alex Rasmussen (DEN) HTC–Highroad + 9" 5  Lars Boom (NED) Rabobank + 10" 6  Jos van Emden (NED) Rabobank + 11" 7  Jesse Sergent (NZL) Team RadioShack + 12" 8  Philippe Gilbert (BEL) Omega Pharma–Lotto + 15" 9  Geraint Thomas (GBR) Team Sky + 18" 10  Robert Wagner (GER) Leopard Trek + 18"

Stage 2

10 August 2011 – Aalter (Belgium) to Ardooie (Belgium), 173.7 km (107.9 mi)

Stage 2 Result Cyclist Team Time 1  André Greipel (GER) Omega Pharma–Lotto 4h 07' 21" 2  Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin–Cervélo s.t. 3  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) Team Sky s.t. 4  Jempy Drucker (LUX) Veranda's Willems–Accent s.t. 5  Baden Cooke (AUS) Saxo Bank–SunGard s.t. 6  Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team s.t. 7  Tom Veelers (NED) Skil–Shimano s.t. 8  Grega Bole (SLO) Lampre–ISD s.t. 9  Michael Van Staeyen (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator s.t. 10  Mark Renshaw (AUS) HTC–Highroad s.t.

General Classification after Stage 2 Rider Team Time 1  Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 8h 35' 38" 2  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) Team Sky + 3" 3  David Millar (GBR) Garmin–Cervélo + 8" 4  Alex Rasmussen (DEN) HTC–Highroad + 9" 5  André Greipel (GER) Omega Pharma–Lotto + 10" 6  Lars Boom (NED) Rabobank + 10" 7  Jos van Emden (NED) Rabobank + 11" 8  Jesse Sergent (NZL) Team RadioShack + 12" 9  Philippe Gilbert (BEL) Omega Pharma–Lotto + 15" 10  Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin–Cervélo + 17"

Stage 3

11 August 2011 – Heers (Belgium) to Andenne (Belgium), 191.2 km (118.8 mi)

Stage 3 Result Cyclist Team Time 1  Philippe Gilbert (BEL) Omega Pharma–Lotto 4h 54' 53" 2  Grega Bole (SLO) Lampre–ISD + 8" 3  Ben Hermans (BEL) Team RadioShack + 8" 4  Koen de Kort (NED) Skil–Shimano + 8" 5  Linus Gerdemann (GER) Leopard Trek + 8" 6  Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) Quick-Step + 8" 7  Dries Devenyns (BEL) Quick-Step + 8" 8  Lars Bak (DEN) HTC–Highroad + 8" 9  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) Team Sky + 8" 10  Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) BMC Racing Team + 8"

General Classification after Stage 3 Rider Team Time 1  Philippe Gilbert (BEL) Omega Pharma–Lotto 13h 30' 34" 2  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) Team Sky + 5" 3  David Millar (GBR) Garmin–Cervélo + 13" 4  Dominique Cornu (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator + 23" 5  Ben Hermans (BEL) Team RadioShack + 25" 6  Grega Bole (SLO) Lampre–ISD + 32" 7  Lars Bak (DEN) HTC–Highroad + 34" 8  Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team + 34" 9  Dries Devenyns (BEL) Quick-Step + 35" 10  Joost van Leijen (NED) Vacansoleil–DCM + 36"

Stage 4

12 August 2011 – Roermond (Netherlands), 14.7 km (9.1 mi) individual time trial (ITT)

Stage 4 Result Cyclist Team Time 1  Jesse Sergent (NZL) Team RadioShack 17' 55" 2  Alex Rasmussen (DEN) HTC–Highroad + 14" 3  Jürgen Roelandts (BEL) Omega Pharma–Lotto + 20" 4  Vladimir Isaichev (RUS) Team Katusha + 27" 5  Lars Boom (NED) Rabobank + 27" 6  Jens Mouris (NED) Vacansoleil–DCM + 30" 7  Maarten Tjallingii (NED) Rabobank + 30" 8  Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team + 30" 9  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) Team Sky + 32" 10  Bert Grabsch (GER) HTC–Highroad + 34"

General Classification after Stage 4 Rider Team Time 1  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) Team Sky 13h 49' 06" 2  Philippe Gilbert (BEL) Omega Pharma–Lotto + 12" 3  David Millar (GBR) Garmin–Cervélo + 18" 4  Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team + 27" 5  Jos van Emden (NED) Rabobank + 47" 6  Joost van Leijen (NED) Vacansoleil–DCM + 54" 7  Dominique Cornu (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator + 57" 8  Dries Devenyns (BEL) Quick-Step + 58" 9  Ben Hermans (BEL) Team RadioShack + 59" 10  Linus Gerdemann (GER) Leopard Trek + 1' 03"

Stage 5

13 August 2011 – Genk (Belgium) to Genk (Belgium), 189.2 km (117.6 mi)

Stage 5 Result Cyclist Team Time 1  Matteo Bono (ITA) Lampre–ISD 4h 12' 14" 2  Sergey Renev (KAZ) Astana s.t. 3  Artem Ovechkin (RUS) Team Katusha + 3" 4  Tomas Vaitkus (LTU) Astana + 6" 5  Jürgen Roelandts (BEL) Omega Pharma–Lotto + 6" 6  Denis Galimzyanov (RUS) Team Katusha + 6" 7  Kenny van Hummel (NED) Skil–Shimano + 6" 8  Jacopo Guarnieri (ITA) Liquigas–Cannondale + 6" 9  Robbie McEwen (AUS) Team RadioShack + 6" 10  Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team + 6"

General Classification after Stage 5 Rider Team Time 1  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) Team Sky 18h 01' 26" 2  Philippe Gilbert (BEL) Omega Pharma–Lotto + 12" 3  David Millar (GBR) Garmin–Cervélo + 18" 4  Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team + 25" 5  Jos van Emden (NED) Rabobank + 47" 6  Joost van Leijen (NED) Vacansoleil–DCM + 54" 7  Dominique Cornu (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator + 57" 8  Dries Devenyns (BEL) Quick-Step + 58" 9  Ben Hermans (BEL) Team RadioShack + 59" 10  Linus Gerdemann (GER) Leopard Trek + 1' 03"

Stage 6

14 August 2011 – Sittard-Geleen (Netherlands) to Sittard-Geleen (Netherlands), 201.2 km (125.0 mi)

Stage 6 Result Cyclist Team Time 1  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) Team Sky 4h 53' 06" 2  Manuel Antonio Cardoso (POR) Team RadioShack s.t. 3  Lars Boom (NED) Rabobank s.t. 4  Grega Bole (SLO) Lampre–ISD s.t. 5  Damiano Caruso (ITA) Liquigas–Cannondale s.t. 6  Andreas Stauff (GER) Quick-Step s.t. 7  Tomas Vaitkus (LTU) Astana s.t. 8  Simone Ponzi (ITA) Liquigas–Cannondale s.t. 9  Koen de Kort (NED) Skil–Shimano s.t. 10  Vladimir Gusev (RUS) Team Katusha s.t.

Final General Classification Rider Team Time 1  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) Team Sky 22h 54' 22" 2  Philippe Gilbert (BEL) Omega Pharma–Lotto + 22" 3  David Millar (GBR) Garmin–Cervélo + 28" 4  Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team + 35" 5  Jos van Emden (NED) Rabobank + 57" 6  Joost van Leijen (NED) Vacansoleil–DCM + 1' 04" 7  Dominique Cornu (BEL) Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator + 1' 07" 8  Dries Devenyns (BEL) Quick-Step + 1' 08" 9  Ben Hermans (BEL) Team RadioShack + 1' 09" 10  Linus Gerdemann (GER) Leopard Trek + 1' 13"

Final standings

General classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)	Team Sky	22h 54' 22"
2	Philippe Gilbert (BEL)	Omega Pharma–Lotto	+ 22"
3	David Millar (GBR)	Garmin–Cervélo	+ 28"
4	Taylor Phinney (USA)	BMC Racing Team	+ 35"
5	Jos van Emden (NED)	Rabobank	+ 57"
6	Joost van Leijen (NED)	Vacansoleil–DCM	+ 1' 04"
7	Dominique Cornu (BEL)	Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator	+ 1' 07"
8	Dries Devenyns (BEL)	Quick-Step	+ 1' 08"
9	Ben Hermans (BEL)	Team RadioShack	+ 1' 09"
10	Linus Gerdemann (GER)	Leopard Trek	+ 1' 13"

Points classification

	Rider	Team	Points
1	Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)	Team Sky	122
2	Taylor Phinney (USA)	BMC Racing Team	85
3	André Greipel (GER)	Omega Pharma–Lotto	68
4	Grega Bole (SLO)	Lampre–ISD	66
5	Lars Boom (NED)	Rabobank	56
6	Philippe Gilbert (BEL)	Omega Pharma–Lotto	47
7	Jesse Sergent (NZL)	Team RadioShack	43
8	Jürgen Roelandts (BEL)	Omega Pharma–Lotto	42
9	Julien Fouchard (FRA)	Cofidis	40
10	Denis Galimzyanov (RUS)	Team Katusha	40

Young Riders' classification

	Rider	Team	Time
1	Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)	Team Sky	22h 54' 22"
2	Taylor Phinney (USA)	BMC Racing Team	+ 35"
3	Ben Hermans (BEL)	Team RadioShack	+ 1' 09"
4	Damiano Caruso (ITA)	Liquigas–Cannondale	+ 2' 04"
5	Maxime Vantomme (BEL)	Team Katusha	+ 2' 19"
6	Simone Ponzi (ITA)	Liquigas–Cannondale	+ 2' 36"
7	Pieter Jacobs (BEL)	Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator	+ 2' 43"
8	Romain Zingle (BEL)	Cofidis	+ 2' 48"
9	Michael Schär (SUI)	BMC Racing Team	+ 3' 06"
10	Laurens De Vreese (BEL)	Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator	+ 3' 07"

Team classification

	Team	Points
1	Team RadioShack	68h 45' 24"
2	Team Sky	+ 0"
3	Rabobank	+ 22"
4	BMC Racing Team	+ 2' 11"
5	Team Katusha	+ 2' 13"
6	Leopard Trek	+ 2' 35"
7	Quick-Step	+ 2' 36"
8	Lampre–ISD	+ 2' 55"
9	Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator	+ 3' 39"
10	Cofidis	+ 4' 19"

Classification leadership table

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Young Rider Classification	Team classification
P	Taylor Phinney	Taylor Phinney	Taylor Phinney	Taylor Phinney	Rabobank
1	André Greipel
2	André Greipel		Edvald Boasson Hagen
3	Philippe Gilbert	Philippe Gilbert		Edvald Boasson Hagen	Team Sky
4	Jesse Sergent	Edvald Boasson Hagen			Team RadioShack
5	Matteo Bono
6	Edvald Boasson Hagen
Final		Edvald Boasson Hagen	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Team RadioShack

World rankings points

The Eneco Tour was one of 27 events throughout the season that contributed points towards the 2011 UCI World Tour. Points were awarded to the top 10 finishers overall, and to the top five finishers in each stage. Only riders on UCI ProTour teams were eligible to receive rankings points.^[7]

Points earned in the Eneco Tour Name Team Points  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) Team Sky 112  Philippe Gilbert (BEL) Omega Pharma–Lotto 86  David Millar (GBR) Garmin–Cervélo 72  Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team 66  Jos van Emden (NED) Rabobank 50  Joost van Leijen (NED) Vacansoleil–DCM 40  Dries Devenyns (BEL) Quick-Step 20  Ben Hermans (BEL) Liquigas–Cannondale 12  André Greipel (GER) Omega Pharma–Lotto 12  Matteo Bono (ITA) Lampre–ISD 6   Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin–Cervélo 6  Jesse Sergent (NZL) Team RadioShack 6  Grega Bole (SLO) Lampre–ISD 5  Linus Gerdemann (GER) Leopard Trek 5  Alex Rasmussen (DEN) HTC–Highroad 5  Lars Boom (NED) Rabobank 4  Manuel Antonio Cardoso (POR) Team RadioShack 4  Denis Galimzyanov (RUS) Team Katusha 4  Sergey Renev (KAZ) Astana 4  Jürgen Roelandts (BEL) Omega Pharma–Lotto 3  Artem Ovechkin (RUS) Team Katusha 2  Theo Bos (NED) Rabobank 1  Damiano Caruso (ITA) Liquigas–Cannondale 1  Baden Cooke (AUS) Saxo Bank–SunGard 1  Vladimir Isaichev (RUS) Team Katusha 1  Tomas Vaitkus (LTU) Astana 1

Top ten of the individual standings after the Eneco Tour Rank Prev. Name Team Points 1 1  Cadel Evans (AUS) BMC Racing Team 574 2 2  Philippe Gilbert (BEL) Omega Pharma–Lotto 568 3 3  Alberto Contador (ESP) Saxo Bank–SunGard 471 4 4  Michele Scarponi (ITA) Lampre–ISD 348 5 5  Joaquim Rodríguez (ESP) Team Katusha 328 6 6  Samuel Sánchez (ESP) Euskaltel–Euskadi 307 7 7  Fränk Schleck (LUX) Leopard Trek 284 8 8  Andy Schleck (LUX) Leopard Trek 252 9 9  Fabian Cancellara (SUI) Leopard Trek 250 10 10  Alexander Vinokourov (KAZ) Astana 230