2009 race winner is a favourite to win Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky Procycling) rode to second place in today’s Eneco Tour prologue, seven seconds behind stage winner Taylor Phinney (BMC Racing Team). The 2009 winner used a controlled time trial […]
Belgian champion sees 2009 winner as big favourite for overall race honours After his unexpectedly good eighth place in today’s Eneco Tour prologue, Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) is confident over his chances for the rest of the race. The Belgian […]
Racing in front of a home crowd in Amersfoort, Holland, the Dutch team Rabobank got their Eneco Tour off to a strong start in today’s prologue. Time trial specialist Lars Boom finished fifth, teammate Jos Van Emden was one spot […]
BMC Racing prodigy the only rider under seven minutes on technical course After a difficult first year of his professional career so far, in which he has suffered from concussion and knee problems, Taylor Phinney (BMC Racing) has finally taken […]
Post-Tour contest starts tomorrow The Eneco Tour of Benelux begins tomorrow, and as the race continues to grow as a bridge between the Tour de France and late season races, VeloNation takes a look at significant stages, teams, and riders. […]
More dominant riding expected from Gilbert in World Tour event The Eneco Tour kicks off next Monday with a strong line up of riders expected to start the race. Among the favourites is Philippe Gilbert (Omega Pharma-Lotto) who has been […]
Quick Step rider no longer getting headaches A little over a week after being forced to abandon the Tour de France, and nine days after hitting his head hard on the tarmac, Tom Boonen (Quick Step) has completed his first […]
German TT specialist takes stage and overall victory in Benelux race Tony Martin (HTC-Columbia) won the Eneco Tour final stage time trial in the Belgian city of Genk to confirm his overall victory in the race. Last man to start, […]
Yet another win for the Gorilla after Flèche Wallonne style stage André Greipel (HTC-Columbia) won the sixth stage of the Eneco Tour between Bilzen and Heers, Belgium. The big German was the fastest at the end of the 205.6km stage, […]
Two days left for defending champion to get time back Team Sky went into today’s fifth stage of the Eneco Tour determined to try something to help defending champion Edvald Boasson Hagen make a big push for the leader’s jersey. […]
American team has another young prodigy come of age The American Garmin-Transitions team continued their late season success today, this time with Jack Bobridge soloing across the line to win stage five of the Eneco Tour, the biggest of his […]
German will now focus on selection for Geelong Team Milram suffered a blow in today’s stage four of the Eneco Tour, with their top placed rider Christian Knees ending his day in the hospital. The German was involved in a […]
Kiwi showing fine form leading up to the year’s final Grand Tour Britain’s Team Sky dominated the fourth stage of the Eneco Tour today, with Kiwi Greg Henderson notching up the victory with teammate Edvald Boasson Hagen finishing just behind […]
Dutch veteran outsmarts young German as they escape on the hills of Flanders Koos Moerenhout (Rabobank) won the third stage of the Eneco Tour, starting and finishing in Ronse, Belgium. The veteran Dutchman outsprinted German Tony Martin (HTC-Columbia) after the […]
Yet another victory for the Gorilla André Greipel (HTC-Columbia) won the second stage of the Eneco Tour, between Sint Willebrord, Netherlands and Ardooie, Belgian. The big German outsprinted yesterday’s stage winner Robbie McEwen (Katusha) and defending race champion Edvald Boasson […]
Team Sky rider out of Eneco Tour after second broken rib of this summer Team Sky’s Michael Barry was a non-starter on today’s second stage of the Eneco Tour and will spend the next few weeks recovering from a broken […]
Robbie McEwen may well have sealed his place in the Australian squad for the world road race championships today, underlining that he is back from injury when he sprinted to victory on day two of the Eneco Tour. The 38 […]
Canadian champion denies the Dutch over a wet 5km Svein Tuft (Garmin-Transitions) won the rain-affected prologue of the Eneco Tour around the streets of Steenwijk, Netherlands. A late starter, the Canadian champion blitzed around the 5km course to finish 6 […]
