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.
Schedule StageRouteDistanceDateWinner PSittard > Geleen 4.4 km Wednesday 20 August 1Beek > Roermond 175.6 km Thursday 21 August 2Roermond > Nieuwegein 175.0 km Friday 22 August 3Nieuwegein > Terneuzen 189.3 km Saturday 23 August 4Terneuzen > Ardooie 212.4 km Sunday 24 August 5Ardooie > Ostend 171.8 km Monday 25 August 6Maldegem > Brussels 184.0 km Tuesday 26 August 7 (ITT)Mechelen > Mechelen 18.8 km Wednesday 27 August
Stages
Prologue – 20 August 2008 Prologue Result CyclistTeamTime1 5' 31"2 + 0"3 + 1"General classification after the Prologue CyclistTeamTime1 5' 31"2 + 0"3 + 1"
Stage 1 – 21 August 2008 Stage 1 Result CyclistTeamTime1 4h 16' 17"2 s.t.3 s.t.General classification after Stage 1 CyclistTeamTime1 4h 21' 46"2 + 2"3 + 3"
Stage 2 – 22 August 2008 Stage 2 Result CyclistTeamTime1 3h 51' 31"2 s.t.3 s.t.General classification after Stage 2 CyclistTeamTime1 8h 13' 17"2 + 0"3 + 1"
Stage 3 – 23 August 2008 Stage 3 Result CyclistTeamTime1 4h 43' 33"2 s.t.3 s.t.General classification after Stage 3 CyclistTeamTime1 12h 59' 21"2 + 1"3 + 4"
Stage 4 – 24 August 2008 Stage 4 Result CyclistTeamTime1 5h 00' 35"2Skil–Shimano s.t.3 s.t.General classification after Stage 4 CyclistTeamTime1 17h 59' 51"2 + 2"3 + 7"
Stage 5 – 25 August 2008 Stage 5 Result CyclistTeamTime1 3h 59' 03"2 s.t.3Cycle Collstrop s.t.General classification after Stage 5 CyclistTeamTime1 21h 57' 26"2 + 11"3 + 12"
Stage 6 – 26 August 2008 Stage 6 Result CyclistTeamTime1 4h 07' 20"2 s.t.3 s.t.General classification after Stage 6 CyclistTeamTime1 26h 04' 46"2 + 11"3 + 12"
Stage 7 – 27 August 2008 (ITT) Stage 7 Result CyclistTeamTime1 22' 04"2 + 6"3 s.t.General classification after Stage 7 CyclistTeamTime1 26h 27' 07"2 + 4"3 + 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 8 Pts. and 3" Second Floris Goesinnen Skil–Shimano 5 Pts. and 2" Third Iván Gutiérrez 3 Pts. and 1"
2nd Eneco Sprint after (98 km)
First Bram Tankink 8 Pts. and 3" Second Floris Goesinnen Skil–Shimano 5 Pts. and 2" Third Iván Gutiérrez 3 Pts. and 1"
3rd Eneco Sprint after (156 km)
First Bram Tankink 8 Pts. and 3" Second Floris Goesinnen Skil–Shimano 5 Pts. and 2" Third Michiel Elijzen 3 Pts. and 1"
Finish in Roermond after (175.6 km)
First Tom Boonen 30 Pts. and 10" Second Daniele Bennati 25 Pts. and 6" Third Fabio Sabatini 22 Pts. and 4" 4th Jürgen Roelandts 19 Pts. 5th Heinrich Haussler 17 Pts. 6th Edvald Boasson Hagen 15 Pts. 7th Angelo Furlan 13 Pts. 8th Kenny van Hummel Skil–Shimano 12 Pts. 9th Elia Rigotto 11 Pts. 10th Aurélien Clerc 10 Pts.
Points in Stage 2 1st Eneco Sprint after (26 km)
First Edvald Boasson Hagen 8 Pts. and 3" Second Jürgen Roelandts 5 Pts. and 2" Third Cyril Lemoine 3 Pts. and 1"
2nd Eneco Sprint after (123 km)
First Ermanno Capelli 8 Pts. and 3" Second Matthé Pronk Cycle Collstrop 5 Pts. and 2" Third Javier Aramendia 3 Pts. and 1"
3rd Eneco Sprint after (155 km)
First Ermanno Capelli 8 Pts. and 3" Second Matthé Pronk Cycle Collstrop 5 Pts. and 2" Third Javier Aramendia 3 Pts. and 1"
Finish in Nieuwegein after (175 km)
First André Greipel 30 Pts. and 10" Second Juan José Haedo 25 Pts. and 6" Third Robert Förster 22 Pts. and 4" 4th Kenny van Hummel Skil–Shimano 19 Pts. 5th Tom Boonen 17 Pts. 6th Edvald Boasson Hagen 15 Pts. 7th Jürgen Roelandts 13 Pts. 8th Francesco Chicchi 12 Pts. 9th David Kopp Cycle Collstrop 11 Pts. 10th Elia Rigotto 10 Pts.
Points in Stage 3 1st Eneco Sprint after (80 km)
First Raúl Alarcón 8 Pts. and 3" Second Matthé Pronk Cycle Collstrop 5 Pts. and 2" Third Aitor Hernández 3 Pts. and 1"
2nd Eneco Sprint after (127 km)
First Laurent Mangel 8 Pts. and 3" Second Raúl Alarcón 5 Pts. and 2" Third Matthé Pronk Cycle Collstrop 3 Pts. and 1"
3rd Eneco Sprint after (147 km)
First Edvald Boasson Hagen 8 Pts. and 3" Second André Greipel 5 Pts. and 2" Third Sébastien Rosseler 3 Pts. and 1"
Finish in Terneuzen after (185 km)
First Daniele Bennati 30 Pts. and 10" Second Tom Boonen 25 Pts. and 6" Third Jürgen Roelandts 22 Pts. and 4" 4th Kenny van Hummel Skil–Shimano 19 Pts. 5th Borut Božič Cycle Collstrop 17 Pts. 6th Tom Leezer 15 Pts. 7th Alberto Curtolo 13 Pts. 8th David Kopp Cycle Collstrop 12 Pts. 9th Robert Förster 11 Pts. 10th Roger Hammond 10 Pts.
Jersey progress Stage(Winner) General classification Points Classification Team Classification Prologue (ITT) (Iván Gutiérrez) Iván Gutiérrez not awarded Stage 1 (Tom Boonen) Tom Boonen Stage 2 (André Greipel) Stage 3 (Daniele Bennati) Daniele Bennati Stage 4 (Tom Boonen) André Greipel Stage 5 (Carlo Westphal) Jürgen Roelandts Stage 6 (Edvald Boasson Hagen) Stage 7 (ITT)(Raivis Belohvoščiks) Iván Gutiérrez Final Iván Gutiérrez Jürgen Roelandts
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. , , and started with 7 riders, started with 6 riders and only 5 riders were selected for team .
StageRiderTeamReasonDNF1 UnknownDNF1 UnknownDNS2 UnknownDNF2 UnknownDNF2 UnknownDNS3 UnknownDNF4 UnknownDNF4 UnknownDNF4 UnknownDNF4 UnknownDNF4 UnknownDNF4 UnknownDNF4 UnknownDNF4 UnknownDNF4 Injured after crashDNS5 UnknownDNS5 UnknownDNS5 UnknownDNS5 UnknownDNS5 UnknownDNS5 UnknownDNS5 UnknownDNS5 UnknownDNS5 UnknownDNS5 UnknownDNS5 UnknownDNS5 UnknownDNF5 UnknownDNF5 UnknownDNF5 UnknownDNF5 Cycle CollstropUnknownDNF5 UnknownDNF5 UnknownDNF5 UnknownDNF5 UnknownDNS6 Skil–ShimanoUnknownDNS6 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 StageRouteFirst (3 Points)Second (2 Points)Third (1 Points) PSittard – Geleen Iván Gutiérrez Cyril Lemoine Edvald Boasson Hagen 1Beek – Roermond Tom Boonen Daniele Bennati Fabio Sabatini 2Roermond – Nieuwegein André Greipel Juan José Haedo Robert Förster 3Nieuwegein – Terneuzen Daniele Bennati Tom Boonen Jürgen Roelandts 4Terneuzen – Ardooie Tom Boonen No UCI ProTour points awardedfor Kenny van Hummel (Skil–Shimano)Edvald Boasson Hagen 5Ardooie – Ostend Carlo Westphal Yauheni Hutarovich No UCI ProTour points awardedfor Borut Božič (Cycle Collstrop) 6Maldegem – Brussels Edvald Boasson Hagen Jimmy Engoulvent Sergei Ivanov 7 (ITT)Mechelen – Mechelen Raivis Belohvoščiks Iván Gutiérrez Sébastien Rosseler
Overall result CyclistPoints1Iván Gutiérrez 502Sébastien Rosseler 403Michael Rogers 354Stijn Devolder 305André Greipel 256Joost Posthuma 207Servais Knaven 158Bram Tankink 109Jürgen Roelandts 510Piet Rooijakkers No UCI ProTour points awarded (Skil–Shimano)
Summary CyclistNationTeamPoints1Iván Gutiérrez552Sébastien Rosseler 413Michael Rogers 354Stijn Devolder 305André Greipel 286Joost Posthuma 207Servais Knaven 158Bram Tankink 109Tom Boonen 810Jürgen Roelandts 611Daniele Bennati 5=Edvald Boasson Hagen 513Raivis Belohvoščiks 3=Carlo Westphal 315Jimmy Engoulvent 2=Juan José Haedo 2=Yauheni Hutarovich 2=Cyril Lemoine 219Robert Förster 1=Sergei Ivanov 1=Fabio Sabatini 1
See also 2008 in road cycling
References
External links Race website