The 2007 Eneco Tour road cycling race took place from August 22 to August 29. The third edition of the Eneco Tour covered parts of the Netherlands and Belgium. Instead of 23 teams like before, only 21 teams take part in the race this year. Of the 20 UCI ProTour teams, only Astana chose not to take part.[1] The teams Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen and Skil-Shimano were each given a wild card.
Several cities that have been start or finish locations already the previous years appear again in the schedule, e.g. Hasselt, Beek, Landgraaf, Sittard and Geleen were already part of the 2006 route. A major difference in the schedule is that the long time trial will now take place on the last day of the competition.
All teams were allowed to start with 8 riders. For 21 teams this would create a starting field of 168 riders. Just like previous years however, some teams chose to start with only 7 riders, namely Française des Jeux, Lampre–Fondital, Crédit Agricole and AG2R Prévoyance. As a result, only 164 riders were on the official starting list.
| Stage | Rider | Team | Reason |
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DNS | 1 | Christophe Detilloux | Française des Jeux | Crash during prologue |
DNF | 1 | Julien Loubet | AG2R Prévoyance | Unknown |
DNF | 2 | Oscar Gatto | Gerolsteiner | Unknown |
DNF | 2 | Laurent Mangel | AG2R Prévoyance | Unknown |
DNS | 3 | Julian Dean | Crédit Agricole | Unknown |
DNF | 3 | Jakob Piil | T-Mobile Team | Unknown |
DNS | 4 | Scott Davis | T-Mobile Team | Unknown |
DNS | 4 | Adam Hansen | T-Mobile Team | Unknown |
DNS | 4 | William Bonnet | Crédit Agricole | Unknown |
DNS | 5 | Francesco Chicchi | Liquigas | Unknown |
DNS | 5 | Roberto Petito | Liquigas | Unknown |
DNS | 5 | Alessandro Vanotti | Liquigas | Unknown |
DNS | 5 | Enrico Franzoi | Lampre–Fondital | Unknown |
DNS | 5 | Matej Jurčo | Team Milram | Unknown |
DNF | 5 | Mickaël Cherel | Française des Jeux | Crash during stage 4 |
The Eneco Tour 2007 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 2006 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) |
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P | Hasselt – Hasselt | Michiel Elijzen | Juan Antonio Flecha | Johan Van Summeren |
1 | Waremme – Eupen | Nick Nuyens | Thomas Dekker | Iván Gutiérrez |
2 | Antwerp – Knokke-Heist | Mark Cavendish | Fred Rodriguez | No UCI ProTour points awarded for Kenny Van Hummel (Skil-Shimano) |
3 | Knokke-Heist – Putte | Robbie McEwen | Francesco Chicchi | Thor Hushovd |
4 | Maldegem – Terneuzen | Wouter Weylandt | Thor Hushovd | Matthew Goss |
5 | Terneuzen – Nieuwegein | Luciano Pagliarini | Mark Cavendish | Graeme Brown |
6 | Beek – Landgraaf | Pablo Lastras | No UCI ProTour points awarded for Steven Caethoven (Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen) | Anders Lund |
7 (ITT) | Sittard – Geleen | Sébastien Rosseler | Iván Gutiérrez | Gustav Larsson |
Overall Result
| Cyclist | Points |
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1 | Iván Gutiérrez | 50 |
2 | David Millar | 40 |
3 | Gustav Larsson | 35 |
4 | Leif Hoste | 30 |
5 | Thomas Dekker | 25 |
6 | Vladimir Gusev | 20 |
7 | Bram Tankink | 15 |
8 | Sébastien Rosseler | 10 |
9 | Paul Martens | No UCI ProTour points awarded (Skil-Shimano) |
10 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | 2 |
Summary
| Cyclist | Nation | Team | Points |
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1 | Iván Gutiérrez | Spain | Caisse d'Epargne | 53 |
2 | David Millar | United Kingdom | Saunier Duval–Prodir | 40 |
3 | Gustav Larsson | Sweden | Unibet | 36 |
4 | Leif Hoste | Belgium | Predictor–Lotto | 30 |
5 | Thomas Dekker | Netherlands | Rabobank | 27 |
6 | Vladimir Gusev | Russia | Discovery Channel | 20 |
7 | Bram Tankink | Netherlands | Quick-Step–Innergetic | 15 |
8 | Sébastien Rosseler | Belgium | Quick-Step–Innergetic | 13 |
9 | Mark Cavendish | United Kingdom | T-Mobile Team | 5 |
=10 | Michiel Elijzen | Netherlands | Cofidis | 3 |
=10 | Thor Hushovd | Norway | Crédit Agricole | 3 |
=10 | Pablo Lastras | Spain | Caisse d'Epargne | 3 |
=10 | Robbie McEwen | Australia | Predictor–Lotto | 3 |
=10 | Nick Nuyens | Belgium | Cofidis | 3 |
=10 | Luciano Pagliarini | Brazil | Saunier Duval–Prodir | 3 |
=10 | Wouter Weylandt | Belgium | Quick-Step–Innergetic | 3 |
=17 | Francesco Chicchi | Italy | Liquigas | 2 |
=17 | Juan Antonio Flecha | Spain | Rabobank | 2 |
=17 | Fred Rodriguez | United States | Predictor–Lotto | 2 |
=17 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Belgium | Predictor–Lotto | 2 |
=21 | Graeme Brown | Australia | Rabobank | 1 |
=21 | Matthew Goss | Australia | Team CSC | 1 |
=21 | Anders Lund | Denmark | Team CSC | 1 |
=21 | Johan Van Summeren | Belgium | Predictor–Lotto | 1 |