2008 Eneco Tour


The 2008 Eneco Tour of Benelux cycling road race takes place from August 20 to August 27, 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

Stages

Prologue - August 20, 2008

Stage 1 - August 21, 2008

Stage 2 - August 22, 2008

Stage 3 - August 23, 2008

Stage 4 - August 24, 2008

Stage 5 - August 25, 2008

Stage 6 - August 26, 2008

Stage 7 - August 27, 2008 (ITT)

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
2nd Eneco Sprint after
3rd Eneco Sprint after
Finish in Roermond after

Points in Stage 2

1st Eneco Sprint after
2nd Eneco Sprint after
3rd Eneco Sprint after
Finish in Nieuwegein after

Points in Stage 3

1st Eneco Sprint after
2nd Eneco Sprint after
3rd Eneco Sprint after
Finish in Terneuzen after

Jersey progress

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.
StageRiderTeamReason
DNF1Unknown
DNF1Unknown
DNS2Unknown
DNF2Unknown
DNF2Unknown
DNS3Unknown
DNF4Unknown
DNF4Unknown
DNF4Unknown
DNF4Unknown
DNF4Unknown
DNF4Unknown
DNF4Unknown
DNF4Unknown
DNF4Injured after crash
DNS5Unknown
DNS5Unknown
DNS5Unknown
DNS5Unknown
DNS5Unknown
DNS5Unknown
DNS5Unknown
DNS5Unknown
DNS5Unknown
DNS5Unknown
DNS5Unknown
DNS5Unknown
DNF5Unknown
DNF5Unknown
DNF5Unknown
DNF5Cycle CollstropUnknown
DNF5Unknown
DNF5Unknown
DNF5Unknown
DNF5Unknown
DNS6Skil-ShimanoUnknown
DNS6Unknown

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

Overall Result

Summary