The 2011 Eneco Tour was the seventh running of the

Eneco Tour The Benelux Tour (previously known as the Eneco Tour and the BinckBank Tour) is a road bicycle racing stage-race that is part of the UCI World Tour. The race was established in 2005 and was originally known as the Eneco Tour, named after the ori ...

cycling

stage race A race stage, leg, or heat is a unit of a racing, race that has been divided in several parts for the reason such as length of the distance to be covered, as in a multi-day race, multi-day event. Usually, such a race consists of "ordinary" stages ...

. It started with an

individual time trial An individual time trial (ITT) is a road bicycle race in which cyclists race alone against the clock (in French: ''contre la montre'' – literally "against the watch", in Italian: ''tappa a cronometro'' "stopwatch stage"). There are also trac ...

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in the

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on 8 August and finished on 14 August 2011 in

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, also in the Netherlands. The race consisted of seven stages, including the race-commencing prologue, as well as another individual time trial held in

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in the Netherlands. It was the 20th race of the

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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

and

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were covered. The race was won by rider

Edvald Boasson Hagen Edvald Boasson Hagen (born 17 May 1987) is a Norwegian former road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional from 2006 to 2024. He was ranked as no. 3 in the world by Union Cycliste Internationale, UCI as of 31 August 2009, when he was 22 y ...

, who claimed the leader's white jersey for the second time in three years – after his previous triumph in

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– 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 Philippe Gilbert (born 5 July 1982) is a Belgian former professional road bicycle racer, who is best known for winning the 2012 UCI Road World Championships – Men's road race, World Road Race Championships in 2012, and for being one of two rid ...

of was 22 seconds, and 's

David Millar David Millar (born 4 January 1977) is a Scottish retired professional road racing cyclist. He rode for Cofidis from 1997 to 2004 and Garmin–Sharp from 2008 to 2014. He has won four stages of the Tour de France, five of the Vuelta a España a ...

completed the podium, 6 seconds behind Gilbert and 28 seconds down on Boasson Hagen. 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, while his overall triumph also meant victory in the young rider classification. finished on top of the teams classification, after finishing tied with 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.

Schedule

Teams

The 18 teams from the UCI World Tour automatically take part in this edition of the Eneco Tour. 4 teams have been awarded a wildcard; on 10 June, on 24 June and on 14 July, and .

Stages

Prologue

8 August 2011 –

(

(ITT)

Stage 1

9 August 2011 –

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(Netherlands) to Sint Willebrord (Netherlands),

Stage 2

10 August 2011 – Aalter (

) to

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(Belgium),

Stage 3

11 August 2011 – Heers (Belgium) to

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(Belgium),

Stage 4

12 August 2011 –

(Netherlands),

(ITT)

Stage 5

13 August 2011 –

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(Belgium) to Genk (Belgium),

Stage 6

14 August 2011 –

(Netherlands) to Sittard-Geleen (Netherlands),

Final standings

General classification

Points classification

Young Riders' classification

Team classification

Classification leadership table

World rankings points

The Eneco Tour was one of 27 events throughout the season that contributed points towards the

. 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.

References

External links

Race website
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Benelux Tour

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