ENECO Tour 2006

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Final result after the 7th stage
winner Stefan Schumacher 27:20:55 h
(42.836 km / h)
Second George Hincapie + 0:01 min
Third Vincenzo Nibali + 0:12 min
Fourth Philippe Gilbert + 0:17 min
fifth Manuel Quinziato + 0:32 min
Sixth Joost Posthuma + 0:35 min
seventh Juan Antonio Flecha + 0:52 min
Eighth Alessandro Ballan + 0:53 min
Ninth Thomas Dekker + 0:55 min
Tenth Steffen Wesemann + 0:56 min
Scoring Simone Cadamuro 91 P.
Second Tom Boonen 90 p.
Third Stefan Schumacher 59 P.
Young talent evaluation Stefan Schumacher 27:20:55 h
Second Vincenzo Nibali + 0:12 min
Third Philippe Gilbert + 0:17 min

The 2nd Eneco Tour , also known as the Benelux Tour , took place from August 16 to 23, 2006. The bike race was held in a prologue and seven stages over a distance of 1171.5 km.

The tour has been postponed by two weeks compared to the first event. The second tour led through the Netherlands , Belgium and around Aachen a few kilometers through Germany . The 20 UCI ProTeams were entitled to start . In addition, the three Professional Continental Teams Chocolade Jacques , Unibet.com and Skil-Shimano received a wildcard . Eight drivers started per team.

course

The 5.8 km long start of the tour in Den Helder was won by the German Stefan Schumacher from the Gerolsteiner team , who completed the course in exactly 7:00 minutes. George Hincapie and Joost Posthuma followed in the following places, one second behind . As the best sprinter, world champion Tom Boonen was fifth, four seconds behind.

On the 176.9 km long flat stage from Wieringerwerf to Hoogeveen , a top group of three with Koen Barbé , Matthé Pronk and Rik Reinerink was in the lead up to 12 km from the finish . They had cleared a hundred kilometers from their destination and after about 40 kilometers had escaped, they had achieved a maximum advantage of six minutes. Belgian world champion Tom Boonen secured the day's victory in the mass sprint and at the same time took the lead in the overall standings thanks to the time credit at the finish. Second place went to the Italian Simone Cadamuro ahead of his compatriot Enrico Gasparotto .

A top trio led by Carlos Zárate , Carlos Abellán and Paul Martens up to 20 km . But their breakaway attempt with a maximum of about three minutes lead ended early 15 kilometers from the finish. After that, some drivers tried again to break away from the field. Manuel Quinziato made a successful breakaway attempt about two kilometers from the finish . He secured victory four seconds ahead of Simone Cadamuro and Wouter Weylandt .

On the 185 km long stage from Beek in the Netherlands to Westmalle in Belgium , shortly after the start, a top group of four formed around Gorka González , who were overtaken 15 kilometers from the finish. So it came on the home straight to the mass sprint, which Tom Boonen won ahead of Max van Heeswijk and Baden Cooke . With his win, Boonen slightly increased his lead in the overall standings with a ten-second time bonus.

The US American George Hincapie won the 16.1 kilometer individual time trial around Landgraaf . He mastered the winding course in 19:58 minutes. Vincenzo Nibali crossed the finish line in second place eight hundredths of a second behind him . The German Stefan Schumacher crossed the finish line in third, seven seconds behind. Hincapie took the lead in the overall standings with 0:03 minutes ahead of Schumacher. Nibali took third place in the overall standings, 0:11 minutes behind. There were no changes at the top for the other ratings.

For a long time, the 181.7 kilometer stage from Hasselt to Balen was dominated by a seven-man breakaway group. In the mass sprint, world champion Tom Boonen won for the third time in front of Julian Dean and Simone Cadamuro . Before the stage, Juan Carlos Domínguez was excluded from the race by the Unibet.com team because he did not appear at a blood test carried out by the UCI before the start of the stage.

The penultimate 211.7 kilometer stage from Bornem to Sint-Truiden was dominated by an outlier quartet. Mario Aerts , Grégory Rast , Andoni Aranaga and Sebastian Langeveld had a maximum lead of more than four minutes and were taken off the peloton 2.2 km from the finish. In the subsequent mass sprint, David Kopp won ahead of Marco Zanotti and Philippe Gilbert .

Philippe Gilbert won the final 199.7 kilometer royal stage with start and finish in Ans . Schumacher secured the red jersey with the four second time bonus for third place and won the tour by one second over Hincapie and twelve seconds over Nibali. He also won the yellow jersey for victory in the junior category , while Simone Cadamuro won the white jersey in the points category with one point ahead of Tom Boonen . Influenced by a spectator, Schumacher drove a wave that led to the fall of the previously overall leader Hincapie. After examining the facts, the jury awarded Schumacher the victory.

Stages

stage Day Start finish km Stage winner Overall rating
prolog August 16 Den Helder ( NL ) 5.8 ( EZF ) GermanyGermany Stefan Schumacher GermanyGermany Stefan Schumacher
1st stage 17th August Wieringerwerf (NL) - Hoogeveen (NL) 176.9 BelgiumBelgium Tom Boonen BelgiumBelgium Tom Boonen
2nd stage 18th of August 's-Hertogenbosch (NL) - Sittard-Geleen (NL) 194.6 ItalyItaly Manuel Quinziato BelgiumBelgium Tom Boonen
3rd stage August 19th Beek (NL) - Westmalle ( B ) 185.0 BelgiumBelgium Tom Boonen BelgiumBelgium Tom Boonen
4th stage 20th of August Landgraaf (NL) 16.1 ( EZF ) United StatesUnited States George Hincapie United StatesUnited States George Hincapie
5th stage August 21 Hasselt - Balen (B) 181.7 BelgiumBelgium Tom Boonen United StatesUnited States George Hincapie
6th stage August 22nd Bornem (B) - Sint-Truiden (B) 211.7 GermanyGermany David Kopp United StatesUnited States George Hincapie
7th stage August 23 Ans (B) 199.7 BelgiumBelgium Philippe Gilbert GermanyGermany Stefan Schumacher

Guided tours during the tour

The table shows the wearer of the respective jersey during the individual stage or the leader of the respective overall classification on the evening of the previous day.

stage Red jersey White jersey Yellow jersey
1st stage Stefan Schumacher not forgiven Stefan Schumacher
2nd stage Tom Boonen Tom Boonen
3rd stage Simone Cadamuro
4th stage
5th stage George Hincapie
6th stage
7th stage
winner Stefan Schumacher

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Boonen can still win. radsport-news.com, August 17, 2006, accessed March 12, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Quinziato's arrival surprised the sprinters. radsport-news.com, August 18, 2006, accessed March 12, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Boonen strikes again. radsport-news.com, August 19, 2006, accessed March 12, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Third stage win for Boonen. radsport-news.com, August 21, 2006, accessed March 12, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Kopp has the fastest legs. radsport-news.com, August 22, 2006, accessed March 12, 2016 .
  6. ↑ Schumi overthrows Hincapie from the victorious throne. radsport-news.com, August 23, 2006, accessed March 12, 2016 .

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