2006 Eneco Tour

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The 2006 Eneco Tour road cycling race took place from 16 to 23 August, two weeks later in the season than the year before. The second edition of the Eneco Tour covered parts of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. As in 2005, 23 teams took part in the race. Next to the 20 UCI ProTour teams, Chocolade Jacques–Topsport Vlaanderen, Skil–Shimano and Unibet.com received wild card entries.

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The race itself was very close, as both the prologue (6 km) and timetrial (16 km) were quite short which led to small time differences. A dramatic conclusion on the last day rendered Stefan Schumacher the victory over George Hincapie, with just one second of advantage. Other riders who stood out during this race were the Belgians Tom Boonen and Philippe Gilbert, who both won in their home region. Other wins came from Manuel Quinziato and David Kopp.

Schedule

StageRouteDistanceDateWinner
P Den Helder Flag of the Netherlands.svg Den Helder Flag of the Netherlands.svg 6.1 kmWednesday 16 AugustFlag of Germany.svg  Stefan Schumacher  (GER)
1 Wieringerwerf Flag of the Netherlands.svg Hoogeveen Flag of the Netherlands.svg 176.9 kmThursday 17 AugustFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Tom Boonen  (BEL)
2 's-Hertogenbosch Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sittard-Geleen Flag of the Netherlands.svg 194.6 kmFriday 18 AugustFlag of Italy.svg  Manuel Quinziato  (ITA)
3 Beek Flag of the Netherlands.svg Westmalle Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 185 kmSaturday 19 AugustFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Tom Boonen  (BEL)
4 (ITT) Landgraaf Flag of the Netherlands.svg Landgraaf Flag of the Netherlands.svg 16.1 kmSunday 20 AugustFlag of the United States.svg  George Hincapie  (USA)
5 Hasselt Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Balen Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 181.7 kmMonday 21 AugustFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Tom Boonen  (BEL)
6 Bornem Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Sint-Truiden Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 211.7 kmTuesday 22 AugustFlag of Germany.svg  David Kopp  (GER)
7 Ans Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Ans Flag of Belgium (civil).svg 199.7 kmWednesday 23 AugustFlag of Belgium (civil).svg  Philippe Gilbert  (BEL)

Stages

16-08-2006: Den Helder, 6.1 km. (ITT)

Prologue Result
CyclistTeamTime
1Flag of Germany.svg  Stefan Schumacher  (GER) Gerolsteiner 7' 00"
2Flag of the United States.svg  George Hincapie  (USA) Discovery Channel 1"
3Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Joost Posthuma  (NED) Rabobank 1"
General classification after Prologue
CyclistTeamTime
1Flag of Germany.svg  Stefan Schumacher  (GER) Gerolsteiner 7' 00"
2Flag of the United States.svg  George Hincapie  (USA) Discovery Channel 1"
3Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Joost Posthuma  (NED) RAB 1"

17-08-2006: Wieringerwerf-Hoogeveen, 176.9 km.

Stage 1 Result
CyclistTeamTime
1Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Tom Boonen  (BEL) Quick-Step–Innergetic 4h 12' 52"
2Flag of Italy.svg  Simone Cadamuro  (ITA) Team Milram s.t.
3Flag of Italy.svg  Enrico Gasparotto  (ITA) Liquigas s.t.
General classification after Stage 1
CyclistTeamTime
1Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Tom Boonen  (BEL) Quick-Step–Innergetic 4h 19' 47"
2Flag of Germany.svg  Stefan Schumacher  (GER) Gerolsteiner 4"
3Flag of the United States.svg  George Hincapie  (USA) Discovery Channel 7"

18-08-2006: 's-Hertogenbosch-Sittard Geleen, 194.6 km.

Stage 2 Result
CyclistTeamTime
1Flag of Italy.svg  Manuel Quinziato  (ITA) Liquigas 4h 46' 43"
2Flag of Italy.svg  Simone Cadamuro  (ITA) Team Milram 4"
3Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Wouter Weylandt  (BEL) Quick-Step–Innergetic 4"
General classification after Stage 2
CyclistTeamTime
1Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Tom Boonen  (BEL) Quick-Step–Innergetic 9h 06' 34"
2Flag of Italy.svg  Manuel Quinziato  (ITA) Liquigas 1"
3Flag of Germany.svg  Stefan Schumacher  (GER) Gerolsteiner 3"

19-08-2006: Beek-Westmalle, 185 km.

Stage 3 Result
CyclistTeamTime
1Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Tom Boonen  (BEL) Quick-Step–Innergetic 4h 50' 00"
2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Max van Heeswijk  (NED) Discovery Channel s.t.
3Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Baden Cooke  (AUS) Unibet.com s.t.
General classification after Stage 3
CyclistTeamTime
1Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Tom Boonen  (BEL) Quick-Step–Innergetic 13h 12' 20"
2Flag of Italy.svg  Manuel Quinziato  (ITA) Liquigas 11"
3Flag of Germany.svg  Stefan Schumacher  (GER) Gerolsteiner 13"

20-08-2006: Landgraaf, 16.1 km. (ITT)

Stage 4 Result
CyclistTeamTime
1Flag of the United States.svg  George Hincapie  (USA) Discovery Channel 19' 58"
2Flag of Italy.svg  Vincenzo Nibali  (ITA) Liquigas s.t.
3Flag of Germany.svg  Stefan Schumacher  (GER) Gerolsteiner 7"
General classification after Stage 4
CyclistTeamTime
1Flag of the United States.svg  George Hincapie  (USA) Discovery Channel 13h 32' 35"
2Flag of Germany.svg  Stefan Schumacher  (GER) Gerolsteiner 3"
3Flag of Italy.svg  Vincenzo Nibali  (ITA) Liquigas 11"

21-08-2006: Hasselt-Balen, 183.1 km.

Stage 5 Result
CyclistTeamTime
1Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Tom Boonen  (BEL) Quick-Step–Innergetic 3h 52' 20"
2Flag of New Zealand.svg  Julian Dean  (NZL) Crédit Agricole s.t.
3Flag of Italy.svg  Simone Cadamuro  (ITA) Team Milram s.t.
General classification after Stage 5
CyclistTeamTime
1Flag of the United States.svg  George Hincapie  (USA) Discovery Channel 17h 24' 55"
2Flag of Germany.svg  Stefan Schumacher  (GER) Gerolsteiner 3"
3Flag of Italy.svg  Vincenzo Nibali  (ITA) Liquigas 11"

22-08-2006: Bornem-Sint Truiden, 213.9 km.

Stage 6 Result
CyclistTeamTime
1Flag of Germany.svg  David Kopp  (GER) Gerolsteiner 4h 50' 43"
2Flag of Italy.svg  Marco Zanotti  (ITA) Unibet.com s.t.
3Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Philippe Gilbert  (BEL) Française des Jeux s.t.
General classification after Stage 6
CyclistTeamTime
1Flag of the United States.svg  George Hincapie  (USA) Discovery Channel 22h 15' 38"
2Flag of Germany.svg  Stefan Schumacher  (GER) Gerolsteiner 3"
3Flag of Italy.svg  Vincenzo Nibali  (ITA) Liquigas 11"

23-08-2006: Ans-Ans, 201.2 km.

In the last final meters, Stefan Schumacher got hit by an arm from a supporter and as a result made an awkward move away from the supporters to the middle of the road, which resulted in George Hincapie falling down. Before the move it looked like Schumacher was going to become second and Hincapie third, which would make Hincapie the winner with an advantage of 1 second. Since Hincapie crashed he did not take any bonus seconds for ending in the top three and because Schumacher managed to restart his sprint and end third he took 4 bonus seconds and so won by 1 second. The jury took about twenty minutes deciding if Schumacher should be removed to the back of the peloton but in the end they concluded that Schumacher did not make the move on purpose and thus Schumacher won the Eneco Tour 2006. Some reactions:

Stage 7 Result
CyclistTeamTime
1Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Philippe Gilbert  (BEL) Française des Jeux 5h 05' 16"
2Flag of Italy.svg  Manuele Mori  (ITA) Saunier Duval–Prodir 2"
3Flag of Germany.svg  Stefan Schumacher  (GER) Gerolsteiner 2"
General classification after Stage 7
CyclistTeamTime
1Flag of Germany.svg  Stefan Schumacher  (GER) Gerolsteiner 27h 20' 55"
2Flag of the United States.svg  George Hincapie  (USA) Discovery Channel 1"
3Flag of Italy.svg  Vincenzo Nibali  (ITA) Liquigas 12"

General classification

The leader of the general classification (ENECO Energie leiderstrui) wears a red jersey.

CyclistTeamTime
1Flag of Germany.svg  Stefan Schumacher  (GER) Gerolsteiner 27h 20' 55"
2Flag of the United States.svg  George Hincapie  (USA) Discovery Channel 1"
3Flag of Italy.svg  Vincenzo Nibali  (ITA) Liquigas 12"
4Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Philippe Gilbert  (BEL) Française des Jeux 17"
5Flag of Italy.svg  Manuel Quinziato  (ITA) Liquigas 32"
6Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Joost Posthuma  (NED) Rabobank 35"
7Flag of Spain.svg  Juan Antonio Flecha  (ESP) Rabobank 52"
8Flag of Italy.svg  Alessandro Ballan  (ITA) Lampre–Fondital 53"
9Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Thomas Dekker  (NED) Rabobank 55"
10Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Steffen Wesemann  (SUI) T-Mobile Team 56"

KOM Classification

There was no King Of the Mountains jersey this year. Instead, during some of the climbs bonus seconds were handed out in stages 6 and 7.

Points Classification

The leader of the points classification (Lotto Puntenklassement) wears a white jersey.

CyclistTeamPoints
1Flag of Italy.svg  Simone Cadamuro  (ITA) Team Milram 91
2Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Tom Boonen  (BEL) Quick-Step–Innergetic 90
3Flag of Germany.svg  Stefan Schumacher  (GER) Gerolsteiner 59
4Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Philippe Gilbert  (BEL) Française des Jeux 57
5Flag of New Zealand.svg  Julian Dean  (NZL) Crédit Agricole 56
=6Flag of Italy.svg  Alessandro Ballan  (ITA) Lampre–Fondital 54
=6Flag of Italy.svg  Enrico Gasparotto  (ITA) Liquigas 54
=6Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Wouter Weylandt  (BEL) Quick-Step–Innergetic 54
9Flag of Italy.svg  Fabrizio Guidi  (ITA) Phonak 52
10Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Bert Roesems  (BEL) Davitamon–Lotto 48

Best Young Rider

The leader of the Best Young Rider Classification (Topsport Vlaanderen jongerenklassement) wears a yellow jersey.

CyclistTeamPoints
1Flag of Germany.svg  Stefan Schumacher  (GER) Gerolsteiner 27h 20' 55"
2Flag of Italy.svg  Vincenzo Nibali  (ITA) Liquigas 12"
3Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Philippe Gilbert  (BEL) Française des Jeux 17"

Best Team

TeamTime
1 Liquigas 82h 04' 56"
2 Rabobank 11"
3 Discovery Channel 29"

Jersey progress

Stage
(Winner)
General classification
Points Classification
Young Rider Classification
Team Classification
Prologue (ITT)
(Stefan Schumacher)
Stefan Schumacher no award Stefan Schumacher Discovery Channel
Stage 1
(Tom Boonen)
Tom Boonen Tom Boonen Quick-Step–Innergetic
Stage 2
(Manuel Quinziato)
Simone Cadamuro
Stage 3
(Tom Boonen)
Stage 4 (ITT)
(George Hincapie)
George Hincapie Discovery Channel
Stage 5
(Tom Boonen)
Stage 6
(David Kopp)
Stage 7
(Philippe Gilbert)
Stefan Schumacher Liquigas
Final Stefan Schumacher Simone Cadamuro Stefan Schumacher Liquigas

UCI ProTour Points

The Eneco Tour 2006 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.

CyclistTeamPoints
1Flag of Germany.svg  Stefan Schumacher  (GER) Gerolsteiner 55
2Flag of the United States.svg  George Hincapie  (USA) Discovery Channel 45
3Flag of Italy.svg  Vincenzo Nibali  (ITA) Liquigas 37
4Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Philippe Gilbert  (BEL) Française des Jeux 34
5Flag of Italy.svg  Manuel Quinziato  (ITA) Liquigas 28
6Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Joost Posthuma  (NED) Rabobank 21
7Flag of Spain.svg  Juan Antonio Flecha  (ESP) Rabobank 15
8Flag of Italy.svg  Alessandro Ballan  (ITA) Lampre–Fondital 10
9Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Tom Boonen  (BEL) Quick-Step–Innergetic 9
=10Flag of Italy.svg  Simone Cadamuro  (ITA) Team Milram 5
=10Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Thomas Dekker  (NED) Rabobank 5
12Flag of Germany.svg  David Kopp  (GER) Gerolsteiner 3
=13Flag of New Zealand.svg  Julian Dean  (NZL) Crédit Agricole 2
=13Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Max van Heeswijk  (NED) Discovery Channel 2
=13Flag of Italy.svg  Manuele Mori  (ITA) Saunier Duval–Prodir 2
=13Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Steffen Wesemann  (SUI) T-Mobile Team 2
=17Flag of Italy.svg  Enrico Gasparotto  (ITA) Liquigas 1
=17Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Wouter Weylandt  (BEL) Quick-Step–Innergetic 1

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