Eneco Tour 2015 – Stage 1 [FULL STAGE] (flemish)

August 10, 2015

Eneco Tour 2015 – Stage 1 – Bolsward – Bolsward : 183,5 km

This season sees the 11th edition of the Eneco Tour, after the cross-border race was inaugurated in 2005. The young Tim Wellens (Lotto-Soudal) is the defending champion this season after a hugely impressive solo victory in Aywaille on the penultimate day of racing. Once again apart of the WorldTour series, the Eneco Tour begins with an out and back sprint stage in Bolsward, in the north of the Netherlands on Monday 10 August. Tom Boonen (Etixx-QuickStep), Moreno Hofland (LottoNL-Jumbo) and Elia Viviani (Team Sky) will all by vying for victory here.

Elia Viviani (Team Sky) came through a frantic sprint on stage 1 of the Eneco Tour to win the stage and pull on the first leader’s jersey of the race.

The Italian came over the top of Andre Greipel (Lotto Soudal) inside the final 200m with the German eventually fading to a disappointing fourth. Danny van Poppel (Trek Factory Racing) finished second with Jempy Drucker (BMC Racing) in third.

Viviani made use of his team inside the final 10 kilometres, using his teammates to keep him in contention as Lotto-Soudal, Etixx QuickStep and Orica GreenEdge fought for supremacy.

Even when Viviani found himself isolated inside the final kilometre he had enough power and nous to move onto Griepel’s wheel. The German opened his sprint early but his Tour de France legs appeared to still be in Paris, and he faded as the line approached. There were no such problems for Viviani who came through to win by a clear margin, and pick up his first victory on the road since stage 2 of the Giro d’Italia.

“This was the perfect sprint for me. With 500 meters to go I could see which was the perfect wheel for me to follow,” a jubilant Viviani told reporters at the finish.

“The team were amazing for me. We stayed in the front to avoid the crashes and then in the final kilometre Andy Fenn took me to the best wheel. I took Griepel’s wheel and he started fast but I waited a second and then I went. He started too early maybe but I had good legs. After a long break after the Giro this was a good start to the second part of the season.”

How it unfolded

The Eneco Tour began with a pancake-flat 183.5km test around Bolsward. Nathan Haas (Cannondale-Garmin), Frederik Veuchelen (Wanty-Groupe Gobert), Laurens de Vreese (Astana), Jesper Asselman (Team Roompot), Nico Denz, a trainee with Ag2r-La Mondiale, and David Boucher (FDJ) formed the early day’s break and built up a sizable advantage of over 7:30. The expected crosswinds that often buffer this part of the world failed to materialize, giving much of the stage a predictable feel.

Any thoughts of a gentle day in the saddle where blown away when the peloton began eating to the break’s advantage, which was suddenly reduced to less than three minutes with just over 40km of racing left.

The introduction of a “Golden Kilometre” livened up proceedings with three intermediate sprints measured out in the space of one kilometre. The break soaked up the bonus seconds available but the peloton were within touching distance.

Inside the final 10 kilometres and with the break reeled in, Lotto Soudal and Team Sky set about controlling the peloton. Orica GreenEdge, who had also been working on the front, saw their chances of success disappear when Jens Keukeleire slid out on a roundabout but Sky looked to have got their tactics wrong when Viviani was left with only Fenn for company.

However, the Italian received a world-class leadout, with the young British rider dropping off his captain with 500m to go. The Italian is not your typical sprinter who thrives off a standard leadout and he expertly sat on Griepel’s wheel until picking his moment to perfection.

Results :
1 Elia Viviani (Ita) Team Sky 4:06:18
2 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing
3 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team
4 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal
5 Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) IAM Cycling
6 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana Pro Team
7 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Orica GreenEdge
8 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
9 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team
10 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton
11 Tom Boonen (Bel) Etixx – Quick Step
12 Roy Jans (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
13 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Giant – Alpecin
14 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre – Merida
15 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha
16 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Team Katusha
17 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Team Cannondale – Garmin
18 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ
19 André Looij (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton
20 Edward Theuns (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
21 Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
22 Adam Blythe (GBr) Orica GreenEdge
23 Matti Breschel (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo
24 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek Factory Racing
25 Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) IAM Cycling
26 Oliver Naesen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
27 Berden De Vries (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton
28 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Etixx – Quick Step
29 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal
30 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
31 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton
32 Hugo Houle (Can) AG2R La Mondiale
33 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Etixx – Quick Step
34 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre – Merida
35 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
36 Enrique Sanz (Spa) Movistar Team
37 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal
38 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Etixx – Quick Step
39 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Arg) Lampre – Merida
40 Zico Waeytens (Bel) Team Giant – Alpecin
41 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal
42 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek Factory Racing
43 Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling
44 Jesper Asselman (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton
45 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Lampre – Merida
46 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
47 Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
48 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
49 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant – Alpecin
50 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Etixx – Quick Step
51 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Soudal
52 Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ
53 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
54 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Etixx – Quick Step
55 Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Soudal
56 Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica GreenEdge
57 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling
58 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Etixx – Quick Step
59 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team
60 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
61 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo
62 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team
63 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha
64 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing
65 Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
66 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo
67 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Team Cannondale – Garmin
68 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) Team Cannondale – Garmin
69 Martin Velits (Svk) Etixx – Quick Step
70 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team
71 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
72 Michael Valgren (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo
73 Dayer Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team
74 Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Team Cannondale – Garmin
75 Alexander Porsev (Rus) Team Katusha
76 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team
77 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant – Alpecin
78 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team
79 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
80 David Boucher (Bel) FDJ
81 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
82 Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team
83 Loic Vliegen (Bel) BMC Racing Team
84 Dries Devenyns (Bel) IAM Cycling
85 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Team Katusha
86 Jan Polanc (Slo) Lampre – Merida
87 Simon Spilak (Slo) Team Katusha
88 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team
89 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Team Katusha
90 Lars Boom (Ned) Astana Pro Team
91 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo
92 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica GreenEdge
93 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Sky
94 Huub Duijn (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton
95 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Team Cannondale – Garmin
96 Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
97 Marcel Aregger (Swi) IAM Cycling
98 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre – Merida
99 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre – Merida
100 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
101 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team
102 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Team Cannondale – Garmin
103 Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ
104 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek Factory Racing
105 Tim Kerkhof (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton
106 Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ
107 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
108 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
109 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
110 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team
111 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) IAM Cycling
112 David Tanner (Aus) IAM Cycling
113 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team
114 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton
115 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Team Katusha
116 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale
117 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale
118 Maxime Daniel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
119 Damien Gaudin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
120 Juan Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Movistar Team
121 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
122 Stig Broeckx (Bel) Lotto Soudal
123 Jérôme Baugnies (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
124 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Team Cannondale – Garmin
125 Nathan Earle (Aus) Team Sky
126 Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale
127 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica GreenEdge
128 Nathan Haas (Aus) Team Cannondale – Garmin
129 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal
130 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Factory Racing
131 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
132 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Team Sky
133 Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica GreenEdge
134 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre – Merida
135 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant – Alpecin
136 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant – Alpecin
137 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Team Sky
138 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Team Sky
139 Eugenio Alafaci (Ita) Trek Factory Racing
140 Adriano Malori (Ita) Movistar Team
141 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo
142 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
143 Michael Rogers (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo
144 Marco Coledan (Ita) Trek Factory Racing
145 Thomas Leezer (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
146 Chad Haga (USA) Team Giant – Alpecin
147 Sam Bewley (NZl) Orica GreenEdge
148 Danny Pate (USA) Team Sky
149 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant – Alpecin
150 Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ
151 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica GreenEdge
152 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky
153 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo
154 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
155 Rick Flens (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
156 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
157 Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ
158 Marco Marcato (Ita) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
DNF Anthony Geslin (Fra) FDJ
DNS Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team

General Classification after Stage 1 :
1 Elia Viviani (Ita) Team Sky 4:06:08
2 Danny van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 0:00:04
3 Jesper Asselman (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton
4 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team 0:00:05
5 Nico Denz (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale
6 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 0:00:06
7 Nathan Haas (Aus) Team Cannondale – Garmin 0:00:08
8 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:00:10
9 Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) IAM Cycling
10 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana Pro Team
11 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Orica GreenEdge
12 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
13 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team
14 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton
15 Tom Boonen (Bel) Etixx – Quick Step
16 Roy Jans (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
17 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Giant – Alpecin
18 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre – Merida
19 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha
20 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Team Katusha
21 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Team Cannondale – Garmin
22 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ
23 André Looij (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton
24 Edward Theuns (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
25 Frederik Backaert (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
26 Adam Blythe (GBr) Orica GreenEdge
27 Matti Breschel (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo
28 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek Factory Racing
29 Aleksejs Saramotins (Lat) IAM Cycling
30 Oliver Naesen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
31 Berden De Vries (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton
32 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Etixx – Quick Step
33 Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Lotto Soudal
34 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
35 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton
36 Hugo Houle (Can) AG2R La Mondiale
37 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Etixx – Quick Step
38 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre – Merida
39 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
40 Enrique Sanz (Spa) Movistar Team
41 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal
42 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Etixx – Quick Step
43 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Arg) Lampre – Merida
44 Zico Waeytens (Bel) Team Giant – Alpecin
45 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Soudal
46 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek Factory Racing
47 Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling
48 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Lampre – Merida
49 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
50 Jan Bakelants (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale
51 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
52 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant – Alpecin
53 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Etixx – Quick Step
54 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Soudal
55 Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ
56 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
57 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Etixx – Quick Step
58 Greg Henderson (NZl) Lotto Soudal
59 Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica GreenEdge
60 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling
61 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Etixx – Quick Step
62 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
63 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo
64 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team
65 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha
66 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing
67 Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
68 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo
69 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Team Cannondale – Garmin
70 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) Team Cannondale – Garmin
71 Martin Velits (Svk) Etixx – Quick Step
72 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team
73 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
74 Michael Valgren (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo
75 Dayer Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team
76 Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Team Cannondale – Garmin
77 Alexander Porsev (Rus) Team Katusha
78 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team
79 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant – Alpecin
80 Gorka Izaguirre Insausti (Spa) Movistar Team
81 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
82 David Boucher (Bel) FDJ
83 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team
84 Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team
85 Loic Vliegen (Bel) BMC Racing Team
86 Dries Devenyns (Bel) IAM Cycling
87 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Team Katusha
88 Jan Polanc (Slo) Lampre – Merida
89 Simon Spilak (Slo) Team Katusha
90 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team
91 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Team Katusha
92 Lars Boom (Ned) Astana Pro Team
93 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo
94 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica GreenEdge
95 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Sky
96 Huub Duijn (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton
97 Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Team Cannondale – Garmin
98 Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
99 Marcel Aregger (Swi) IAM Cycling
100 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre – Merida
101 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre – Merida
102 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
103 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team
104 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Team Cannondale – Garmin
105 Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ
106 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek Factory Racing
107 Tim Kerkhof (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton
108 Cédric Pineau (Fra) FDJ
109 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
110 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
111 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
112 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team
113 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) IAM Cycling
114 David Tanner (Aus) IAM Cycling
115 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team
116 Johnny Hoogerland (Ned) Roompot Oranje Peloton
117 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Team Katusha
118 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale
119 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale
120 Maxime Daniel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
121 Damien Gaudin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
122 Juan Lobato Del Valle (Spa) Movistar Team
123 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise
124 Stig Broeckx (Bel) Lotto Soudal
125 Jérôme Baugnies (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
126 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Team Cannondale – Garmin
127 Nathan Earle (Aus) Team Sky
128 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica GreenEdge
129 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal
130 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Factory Racing
131 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team
132 Lars Petter Nordhaug (Nor) Team Sky
133 Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica GreenEdge
134 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre – Merida
135 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant – Alpecin
136 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant – Alpecin
137 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Team Sky
138 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Team Sky
139 Eugenio Alafaci (Ita) Trek Factory Racing
140 Adriano Malori (Ita) Movistar Team
141 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo
142 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
143 Michael Rogers (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo
144 Marco Coledan (Ita) Trek Factory Racing
145 Thomas Leezer (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
146 Chad Haga (USA) Team Giant – Alpecin
147 Sam Bewley (NZl) Orica GreenEdge
148 Danny Pate (USA) Team Sky
149 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant – Alpecin
150 Francis Mourey (Fra) FDJ
151 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica GreenEdge
152 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky
153 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo
154 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
155 Rick Flens (Ned) Team LottoNL-Jumbo
156 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Wanty – Groupe Gobert
157 Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ
158 Marco Marcato (Ita) Wanty – Groupe Gobert