Eneco Tour: Sir Bradley Wiggins back in action as rouleurs battle it out for victory

Sir Bradley Wiggins is looking to continue his return to peak fitness

Held in equal parts across Holland and Belgium, the event is one of the most challenging mid-season races on the calendar, with organisers routinely seeking out the most testing climbs in the region in a bid to test out the world's elite.

The race rewards the strongest men in the field, and with precious WorldTour points up for grabs, there will be no quarter given once again.

Wiggins will look to continue his return to fitness and form, while Belkin's Lars Boom returns at the defending champion.

Stages

Stage 1: Monday, August 12 - Koksijde to Ardooie, 175.3km | Report

Result

1 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Belkin, 4:01:14
2 Andre Greipel (Bel) Lotto-Belisol, +2secs
3 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack-Leopard, same time
4 Ariel Richeze (Arg) Lampre-Merida, st
5 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale, st
6 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC, st
7 Michael van Staeyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise, st
8 Davide Appollonio (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale, st
9 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, st
10 Ruslan Tluebayev (Kaz) Astana, st
Selected other
163 Bradley Wiggins (GB) Team Sky, +3:50

General classification

1 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Belkin, 4:01:04
2 Andre Greipel (Bel) Lotto-Belisol, +6secs
3 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise, +7
4 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack-Leopard, +8
5 Benjamin Verraes (Bel) Accent.jobs - Wanty, same time
6 Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin, +9
7 Laurens de Vreese (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise, st
8 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC, +10
9 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Cannondale, +11
10 Ariel Richeze (Arg) Lampre-Merida, +12
Selected other
163 Bradley Wiggins (GB) Team Sky, +4:00

Stage 2: Tuesday, August 13 - Ardooie to Vorst (Brussels), 176.9km | Report

Result

1 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ, 4:03:34
2 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC, same time
3 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Sharp, st
4 Marko Kump (Slo) Saxo-Tinkoff, st
5 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, st
6 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Accent.jobs - Wanty, st
7 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre-Merida, st
8 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC, st
9 Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin, st
10 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ, st
Selected other
124 Bradley Wiggins (GB) Team Sky, +1:22

General classification

1 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ, 8:04:40
2 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Belkin, +3sec
3 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC, +4
4 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Sharp, +6
5 Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin, +7
6 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC, +8
7 Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto-Belisol, +9
8 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, +10
9 Mathieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ, st
10 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Accent.jobs - Wanty, st
Selected other
147 Bradley Wiggins (GB) Team Sky, +5:20

Stage 3: Wednesday, August 14 - Oosterhout to Brouwersdam, 187.3km | Report

Result

1 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, 4:14:00
2 Ariel Richeze (Arg) Lampre-Merida, same time
3 Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin, st
4 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack-Leopard, +2sec
5 Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto-Belisol, st
6 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale, st
7 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Accent.jobs - Wanty, st
8 Alexander Porsev (Rus) Katusha, st
9 Davide Appollonio (Ita) Ag2r-La Mondiale, st
10 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Movistar, st
Selected other
139 Bradley Wiggins (GB) Team Sky, +1:05

General classification

1 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ, 12:18:42
2 Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin, +1sec
3 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, +3
4 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Belkin, same time
5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC, +4
6 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Sharp, +6
7 Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto-Belisol, +8
8 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC, st
9 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, +10
10 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Accent.jobs - Wanty, st
Selected other
146 Bradley Wiggins (GB) Team Sky, +6:23

Stage 4: Thursday, August 15 - Essen to Vlijmen, 169.6km | Report

Result

1 Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto-Belisol 3:47:35
2 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack-Leopard, same time
3 Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin, st
4 Alessandro Pettachi (Ita) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, st
5 Alexander Porsev (Rus) Katusha, st
6 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Sharp, st
7 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica-GreenEDGE, st
8 Yauheni Hutarovic (Blr) Ag2r_la Mondiale, st
9 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale, st
10 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Team Sky, st

General classification

1 Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin, 16:06:15
2 Andre Greipel (Ger) Lotto-Belisol, +1sec
3 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ, +3
4 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, +6
5 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC, +7
6 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin-Sharp, +9
7 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) Omegas Pharma - Quick-Step, +13
8 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) RadioShack-Leopard, +15
9 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC, +17
10 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise, same time
Selected other
145 Bradley Wiggins (GB) Team Sky, +9:37

Stage 5: Friday, August 16 - Sittard-Geleen (individual time trial), 13.2km | Report

Result

1 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 16:04
2 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Argos-Shimano +4secs
3 Jesse Sergent (NZ) RadioShack Leopard, same time
4 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Orica-GreenEDGE, +6
5 Bradley Wiggins (GB) Team Sky, +9
6 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC, +11
7 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha, +14
8 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vaconsoleil-DCM, +17
9 Andrey Grivko (Ukr) Astana, +18
10 Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin, +20

General classification

1 Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin 16:22:39
2 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, +4
3 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Argos-Shimano, +8
4 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC, same time
5 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Orica-GreenEDGE, +10
6 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC, +18
7 Andrey Grivko (Ukr) Astana, +23
8 Zdeneck Stybar (Cze) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, +24
9 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha, +25
10 Ian Stannard (GB) Team Sky, +26
Selected other
135 Bradley Wiggins (GB) Team Sky, +9:26

Stage 6: Saturday, August 17 - Riemst to La Redoute (Aywaille), 150km | Report

Result

1 David Lopez (Spa) Team Sky, 3:51:13
2 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, +2secs
3 Maciej Paterski (Pol) Cannondale, same time
4 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Argos-Shimano, +3
5 Jan Bakelants (Bel) RadioShack-Leopard, st
6 Angel Madrazo (Spa) Movistar, st
7 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM, st
8 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-GreenEDGE, st
9 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Garmin-Sharp, +12
10 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ, st

General classification

1 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Argos-Shimano, 20:04:03
2 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, +9secs
3 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana, +24
4 Jan Bakelants (Bel) RadioShack-Leopard, +29
5 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-GreenEDGE, same time
6 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Vacansoleil-DCM, +37
7 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, +50
8 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Belkin, +1:07
9 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica-GreenEDGE, +1:16
10 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana, +1:33

Stage 7: Sunday, August 18 - Tienen to Geraardsbergen, 208km | Report

Result

1 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, 5:00:03
2 Ian Stannard (GB) Team Sky, +4secs
3 Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin, +12
4 Manuel Quinziato (BMC), +14
5 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica-GreenEDGE, +17
6 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-GreenEDGE, +25
7 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Belkin, same time
8 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Argos-Shimano, st
9 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre-Merida, st
10 Laurens de Vreese (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise, st

Final general classification

1 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, 25:14:05
2 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Argos-Shimano, +26secs
3 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana, +50
4 Jan Bakelants (Bel) RadioShack-Leopard, +55
5 Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica-GreenEDGE, same time
6 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step, +1:20
7 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Belkin, +1:32
8 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica-GreenEDGE, +1:34
9 Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana, +2:07
10 Maxime Monfort (Bel) RadioShack-Leopard, +2:14
Selected others
18 Ian Stannard (GB) Team Sky, +3:51
91 Bradley Wiggins (GB) Team Sky, +32:01

Teams and riders

Accent.jobs -Wanty: Danilo Napolitano (Ita), Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux), Stefan van Dijk (Ned), Jurgen van Goolen (Bel), Gregory Habeaux (Bel), James Vanlandschoot (Bel), Benjamin Verraes (Bel), Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel).

Ag2r-La Mondiale: Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr), Davide Appollonio (Ita), Gediminas Bagdonas (Lit), Manuel Belletti (Ita), Axel Domont (Ita), Hugo Houle (Can), Julian Kern (Ger), Sebastien Minard (Fra).

Argos-Shimano: Marcel Kittel (Ger), Roy Curvers (Ned), Koen de Kort (Ned), John Degenkolb (Ger), Tom Dumoulin (Ned), Francois Parisien (Can), Albert Timmer (Ned), Tom Veelers (Ned).

Astana: Borut Bozic (Slo), Assan Bazayev (Kaz), Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz), Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita), Evan Huffman (USA), Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz), Andriy Grivko (Ukr), Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz).

Belkin: Lars Boom (Ned), Theo Bos (Ned), Graeme Brown (Aus), Wilco Kelderman (Ned), Mark Renshaw (Aus), Bram Tankink (Ned), Maarten Tjallingii (Ned), Jos van Emden (Ned).

BMC: Philippe Gilbert (Bel), Marcus Burghardt (Ger), Klaas Lodewyck (Ger), Daniel Oss (Ita), Taylor Phinney (USA), Manuel Quinziato (Ita), Danilo Wyss (Sui), Amael Moinard (Fra).

Cannondale: Moreno Moser (Ita), Guillaume Boivin (Can), Tiziano Dall'Antonia (Ita), Alan Marangoni (Ita), Maciej Paterski (Pol), Brian Vandborg (Den), Elia Viviani (Ita), Maciej Bodnar (Pol).

Euskaltel-Euskadi: Ruben Perez (Spa), Garikoitz Bravo (Spa), Jure Kocjan (Slo), Juan Jose Lobato (Spa), Miguel Minguez (Spa), Jon Aberasturi (Spa), Romain Sicard (Fra), Ioannis Tamouridis (Gre).

FDJ: Arnaud Demare (Fra), Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra), David Boucher (Bel), Mickael Delage (Fra), Murilo Fischer (Bra), Yoann Offredo (Fra), Dominique Rollin (Can), Arnold Jeannesson (Fra).

Garmin-Sharp: Tyler Farrar (USA), Koldo Fernandez (Spa), Robbie Hunter (RSA), Raymond Kreder (Ned), Ramunas Navardauskas (Lit), Nick Nuyens (Bel), Alex Rasmussen (Den), Johan Vansummeren (Bel).

Katusha: Simon Spilak (Slo), Vladimir Gusev (Rus), Vladimir Isaychev (Rus), Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus), Alexander Porsev (Rus), Gatis Smukulis (Lat), Alexey Tsatevitch (Rus), Anton Vorobyev (Rus).

Lampre-Merida: Filippo Pozzato (Ita), Winner Anacona (Col), Matteo Bono (Ita), Daniele Pietropolli (Ita), Ariel Richeze (Arg), Davide Vigano (Ita), Luca Wackermann (Ita), Luca Dodi (Ita).

Lotto-Belisol: Andre Greipel (Ger), Jens Debusschere (Bel), Gert Dockx (Bel), Jurgen Roelandts (Bel), Tim Wellens (Bel), Frederik Willems (Bel), Sander Cordeel (Bel), Jonas Vangenechten (Bel).

Movistar: Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa), Juan Jose Cobo (Spa), Alex Dowsett (GB), Pablo Lastras (Spa), Angel Madrazo (Spa), Enrique Sanz (Spa), Eloy Teruel (Spa), Francisco Ventoso (Spa).

Omega Pharma - Quick-Step: Gert Steegmans (Bel), Sylvain Chavanel (Fra), Kevin de Weert (Bel), Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel), Alessando Petacchi (Ita), Zdenek Stybar (Cze), Niki Terpstra (Ned), Guillaime van Keirsbulck (Bel).

Orica-GreenEDGE: Svein Tuft (Can), Luke Durbridge (Aus), Daryl Impey (RSA), Aidis Kruopis (Lit), Sebastien Langeveld (Ned), Jens Mouris (Ned), Pieter Weening (Ned), Jens Keukeleire (Bel).

RadioShack-Leopard: Stijn Devolder (Bel), Danilo Hondo (Ger), Bob Jungels (Ned), Maxime Monfort (Bel), Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita), Gregory Rast (Sui), Jesse Sergent (NZ), Jan Bakelants (Bel).

Saxo-Tinkoff: Daniele Bennati (Ita), Manuele Boaro (Ita), Matti Breschel (Den), Jonathan Cantwell (Aus), Kartsen Kroon (Ned), Marko Kump (Slo), Takashi Miyazawa (Jap), Jonas Aaen Jorgensen (Den).

Team Sky: Bradley Wiggins (GB), Bernhard Eisel (Aut), Mathew Hayman (Aus), Gabriel Rasch (Nor), Ian Stannard (GB), Chris Sutton (Aus), Ben Swift (GB), David Lopez (Spa).

Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise: Laurens de Vreese (Bel), Tim Declercq (Bel), Pieter Jacobs (Bel), Gijs van Hoecke (Bel), Michael Staeyen (Bel), Sven Vandousselare (Bel), Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel), Jelle Wallays (Bel).

Vacansoleil-DCM: Pim Ligthart (Ned), Mirko Selvaggi (Ita), Johnny Hoogerland (Ned), Bjorn Leukemans (Bel), Frederik Veuchelen (Bel), Boy van Poppel (Ned), Danny van Poppel (Ned), Lieuwe Westra (Ned).