Eneco Tour 2008 - 7

The eight day Eneco Tour started on Wednesday August 20 with a prologue in Sittard and ends a week later in Mechelen, Belgium, with a time trial. The race begins in the Netherlands and Belgium taking in some iconic sections of historic road such as the Oude Kwaremont and the Paterberg.

Stage 7 Mechelen (TT 18,8 km)
The final stage of the Eneco Tour was a simple time trial in the Belgian town of Mechelen.

The fastest on the day by eight seconds was Raivis Belohvosciks giving newly founded American Beef/Scott their first race win.

In second spot was José Gutierrez (Caisse d'Epargne) who did enough to overcome previous race leader André Greipel (Team Columbia) and win the race for the second successive year.

1 Raivis Belohvosciks American Beef/Scott 22'02"
2 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios Caisse d'Epargne 8"
3 Sébastien Rosseler Quick Step 8"
4 Michael Rogers Team Columbia 8"
5 Stijn Devolder Quick Step 10"
6 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team Columbia 19"
7 Servais Knaven Team Columbia 21"
8 Rein Taaramae Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 28"
9 André Greipel Team Columbia 33"
10 Rubens Bertogliati Saunier Duval-Scott 35"
11 Joost Posthuma Rabobank 37"
12 Thomas Frei Astana 45"
13 Luis Leon Sanchez Gil Caisse d'Epargne 47"
14 Matthew Harley Goss Team CSC 48"
15 Bert Roesems Silence-Lotto 50"
16 Bram Tankink Rabobank 51"
17 Serguei Ivanov Astana 55"
18 Piet Rooijakkers Skil-Shimano 57"
19 Jesus Del Nero Montes Saunier Duval-Scott 58"
20 Florent Brard Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 59"

Final General Classification
1 José Ivan Gutierrez Caisse d'Epargne 26.27'07"
2 Sébastien Rosseler Quick Step 4"
3 Michael Rogers Team Columbia 7"
4 Stijn Devolder Quick Step 13"
5 André Greipel Team Columbia 14"
6 Joost Posthuma Rabobank 39"
7 Servais Knaven Team Columbia 48"
8 Bram Tankink Rabobank 51"
9 Jurgen Roelandts Silence-Lotto 54"
10 Piet Rooijakkers Skil-Shimano 1'02"
11 Serguei Ivanov Astana 1'07"
12 Koen De Kort Astana 1'19"
13 Frederik Willems Liquigas 1'22"
14 Sébastien Turgot Bouygues Telecom 1'25"
15 Laurent Mangel Ag2r la Mondiale 1'27"
16 Borut Bozic Cycle Collstrop 1'30"
17 Wilfried Cretskens Quick Step 1'33"
18 Marco Velo Team Milram 1'33"
19 Carlo Westphal Gerolsteiner 1'34"
20 Roger Hammond Team Columbia 1'48"

Points
1 Jurgen Roelandts Silence-Lotto 113
2 André Greipel Team Columbia 105
3 Edvald Boasson Hagen Team Columbia 104
4 Kenny Van Hummel Skil-Shimano 85
5 Borut Bozic Cycle Collstrop 58
6 Elia Rigotto Team Milram 47
7 Francesco Chicchi Liquigas 37
8 Bram Tankink Rabobank 32
9 Carlo Westphal Gerolsteiner 30
10 Tom Leezer Rabobank 26

Stages
Aug 20 Prologue: Sittard/Geleen (NL) (4,4 km)
Aug 21 Stage 1 Beek (NL) - Roermond (NL) (173,8 km)
Aug 22 Stage 2 Roermond (NL) - Nieuwegein (NL) (173,3 km)
Aug 23 Stage 3 Nieuwegein (NL) - Terneuzen (NL) (185,9 km)
Aug 24 Stage 4 Terneuzen (NL) - Ardooie (B) (213 km)
Aug 25 Stage 5 Ardooie (B) - Oostende (B) (167 km)
Aug 26 Stage 6 Maldegem (B) - Brussel (B) (186 km)
Aug 27 Stage 7 Mechelen (B) (TT 18,8 km)
Total: 1.122,2 km

Website - www.sport.be/enecotour/