2008 Eneco Tour
| 2008 UCI ProTour, race 11 of 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dates | August 20 to 27 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 26h 27' 07" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Winner |
 Iván Gutiérrez (ESP)
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(Caisse d'Epargne) | |
| Second |
 Sébastien Rosseler (BEL)
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(Quick-Step) | |
| Third |
 Michael Rogers (AUS)
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(Team Columbia) | |
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| Points |
Jurgen Roelandts (BEL)
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(Silence–Lotto) | |
| Team | Team Columbia | ||
The 2008 Eneco Tour of Benelux cycling road race takes place from August 20 to August 27, 2008 in the Benelux. Like the previous years, parts of the Netherlands and Belgium are covered. The 18 UCI ProTour teams are participating and two extra teams were invited, namely Cycle Collstrop and Skil-Shimano who were each given a wild card.
The leader of the points classification wears a red jersey.
Although in most stage races, the organisation gives away some points in the prologue, these were not given this year.
1st Eneco Sprint after (45 km)
2nd Eneco Sprint after (98 km)
3rd Eneco Sprint after (156 km)
Finish in Roermond after (175.6 km)
1st Eneco Sprint after (26 km)
2nd Eneco Sprint after (123 km)
3rd Eneco Sprint after (155 km)
Finish in Nieuwegein after (175 km)
1st Eneco Sprint after (80 km)
2nd Eneco Sprint after (127 km)
3rd Eneco Sprint after (147 km)
Finish in Terneuzen after (185 km)
All teams were allowed to start with 8 riders. For 20 teams this would create a starting field of 160 riders. Just like previous years however, some teams chose to start with fewer riders, which reduced the number riders on the official starting list to 151. Astana, Bouygues Télécom, Cofidis and Euskaltel–Euskadi started with 7 riders, Gerolsteiner started with 6 riders and only 5 riders were selected for team Lampre.
The Eneco Tour of Benelux 2008 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 of Benelux 2008 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.
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