| 2012 UCI World Tour, race 20 of 28 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Dates | 6–12 August 2012 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 1,040.6 km (646.6 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 24h 51' 13" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2012 Eneco Tour was the eighth running of the Eneco Tour cycling stage race. It started on August 6 in Waalwijk in the Netherlands and ended on August 12 in Geraardsbergen, Belgium, after seven stages. It was the 20th race of the 2012 UCI World Tour season.
The race was won by Rabobank rider Lars Boom, who claimed the leader's white jersey on the final day after finishing second to BMC Racing Team rider Alessandro Ballan on the queen stage, and held enough of an advantage to assume the leader's jersey with his result.[1] Boom's winning margin over runner-up Sylvain Chavanel of Omega Pharma–Quick-Step was 26 seconds,[2] and his team-mate Niki Terpstra completed the podium, 23 seconds down on Chavanel and 49 behind Boom.[3] Orica–GreenEDGE rider Svein Tuft had originally finished third on the road, but was given a 20-second penalty for a water bottle infringement.
In the race's other classifications, RadioShack–Nissan's Giacomo Nizzolo won the red jersey for the points classification,[4] after winning a stage during the event, and Laurens De Vreese of Topsport Vlaanderen–Mercator won the "combativity" classification for most points awarded at each of the intermediate sprints during the event. Despite not winning a stage during the event, Omega Pharma–Quick-Step finished at the head of the teams classification, after placing three riders – Chavanel, Terpstra and Michał Kwiatkowski, who was eighth – in the top ten of the final general classification standings.[5]
- ^ "Boom adds the Eneco Tour to his track record". Rabobank. Rabosport. 12 August 2012. Archived from the original on 17 August 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
- ^ "Eneco win for Boom". Sky Sports. BSkyB. 12 August 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
- ^ "Lars Boom wins 2012 Eneco Tour in final stage". VeloNews. Competitor Group, Inc. Agence France-Presse. 12 August 2012. Archived from the original on 24 April 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
- ^ "Successful week in Eneco Tour". RadioShack–Nissan. Leopard SA. 12 August 2012. Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
- ^ "Chavanel, Terpstra on the GC podium". Omega Pharma–Quick-Step. Decolef. 12 August 2012. Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved 12 August 2012.