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Marcel Kittel at the teams presentation hopes to rebound from a disappointing Tour de France where he abandoned due to illness

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News and Updates for Eneco Tour 2012

Stage 7 post-race coverage



Boom wins 2012 Eneco Tour; Ballan wins the final stagecyclingnews
Eneco Tour: Lars Boom secures overall with late attack on final stagevelonation
Last Km of Stage 7 (02:13 Dutch) — sporza.be
Stage 6 Extended Highlights (30:00 English, subscription required) — cycling.tv
Full On-Demand Stage 6 Rebroadcast (English, subscription required) — cycling.tv
August 12 update: A lumpy course with many of the climbs from the Tour of Flanders including an uphill finish on Geraardsbergen. — Steve
See the race summary table (right) for the stage profile, map and timetable.

Stage 6 post-race coverage


14 Big Photos from Stage 6 sirotti
Svein Tuft time trials into the lead on stage sixvelonation
Tuft Takes Stage, GC Lead Into Final Stage; Stage 7 Previewpodiumcafe
Svein Tuft Wins Eneco Tour Time Trial; Moves Into Race Leadgreenedge cycling
Tuft takes Eneco time trial and overall leadcyclingnews
Phinney gracious in defeat after near-miss in Eneco time trialvelonation
14 Big Photos from Stage 6 sirotti
Stage 6 Extended Highlights (30:00 English, subscription required) — cycling.tv
Full On-Demand Stage 6 Rebroadcast (English, subscription required) — cycling.tv
August 11 update: A flat, nontechnical out-and-back individual time-trial in Ardooie. — Steve
See the race summary table (right) for the stage profile, map and timetable.

Stage 5 post-race coverage


15 Big Photos from Stage 5 sirotti
Nizzolo triumphs in Aaltercyclingnews
Giacomo Nizzolo takes maiden WorldTour victory in stage five sprintvelonation
Last Km of Stage 5 (02:20 Dutch) — sporza.be
Stage 5 Extended Highlights (30:00 English, subscription required) — cycling.tv
Full On-Demand Stage 5 Rebroadcast (English, subscription required) — cycling.tv
15 Big Photos from Stage 5 sirotti
August 9 update: A flat stage heading southwest Belgium. — Steve
See the race summary table (right) for the stage profile, map and timetable.

Stage 4 post-race coverage


15 Big Photos from Stage 4 sirotti
Kittel takes second win at Eneco Tourcyclingnews
Last Km of Stage 4 (02:44 Dutch) — sporza.be
Stage 4 Extended Highlights (30:00 English, subscription required) — cycling.tv
Full On-Demand Stage 4 Rebroadcast (English, subscription required) — cycling.tv
15 Big Photos from Stage 4 sirotti
August 9 update: A flat stage as the race heads northwest for a finish back in the Netherlands. — Steve
See the race summary table (right) for the stage profile, map and timetable.

Stage 3 post-race coverage


12 Big Photos from Stage 3 sirotti
Bos takes sprint victory in Genkcyclingnews
Theo Bos takes stage three sprint victory in Genkvelonation
Last Km of Stage 3 (03:09 Dutch) — sporza.be
Stage 3 Extended Highlights (30:00 English, subscription required) — cycling.tv
Full On-Demand Stage 3 Rebroadcast (English, subscription required) — cycling.tv
12 Big Photos from Stage 3 sirotti
August 8 update: A lumpy stage with a finishing circuit in Genk. — Steve
See the race summary table (right) for the stage profile, map and timetable.

Stage 2 post-race coverage


19 Big Photos from Stage 2 sirotti
Stage 2 results
1  Orica GreenEdge                           21:09
2  Omega Pharma Quick Step                     + 1
3  Katusha Team                                + 2
4  Rabobank                                    + 4
5  Liquigas Cannondale                        + 17
6  Radioshack Nissan                          + 18
7  Movistar Team 
8  Garmin Sharp                               + 27
9  Team Saxo Bank Tinkoff Bank
10 Vacansoleil DCM Pro Cycling Team           + 31

General classification after Stage 2
1  Jens Keukeleire OGE                     5h59:37
2  Sebastian Langeveld OGE 
3  Svein Tuft OGE 
4  Luke Drubridge OGE
5  Jens Mouris OGE
6  Tom Boonen OPQ                              + 1 
7  Sylvain Chavanel OPQ
8  Niki Terpstra OPQ 
9  Michal Kwiatkowski OPQ 
10 Dries Devenyns OPQ 
Orica-GreenEdge on top in Eneco team time trialcyclingnews
Orica-GreenEdge rides Jens Keukeleire into the lead in team time trialvelonation
Stage 2 Extended Highlights (30:00 English, subscription required) — cycling.tv
19 Big Photos from Stage 2 sirotti
Full On-Demand Stage 2 Rebroadcast (English, subscription required) — cycling.tv
August 6 update: A 19 km team time-trial loop starting and ending in Sittard with short 3.6% climb at km 11. — Steve
See the race summary table (right) for the stage profile, map and timetable.

Stage 1 post-race coverage


17 Big Photos from Stage 1 sirotti
Marcel Kittel cruises to stage one sprint as a crash hits the final two kilometresvelonation
Kittel wins Eneco opener at Middelburgcyclingnews
Contador builds form in Eneco Tour ahead of Vueltacyclingweekly.co.uk
Last 2 Km of Stage 1 including Crash (06:30 Dutch) — sporza.be
Stage 1 Extended Highlights (30:00 English, subscription required) — cycling.tv
17 Big Photos from Stage 1 sirotti
August 6 update:
See the race summary table (right) for the stage profile, map and timetable.

2012 Eneco Tour Race Preview


August 6 update:
Brief Previewcyclingnews
Contador returns to racing at Eneco Tourcyclingnews
Contador feeling more mature before return from banreuters
Taylor Phinney to lead BMC Racing Team to the Eneco Tourvelonation
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Live Streaming Video and TV Coverage

August 6 update: A work in progress for Eneco Tour 2012 live and delayed coverage. Unrestricted links will appear in bold. Check back at race time for more links. Feel free to send in additional sources for live video, tv coverage or text updates/tickers as they become known. — Steve
media source tv or internet comments/restrictions
   live video (english)
English commentary; Exclusively Live to USA, CAN, S.A., AUS, & JAP (Subscribers-only)
eurosport    live video (english)
   live video (english)
   live video (english)
   live video (english)
   live video (german)
 live ticker (english)
  tv schedule (british)
  tv schedule (int'l/cet)
Eurosport 2 Live at 14:30 CET with a rebroadcast later in the day.
sporza    live video (flemish)
   live video (unrestricted)
   live video (unrestricted)
   live video (unrestricted)
  tv schedule
Sporza's live
rtbf    live video (french)
   live video (french)
   live video (french)
RTBF; French commentary;
 live text updates Dutch official text updates
live text updates ES
live text updates EN
The Spanish website Biciciclismo will have the latest race updates
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2012 Eneco Route Map