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2nd Eneco Tour of Benelux - PT
Netherlands & Belgium, August 16-23, 2006
Photography
Stage 7 - August 23: Ans (Bel) - Ans (Bel), 201.2 km
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Images by Luc Claessen/www.ctm-images.com
- Mario Aerts (Davitamon) leads the break
- Ekimov leads Hincapie and Boonen
- Quick.Step and Discovery making the tempo
- Max van Heeswijk (Discovery Channel) leads the bunch
- The peloton in the feed zone
- What have we here?
- Simone Cadamuro (Milram) follows Thomas Lovkvist
- Andrea Peron (CSC) leads on La Redoute
- Rabobank sets a hard tempo on La Redoute
- Philippe Gilbert (Francaise des Jeux) leads at the bottom of La Redoute
- Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) attacks after La Redoute
- Merckx and Lovkivst on the Côte de Tilff
- The leaders descend towards Liege
- Portal and Merckx in the last 10 km
- The leaders are caught with 6 km to go
- Philippe Gilbert (Francaise des Jeux) wins as Hincapie crashes with 50m to go
- Philippe Gilbert (Francaise des Jeux) is very happy with this one
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) on the ground after crashing into Schumacher
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) was not happy after his finish crash
- Stage winner Philippe Gilbert on the podium
- Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) was not exactly happy with his red jersey
- Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) won the young rider's jersey too
- Simone Cadamuro (Milram) is the points winner
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- Philippe Gilbert (Francaise des Jeux) almost at the line, while Hincapie falls behind him
- Schumacher heads for home as Hincapie lies on the ground
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) moments after his crash
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) walks across the line
- Hincapie and Schumacher have a quiet word after the stage
Stage 6 - August 22: Bornem (Bel) - Sint-Truiden (Bel), 213.9 km
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- The group winds away from the airport
- Discovery controls the pace early in the day
- Discovery on the front
- Big George
- Mad Max (Discovery Channel) in control
- The pack moves by a neighborhood peloton
- Boonen is relaxed in stage 6
- Sergei Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team
- Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto
- Matthew White on the Mur de Huy
- Mur de Huy
- The peloton all together
- Tom Boonen and George Hincapie
- The leaders
- The race leaders
- A crash in the group disrupted the action for a while
- Olaf Pollack (Ger) T-Mobile Team DNF'd after the crash
- Pollack on the ground
- Didier Rous (Fra) Bouygues Telecom, was also a victim of the crash
- It came down to a sprint
- David Kopp scores his first-ever Pro Tour victory
- Kopp on the podium
- Hincapie still leads the Tour
Stage 5 - August 21: Hasselt (Bel) - Balen (Bel), 183.1 km
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- The leading seven
- Mathew Hayman (Rabobank) in the breakaway
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) in action
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) rides ahead of De Jongh and Boonen
- Discovery Channel chasing hard
- The skies are dark above the peloton
- Matthias Kessler (T-Mobile) crashes, while a Saunier Duval rider signals the danger
- Matthias Kessler (T-Mobile) on the ground after his crash
- Matthias Kessler (T-Mobile) with his DIY quick fix
- Matthias Kessler (T-Mobile) "A bit of WD-40 and the knee is right as rain"
- Ouch, why me?
- This Caisse d'Epargne rider was another crash victim
- Matthew White (Discovery Channel) worked hard for Hincapie today
- The peloton passing through Balen
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) celebrates victory
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) triumphs at home in Balen
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) on the podium
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) on the podium in the red leader's jersey
- Part of Boonen's fan club in Balen
Stage 4 - August 20: Landgraaf (Ned) - Landgraaf (Ned) ITT, 16.1 km
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Images by Elmar Krings
- The start house
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) stays hydrated
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) in warmup mode
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) and his well-worn shifters
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) flying like a bird
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) warms up
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) towels down
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) in the red jersey for the last time
- Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas) did the best time at halfway, but was just beaten by Hincapie at the finish
- Head down for Schumacher
- Jose Ivan Gutierrez (Caisse d'Epargne) pushes himself
- Philippe Gilbert (Francaise des Jeux) had the quickest time for a while
- Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) missed the top 10
- Juan Carlos Dominguez (Unibet.com) was 26th
- Gorazd Stangelj (Lampre-Fondital) keeping cool
- Nick Nuyens (Quick.Step) in the hurt box
- You never know what might happen
- Polish TT champ Piotr Mazur
- German rider Paul Martens (Skil-Shimano)
- Liquigas warms up
- Alan Pérez Lezáun (Euskaltel)
- Javier Meijas Leal (Saunier Duval)
- Karsten Kroon (CSC) in action
- Kim Kirchen (T-Mobile) on the go
- Matej Jurco (Milram) the Slovakian champion
- Enrico Gasparotto (Liquigas)
- Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank) hurting himself
- Steven de Jongh (Quick.Step) is not exactly a time trialist
- Simone Cadamuro (Milram) gets on his machine
- William Bonnet (Credit Agricole)
- Mario Aerts (Davitamon-Lotto) in action
- Markus Zberg (Gerolsteiner)
- Maarten Tjallingii (Skil-Shimano) stretches it out
- Stage winner George Hincapie (Discovery Channel)
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) is now the overall leader
- Simone Cadamuro (Milram) is still the points leader
- Best young rider Stefan Schumacher
Stage 3 - August 19: Beek (Ned) - Westmalle (Bel), 185.0 km
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- Niko Eeckhout (Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen) receives medical assistance.
- Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) is sitting pretty on the overall classification.
- The early break.
- The peloton take up the chase.
- The early break about to be caught.
- The end is near for the break.
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) is biding his time in the Eneco Tour.
- The peloton groupé with 10 kilometres to go.
- Max Van Heeswijk (Discovery Channel) a popular figure at the Eneco Tour.
- As easy win coming up for Tom Boonen (Quick Step-Innergetic).
- The sprint was closer than Tom Boonen expected in the end.
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step-Innergetic) makes winning look easy.
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step-Innergetic) waves to his fans.
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step-Innergetic) enjoying his time on the podium.
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- Tom Boonen (Quick Step-Innergetic) outsprints Max Van Heeswijk (Discovery Channel, R) and Baden Cooke (Unibet.com, L) to take his second stage win of the Eneco Tour.
- Last day in the lead for Tom Boonen?
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step-Innergetic) popular as ever.
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step-Innergetic) receives his kiss and winner's bouquet.
Stage 2 - August 18: ’s Hertogenbosch (Ned) - Sittard-Geleen (Ned), 194.6 km
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- The peloton strings out around a corner
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) in the leader's red jersey
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) in the peloton as race leader
- The two leaders on the last lap
- The peloton chasing hard
- Maarten den Bakker (Milram) doing chase work
- Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas) wins the second stage
- Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas) celebrates at the finish
- Simone Cadamuro (Milram) refreshes himself
- Best young rider Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner)
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) is escorted to the podium
- Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas) on the podium
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) gets the leader's jersey again
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) smiles on the podium
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) receives the leader's kisses
- Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) in yellow as best young rider
- Simone Cadamuro (Milram) is the points leader, and says thanks for the flowers
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- Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas) thoroughly enjoying his first professional victory.
Images by Elmar Krings
- The breakaway one minute ahead of the peloton.
- Race leader Tom Boonen (Quick.Step-Innergetic) enjoys a laugh.
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step-Innergetic) enjoying the attention.
- Simone Cadamuro (Team Milram) becomes the new leader on points.
- Simone Cadamuro (Team Milram) on the podium.
- The peloton en route to Sittard.
- Which way do we go?
- The peloton didn't stay this way as they neared the finish in Sittard-Geleen.
- The peloton negotiates a roundabout.
- Here they come!
- All quiet in the Eneco Tour peloton.
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step-Innergetic) rides alongside T-Mobile's Olaf Pollack.
- Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas) needs to get used to this - it's his first win, after all.
- Manuel Quinziato (Liquigas) takes in the applause.
- The boys from Liquigas were all delighted with Manuel Quinziato's victory.
- Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) continues to lead the young riders' classification.
- Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner) in the peloton.
- Stefan Schumacher's eyes are elsewhere. They shouldn't be!
- Stefan Wesemann (T-Mobile) has a bad case of helmet-hair.
- Wouter Weylandt (Quick Step-Innergetic) finished third today.
Images by Brian O'Connor
- The Doenrade bonus points line - before the people showed up.
- The break snatching the bonus points, 2-plus minutes ahead of the peloton.
- The peloton on the rise, coming into Doenrade.
- Guess who is taking a stretch?
- The three leaders on their second lap.
- The pace had picked up quite a bit from the first lap, as a hungry peloton bears down on the breakway.
- The front of the peloton.
Stage 1 - August 17: Wieringerwerf (Ned) - Hoogeveen (Ned), 176.9 km
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- The peloton rides over the over the 'Afsluitdijk' on the A7 motorway en route to Hoogeveen.
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step-Innergetic) wins the opening road stage of the 2006 Eneco Tour in Hoogeveen.
Prologue - August 16: Den Helder (Ned) ITT, 5.8 km
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- Prologue winner Stefan Schumacher (Gerolsteiner)
- George Hincapie (Discovery Channel) missed out by 0.45 of a second
- Joost Posthuma (Rabobank) set the early best time, that held for most of the day
- Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) racing to fifth place
- Nick Nuyens (Quick.Step) was eigth, but had the misfortune to crash after the stage
- Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) came a little bit short today to finish 10th
- Jason McCartney (Discovery Channel)
- Karsten Kroon (CSC) was 12th today
- Philippe Gilbert (FDJ) was a solid 13th
- Bobby Julich (CSC) was 15th at the end
- Viacheslav Ekimov (Discovery Channel) in his last prologue
- Rik Reinerink (Skil-Shimano)
- Mark Scanlon (AG2R) in action
- Maarten Tjallingii (Skil-Shimano) was just inside the top 30
- Luke Roberts (CSC) a little rusty?
- Lars Michaelsen (CSC) winds it up
- Julian Dean (Credit Agricole) in not his favourite discipline
- Juan Antonio Flecha (Rabobank) puts the power down
- Gustav Larsson (FDJ) is his team's other Swedish champ
- Gert Steegmans (Davitamon) on the way back
- Gerben Lowik (Rabobank)
- Axel Merckx (Phonak) in action
- Andrea Peron (CSC) pushing for a good time
- Vicente Reynes (Caisse d'Epargne)
