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2018 BinckBank Tour - Overview
Michael Matthews (Team Sunweb) took victory on the final stage 7 of the BinckBank Tour, while Matej Mohoric (Bahrain-Merida) claimed the overall victory. Matthews out-sprinted Greg van Avermaet (BMC Racing) up the Muur van Geraardsbergen to take a clear stage win over the Belgian with Zdenek Stybar (Quick-Step Floors) finished in third once again.
Mohoric won the overall title by five seconds over Matthews and 20 seconds over Tim Wellens (Lotto Soudal).
2018 BinckBank Tour stage 7 - Brief Results
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb | 4:38:36 |
| 2 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 0:00:01 |
| 3 | Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Quick-Step Floors | 0:00:03 |
| 4 | Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
| 5 | Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick-Step Floors | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
| 6 | Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
| 7 | Dion Smith (NZl) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
| 8 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quick-Step Floors | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
| 9 | Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Team Sky | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
| 10 | Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates | 0:00:07 |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain-Merida | 25:13:01 |
| 2 | Michael Matthews (Aus) Team Sunweb | 0:00:05 |
| 3 | Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Soudal | 0:00:20 |
| 4 | Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick-Step Floors | 0:00:25 |
| 5 | Dylan van Baarle (Ned) Team Sky | 0:00:34 |
| 6 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 0:00:37 |
| 7 | Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb | 0:00:39 |
| 8 | Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora-Hansgrohe | 0:00:43 |
| 9 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quick-Step Floors | Row 8 - Cell 2 |
| 10 | Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek-Segafredo | 0:00:50 |
2018 BinckBank Tour - Overview
The WorldTour's BinckBank Tour, formerly known as the Eneco Tour, is a seven-day race held from August 13-19 in the Netherlands and Belgium. Defending champion Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb) is not on the participating roster, however, four former winners are in attendance include the winner in 2016, Quick-Step's Niki Terpstra, along with his teammate and 2013 champion Zdenek Stybar. Also on the line are 2012 winner Lars Boom (LottoNL-Jumbo) and Lotto Soudal's Tim Wellens, who won in both 2014 and 2015.
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The Route:
- Stage 1: August 13, 2018 - Heerenveen to Bolsward, 177.3km
- Stage 2: August 14, 2018 - Venray to Venray (ITT), 12.7 km
- Stage 3: August 15, 2018 - Aalter to Antwerpen, 166 km
- Stage 4: August 16, 2018 - Blankenberge to Ardooie, 166.5 km
- Stage 5: August 17, 2018 - Sint-Pieters-Leeuw to Lanaken, 204.4 km
- Stage 6: August 18, 2018 - Riemst to Sittard-Geleen, 182.2 km
- Stage 7: August 19, 2018 - Lacs de l'Eau d'Heure to Geraardsbergen, 215.6 km
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BinckBank Tour13 August 2018 - 19 August 2018 | Belgium, Netherlands | 2.HC

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