2016 Eneco Tour
| 2016 UCI World Tour, race 26 of 28 | |||
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| Dates | 19–25 September | ||
| Stages | 7 | ||
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The 2016 Eneco Tour is a road cycling stage race scheduled to take place between 19 and 25 September 2016 in the Netherlands and Belgium. It will be the 12th edition of the Eneco Tour stage race and the twenty-sixth race of the 2016 UCI World Tour.
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Teams
The 18 UCI World Tour teams are automatically entitled and obliged to start the race. The race organisation will still hand out a few wildcards to some UCI Professional Continental teams.
World Tour teams
Schedule
Currently only the stage locations are available on the official website. Nothing is known yet about the course.
| Stage | Date | Route | Distance | Type | Winner | |
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| 1 | 19 September | Bolsward  to Bolsward |
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| 2 | 20 September | Breda to Breda |
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| 3 | 21 September | Blankenberge  to Ardooie |
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| 4 | 22 September | Aalter to Sint-Pieters-Leeuw |
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| 5 | 23 September | Sittard-Geleen to Sittard-Geleen |
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| 6 | 24 September | Riemst to Lanaken |
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| 7 | 25 September | Bornem to Geraardsbergen |
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Stages
Stage 1
19 September 2016 – Bolsward to Bolsward
Stage 2
20 September 2016 – Breda to Breda
Stage 3
21 September 2016 – Blankenberge to Ardooie
Stage 4
22 September 2016 – Aalter to Sint-Pieters-Leeuw
Stage 5
23 September 2016 – Sittard-Geleen to Sittard-Geleen
Stage 6
24 September 2016 – Riemst to Lanaken
Stage 7
25 September 2016 – Bornem to Geraardsbergen
Classification leadership table
There are four principal classifications in the race. The first of these is the general classification, calculated by adding up the time each rider took to ride each stage. Time bonuses are applied for winning stages (10, 6 and 4 seconds to the first three riders) and for the three "golden kilometre" sprints on each stage. At each of these sprints, the first three riders are given 3-, 2- and 1-second bonuses respectively. The rider with the lowest cumulative time is the winner of the general classification. The rider leading the classification wins a white jersey.
There is also a points classification. On each road stage the riders are awarded points for finishing in the top 10 places, with other points awarded for intermediate sprints. The rider with the most accumulated points is the leader of the classification and wins the red jersey. The combativity classification is based solely on points won at the intermediate sprints; the leading rider wins the green jersey. The final classification is a team classification: on each stage the times of the best three riders on each team are added up. The team with the lowest cumulative time over the seven stages wins the team classification.
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Points classification |
Combativity classification |
Team classification |
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