Ian Stannard (Team Sky) was caught by lone attacker Zdenek Stybar (Omega Pharma – Quick-Step) 5km from home who won the final stage and general classification of 2013 Eneco Tour.

Race Report

The final stage of the race took the riders on a 208km route containing three ascents of the Muur in Geraardsbergen, which made its name as a key climb of the Tour of Flanders. The breakaway opened up a maximum gap of almost seven minutes, but when the advantage fell below two minutes just under 50km out, Ian Stannard upped the pace and only Andre Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) and Pim Ligthart (Vacansoleil-DCM) could follow.

The lead grew back to over two minutes, but the Englishman continued to press on and soon dropped Ligthart 30km from home. Greipel fought valiantly to keep Stannard’s wheel in a bid to pick up points at intermediate sprints, but he finally lost contact on the Bosberg climb 20km out, leaving his fellow escapee to plough on solo.

Greipel was soon swept up by Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma – Quick-Step), Wilco Kelderman (Belkin) and Daniel Oss (BMC), who had attacked out of the peloton and the quartet drew to within 45 seconds of Stannard heading into the final 10km. The pace in the main bunch was now too high for them to stay away, though, and after they had been caught 6km out, Stybar seized the moment to launch his attack on the penultimate Denderoordberg climb. He sooned joined Stannard, but rather than fall away, the Briton dug deep and began working with his now co-leader to maintain a 16-second gap leading on to the final ascent of the Muur. Stannard put in a dig 250m out, but Stybar still had energy in reserve and stayed in the wheel before launching his decisive attack.

Stybar’s late move saw him top the general classification by 26 seconds from previous race leader Tom Dumoulin (Argos-Shimano), who could only finish eighth on the stage, 25 seconds back.

Information from Team Sky website used in the race report.

Race Results

Eneco Tour (2013) - Stage 7

Tienen to Geraardsbergen (208km)
18 Aug 2013
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Stage
Position Name Nationality Team Time
1 STYBAR, Zdenek CZE OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP 5:00:03
2 STANNARD, Ian GBR SKY PROCYCLING 4
3 BOOM, Lars NED Belkin 12
4 QUINZIATO, Manuel ITA BMC RACING 14
5 WEENING, Pieter NED ORICA-GREENEDGE 17
6 IMPEY, Daryl RSA ORICA-GREENEDGE 25
7 KELDERMAN, Wilco NED Belkin
8 DUMOULIN, Tom NED ARG
9 POZZATO, Filippo ITA LAMPRE - ISD
10 DE VREESE, Laurens BEL TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - MERCATOR
11 BAKELANTS, Jan BEL Radioshack Leopard
12 GRIVKO, Andriy UKR ASTANA
13 TERPSTRA, Niki NED OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP 29
14 PATERSKI, Maciej POL Cannondale Pro Cycling
15 BAGDONAS, Gediminas LTU AG2R LA MONDIALE
16 WYSS, Danilo SUI BMC RACING
17 BODNAR, Maciej POL Cannondale Pro Cycling
18 CHAVANEL, Sylvain FRA OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
19 JEANNESSON, Arnold FRA FDJ-BIG MAT 33
20 WACKERMANN, Luca ITA LAMPRE - ISD
21 HOOGERLAND, Johnny NED VACANSOLEIL-DCM
22 IGLINSKIY, Maxim KAZ ASTANA
23 MONFORT, Maxime BEL Radioshack Leopard
24 ROELANDTS, Jurgen BEL LOTTO BELISOL
25 DE WEERT, Kevin BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP 38
26 GUSEV, Vladimir RUS KATUSHA
27 SICARD, Romain FRA EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI 39
28 DECLERCQ, Tim BEL TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - MERCATOR
29 HAYMAN, Mathew AUS SKY PROCYCLING
30 ROJAS GIL, Jose Joaquin ESP MOVISTAR 49
31 TANKINK, Bram NED Belkin 57
32 CANTWELL, Jonathan AUS Saxo Tinkoff +1:27
33 BRAVO OIARBIDE, Garikoitz ESP EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI
34 MINGUEZ AYALA, Miguel ESP EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI
35 FERNANDEZ, Koldo ESP Garmin-Sharp
36 VIVIANI, Elia ITA Cannondale Pro Cycling
37 LEUKEMANS, Björn BEL VACANSOLEIL-DCM +1:32
38 MOINARD, Amaël FRA BMC RACING
39 VAN HOECKE, Gijs BEL TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - MERCATOR
40 HUTAROVICH, Yauheni BLR AG2R LA MONDIALE +1:35
41 DOMONT, Axel FRA AG2R LA MONDIALE +1:38
42 LANGEVELD, Sebastian NED ORICA-GREENEDGE +1:39
43 DEBUSSCHERE, Jens BEL LOTTO BELISOL +1:43
44 NUYENS, Nick BEL Garmin-Sharp +1:46
45 LADAGNOUS, Matthieu FRA FDJ-BIG MAT +3:04
46 SELVAGGI, Mirko ITA VACANSOLEIL-DCM +3:09
47 JUNGELS, Bob LUX Radioshack Leopard
48 VAN POPPEL, Danny NED VACANSOLEIL-DCM
49 BRESCHEL, Matti DEN Saxo Tinkoff +3:29
50 DURBRIDGE, Luke AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE +4:29
51 DE KORT, Koen NED ARG +4:37
52 GREIPEL, André GER LOTTO BELISOL +4:56
53 VAN KEIRSBULCK, Guillaume BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP +5:50
54 OSS, Daniel ITA BMC RACING +7:22
55 KUZNETSOV, Viacheslav RUS KATUSHA +7:24
56 PORSEV, Alexander RUS KATUSHA
57 JACOBS, Pieter BEL TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - MERCATOR
58 WALLAYS, Jelle BEL TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - MERCATOR
59 VANDENBERGH, Stijn BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
60 LODEWYCK, Klaas BEL BMC RACING
61 KUCHYNSKI, Aliaksandr BLR KATUSHA
62 VANGENECHTEN, Jonas BEL LOTTO BELISOL
63 JÖRGENSEN, Jonas Aaen DEN Saxo Tinkoff
64 BOIVIN, Guillaume CAN Cannondale Pro Cycling
65 VEUCHELEN, Frederik BEL VACANSOLEIL-DCM
66 MARANGONI, Alan ITA Cannondale Pro Cycling
67 TAMOURIDIS, Ioannis GRE EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI
68 KOCJAN, Jure SLO EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI
69 SERGENT, Jesse NZL Radioshack Leopard +7:33
70 BOZIC, Borut SLO ASTANA
71 FARRAR, Tyler USA Garmin-Sharp
72 HUFFMAN, Evan USA ASTANA
73 KEUKELEIRE, Jens BEL ORICA-GREENEDGE +7:36
74 VAN POPPEL, Boy NED VACANSOLEIL-DCM
75 TJALLINGII, Maarten NED Belkin
76 PIETROPOLLI, Daniele ITA LAMPRE - ISD
77 VAN EMDEN, Jos NED Belkin
78 RAST, Grégory SUI Radioshack Leopard
79 HONDO, Danilo GER Radioshack Leopard
80 WIGGINS, Bradley GBR SKY PROCYCLING
81 SUTTON, Christopher AUS SKY PROCYCLING
82 VANLANDSCHOOT, James BEL ACCENT JOBS - WILLEMS VERANDA'S
83 PARISIEN, Francois CAN ARG
84 SCHEIRLINCKX, Staf BEL ACCENT JOBS - WILLEMS VERANDA'S
85 LIGTHART, Pim NED VACANSOLEIL-DCM
86 VAN GOOLEN, Jurgen BEL ACCENT JOBS - WILLEMS VERANDA'S +7:51
87 DELAGE, Mickael FRA FDJ-BIG MAT +7:55
88 HOULE, Hugo CAN AG2R LA MONDIALE
89 EISEL, Bernhard AUT SKY PROCYCLING
90 APPOLLONIO, Davide ITA AG2R LA MONDIALE +7:58
91 KROON, Karsten NED Saxo Tinkoff
92 DOCKX, Gert BEL LOTTO BELISOL
93 DALL'ANTONIA, Tiziano ITA Cannondale Pro Cycling
94 TUFT, Svein CAN ORICA-GREENEDGE
95 KERN, Julian GER AG2R LA MONDIALE +8:14
96 WELLENS, Tim BEL LOTTO BELISOL +8:27
97 ABERASTURI IZAGA, Jon ESP EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI +8:29
98 PEREZ MORENO, Ruben ESP EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI +8:44
99 BOUCHER, David FRA FDJ-BIG MAT +10:00
100 TSATEVITCH, Alexey RUS KATUSHA
101 VERRAES, Benjamin BEL ACCENT JOBS - WILLEMS VERANDA'S
102 BOARO, Manuele ITA Saxo Tinkoff
103 KUMP, Marko SLO Saxo Tinkoff
104 NIZZOLO, Giacomo ITA Radioshack Leopard +10:04
105 MIYAZAWA, Takashi JPN Saxo Tinkoff
106 DODI, Luca ITA LAMPRE - ISD +10:09
107 SANZ, Enrique ESP MOVISTAR +10:16
108 MADRAZO RUIZ, Angel ESP MOVISTAR +10:24
109 VEELERS, Tom NED ARG
110 CURVERS, Roy NED ARG +11:20
111 GRUZDEV, Dmitriy KAZ ASTANA +12:27
112 HUNTER, Robert RSA Garmin-Sharp DNF
113 RASMUSSEN, Alex DEN Garmin-Sharp DNF
114 TIMMER, Albert NED ARG DNF
115 ANACONA GOMEZ, Winner COL LAMPRE - ISD DNF
116 BONO, Matteo ITA LAMPRE - ISD DNF
117 RICHEZE, Ariel Maximiliano ARG LAMPRE - ISD DNF
118 KRUOPIS, Aidis LTU ORICA-GREENEDGE DNF
119 MOURIS, Jens NED ORICA-GREENEDGE DNF
120 VANDBORG, Brian DNK Cannondale Pro Cycling DNF
121 VENTOSO ALBERDI, Francisco José ESP MOVISTAR DNF
122 BELLETTI, Manuel ITA AG2R LA MONDIALE DNF
123 LOBATO DEL VALLE, Juan Jose ESP EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI DNF
124 DEMARE, Arnaud FRA FDJ-BIG MAT DNF
125 OFFREDO, Yoann FRA FDJ-BIG MAT DNF
126 ROLLIN, Dominique CAN FDJ-BIG MAT DNF
127 VAN STAEYEN, Michael BEL TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - MERCATOR DNF
128 VANDOUSSELAERE, Sven BEL TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - MERCATOR DNF
129 VANSPEYBROUCK, Pieter BEL TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - MERCATOR DNF
130 NAPOLITANO, Danilo ITA ACCENT JOBS - WILLEMS VERANDA'S DNF
131 DRUCKER, Jean-Pierre LUX ACCENT JOBS - WILLEMS VERANDA'S DNF
132 VAN DIJK, Stefan NED ACCENT JOBS - WILLEMS VERANDA'S DNF
133 HABEAUX, Gregory BEL ACCENT JOBS - WILLEMS VERANDA'S DNF
134 STEEGMANS, Gert BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP DNF
135 BENNATI, Daniele ITA Saxo Tinkoff DNF
136 LOPEZ GARCIA, David ESP SKY PROCYCLING DNF
137 WESTRA, Lieuwe NED VACANSOLEIL-DCM DNF
138 WILLEMS, Frederik BEL LOTTO BELISOL DNF
139 BAZAYEV, Assan KAZ ASTANA DNF
140 GUARNIERI, Jacopo ITA ASTANA DNF
141 ISAICHEV, Vladimir RUS KATUSHA DNF
142 BROWN, Graeme AUS Belkin DNF
143 GILBERT, Philippe BEL BMC RACING DNF
144 KREDER, Raymond NED Garmin-Sharp DNF
145 DEGENKOLB, John GER ARG DNF

General Classification
Position Name Nationality Team Time
1 STYBAR, Zdenek CZE OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP 25:14:05
2 DUMOULIN, Tom NED ARG 26
3 GRIVKO, Andriy UKR ASTANA 50
4 BAKELANTS, Jan BEL Radioshack Leopard 55
5 IMPEY, Daryl RSA ORICA-GREENEDGE
6 CHAVANEL, Sylvain FRA OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP +1:20
7 KELDERMAN, Wilco NED Belkin +1:32
8 WEENING, Pieter NED ORICA-GREENEDGE +1:34
9 IGLINSKIY, Maxim KAZ ASTANA +2:07
10 MONFORT, Maxime BEL Radioshack Leopard +2:14
11 BOOM, Lars NED Belkin +2:15
12 SICARD, Romain FRA EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI +2:39
13 GUSEV, Vladimir RUS KATUSHA +2:52
14 TERPSTRA, Niki NED OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP +2:53
15 DE WEERT, Kevin BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP +2:57
16 HOOGERLAND, Johnny NED VACANSOLEIL-DCM +3:37
17 DECLERCQ, Tim BEL TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - MERCATOR +3:41
18 STANNARD, Ian GBR SKY PROCYCLING +3:51
19 NUYENS, Nick BEL Garmin-Sharp +4:29
20 BRAVO OIARBIDE, Garikoitz ESP EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI +4:51
21 JUNGELS, Bob LUX Radioshack Leopard +4:57
22 LEUKEMANS, Björn BEL VACANSOLEIL-DCM +5:20
23 WACKERMANN, Luca ITA LAMPRE - ISD +5:39
24 ROJAS GIL, Jose Joaquin ESP MOVISTAR +5:57
25 WYSS, Danilo SUI BMC RACING +6:19
26 PATERSKI, Maciej POL Cannondale Pro Cycling +6:24
27 JEANNESSON, Arnold FRA FDJ-BIG MAT +6:39
28 BRESCHEL, Matti DEN Saxo Tinkoff +9:05
29 KUZNETSOV, Viacheslav RUS KATUSHA +9:36
30 KEUKELEIRE, Jens BEL ORICA-GREENEDGE +10:08
31 WELLENS, Tim BEL LOTTO BELISOL +10:30
32 VANDENBERGH, Stijn BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP +10:57
33 DOMONT, Axel FRA AG2R LA MONDIALE +11:18
34 HOULE, Hugo CAN AG2R LA MONDIALE +11:49
35 KROON, Karsten NED Saxo Tinkoff +12:55
36 TANKINK, Bram NED Belkin +13:24
37 VAN POPPEL, Boy NED VACANSOLEIL-DCM +13:31
38 MOINARD, Amaël FRA BMC RACING +15:01
39 MADRAZO RUIZ, Angel ESP MOVISTAR +15:06
40 DOCKX, Gert BEL LOTTO BELISOL +15:52
41 QUINZIATO, Manuel ITA BMC RACING +16:04
42 LANGEVELD, Sebastian NED ORICA-GREENEDGE +16:48
43 VAN GOOLEN, Jurgen BEL ACCENT JOBS - WILLEMS VERANDA'S +17:48
44 VAN HOECKE, Gijs BEL TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - MERCATOR +17:55
45 ROELANDTS, Jurgen BEL LOTTO BELISOL +18:31
46 LADAGNOUS, Matthieu FRA FDJ-BIG MAT +19:19
47 VIVIANI, Elia ITA Cannondale Pro Cycling +19:22
48 CANTWELL, Jonathan AUS Saxo Tinkoff +19:32
49 BODNAR, Maciej POL Cannondale Pro Cycling +19:35
50 VAN POPPEL, Danny NED VACANSOLEIL-DCM +19:39
51 SERGENT, Jesse NZL Radioshack Leopard +19:50
52 DE VREESE, Laurens BEL TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - MERCATOR +19:55
53 FERNANDEZ, Koldo ESP Garmin-Sharp +20:00
54 GREIPEL, André GER LOTTO BELISOL +20:16
55 POZZATO, Filippo ITA LAMPRE - ISD +20:29
56 SELVAGGI, Mirko ITA VACANSOLEIL-DCM +22:01
57 HAYMAN, Mathew AUS SKY PROCYCLING +22:29
58 PORSEV, Alexander RUS KATUSHA +22:50
59 HUTAROVICH, Yauheni BLR AG2R LA MONDIALE +23:08
60 DEBUSSCHERE, Jens BEL LOTTO BELISOL +23:28
61 JACOBS, Pieter BEL TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - MERCATOR +23:36
62 FARRAR, Tyler USA Garmin-Sharp +23:39
63 PARISIEN, Francois CAN ARG +23:46
64 DALL'ANTONIA, Tiziano ITA Cannondale Pro Cycling +24:18
65 BAGDONAS, Gediminas LTU AG2R LA MONDIALE +24:24
66 DE KORT, Koen NED ARG +24:51
67 LIGTHART, Pim NED VACANSOLEIL-DCM +25:27
68 DURBRIDGE, Luke AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE +25:28
69 PEREZ MORENO, Ruben ESP EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI +25:37
70 LODEWYCK, Klaas BEL BMC RACING +25:57
71 PIETROPOLLI, Daniele ITA LAMPRE - ISD +26:07
72 VAN KEIRSBULCK, Guillaume BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP +26:17
73 MINGUEZ AYALA, Miguel ESP EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI +26:36
74 SUTTON, Christopher AUS SKY PROCYCLING +27:29
75 VAN EMDEN, Jos NED Belkin +27:34
76 NIZZOLO, Giacomo ITA Radioshack Leopard +27:40
77 TSATEVITCH, Alexey RUS KATUSHA +27:45
78 BOUCHER, David FRA FDJ-BIG MAT +28:22
79 RAST, Grégory SUI Radioshack Leopard +28:23
80 VEUCHELEN, Frederik BEL VACANSOLEIL-DCM +28:31
81 MARANGONI, Alan ITA Cannondale Pro Cycling +28:44
82 TAMOURIDIS, Ioannis GRE EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI +29:00
83 OSS, Daniel ITA BMC RACING +29:01
84 VANLANDSCHOOT, James BEL ACCENT JOBS - WILLEMS VERANDA'S +29:10
85 KERN, Julian GER AG2R LA MONDIALE +29:14
86 DELAGE, Mickael FRA FDJ-BIG MAT +29:31
87 SANZ, Enrique ESP MOVISTAR +30:10
88 TUFT, Svein CAN ORICA-GREENEDGE +30:19
89 SCHEIRLINCKX, Staf BEL ACCENT JOBS - WILLEMS VERANDA'S +31:02
90 BOZIC, Borut SLO ASTANA +31:13
91 WIGGINS, Bradley GBR SKY PROCYCLING +32:01
92 GRUZDEV, Dmitriy KAZ ASTANA +32:13
93 VEELERS, Tom NED ARG +32:20
94 JÖRGENSEN, Jonas Aaen DEN Saxo Tinkoff +32:35
95 CURVERS, Roy NED ARG +33:05
96 KUMP, Marko SLO Saxo Tinkoff +33:11
97 BOIVIN, Guillaume CAN Cannondale Pro Cycling +33:39
98 VERRAES, Benjamin BEL ACCENT JOBS - WILLEMS VERANDA'S +33:47
99 MIYAZAWA, Takashi JPN Saxo Tinkoff +33:53
100 WALLAYS, Jelle BEL TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - MERCATOR +34:18
101 HONDO, Danilo GER Radioshack Leopard +34:41
102 APPOLLONIO, Davide ITA AG2R LA MONDIALE +34:58
103 DODI, Luca ITA LAMPRE - ISD +35:13
104 ABERASTURI IZAGA, Jon ESP EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI +36:07
105 VANGENECHTEN, Jonas BEL LOTTO BELISOL +38:51
106 BOARO, Manuele ITA Saxo Tinkoff +39:34
107 TJALLINGII, Maarten NED Belkin +39:50
108 HUFFMAN, Evan USA ASTANA +40:26
109 KUCHYNSKI, Aliaksandr BLR KATUSHA +44:11
110 EISEL, Bernhard AUT SKY PROCYCLING +45:11
111 KOCJAN, Jure SLO EUSKALTEL - EUSKADI +53:23