The 2007 Eneco Tour, which used to be known as the Benelux Tour is held from August 22 - 29 and takes the riders through Belgium and the Netherlands.

Stage 3 is another pancake flat stage covering 170.8km from Knokke-Heist to Putte, again in Belgium. Once again it's a stage tailor-made for the sprinters to have their say and, once again, after the obligatory break away, that's exactly what it came down to.

(The weird looking "line" above is actually the profile of the 3rd stage...when I said it was pancake-flat, I wasn't kidding).

Robbie McEwen has shown that  there's still life in his legs after a well-executed lead out by the Predictor-Lotto team. He was too strong for Francesco Chicchi (Liquigas) and Thor Hushovd (Crédit Agricole).

In the overall GC, the top 10 was unchanged as everyone finished in the bunch. The only classification in which there was a change was the Sprint Classification with Mark Cavendish taking the lead off Nick Nuyens thanks to his 4th placing today.

Stage 3 Results (Top 10)

1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto                                                 3.42.28
2 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Liquigas                                        
3 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Crédit Agricole                                      
4 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team                                      
5 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                   
6 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Prodir          
7 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                            
8 David Kopp (Ger) Gerolsteiner                                           
9 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com                                          
10 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic                            
 

Overall GC Standings (Top 10)

1 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone             13.02.16
2 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank                                                     0.10
3 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne                    0.17
4 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir                                     0.18
5 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                             0.25
6 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto                                                     0.37
7 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance                                     0.38
8 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank                                                        0.41
9 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic                                 0.49
10 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil - Shimano                                                s.t.

Points Classification

1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team                                     49 pts
2 Kenny Van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano                                39
3 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone              38

Mountains Classification

1 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC                                         15 pts
2 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram                                      15
3 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Skil - Shimano                            6

Teams

1 Predictor-Lotto                                      39.08.23
2 Rabobank                                                       0.19
3 Caisse d'Epargne                                           1.01