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.
As we all knew it would going into this year's Eneco Tour, it all came down to the Individual Time Trial as to who would take out the overall victory and that person was José Ivan Gutierrez (Caisse d'Epargne) who powered around the course in 36'52" which was good enough for second fastest for the day and 9" seconds faster than his nearest rival David Millar (Saunier Duval).
The stage victory went to Belgium's Sébastien Rosseler (Quickstep - Innergetic) whose time of 36' 50" gave him a 2" win over Gutierrez who is the Spanish Time Trial Champion with Swedish Time Trial Champion Gustav Larsson (Unibet.com) coming in 3rd.
The major classifications were broken down like this:
General Classification - José Ivan Gutierrez (Caisse d'Epargne)
Sprint Classification - Mark Cavendish (T-Mobile Team)
Mountain Classification - Martin Pedersen (Team CSC)
Team Classification - Quickstep - Innergetic
Stage 7 Results (Top 10)
1 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 36.50
2 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 0.02
3 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 0.06
4 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.11
5 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) Liquigas 0.20
6 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.29
7 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 0.32
8 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 0.51
9 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.52
10 Kim Kirchen (Lux) T-Mobile Team 0.55
Final Overall GC Standings (Top 10)
1 José Ivan Gutierrez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 26.05.44
2 David Millar (GBr) Saunier Duval - Prodir 0.11
3 Gustav Larsson (Swe) Unibet.com 1.05
4 Leif Hoste (Bel) Predictor - Lotto 1.12
5 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 1.15
6 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 1.17
7 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.32
8 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep - Innergetic 1.33
9 Paul Martens (Ger) Skil - Shimano 1.34
10 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Predictor - Lotto
Points Classification
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) T-Mobile Team 74 pts
2 Luciano André Pagliarini Mendonca (Bra) Saunier Duval - Prodir 60
3 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 51
Mountains Classification
1 Martin Pedersen (Den) Team CSC 15 pts
2 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Milram 15
3 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne 8
Teams
1 Quickstep - Innergetic 78.21.52
2 Predictor - Lotto 0.18
3 Rabobank 0.27
