The Eneco Tour of Benelux is a UCI ProTour road bicycle racing stage-race. Its name refers to its main sponsor, the energy company Eneco Energie. The first Eneco Tour of Benelux took place from August 3 to August 10, 2005, but it has intermittently existed since 1948 as the Tour of the Netherlands. The last few years, the Dutch Tour was already called the Eneco Tour, but because of the start of the UCI ProTour in 2005 the tour was reinvigorated. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... The UCI ProTour logo The UCI ProTour is a competition under the International Cycling Union (UCI). ... Road bicycle racing is a popular bicycle racing sport held on roads (following the geography of the area), using racing bicycles. ... |- !style=background:#ccf;| 2005 UCI ProTour      |- | colspan=12 | The 2005 Eneco Tour of Benelux road cycling race took place from August 3 to August 10. ... is the 215th day of the year (216th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Ronde van Nederland is a road bicycle racing stage-race in the Netherlands, founded in 1948. ... Entrance of UCI headquarter at Aigle (Switzerland) Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) is a professional cycling union that oversees cycling events in the international community. ...

Organization

The ENECO Tour continues the faltering Tour of the Netherlands, which UCI president Hein Verbruggen deemed necessary for marketing reasons.^[1] The Dutch Tour organisation got a better sponsor (ENECO Energie). But because the race was not difficult enough, it could not be accepted into the new ProTour. At that point the organisation sought help from the organisation of the Tour of Belgium and the Tour de Luxembourg. They envisaged a Tour of the Benelux that would replace the three. This led to the Tour of Belgium as a co-organiser. The Tours of Belgium and Luxembourg will continue as such. The co-organisation or incorporation of the Tour de Luxembourg did not materialize. In a few years, the name will officially become the Tour of the Benelux. The Tour of Belgium (Tour de Belgique/Ronde van België) is a more days Bicycle Race which is held anually in Belgium. ... Tour de Luxembourg is an annual stage race in professional road bicycle racing held in Luxembourg. ... Location of Benelux in Europe Official languages Dutch and French Membership  Belgium  Netherlands  Luxembourg Website http://www. ...

Winners

General classification

The overall winner of the race by time wears a red jersey (Dutch: Rode trui or French: Maillot rouge).

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Points classification

In 2005, the overall winner of the race by points (Dutch: Puntenklassement) wears a blue jersey (Dutch: Blauwe trui or French: Maillot bleu). This was changed to a white jersey however in 2006.

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Mountains classification

No jersey is awarded for leading this classification.

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Young rider classification

The best young (under 25) rider of the race gets to wear a yellow jersey. (Dutch: Gele trui or French: Maillot jaune).

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Team classification

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References

• ^  Graat, John (August 3, 2005). 'Fantastische' Pro Tour zegen voor profronde. Trouw (Dutch newspaper), p. 13.

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External links

• Official homepage