Tim Wellens (Lotto Belisol) won the penultimate stage of this year’s Tour of Eneco today, after initiating an attack from within a 30-rider peloton, during the waning moments of today’s race.
Wellens’ performance today, not only netted him the stage victory, but also earned him the overall race lead – after crossing the finish line 7 seconds ahead of Lars Boom, and 13 seconds ahead of Tom Dumoulin.
Wellens began today’s stage almost a minute down on yesterday’s race leader – Tom Dumoulin. However, his perfectly timed attack along today’s undulating parcours, gave him enough of a impetus, to hold-off his rivals to the line.
The Tour of Eneco concludes tomorrow, with a 183.4 kilometer stage from Riemst to Sittard-Geleen.
Stage 6 Results
BEL 1 WELLENS, Tim (LOTTO BELISOL) 4:28:19 NED 2 BOOM, Lars (BELKIN) + 50 BEL 3 VAN AVERMAET, Greg (BMC RACING) + 52 NED 4 DUMOULIN, Tom (GIANT-SHIMANO) GBR 5 THOMAS, Geraint (SKY) + 56 UKR 6 GRIVKO, Andriy (ASTANA) + 58 BEL 7 VANENDERT, Jelle (LOTTO BELISOL) + 59 NED 8 TERPSTRA, Niki (OMEGA PHARMA – QUICK-STEP) BEL 9 GILBERT, Philippe (BMC RACING) ITA 10 MARCATO, Marco (CANNONDALE)
General Classification after Stage 6 BEL 1 WELLENS, Tim (LOTTO BELISOL) 21:03:27 NED 2 BOOM, Lars (BELKIN) + 7 NED 3 DUMOULIN, Tom (GIANT-SHIMANO) + 13 UKR 4 GRIVKO, Andriy (ASTANA) + 33 BEL 5 VAN AVERMAET, Greg (BMC RACING) + 34 GBR 6 THOMAS, Geraint (SKY) + 38 NED 7 TERPSTRA, Niki (OMEGA PHARMA – QUICK-STEP) + 45 BEL 8 GILBERT, Philippe (BMC RACING) + 48 BEL 9 KEUKELEIRE, Jens (ORICA GreenEDGE) + 56 NED 10 LANGEVELD, Sebastian (GARMIN SHARP) + 1:04
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