Male Team 13 - 19 Aug
Renewi Tour
1120 Kilometers 7 Stages
It’s the second year under title sponsorship from the Dutch bank Binck for the race formerly known as Eneco Tour, which had been previously held (until 2004) as no other than the Ronde van Nederland.
The event, ridden between Dutch -three stages- and Belgian -four- territories, has reduced its share of ‘mini-classics’ in 2018, from three to just two, set to become, at least until Friday 17th, a true sprinters’ fest.
If we except the traditional short TT on stage two -12km in Venray, on Tuesday 14th-, every and each of the opening five days will be terrain for the fastest men in the bunch, in Bolsward (Monday 13th), Antwerpen (Wednesday 15th), Ardooie (Thursday 16th) and Lanaken.
The weekend’s stages will be the most entertaining ones: an endless series of short hills in Limburg, towards the Tom Dumoulin bike park in Sittard/Geleen (Saturday 18th), and, above them all, the visit to the Kapelmuur and the Bosberg in a spectacular Flanders showdown (Sunday 19th). To add to that, another attractive formula: the ‘Golden Kilometer’ (see ‘Bonus’ section).