2021 Benelux Tour
Male Team 30 Aug - 05 Sep

Renewi Tour

1089 Kilometers 7 Stages
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Participants list

  1. Héctor Carretero
  2. Lluís Mas
  3. Davide Villella
  4. Mathias Norsgaard
  5. Sebastián Mora
  6. Albert Torres
  7. Iván García Cortina
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TV

The race will be broadcast live on Eurosport 1 and GCN, usually starting at 1pm CEST – except for Monday and Sunday, which are scheduled to finish later.

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Timetable

The race schedules are planned with TV stations Sporza (host broadcaster) and Eurosport in mind, so they can show this race and La Vuelta consecutively. Finishes are expected around 14.45-15.00, except for Monday and Sunday, when the race will be over around 5pm.

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Bonus

There will be 10-6-4″ at the finishes of all road stages, while the intermediate sprints will use the traditional-for-this-race ‘Golden Kilometer’ format: the rushes in a kilometer’s space, with 3-2-1″ at each sprint.

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Social Media

The race’s official Twitter account is @BeneluxTour; the hashtag is #BeneluxTour.

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Score

The Movistar Team’s organisation has two overall wins in the race with Iván Gutiérrez (2007 and 2008).

Stages

Analysis

01
Surhuisterveen - Dokkum (169.6km)
30 August
  1. 01 Tim Merlier Alpecin-Fenix 3h32'20"
  2. 02 Phil Bauhaus Bahrain Victorious "
  3. 03 Álvaro Hodeg Deceuninck – Quick Step "
  4. 35 Iván García Cortina Movistar Team +57"
  5. 95 Lluís Mas Movistar Team "
  6. 97 Mathias Norsgaard Movistar Team "
  7. 111 Sebastián Mora Movistar Team +3'24"
  8. 122 Héctor Carretero Movistar Team +5'47"
  9. 136 Davide Villella Movistar Team "
  10. 143 Albert Torres Movistar Team "
02
Lelystad (CRI / ITT) (11.1km)
31 August
  1. 01 Stefan Bissegger EF Education-NIPPO 12'08"
  2. 02 Edoardo Affini Jumbo – Visma +15"
  3. 03 Stefan Küng Groupama-FDJ +20"
  4. 31 Lluís Mas Movistar Team +51
  5. 43 Sebastián Mora Movistar Team +57"
  6. 69 Mathias Norsgaard Movistar Team +1'10"
  7. 95 Iván García Cortina Movistar Team +1'22"
  8. 108 Albert Torres Movistar Team +1'31"
  9. 123 Davide Villella Movistar Team +1'46"
  10. 125 Héctor Carretero Movistar Team +1'47"
03
Essen - Hoogerheide (168.3km)
01 September
  1. 01 Taco van der Hoorn Intermarché-Wanty Gobert 3h40'23"
  2. 02 Mathias Norsgaard Movistar Team "
  3. 03 Luke Durbridge Team BikeExchange "
  4. 18 Iván García Cortina Movistar Team +4"
  5. 36 Lluís Mas Movistar Team "
  6. 103 Sebastián Mora Movistar Team +1'06"
  7. 116 Héctor Carretero Movistar Team +1'59"
  8. 118 Davide Villella Movistar Team "
  9. 128 Albert Torres Movistar Team "
04
Aalter - Ardooie (166.1km)
02 September
  1. 01 Tim Merlier Alpecin-Fenix 3h36'29"
  2. 02 Mads Pedersen Trek-Segafredo "
  3. 03 Danny van Poppel Intermarché-Wanty Gobert "
  4. 11 Lluís Mas Movistar Team "
  5. 17 Iván García Cortina Movistar Team "
  6. 43 Mathias Norsgaard Movistar Team "
  7. 100 Héctor Carretero Movistar Team "
  8. 111 Davide Villella Movistar Team +37"
  9. —  Albert Torres Movistar Team DNF
  10. —  Sebastián Mora Movistar Team DNS
05
Riemst - Bilzen (188km)
03 September
  1. 01 Caleb Ewan Lotto Soudal 4h26'24"
  2. 02 Sonny Colbrelli Bahrain Victorious "
  3. 03 Danny van Poppel Intermarché-Wanty Gobert "
  4. 36 Lluís Mas Movistar Team +10"
  5. 60 Mathias Norsgaard Movistar Team +2'00"
  6. 66 Iván García Cortina Movistar Team +3'17"
  7. 94 Davide Villella Movistar Team +5'10"
  8. 126 Héctor Carretero Movistar Team +8'35
06
Ottignies-Louvain-la-Neuve - Houffalize (207.6km)
04 September
  1. 01 Sonny Colbrelli Bahrain Victorious 4h55'27"
  2. 02 Matej Mohoric Bahrain Victorious +42"
  3. 03 Jasper Stuyven Trek-Segafredo "
  4. 14 Davide Villella Movistar Team +1'02"
  5. 40 Mathias Norsgaard Movistar Team +6'36"
  6. 52 Héctor Carretero Movistar Team "
  7. 59 Iván García Cortina Movistar Team +14'02"
  8. —  Lluís Mas Movistar Team DNF
07
Namur - Geraardsbergen (180.9km)
05 September
  1. 01 Matej Mohoric Bahrain Victorious 3h50'56"
  2. 02 Sonny Colbrelli Bahrain Victorious +11"
  3. 03 Tom Dumoulin Jumbo – Visma +15"
  4. 24 Davide Villella Movistar Team +31"
  5. 74 Mathias Norsgaard Movistar Team +9'46"
  6. 87 Héctor Carretero Movistar Team +11'24"
  7. —  Iván García Cortina Movistar Team DNF

Analysis

It gets back its seven-day scheme – and also the original name it had almost two decades ago. After spending its whole history called after its main sponsors, Eneco and BinckBank, the Benelux Tour returns to the geographical moniker it was known as when the ProTour started in 2005. The change, however, doesn’t affect its essence, the race already well established as the biggest stagerace for Northern Classics specialists.

Other than some bunch sprint chances in Dokkum (Monday 30th), Hoogerheide (Wednesday 1st) and Ardooie (Thursday 2nd), four stages will be key to the overall result: an 11km ITT in Lelystad (Tuesday 31st); a lumpy course in Flemish Limburg, with up to fifteen categorized climbs, to Bilzen (Friday 3rd); a really hard circuit in Houffalize (Saturday 4th), with eight climbs that include 2x the Côte de Saint-Roch; and the traditional, cobbled showdown around Geraardsbergen (Sunday 5th), over the Kapelmuur and the Bosberg as well as the Denderoordstraat.