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Tim Merlier of Belgium won the final stage of the Eneco Tour, taking the bunch sprint after 149 kilometres in Arnhem. Dylan Groenewegen finished second and Italy's Davide Donati was third.
Victor Campenaerts of Visma-Lease a Bike won the overall classification.
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Belgian sprinter Tim Merlier of Soudal Quick-Step won the first stage of the Eneco Tour in Ede in a bunch sprint. Dylan Groenewegen finished second, ahead of Belgian rider Gerben Thijssen. The race is being held in the Netherlands and runs through Sunday. It is the second edition of the Dutch stage race and includes a women’s edition for the first time.
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The six-day Eneco Tour brought women’s and men’s races together on the same routes, beginning with a prologue in The Hague in which starts by women and men alternated. Lieke Nooijen won the women’s prologue and later reclaimed the overall lead by winning the Tilburg time trial. She retained the lead after Femke Markus won the Sittard-Watersley stage and Letizia Borghesi won the VAM mountain stage. Nooijen began the final stage around Arnhem with a 38-second advantage over Markus. Jakob Söderqvist led the men’s classification after winning both the prologue and the Tilburg time trial, but Victor Campenaerts was reported as the men’s leader at the start of the final stage. No final overall results were reported. Organisers equalised prize money for the women’s and men’s races after criticism that the original amounts differed. During the women’s final stage, a video report showed a major crash in the peloton, without giving further details on injuries or its effect on the race.
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Mick van Dijke claimed his first professional victory in the Eneco Tour. The rider from Colijnsplaat won the third stage in a two-man sprint against fellow breakaway rider Victor Campenaerts.
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Unibet Rose Rockets ended what was described as an interesting season in the Eneco Tour. The presence of riders Dylan Groenewegen and Wout Poels raised expectations, while the team’s Giro debut and rise in the world rankings were presented as signs of growth. They also indicated that further improvement was needed.