page_title: 2015 Eneco Tour
section_title: Stage 7
hierarchical_section_title: 2015 Eneco Tour / Stages / Stage 7
caption_attribution_description: English: Manuel Quinziato, Milan-Sanremo 2013, Savona
context_page_description: The 2015 Eneco Tour was a road cycling stage race that took place in the Netherlands and Belgium between 10 and 16 August 2015. It was the 11th edition of the Eneco Tour stage race and was the twenty-first race of the 2015 UCI World Tour.
  The Eneco Tour is an unusual race in the cycling season: it primarily favours classics riders rather than climbers. The first three stages of the race were suitable for sprinters; the fourth stage was an individual time trial; and the final three stages were suitable for the classics riders. Elia Viviani won the first stage and was the first rider to wear the leader's jersey. Jesper Asselman took over the lead after the second stage due to time bonuses, before losing it in the time trial to Jos van Emden. Wilco Kelderman took the lead after the fifth stage, but lost it to Tim Wellens the following day. Wellens defended his lead on the final stage to win his second successive Eneco Tour; he had been the defending champion after victory in 2014. Greg Van Avermaet was second, with Kelderman third.
  The points classification was won by André Greipel and the combativity award by Gijs Van Hoecke. Lotto–Soudal also won the team classification.
context_section_description: 16 August 2015 – Sint-Pieters-Leeuw to Geraardsbergen, 193.8 km (120.4 mi)
  The final stage of the race took place entirely in Belgium. It was a 193.8-kilometre (120.4 mi) route that started in Sint-Pieters-Leeuw on the outskirts of Brussels and ended in Geraardsbergen in the area of East Flanders known as the Flemish Ardennes. The principal feature of stage 6 was the series of cobbled climbs. The stage began with a circuit in Sint-Pieters-Leeuw, then headed west. The first climb was the Pelikaanberg, but this was the only climb in the first 80 kilometres (50 mi) of racing. The final 110 kilometres (68 mi) included 16 climbs. The first of these, the Mont, came as the route turned north towards Oudenaarde and was followed by the Kanarieberg and the Edelareberg. Here the riders turned to the east and crossed a series of climbs also used in the Tour of Flanders: the Leberg, the Berendries and the Valkenberg. The riders then crossed the Tenbosse before entering the two and a half laps of the finishing circuit. This included four climbs: the Denderoordberg, the Muur van Geraardsbergen (the final climb in the Tour of Flanders until 2012), the Bosberg and the Okerzelerstraat. After two complete laps, the route finished halfway up the Muur van Geraardsbergen.
  There was a fourteen-rider breakaway that formed at the beginning of the day's racing. This group never had a large advantage and broke up on the first ascent of the Muur. The lead group after the climb was formed of three men: Manuel Quinziato (BMC Racing Team), Björn Leukemans (Wanty–Groupe Gobert) and Yves Lampaert (Etixx–Quick-Step). Attacks came from the main group and eventually a ten-man chasing group was formed. The leading three riders kept a lead of approximately a minute as riders came and went from the chasing group; the chasers were caught by the main peloton (led by Lotto–Soudal) with approximately 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to the finish line.
  Quinziato, the weakest climber of the three leading riders, attacked at the summit of the Denderoordberg, the penultimate climb of the day, quickly dropping Lampaert. Leukemans attempted to hold Quinziato's wheel, but was dropped on the flat. Quinziato soon had half a minute's lead and entered the base of the Muur alone. He had more difficulty on the climb, however: as Leukemans and Lampaert reached the cobbles, they quickly began to catch him. Quinziato eventually crossed the line with just a few seconds to spare. This was the second professional victory of his career, nine years after his first, which had come in the 2006 Eneco Tour. Wellens finished in a large group 42 seconds back and sealed his overall victory in the race.
caption: Manuel Quinziato (BMC Racing Team) won his second professional victory on stage 7 (pictured at the 2013 Milan–San Remo).
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