page_title: 2015 Eneco Tour
section_title: Stage 4
hierarchical_section_title: 2015 Eneco Tour / Stages / Stage 4
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Paris-Nice 2015
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: 13 August 2015 – Hoogerheide to Hoogerheide, 13.9 km (8.6 mi) (ITT)
  Stage 4 was a 13.9-kilometre (8.6 mi) individual time trial around Hoogerheide in the Netherlands. The course was fairly flat, with a slight downhill section towards the start and a gentle uphill section towards the finish, the Rijzendeweg.
  An early leading time was set by Adriano Malori (Movistar Team), with a time of 16' 40" and an average speed of 49.99 km/h (31.06 mph). Soon afterwards, however, that time was beaten by Jos van Emden (LottoNL–Jumbo). Van Emden was seven seconds quicker than Malori and was the first rider to complete the course at an average speed of over 50 km/h (31 mph). The only other rider to come close to Van Emden's time was his teammate Wilco Kelderman, who finished the course five seconds behind to take second place. Van Emden won the stage, the first WorldTour victory of the year for LottoNL–Jumbo. Van Emden also moved into the overall lead of the race.
  Several other contenders for overall victory finished the course in good times. These included BMC's Greg Van Avermaet and Philippe Gilbert and Astana's Lars Boom. Etixx–Quick-Step's riders were less successful, however. Their best-placed rider was Julian Alaphillippe, 41 seconds behind Van Emden. Niki Terpstra, who had been considered a favourite for the overall victory, suffered mechanical problems, changed bikes twice and finished 1' 26" back.
caption: Wilco Kelderman (LottoNL–Jumbo), photographed in the time trial at Paris–Nice, came second in stage 5.
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