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After 12 years as the Eneco Tour and 4 years as the BinckBank Tour for sponsorship reasons, this year the race debuts as the Benelux Tour, in what is a clear declaration of intent. Although it is true that the race will only take place in Belgium and the Netherlands as has been the case in recent years, the will of the organization is that it also visit Luxembourg in 2022.

Route

7 stages make up the course of the race, which offers 3 opportunities for sprinters (stages 1, 3 and 4), an individual time trial (stage 2) and three opportunities for classics riders and men with punch (stages 5, 6 and 7).

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The start list is breathtaking, with a spectacular combination of time trialists, classics riders and sprinters. For the time trial, Remco Evenepoel (1200), Stefan Küng (800), Kasper Asgreen (600), Filipo Ganna (800), Brandon McNulty (800), Tom Dumoulin (400) and Geraint Thomas (800) seem the strongest, and to the list of favorites for the general classification we will have to add Mads Pedersen (800), Jakob Fulgsang (1000), Wilco Kelderman (1000), Greg van Avermaet (800), Alexey Lutsenko (800 ), Dylan Teuns (600), Marc Hirschi (600), Yves Lampaert (400), Tim Wellens (600), Tiesj Benoot (600), Søren Kragh Andersen (600) or Jasper Stuyven (600).

For the sprints, Caleb Ewan (1200) reappears after his injury in the Tour de France and we’ll see if he is fully recovered. Other great sprinters are Fernando Gaviria (800), Tim Merlier (600), Dylan Groenewegen (600), Cees Bol (600), Danny van Poppel (600), Alvaro Jose Hodeg (400), Sonny Colbrelli (600) or Peter Sagan (1000), in addition to Pedersen, who can also dispute the sprints.