Eneco Tour

We were trying to find somewhere to ride on Friday when we finally decided on a bike path to Hoegaarden. While stretching before the ride, the coverage of the Eneco tour came onto TV and they said today's stage finishes in Hasselt. Hey, that is close to us, lets go there! So I quickly checked out the route online and we were off.

We raced there to get to the town before the peleton and just managed to see them do 1 lap of the town and then the finish. It was amazing to see all the helicopters, lead vehicles, motorbikes, follow vehicles, team cars etc. A serious entourage! It was the first time I saw a pro race, so bare with me ;)

As the bunch came to the line, it was evident that Boonen was going for it and the crowd went crazy. Hasselt is Tom Boonen's home town, so the crowd was 100% behind him. With his first victory in the Belgium colours, the crowd again went mad as they announced he had won the race.

Results from Cycling news:
http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/eneco-tour-upt/stages/stage-4/results

Some photos from the tour:







Remember I posted a photo a few weeks ago about the farmer going on holiday "Boer soek ruzt"?Well, the story continues...



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Off to the race now.