25-letni Włoch Andrea Guardini (Astana) wygrał po finiszu z peletonu pierwszy etap 10. edycji Eneco Tour oraz objął prowadzenie w klasyfikacji generalnej wyścigu.
Tegoroczne zmagania otworzyła akcja trójki Laurens De Vreese (Wanty), Kenneth Vanbilsen (Topsport Vlaanderen) i Gatis Smukulis (Katusha), której przewaga sięgnęła 8:30 (42 km). Peleton od tego momentu wzmocnił tempo, rozpoczynając zmniejszanie dystansu.
Na trasie silnie wiało, padał przelotny deszcz. Liczne kraksy na wąskich, zmoczonych deszczem drogach zbierały swe żniwo. Szczególnie mocno ucierpiał Sacha Modolo (Lampre-Merida).
Akcja śmiałków dobiegła końca niespełna 20 kilometrów przed metą. Poszło kilka kontr, ostatnia na finałowym kilometrze. Długim finiszem starał się popisać Tom Dumoulin (Giant), ale Holender został doścignięty 30 metrów przed kreską, przegrywając z silnym czołowym wiatrem.
Z finiszującej głównej grupy najszybszy był Guardini, który wyprzedził Francuza Yohanna Gene (Europcar).
Wyniki 1. Eneco Tour 2014 (WT), Terneuzen – Terneuzen (183,1 km):
1 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana Pro Team 4:14:33 2 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar 3 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida 4 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol 5 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 6 Alexander Porsev (Rus) Team Katusha 7 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 8 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 9 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Belkin Pro 10 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 11 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Giant-Shimano 12 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol 13 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo 14 Tony Hurel (Fra) Team Europcar 15 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cannondale 16 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha 17 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ.fr 18 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 19 Zico Waeytens (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 20 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin Sharp 21 Roy Jans (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 22 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team 23 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 24 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 25 Matti Breschel (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 26 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team 27 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica Greenedge 28 Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Orica Greenedge 29 Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ.fr 30 Michal Kolár (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 31 Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 32 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Team Sky 33 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 34 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica Greenedge 35 Jay Mccarthy (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo 36 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ.fr 37 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 38 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 39 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 40 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Sky 41 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 42 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 43 Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin Pro 44 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Garmin Sharp 45 Jesse Sergent (NZl) Trek Factory Racing 46 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 47 Steve Chainel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 48 David Millar (GBr) Garmin Sharp 49 Barry Markus (Ned) Belkin Pro 50 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team 51 Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 52 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Belisol 53 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Belkin Pro 54 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Trek Factory Racing 55 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin Pro 56 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol 57 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Cannondale 58 Bram Tankink (Ned) Belkin Pro 59 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Garmin Sharp 60 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 61 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre-Merida 62 Stijn Steels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 63 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar 64 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Merida 65 Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica Greenedge 66 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 67 Elia Favilli (Ita) Lampre-Merida 68 Stig Broeckx (Bel) Lotto Belisol 69 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale 70 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 71 Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 72 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team 73 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano 74 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Tinkoff-Saxo 75 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team 76 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo 77 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky 78 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Team Europcar 79 Thomas Leezer (Ned) Belkin Pro 80 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Garmin Sharp 81 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Belkin Pro 82 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 83 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 84 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 85 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Giant-Shimano 00:12 86 Davide Appollonio (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 87 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol 00:16 88 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 00:18 89 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 90 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 91 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ.fr 00:22 92 Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin Sharp 93 Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 00:23 94 Enrique Sanz (Spa) Movistar Team 95 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 96 Dayer Uberney Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team 97 Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 98 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 00:31 99 Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team 00:34 100 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 00:41 101 Julian Kern (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale 00:44 102 Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 00:52 103 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) FDJ.fr 104 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Team Katusha 105 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale 106 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo 107 Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Lampre-Merida 01:01 108 Alexey Tsatevitch (Rus) Team Katusha 01:19 109 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol 110 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek Factory Racing 02:06 111 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky 02:16 112 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 113 Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica Greenedge 114 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 115 Kenneth Van Bilsen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 116 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Arg) Lampre-Merida 02:47 117 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale 02:53 118 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Team Katusha 119 David Boucher (Fra) FDJ.fr 120 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ.fr 121 Jan Polanc (Slo) Lampre-Merida 122 Laurent Pichon (Fra) FDJ.fr 123 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Team Europcar 124 Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 02:56 125 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 03:43 126 Maxime Daniel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 127 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 128 Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Team Katusha 129 Bryan Naulleau (Fra) Team Europcar 130 Brian Bulgac (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 131 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team 132 Tim De Troyer (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 04:19 133 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 05:15 134 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Cannondale 135 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Garmin Sharp 136 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin Sharp 137 Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin Sharp 138 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team 139 Yannick Martinez (Fra) Team Europcar 140 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo 141 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 142 Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 143 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) Cannondale 08:05 144 Cayetano José Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col) Cannondale 145 Morgan Lamoisson (Fra) Team Europcar 146 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica Greenedge 147 Nathan Earle (Aus) Team Sky 148 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Team Katusha 149 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale 150 Eugenio Alafaci (Ita) Trek Factory Racing 151 Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale 152 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 153 Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Belisol 154 Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 155 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica Greenedge 156 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica Greenedge 157 Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team 158 Evan Huffman (USA) Astana Pro Team 09:11 159 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre-Merida 13:42 Klasyfikacja po 1. etapie 1 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana Pro Team 4:14:23 2 Yohann Gene (Fra) Team Europcar 00:04 3 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 00:05 4 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida 00:06 5 Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin Pro 00:07 6 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team 00:08 7 Kenneth Van Bilsen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 8 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 00:09 9 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto Belisol 00:10 10 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 11 Alexander Porsev (Rus) Team Katusha 12 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 13 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 14 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Belkin Pro 15 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 16 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Giant-Shimano 17 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol 18 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo 19 Tony Hurel (Fra) Team Europcar 20 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cannondale 21 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha 22 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ.fr 23 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Team Katusha 24 Zico Waeytens (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 25 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin Sharp 26 Roy Jans (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 27 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team 28 Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 29 Matti Breschel (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 30 José Ivan Gutierrez Palacios (Spa) Movistar Team 31 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica Greenedge 32 Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Orica Greenedge 33 Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ.fr 34 Michal Kolár (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 35 Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 36 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Team Sky 37 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 38 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica Greenedge 39 Jay Mccarthy (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo 40 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ.fr 41 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 42 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 43 Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 44 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Team Sky 45 Geraint Thomas (GBr) Team Sky 46 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Garmin Sharp 47 Jesse Sergent (NZl) Trek Factory Racing 48 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 49 Steve Chainel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 50 David Millar (GBr) Garmin Sharp 51 Barry Markus (Ned) Belkin Pro 52 Julien Vermote (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 53 Tim Wellens (Bel) Lotto Belisol 54 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Belkin Pro 55 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Trek Factory Racing 56 Bauke Mollema (Ned) Belkin Pro 57 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Belisol 58 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Cannondale 59 Bram Tankink (Ned) Belkin Pro 60 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Garmin Sharp 61 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 62 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre-Merida 63 Stijn Steels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 64 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Team Europcar 65 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre-Merida 66 Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica Greenedge 67 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 68 Elia Favilli (Ita) Lampre-Merida 69 Stig Broeckx (Bel) Lotto Belisol 70 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale 71 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 72 Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 73 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team 74 Simon Geschke (Ger) Team Giant-Shimano 75 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Tinkoff-Saxo 76 Francisco José Ventoso Alberdi (Spa) Movistar Team 77 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo 78 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky 79 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Team Europcar 80 Thomas Leezer (Ned) Belkin Pro 81 Dylan Van Baarle (Ned) Garmin Sharp 82 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Belkin Pro 83 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 84 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 85 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 86 Davide Appollonio (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 00:22 87 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol 00:26 88 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 00:28 89 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 90 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 91 Anthony Roux (Fra) FDJ.fr 00:32 92 Jack Bauer (NZl) Garmin Sharp 93 Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 00:33 94 Enrique Sanz (Spa) Movistar Team 95 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 96 Dayer Uberney Quintana Rojas (Col) Movistar Team 97 Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 98 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 00:41 99 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Giant-Shimano 00:42 100 Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team 00:44 101 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 00:51 102 Julian Kern (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale 00:54 103 Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 01:02 104 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) FDJ.fr 105 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Team Katusha 106 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale 107 Evgeny Petrov (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo 108 Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Lampre-Merida 01:11 109 Alexey Tsatevitch (Rus) Team Katusha 01:29 110 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol 111 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek Factory Racing 02:16 112 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky 02:26 113 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 114 Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica Greenedge 115 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 116 Maximiliano Ariel Richeze (Arg) Lampre-Merida 02:57 117 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Team Katusha 02:58 118 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale 03:03 119 David Boucher (Fra) FDJ.fr 120 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJ.fr 121 Jan Polanc (Slo) Lampre-Merida 122 Laurent Pichon (Fra) FDJ.fr 123 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Team Europcar 124 Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 03:06 125 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 03:53 126 Maxime Daniel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 127 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 128 Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Team Katusha 129 Bryan Naulleau (Fra) Team Europcar 130 Brian Bulgac (Ned) Team Giant-Shimano 131 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team 132 Tim De Troyer (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 04:29 133 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 05:25 134 Jean-Marc Marino (Fra) Cannondale 135 Rohan Dennis (Aus) Garmin Sharp 136 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin Sharp 137 Nathan Haas (Aus) Garmin Sharp 138 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team 139 Yannick Martinez (Fra) Team Europcar 140 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Tinkoff-Saxo 141 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step 142 Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 143 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) Cannondale 08:15 144 Cayetano José Sarmiento Tunarrosa (Col) Cannondale 145 Morgan Lamoisson (Fra) Team Europcar 146 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica Greenedge 147 Nathan Earle (Aus) Team Sky 148 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Team Katusha 149 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cannondale 150 Eugenio Alafaci (Ita) Trek Factory Racing 151 Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale 152 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 153 Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Belisol 154 Alexsandr Dyachenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 155 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica Greenedge 156 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) Orica Greenedge 157 Stephen Cummings (GBr) BMC Racing Team 158 Evan Huffman (USA) Astana Pro Team 09:21 159 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre-Merida 13:52