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Frank van den Broek removed from Eneco Tour after third stage
Frank van den Broek was removed from the Eneco Tour after its third stage in the Netherlands.
The Picnic PostNL rider had fallen behind on the hills near Sittard during a difficult season.
He said his group was caught by the broom wagon on the final lap, then continued riding on open roads among cars.
Van den Broek said they finished within the race’s 15 per cent time limit, but officials still took them out of the race.
He cannot support his teammates for the next two days, and said he was disappointed about that.
The Eneco Tour organizers defended their decision to remove riders from the race.
Frank van den Broek was removed from the Eneco Tour after finishing the third stage, despite saying his group completed the race within the time limit.
The Picnic PostNL rider said his group was passed by the broom wagon during the final lap.
He said the group continued on open roads among ordinary traffic and finished within the 15 percent time limit.
Van den Broek said he was disappointed that he could not support his teammates in the next two days.
The Eneco Tour organization defended its approach to removing riders from the race, according to a Wielerflits headline.
- Who
- Frank van den Broek, a rider for Picnic PostNL, was removed from the race.
- What
- He was removed after finishing the third stage; he said his group had completed it within the time limit.
- When
- During the third stage of the Eneco Tour.
- Where
- On a 23-kilometre circuit around Sittard, in the Netherlands.
- Why
- The sources say the group was passed by the broom wagon and later taken out of the race. The organization defended its approach, but its reasons are not stated in the available article text.
Frank van den Broek
Eneco Tour organization
Removal from the race
Frank van den Broek
Van den Broek said his group completed the stage within the 15 percent time limit but was still removed.
Eneco Tour organization
The organization defended its approach to taking riders out of the race.
Van den Broek was dropped early in the hills around Sittard.
Van den Broek said his group was passed by the broom wagon.
The riders continued on open roads among traffic and finished the stage.
Van den Broek was removed from the race and could not help his teammates in the following two days.
- Rider
- Frank van den Broek
- Team
- Picnic PostNL
- Stage
- Third stage of the Eneco Tour
- Circuit length
- 23 kilometres
- Time limit
- 15 percent
3 sources
What people are saying
With one lap to go, my group was less than ten minutes behind the leaders.
During that final lap, we were passed by the broom wagon.
We continued, and finished the entire race, but on open roads among the cars. Well within the 15 percent time limit. But we were still taken out of the race.
I am disappointed that I cannot support my teammates over the next two days.