The 2021 Benelux Tour is a road cyclingstage race that took place from 30 August to 5 September 2021 in Belgium and the Netherlands. It was the first edition of the newly rebranded Benelux Tour and the 17th edition overall.[1] The race was the 26th event on the 2021 UCI World Tour calendar.[2]
Teams
All nineteen UCI WorldTeams and three UCI ProTeams made up the twenty-two teams that participated in the race.[3]AG2R Citroën Team and Team BikeExchange, with six riders each, were the only teams to not field a full squad of seven riders; Astana–Premier Tech was also reduced to six riders after a late non-starter. Of the 151 riders who started the race, 93 finished.[4]
On stage 2, Phil Bauhaus, who was second in the points classification, wore the teal jersey, because first-placed Tim Merlier wore the blue jersey as the leader of the general classification. For the same reason, Tim Merlier wore the teal jersey on stage 3 with Stefan Bissegger as the leader of the general classification.
Final classification standings
Legend
Denotes the winner of the general classification
Denotes the winner of the points classification
Denotes the winner of the combativity classification
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