BinckBank Tour start list 2020: Mathieu van der Poel, Pascal Ackermann, and Philippe Gilbert among starters

The 2019 BinckBank Tour - formerly the Eneco Tour - starts on Monday, September 29, for five days of WorldTour racing in the Netherlands and Belgium.

As usual, the race will feature stages suited to sprinters and Classics riders, with a final stage that takes on the iconic Muur van Geraardsbergen.

Last year's winner Laurens De Plus (Jumbo-Visma) is not yet down to defend his title, but the likes of Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix),Philippe Gilbert (Lotto-Soudal), Zdeněk Štybar (Deceuninck-Quick-Step), Oliver Naesen (Ag2r La Mondiale) and Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ) are all down to start.

As is the, by the start of the race, former world champion, Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) after not getting a full season in the rainbow bands.

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Numerous sprinters will also be on the start line, with Pascal Ackermann (Bora-Hansgrohe), John Degenkolb (Lotto-Soudal) and Giacomo Nizzolo (NTT Pro Cycling).

Here's the start list for the 2020 BinckBank Tour.

BinckBank Tour 2019 start list (provisional)

Jumbo-Visma

1 TEUNISSEN Mike

2 JANSEN Amund Grøndahl

3 LINDEMAN Bert-Jan

4 ROOSEN Timo

5 EENKHOORN Pascal

6 VAN DER HOORN Taco

7 WYNANTS Maarten

Alpecin-Fenix

11 VAN DER POEL Mathieu

12 DE BONDT Dries

13 MERLIER Tim

14 RICKAERT Jonas

15 RIESEBEEK Oscar

17 VERMEERSCH Gianni

19 LEYSEN Senne

CCC Team

21 VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume

22 BEVIN Patrick

23 VAN HOECKE Gijs

24 VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan

25 MARECZKO Jakub

26 VENTOSO Francisco José

27 KOCH Jonas

Deceuninck-Quick-Step

31 ŠTYBAR Zdeněk

32 ARCHBOLD Shane

33 LAMPAERT Yves

34 SÉNÉCHAL Florian

35 STEELS Stijn

36 STEIMLE Jannik

37 VAN LERBERGHE Bert

Ag2r La Mondiale

41 NAESEN Oliver

42 DILLIER Silvan

43 DUVAL Julien

45 GOUGEARD Alexis

46 NAESEN Lawrence

47 VANDENBERGH Stijn

50 VENTURINI Clément

Bora-Hansgrohe

51 ACKERMANN Pascal

52 BURGHARDT Marcus

53 DRUCKER Jempy

54 LAAS Martin

55 SCHILLINGER Andreas

56 SCHWARZMANN Michael

57 SELIG Rüdiger

Lotto-Soudal

61 GILBERT Philippe

63 MAES Nikolas

64 THIJSSEN Gerben

65 VAN GOETHEM Brian

66 VERMEERSCH Florian

67 WALLAYS Jelle

68 DEGENKOLB John

Total Direct Energie

71 TERPSTRA Niki

72 CARDIS Romain

73 GAUDIN Damien

74 LIGTHART Pim

75 MANZIN Lorrenzo

76 PETIT Adrien

77 VAN GESTEL Dries

Astana Pro Team

81 DE VREESE Laurens

83 FOMINYKH Daniil

84 GIDICH Yevgeniy

85 GRUZDEV Dmitriy

86 MARTINELLI Davide

88 BOHÓRQUEZ Hernando

Israel Start-Up Nation

92 BIERMANS Jenthe

93 BOIVIN Guillaume

94 EINHORN Itamar

95 RÄIM Mihkel

96 MCCABE Travis

97 WÜRTZ SCHMIDT Mads

99 POLITT Nils

UAE Team Emirates

101 PHILIPSEN Jasper

102 BYSTRØM Sven Erik

103 COVI Alessandro

104 OLIVEIRA Ivo

105 OLIVEIRA Rui

106 BOHLI Tom

107 RIABUSHENKO Alexandr

EF Pro Cycling

111 VANMARCKE Sep

112 BISSEGGER Stefan

113 LANGEVELD Sebastian

114 OWEN Logan

115 RUTSCH Jonas

116 SCULLY Tom

117 VAN DEN BERG Julius

Bahrain - McLaren

121 CAVENDISH Mark

122 COLBRELLI Sonny

123 GARCÍA CORTINA Iván

124 PIBERNIK Luka

125 HAUSSLER Heinrich

126 SIEBERG Marcel

127 WRIGHT Fred

Groupama - FDJ

131 KÜNG Stefan

132 BRUNEL Alexys

133 GENIETS Kevin

136 LIENHARD Fabian

137 LUDVIGSSON Tobias

138 VINCENT Léo

Cofidis, Solutions Crédits

141 LAPORTE Christophe

142 CLAEYS Dimitri

143 LEMOINE Cyril

144 MORIN Emmanuel

145 TOUZÉ Damien

146 ALLEGAERT Piet

147 VERMOTE Julien

Mitchelton-Scott

151 SMITH Dion

152 GROVES Kaden

153 KONYCHEV Alexander

154 DURBRIDGE Luke

155 SCOTSON Callum

156 EDMONDSON Alex

157 STANNARD Robert

NTT Pro Cycling

162 GOGL Michael

163 BOASSON HAGEN Edvald

164 JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt

165 DLAMINI Nic

166 TILLER Rasmus

167 WALSCHEID Max

169 THOMSON Jay Robert

Ineos Grenadiers

171 LAWLESS Chris

172 DOULL Owain

174 KNEES Christian

175 BASSO Leonardo

176 RIVERA Brandon Smith

177 RODRIGUEZ Carlos

Circus - Wanty Gobert

181 VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter

182 DE GENDT Aimé

183 DUPONT Timothy

184 MEURISSE Xandro

186 VAN POPPEL Danny

187 PASQUALON Andrea

190 KREDER Wesley

Team Sunweb

191 KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren

192 EEKHOFF Nils

193 KANTER Max

194 KRAGH ANDERSEN Asbjørn

195 DAINESE Alberto

196 SALMON Martin

197 SÜTTERLIN Jasha

Trek - Segafredo

201 PEDERSEN Mads

202 KIRSCH Alex

203 LIEPIŅŠ Emīls

204 MOSCHETTI Matteo

205 MULLEN Ryan

206 QUARTERMAN Charlie

207 DE KORT Koen

Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise

211 CAPIOT Amaury

212 BEULLENS Cédric

213 WEEMAES Sasha

214 MENTEN Milan

216 VAN ROOY Kenneth

217 WILLEMS Thimo

219 DE WILDE Gilles

Movistar Team

221 ROELANDTS Jürgen

222 JACOBS Johan

223 NORSGAARD Mathias

224 HOLLMANN Juri

225 MAS Lluís

Bingoal - Wallonie Bruxelles

231 PLANCKAERT Baptiste

232 NÕMMELA Aksel

233 WIRTGEN Tom

234 ROBEET Ludovic

235 DE BIE Sean

236 SUTER Joel

237 TAMINIAUX Lionel