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Boom dug deep to finish second on the final stage and win the Eneco Tour. Cor Vos photo.

Boom Wins Eneco Tour!

August 12, 2012

Lars Boom of the Rabobank team rode a brilliant final stage of the Eneco Tour Sunday to come from behind and win the weeklong ProTour event in Belgium and The Netherlands.

Boom trailed overall leader Svein Tuft by 4 seconds before the start of Sunday’s Stage 7, a grueling 207.7km race from Maldegem to Geraardsbergen in the southern Ardennes of Belgium. The 26-year-old Dutchman rode aggressively, tackling the Muur van Geraardsbergen three times on his Giant TCR Advanced SL and finishing a close second on the day behind Italian Alessandro Ballan.

For Boom, the six-time Dutch Men’s Cyclocross Champion, winning a WorldTour race that passed through his home nation marked the high point so far in this 2012 road season.