Television audience for Eneco Tour tripled

The Eneco Tour, 19th race on the UCI ProTour held from August 3-10, beat its previous highest TV audience according to a UCI press statement. Compared to last year, the television audience watching the Time Trial live coverage had tripled. Last year, only the final stage was broadcast on Dutch TV. This year, all stages were shown live, not only on the 2 Belgian channels VRT and RTB, but also on Eurosport and NOS (the Netherlands).