For once, Giant-Shimano will line up at a major stage race with a focus on the GC more than on the sprints. Having finishing second in last year's edition, Tom Dumoulin is targeting the overall victory.

Tom Dumoulin returns to the week-long Eneco Tour after finishing second in last year's edition.

Dumoulin comes into the race following a strong performance at Le Tour where he took second place in the penultimate stage time trial as well as showing across several other stages. The race gets underway with two road stages before an individual time trial on stage three where Dumoulin will be looking to put his newly designed time trial suit to good use.

Roy Curvers and Tom Veelers also start the Eneco Tour after having raced Le Tour, and they are joined by Brian Bulgac, Simon Geschke, Reinardt Janse van Rensburg, Luka Mezgec who comes to the race straight off the back of the Tour de Pologne, and Tom Stamsnijder.

Mezgec will have an eye on the sprint opportunities throughout the race while Simon Geschke is capable of getting up there on the more testing days.

"The Eneco Tour is a good opportunity for Tom [Dumoulin] to race once again for the overall classification," said Team Giant-Shimano coach Rudi Kemna. "He has a strong and experienced team around him here to support him in this.

"We will also have opportunities for the sprints with Luka and for this he will have strong support from riders from the Tour, Roy and Tom [Veelers]. It will be a good race for the team to really show itself and challenge each day in both the flat stages and the harder days for the overall."