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Angry De Clercq in form

Although big hitter Bart Wellens was away racing in Italy, three time World Champion Mario De Clercq still demolished a good field to win the GP Adrie van der Poel in Hoogerheide. The Mr. Bookmaker-Palmans rider beat teammate Tom Vannoppen home by 20 seconds, with Arne Daelmans (Vlaanderen) third at 0'32. It was a good omen for De Clercq, with a week to go before the Belgian championships in Lille.

Adri van der Poel himself provided some extra motivation for De Clercq before the start of the race, as he was quoted in a Sunday newspaper as saying "De Clercq can't do any more than hang on". An annoyed De Clercq attacked hard from the start, and only Jiri Pospisil, Arne Daelmans and Bart Aernouts could hang onto him. When the race regrouped he went again with Sven Nys. Finally, after an attack by Tom Vannoppen, De Clercq gave it everything and tore the race apart at the halfway mark. No-one could follow him, and he finished with a comfortable margin over Vannoppen and Daelmans.

De Clercq crossed the line with one hand in the air and the fingers of his other hand over his mouth. "Whatever Van der Poel maintains, I'm not a wheel sucker," said De Clercq. "You don't tell that to someone who has been World Champion three times and Belgian Champion twice. If I am not mistaken, all my big wins have been with a break. That's why I wanted to ride in front here from start to finish to shred the race."

Results

Elite/U23
 
1 Mario De Clercq (Bel) Mr. Bookmaker-Palmans   1.01.52
2 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) Mr. Bookmaker-Palmans        0.20
3 Arne Daelmans (Bel) Vlaanderen - T Interim       0.32
4 Jiri Pospisil (Cze)                              0.55
5 Sven Nys (Bel) Rabobank (Bel)                    1.25
6 Erwin Vervecken (Bel) Spaar Select (Bel)         1.40
7 John Gadret (Fra)
8 Maarten Nijland (Ned) Heijdens-Ten Tusscher      1.45
9 Wim Jacobs (Bel) Spaar Select                    1.55
10 Camiel van den Bergh (Ned) John Saey-Deschac    2.00
11 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) Rabobank              2.15
12 Lars Boom (Ned)
13 Bart Aernouts (Bel) Rabobank                    2.25
14 Tadeusz Korzeniewski (Pol)
15 Gerben De Knegt (Ned) Rabobank
16 Jens Schwedler (Ger) Team Stevens Jeantex
17 Roger Hammond (GBr) Mr. Bookmaker-Palmans
18 Dariusz Gil (Pol)
19 Mariusz Gil (Pol)
20 Kamil Ausbuher (Cze)
21 Wilant Van Gils (Ned) WTC Woerden
22 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Quick Step-Davitamon
23 Eddy Van Ijzendoorn (Ned)
24 Koen De Kort (Ned)
25 Marco Luyten (Ned)
26 Pawel Cierpikowski (Pol)
27 Radoslaw Czapla (Pol)
28 Wilfried Veldkamp (Ned)
29 Beat Wabel (Swi)
30 Egon Van Kessel (Ned)
31 Micha De Vries (Ned)
32 Jeremy Powers (USA)
33 Marek Cichosz (Pol)
34 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned)
35 Guus Magielse (Ned)
36 Torsten Wittig (Ned)
37 Eric Tonkin (USA)
38 Shynia Ikemoto (Jap)
39 Bram Wind (Ned)
40 Keiichi Tsujura (Jap)
41 Daan De Jonge (Ned)
 
1 lap behind
 
42 Wilfried Bastiaanse (Ned)
43 Frank Groenendaal (Ned)
44 Erik Verrijt (Ned)
 
Women
 
1 Reza Hormes-Ravenstijn (Ned)                    37.08
2 Marianne Vos (Ned)
3 Daphne Van Den Brand (Ned)
4 Mirjam Melchers (Ned)
5 Corinne Dorland (Ned)
6 Hilde Quintens (Bel)
7 Debby Mansveld (Ned)
8 Gina Hall (USA)
9 Birgit Hollman (Ger)
10 Carmen D'alusio (USA)
11 Veerle Ingels (Bel)
12 Anja Nobus (Bel)
...
16 Nicole De Bie-Leijten (Ned)
20 Sofie Goor (Bel)
 
Juniors
 
1 Clément Lhotellerie (Fra)
2 Davy De Scheemaeker (Bel)
3 Rikkie Dijkxhoorn (Ned)
4 Ricardo Van Der Velde (Ned)
5 Jempy Drucker (Lux)
6 Enrico Liebe (Ned)
7 Bart Verschueren (Bel)
8 Davy Gorissen (Ned)
9 Rik Van Ijzendoorn (Ned)
10 Jan Verhaegh (Ned)
...
14 Kristof Luyten (Bel)
18 Matthias Onghena (Bel)
23 Nico Cleunen (Bel)
 
Novices
 
1 Boy Van Poppel (Ned)                            34.12
2 Christopher Janssens (Ned)                       0.10
3 Jo Pirotte (Bel)                                 0.27
4 Johim Ariesen (Ned)                              0.54
5 Bart Thijssen (Ned)                              1.06
6 Richard Van Loon (Ned)
7 Niek Tielemans (Ned)
8 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned)
9 Eremco Te Brake (Ned)
10 Jordy Beuker (Ned)
...
16 Vincent Baestaens (Bel)

Past winners

2003 Sven Nys (Bel)  
2002 Erwin Vervecken (Bel)
 
Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com