23rd Grand Prix Pino Cerami, Cat 1.3

Belgium, April 11, 1998

Brief

The Grand Prix Pino Cerami returned after being cancelled in 1997. The last time it was held in 1996, Italian Marco Serpellini took the prize. The Italian riding now for the Brescialat-Liquigas team repeated this triumph beating fellow Italian Biagio Conte by 16 seconds with Australian Scott Sunderland coming in third.

Serpellini was the animator of all the attacks for the race. After 115 kms, a group of 15 attacked which include Serpellini, Biagio Conte, Scott Sunderland, Casagranda, Valoti, Milesi and Mazzoleni. With 25 kms to go, Conte, Serpellini and Scotty broke away and drove for the finish. With 3 kilometers to go to the finish in Wasmuel, in Wallonia, Serpellini anticipated the finale beautifully and dropped Conte and Scott.

Wasmuel, 199.6 kms:

  1. Marco Serpellini (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas		             4.43.00 (42.402)
  2. Biagio Conte (Ita) Scrigno-Gaerne					0.16
  3. Scott Sunderland (Aus) Palmans-Ideal				0.16
  4. Davide Casarotto (Ita) Scrigno-Gaerne				0.35
  5. Robbie Vandaele (Bel) Ipso						0.40
  6. Paolo Valoti (Ita) Cantina Tollo 					0.42
  7. Guido Trenti (Ita) Cantina Tollo					0.40
  8. Mirko Rossato (Ita) Scrigno-Gaerne 				0.56
  9. Gerrit Glomser (Aut) Scrigno-Gaerne				0.56
 10. Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Nurnberger 				0.56
 11. Carlo Bomans (Bel) Palmans-Ideal
 12. Frank Höj (Den) Palmans-Ideal
 13. Michael Van Der Wolf (Ned) Gerolsteiner
 14. Romeo Hernandez (Bel) Home Market-Charleroi
 15. Claudio Camin (Ita) Brescialat
 16. Christ Heyndryckx (Bel) Collstrop
 17. Fabien Deewaele (Bel) Lotto
 18. Martin Van Steen (Ned) Nürnberger
 19. Hans De Meester (Bel) Tönissteiner
 20. Danilo Hondo (Ger) Agro Adler

Complete Starting List

Brescialat:	Saeco:		Cantina Tollo:		Agro-Adler:		

1-SERPELLINI	11-COMESSO		21-HVASTIJA	31-HONDO
2-BERTOLETTI	12- dns			22-DI RENZO	32-GOTTSCHLING
3-CAMIN		13-FORNACIARI		23-GONTCHAR	33-DIERS
4-CONTRINI	14-MAZZOLENI		24-TRENTI	34-MÜLLER Martin
5-MILESI	15-MORI			25-RITTSEL	35-GRABSCH Bert
6-MORENI	16-PADRNOS		26- dns		36-SIMENSEN
7-RAIMONDI	17-RICH			27-BATTISTEL	37-BLOCHWITZ
8-RASTELLI				28-VALOTI	38-POLLACK
					29-STRAZZER	39-HOHENSTEIN

SPAR-RDM:	Riso Scotti:		TVM:		Scrigno-Gaerne:

No starters	51-BALDATO		61-LARSEN	71-CONTE
		52- dns			62-ASMAKER	72-CASAROTTO
		53-BROGNARA		63-ANDERSSON	73-PIERI
		54-CASAGRANDA		64-VRIES	74-GLOMSER
		55-CENGHIALTA		65- dns		75-PETACCHI
		56-DE BENI		66-VAN KESSEL	76-BALDUCCI
		57-FERRARI		67-DUBBELDAM	77- dns
		58-CHARRIERE		68-BLIJLEVENS	78-ROSSATO
		59- dns
		60-REZZANI

Jack and Jones 	Team Nürnberger		Palmans-Ideal	Vlaanderen 2002

81-HOLM		91-ZEMKE		101-BOMANS	111-VERSTREPEN
82-SKIBBY	92-KLIER		102-DE GEYTER	112-CRETSKENS
83- dns		93-SCHLITTCHEN		103-HOJ		113-GERITS
84-SILOVS	94-RONELLENFITSCH	104-PAUWELS	114-RENDERS
85-NELISSEN	95-SCHINCK		105- dns	115-ROESEMS
86-JORGENSEN	96-STOFFEL		106-SUNDERLAND	116-VANFRACHEM
87-ROSBORG	97-VAN STEEN		107-DE CLERCQ H	117-VEREECKE Karel
88-NIELSEN	98-VESTY		108-HAMMOND 	118- dns
89-KYNEB	99- dns			109-VANMALDERGH	119-STREMEERSCH
90-ANDERSEN	100-AUDHEM		110-VERMEERSCH	

IPSO-Euroclean:	Collstrop:		Continentale: 	Team Gerolsteiner:

121-PANKOV	131-BAEYENS		141- dns	151-KAPPES
122- dns	132-BRACKE		142-MCGRORY	152-KLEIN
123-DE SMET A	133- dns		143-PHILIPS	153-GLASNER
124-HEIRWEGH	134-DAELMAN		144-SAUERBORN	154-GRABSCH Ralf
125-HENNEBERT	135-DE CLERCQ E.	145-WALZER	155-HENRIX
126-VAN DAELE	136- dns		146-WEGMANN	156-MEIJS
127-VAN HAECKE	137-DE SMET Tom		147-TRUMHELLER	157-OSCHWALD
128-VERBEKEN	138-HEYNDRYCKX		148-BEIKIRCH	158-SCHLICKAU
129-GUYTON	139-LAPAGE				159-SCHUMANN
							160-VANDERWOLF

Tönissteiner:	Home Market:		BIGMAT

161-DE MEESTER	171-BRENTJENS		181-AUGER G
162-DE BUYST	172-DEMARBAIX		182-BERGES
163-DELME	173-HERNANDEZ		183-DACRUZ
164-TORREKENS	174-DEBUYSSCHERE	184-GENTY
165-HOPMANS	175-LAVEUR-PEDOUX	185-HATTON
166-COUDRAY	176-CAPELLE		186-RAVALEU
167-BARRENECHEA	177-HEYNDERICKX		187-SWEET
168-DE RAEDT	178-SCHOELENS		188- dns
169-HORDIJK	179-ASSEZ		189-DEWAELE
170-HERIJGERS	180-BOUILLON		190-DETILLOUX

Thanks to Daniel Schamps for the starting list

Past Winners

1964	André Noyelle (Bel)
1965	Jan Boonen (Bel)
1966	Eddy Merckx (Bel)
1967	Willy Planckaert (Bel)
1968	Julien Stevens (Bel)
1969	Frans Mintjens (Bel)
1970	André Dierickx (Bel)
1971	Georges Van Coningsloo (Bel)
1972	Christian Callens (Bel)
1973	Ferdinand Bracke (Bel)
1974	Marc Demeyer (Bel)
1975	Eddy Verstraeten (Bel)
1976	Willy Teirlinck (Bel)
1977	Joseph Jacobs (Bel)
1978	Gerrie Knetemann (Ned)
1979	Daniel Verplancke (Bel)
1980	Joop Zoetemelk (Ned)
1981	Joop Zoetemelk (Ned)
1982	Ronny Van Holen (Ned)
1983	Bernard Hinault (Fra)
1984	Gerrie Knetemann (Ned)
1985	Paul Haghedooren (Bel)
1986	Urs Freuler (Swi)
1987	Rolf Sörensen (Den)
1988	John Talen (Ned)
1989	Stefan Joho (Swi)
1990	Maximilian Sciandri (Ita)
1991	Andrej Tchmil (Mol)
1992	Laurent Dufaux (Swi)
1994	Michele Bartoli (Ita)
1995	Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita)
1996	Marco Serpellini (Ita)
1997	Race Cancelled
1998	Marco Serpellini (Ita)