Brief"It was almost a year ago that I tasted my victory. Last year I had three wins. Now I have my first win for this season." said Gert Vanderaerden, the winner of the the GP Bazel-Kruibeke. There was an long breakaway from Guy Smet, Volar Vadim and Carl Pauwels which went away early. In the final stages, Carlo Bomans was aggressive and working for Vanderaerden. With 5 kms to go, Vanderaerden attacked for the first time and Wim Omloop went with him. But it came to nothing. Then they went again and built a small lead on the chasing group. Vanderaerden knew that Omloop was the faster sprinter and so he attacked him and held him off in the sprint.Bazel - Kruibeke, 154 kms:1. Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) Palmans-Ideal 3.36.00 2. Wim Omloop (Bel) Spar-RDM 3. Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Bricobi 0.15 4. Jans Koerts (Ned) Rabobank 5. Jean-Pierre Heynderickx (Bel) Home Market-Charleroi 6. Michel Cornelisse (Ned) Spar-RDM 7. Andy De Smet (Bel) Ipso 8. Ronny De Meuter (Bel) Elite 9. Roger Hammond (GB) Palmans-Ideal 10. Oleg Pankov (Ukr) Ipso 11. Nico Renders (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 12. Ronny Assez (Bel) Home Market-Charleroi 13. Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Ipso 14. Pavel Khamidoulin (Rus) Lada 15. Peter Verbeken (Bel) Ipso 16. Mario Lammens (Bel) Elite 17. Franky Van Haesebroucke (Bel) Ipso 18. Frank Corvers (Bel) Palmans-Ideal 19. Jarno Vanfrachem (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 20. Fabian De Waele (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 21. Bart Everaert (Bel) Elite 22. Michel Willems (Bel) Elite 23. Steven Van Malderghem (Bel) Palmans-Ideal 24. Gregory Schoelens (Bel) Home Market-Charleroi 25. Wim Feys (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 26. Brian Dalgaard Jensen (Den) Spar-RDM 27. Ronny Vansweevelt (Bel) Elite 28. Koen Van de Velde (Bel) Elite 29. Gino Hoskens (Bel) Elite 30. Johan De Geyter (Bel) Palmans-Ideal Started: 52 |