1997 Results
Past Winners
Brief:TVM's Serguei Ivanov, the Russian who lives in Scherpenheuvel said after winning the Druivenkoers: "In recent weeks I have been having a quiet period, but today I felt really good. In the next part of the year I will be concentrating on one-day races. But first I will start in the Tour of Poland. After that I will be going to Italy for the classics. Today was going to tell me how good my condition is. This was my fourth win this season."Only 24 of the original 126 starters finished the race. A feature was the strong showing by the Elite (without contract) rider Davy Daniel. In the two large laps there were constant attacks. In the first, 27 riders created a gap with Tom Steels prominent. In the second lap, Steels was also instrumental ina break of 21 riders. Frank Vandenbroucke rode dropped out at this point and rode to the dressing rooms. The peloton was watchful and so the final result in the race was going to come down to the 7 smaller laps. In the second of the 7, 12 riders attacked after Davy Daniel had created the move. But another group of 14 were also still in the race. Ludo Dierckxsens was in that group. With 20 kms to go, Kurt Van De Wouwer made the second of his attacking moves. He was promptly joined by Serguei Ivanov who sat his wheel. The Russian has enough speed at the end to beat his breakaway partner in the sprint. Van De Wouwer was run over by Wilfried Peeters at the end and was relegated to third. Van De Wouwer however was told by Belgian coach Marc Sergeant that he would be in the national team for the World Championships at Valkenburg. Overijse, 194 kms:1. Sergei Ivanov (Rus) TVM 4.46.00 2. Wilfried Peeters (Bel) Mapei-Bricobi 0.32 3. Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 4. Nico Mattan (Bel) Mapei-Bricobi 1.01 5. Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 6. Chris Peers (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 7. Davy Daniels (Bel) Elite 8. Michel Van Haecke (Bel) Ipso 1.20 9. Fabian De Waele (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 1.30 10. Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 1.30 11. Bert Grabsch (Ger) Agro Adler Brandenburg 1.42 12. Tom Desmet (Bel) Collstrop 13. Maro Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 14. Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 15. Ludo Dierickxens (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 16. Bert Roesems (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 17. Jörn Reuss (Ger) Agro Adler Brandenburg 18. Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 19. Stephan Gottschling (Ger) Agro Adler Brandenburg 20. Geert Van Crombruggen (Bel) Elite 5.21 21. Hans De Meester (Bel) Tönissteiner 22. Lars Michaelsen (Den) TVM 23. Rudy Verdonck (Bel) Elite 24. Jarno Van Frachem (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 5.21 Started 126 Past Winners1961 Ludo Janssens (Bel) 1962 Joseph De Wit (Bel) 1963 Henri De Wolf (Bel) 1964 Willem Van den Eynde (Bel) 1965 Joseph Spruyt (Bel) 1966 Eddy Merckx (Bel) 1967 Alphonse De Bal (Bel) 1968 Wim Schepers (H) 1969 Antoine Houbrechts (Bel) 1970 Roger De Vlaeminck (Bel) 1971 Georges Pintens (Bel) 1972 Roger De Vlaeminck (Bel) 1973 Roger Swerts (Bel) 1974 Roger De Vlaeminck (Bel) 1975 Eddy Merckx (Bel) 1976 Joseph Bruyére (Bel) 1977 Frans Verbeeck (Bel) 1978 Roger De Vlaeminck (Bel) 1979 Ludo Peeters (Bel) 1980 Alphonse De Wolf (Bel) 1981 Rudy Pevenage (Bel) 1982 Guido Van Calster (Bel) 1983 Walter Dalgal (Ita) 1984 Jean-Marie Wampers (Bel) 1985 Rudy Dhaenens (Bel) 1986 Marc Somers (Bel) 1987 Adri Van der Poel (Ned) 1988 Marc Sergeant (Bel) 1989 Carlo Bomans (Bel) 1990 Dirk De Wolf (Bel) 1991 Ronny Van Holen (Bel) 1992 Vjatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) 1993 Herman Frison (Bel) 1994 Johan Museeuw (Bel) 1995 Johan Museeuw (Bel) 1996 Erik Breukink (Ned) 1997 Andrej Tchmil (Ukr)Past winners are from Mario Stiehl, Berlin |