Brief:Ludo Dierckxsens was very happy after his victory at Deinze. He said: "I had a double break in my wrist after a fall in April in Veenendaal-Veenendaal and had to take 6 weeks off the bike. 10 days before the Belgian Championships, I returned to competition. It is my character to battle things out. With three riders up for the sprint as we approached the end I know I would have to attack. That opportunity came with 4 kms to go before the finish.My fellow breakaways Wim Omloop and Koen Beeckman had ridden very hard. And with the wind from behind I planned to attack off the front. I gave it everything. Neither of the other two reacted. I felt as if I was in control. Now I can feel confident about starting in the Ronde van het Waalse Gewest this Saturday." With 50 kms to go, there were 12 riders away. The gap had grown to 5 minutes. But then Dierckxsens siezed the right moment for his devastating attack and won alone. Deinze, 160 kms:1. Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 3.48.00 2. Wim Omloop (Bel) Spar-RDM 0.12 3. Koen Beeckman (Bel) Ipso 4. Roger Hammond (GB) Palmans-Ideal 0.47 5. Eric De Clercq (Bel) Collstrop 6. Fabien De Waele (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 7. Franky De Buyst (Bel) Tonissteiner 8. Marc Streel (Bel) Casino 0.58 9. Michael Steen Nielsen (Den) Team Home-Jack & Jones 1.10 10. Wim Feys (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 11. Gregory Schoelens (Bel) Home Market-Charleroi 12. Danny Nelissen (Ned) Team Home-Jack & Jones 2.35 13. Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Ipso 4.50 14. Hans De Meester (Bel) Tonissteiner 15. Johan De Geyter (Bel) Palmans-Ideal 16. Mario De Clercq (Bel) Palmans-Ideal 17. Arvis Piziks (Lat) Team Home-Jack & Jones 18. Marc Strange Jacobsen (Den) Team Home-Jack & Jones 19. Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 20. Tim Lenaers (Bel) Collstrop 21. Hans De Clercq (Bel) Palmans-Ideal 22. Francky Van Haesebroucke (Bel) Ipso 23. Peter Verbeken (Bel) Ipso 24. Jean-Pierre Heynderickx 25. Oleg Pankov (Ukr) Ipso 26. Jimmy Casper (Fra) 27. Kurt De Roose (Bel) 28. Nico Renders (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 29. Tom Stremersch (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 30. Johan Verhaegen (Bel) Started: 113 |