Brief:The first 30 kms was raced like the Wednesday Tour stage. 30 km/h maximum. It was an act of solidarity with the Tour riders. The public understood and expressed their support. But it wasn't long after that that the race was on fire. Marc Wauters and Johan Verstrepen were the riders who started the action. The peloton was broken up and then a final group of 12 riders formed after an attack by Cretskens. With 20 kms to go Peter Van Petegem attacked from the leading group to take his third win for the season, after winning the Omloop Het Volk and a criterium in Bonn.Ninove, 169 kms:1. Peter Van Petegem (Bel) TVM 4.17.00 2. Arvis Piziks (Lat) Team Home-Jack & Jones 0.37 3. Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 0.40 4. Hans De Clercq (Bel) Palmans-Ideal 5. Michel Vanhaecke (Bel) Ipso 6. Ronny De Meuter (Bel) 7. Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 8. Jean-Pierre Heynderickx (Bel) Collstrop 9. Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 10. Max van Heeswijk (Ned) Rabobank 0.52 11. Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 1.03 12. Frank Hoj (Den) Palmans-Ideal 2.13 13. Roger Hammond (GB) Palmans-Ideal 2.17 14. Richard Groenendaal (Ned) Rabobank 15. Rene Jorgensen (Den) Team Home-Jack & Jones 16. Franky De Buyst (Bel) Tonissteiner 2.33 17. Oleg Pankov (Ukr) Ipso 2.53 18. Gregory Schoelens (Bel) Home Market-Charleroi 19. Bert Roesems (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 20. Steven De Neef (Bel) Collstrop 21. Michel Willems (Bel) 22. Hans De Meester (Bel) Tonissteiner 23. Carlo Bomans (Bel) Palmans-Ideal 4.21 24. Tony Bracke (Bel) Collstrop 25. Karel Vereecke (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 26. Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 27. Gerd Lecocq (Bel) 28. Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 4.40 29. Guy De Schuyteneer (Bel) 30. Frank De Jonge (Bel) Started: 104 |