Brief:
In a two-man sprint, Kris Gerits beat his fellow breakaway Wim Omloop
to win the 58th Omloop...
With 40 kms to go, there was a group of 14 riders who were still in the
race. The peloton was at more than 5 minutes. West-Vlaams champion Pascal
Lievens really bend his back on the climb of the Kemmelberg. Only
Vanderaerden, Gerits, the Austrian Buxhofer, Jurgen Van de Walle
and Wim Omloop had an answer to the attack from the pupil of Pollentier.
With around 20 km to ride, Gerits and Wim Omloop laid their cards on the
table. hun troefkaarten op tafel. "In the end it was Omloop who held
the attack. Wim is the fastest." said Gerits. His team leader, Swerts had
planned for him to work hard in May and June. The results are there to see.
"In the Belgian Championship last year there was always someone from our team
on the podium. In Knokke, this year, we plan to repeat the effort." said
Gerits who also has Zellik-Galmaarden on his winning list.
De Panne, 178 kms:
1. Kris Gerits (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 4.05.00 (43.595)
2. Wim Omloop (Bel) Spar-RDM
3. Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) Palmans-Ideal 0.48
4. Pascal Lievens (Bel) Elite
5. Matthias Buxhofer (Aut) Elite
6. Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Home Market-Charleroi 0.58
7. Peter Wrolich (Aut) Elite
8. Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002
9. Danny Daelman (Bel) Collstrop
10. Karel Vereecke (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002
11. Geert Omloop (Bel) Spar-RDM
12. Hans De Meester (Bel) Tonnisteiner
13. Hans De Clercq (Bel) Palmans-Ideal
14. Gregory Schoelens (Bel) Home Market-Charleroi
15. Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002
16. Bjorn Rondelez (Bel) Elite
17. Frank Hoj (Den) Palmans-Ideal
18. Karl Pauwels (Bel) Palmans-Ideal
19. Thomas Mohlbacher (Aus) Elite
20. Eddy Torrekens (Bel) Tonnisteiner
21. Inaki Barrenchea (Spa) Tonnisteiner 1.50
22. Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Lada 2.15
23. Davy Delme (Bel) Tonnisteiner
24. Jurgen Vandewalle (Bel) Elite
25. Marc Chanoine (Bel) Collstrop 3.45
26. Goswin Laplasse (Bel) Elite
27. Bart Everaert (Bel) Elite 4.05
28. Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Home Market-Charleroi
29. Alexander Kornatov (Rus) Lada
30. Mario De Clerc (Bel) Palmans-Ideal 7.15
105 Starters
Kris Verreth, our Belgian Reporter
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