38th Brabantse Pijl/Fleche Brabanconne, Cat 1.1

Belgium, March 29, 1998


Brief Preview

The Vlaamse Wielerweek begins with the E3 Harelbeke and continues with the Brabantse Pijl. The races mark the lead up to the Ronde van van Vlaanderen which is staged the following Sunday.

The 38th edition of the Brabantse Pijl (Brabant Arrow) on Sunday is without doubt defined by the seven climbs of the Cote d'Alsemberg (12% in parts). The peloton initially heads for the Pajottenland (Sint-Pieters Leeuw, Halle, Pepingen, Gooik, Herne, Galmaarden, Geraardsbergen (Kapellestraat), Bosberg, Ninove.

The race starts at midday and the first climb of the Alsemberg will be around 14.30 and then 6 laps each 16.3 kms long are raced until the finish which is scheduled to be around 16.50. The race distance is 193 kms.

Alsemberg-Alsemberg, 193 kms:

 1. Johan Museeuw  (Bel) Mapei-Bricobi	             4.15.50 (45.263)
 2. Germano Pierdomenico (Ita) Cantina Tollo		0.05
 3. Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank 			0.12
 4. Wilfried Peeters (Bel) Mapei-Bricobi 		1.10
 5. Marco Serpellini (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 		1.19
 6. Davide Casarotto (Ita) Scrigno-Gaerne 		1.36
 7. Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Française des Jeux 	2.32
 8. Lauri Aus (Est) Casino 				3.48
 9. Nicolaj Bo Larsen (Den) TVM-Farm Frites
10. Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale
11. Rolf Huser (Swi) Post Swiss Team
12. Flavio Vanzella (Ita) La Française des Jeux 	6.15
13. Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank
14. Paolo Valoti (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia Alluminio
15. Daniele Contrini (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas         10.06
16. Lars Michaelsen (Den) TVM-Farm Frites 	       11.17
17. Scott Sunderland (Aus) Palmans-Ideal
18. Danny Nelissen (Ned) Home-Jack & Jones
19. Bart Voskamp (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites
20. Wim Feys (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar
21. Franck Morelle (Fra) La Française des Jeux
22. Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002  	       11.32
23. Renzo Ragnetti (Ita) Mobilvetta Design-Northwave   11.52
24. Johan De Geyter (Bel) Palmans-Ideal 	       11.57
25. Peter Vries (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites                  13.35
26. Christophe Rinero (Fra) Cofidis
27. Christ Hendryckx (Bel) Collstrop-Zeno Project
28. Romeo Hernandez (Bel) Home Market-Charleroi
29. René Jörgensen (Den) Home-Jack & Jones
30. Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel) Home Market-Charleroi
31. Inaki Barrenechea (Spa) Tönissteiner-Colnago 
32. Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Polti
33. Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar
34. Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) La Française des Jeux
35. Oscar Dalla Costa (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Longoni Sport
36. David Tani (Ita) Asics
37. Martin Rittsel (Swe) Cantina Tollo
38. Marc Streel (Bel) Casino
39. Christian Moreni (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas
40. Brian Holm (Den) Home-Jack & Jones
41. Rolf Sörensen (Den) Rabobank
42. Simone Bertoletti (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas
43. Luca Scinto (Ita) Asics
44. Peter Wuyts (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx
45. Pietro Zucconi (Swi) Post Swiss Team
46. Rossano Brasi (Ita) Team Polti
47. Pierre Bourquenoud (Swi) Post Swiss Team
48. Roland Meier (Swi) Cofidis
49. Glenn Magnusson (Swe) Amore e Vita
50. Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002
51. Mirko Crepaldi (Ita) Team Polti
52. Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank
53. Peter Van Petegem (Bel) TVM-Farm Frites
54. Frédéric Vifian (Swi) Post Swiss Team
55. Valerio Tebaldi (Ita) Mobilvetta Design-Northwave
56. Mario Aerts  (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar
57. Enrico Cassani (Ita) Team Polti			
58. Arvis Piziks (Lat) Home-Jack & Jones	        13.35

Started 191
Finished 58

Thanks to Dirk Ryelandt from Brugge for the complete results

Brief

Johan Museeuw took both Belgian races at the weekend by winning the E3 Harelbeke and the Brabantse Pijl.

During the last climb of the Alsemberg, Museeuw rode his last opponents off his wheel - Germano Pierdomenico (Ita, Cantina) and Michael Boogerd (Ned, Rabobank). The three had worked well together in a break and had a good gap on the peloton.

Coming in a minute late was Wilfried Peeters making the fourth place safe for the Mapei-Bricobi team.

At the presentation, Museeuw said that he was the top man for the Ronde van Vlaanderen next Sunday.


Complete Starting List

MAPEI-BRICOBRI			VLAANDEREN 2002-E.MERCKX

1. MUSEEUW Johan		11. D'HOLLANDER Glenn
2. PIANEGONDA Gianluca 		12. CRETSKENS Wilfried
3. STEELS Tom			13. GERITS Kris
4. BALERINI Franco		14. RENDERS Nico
5. LEYSEN Bart			15. THIJS Erwin
6. PEETERS Wilfried		16. VANFRACHEM Jarno
7. MATTAN Nico			17. ROESEMS Bert - DNS
8. ZANINI Stefano		18. WUYTS Peter

ASICS

21. BARTOLI Michele
22. ROSCIOLI Fabio
23. SCINTO Luca
24. BIANCHI Carlo Marino
25. SCHIAVINA Samuele
26. COLONNA Federico
27. FERRARI Diego
28. TANI David

IPSO				TVM-FARM FRITES

31. HENNEBERT Stefan		41. CAPIOT Johan
32. PANKOV Oleg			42. MICHAELSEN Lars
33. HEIRWEGH Bart		43. OUTSCHAKOV Serguei
34. BEECKMAN Koen		44. VAN PETEGEM Peter
35. DE SMET Andy		45. LARSEN Nicolay Bo
36. VANDAELE Robbie		46. VOSKAMP Bart
37. VERBEKEN Peter		47. VAN BONDT Geert
38. GUYTON Scott		48. VRIES Pieter

CANTINA TOLLO-ALEXIA UMINIO	PALMANS-IDEAL

51. VALOTI Paolo		61. SUNDERLAND Scott
52. BELLINI Marco		62. SPAENHOVEN Peter
53. DI RENZO Marco Antonio	63. VANDERAERDEN Gert
54. HVASTIJA Martin		64. PAUWELS Karl
55. BATTISTEL Giacomo		65. DE GEYTER Johan
56. PIERDOMENICO Germano	66. HOJ Frank
57. RITTSEL Martin		67. DE CLERCQ Mario
58. TRENTI Guido		68. HAMMOND Roger - DNS

TEAM POLTI			TONISSTEINER-COLNAGO

71. CELESTINO Mirko		81. DE BUYST Franky
72. GUIDI Fabrizio		82. DELME Davy
73. BRASI Rossano		83. TORREKENS Eddy
74. CASSANI Enrico		84. BARRENECHEA GIRALDEZ
75. GUIDI Leonardo		85. COUDRAY Nicolas
76. ZINETTI Mauro		86. DE RAEDT Rino
77. SACCHI Fabio		87. HORDIJK Jan
78. CREPALDI Mirco		88. MIFUNE Masahiko

CASINO				SAECO

91. KIRSIPUU Jann		101. FORNACIARI Paolo
92. AUS Lauri			102. COMMESSO Salvatore
93. DURAND Jacky		103. KOKORINE Vitali
94. STREEL Marc			104. MAZZOLENI Eddy
95. BESSY Fréderic		105. MORI Massimiliano
96. LEFEVRE David		106. PADRNOS Pavel
97. SALMON Benoit		107. RICH Michael
98. VINOKOUROV Alexandre	108. PETITO Roberto

RABOBANK			SCRIGNO-GAERNE

111. SORENSEN Rolf		121. CASAROTTO Davide
112. VAN BON Leon		122. PANETTA Guiseppe
113. BOOGERD Michael		123. PIERE Dario
114. JONKER Patrick		124. PETACCHI Alessandro
115. VIERHOUTEN Aart		125. BALDUCCI Gabriele
116. LOTZ Marc			126. GLOMSER Gerrit
117. MOERENHOUT Koos		127. CEI Luca
118. BOVEN Jan			128. ROSSATO Mirko

TEAM HOME-JACK AND JONES	AMORE E VITA

131. HOLM Brian			141. MAGNUSSON Glenn
132. SKIBBY Jesper		142. ANDRIOTTO Dario
133. NELISSEN Danny		143. GIMONDI Massimo
134. ROSBORG Michael		144. DE PASQUALE Maurizio
135. KYNEB Mikael Holst		145. ROGERS Peter
136. JØRGENSEN René		146. ZATTONI Gilberto
137. PIZIKS Arvis		147. ZUCCHI Simone
138. SILOVS Juris		148. LUPI Emanuele

COLLSTROP			VINI CALDIROLA-LONGONI

151. BRACKE Tony		161. APOLLONIO Massimo
152. BAEYENS Danny		162. DALLA COSTA Oscar
153. DE CLERCQ Eric		163. DANTE Stefano
154. DE NEEF Steven		164. DE MAURI Stefano
155. DESMET Tom			165. RADAELLI Mauro
156. CHANOINE Marc		166. SIRONI Gianluca
157. LENAERS Tim		167. ZANETTE Denis
158. VEREECKE Philip		168. ZANOTTI Marco

CHARLEROI-HOME MARKET		BRESCIALAT-LIQUIGAS

171. BOUILLON Marc		181. SERPELLINI Marco
172. HEYNDERICKX Jean-Pierre	182. CAMIN Claudio
173. DEMARBAIX Sebastien	183. CONTRINI Daniele
174. ASSEZ Ronny		184. MORENI Cristian
175. HERNANDEZ Romeo		185. RAIMONDI Giancarlo
176. LAVEUR-PEDOUX Jerôme	186. RASTELLI Ellis
177. RAMEL Frank		187. BERTOLETTI Simone
178. SCHOELENS Gregory		188. IVANOV Rusian - DNS

MOBILVETTA NORTHWAVE		LA FRANÇAISE DES JEUX

191. TEBALDI Valerio		201. GUESDON Frédéric
192. MANZONI Mario		202. McGEE Bradley
193. GIROLETTI Marco		203. MENGIN Christophe
194. ALBERATI Paolo		204. SCIANDRI Max
195. PALUAN Andrea		205. BOUYER Franck - DNS
196. RAGNETTI Renzo		206. VANZELLA Flavio
197. TOMI Maurizio		207. MORELLE Franck
198. DALLA VALLE Gabriele	208. MAGNIEN Emmanuel - DNS

LOTTO-MOBISTAR			COFIDIS

211. FEYS Wim			221. MEIER Roland
212. DETILLOUX Christophe	222. BERTOLINI Alessandro
213. AERTS Mario		223. SAUGRAIN Cyril
214. DE WAELE Fabien		224. DELBOVE Jerome
215. MARICHAL Thierry - DNS	225. MONCOUTIÉ David
216. PEERS Chris - DNS		226. PLOUHINEC Samuel
217. VANDENBROUCKE Jean-Denis	227. RINERO Christophe
218. WILLEMS Ludwig		228. THIBOUT Bruno

SPAR-RDM BEL			POST SWISS TEAM

231. DALGAARD JENSEN Brian	241. ZBERG Marcus
232. CLAEYS Rik			242. ZUCCONI Pietro
233. CORNELISSE Michel		243. BOURQUENOUD Pierre
234. OMLOOP Wim - DNS		244. HOTZ Franz
235. OMLOOP Geert		245. HUSER Rolf
236. VAN SLYCKE Rik		246. RENGGLI Marcel
237. POLANSKY Roman		247. VIFIAN Frédéric
238. VANDROMME Werner		248. HAYMOZ Yvan

Past Winners

1961	Pino Cerami (Bel)
1962	Marcel Janssens (Bel)
1963	Joseph Wouters (Bel)
1964	Arnaldo Pambianco (Ita)
1965	Willy Bocklant (Bel)
1966	Jan Janssen (Ned)
1967	Roger Rosiers (Bel)
1968	Victor Van Schil (Bel)
1969	Willy In'T'Ven (Bel)
1970	Herman Vanspringel (Bel) 
1971	Joseph Spruyt (Bel)
1972	Eddy Merckx (Bel)
1973	Johan De Muynck (Bel)
1974	Herman Vanspringel (Bel)
1975	Willem Peters (Bel) 
1976	Freddy Maertens (Bel)
1977	Frans Verbeeck (Bel)
1978	Marcel Laurens (Bel)
1979	Daniel Willems (Bel)
1980	Michel Pollentier (Bel)
1981	Roger De Vlaeminck (Bel)
1982	Claude Criquielion (Bel)
1983	Eddy Planckaert (Bel)
1984	Ronny Van Holen (Bel)
1985	Adri Van der Poel (Ned)
1986	Johan Van de Velde (Ned)
1987	Edwig Van Hooydonck (Bel)
1988	Johan Capiot (Bel)
1989	Johan Capiot (Bel)
1990	Frans Maassen (Ned)
1991	Edwig Van Hooydonck (Bel)
1992	Johan Capiot (Bel)
1993	Edwig Van Hooydonck (Bel)
1994	Michele Bartoli (Ita)
1995	Edwig Van Hooydonck (Bel)
1996	Johan Museeuw (Bel)
1997	Gianluca Pianegonda (Ita)
1998	?
My friend Mario Stiehl from Berlin provides the history lists