29th Ronde van Midden-Brabant, Elite

Netherlands, March 29, 1998

Brief

The 29th Ronde van Midden-Brabant starts at 13.00 in the Gerardus Majellastraat in Dongen (Nederland). Sixteen teams of seven riders will start the 163 kilometer race. Most important part of the parcours is the 'kasseien-strook' (cobbles) at the watertower in Dongen. The peloton has to do this part six times.

Among those participating are: John van de Akker, Michel Zanoli, Wim van de Meulenhof (MGI Fietsen-De Jonge Renner), Tom Cordes (Topteam Tegeltoko) and the winner of last year Wilco Zuiderwijk (Van Vliet Weba).

The race comprises two 63km laps before going onto two smaller laps of 18km each. The race finishes in the Gerardus Majellastraat and is expected to be around 16.55 (with an average speed of 42 km/h)

Dongen-Dongen, 162 kms:

 1. De Crom (Ned) 		     3.46.40
 2. Dunning (Ned
 3. Pronk (Ned)
 4. Stam (Ned)
 5. Ypenburg (Ned)
 6. Van der Werff (Ned)			0.10
 7. Van Elven (Ned)
 8. Pieters (Ned)
 9. Van Dijk (Ned)
10. Kemna (Ned)