1997 Results
Brief:
Steven De Jongh, Johan Verstrepen and Roger Hammond attacked early and built
a five minute gap. No-one really thought that the peloton would regain contact
with them. But then bad luck struck - a car crashing head on into a freight
wagon. It delayed them for 3 minutes and that was enough to ruin their
winning chances. In the last lap, a mass sprint was becoming inevitable.
With some great work by TVM's De Jongh, Peter Van Petegem won the sprint.
Zele, 154 kms:
1. Peter Van Petegem (Bel) TVM 3.27.00 (44.638)
2. Brett Aitken (Aus) Palmans-Ideal *
3. Jean-Pierre Heynderickx (Bel) Home Market-Charleroi
4. Danny Daelman (Bel) Collstrop
5. Tom Desmet (Bel) Collstrop
6. Jans Koerts (Ned) Rabobank
7. Wilfried Peeters (Bel) Mapei
8. Berry Hoedemakers (Ned) Spar-RDM *
9. Gunther Van den Abbeele (Bel) Elite
10. Brian Dalgaard (Den) Spar-RDM
11. Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank
12. Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Rabobank
13. Jan Hordijk (Ned) Tonissteiner
14. Vadim Volar (Ukr) Ipso
15. Hans De Meester (Bel) Tonissteiner
16. Lorenzo Louagie (Bel) Elite
17. Miquel Van Kessel (Ned) TVM
18. Nico Renders (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002
19. Gianni Rivera (Bel) Palmans-Ideal
20. Wim Omloop (Bel) Spar-RDM
21. Eddy Marien (Bel) Elite
22. Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002
23. Ronny Assez (Bel) Home Market-Charleroi
24. Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Lotto
25. David Clinger (Usa) Mercury
26. Masahiko Mifune (Jpn) Tonissteiner
27. Patrice Hemroulle (Bel) Elite
28. David Verreth (Bel) Ipso *
29. Tom Stremersch (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002
30. Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto
Started: 96
* stagiaire
|