54th Dwars door Belgie/A Travers La Belgique, Cat 1.2

1998 Results     Hills     Teams and Riders     Race Route Kortrijk - Waregem, 200kms: Johan Museeuw won the semi-classic race "Dwars door België" when he beat fellow Belgian Michel van Haecke in a two-up sprint. The two Belgians broke away from a group of eleven riders only a few kilometers from the finish. Dwars door België, is considered the first of four preparation races for the Ronde van Vlaanderen which is to be held on April 4. The Dwars door België route covers part of the RVV route. In the closing kms the race was being dominated by 11 riders. This split into two groups with six riders including Chris Peers, Frank Vandenbroucke, Peter van Petegem, Museeuw, Van Haecke and Tom Steels comprising the front bunch. Museeuw was very active in this leading group and tried to go solo several times. He finally Museeuw broke away with only the young Michel Van Haecke reacting. He is one of the leading lights in Belgian cycling already this season. The two riders very quickly created a sizable gap. There was no reaction from the others who were waiting for each other to take the initiative. Tom Steels was doing nothing given Museeuw was clear in front. The second group comprised Philippe Gaumont, Maarten den Bakker, Lars Michaelsen, Tristan Hoffman and Henk Vogels, among others. Although the gap for Museeuw and Van Haecke remained at around 20 seconds there was no endeavour in the chasing group. As the finish line approached, Museeuw's skill in finishing off the race showed and he went up a cog and easily outsprinted his less experienced companion. It was Museeuw's first victory since he came back from the bad accident incurred during Paris-Roubaix last April. He was clearly delighted at the end of the race. Van Haecke, riding for the small Belgian Tönissteiner-team, showed his excellent showing in Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne was no fluke. He is one of the hopes for Belgian cycling. (based on a report from Tuur Verdonck) Results: 1. Johan Museeuw (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 4.29.10 (44.609 km/h) 2. Michel Van Haecke (Bel) Tönissteiner-Colnago 3. Chris Peers (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 0.21 4. Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 0.35 5. Franck Vandenbroucke (Bel) Cofidis 0.35 6. Peter Van Petegem (Bel) TVM-Farm Frites 0.35 7. Lars Michaelsen (Den) La Française des Jeux 0.46 8. Henk Vogels (Aus) Crédit Agricole 0.46 9. Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 0.46 10. Philippe Gaumont (Fra) Cofidis 0.56 11. Tristan Hoffman (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 0.56 12. Mario Aerts (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 0.56 13. Hans De Clercq (Bel) Palmans-Ideal 0.56 14. Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis 0.56 15. Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 0.56 16. Juris Silovs (Lat) Team Home Jack & Jones 0.56 17. Robbie McEwen (Aus) Rabobank 4.04 18. Arvis Piziks (Lat) Team Home Jack & Jones 4.04 19. Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) Palmans-Ideal 4.04 20. Jans Koerts (Ned) Team Cologne 4.04 21. Bert Dietz (Ger) Team Nürnberger 4.04 22. Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Cologne 4.04 23. Tom Desmet (Bel) Collstrop 4.04 24. Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 4.04 25. Gabrielle Balducci (Ita) Navigare-Gaerne 4.04 26. Cyril Saugrain (Fra) La Française des Jeux 4.04 27. Ludovic Auger (Fra) Big-Mat Auber 93 4.04 28. Peter Wrolich (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner 4.04 29. Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 4.04 30. Fred Rodriguez (USA) Mapei-Quick Step 4.04 31. Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 4.04 32. Servais Knaven (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 4.04 33. Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 4.04 34. Steven De Jongh (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 4.04 35. Andreas Klier (Ger) TVM-Farm Frites 4.04 36. Wilfried Peeters (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 4.04 37. Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 4.04 38. Jo Planckaert (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 4.04 39. Wim Feys (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 4.04 40. Arnaud Pretot (Fra) Cofidis 4.04 41. Marcus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 4.04 Started: 171 Route kms kms Time gone left Kortrijk - Parade on Conservatoriumplein 11.45 Kortrijk - Start on the Leiebrug 0 200 11.50 Kuurne 4 196 11.56 Lendelede 11 189 12.07 Izegem 15 185 12.13 Ledegem - Sint-Eloois-Winkel 19 181 12.19 Wevelgem - Gullegem 22 178 12.24 Wevelgem - Moorsele 26 174 12.30 Menen 30 170 12.36 Menen - Rekkem 35 165 12.43 Mouscron 39 161 12.48 Kortrijk - Aalbeke 41 159 12.51 Kortrijk - Marke 43 157 12.54 Kortrijk - Rollegem 44 156 12.55 Kortrijk - Bellegem 46 154 12.58 Kortrijk - Kooigem 52 148 13.06 Spiere-Helkijn 55 145 13.11 Pecq - Warcoing 58 142 13.16 Pecq - Herinnes 60 140 13.20 Celles - Pottes 63 137 13.25 Celles 68 132 13.32 Mont de l'Enclus - Anseroeul 72 128 13.38 Frasnes-lez-Anvaing - Arc Wattripont 77 123 13.46 Ronse 78 122 13.48 Frasnes-lez-Anvaing - Saint-Sauveur 82 118 13.53 Frasnes-lez-Anvaing - Dergneau 83 117 13.55 Frasnes-lez-Anvaing - Saint-Sauveur 84 116 13.56 Côte de les Hauts - pave with 15% gradient 87 113 14.01 Ellezelles 89 111 14.04 provisioning 93 107 14.10 Flobecq 95 105 14.14 Côte du Hurdumont - sealed with 13% gradient 100 100 14.20 Brakel - Opbrakel 102 98 14.23 Valkenberg - sealed with 10% gradient 109 91 14.33 Horebeke 113 87 14.39 Maarkedal - Schorisse 116 84 14.43 Eikenberg - pave with 8% gradient 121 79 14.50 Oudenaarde - Edelare 122 78 14.52 Maarkedal 126 74 14.57 Ronse 129 71 15.02 Kluisbergen 132 68 15.07 Ronse 134 66 15.10 Mont de l'Enclus - Russeignies 137 63 15.15 Mont de l'Enclus - Amougies 140 60 15.20 Mont de l'Enclus - Orroir 142 58 15.23 Mont de l'Enclus Kluisberg - sealed with 12% gradient 143 57 15.25 Kluisbergen 145 55 15.27 Oude Kwaremont - pave with 6-8% gradient 151 49 15.38 Kalkhoveberg - pave with 14% gradient 153 47 15.41 Patersberg - pave with 14% gradient 155 45 15.44 Avelgem - Kerkhove 159 41 15.49 Anzegem - Kaster 161 39 15.53 Vossenhol - sealed with 9% gradient 163 37 15.55 Wortegem-Petegem 168 32 16.02 Kruishoutem - Nokere 172 28 16.06 Nokereberg - pave with 6% gradient 174 26 16.09 Waregem 177 23 16.15 first passage finishline - Westerlaan 180 20 16.20 Wortegem-Petegem 184 16 16.26 Kruishoutem-Nokere 192 8 16.38 Nokereberg - pave with 6% gradient 194 6 16.41 Waregem 197 3 16.46 Finish - Westerlaan 200 0 16.50 Teams and Riders Mapei-Quick Step TVM-Farm Frites 1 Tom Steel (Bel) 11 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) 2 Leif Hoste (Bel) 12 Johan Capiot (Bel) 3 Bart Leysen (Bel) 13 Steven De Jongh (Ned) 4 Johan Museeuw (Bel) 14 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) 5 Wilfried Peeters (Bel) 15 Andreas Klier (Ger) 6 Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) 16 Servais Knaven (Ned) 7 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) 17 Geert Van Bondt (Ned) 8 Stefano Zanini (Ita) 18 Martin Van Steen (Ned) Lotto-Mobistar Navigare-Gaerne 21 Andrei Tchmil (Bel) 31 Dario Pieri (Ita) 22 Mario Aerts (Bel) 32 Gabrielle Balducci (Ita) 23 Fabian De Waele (Bel) 33 Luca Belluomini (Ita) 24 Wim Feys (Bel) 34 Luca Cei (Ita) 25 Thierry Marichal (Bel) 35 Enrico Degano (Ita) 26 Chris Peers (Bel) 36 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) 27 Jo Planckaert (Bel) 37 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) 28 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) 38 Aldo Zanetti (Ita) Rabobank Cofidis 41 Leon Van Bon (Ned) 51 Franck Vandenbroucke (Bel) 42 Jan Boven (Ned) 52 Philippe Gaumont (Fra) 43 Erik Dekker (Ned) 53 Peter Farazijn (Bel) 44 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) 54 Claude Lamour (Fra) 45 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) 55 Thierry Loder (Fra) 46 Robbie McEwen (Aus) 56 Arnaud Pretot (Fra) 47 Marc Wauters (Bel) 57 Anthony Rokia (Fra) 48 Marcus Zberg (Swi) 58 Janek Tombak (Est) La Française des Jeux Crédit Agricole 61 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) 71 Frédéric Moncassin (Fra) 62 Patrick L'Hont (Fra) 72 Cedric Vasseur (Fra) 63 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) 73 Jermone Neuville (Fra) 64 Christophe Mengin (Fra) 74 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) 65 Lars Michaelsen (Den) 75 Franck Pencolé (Fra) 66 Damien Nazon (Fra) 76 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) 67 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) 77 Eros Poli (Ita) 68 Franck Perque (Fra) 78 Henk Vogels (Aus) Mobilvetta-Northwave Collstrop 81 Pascal Richard (Swi) 91 Tom Desmet (Bel) 82 Gabriele Dalla Valle (Ita) 92 Danny Baeyens (Bel) 83 Marco Giroletti (Ita) 93 Tony Bracke (Bel) 84 Mario Manzoni (Ita) 94 Danny Daelman (Bel) 85 Graziano Recinella (Ita) 95 Eric De Clercq (Bel) 86 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) 96 Bart Everaert (Bel) 87 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) 97 Andrei Mizourov (Kaz) 88 Massimo Strazzer (Ita) 98 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Team Gerolsteiner Tönissteiner-Colnago 101 Michael Rich (Ger) 111 Michel Van Haecke (Bel) 102 Hans De Meester (Bel) 112 Nicolas Coudray (Swi) 103 Branko Filip (Slo) 113 Franky De Buyst (Bel) 104 Rene Haselbacker (Ger) 114 Johan De Geyter (Bel) 105 Jorg Ludewig (Ger) 115 Davy Delmé (Bel) 106 Thomas Muhlbacher (Aut) 116 Kees Hopmans (Bel) 107 Volker Ordowski (Ger) 117 Bert Roesems (Bel) 108 Andreas Sauerborn (Ger) 118 Eddy Torrekens (Bel) Palmans-Ideal Team Nürnberger 121 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) 131 Bert Dietz (Ger) 122 Brett Aitken (Aus) 132 Klaus Diewald (Ger) 123 Hans De Clercq (Bel) 133 Alexander Kastenhuber (Ger) 124 Roger Hammond (GB) 134 Roland Mueller (Ger) 125 Karl Pauwels (Bel) 135 Jorn Reuss (Ger) 126 Darius Strole (Lit) 136 Franck Schink (Ger) 127 Scott Sunderland (Aus) 137 Jurgen Werner (Ger) 128 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) 138 Jens Zemke (Ger) Big Mat-Auber 93 Mroz 141 Christophe Capelle (Fra) 151 Cezary Zamana (Pol) 142 Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) 152 Thoams Brozyna (Pol) 143 Lylian Lebreton (Fra) 153 Marcin Gebka (Pol) 144 Denis Leproux (Fra) 154 Jacek Mickiewicz (Pol) 145 Alexei Sivakov (Rus) 155 Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) 146 Jay Sweet (Aus) 156 Raimondas Rumsas (Lit) 147 Thierry Bourguignon (Fra) 157 Andrzej Sypytkowski (Pol) 148 Philippe Bordenave (Fra) 158 Piotr Wadecki (Pol) Team Home Jack & Jones Vlaanderen 2002 161 Jesper Skibby (Den) 171 Wildfried Cretskens (Bel) 162 Christian Andersen (Den) 172 Glen D'Hollander (Bel) 163 Marc Strange Jacobsen (Den) 173 Kris Gerits (Bel) 164 Bo Nicolay Larsen (Den) 174 Nico Renders (Bel) 165 Micheal Steen Nielsen (Den) 175 Ton Stremersch (Bel) 166 Arvis Piziks (Lat) 176 Kristof Trouvé (Bel) 167 Juris Silovs (Lat) 177 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) 168 Marc Streel (Bel) 178 Steve Vermaut (Bel) Agro-Adler-Brandenburg Home Market-Ville de Charleroi 181 Andreas Kappes (Ger) 191 Ronny Assez (Bel) 182 Uwe Ampler (Ger) 192 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) 183 Stephan Gottschling (Ger) 193 Jurgen Debuysschere (Bel) 184 Mathhias Jandt (Ger) 194 Stéphane Hennebert (Bel) 185 Patrick Kohler (Ger) 195 Roméo Hernandez (Bel) 186 Martin Muller (Ger) 196 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) 187 Olaf Pollack (Ger) 197 Laurent Pillon (Fra) 188 Ole Sigurd Simensen (Nor) 198 Werner Vandromme (Bel) Spar-RDM Ipso-Euroclean 201 Frank Corvers (Bel) 211 Andy De Smet (Bel) 202 Michel Cornelisse (Ned) 212 Pauly Burke (USA) 203 Etienne De Wilde (Bel) 213 Steven De Neef (Bel) 204 Barry Hoedemakers (Ned) 214 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) 205 Geert Omloop (Bel) 215 Tim Lenaers (Bel) 206 Wim Omloop (Bel) 216 Jan Poppe (Bel) 207 Peter Peys (Bel) 217 Philip Vereecke (Bel) 208 Gianni Rivera (Bel) 218 David Verreth (Bel) Team Cologne 221 Davy Dubbeldam (Ned) 222 Bert Grabsch (Ger) 223 Ralf Grabsch (Ger) 224 Roman Jördens (Ger) 225 Jans Koerts (Ned) 226 Raymond Meijs (Ned) 227 Michael Schlickau (Ger) 228 Michael Schlittchen (Ger) The Flemish Hills kms Start Kortrijk 0 Cote de les Hauts 87 Feed 93 Cote de Hurdumont 100 Valkenberg 109 Eikenberg 121 Mont de L'eclus-Kluisberg 143 Oude Kwaremont 151 Kalkhoveberg 153 Patersberg 155 Vossenhol 163 Nokereberg 174 Nokereberg 194 Finish Waregem 200