44th E3 Prijs van Harelbeke, Cat 1.1

1998 Results     History     Teams     Route Brief Preview The Vlaamse Wielerweek begins with the E3 Harelbeke and continues with the Brabantse Pijl on Sunday. The races mark the lead up to the Ronde van van Vlaanderen which is staged the following Sunday. The 44th E3 Prijs van Harelbeke, is a category 1.1 race and thus it is immediately below the top classics. It also provides the riders a good preview of the hills that they will have to tackle the week after in the Ronde van Vlaanderen. There are twelve climbs on the "menu" but in the last hour of the race the peloton must go over the Tiegemberg and that is no easy task. The other 11 hills are: La Houppe, Berg Stene, Boigneberg, Eikenberg, Stationsberg, Taaienberg, Ten Houte, Kapelberg, Patersberg, Oude Kwaremont and Kluisberg. The starting list is well endowed with Italian and French teams. They ride the E3 over the cobbles and then the following Tuesday they start in De Panne before racing the Ronde van Vlaanderen the following weekend. The race starts at 11.45 and finishes at 16.35 after a traverse of 206 kms. Harelbeke-Harelbeke, 206 kms: Peter Van Petegem had the quickest finishing legs in the semi-classic E3 Prijs van Harelbeke, beating Andrei Tchmil in the sprint. The race was animated by an attack by Franck Vandenbroucke 40 kms from the end. 3 top riders chased - Peter Van Petegem, Michele Bartoli and Tchmil - and they worked hard together. Vandenbroucke was caught in the last km and coming into Harelbeke it was clear that the race was coming down to a 4-up sprint. Van Petegem came from behind the wheels to win. It was the first victory for Van Petegem for 1999 and a welcome win for TVM who have been banned from several leading races this season - the first the Waalse Pijl (Fleche Wallone). Peter Van Petegem said afterwards: "On the Kwaremont Vandenbroucke was in front. We kept riding together to bring him back. But yes, we only just caught him. Bartoli was very motivated, he is an ex-teammate of VDB. I think that Bartoli rode very hard to stop VDB from winning." Was this a good preparation for the Ronde Van Vlaanderen? Van Petegem: "At this moment, this is a great classic to win." The 4 leaders formed when VDB atacked on the Kwaremont. With 30 km to the finish they had between 35 and 55 seconds on (first a group of 18 and later) the peloton. In front of the peloton the Rabobank and Lampre were doing the most work but they were not efficient enough. Vandenbroecke had a little problem in the last 25 kms - there was no Cofidis car with the leaders (but behind the peloton). He had to wait till 8 km before the finish for his first contact with his team manager. Here is how the gap was brought back: With 21 km 40 seconds with 18.5 km 54 seconds with 15 km 56 seconds with 8 km 42 seconds with 6 km 35 seconds with 5 km 29 seconds with 3 km 30 seconds with 2 km 23 seconds with 1 km 150 meters Results: 1. Peter Van Petegem (Bel) TVM-Farm Frites 4.39.10 (44.301 km/h) 2. Andreï Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 3. Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Cofidis 4. Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 5. Tom Steels (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 0.18 6. Lars Michaelsen (Den) La Française des Jeux 0.18 7. Michel Van Haecke (Bel) Tönissteiner-Colnago 0.18 8. Gabriele Balducci (Ita) Navigare-Gaerne 0.18 9. Bert Dietz (Ger) Team Nürnberger 0.18 10. Juris Silovs (Lat) Team Home Jack & Jones 0.18 11. Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia 0.18 12. Wilfried Peeters (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 0.18 13. Gabriele Colombo (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia 0.18 14. Arvis Piziks (Lat) Team Home Jack & Jones 0.18 15. Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den) Team Home Jack & Jones 0.18 16. Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Mapei-Quick Step 0.18 17. Chris Peers (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 0.18 18. Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin 0.18 19. Steven De Jongh (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 0.18 20. Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Crédit Agricole 0.18 21. Hans De Clercq (Bel) Palman-Ideal 0.18 22. Guido Trenti (USA) Cantina Tollo-Alexia 0.18 23. Peter Farazijn (Bel) (Bel) Cofidis 0.18 24. Guido Fabrizio (Ita) Team Polti 0.18 25. Frank Corvers (Bel) Spar-RDM 0.18 26. Alexandre Gontchenkov (Rus) Ballan-Alessio 0.18 27. Enrico Cassani (Ita) Team Polti 0.18 28. Denis Zanette (Ita) Team Polti 0.18 29. Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Française des Jeux 0.18 30. Ole Sigurd Simensen (Nor) Agro-Adler-Brandenburg 0.18 31. Servais Knaven (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 0.18 32. Bert Dietz (Ger)1 Team Nürnberger 0.18 33. Christophe Mengin (Fra) La Française des Jeux 0.18 34. Marcus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 0.18 35. Thierry Marichal (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar 0.18 36. Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 0.18 37. Bart Leysen (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 0.18 38. Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale 0.18 39. Johan Museeuw (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 0.18 40. Max Sciandri (GB) La Française des Jeux 0.18 41. Dario Pieri (Ita) Navigare-Gaerne 0.18 42. Franco Ballerini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin 0.18 43. Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 0.18 44. Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 0.29 45. Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale 0.38 46. Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Lampre-Daikin 0.38 47. Germano Pierdomenico (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia 0.38 48. Andrea Brognara (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia 0.38 49. Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank 2.09 50. Erik Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 2.09 51. Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) TVM-Farm Frites 9.45 52. Davide Casarotto (Ita) TVM-Farm Frites 9.45 53. Alessandro Calzolari (Ita) Mobilvetta-Northwave 9.53 54. Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) Crédit Agricole 9.53 55. Tom Desmet (Bel) Collstrop 11.40 56. Bert Roesems (Bel) Tönissteiner-Colnago 11.40 57. Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 11.40 58. Rene Haeselbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner 11.40 Starters: 188 Thanks to the organisers Wielerclub Hand in Hand Harelbeke for the complete results Report from Tuur Verdonck It is becoming more clear every day a race is held in 1999 that a challenge to the leaders in professional cycling is occurring.The top riders of the recent period like Michele Bartoli and Laurent Jalabert are now being challenged by younger riders like Michael Boogerd and Frank Vandenbroucke. The clash between the ruling elite and the challengers was very evident during the E3-Prijs van Harelbeke which was raced in Belgium today. Today, UCI No. 1, Italian Michele Bartoli was the gladiator representing the ruling elite and Belgian Frank Vandenbroucke was his opponent - fighting for the younger, upcoming riders. While Bartoli held off the attack by stopping Vandenbroucke from winning he also had to incur some loss - not being able to win himself. A group of four riders approached the finish line in Harelbeke: Bartoli, Van Petegem, Tchmil and Vandenbroucke. Each of them are pretty fast sprinters so nothing was certain about the outcome. After passing under the red triangle signalling the final kilometre, Vandenbroucke attacked while the other three riders were anxiously looking backwards expecting the bunch to catch them. A sudden period of inaction occurred before Mapei rider Bartoli employed all of his forces to catch former Mapei rider Vandenbroucke. He took the other two back with him and Van Petegem came from his wheel to win the sprint easily with Milan-San Remo winner Tchmil right behind him. Vandenbroucke, who had painted his hair red before the race started, was the subject of Bartoli's anger. On a hard Flemish hill, the Old Kwaremont, Vandenbroucke attacked ferociously. Being very popular in his home country, a motor rider placed himself right in front of the Cofidis rider, which upset Bartoli. Besides the contest for leadership in pro cycling, there was also the struggle about Vandenbroucke's transfer from Mapei to Cofidis. At the Mapei camp, Vandenbroucke is considered to be ungrateful towards the people who helped him develop himself in the cycling world. He was also not a popular teammate while at the Italian-Belgian team. Winner Van Petegem, not being directly involved in any of this, did not want to comment on the matters. He was just celebrating his victory, and now is focusing on the Ronde van Vlaanderen. He will be one of the favourites for the race along with Vandenbroucke and Bartoli. Route kms kms gone left Harelbeke - Parade from Football Ground 0 206 Harelbeke - Start - Deerlijksesteenweg Deerlijk 2 204 Deerlijk - Sint-Lodewijk 5 201 Zwevegem - Otegem 8 198 Anzegem - Tiegem 14 192 Avelgem - Kerkhove 18 188 Wortegem-Petegem - Elsegem 20 186 Wortegem-Petegem - Petegem aan de Schelde Oudenaarde - Bevere 25 181 Oudenaarde - Ooike Kruishoutem - Wannegem-Lede 30 176 Kruishoutem 38 168 Huise 42 164 Huise - Zingem 46 160 Oudenaarde - Eine 48 158 Oudenaarde - Nederename 50 156 Oudenaarde - Welden 52 154 Zwalm - Nederzwalm 56 150 Zwalm - Sint-Maria-Latem Zwalm - Hundelgem 60 146 Oosterzele - Balegem 66 140 Zottegem 67 139 Zottegem - Hillegem 69 137 Herzele 71 135 Herzele - Borsbeke 72 134 Erpe-Mere - Burst Erpe-Mere - Aaigem 75 131 Haaltert - Heldergem 77 129 Ninove - Nederhasselt 80 126 Ninove - Aspelare Ninove - Voorde Ninove - Smeerebbe-Vloerzegem 85 121 Geraardsbergen - Idegem 88 118 Geraardsbergen - Schendelbeke 92 114 Geraardsbergen - Zarlardinge 95 111 provisioning 100 106 Brakel - Parike 102 104 Brakel - Everbeek 105 101 Flobecq 108 98 Flobecq - La Houppe 110 96 La Houppe - Climb No. 1 114 92 Maarkedal - Schorisse Horebeke - Sint-Maria-Horebeke 118 88 Berg Stene - Climb No. 2 121 85 Maarkedal - Maarke-Kerkem 123 83 Boigneberg - Climb No. 3 126 80 Eikenberg - Climb No. 4 130 76 Maarkedal - Etikhove Stationsberg - Climb No. 5 135 71 Maarkedal - Nukerke 137 69 Taaienberg - Climb No. 6 140 66 Berg ten Houte - Climb No. 7 144 62 Maarkedal - Schorisse 144 62 Maarkedal - Etikhove Kluisbergen - Zulzeke 150 56 Kapelberg - Climb No. 8 154 52 Patersberg - Climb No. 9 158 48 Kwaremont - Climb No. 10 163 43 Mont de l'Enclus - Russeignies 167 39 Mont de l'Enclus - Amougies 172 34 Mont de l'Enclus - Orroir Kluisberg - Climb No. 11 175 31 Kluisbergen 176 30 Avelgem Avelgem - Waarmaarde 179 27 Avelgem - Kerkhove 182 24 Anzegem - Kaster 184 22 Anzegem - Tiegem 189 17 Tiegemberg - Climb No. 12 190 16 Anzegem - Ingooigem 192 14 Anzegem 194 12 Vichte 196 10 Deerlijk 202 4 Harelbeke 204 2 Finish - Kortrijksestraat 206 0 Teams and Riders Mapei-Quick Step Lotto-Mobistar 1 Johan Museeuw (Bel) 11 Andrei Tchmil (Bel) 2 Tom Steels (Bel) 12 Jo Planckaert (Bel) 3 Bart Leysen (Bel) 13 Koen Beeckman (Bel) 4 Wilfried Peeters (Bel) 14 Jacky Durand (Fra) 5 Michele Bartoli (Ita) 15 Thierry Marichal (Bel) 6 Daniele Nardello (Ita) 16 Chris Peers (Bel) 7 Fred Rodriguez (USA) 17 Wim Feys (Bel) 8 Stefano Zanini (Ita) 18 Peter Wuyts (Bel) Rabobank TVM-Farm Frites 21 Erik Dekker (Ned) 31 Geert Van Bondt (Bel) 22 Robbie McEwen (Aus) 32 Johan Capiot (Bel) 23 Matté Pronk (Ned) 33 David Casarotto (Ita) 24 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) 34 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) 25 Leon Van Bon (Ned) 35 Tristan Hoffman (Fra) 26 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) 36 Steven De Jongh (Ned) 27 Marc Wauters (Bel) 37 Servais Knaven (Ned) 28 Marcus Zberg (Swi) 38 Peter Van Petegem (Ned) Crédit Agricole Cofidis 41 Magnus Backstedt (Swe) 51 Steve De Wolf (Bel) 42 Frédéric Moncassin (Fra) 52 Peter Farazijn (Bel) 43 Jerome Neuville (Fra) 53 Philippe Gaumont (Fra) 44 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) 54 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) 45 Franck Pencolé (Fra) 55 Frances Moreau (Fra) 46 Olivier Perraudeau (Fra) 56 Arnoud Prétot (Fra) 47 Eros Poli (Ita) 57 Anthony Rokia (Fra) 48 Henk Vogels (Aus) 58 Franck Vandenbroucke (Bel) Team Polti Saeco-Cannondale 61 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) 71 Dario Andriotto (Ita) 62 Mirko Celestino (Ita) 72 Valentino China (Ita) 63 Leonardo Guidi (Ita) 73 Salvatore Commesso (Ita) 64 Enrico Cassani (Ita) 74 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) 65 Rossano Brasi (Ita) 75 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) 66 Denis Zanette (Ita) 76 Roberto Petito (Ita) 67 Mauro Zinetti (Ita) 77 Mario Traversoni (Ita) 68 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) 78 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia La Française des Jeux 81 Andrea Brognara (Ita) 91 Max Sciandri (GB) 82 Gabriele Colombo (Ita) 92 Lars Michaelsen (Den) 83 Marco Antonio Di Renzo (Ita) 93 Christophe Mengin (Fra) 84 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) 94 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) 85 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) 95 Patrick D'Hont (Bel) 86 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita) 96 Damien Nazon (Fra) 87 Germano Pierdomenico (Ita) 97 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra) 88 Guido Trenti (USA) 98 Franck Perque (Fra) Telekom Lampre-Daikin 101 Rolf Aldag (Ger) 111 Franco Ballerini (Ita) 102 Dirk Baldinger (Ger) 112 Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) 103 Alberto Elli (Ita) 113 Matteo Frutti (Ita) 104 Daniele Hondo (Ger) 114 Robert Hunter (RSA) 105 Kai Hundertmark 115 Gianluca Pianegonda 106 Giovanni Lombardi (Ita) 116 Marco Serpellini (Ita) 107 Bjarne Riis (Den) 117 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) 108 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) 118 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Team Home Jack & Jones Ballan-Alessio 121 Jesper Skibby (Den) 131 Fabio Baldato (Ita) 122 Arvis Piziks (Lat) 132 Carlo Finco (Ita) 123 Juris Silovs (Lat) 133 Oleg Grichkine (Rus) 124 René Jørgensen (Den) 134 Martin Hvastija (Slo) 125 Christian Andersen (Den) 135 Nicola Loda (Ita) 126 Mark Strein Nielsen (Den) 136 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) 127 Mark Strange Jacobsen 137 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) 128 Nicolay Bo Larsen (Den) 138 Alexandre Gontchenkov (Ukr) Team Gerolsteiner Navigare-Gaerne 151 Hans De Meester (Bel) 141 Dario Pieri (Ita) 152 Branko Filip (Slo) 142 Gabriele Balducci (Ita) 153 René Haselbacher (Aut) 143 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita) 154 Jörg Ludewig (Ger) 144 Enrico Degano (Ita) 155 Thomas Mühlbacher (Aut) 145 Luca Cei (Ita) 156 Volker Ordowski (Ger) 146 Luca Belluomini 157 Michael Rich (Ger) 147 Aldo Zanetti (Ita) 158 Andreas Sauerborn (Ger) 148 Vladimir Duma (Ukr) Agro-Adler-Brandenburg Collstrop 161 Andreas Kappes (Ger) 171 Danny Baeyens (Bel) 162 Uwe Ampler (Ger) 172 Tony Bracke (Bel) 163 Olaf Pollack (Ger) 173 Danny Daelman (Bel) 164 Matthias Jandt (Ger) 174 Erik De Clercq (Bel) 165 Martin Müller (Ger) 175 Tom Desmet (Bel) 166 Stephen Gottschling (Ger) 176 Laurenzo Lapage (Bel) 167 Olaf Sigurd Simensen (Nor) 177 Henrik Redant (Bel) 168 Patrick Köhler (Ger) 178 Franky Van Haesebroucke (Bel) Mobilvetta-Northwave Palmans-Ideal 181 Gabriele Dalla Vall (Ita) 191 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) 182 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) 192 Gert Vanderaerden (Bel) 183 Marco Giroletti (Ita) 193 Darius Strole (Lit) 184 Sergei Lelekin (Rus) 194 Hans De Clercq (Bel) 185 Ivan Quaranta (Ita) 195 Roger Hammond (GB) 186 Alessandro Calzolari (Bel) 196 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) 187 Paolo Valoti (Bel) 197 Jürgen Vermeersch (Bel) 188 Graziano Recinella (Ita) 198 Brett Aitken (Aus) Team Nürnberger Tönissteiner-Colnago 201 Bert Dietz (Ger) 211 Michel Van Haecke (Bel) 202 Jan Hordijk (Ned) 212 Franky De Buyst (Bel) 203 Alexander Kastenhuber (Ger) 213 Bert Roesems (Bel) 204 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) 214 Davy Delmé (Bel) 205 Roland Müller (Swi) 215 Johan De Geyter (Bel) 206 Jörn Reuss (Ger) 216 Eddy Torrekens (Bel) 207 Raphael Schweda (Ger) 217 Kees Hopmans (Ned) 208 Jens Zemke (Ger) 218 Nicolas Coudray (Swi) Vlaanderen 2002 Ipso-Euroclean 221 Jurgen Guns (Bel) 231 Andy De Smet (Bel) 222 Wesley Huvaere (Bel) 232 Jan Poppe (Bel) 223 Tom Stremersch (Bel) 233 Bart Heirewegh (Bel) 224 Kristof Trouvé (Bel) 234 David Verreth (Bel) 225 Kurt Van Lancker 235 Philip Vereecke (Bel) 226 Karel Vereecke (Bel) 236 Pauly Burke (USA) 227 Stive Vermaut (Bel) 237 José Manuel Garcia (Mex) 228 Kris Gerits (Bel) 238 no rider registered Spar-RDM 241 Michel Cornelisse (Ned) 242 Franck Corvers (Bel) 243 Barry Hoedemakers (Ned) 244 Geert Omloop (Bel) 245 Wim Omloop (Bel) 246 Peter Peys (Bel) 247 Gianni Rivera (Bel) 248 Rik Van Slycke (Bel) Past Winners 1958 Armand Desmet (Bel) 1959 Norbert Kerckhove (Bel) 1960 Daniel Doom (Bel) 1961 Arthur De Carbooter (Bel) 1962 André Messelis (Bel) 1963 Noél Fore (Bel) 1964 Rik Van Looy (Bel) 1965 Rik Van Looy (Bel) 1966 Rik Van Looy (Bel) 1967 Willy Bocklant (Bel) 1968 Jacques De Boever (Bel) 1969 Rik Van Looy (Bel) 1970 Daniel Van Ryckegem (Bel) 1971 Roger De Vlaeminck (Bel) 1972 Hubert Hutsebaut (Bel) 1973 Willy In'T'Ven (Bel) 1974 Herman Vanspringel (Bel) 1975 Frans Verbeeck (Bel) 1976 Walter Planckaert (Bel) 1977 Dietrich Thurau (Ger) 1978 Freddy Maertens (Bel) 1979 Jan Raas (Ned) 1980 Jan Raas (Ned) 1981 Jan Raas (Ned) 1982 Jean Bogaert (Bel) 1983 Willy Tackaert (Bel) 1984 Bert Oosterbosch (Ned) 1985 Phil Anderson (AUS) 1986 Eric Vanderaerden (Bel) 1987 Eddy Planckaert (Bel) 1988 Guido Bontempi (Ita) 1989 Eddy Planckaert (Bel) 1990 Sören Lilholt (DÄN) 1991 Olaf Ludwig (Ger) 1992 Johan Museeuw (Bel) 1993 Mario Cipollini (Ita) 1994 Andrej Tchmil (MOL) 1995 Bart Leysen (Bel) 1996 Carlo Bomans (Bel) 1997 Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) 1998 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Mapei-Bricobi 201 kms in 4.48.00 Mario Stiehl from Berlin provides the history lists