45th Quatre Jours de Dunkerque, Cat 2.1

France, May 4-9, 1999

1998 Results     Past Winners     Teams    

The Stages:

  • Stage 1 - Dunkerque - Loon-Plage, 184 kms:
  • Stage 2 - Grande-Synthe - Boulogne-sur-Mer, 176.7 kms:
  • Stage 3 - Boulogne-sur-Mer - Béthune, 180.1 kms:
  • Stage 4 - Béthune - Marchiennes, 78 kms:
  • Stage 5 - Marchiennes, ITT, 27 kms:
  • Stage 6 - Comines - Westoutre, 183 kms:
  • Stage 7 - Gravelines - Dunkerque, 166.1 kms:

Preview

Belgian Franck Vandenbroucke (Cofidis), the Italians Andrea Taffi (Mapei-Quick Step) and Fabio Baldato (Ballan Alessio) and Chris Boardman (Crédit Agricole) are among the favourites to take the 45th edition of the Quatre jours de Dunkerque that begins on May 4. 16 teams with 8 riders each (6 French, 6 Italian, 2 Belgian, an American and Danish) will take part in the race which was won last year by the Kazak rider Alexandre Vinokourov (Casino).

The Belgian leader of Cofidis Franck Vandenbroucke (Cofidis), has indicated that he wants to win the race will be assisted by Peter Farazijn and Laurent Desbiens, who won the race in 1993.

The parcours which crosses the region known as Nord-Pas-de-Calais with a brief incursion into Belgium, suits the sprinters. It will thus allow German Marcel Wust (Festina), the Italians Nicola Minali (Cantina Tollo) and Mario Traversonni (Saeco) and Frédéric Moncassin (Crédit Agricole) to show their talents in finishing.

Stage 1, Dunkerque - Loon-Plage, 184 kms:

Italian Nicola Minali (Cantina Tollo) won the sprint finish in Loon-Plage after the 164 kms first stage from Dunkerque. He took the rose leader's jersey for GC and won the mass sprint in front of two other fast sprinters Estonian Jan Kirsipuu (Casino), - the current leader in the Coupe de France - and Italian Silvio Martinello (Polti), who won last year's first stage sprint contested over the same route.

There was no action in the first 130 odd kms and it was only after the two côtes were passed that the pace increased. French sprinter Emmanuel Magnien (Française des Jeux) won the mountain sprints and has the jersey in that classification.

After the second climb, Cédric Vasseur (Crédit Agricole) attacked with former French road champion Stéphane Barthe (Casino), Latvian Juris Silovs (Team Home-Jack & Jones) and the Italians Fabio Sacchi (Polti), Andrea Brognara (Cantina Tollo) and Davide Bramati (Mapei). The 6 riders never got more than 22 seconds in front and were caught with 7 kms to go. At that point, Frenchman Pascal Chanteur (Casino) attacked with Laurent Lefèvre (Festina) and Belgian Marc Streel (Team Home-Jack & Jones). The 3 riders had a 15 second gap but were caught with 2 kms to go as the teams lined their sprinters up for the finale. This is one of the attractions of the "4 Days" - the huge mass sprints and the work leading up to them by the big combines.

The second stage is over 176.7 kms between Grande-Synthe (Nord) and Boulogne-sur-Mer (Pas-de-Calais), with 3 climbs Saint-Etienne-au-Mont, Camiers and Mont-Lambert, and two sprint bonifications. 

 1. Nicola Minali (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia	     3.59.07 (41.151 km/h)
 2. Jann Kirsipuu (Est) Casino 
 3. Silvio Martinello (Ita) Team Polti
 4. Endrio Leoni (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 
 5. Arvis Piziks (Lat) Team Home-Jack & Jones 
 6. Glenn Magnusson (Swe) US Postal Service 
 7. Lauri Aus (Est) Casino
 8. Marcel Wust (Ger) Festina Lotus 
 9. Christophe Capelle (Fra) Big Mat-Auber 93
10. Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Française des Jeux		s.t.

Abandoned:

Maximilian Sciandri (GB) La Française des Jeux
Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
Antonio Figura (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale
Thierry Laurent (Fra) Lotto-Mobistar

GC after Stage 1 

 1. Nicola Minali (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia	     3.58.57 
 2. Jann Kirsipuu (Est) Casino 				0.04
 3. Silvio Martinello (Ita) Team Polti			0.06
 4. Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Casino			0.07
 5. Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Crédit Agricole		0.07
 6. Juris Silovs (Lat) Team Home-Jack & Jones		0.08
 7. Arturas Kasputis (Ltu) Casino			0.09
 8. Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Crédit Agricole		0.09
 9. Endrio Leoni (Ita) Liquigas-Pata			0.10
10. Arvis Piziks (Lat) Team Home-Jack & Jones 		0.10

Points: 

 1. Nicola Minali (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia 	          20

Teams:

 1. Casino 					    11.57.21

Mountains: 

 1. Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Française des Jeux  	   5

Sprints:

 1. Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Casino			   6

Stage 2, Grande-Synthe - Boulogne-sur-Mer, 176.7 kms:

Italian Andrea Ferrigato (Ballan) won the second stage from Grande-Synthe to Boulogne-sur-Mer (176.7 kms) alone and took over the rose leader's jersey. et a pris le maillot rose de leader au classement général. Ferrigato attacked 30 kms from the finish and was 0.51 in front at the end of a group of 40 chasers. Second in the sprint was Alexander Gontchenkov and third was Nicola Loda. He attacked on the second last difficulty of the stage, the côte de Camiers. He was followed by Cédric Vasseur and two other French riders Stéphane Barthe (Casino) and Arnaud Pretot (Cofidis), and the Dane Bo Hamburger (Cantina Tollo).

He attacked this group on the climb of Mont Lambert and only Vasseur and Hamburger could follow. But then he dropped them and rode home alone.

The success of Ferrigato and the podium domination of his Ballan Alessio team was stark. Vasseur had to be content with the white mountain's jersey.

Chris Boardman lost all his chances in the race when he finished more than a half an hour behind in the last peloton. 

 1. Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Ballan-Alessio 	     4.06.15 (42.469 km/h) 
 2. Alexander Gontchenkov (Rus) Ballan-Alessio		0.51 
 3. Nicola Loda (Ita) Ballan-Alessio			0.51
 4. Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Française des Jeux	0.51 
 5. Juris Silovs (Lat) Team Home-Jack & Jones		0.51
 6. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Casino			0.51
 7. Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Crédit Agricole		0.51
 8. Michael Sandstod (Den) Team Home-Jack & Jones	0.55 
 9. Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Pata			0.55 
10. François Simon (Fra) Crédit Agricole		0.57

GC after Stage 2 

 1. Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Ballan-Alessio	     8.05.12
 2. Alexander Gontchenkov (Rus) Ballan-Alessio		0.55
 3. Nicola Loda (Ita) Ballan-Alessio			0.57
 4. Nicola Minali (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia		0.57
 5. Juris Silovs (Lat) Team Home-Jack & Jones		0.57
 6. Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Crédit Agricole		1.00
 7. Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Française des Jeux	1.01
 8. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Casino			1.01
 9. Michael Sandstod (Den) Team Home-Jack & Jones	1.06
10. Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Pata			1.06

Stage 3, Boulogne-sur-Mer - Béthune, 180.1 kms:

Former French road champion Stéphane Barthe (Casino) won Stage 3 of the Quatre Jours de Dunkerque which was raced between Boulogne-sur-Mer and Béthune over 180.1 kms. Barthe won the sprint in front of Italian Endrea Leoni (Liquigas) and Latvian Arvis Piziks (Team Home-Jack and Jones). Italian Andrea Ferrigato (Ballan), finished with the same time and preserved his leader's jersey on GC.

The stage was marked by the abandonment of Belgian Franck Vandenbroucke, who is currently leading the World Cup rankings. He cited tiredness after an early season start and some intense racing. The Cofidis rider will take a month off to rest and focus on his major objectives for the rest of the season, most notably the World Championship and the later World Cup races. He will return to racing in June for the Tour of Luxembourg.

The fast pace set by the peloton stopped all the attacking moves and made up for the 15 minutes delay at the start due to a rider protest. The day before some 75 riders had failed to finish inside the time limit and the organisers had threatened to throw them out of the Tour. Finally, they relented and imposed a fine of 800FF for slow riding. 

 1. Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Casino		     3.57.05
 2. Endrea Leoni (Fra) Liquigas-Pata
 3. Arvis Piziks (Lat) Team Home-Jack & Jones
 4. Marcel Wust (Ger) Festina Lotus
 5. Silvio Martinello (Ita) Team Polti
 6. Frédéric Moncassin (Fra) Crédit Agricole
 7. Nicola Minali (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia
 8. Glenn Magnusson (Swe) US Postal
 9. Adriano Baffi (Ita) Mapei
10. Nicola Loda (Ita) Ballan-Alessio			s.t.

GC after Stage 3 

 1. Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Ballan-Alessio	    12.02.17
 2. Alexander Gontchenkov (Rus) Ballan-Alessio		0.55
 3. Nicola Minali (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia		0.57
 4. Nicola Loda (Ita) Ballan-Alessio			0.57
 5. Juris Silovs (Lat) Team Home-Jack & Jones		0.57
 6. Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Crédit Agricole		1.00
 7. Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Française des Jeux	1.01
 8. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Casino			1.01
 9. François Simon (Fra) Crédit Agricole		1.05
10. Michael Sandstod (Den) Team Home-Jack & Jones	1.05

Stage 4, Béthune - Marchiennes, 78 kms:

Young French rider Jimmy Casper (La Française des Jeux) won the sprint finish in front of Estonian rider Jan Kirsipuu (Casino) in Stage 4 of the Quatre Jours de Dunkerque, contested over 78 kms between Béthune (Pas-de-Calais) and Marchiennes (Nord).

Initially, Kirsipuu was declared the winner but a photo finish ruled in favour of Casper (20-years old). It was Casper's first professional victory. Italian Andrea Ferrigato retained the leader's jersey for overall GC.

The first stage for today was marked by a large crash at the front of the peloton just 20 kms before the finish. The crash saw Lithuanian Arturas Kasputis taken to hospital with serious injuries. The accident also ruined the chances of overall success of Latvian Juris Silovs, who was 5th on GC at 0.57, and Frenchman Cédric Vasseur, who was 6th at 1.00. Both riders were able to recover but lost 2 minutes as a result of the delay.

English rider Chris Boardman, also fell with them and arrived at the finish some 7 minutes in arrears. He had already abandoned any hopes he had of figuring in the overall GC. He is now more than 30 minutes down overall. But this accident also may damage his hopes in the ITT this afternoon to be held over 27 kms. 

 1. Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Française des Jeux	     1.42.19 (45.799 km/h)
 2. Jan Kirsipuu (Est) Casino
 3. Glenn Magnusson (Swe) US Postal
 4. Mario Traversoni (Ita) Saeco-Cannondale
 5. Silvio Martinello (Ita) Team Polti
 6. Julian Dean (NZ) US Postal
 7. Adriano Baffi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
 8. Frédéric Moncassin (Fra) Crédit Agricole
 9. Nicola Minali (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia
10. Ludovic Capelle (Fra) Home Market-Charleroi		s.t.

GC after Stage 4 

 1. Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Ballan-Alessio 	    13.44.36 (42.907 km/h)
 2. Alexandre Gontchenkov (Rus) Ballan-Alessio		0.55
 3. Nicola Minali (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia		0.57
 4. Nicola Loda (Ita) Ballan-Alessio			0.57
 5. Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Française des Jeux	1.01
 6. Alexandr Vinokourov (Kaz) Casino			1.01
 7. François Simon (Fra) Crédit Agricole		1.05
 8. Michael Sanstöd (Den) Team Home-Jack & Jones	1.05
 9. Marco Milesi (Ita) Liquigas-Pata			1.05
10. Stéphane Barthe (Fra) Casino			1.06

Stage 5, Marchiennes, ITT 27 kms:

Danish rider Michaël Sandstod (Home Jack and Jones) won the 27 kms ITT at Marchiennes. He also took the leader's jersey from Italian Andrea Ferrigato (Ballan). Italian Enrico Cassani (Polti) was 2nd and American Christian Vandevelde (US Postal) was third and they also take those positions on GC.

Laurent Lefevre (Festina) was 4th. 

 1. Michaël Sandstod (Den) Team Home Jack & Jones      31.40
 2. Enrico Cassani (Ita) Team Polti			0.07
 3. Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal		0.14
 4. Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina Lotus		0.16
 5. Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Festina Lotus			0.18
 6. Bradley Mc Gee (Aus) La Française des Jeux		0.29
 7. Daniele Contrini (Ita) Liquigas-Pata		0.36
 8. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Casino			0.43
 9. Martin Hvastija (Slo) Ballan-Alessio 		0.47
10. Nicola Loda (Ita) Ballan-Alessio 			0.59

GC after Stage 5 

 1. Michaël Sandstod (Den) Team Home Jack & Jones   14.27.21
 2. Enrico Cassani (Ita) Team Polti			0.09
 3. Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal		0.16
 4. Laurent Lefevre (Fra) Festina Lotus			0.21
 5. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Casino 			0.39
 6. Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina Lotus 		0.43
 7. Nicola Loda (Ita) Ballan-Alessio			0.52
 8. Marc Streel (Bel) Team Home Jack & Jones		1.09
 9. Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Française des Jeux	1.09
10. Andrea Ferrigato (Ita) Ballan-Alessio		1.19

Stage 6, Comines - Westoutre, 181.6 kms:

 1. Jan Kirsipuu (Est) Casino 			     4.35.05 (39.610 km/h)
 2. Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step			0.03
 3. Alexander Gontchenkov (Rus) Ballan-Alessio		0.03
 4. Enrico Cassani (Ita) Team Polti			0.03
 5. Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Polti			0.03
 6. Nicola Loda (Ita) Ballan-Alessio			0.03
 7. Michael Sandstöd (Den) Team Home Jack & Jones	0.03
 8. Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Française des Jeux	0.03
 9. Alexei Sivakov (Rus) Big Mat-Auber 93		0.03
10. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Casino			0.03

GC after Stage 6 

 1. Michael Sandstöd (Den) Team Home Jack & Jones   18.52.30
 2. Enrico Cassani (Ita) Team Polti			0.09
 3. Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal		0.16
 4. Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Festina-Lotus			0.21
 5. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Casino			0.39
 6. Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina-Lotus		0.43
 7. Nicola Loda (Ita) Ballan-Alessio			0.52
 8. Marc Streel (Bel) Team Home Jack & Jones		1.09
 9. Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Française des Jeux	1.09
10. Denis Zanette (Ita) Team Polti			1.34

Stage 7, Gravelines - Dunkerque, 166.1 kms:


The Danish team Home-Jack & Jones, scored its first professional success 
when Michaël Sandstod won the 45th edition of the Quatre Jours de Dunkerque. 
The team made its debut last season. Sandstod, a 30-year old neo-professional, took the
overall GC after Stage 7 from Gravelines to Dunkerque finished in a mass sprint.
He has matured slowly in cycling. He was part of the bronze medal winning team 
time trial at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992 and did well in the points race
at the 1996 World Championships at Manchester.


Last year, as captain for Team Chicky Worldm he became 2nd at the Circuit
des Mines behind the Russian Alexandre Vinokourov. Also last year he came
8th in The World Championships ITT after having won the Danish ITT Championship 
over the last two years.


The star of the weekend though was Estonian Jan Kirsipuu, who won the sprint on
Saturday at Mont-Rouge and on Sunday in the streets of Dunkerque.



 1. Jan Kirsipuu (Est) Casino			     3.43.43
 2. Nicola Minali (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Alexia
 3. Enrico Leoni (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
 4. Julian Dean (NZ) US Postal
 5. Adriano Baffi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
 6. Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Mapei-Quick Step
 7. Glenn Magnusson (Swe) US Postal
 8. Jay Sweet (Aus) Big Mat-Auber 93
 9. Denis Zanette (Ita) Team Polti
10. Jimmy Casper (Fra) La Française des Jeux		s.t.




Final GC after Stage 7



 1. Michaël Sandstod (Dan) Team Home-Jack & Jones   22.36.13 
 2. Enrico Cassani (Ita) Team Polti 			0.09
 3. Christian Vandevelde (USA) US Postal 		0.16
 4. Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Festina-Lotus			0.21
 5. Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Casino 			0.39
 6. Christophe Moreau (Fra) Festina-Lotus		0.43
 7. Nicola Loda (Ita) Ballan-Alessio			0.52
 8. Marc Streel (Bel) Team Home-Jack & Jones 		1.09
 9. Denis Zanette (Ita) Team Polti 			1.34
10. Pascal Chanteur (Fra) Casino 			2.05







Teams


Casino				Crédit Agricole

1 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz)	11 Magnus Backstedt (Swe)
2 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra)	12 Chris Boardman (GB)
3 Lauri Aus (Est)		13 Frédéric Finot (Fra)
4 Stéphane Barthe (Fra)		14 Anthony Langella (Fra)
5 Pascal Chanteur (Fra)		15 Frédéric Moncassin (Fra)
6 Arturas Kasputis (Ltu)	16 Eros Poli (Ita)
7 Jan Kirsipuu (Est) 		17 François Simon (Fra)
8 David Lefevre (Fra)		18 Cédric Vasseur (Fra)

Cofidis			Cantina Tollo-Alexia

21 Laurent Desbiens (Fra)	31 Paolo Bossoni (Ita)
22 Peter Farazijn (Bel)		32 Andrea Brognara (Ita)
23 Grzegorz Gwiazdowski (Pol)	33 Alessandro Baronti (Ita)
24 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra)	34 Oscar Cavagnis (Ita)
25 Christophe Moreau (Fra)	35 Nicola Minali (Ita)
26 Arnaud Pretot (Fra)		36 Gianpaolo Mondini (Ita)
27 Janek Tombak (Est)		37 Guido Trenti (USA)
28 				38 Marco Villa (Ita)

La Française des Jeux		Ballan-Alessio

41 Jimmy Casper (Fra)		51 Fabio Baldato (Ita)
42 Bradley McGee (Aus)		52 Martin Hvastija (Slo)
43 Emmanuele Magnien (Fra)	53 Nicola Loda (Ita)
44 Christophe Mengin (Fra)	54 Oleg Grichkine (Rus)
45 Anthony Morin Morin (Fra)	55
46 Jean-Patrick Nazon (Fra)	56 Alexandre Gontchenkov (Rus)
47 Max Sciandri	(GB)		57 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita)
48 Jean-Cyril Robin (Fra)	58 Alberto Ongarato (Ita)

Mapei-Quick Step		Team Polti

61 Adriano Baffi (Ita)		71 Cristiano Colleoni (Ita)
62 Luca Bramati (Ita)		72 Enrico Cassani (Ita)
63 				73 Denis Zanette (Ita)
64 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita)	74 Rossano Brasi (Ita)
65 Bart Leysen (Bel)		75 Fabio Sacchi (Ita)
66 Fred Rodriguez (USA)		76 Martinello (Ita)
67 Andrea Tafi (Ita)		77 Mirko Crepaldi (Ita)
68 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned)	78 Cristian Salvato (Ita)

Big Mat-Auber 93		Liquigas-Pata

81 Guillaume Auger (Fra)	91 Biagio Conte (Ita)
82 Ludovic Auger (Fra)		92 Endrio Leoni (Ita)
83 Stéphane Berges (Fra)	93 Marco Milesi (Ita)
84 Christophe Capelle (Fra)	94 Giancarlo Raimondi (Ita)
85 Laurent Genty (Fra)		95 Daniele Contrini (Ita)
86 Thierry Gouvenou (Fra)	96 Antonio Figura (Ita)
87 Alexei Sivakov (Rus)		97 Ellis Rastelli (Ita)
88 Jay Sweet (Aus)		98 Franco Maragno (Ita)

US Postal Service		Festina Lotus

101 Dylan Casey (USA)		111 Florent Brard (Fra)
102 Julian Dean (NZ)		112 Laurent Lefevre (Fra)
103 Pascal Derame (Fra)		113 Christophe Moreau (Fra) 
104 David George (RSA)		114 Jaime Javier Hernandez Bertran (Spa)
105 Benoît Joachim (Lux)	115 Marcel Wüst (Ger)
106 Glen Magnusson (Swe)	116 André Korff (Ger)
107 Frank Hoj (Den)		117
108 Christian Vandevelde (USA)	118 Andrea Dolci (Ita)

Team Home Jack & Jones		Saeco-Cannondale

121 Arvis Piziks (Lat)		141 Mario Secchiari (Ita)
122 Jesper Skibby (Den)		142 Salvatore Commesso (Ita)
123 Mikael Holst Kyneb (Den) 	143 Paolo Traversoni (Ita)
124 Marc Streel (Bel)		144 Alessandro Guerra (Ita)
125 Michael Sandstod (Den)	145 Vitali Kokorine (Rus)  
126 Juris Silovs (Lat)		146 Alessio Galletti (Ita)
127 Marc Strange Jacobsen (Den)	147 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita)
128 Christian Andersen (Den)	148 Massimiliano Mori (Ita)

Lotto-Mobistar Ebly		Home Market Charleroi

151 Koen Beeckman (Bel)		161 Gilles Bouvard (Fra)
152 Christian Detilloux (Bel)	162 Ronny Assez (Bel)
153 Fabian Dewaele (Bel)	163 Ludovic Capelle (Bel)
154 Jacky Durand (Fra)		164 Stéphane Cueff (Fra)
155 Wim Feys (Bel)		165 Vincent Cali (Fra)
156 Manu L’Hoir (Bel)		166 Werner Vandromme (Bel)
157 Thierry Laurent (Fra)	167 Stephane Hennebert (Bel)
158 Jean-D Vandenbroucke (Bel)	168 Laurent Pillon (Fra)

Lampre (numbers 131 to 138 did not start)


Thanks to Daniel Schamps, Paris



Past Winners


1955    Louis Deprez (Fra)
1956    Jean Adriansens (Bel)
1957    Joseph Planckaert (Bel)
1958    Jacques Anquetil (Fra)
1959    Jacques Anquetil (Fra)
1960    Joseph Planckaert (Bel)
1961    Albertus Geldermans (Bel)
1962    Joseph Groussard (Bel)
1963    Joseph Planckaert (Bel)
1964    Gustave Desmet (Bel)
1965    Gustave Desmet (Bel)
1966    Theo Martens (Bel)
1967    Lucien Aimar (Fra)
1968    Jean Jourdan (Fra)
1969    Alain Vasseur (Fra)
1970    Willy Van Neste (Bel)
1971    Roger De Vlaeminck (Bel)
1972    Yves Hezard (Fra)
1973    Freddy Maertens (Bel)
1974    Walter Godefroot (Bel)
1975    Freddy Maertens (Bel)
1976    Freddy Maertens (Bel)
1977    Gerrie Knetemann (Ned)
1978    Freddy Maertens (Bel)
1979    Daniel Willems (Bel)
1980    Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke (Bel)
1981    Bert Oosterbosch (Hol)
1982    Frank Hoste (Bel)
1983    Leo Van Vliet (Ned)
1984    Bernard Hinault (Fra)
1985    Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke (Bel)
1986    Dirk De Wolf (Bel)
1987    Herman Frison (Bel)
1988    Pascal Poison (Fra)
1989    Charly Mottet (Fra)
1990    Stephen Roche (Irl)
1991    Charly Mottet (Fra)
1992    Olaf Ludwig (Ger)
1993    Laurent Desbiens (Fra)
1994    Eddy Seigneur (Fra)
1995    Johan Musseuw (Bel)
1996    Philippe Gaumont (Fra)
1997    Johan Museeuw (Bel)
1998    Alexander Vinokourov (Kaz) Casino


Past Winners by Mario Stiehl, Berlin