Grand Prix Wallonie, Cat 1.2

Belgium, May 13, 1999


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Australian Patrick Jonker (Rabobank), who rides with a Dutch licence, won the Grand Prix Wallonie alone with two Rabobank colleagues taking second (Leon Van Bon) and third (Koos Moerenhout). On a very tricky parcours, the Rabobank team totally controlled the race throughout, as they have been doing often this year. They placed 4 riders in the decisive attack (14 riders went away) that formed about 50 kms from the finish.

On the first climb into the city of Namen (Namur), Koos Moerenhout attacked and led his teammates Van Bon and Jonker by 12 seconds. The Dane Michael Blaudzun tried alone to get across but did not succeed. The three Rabobank riders then attacked again.

At the foot of the town (a climb into the city), Patrick Jonker, looking very fresh, dropped Moerenhout, and rode alone to victory.

Jambes - Namen, 196 kms:

 1. Patrick Jonker (Aus) Rabobank		     4.41.45 (41.737 km/h)
 2. Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 			0.38
 3. Koos Moerenhout (Ned) Rabobank			0.40
 4. Michael Blaudzun (Den) Team Home-Jack & Jones	0.58
 5. François Simon (Fra) Crédit Agricole		2.21
 6. Stéphane Heulot (Fra) La Française des Jeux		2.21
 7. Mikael Kyneb (Den) Team Home-Jack & Jones		2.21
 8. Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank				2.21
 9. Christophe Oriol (Fra) Casino			2.21
10. Stive Vermaut (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002			2.21
11. Jens Voigt (Ger) Crédit Agricole			2.21
12. Marc Streel (Bel) Team Home-Jack & Jones		2.25
13. Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank				2.44
14. Olivier Asmaker (Fra) TVM-Farm Frites		4.14
15. Roland Müller (Swi) Team Nürnberger			4.38
16. Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002		4.38
17. Cédric Vasseur (Fra) Crédit Agricole		4.38
18. Juris Silovs (Lat) Team Home-Jack & Jones		4.38
19. Davy Delmé (Bel) Tönissteiner-Colnago		4.38
20. René Jörgensen (Den) Team Home-Jack & Jones		4.38

Past Winners

1935    Gustave Degreef (Bel)
1936    Adolph Braeckeveldt (Bel)
1937    Karel Tersago (Bel)
1938    Adolph Braeckeveldt (Bel)
1939    Adolph Braeckeveldt (Bel)
1940    -
1941    -
1942    Maurice Van Herzele (Bel)
1943    Edouard Van Dyck (Bel)
1944    Joseph Somers (Bel)
1949    Jacques Geus (Bel)
1950    Joseph Verhaert (Bel)

1951 - 1969  no event

1970    Ferdinand Bracke (Bel)
1971    Felice Gimondi (Ita)
1972    Emiel Cambre (Bel) 
1973    Albert Van Vlierberghe (Bel)
1974    Frans Verbeeck (Bel)
1975    André Dierickx (Bel)
1976    Herman Vanspringel (Bel)
1977    Walter Planckaert (Bel)
1978    Willem Peeters (Bel) - Ijsborke
1979    Leo Van Vliet (Hol) - Ti Raleigh
1980    Willy De Geest (Bel) - Ijsboerke
1981    Walter Dalgal (Ita) - 
1982    Hennie Kuiper (Hol) - DAF Trucks
1983    Stephen Roche (Irl) - Peugeot
1984    Frank Hoste (Bel) - Europ Decor
1985    Marc Madiot (Fra) - Renault
1986    Steven Rooks (Hol) - PDM
1987    Pascal Poisson (Fra) - System U (Laurent Fignon (Fra) disq) 
1988    Claude Criquielion (Bel) - Hitachi
1989    Thomas Wegmüller (Sui) - Domex Weinmann
1990    Luc Leblanc (Fra) - Castorama
1991    Frank Van den Abeele (Bel) - Lotto
1992    Danny Nelissen (Hol) - PDM
1993    Patrick Evenepoel (Bel) - Collstrop
1994    Peter Farazijn (Bel) - Lotto
1995    Andrea Chiurato (Ita) - Mapei
1996    Franco Ballerini (Ita) - Mapei
1997    Dimitry Konychev (Rus) - Roslotto
1998    Udo Bolts (Ger) Telekom 201 kms in 5.08.35 (39.179 km/h)
Past winners from Mario Stiehl in Berlin