Grand Prix Wallonie, Cat 1.2

1998 Results     Past Winners     Report 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