Fleche Wallonne/Waalse Pijl - 1.HC (m)/CDM (w)

Belgium, April 12, 2000

Men: 1999 Results Start List Past Winners
Women: 1999 Results Start List Past Winners

Preview

1999 men's winner, Michele Bartoli (Ita)
With just a few days to recover from their aches, bruises and battered egos, the "hard men" of the peloton will once again line up to contest remaining few northern classics. On Wednesday, there is the Flèche Wallone (Waalse Pijl) - a 1.HC race for the men and round three of the World Cup for women, and the following Sunday is Liege-Bastogne-Liege (Luik-Bastanaken-Luik), round four of the World Cup for men.

La Flèche Wallone is often quite a good predictor for LBL, although it is rare that the two races are won by the same rider. Last year, Michele Bartoli won in a truly epic race after escaping for 80 kilometres in the snow, while Hanka Kupfernagel rode similarly to win the women's race. Bartoli paid for his efforts though, as he was beaten in LBL by Frank Vandenbroucke. All three of these riders will not be seen at this year's races, although there are still plenty of others to make for an exciting race.

1999 women's winner, Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger)

The two races are less cobbled and hillier than the previous three rounds of the World Cup, and see a different type of rider win. Laurent Jalabert, Davide Rebellin, Michael Boogerd, Francisco Casagrande, and Oscar Camenzind are more suited to this race than the cobbled classics, and it will be a fascinating battle on Wednesday to see who gets to the top of the Mur de Huy, with its maximum grade of 20%, for the third time.

In the women's race, Lithuania's Diana Ziliute would have to be the favourite as she is the current World Cup co-leader with Anna Wilson (Saturn), who will not be contesting the race. She has probably the strongest team (Acca Due O - Lorena Camicie), with the likes of Marion Clignet and Zoulfia Zabirova in support. Current World Champions, Edita Pucinskaite (Team Alfa Lum R.S.M.) who came second last year, and Leontien Zijlaard-Van Morsel (Farm Frites-Hartol) will be amongst the favourites, with strong challenges coming from Teutenberg (Germany), Geneviève Jeanson (Canada) Brunen, Melchers (Dutch team), Cappellotto, Bonanomi and Pregnolato (Gas Sport Team), Jacinta Coleman (Nürnberger) and Karen Kurreck (Edilsavano).

The women start just after the men and will do 91 kilometres, taking in the last part of the men's course including the famous Mur de Huy. Even though it is only the third time that this event has been raced on the women's calendar, it is already proving to be one of the toughest tests of the year and has helped cement the women's World Cup as the premier one day race competition of the year.

Men's Starting List

Note: The numbers ending with "9" or "0" are reserves

Mapei - Quick Step              Team Deutsche Telekom
             
1 Axel Merckx (Bel)             11 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz)
2 Paolo Bettini (Ita)           12 Udo Bolts (Ger)
3 Giuliano Figueras (Ita)       13 Alberto Elli (Ita)
4 Rinaldo Nocentini (Ita)       14 Stephan Schreck (Ger)
5 Antoni Rizzi (Ita)            15 Jens Heppner (Ger)
6 Luca Scinto (Ita)             16 Jorg Jaksche (Ger)
7 David Tani (Ita)              17 Matthias Kessler (Ger)
8 Charly Wegelius (Gbr)         18 Andrey Mizurov (Kaz)
9 Daniele Nardello (Ita)        19 Andréas Kloden (Ger)
10 Stefano Zanini (Ita)         20 Gerhard Trampusch (Aut)
             
O.N.C.E - Deutsche Bank         Fassa Bortolo
             
21 Laurent Jalabert (Fra)       31 Wladimir Belli (Ita)
22 Rafael Diaz Justo (Spa)      32 Andrea Ferrigato (Ita)
23 David Etxebarria (Spa)       33 Dario Frigo (Ita)
24 Marcelino Garcia (Spa)       34 Luca Mazzanti (Ita)
25 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra)       35 Andrea Peron (Ita)
26 Abraham Olano (Spa)          36 Alessandro Petacchi (Ita)
27 Miguel Angel Pena (Spa)      37 Raimondas Rumsas (Ltu)
28 Mikel Zarrabeitia (Spa)      38 Matteo Tosatto (Ita)
29 Inigo Cuesta (Spa)           39 Marco Fincato (Ita)
30 Marcos Serrano (Spa)         40 Nicola Loda (Ita)
             
Rabobank                        Ag2r Prevoyance
             
41 Michaël Boogerd (Ned)        51 Benoit Salmon (Fra)
42 Niki Aebersold (Swi)         52 Philippe Bordenave (Fra)
43 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned)     53 Alexandre Botcharov (Rus)
44 Addy Engels (Ned)            54 David Delrieu (Fra)
45 Karsten Kroon (Ned)          55 Laurent Estadieu (Fra)
46 Marc Lotz (Ned)              56 Andrei Kivilev (Kaz)
47 Grischa Niermann (Ger)       57 Innar Mandoja (Est)
48 Markus Zberg (Swi)           58 Ludovic Turpin (Fra)
49 Jan Boven (Ned)              59 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra)
50 Marcel Duijn (Ned)           60 Pascal Chanteur (Fra)
             
Kelme - Costa Blanca            Cofidis - Credit Par Telephone
             
61 Ruben Galvan (Spa)           71 Steve De Wolf (Bel)
62 J.Miguel Cuenca (Spa)        72 Peter Farazijn (Bel)
63 Alvaro Forner Munoz (Spa)    73 Laurent Lefevre (Fra)
64 José Javier Gomez (Spa)      74 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita)
65 Francisco Leon (Spa)         75 Roland Meier (Swi)
66 Ricardo Otxoa (Spa)          76 David Millar (Gbr)
67 Elicio Requejo (Spa)         77 David Moncoutie (Fra)
68 Aitor Gonzalez Jimenez (Spa) 78 Arnaud Pretot (Fra)
69 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) 79 Philippe Gaumont (Fra)
                                80 Nico Mattan (Bel)
             
Vitalicio Seguros               Farm Frites
             
81 Francisco Cerezo (Spa)       91 Serguei Ivanov (Rus)
82 Francisco Tomas Garcia (Spa) 92 Steven Kleynen (Bel)
83 Pedro Horillo (Spa)          93 Michel Lafis (Swe)
84 Juan Miguel Mercado (Spa)    94 Bram Schmitz (Ned)
85 Victor Hugo Peña (Col)       95 Miquel Van Kessel (Ned)
86 Luis Perez Rodriguez (Spa)   96 Martin Van Steen (Ned)
87 José Luis Rebollo (Spa)      97 Wim Vansevenant (Bel)
88 Juan Carlos Vicario (Spa)    98 Pieter Vries (Ned)
89 Elio Aggiano (Ita)           99 Koos Moerenhout (Ned)
90 Luis Oran Castaneda (Col)             
             
Banesto                         Lampre - Daikin
             
101 Aitor Osa (Spa)             111 Oscar Camenzind (Swi)
102 Dariusz Baranowski (Pol)    112 Sergio Barbero (Ita)
103 Candido Barbosa (Por)       113 Massimo Codol (Ita)
104 Thomasz Brozyna (Pol)       114 Marco Della Vedova (Ita)
105 David Latasa (Spa)          115 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita)
106 Francisco Mancebo (Spa)     116 Mariano Piccoli (Ita)
107 Jon Odriozola (Spa)         117 Marco Pinotti (Ita)
108 Unai Osa (Spa)              118 Johan Verstrepen (Bel)
110 Eladio Jimenez (Spa)        119 Marco Cannone (Ita)
109 Marzio Bruseghin (Ita)      120 Juan Manuel Garate (Spa)
             
Vini Caldirola - Sidermec       Memorycard - Jack & Jones
             
121 Francesco Casagrande (Ita)  131 Bo Hamburger (Den)
122 Massimo Apollonio (Ita)     132 Michael Blaudzun (Den)
123 Filippo Casagrande (Ita)    133 René Jörgensen (Den)
124 Massimo Donati (Ita)        134 Mikael Holst Kyneb (Den)
125 Mauro Gianetti (Swi)        135 Bjarke Nielsen (Den)
126 Mauro Radaelli (Ita)        136 Jakob Piil (Den)
127 Guido Trentin (Ita)         137 Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den)
128 Matthew White (Aus)         138 Martin Rittsel (Swe)
129 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita)    139 Frank Corvers (Bel)
130 Marco Milesi (Ita)          140 Allan Johansen (Den)
             
Francaise Des Jeux              Lotto - Adecco
             
141 Stéphane Heulot (Fra)       151 Mario Aerts (Bel)
142 Sandy Casar (Fra)           152 Glenn D'hollander (Bel)
143 Grégory Gwiazdowski (Pol)   153 Serge Baguet (Bel)
144 Xavier Jan (Fra)            154 Sébastien Demarbaix (Bel)
145 Yvon Ledanois (Fra)         155 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel)
146 Jean-Michel Tessier (Fra)   156 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel)
147 Christophe Mengin (Fra)     157 Geert Verheyen (Bel)
148 Sven Montgomery (Swi)       158 Peter Wuyts (Bel)
150 Cyril Saugrain (Fra)        159 Manu Lhoir (Bel)
149 Franck Perque (Fra)         160 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel)
             
Liquigas - Pata                 Festina
             
161 Davide Rebellin (Ita)       171 Christophe Moreau (Fra)
162 Stefano Cattai (Ita)        172 Stéphane Auger (Fra)
163 Fausto Dotti (Ita)          173 David Clinger (USA)
164 Cristiano Frattini (Ita)    174 Giuseppe Di Grande (Ita)
165 Fabio Marchesin (Ita)       175 Rolf Huser (Swi)
166 Ellis Rastelli (Ita)        176 Fabian Jeker (Swi)
167 Cristian Salvato (Ita)      177 Pascal Lino (Fra)
168 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita)178 Ivan Sastre (Spa)
169 Alexandre Fedenko (Ukr)     179 Michel Klinger (Swi)
170 Cristian Moreni (Ita)       180 Nicolas Reynaud (Fra)
             
US Postal Service               Saeco - Valli & Valli
             
181 Tyler Hamilton (USA)        191 Laurent Dufaux (Swi)
182 Benoit Joachim (Lux)        192 Daniel Atienza (Spa)
183 Cédric Vasseur (Fra)        193 Christophe Brandt (Bel)
184 Patrick Jonker (Ned)        194 Armin Meier (Swi)
185 Levy Leipheimer (USA)       195 Igor Pugaci (Mda)
186 Kevin Livingston (USA)      196 Paolo Savoldelli (Ita)
187 Christian Vandevelde (USA)  197 Francesco Secchiari (Ita)
188 Steve Vermaut (Bel)         198 Christian Wegmann (Ger)
190 Marty Jemison (USA)         199 Alessandro Guerra (Ita)
189 Dylan Casey (USA)           200 Danny Pate (USA)
             
Mercatone Uno – Albacom         Credit Agricole
             
201 Marco Velo (Ita)            211 Bobby Julich (USA)
202 Igor Astarloa (Spa)         212 Chris Boardman (Gbr)
203 Michele Coppolillo (Ita)    213 Marcel Gono (Aus)
204 Daniele De Paoli (Ita)      214 Fabrice Gougot (Fra)
205 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita)    215 Christopher Jenner (Nzl)
206 Riccardo Forconi (Ita)      216 Anthony Langella (Fra)
207 Oscar Mason (Ita)           217 Anthony Morin (Fra)
208 Gian Mario Ortenzi (Ita)    218 Jens Voigt (Ger)
209 Maurizio Caravaggio (Ita)   219 Pierrick Fedrigo (Fra)
210 Marcello Siboni (Ita)       220 Frédéric Finot (Fra)
             
Vlaanderen 2002 - Eddy Merckx   Ville Charleroi - New Systems
             
221 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel)    231 Marc Streel (Bel)
222 Davy Daniels (Bel)          232 Grégory Barbier (Fra)
223 Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel)     233 Renaud Boxus (Bel)
224 Jurgen Guns (Bel)           234 Vincent Cali (Fra)
225 Kristof Trouve (Bel)        235 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel)
226 Peter Van Den Abeele (Bel)  236 Jörgen Bo Petersen (Den)
227 Jurgen Van Roosbroeck (Bel) 237 Laurent Pillon (Fra)
228 Karel Vereecke (Bel)        238 Philip Vereecke (Bel)
229 Wesley Huvaere (Bel)        239 Geoffrey Gremelpont (Bel)
230 Tom Stremersch (Bel)        240 Ludovic Capelle (Bel)
             
Tönissteiner - Colnago             
             
241 Michel Van Haecke (Bel)             
242 Morgan Fox (Irl)             
243 Nicolas Coudray (Swi)             
244 Davy Delme (Bel)             
245 Tom Desmet (Bel)             
246 Jeff Louder (USA)             
247 Jan Poppe (Bel)             
248 Kurt Van Landeghem (Bel)             
249 Marc Chanoine (Bel)             
250 Bert Roesems (Bel)

Women's Starting List

 
ACCA DUE O - LORENA CAMICIE          TEAM ALFA LUM R.S.M.                 
                                     
1 Diana Ziliute (Lit)                11 Edita Pucinskaite (Lit)
2 Marion Clignet (Fra)               12 Fatima Blazquez (Spa)
4 Tatiana Stiajkina (Ukr)            13 Alexandra Koliasseva (Rus)
5 Zita Urbonaite (Lit)               14 Fany Lecourtois (Fra)
6 Zoulfia Zabirova (Rus)             15 Joane Somarriba (Spa)
7 Vera Hohlfeld (Ger)                16 Daniela Veronesi (Smr)

EDILSAVINO                           TEAM FARM FRITES - HARTOL

21 Svetlana Boubnenkova (Rus)        31 Leontien Zijlaard - Van Moorsel (Ned)
22 Karen Kurreck (USA)               32 Yvonne Brunen (Ned)
23 Silvia Parietti (Ita)             33 Madeleine Lindberg (Swe)
24 Valentina Polkhanova (Rus)        34 Susanne Ljungskog (Swe)
25 Sonia Rocca (Ita)                 35 Debby Mansveld (Ned)
29 Giovanna Troldi (Ita)             37 Rikke Sandhoj Olsen (Den)

VLAANDEREN 2002 - LADIES TEAM        GAS SPORT TEAM

41 Heidi Van De Vijver (Bel)         51 Alessandra Cappellotto (Ita)
42 Cindy Bauwens (Bel)               52 Roberta Bonanomi (Ita)
43 Véronique Belleter (Bel)          53 Simona Parente (Ita)
44 Cindy Pieters (Bel)               54 Luisiana Pegoraro (Ita)
46 Vanja Vonckx (Bel)                55 Gabriela Pregnolato (Ita)
47 Vanessa Cheatley (NZl)            56 Pia Sundstedt (Fin)

MASTER TEAM - CARPE DIEM             GERMAN NATIONAL TEAM

61 Sigrid Corneo (Ita)               71 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Ger)
62 Tania Belvederesi (Ita)           72 Jacqueline Brabenetz (Ger)
64 Priska Doppmann (Swi)             75 Tina Liebig (Ger)
65 Marcia Eicher-Vouets (Swi)        76 Kerstin Scheitle (Ger)
66 Katia Longhin (Ita)               77 Anna-Sophia Czilwik (Ger)
69 Samanta Loschi (Ita)              78 Chantalle Gehrig (Ger)

S.C. MICHELA FANINI RECORD ROX       TEAM NÜRNBERGER

81 Zinaida Stahurskaya (Blr)         91 Jacinta Coleman (NZl)
83 Natalia Kishchuk (Ukr)            92 Clarisssa Breuer (Ger)
85 Svetlana Samokhvalova (Rus)       93 Carolin Dietmann (Ger)
86 Oksana Saprykina (Ukr)            95 Erika Scherlti (Ger)
87 Anna Farina (Ita)
89 Marika Murer (Swi)

LA ROSA DEI VENTI                    FRENCH NATIONAL TEAM

102 Gitana Gruodyte (Lit)            111 Elisabeth Chevanne-Brunel (Fra)
103 Edita Kubelskiene (Lit)          112 Aline Camboulives (Fra)
104 Deira Mari (Ita)                 113 Magali Le Floc'h (Fra)
105 Olga Mikhailovskaja (Rus)        114 Géraldine Loewenguth (Fra)
106 Neringa Raudonyte (Ita)          115 Laurence Restoin (Fra)
107 Nadia Zuccherelli (Ita)          116 Maryline Salvetat (Fra)

BELGIAN NATIONAL TEAM                CANADIAN NATIONAL TEAM

121 Sylvia Debboudt (Bel)            131 Julia Bradley (Can)
122 Véronique Coene (Bel)            132 Myriam Desrosiers (Can)
123 Veerle Ingels (Bel)              134 Leigh Hobson (Can)
124 Natasha Nobels (Bel)             135 Amy Jarvis (Can)
126 Ann Roegiers (Bel)               136 Darnelle Moore (Can)
127 Lensy Debboudt (Bel)             137 Geneviève Jeanson (Can)

BRITISH NATIONAL TEAM                DUTCH NATIONAL TEAM

141 Yvonne Mcgregor (GBr)            151 Areke Hassink (Ned)
142 Susan Carter (GBr)               152 Edith Klep (Ned)
143 Emma Davies (GBr)                153 Francis Linthorst (Ned)
144 Ceris Gilfillan (GBr)            154 Sandra Rombouts (Ned)
145 Megan Hughes (GBr)               155 Sonja Van Kuik (Ned)
146 Sarah Symington (GBr)            156 Janneke Vos (Ned)

CZECH REPUBLIC NATIONAL TEAM         SWISS NATIONAL TEAM

162 Lada Kozlikova (Cze)             171 Nicole Brändli (Swi)
165 Adéla Vlnova (Cze)               172 Denise Baumann (Swi)
166 Simona Wagnerova (Cze)           173 Marion Brauen (Swi)
167 Monika Richterova (Cze)          175 Yvonne Schnorf (Swi)
                                     176 Sandra Wampfler (Swi)
                                     177 Diana Rast (Swi)
UKRANIAN NATIONAL TEAM

181 Yuliya Murenka (Ukr)
182 Nataliya Kachalka (Ukr)
183 Iryna Chuzhynova (Ukr)
184 Valentyna Karpenko (Ukr)
185 Claudia Saintagne (Bra)
186 Janildes Silva (Bra)

Past Winners - Women

1998    Fabiana Luperini (Ita)
1999    Hanka Kupfernagel (Ger) Greenery Hawk Team
91 kms in 2.43.18 (33.43 km/h)