GP van de Bovenschelde - 1.6

Hollain, Belgium, August 6, 2000

Editor's note:

The GP du Haut Escaut (van de Bovenschelde) is one of the few UCI classified events I actually rode and finished in 1998 and 1999. It's a great course to ride on - some undulations and a sharp, narrow cobbled climb just after you cross the river. Five times around a 30 km circuit, followed by four 9 km laps to finish. There are some really nice parts of the course, including a 1 km tree-lined avenue not long after the start. These events seem (to me) to be always ridden flat out from the gun but they're great fun - JJ.

Results - 187.5 km

1 Jan Ostergaard (Den) CCI Differdange                     4.20.00 (43.26 km/h)
2 Armans Baranowskis (Ltu)
3 Bert De Waele (Bel) Kortrijk Groeninge Spurters
4 Rik Claeys (Bel) Kortrijk Groeninge Spurters                0.01
5 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Mapei-Latexco
6 Gordon McCauley (NZl) Kingsnorth
7 Dariusz Malawka (Ltu)
8 Julien Smink (Ned) MGI Fietsen
9 Christophe Stevens (Bel) Kortrijk Groeninge Spurters
10 Marc Patry (Bel) Mapei-Latexco
11 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Amateurs                    0.04
12 Tom Boonen (Bel) Kortrijk Groeninge Spurters               1.31
13 Chris Pollin (Bel) DVVS Koksijde
14 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000
15 Andrejus Zubrovas (Ltu)                                    1.44
16 Danny Van Looy (Bel) ICSA Team Laarne
17 Vincenzo Centrone (Lux) CCI Differdange
18 Guido Mutsaars (Ned)                                       1.55
19 Wilmer Baldo (Ita) CCI Differdange                         1.57
20 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu)
21 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank Amateurs
22 Robert Wood (GBr) ICSA Team Laarne                         1.59
23 Aaron Olson (USA) Nutra Fig-Noni                           2.08
24 Didier Deceuninck (Bel) Wielerclub De Lombarden            2.39
25 Cas Graafmans (Bel)
26 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000            4.05
27 Filip Verscuren (Bel) Wielerteam Farm Frites-Eycken
28 Steven Vanmolecot (Bel) Royal Cyclist's Pésant Club
29 Tom Serlet (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000
30 Lorenzo Louagie (Bel) Royal Cyclist's Pésant Club

Interlculb

1 Kortrijk Groeninge Spurters                                   16 pts
2 CCI Differdange-Luxemburg                                     37
3 Mapei-Latexco Team                                            50
4 RC Pesant Liegeois                                            65
5 Zetelhallen Wielerteam Beveren 2000                           69

Thanks to Koos 't Hart for the results

Past Winners

1996 Kris Matthijs (Bel)
1997 Yvan Segers (Bel)
1998 Dariusz Strole (Ltu)
1999 Raimondas Vilcinskas (Ltu)
2000 Jan Ostergaard (Den)

Past winners by Mario Stiehl, Berlin