Trofee "Mario de Clercq" - Cat. 3

Wortegem-Petegem, Belgium, December 25, 2000

De Clercq rebounds to win

On Christmas Day, Mario de Clercq managed to overcome illness that prevented him from racing in Sunday's Superprestige race to win his own "Trophee Mario de Clercq" in Wortegem-Petegem. His wife said that he felt "much better" after being laid up on Sunday, and he managed to win a three man sprint against Peter Van Santvliet and Richard Groenendaal.

It was also De Clercq's 6th win of the season. His dream is to make it part of the World Cup next season.

Results

Elite Men
1 Mario de Clercq (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites       1.02.57 
2 Peter Van Santvliet (Bel) Spaar Select
3 Richard Groenendaal (Ned) Rabobank
4 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Mez Team              0.21      
5 Gerben De Knegt (Ned) Rabobank 
6 Ben Berden (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx    0.35
7 Kipcho Volckaerts (Bel) Jonge Renners           0.47      
8 Tom Vannoppen (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx 1.25      
9 Bart Wellens (Bel) Spaar Select                 2.00      
10 Davy Commeyne (Bel) Wielergroep Beveren 2000   2.25 
11 Bjorn Rondelez (Bel) Spar-OKI		  2.43
12 Tim Van Nuffel (Bel) De Kastelse Dur.
13 Peter Willemsens (Bel) Den Tip Vorselaar	  2.52
14 Kevin Bossaerts (Bel)			  2.58
15 Radomir Simonek (Cze) Czech Republic		  3.07
16 Tadeusz Korzeniewski (Pol) Ekolog		  3.28
17 Kris Wouters (Bel)				  3.39
18 Wesley Van Der Linden (Bel)
19 Rudi Van De Sompel (Bel)			  3.58
20 Daniele Pontoni (Ita) 			  4.19