9th GP Rik van Steenbergen - 1.2

Belgium, July 27, 2000

1999 Results   Past Winners

Michaelsen wins a thinned out Van Steenbergen

Danish rider Lars Michaelsen (Française des Jeux) won the 2000 edition of the GP Rik Van Steenbergen, named after the great Belgian rider. Michaelsen was the fastest of an eight man top group, containing the likes of Dave Bruylandts (Palmans), Wim Omloop (Bankgiroloterij-Batavus), Matthé Pronk, Bram De Groot (Rabobank), Robert Hunter (Lampre), Andreas Klier (Farm Frites) and Jan Schaffrath (Telekom). Matthé Pronk and Robert Hunter were second and third respectively.

Only 10 riders were actually classified as finishers after the main peloton were more than 16 minutes behind.

Results - 203.5 km

1 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Française Des Jeux   4.24.40 (46.13 km/h)
2 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank 
3 Robert Hunter (RSA) Lampre-Daikin        
4 Wim Omloop (Bel) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus        
5 Andreas Klier (Ger) Farm Frites        
6 Jan Schaffrath (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom-ARD
7 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank        
8 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Palmans-Ideal        
9 Karl Pauwels (Bel) Palmans-Ideal 		1.07
10 Kurt Van Lancker (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 		1.17

Outside limit:

11 Jans Koerts (Ned) Farm Frites               16.15
12 Danny Daelman (Bel) Spar-Oki
13 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank
14 Tom Desmet (Bel) Tönissteiner-Landbouwkrediet
15 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank
16 Marco Cannone (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
17 René Haselbacher (Aut) Team Gerolsteiner
18 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Team Cologne
19 Mario De Clercq (Bel) Palmans-Ideal
20 Martin Van Steen (Ned) Farm Frites
21 Koen Beeckman (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
22 Miquel Van Kessel (Ned) Farm Frites
23 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus
24 Oleg Pankov (Ukr) Collstrop
25 Fabian De Waele (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
26 Jos Lucassen (Ned) Team Cologne
27 Andreas Walzer (Ger) Team Gerolsteiner
28 Tom Flammang (Lux) Cofidis
29 Karel Vereecke (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx
30 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis
31 Kristof Trouve (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx
32 Barry Hoedemakers (Ned) Spar-Oki
33 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Team Cologne
34 Renger Ypenburg (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus
35 Sven Gaute Hölestöl (Nor) Gerolsteiner
36 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Cantina Tollo
37 Andrea Tafi (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
38 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
39 Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Française Des Jeux
40 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) Française Des Jeux
41 Guido Trenti (USA) Cantina Tollo-Regain
42 Zbigniew Spruch (Pol) Lampre-Daikin
43 Wim Feys (Bel) Palmans-Ideal
44 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Palmans-Ideal
45 Marcel Duijn (Ned) Rabobank
46 Nicolas Coudray (Swi) Tönissteiner-Landbouwkrediet
47 Coen H. Boerman (Ned) Rabobank
48 Oscar Camenzind (Swi) Lampre-Daikin
49 Steven De Neef (Bel) Flanders-Prefetex
50 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Team Cologne
51 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop
52 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Lampre-Daikin

Classified: 10

Thanks to Koos 't Hart for the complete results

Past Winners

1992 Olaf Ludwig (Ger)
1993 Mario Cipollini (Ita)
1994 Djamolidine Abdujaparov (Uzb)
1995 Tom Steels (Bel)
1996 Jans Koerts (Ned)
1997 Andrej Tchmil (Ukr)
1998 Jan Svorada (Cze)
1999 Giuliano Figueras (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 200 km in 4.32.51

Past winners by Mario Stiehl, Berlin