GP Wallonie - 1.2

Belgium, June 1, 2000

1999 Results     Past Winners

Elli too strong in Namur

Telekom's Alberto Elli won the 31st edition of the GP Wallonie, finishing at the top of the Citadel of Namur, in Belgium. He was part of a four man break that included Bonjour's Didier Rous, Lotto's Kurt Van De Wouwer and Dave Bruylandts, Palmans, who finished in that order behind Elli.

The four escaped with 70 kilometres to go, along with Francaise des Jeux's Sven Montgomery and Steve de Wolf. These two could not follow after a while, and dropped off. The four had a handy lead to the peloton of around two minutes before they reached the final laps of the Citadel.

Elli attacked his companions on the last cobbled ascent of the Citadel, and held Rous off by eight seconds. In third was Van De Wouwer, a few seconds back.

The race also saw Franck Vandenbroucke and Andrei Tchmil competing. The latter was involved in a fall and gave up, although he wasn't seriously hurt. VDB, who is attempting to ride the Tour this year, was not able to manage more than 117 kilometres.

Results - 196 km

1. Alberto Elli (Ita) Deutsche Telekom-ARD	     	4.42.05 (41.732 km/h)	
2. Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel			0.08	
3. Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco		0.13	
4. Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Palmans-Ideal			0.24	
5. Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis				1.58	
6. Frédéric Finot (Fra) Crédit Agricole
7. Jürgen Vermeersch (Bel) Palmans-Ideal		2.02	
8. Bert Roesems (Bel) Tönissteiner-Landbouwkrediet	2.06	
9. Frank Hoj (Den) La Française des Jeux		2.12	
10. Lennie Kristensen (Den) Fakta
11. Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Ville de Charleroi-Newsystems
12. Danny Jonasson (Den) Fakta
13. Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
14. Nicki Sörensen (Den) Fakta
15. Andrei Mizourov (Kaz) Deutsche Telekom-ARD
16. Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
17. Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
18. Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis
19. Hans De Clercq (Bel) Palmans-Ideal
20. Tony Bracke (Bel) Collstrop-De Federale Verzekeringen
21. Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) Française Des Jeux
22. Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
23. Stephan Schreck (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom-Ard
24. Manu L'Hoir (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
25. Vincent Cali (Fra) Ville De Charleroi-Newsystems
26. Tom Desmet (Bel) Tönissteiner-Landbouwkrediet       2.33      
27. Hendrik Van Dyck (Bel) Palmans-Ideal                2.42      
28. Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel             2.46      
29. Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Française Des Jeux
30. Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis                           2.51      
31. Cyril Saugrain (Fra) Française Des Jeux             3.03      
32. Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe) Fakta                       3.22      
33. Michel Vanhaecke (Bel) Tönissteiner-Landbouwkrediet 3.32      
34. Scott Sunderland (Aus) Palmans-Ideal                3.33      
35. Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Crédit Agricole
36. Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom-Ard        3.56      
37. Olivier Perreaudeau (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel
38. Philip Vereecke (Bel) Ville De Charleroi-Newsystems 4.13      
39. Marc Streel (Bel) Ville De Charleroi-Newsystems     4.18      
40. Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank                     4.33      
41. Steve De Wolf (Bel) Cofidis                         4.45      
42. Gerhard Trampusch (Aut) Team Deutsche Telekom-Ard   4.59      
43. Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank                         8.05      
44. François Simon (Fra) Bonjour-Toupargel

Thanks to Koos 't Hart for the complete results

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)
1999    Patrick Jonker (Aus) Rabobank 196 kms in 4.41.45 (41.737 km/h)