40th Brabantse Pijl - Cat. 1.2
Belgium, March 26, 2000
1999 results Past
winners
Museeuw sends out a warning
Just one week before the Ronde van Vlaanderen, and a day after the
GP E3 in Harelbeke, Belgian idol Johan Museeuw has shown that he is
a clear favourite for the Ronde by winning the 40th Brabantse Pijl today.
The former world champion has already won Het Volk this year, and will
be looking at making it four wins in the Ronde next weekend.
The race came to life after the second last climb, where 10 riders
formed a leading group. Den Bakker, Mattan, Museeuw, Sorensen, Boogerd,
Marzoli, Pauwels and Spruch were in it, with Michele Bartoli the only
major name to be left behind. The bunch did not chase immediately, and
the group made a 50 second gap fairly quickly. Bartoli and Skibby later
made the front, but this was after the final attack had gone.
On the next climb, Cofidis' Nico Mattan attacked, taking Museeuw (Mapei)
and Sorensen (Rabobank) with him. The trio worked evenly to consolidate
their break, and were well headed towards victory. With 18 kilometres
to travel, Nico Mattan tried a surprise move, but it was pointless when
Museeuw countered with a powerful attack. That was the last they saw
of him before the race finished.
Despite suffering a cold, Museeuw held off the rest to take yet another
solo win, his 90th career victory. Mattan and Sorensen finished second
and third, a minute and a half in front of the rest of the leaders who
were led home by Marzoli of Cantina Tollo.
Results - 195 km
1. Johan Museeuw (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 4.33.43 (42.675km/h)
2. Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis 0.07
3. Rolf Sörensen (Den) Rabobank 0.10
4. Ruggero Marzoli (Ita) Cantina Tollo-Regain 1.38
5. Wilfried Peeters (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 1.43
6. Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis
7. Jesper Skibby (Den) Memory Card-Jack & Jones
8. Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
9. Martin Hvastija (Slo) Alessio-Banca SMG)
10. Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
11. Erwin Thijs (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx
12. Stefano Casagranda (Ita) Alessio-Banca SMG
13. Maarten den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank
14. Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank
15. Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
16. Raymond Meijs (Ned) Cologne 4.52
17. Davy Daniels (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx
18. Vincent Cali (Fra) Ville de Charleroi-Newsystems
19. Jurgen Van Roosbroeck (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx
20. Karl Pauwels (Bel) Palmans-Ideal
21. Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Collstrop-De Federale Verzekeringen
22. Zbigniew Piatek (Pol) MAT-Ceresit CCC
23. Bart Voskamp (Ned) Polti 5.05
24. Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 5.16
25. Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx 5.43
26. Kurt Van Landeghem (Bel) Tönissteiner-Landbouwkrediet 8.25
Past Winners
1961 Pino Cerami (Bel)
1962 Marcel Janssens (Bel)
1963 Joseph Wouters (Bel)
1964 Arnaldo Pambianco (Ita)
1965 Willy Bocklant (Bel)
1966 Jan Janssen (Ned)
1967 Roger Rosiers (Bel)
1968 Victor Van Schil (Bel)
1969 Willy In'T'Ven (Bel)
1970 Herman Vanspringel (Bel)
1971 Joseph Spruyt (Bel)
1972 Eddy Merckx (Bel)
1973 Johan De Muynck (Bel)
1974 Herman Vanspringel (Bel)
1975 Willem Peters (Bel)
1976 Freddy Maertens (Bel)
1977 Frans Verbeeck (Bel)
1978 Marcel Laurens (Bel)
1979 Daniel Willems (Bel)
1980 Michel Pollentier (Bel)
1981 Roger De Vlaeminck (Bel)
1982 Claude Criquielion (Bel)
1983 Eddy Planckaert (Bel)
1984 Ronny Van Holen (Bel)
1985 Adri Van der Poel (Ned)
1986 Johan Van de Velde (Ned)
1987 Edwig Van Hooydonck (Bel)
1988 Johan Capiot (Bel)
1989 Johan Capiot (Bel)
1990 Frans Maassen (Ned)
1991 Edwig Van Hooydonck (Bel)
1992 Johan Capiot (Bel)
1993 Edwig Van Hooydonck (Bel)
1994 Michele Bartoli (Ita)
1995 Edwig Van Hooydonck (Bel)
1996 Johan Museeuw (Bel)
1997 Gianluca Pianegonda (Ita)
1998 Johan Museeuw (Bel) Mapei-Bricobi 193 kms in 4.15.50 (45.263 km/h)
1999 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step 193 kms in 4.43.15 (40.882 km/h)
Mario Stiehl from Berlin keeps the past winners up to date
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