GP Rudy Dhaenens - Cat. 1.4

Nevele, Belgium, March 19, 2000

1999 Results

Eeckhout wins from a 17 man group

Palmans rider, Nico Eeckhout (Bel) won the 189 km GP Rudy Dhaenens in a three up sprint from compatriots Wim Omloop (Bgl-Batavus) and Tom Desmet (Tönissteiner), when they escaped from a 17 man leading group towards the end of the race.

Farm Frites riders, Remco van der Ven (Bel, 14th) and Jans Koerts (Ned, 19th) were using it as training for the Dwars door Belgie, coming up on March 22.

Results - 189 km

1. Nico Eeckhout (Palmans-Ideal) 				4.12.00 (43 km/h)
2. Wim Omloop (Bel) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 
3. Tom Desmet (Bel) Tönissteiner-Landbouwkrediet
4. Michel Van Haecke (Bel) Tönissteiner-Landbouwkrediet		   0.25
5. Bert Grabsch (Ger) Cologne
6. Jurgen Van Roosbroeck (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx
7. Geert Omloop (Bel) Collstrop-De Federale Verzekeringen
8. Edouard Gritsoun (Rus) Gerolsteiner
9. Sören Petersen (Den) Cologne					   0.44
10. Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Spar-Oki
11. Coen H. Boerman (Ned) Rabobank
12. Hans De Clercq (Bel) Palmans-Ideal
13. Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Farm Frites-Eycken
14. Bjorn Leukemans (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx
15. Marcel Strauss (Swi) Post Swiss Team
16. Scott Guyton (Nzl) Flanders-Prefetex
17. Piotr Zaradny (Pol) MAT-Ceresit CCC				   1.30
18. Andy De Smet (Bel) Spar-Oki
19. Jans Koerts (Ned) Farm Frites-Eycken
20. Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank
21. Ronny Assez (Bel) Flanders-Prefetex
22. Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank
23. Ruud Verspaandonk (Ned)
24. Rik Reinerink (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus
25. Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Cologne
26. Masahiro Mifune (Jpn) Tönissteiner-Landbouwkrediet
27. Martin Müller (Ger) Cologne
28. Kristof Trouve (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx
29. Stig Dam (Den) Cycling Horsens
30. Thierry De Groote (Bel)

145 starters