67th Nationale Sluitingprijs - 1.4Putte-Kapellen, Belgium, October 17, 2000
De Jongh wins Belgian season closerThe Nationale Sluitingprijs is traditionally the last road race of the season for most of the Dutch and Belgian riders. It is held in Putte-Kapellen, on the border between the two countries. Rumours say this is the only day of the year on which you can find most of the riders in the pubs after the race. As a result, the 177 km race was conducted at high speed (47+ km/h), with the 1-2 going to Steven de Jongh and his Rabobank colleague, Aart Vierhouten. In third place was Mapei's Wilfried Peeters, followed by Kurt Van De Wouwer (Lotto) and Jans Koerts (Farm Frites). Results - 177 km1 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 3.45.00 (47.200 km/h) 2 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank 3 Wilfried Peeters (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step 0.14 4 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 0.32 5 Jans Koerts (Ned) Farm Frites 0.45 6 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) ASLK-Fortis Boys 0.53 7 Tom Boonen (Bel) Kortrijk Groeninge Spurters 1.07 8 David Debremaeker (Bel) Kortrijk Groeninge Spurters 1.22 9 Matthew Gilmore (Bel) Memory Card 10 John Talen (Ned) Spar-Oki 11 Geert Omloop (Bel) Collstrop 12 Jurgen De Jongh (Ned) 13 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank 1.25 14 Christoph Von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Team Coast 4.45 15 Etienne De Wilde (Bel) Meerakken 16 Fabien Dewaele (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 17 Sandro Bijnen (Ned) Axa Cycling Team 18 Christophe Roodhooft (Bel) Rabobank 19 Gerben Lowik (Ned) Farm Frites 20 Lorenzo Lapage (Bel) Collstrop 21 Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank 22 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx 23 Berry Hoedemakers (Ned) Spar-Oki 24 Kurt Van Landeghem (Bel) Tönissteiner-Landbouwkred 4.55 25 Wim Weyns (Bel) 8.00 26 Richard Slabbekoorn (Ned) Van Vliet-Weba 27 Peter Ronsse (Bel) ASLK-Fortis Boys 28 Mark Ter Schure (Ned) Axa Cycling Team 29 Nico Indekeu (Bel) RDM-Bianchi Cycling Team 30 Erik Lievens (Bel) Mapei-Latexco |