80th Paris-Bruxelles - 1.1
Belgium, September 9, 2000
1999 Results Past
Winners
Van Heeswijk quickest
in Brussels
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Max
van Heeswijk
Photo: © AFP
Dutchman Max Van Heeswijk (Mapei) defied the final few climbs to win
the 80th edition of the Paris-Brussels, beating Dane Frank Hĝj (FdJ)
and Belgian Ludovic Capelle (Ville de Charleroi) in a mass sprint. The
249 kilometre classic started in Soissons, near Paris and finished in
the Belgian capital of Brussels.
Van Heeswijk earned the victory as he has spent a lot of the year
leading out Mapei's other sprinters like Tom Steels, Oscar Freire, Fred
Rodriguez and Stefano Zanini. However, in the Italian super squad, each
rider normally gets their due reward. Today, Van Heeswijk was led out
by Axel Merckx with one kilometre to go, and then he latched onto Frank
Hĝj's wheel for the final few hundred metres to take his 6th win this
season.
The team had counted on Stefano Zanini, winner in 1998, however the
Italian was not feeling up to it by the end. Michele Bartoli and Paolo
Bettini did their bit in attacking, and Mapei were one of the strongest
teams in the race.
Results - 249.6 km
1 Max van Heeswijk (Ned) Mapei-Quick Step 5.35.36 (44.642 km/h)
2 Frank Høj (Den) Francaise des Jeux
3 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Charleroi-New Systems
4 Fabio Sacchi (Ita) Team Polti
5 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Palmans-Ideal
6 Fausto Dotti (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
7 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis
8 Arvis Piziks (Lat) Memorycard
9 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Francaise des Jeux
10 Dimitrij Konisjev (Rus) Fassa Bortolo
11 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank
12 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) Vini Caldirola
13 Franco Ballerini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
14 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
15 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
16 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Credit Agricole
17 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) VC Saint-Quentin-Oktos
18 Massimiliano Mori (Ita) Saeco-Valli&Valli
19 Nico Mattan (Bel) Cofidis
20 Jurgen Van Roosbroeck (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx
21 Fabian De Waele (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
22 Christophe Detilloux (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
23 Mirko Pugliolo (Ita) Linda LcCartney
24 Bjarke Nielsen (Den) Memory Card-Jack & Jones
25 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank
26 Denis Zanette (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
27 Henk Vogels (Aus) Manheim Auctions-Mercury
28 Chris Peers (Bel) Cofidis
29 Alessandro Guerra (Ita) Saeco-Valli & Valli
30 Gabriele Missaglia (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
31 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française Des Jeux
32 Roger Hammond (GBr) Collstrop
33 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) Vini Caldirola-Sidermec
34 Matteo Carrara (Ita) Polti
35 Kristof Trouve (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-Eddy Merckx
36 Raphael Schweda (Ger) Team Nürnberger
37 Michele Bartoli (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
38 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
39 Michael Steen Nielsen (Den) Memory Card-Jack & Jones
40 Rolf Sorensen (Den) Rabobank
41 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Palmans-Ideal
42 Axel Merckx (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step
43 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Memory Card-Jack & Jones
44 Sergio Barbero (Ita) Lampre-Daikin
45 Christopher Jenner (Nzl) Crédit Agricole
46 Frank Corvers (Bel) Memory Card-Jack & Jones
47 Geert Omloop (Bel) Collstrop
48 Michael Boogerd (Ned) Rabobank
49 Cédric Vasseur (Fra) US Postal Service
50 Marc Wauters (Bel) Rabobank
51 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas-Pata
52 Dario Frigo (Ita) Fassa Bortolo
53 Frankie Andreu (USA) US Postal Service
54 Hans De Clercq (Bel) Palmans-Ideal
55 Walter Beneteau (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel
56 Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
57 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Palmans-Ideal
58 Artour Babaitsev (Rus) Team Nürnberger
59 Tadej Valjavec (Slo) Fassa Bortolo
60 Bert Dietz (Ger) Team Nürnberger
61 Luca Scinto (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
62 Michel Van Haecke (Bel) Tönissteiner-Landbouwkrediet
63 René Joergensen (Den) Memory Card-Jack & Jones
64 Maximilian Sciandri (GBr) Linda Mccartney Racing Team
65 Massimiliano Lelli (Ita) Cofidis
66 Cristiano Frattini (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
67 Stefano Cattai (Ita) Liquigas-Pata
68 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis
69 Daniele Nardello (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
70 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Team Polti
71 Vincent Cali (Fra) Ville De Charleroi-Newsystems
72 Bert Roesems (Bel) Tönissteiner-Landbouwkrediet
73 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank
74 François Simon (Fra) Bonjour-Tourpargel
75 Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Cofidis
76 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
77 Bert De Waele (Bel) Tönnissteiner-Landbouwkrediet
78 Stéphane Hennebert (Bel) Ville De Charleroi-Newsystems
Thanks to Koos 't Hart for the complete results
Past
Winners
1906 A. Dunlop (Fra)
1907 Gusrave Garrigou (Fra)
1908 Lucien Petit-Breton (Fra)
1909 Francois Faber (Lux)
1910 Maurice Brocco (Fra)
1911 Octave Lapize (Fra)
1912 Octave Lapize (Fra)
1913 Octave Lapize (Fra)
1914 Louis Mottiat (Bel)
1919 Alexis Michiels (Bel)
1920 Henri Pelissier (Fra)
1921 Robert Raboul (Fra)
1922 Felix Sellier (Bel)
1923 Felix Sellier (Bel)
1924 Felix Sellier (Bel)
1925 Gerard Debaets (Bel)
1926 Denis Verschueren (Bel)
1927 Nicolas Frantz (Lux)
1928 Georges Ronsse (Bel)
1929 Pe Verhaegen (Bel)
1930 Ernest Mottard (Bel)
1931 Jean Aerts (Bel)
1932 Julien Vervaecke (Bel)
1933 Albert Barthelemy (Fra)
1934 Frans Bonduel (Bel)
1935 Edgard De Caluwe (Bel)
1936 Eloi Meulenberg (Bel)
1937 Albert Beckaert (Bel)
1938 Marcel Kint (Bel)
1939 Frans Bonduel (Bel)
1946 Alberic Schotte (Bel)
1947 Ernest Sterckx (Bel)
1948 Lode Poels (Bel)
1949 Maurice Diot (Fra)
1950 Rik Van Steenbergen (Bel)
1951 Jean Gueguen (Fra)
1952 Alberic Schotte (Bel)
1953 Loretto Petrucci (Ita)
1954 Marcel Hendrickx (Bel)
1955 Marcel Hendrickx (Bel)
1956 Rik Van Looy (Bel)
1957 Leon Van Daele (Bel)
1958 Rik Van Looy (Bel)
1959 Frans Schoubben (Bel)
1960 Pierre Everaert (Bel)
1961 Pino Cerami (Bel)
1962 Joseph Wouters (Bel)
1963 Jean Stablinski (Fra)
1964 Georges Van Coningsloo (Bel)
1965 Edward Sels (Bel)
1966 Felice Gimondi (Ita)
1973 Eddy Merckx (Bel)
1974 Marc Demeyer (Bel)
1975 Freddy Maertens (Bel)
1976 Felice Gimondi (Ita)
1977 Ludo Peeters (Bel)
1978 Jan Raas (Ned)
1979 Ludo Peeters (Bel)
1980 Pierino Gavazzi (Ita)
1981 Roger De Vlaeminck (Bel)
1982 Jacques Hanegraaf (Ned)
1983 Tommy Prim (Swe)
1984 Eric Vanderaerden (Bel)
1985 Adri Van der Poel (Ned)
1986 Guido Bontempi (Ita)
1987 Wim Arras (Bel)
1988 Rolf Gölz (Ger)
1989 Jelle Nijdam (Ned)
1990 Franco Ballerini (Ita)
1991 Brian Holm (Den)
1992 Rolf Sörensen (Den)
1993 Francis Moreau (Fra)
1994 Rolf Sörensen (Den)
1995 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel)
1996 Andrea Tafi (Ita)
1997 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita)
1998 Stefano Zanini (Ita)
1999 Romans Vainsteins (Lat)
Past winners by Mario Stiehl, Berlin
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