16th Veenendaal-Veenendaal - 1.2Netherlands, April 19, 20012000 Results Results Past winners De Jongh wins for the second timeRabobank's Steven de Jongh has won the 209 kilometre Veenendaal-Veenendaal classic for the second time in a row, escaping from an 11 man top group in the final kilometre. Rudi Kemna (Bankgiroloterij-Batavus) took the bunch sprint. The organisers had to use a slightly modified parcours due to the Foot and Mouth crisis, but the race still went ahead, unlike others in the Netherlands that have been cancelled. The weather conditions weren't great though, with wind, hail and snow accompanying the riders during the 209 kilometre race. As such only 30 of the 170 starters actually finished. Three riders, Steven de De Jongh (Rabobank), Bart Voskamp (Batavus) and Paul van Schalen (Cologne) attacked out of the leading group, gaining a maximum of 30 seconds. They were caught, a little at a time, by another 9 riders. De Jongh attacked again shortly before the finish, and came in 3 seconds in front of Rudi Kemna (Batavus), with Roger Hammond (Collstrop) taking third.
Results - 209 km1 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 4.45.48 (43.919 km/h) 2 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 0.03 3 Roger Hammond (GBr) Collstrop-Palman 4 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Rabobank 5 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 6 Paul Van Schalen (Ned) Team Cologne 7 Martin Van Steen (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 8 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 9 Vladimir Miholjevic (Cro) KRKA-Telekom Slovenije 10 Gorazd Stangelj (Slo) Liquigas-Pata 11 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 12 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 0.05 13 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team Coast 1.16 14 Edward Dunning (Ned) AXA Cycling Team 1.28 15 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 16 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 3.03 17 Laurent Desbiens (Fra) Kelme-Costa Blanca 18 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Deutsche Telekom 19 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 6.45 20 Joshua Collingwood (Aus) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ 21 Berry Hoedemakers (Ned) Team Cologne 22 Jan Verstraeten (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 23 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 24 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Rabobank 25 Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Team Fakta 26 Arturas Trampauskas (Ltu) Saint-Quentin Oktos 27 Matjaz Batic (Slo) KRKA-Telekom Slovenije 28 Mickaël Olejnick (Pol) Saint-Quentin Oktos 29 Oleg Kozlitine (Kaz) Saint-Quentin Oktos 30 Allan Johansson (Den) Team Fakta Starters: 150 Abandons: 120 Classified: 30 Past Winners2000 Steven de Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 212 kms in 5.11.08 (40.8 km/h) 1999 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 200 kms in 5.07.43 (39 km/h) 1998 Frank Hoj (Den) Palmans-Ideal 209 kms in 4.56.24 1997 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) TVM 1996 Andrej Tchmil (Mda) Lotto 1995 Olaf Ludwig (Ger) Team Telekom 1994 Vjatcheslav Elimov (Rus) WordPerfect 1993 Rob Mulders (Ned) WordPerfect 1992 Jacques Hangraaf (Ned) Panasonic 1991 (2) Wiebren Veenstra (Ned) Buckler 1990 Wiebren Veesntra (Ned) Buckler 1989 Jean-Paul Van Poppel (Ned) Panasonic 1988 Ronny Vlassaks (Bel) Superconfex 1987 Johan Capiot (Bel) Roland 1986 No race 1985 Joop Zoetemelk (Ned) Kwantumhallen Past winners courtesy of Mario Stiehl, Berlin |