Eurode Omloop - 1.5Kerkrade, Netherlands, August 12, 20012000 Results Results Start list Past Winners First victory for Corey SweetBy Bert Saarloos* The tenth edition of the Eurode Omloop ended in a big party for Australian Corey Sweet. The 24 year old from Adelaide was undoubtedly the strongest rider of the field and marked his first victory of the season. The BankGiroLoterij rider shook off his two last rivals, Edwin Dunning (Axa) and Rabobank amateur Laurens ten Dam, on the last GPM. Eurode is the name of the twin cities of Kerkrade, Netherlands ('council of the church') and Herzogenrath, Germany ('council of the dukes'). The Omloop (circuit) of 14.2 kms starts in Kerkrade, a former coal mining town of 50,000 inhabitants, most known for its successful soccer club Roda JC. Then the field leads through Herzogenrath, an equally large mining town, where each lap (after 4.9 kms) points could be gathered for the sprint classification. The last leg of the course takes the riders back to Dutch territory, with the GPM of the Haanraderberg (Hill of Haanrade), with the top after 8.5 kms. It is a 800 metre long climb with an average grade of 7%. Then a couple of kilometres on rolling and very winding terrain, a descent, before the last climb (no GPM however) appears, the Hambosberg (Hill of the Ham Forest), 500 meters long, also 7 % and the top at exactly 1 km from the finish line. The decisive break was already being made on the first lap. Corey Sweet (Aus, BankGiroLoterij), Seth Pelusi (USA, Flanders), Kristof Trouvé (Bel, Collstrop), Edwin Dunning (Ned, Axa) and the Dutch amateurs Laurens ten Dam (Rabobank) and Joost Posthuma (Löwik) took off. Due to a back injury Posthuma was dropped quite early and just before halfway, Trouvé could not follow the pace anymore. Behind them a group of 17 formed: Remco van der Ven, Stefan van Dijk, Rudi Kemna (BankGiroLoterij), Thierry De Grootte, Kristof Trouvé (Collstrop), Bert Dewaele, American Jeff Louder, New Zealander Gordon McCauley (Landbouwkrediet), Marcel Luppes (Axa), David Debremaeker (Ville de Charleroi) and the amateurs Arno Wallaard (Löwik), Bram de Waard (Bert Story-Piels), Bas Giling (Rabobank), Ruud Aarts and Aussie Sean Sullivan (Cycling 2000) and the locals Stefan Cohnen (Bergklimmers) and Bjorn Hoeben (Maaslandster). The four leaders had a constant gap of about 2'30 minutes. BankGiroLoterij, with three excellent sprinters - particularly Kemna - had the chasing group in a stranglehold. A second group of 20 riders, with Australian amateurs Craig Williams, living in a small Dutch town 20 kms from Kerkrade and riding for the German König-Pilsener/Zugvogel Aachen team, and Tour Down Under stage winner Luke Roberts (Cycling 2000) was 4 minutes behind and lost more ground every lap. In front it was clear that Sweet was the best man. Most of the time he led the break over the hills and consequently he won the King of the Mountains classification as well. Sweet's pace on the seventh ascent of the Haanraderberg meant the end of Pelusi's chances. The American had to let go and was captured by the chasing group, splintered by then. Laurens ten Dam didn't do any work either. "That was OK," said Sweet, "He couldn't do any better. He was glad to be around." The young (21 y/o) Dutchman confirmed: "This was my first big race since the I crashed through a shield of car during training in April. I was delighted just to be in this break. I was satisfied finishing third, I couldn't to any better. I was merely being tolerated by Sweet and Dunning." With 7 kms to go, on the last climb of the Haanraderberg, Sweet attacked. "I can sprint well, but I didn't know what the sprinting capabilities of Dunning were. So I decided to make the move," Sweet explained. "You didn't have to be afraid of Dunning in the sprint", said teammate Rudi Kemna after the finish. "He is not so fast." The attack was very strong. Ten Dam: "I have never seen anyone take a 100 metre gap so quickly." In the final kilometres, Sweet established a difference of nearly a minute, to take his first victory of the season. "It's about time", he laughed. The European season is nearly over for Adelaide based Corey Sweet. "I won't be riding the World Championships. Next month I'm returning Australia and ride some races there, including the Sun Tour, before taking a holiday." *Bert Saarloos is a correspondent with Dagblad de Limburger Results - 174.4 km1 Corey Sweet (Aus) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus 4.14.21 (40.197 km/h) 2 Edwin Dunning (Ned) Axa-VZV 0.52 3 Laurens ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank 0.53 4 Rudi Kemna (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus 2.03 5 Jeff Louder (USA) Landbouwkrediet 6 Thierry De Grootte (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 2.06 7 Remco van der Ven (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus 2.31 8 David Debremaeker (Bel) Ville de Charleroi 9 Bert Dewaele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet 2.32 10 Marcel Luppes (Ned) Axa-VZV 2.33 11 Stefan van Dijk (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus 2.43 12 Bas Giling (Ned) Rabobank 2.49 13 Ruud Aarts (Ned) Cycling 2000 2.50 14 Bram de Waard (Ned) Bert Story-Piels 2.55 15 Seth Pelusi (USA) Flanders-Prefetex 4.57 16 Geert Omloop (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans 7.14 17 Bjorn Hoeben (Ned) TWC Maaslandster 18 Arno Wallaard (Ned) Löwik-Tegeltoko 7.25 19 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 20 Frank van Dulmen (Ned) Löwik-Tegeltoko 7.30 21 Luke Roberts (Aus) Cycling 2000 22 Kenny van Hummel (Ned) Modderkolk-Groenewoud 7.59 23 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Cycling 2000 8.10 24 Luuc Hutten (Ned) Rabobank 9.38 25 Thijs Zonneveld (Ned) HSK Trias 21.04 26 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) Wielerclub De Bergklimmers 27 Gunther Cuylits (Bel) Landbouwkrediet 28 Frank Ackermans (Ned) König-Pilsener/Zugvogel 29 Henne van Zanten (Ned) Apac/Eemland 30 Matthijs Loohuis (Ned) Löwik-Tegeltoko 31 Bas Robroek (Ned) König-Pilsener/Zugvogel 32 Arne Kornegoor (Ned) Löwik-Tegeltoko 33 Patrick Koeman (Ned) Cycling 2000 34 Tjarco Cuppens (Ned) Flanders-Prefetex 35 Domenik Raza (Ger) Flanders-Prefetex 36 Vincent van Rijn (Ned) Modderkolk/Groenewoud 37 Marcus Ganser (Ger) Athleticum/Principia 38 Daniel Meinke (Ger) Comnet Cycling Team 39 Johan van de Berg (SAf) Landbouwkrediet 40 Dave Macpartlane (Aus) Cycling 2000 41 Rik Reinerink (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus Sprint classification 1 Edwin Dunning (Ned) Axa-VVZ 44 pts 2 Corey Sweet (Aus) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus 27 3 Seth Pelusi (USA) Flanders -Prefetex 12 4 Jeff Louder (USA) Landbouwkrediet 1 GPM classification 1 Corey Sweet (Aus) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus 41 pts 2 Edwin Dunning (Ned) Axa-VVZ 34 3 Seth Pelusi (USA) Flanders -Prefetex 11 4 Luke Roberts (Aus) Cycling 2000 5 Team classification 1 BankGiroLoterij-Batavus 12.47.37 2 Rabobank 6.33 3 Cycling 2000 13.56 Results courtesy of Bert Saarloos (Dagblad De Limburger) and cycling4all.com Start listAxa-VZV TT3 (Ned) ASC Olympia Amsterdam (Ned) 1 Peter Schep 7 Steven Molle 2 Daniel van Elven 8 Patrick van Hunksloot 3 Edwin Dunning 9 Roy Snijders 4 Bjorn Cornelissen 10 Jacco Helmink 5 Marcel Luppes 11 Maarten Soeters 6 Renger Ypenburg 12 Heike van de Woerd WC De Bergklimmers (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus TT2 (Ned) 13 Nils Heinis 19 Corey Sweet (Aus) 14 Marc Habets 20 Jan van Velzen 15 Stefan Cohnen 21 Remco van der Ven 16 Quintin Schots 22 Stefan van Dijk 17 Leander Laurijssens 23 Rik Reinerink 18 Ivo Vincken 24 Rudi Kemna Comnet Cycling Team TT3 (Ger) Apac - Eemland (Ned) 25 Boris Müller 31 Arjan Hendriks 26 Guido Scheeren 32 Henne van Zanten 27 Daniel Meinke 33 Micha de Vries 28 Harold Sodi 34 Rob Ypenburg 29 - 35 Ronald Schulling 30 Jan Richter 36 Jeffrey Leest Löwik-Tegeltoko elite 2 (Ned) Collstrop-Palmans TT2 (Bel) 37 Marco Bos 43 Thierry De Grootte 38 Frank van Dulmen 44 Hans De Meester 39 Mathijs Loohuis 45 Kristof Trouvé 40 Joost Posthuma 46 - 41 Arne Kornegoor 47 Geert Omloop 42 Arno Wallaard 48 Bert Scheirlinckx Landbouwkrediet TT2 (Bel) TWC Maaslandster (Ned) 49 Bert Dewaele 55 Ward Schiffelers 50 Andrei Tcherviakov (Rus) 56 Iwan Linckens 51 Gunther Cuylits 57 Chris Jansen 52 Jeff Louder (USA) 58 Jelmer Pietersma 53 Johan van de Berg (SAf) 59 Bjorn Hoeben 54 Gordon McCauley (NZl) 60 Olaf Heynen 't Luchtschip (Ned) Bert Story-Piels elite 2 (Ned) 61 Damie van Vianen 67 Angelo van Melis (former pro) 62 Gerard van Hezik 68 Bas Goossens 63 Anton van Grinsven 69 Bram de Waard 64 Harm van de Meulen 70 Michel Cerneus (former pro) 65 - 71 Tom Hoedemakers (former pro) 66 Maarten van Kooy 72 Jelle Mul Rabobank elite 2 (Ned) Flanders -Prefetex TT2 (Bel) 73 Laurens ten Dam 79 Seth Pelusi (USA) 74 Theo Eltink 80 Tjarco Cuppens (Ned) 75 Bas Giling 81 Domenik Raza (Ger) 76 Luuc Hutten 82 Christoph Roodhooft 77 Pieter Weening 83 Bryce Shapley (NZl) 78 - 84 Marco Weisshaupt (Ger) Modderkolk/Groenewoud elite 2 (Ned) HSK Trias (Ned) 85 Kenny van Humme; 91 Youri Dijkshoorn 86 Aldo Klomp 92 Marco Berg 87 Roy Curvers 93 Wouter de Kok 88 Raymond Raadgever 94 Eelco Siebering 89 Vincent van Rijn 95 Mattijs Wassenburg 90 Jacco van der Stelt 96 Thijs Zonneveld Athleticum Principia TT3 (Ger) Ville de Charleroi TT2 (Bel) 97 Marcus Ganser 103 Grégory Barbier (Fra) 98 Michale Teichert 104 David Debremaeker 99 Karsten Vogel 105 Frank Corvers 100 Wolfram Wiese 106 Jurgen Landrie 101 Martin Neffgen 107 Bart Heirewegh 102 Jörgen Juretzeck 108 Nico Indekeu König-Pilsener/Zugvogel Aachen (Ger) Cycling 2000 elite 2 (Ned) 109 Frank Ackermans (Ned) 115 Ruud Aarts 110 Craig Williams (Aus) 116 Patrick Koeman 111 Danny Sijen (Ned) 117 Dave Mcpartlane (Aus) 112 Bas Robroek (Ned) 118 Marvin van der Pluim 113 Berrie Thoolen (Ned) 119 Luke Roberts (Aus) 114 Erik Willems (Ned) 120 Sean Sullivan (Aus) Past winners1995 1 Danny Nelissen (Ned) Elite/Amateur 156 kms in 3.57.38 2 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) 3 Wilco Zuyderwijk (Ned) 1996 1 Marcel Van der Vliet (Ned) Elite/Amateur 180 kms in 4.27.16 2 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) 3 Danny Stam (Ned) 1997 1 Patrick Köhler (Ger) Team Nürnberger 180 kms in 4.11.16 2 Godert De Leeuw (Ned) Foreldoradao Golff 3 Mikael Kyneb (Den) PSV Cologne 0.02 1998 1 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 2 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 3 John van den Akker (Ned) Elite 1999 1 Kris Gerits (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002 180 kms in 4.16.18 2 Bekim Christensen (Den) EC Bayer 0.45 3 Stefan van Dijk (Ned) Rabobank 2000 1 Berry Hoedemakers (Ned) Spar-Oki 170 kms in 4.16.29 (39.77 km/h) 2 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 0.10 3 Roger Hammond (GBr) Collstrop 0.12 Past Winners by Mario Stiehl, Berlin |