Drielandenomloop - Netherlands

Nelissen takes second race in 3 days

Danny Nelissen who won the Ridderronde in Maastricht on Wednesday night after outsprinting Patrick Jonker (over 100 kms), on Saturday won the Drielandenomloop, a road race for elite riders with and without contracts. The Three Lands Race takes its name from the fact that it starts in the Province of Limburg (South East Netherlands) and enters Germany, Belgium after starting in the Netherlands. It finishes back in the Netherlands in the border town of Bocholtz.

Nelissen, 25 years old, from Rabobank and the former world amateur champion, had more than a minutes time gap on Belgian, Erwin Thys and his Dutch Rabobank teammate, Erik Dekker (who also figured prominently in the Maastricht race the previous Wednesday.

Results

 1. Nelissen (Ned) 197 km in 4.40.55
 2. Thys (Bel) 			1.13
 3. Dekker (Ned)		 s.t.