After 50 kms of the 214 kms a group of nine escaped and the peloton acquiesced in their supremacy.
In the last laps before the finish line it was FVdb who went solo. Nobody was able to catch him.
1. Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel-Mapei) 5.08.00 2. Jean Pierre Heynderickx (Bel-Collstrop) +0.29 3. Tom Steels (Bel-Mapei) 4. Johan Verstrepen (Bel-Collstrop) 5. Franky de Buyst (Bel-Vlaanderen 2002) all s.t. 6. Anthony Rokia (Fra-Festina) +0.59 7. Chad Gerlach (USA-US Postal) 8. Patrick de Wael (Bel) Vosschemie 9. Peter Naessens (Bel-Ipso) 10. Wim Feys (Bel-Vlaanderen 2002) all s.t.