64th Putte-Kapellen, National Event (No UCI points)

Belgium, October 14, 1997

1996 Results

Report

This was the last race for the professional season. There were 60 professionals at the start in Ertbrandstraat, Putte. Roesems, De Smet, Pauwels, Guns and Raman attacked early and built up a maximum gap of 6 minutes. With 60 of the 160 kms to go, a group comprising Van der Poel, Geert Omloop, Wim Omloop, Cretskens, Desmet, Declercq, Beikirch, Heirewegh, Talen, Vandaele and Van der Wolf joined their colleagues at the front. Talen - who next year will ride for the Dutch amateur team Piels was the strongest in the end.

Race distance - 170 kms:

 
 1. John Talen (Ned) Foreldorado-Golff		      3.57.34
 2. Geert Omloop (Bel) EC Bayer
 3. Bart Heirewegh (Bel) Ipso
 4. Adri van der Poel (Ned) Rabobank
 5. Andreas Beikirch (Ger)
 6. Tom Desmet (Bel) Collstrop-Lystex
 7. Wilfried Cretskens (Bel)
 8. Wim Omloop (Bel)
 9. Michael van der Wolf (Ned) Foreldorado-Golff	
10. Hans De Clercq (Bel) Palmans
11. Robbie Vandaele (Bel) Ipso 				0.06
12. Wilfried Bastiaanse (Ned) 				0.25
13. Vadim Volar (Rus) RDM-Asfra-Sitra
14. Peter Spaenhoven (Bel) Palmans
15. Michel Cornelisse (Ned)
16. Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Vlaanderen 2002-E. Merckx
17. Tim De Peuter (Bel)
18. Steven De Neef (Bel) Collstrop-Lystex
19. Johan De Geyter (Bel) Palmans
20. Roger Hammond (GB) 					2.01
21. Koen Beeckman (Bel) Ipso
22. Bart Everaert (Bel)
23. Gino Verheyden (Bel) Palmans
24. Joris Van Mechelen (Bel)
25. Werner Vandromme (Bel) RDM-Asfra-Sitra
26. Dirk Raman (Bel) 					2.10
27. Dany Baeyens (Bel) Collstrop-Lystex
28. Jans Koerts (Ned)
29. Eric Van Eekelen (Bel) 				6.10
30. Masahiko Mifune (Jap) Tonissteiner-Saxon