News for September 10

Madouas and others to Lotto

The Lotto team has contracted 3 new riders. The Frenchman Laurent Madouas (aged 29) has signed for 2 years with Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke's team. He rode this season with Motorola. His french compatriat Benoit Salmon (aged 22) and the Belgian Jo Planckaert (aged 25) took one year contracts. Salmon rode for the Belgian team Collstrop, and Planckaert for the Italian team, Refin

Koerts to Rabobank

Jan Koerts will ride for the Rabobank team for the next 2 years. He has been a professional since 1992 (PDM, Festina, Palmans). In 1996 he had 9 victories, including 1 stage in Teleflextour and 1 stage in Tour de Burgos; GP Rik van Steenbergen and GP Jef Scherens.

Kermesse Results

Bavikhove, Elite with Contract:

 
 1. Olano (Spa) 90 km in 2.02.00
 2. Zabel (Dui)
 3. Vanderaerden (Bel)
 4. Museeuw (Bel)
 5. Peers (Bel)
...
14. Van der Meer (Ned)

Masters fiminin

Stage 1, Aviez-Dizy: 

 1. Van de Vijver (Bel) 98 km 2.42.51 (36,107 km/h)
 2. Brunen (Ned) 		 1.45
 3. Cappellotto (Ita)
 4. Polikevitsjioete (Lit)
 5. Schnmorf (Zwi), 
...
 9. Klep (Ned)

Stage 2, Dizy-Mardeuil: 

 1. Cappellotto     69 km in 2.00.18 (34,414 km/h)
 2. Polikevitsjioete 		0.02
 3. Luperini (Ita)
 4. Boebnekova (Rus)		2.12
 5. Brunen (Ned)

Stage 3, ITT: 

 1. Kupfernagel (Dui) 7,5 km in 10.09 (44,278 km/h)
 2. Cappellott 			 0.08
 3. Van de Vijver (Bel) 	 0.11
 4. Polikevitsjioete 		 0.15
 5. Boebentsjikova (Rus) 	 0.20

Final Overall:

 1. Polikevitsjioete 	     4.55.21 
 2. Cappellott 			0.20
 3. Van de Vijver 		0.23
 4. Luperini 			0.30
 5. Kupfernagel 		1.54

Deltatour, The Netherlands

Stage 2, Oost-Souburg - Vlissingen:

 1. Reinerink (Harbrinkhoek)       155 km in 3.38.57
 2. De Woele (Bel)
 3. Van de Klooster (Leeuwedorp) 		0.06
 4. Stobbelaar (Uden) 				0.12
 5. Schurer (Oud-Gastel)

Stage 3, ITT in Sluiskil: 

 1. Gutte (Oss)     		    12,3 km in 15.43
 2. Schurer 					0.19
 3. De Backer (Bel) 				0.26
 4. Reinerink 					0.29
 5. Hey (Zevenhuizen) 				0.31

Stage 4:

 1. Bastiaanse (Hoogerheide) 	   140 km in 3.14.32
 2. Stobbelaar (Uden) 				0.03
 3. Hordijk (Rotterdam) 			0.06
 4. Reinerink 					0.13
 5. Schurer

Final GC: 

 1. Reinerink 			    10.08.56
 2. Schurer 				0.27
 3. Hey 				0.42
 4. Van Elfen (Rucphen) 		1.11
 5. Van de Vliet (Oost-Graftdijk) 	1.36

Omloop om Schokland, Emmeloord, NL

 1. De Groot (Zevenhuizen)    180 km 4.09.03
 2. Vlijm (Averhorn) 			0.04
 3. Ophof (Raalte)
 4. Vinke (Kampen)
 5. Luyten (Meerkerk)

Meulebeke, Omloop Mandel-Leie-Schelde:

 1. Museeuw (Bel)     174 km 3.58.00
 2. Vandenbroucke (Bel)
 3. Peeters (Bel)
 4. Koerts (Ned) 		1.47
 5. Planckaert (Bel)
...
13. Vierhouten (Ned)
...
20. Van de Wolf (Ned)

Michael Huebner wins his last race

East German sprint star Michael Huebner won his last race. At his farewell gala at the velodrome of Chemnitz, the 37 year old Hubner won the Keirin race ahead of Emanuel Raasch (Berlin) and Frenchman Frederic Magne. Hubner also won a one lap time trial with 17.90 sec. Second was his team-mate Jens Fiedler (18.18), third the Australian world champion Daryll Hill (18.80). Huebner, who'll now retire, has been one of the most successful German track cyclists ever.