39th GP Pino Cerami - 1.3

Belgium, April 8, 2004

2003 Results Results Past winners

Sijmens wins Pino Cerami

Nico Sijmens (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago)
Photo ©: AFP

With an attack with eight kilometres to go, Belgian Nico Sijmens (Landbouwkrediet) won the 39th edition of the GP Pino Cerami, the first Belgian winner since Paul Haghedooren in 1985. Sijmens was part of a small breakaway group with Martin Elmiger (Phonak), Thomas Dekker (Rabobank) and Dave Bruylandts (Jacques) filling out the next three places in that order.

"There was a group of chasers coming, thus I chose for the attack," the winner explained to Het Nieuwsblad. "I was afraid of the fast Kirk O'Bee in a sprint and didn't want to take any risks."

Sijmens, who finished third in Brabantse Pijl, is now aiming for the Rund um Köln and the Ardennes classics.

Photography

Images by AFP Photo

Nico Sijmens (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago) wins the 39th GP Pino Cerami
The podium (L to R): Martin Elmiger (3rd), Nico Sijmens (1st) and Thomas Dekker (3rd)

Results - 193.1 km

1 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago             4.43.14 (40.962 km/h)
2 Martin Elmiger (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems               0.19
3 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank TT III
4 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf    0.20
5 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim                     0.28
6 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team        0.41
7 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems
8 Roman Luhovyy (Ukr) R.A.G.T Semences-MG Rover             1.08
9 Johan Coenen (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans
10 Andrej Hauptman (Slo) Lampre
11 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com
12 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto         1.19
13 Grégory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems
14 Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems
15 Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Domina Vacanze
16 Erwin Thijs (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans
17 Koen De Kort (Ned) Rabobank TT III
18 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Domo
19 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) Lampre
20 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
21 Peter Wrolich (Aut) Gerolsteiner
22 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
23 René Obst (Ger) Team Wiesenhof
24 Volodymyr Bileka (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
25 Alex Gualandi (Ita) Flanders-Afin.com
26 Alexandre Bazhenov (Rus) Domina Vacanze
27 Ludovic Auger (Fra) Auber 93
28 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) Rabobank TT III
29 Jeff Louder (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
30 Andy Flickinger (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
31 Lénaïc Olivier (Fra) Auber 93
32 Mark Scanlon (Irl) AG2r Prévoyance
33 Renaud Dion (Fra) R.A.G.T Semences-MG Rover
34 Geert Steurs (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen 2016
35 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf
36 Mickaël Buffaz (Fra) R.A.G.T Semences-MG Rover
37 Guillaume Auger (Fra) R.A.G.T Semences-MG Rover
38 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Flanders-Afin.com
39 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen 2016
40 Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans
41 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf
42 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) Rabobank TT III
43 Christophe Laurent (Fra) R.A.G.T Semences-MG Rover
44 Robby Meul (Bel) Jartazi Granville Team
45 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
46 Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Wiesenhof
47 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Illes Balears-Banesto
48 Pieter Uytterhoeven (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen 2016
49 Sebastian Lang (Ger) Gerolsteiner
50 Kenny Van der Schueren
51 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) Lotto-Domo
52 Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof
53 John Nilsson (Swe) Auber 93
54 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner
55 Yannick Talabardon (Fra) Auber 93
56 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance               1.48
57 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) Rabobank TT III
58 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJeux.com
59 Sven Krauss (Ger) Gerolsteiner
60 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Wiesenhof
61 Stéphane Berges (Fra) AG2r Prévoyance
62 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank TT III
63 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Cyclingnews.com-Down Under
64 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
65 Sébastien Mattozza (Bel) Flanders-Afin.com
66 Ben Day (Aus) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans
67 Paolo Bossoni (Ita) Lampre
68 Sven De Weerdt (Bel) Cyclingnews.com-Down Under
69 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Rabobank
70 Koen Barbe (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim
71 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Chocolade Jacques-Wincor Nixdorf
72 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Lotto-Domo
73 José Antonio Lopez Gil (Spa) Illes Balears-Banesto
74 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJeux.com
75 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto-Domo
76 Ludovic Martin (Fra) R.A.G.T Semences-MG Rover
77 Tristan Valentin (Fra) Auber 93
78 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Wiesenhof
79 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems
80 Olivier Huysveld (Bel) Jartazi Granville Team            2.08
81 Wesley Van Speybroeck (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim         2.26
82 Steven De Neef (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen 2016

Past winners

2003 Bart Voskamp (Ned) BankGiroLoterij Cycling 186 km in 4.26.21 (41.79 km/h)
2002 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Navigators Cycling Team   186 km in 4.18.00 (43.25 km/h)
2001 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Team fakta          181 km in 4.24.00 (41.33 km/h)
2000 Jan Bratkowski (Ger) Mercury               181 km in 4.12.00 (43.09 km/h)
1999 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team Polti            199 km in 4.50.00
1998 Marco Serpellini (Ita) Brescialat-Liquigas 199 km in 4.43.00 (42.402 km/h)
1997 Race Cancelled
1996 Marco Serpellini (Ita)
1995 Fabiano Fontanelli (Ita)
1994 Michele Bartoli (Ita)
1992 Laurent Dufaux (Swi)
1991 Andrej Tchmil (Mol)
1990 Maximilian Sciandri (Ita)
1989 Stefan Joho (Swi)
1988 John Talen (Ned)
1987 Rolf Sörensen (Den)
1986 Urs Freuler (Swi)
1985 Paul Haghedooren (Bel)
1984 Gerrie Knetemann (Ned)
1983 Bernard Hinault (Fra)
1982 Ronny Van Holen (Ned)
1981 Joop Zoetemelk (Ned)
1980 Joop Zoetemelk (Ned)
1979 Daniel Verplancke (Bel)
1978 Gerrie Knetemann (Ned)
1977 Joseph Jacobs (Bel)
1976 Willy Teirlinck (Bel)
1975 Eddy Verstraeten (Bel)
1974 Marc Demeyer (Bel)
1973 Ferdinand Bracke (Bel)
1972 Christian Callens (Bel)
1971 Georges Van Coningsloo (Bel)
1970 André Dierickx (Bel)
1969 Frans Mintjens (Bel)
1968 Julien Stevens (Bel)
1967 Willy Planckaert (Bel)
1966 Eddy Merckx (Bel)
1965 Jan Boonen (Bel)
1964 André Noyelle (Bel)


Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com