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43rd Rund um den Henninger Turm - 1.1/1.7.1
Germany, May 1, 2004
2003 Results Results Past winners
Kroon crowns Rabobank's success and spoils the Gerolsteiner party
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On a wet day in Frankfurt, Dutch rider Karsten Kroon (Rabobank) foiled what seemed to be another Gerolsteiner success, beating Danilo Hondo and Johan Coenen (MrBookmaker) to win the 43rd Rund um den Henninger Turm. Kroon was part of a five man breakaway - all that remained of a larger group that had escaped after 17 km - and with Gerolsteiner's Thorsten Schmidt also in the group, it seemed Hondo would have a rails run to the finish. But Kroon showed that winning a sprint after being in a breakaway the whole day was different to winning a bunch sprint, and Hondo simply didn't have the power to come around the Dutchman.
Kroon's victory followed the Rabobank division III team's clean sweep of the podium in the U23 race, where Marc de Maar soloed to the win ahead of teammates Thomas Dekker and Bas Gilling.
How it unfolded
The cold, wet conditions changed the face of this edition of the Rund um den Henninger Turm, and this time the early break wasn't caught. After 17 km of racing, a group of riders went clear with favourite Danilo Hondo (Gerolsteiner) accompanied by his teammate Torsten Schmidt, along with Frank van Dulmen (BankGiroLoterij), Johan Coenen and Jens Renders (MrBookmaker-Palmans), Gregory Rast (Phonak), Karsten Kroon (Rabobank), Christian Werner (T-Mobile), Frederik Veuchelen (Vlaanderen) and Björn Schröder (Wiesenhof). They were later joined by Emanuele Sella (Panaria), and with Gerolsteiner, T-Mobile and Rabobank all represented, the peloton did not bother chasing.
By the halfway point of the 205 km race, the leaders had reached an advantage of 8'40 and the peloton, which still contained Davide Rebellin (Gerolsteiner) and Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) started chasing. Slowly the gap came down but with 30 km to go, the now eight-strong lead group still had 3'15 to the T-Mobile/Domina Vacanze led peloton, and it seemed like it would be enough to stay away.
As the race headed back into Frankfurt for three 4.5 km finishing laps, Thorsten Schmidt started attacking to break things up, and with 13 km to go there were only five left: Schmidt, Hondo, Kroon, Coenen and Rast. The chasing peloton was down to just 25 riders at this point, and had the task of closing a 1'55 gap in the last three laps. With two laps to go it was 1'32 and with one lap (4.5 km) left it was just 45 seconds, as T-Mobile gave it everything to try and reach the leaders.
The break, with Schmidt doing a lot of work, picked up speed on the final lap to keep the peloton at bay, and came into the final kilometre with a 25 second lead on the bunch. Hondo was perfectly placed in fourth wheel, and looked to have the race in the bag when Kroon came off Schmidt's wheel to start the sprint in earnest. But Hondo could only follow Kroon across the line, and didn't quite have the legs to finish off the good work of his team. Behind them, Bjorn Leukemans (MrBookmaker) led Erik Zabel across for 6th place at 28 seconds.
Photography
Images by Elmar Krings
- Gerolsteiner manager Hans-Michael Holczer sports his new-look hairdo, conceding to do so after Davide Rebellin's win in the Amstel Gold Race
- Danilo Hondo (Gerolsteiner) had an almost-perfect ride today.
- Careful cornering was the name of the day.
- The peloton chased hard, but not hard enough.
- Gian Matteo Fagnini (Domina Vacanze) would probably prefer to be somewhere else.
- Robbie Mcewen (Lotto-Domo) is yet to find his winning form after a brilliant season in 2002.
- Ronde van Vlaanderen winner Stefen Wesemann (T-Mobile) drives his chain gang with one lap to go.
- Danilo Hondo (Gerolsteiner) leads the front group.
- Up close with race winner Karsten Kroon (Rabobank).
- Rik Verbrugghe (Lotto-Domo) and Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) both finished around 30 seconds adrift of the lead group of five riders.
- T-Mobile gave it everything to try and reach the leaders, but it proved a little too late.
Images by Christine Krüger/www.cyclingimages.com
- Lars Wackernagel (Team Wiesenhof) could do with a bigger (and more masculine) umbrella...
- ... like Team Saeco's.
- Davide Rebellin's not sure whether he wants to ride in the rain, despite Marco Serpellini telling him otherwise.
- Cipo's loyal lead-out man, Gian Matteo Fagnini (Domina Vacanze).
- Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) signs in for another day of pain.
- Erik Zabel (T-Mobile) lends his thoughts on today's race.
- Alexandr Kolobnev (Domina Vacanze) looking happy despite the weather.
- Looks like Daniele Bennati (Phonak) doesn't mind a spot of rain, either.
- Gregory Rast (Phonak) and Danilo Hondo (Gerolsteiner) drive the early break.
- Christian Werner (T-Mobile) bridges across to the lead group.
- Emanuele Sella (Panaria) joined the lead group shortly after the early break went away.
- Eventual winner Karsten Kroon (Rabobank) and Danilo Hondo (Gerolsteiner) so their bit to keep the peloton at bay.
- More than a few faces of suffering in this lot.
- Torsten Schmidt (Gerolsteiner) began attacking with around 15 kilometres to go, eventually creating a five-man lead group.
- Gregory Rast (Phonak) was part of the final five-man break; he eventually finished fourth.
- Faces of desperation for those who missed the winning move.
- Karsten Kroon (Rabobank) comes around Danilo Hondo (Gerolsteiner) to take a very well-deserved win.
- Salvatore Commesso (Saeco) stays warm.
- Karsten Kroon (Rabobank) is led to the podium.
- Giosuè Bonomi (Saeco) was still in good spirits despite not finishing.
Photo gallery by Franklin Tello/www.franklintellophoto.com
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Results - 205 km
1 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 5.21.10 2 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Gerolsteiner 3 Johan Coenen (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 4 Gregory Rast (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.03 5 Torsten Schmidt (Ger) Gerolsteiner 0.06 6 Björn Leukemans (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 0.28 7 Erik Zabel (Ger) T-Mobile Team 8 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Gerolsteiner 9 Eddy Mazzoleni (Ita) Saeco 10 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita) Domina Vacanze 11 Erwin Thijs (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 12 Serge Baguet (Bel) Lotto-Domo 13 Mirko Celestino (Ita) Saeco 14 Michael Albasini (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 15 Petr Bencik (Cze) Ed' System-ZVVZ 16 Uros Murn (Slo) Phonak Hearing Systems 0.31 17 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 18 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 19 Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 0.33 20 Jef Peeters (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 21 Martin Deganc (Slo) Domina Vacanze 0.36 22 Gianni Faresin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 23 Rolf Aldag (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.41 24 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) T-Mobile Team 0.50 25 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Lotto-Domo 1.23 26 Tomasz Brozyna (Pol) Action ATI 1.35 27 Delval Castre Sana (Spa) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans 28 Christi Pfannberger (Aut) Ed' System-ZVVZ 29 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Phonak Hearing Systems 30 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 1.40 31 Massimo Giunti (Ita) Domina Vacanze 2.27 32 Matthias Kessler (Ger) T-Mobile Team 2.40 33 Christian Werner (Ger) T-Mobile Team 3.23 34 Emanuele Sella (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres 5.14 35 Marc Lotz (Ned) Rabobank 5.44 DNF René Haselbacher (Aut) Gerolsteiner DNF Marco Serpellini (Ita) Gerolsteiner DNF Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Gerolsteiner DNF Krzysztof Krzywy (Pol) Action ATI DNF Piotr Chmielewski (Pol) Action ATI DNF Michal Pawlyta (Pol) Action ATI DNF Eugen Wacker (Ger) Action ATI DNF Oleksandr Klymenko (Ukr) Action ATI DNF Dennis Kraft (Ger) Action ATI DNF Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Action ATI DNF Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) Bankgiroloterij DNF Marco Bos (Ned) Bankgiroloterij DNF Julien Smink (Ned) Bankgiroloterij DNF Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den) Bankgiroloterij DNF Eelke Van Der Wal (Ned) Bankgiroloterij DNF Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Bankgiroloterij DNF Frank Van Dulmen (Ned) Bankgiroloterij DNF Alexandre Botcharov (Rus) Credit Agricole DNF Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Credit Agricole DNF Cédric Herve (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Sébastian Joly (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Mads Kaggestad (Nor) Credit Agricole DNF Andrey Kashechkin (Kaz) Credit Agricole DNF Geoffroy Lequatre (Fra) Credit Agricole DNF Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Credit Agricole DNF Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf DNF Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf DNF Jan Koerts (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf DNF Rik Reinerink (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf DNF Christophe Stevens (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf DNF Andy Cappelle (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf DNF Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf DNF Mario Perez Arango (Col) Colombia-Selle Italia DNF Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Colombia-Selle Italia DNF Philippe Schnyder (Swi) Colombia-Selle Italia DNF Russel Van Hout (Aus) Colombia-Selle Italia DNF Trent Wilson (Aus) Colombia-Selle Italia DNF Graziano Gasparre (Ita) De Nardi DNF Michele Gobbi (Ita) De Nardi DNF Matej Jurco (Svk) De Nardi DNF Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) De Nardi DNF Rafael Nutridinov (Uzb) De Nardi DNF Igor Pugaci (Mda) De Nardi DNF Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita) Domina Vacanze DNF Francesco Failli (Ita) Domina Vacanze DNF Murilo Fischer (Bra) Domina Vacanze DNF Alexandr Kolobnev (Rus) Domina Vacanze DNF Andrew Bradley (Aut) Elk Haus Radteam Sportunion Schrems DNF Marti Fischerlehner (Aut) Elk Haus Radteam Sportunion Schrems DNF Mario Lexmüller (Aut) Elk Haus Radteam Sportunion Schrems DNF Roland Wafler (Aut) Elk Haus Radteam Sportunion Schrems DNF Stefan Rucker (Aut) Elk Haus Radteam Sportunion Schrems DNF Ralph Scherzer (Aut) Elk Haus Radteam Sportunion Schrems DNF Jochen Summer (Aut) Elk Haus Radteam Sportunion Schrems DNF Sergey Lagutin OUZ Landbouwkrediet-Colnago DNF Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago DNF Mikhail Timochine (Rus) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago DNF Maxime Monfort (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago DNF Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago DNF Marc Streel (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago DNF Geert Van Bondt (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago DNF Tomas Vaitkus LIT Landbouwkrediet-Colnago DNF Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto-Domo DNF Robbie Mcewen (Aus) Lotto-Domo DNF Gert Steegmans (Bel) Lotto-Domo DNF Lef Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo DNF Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Lotto-Domo DNF Frédéric Gabriel (Fra) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans DNF Jens Renders (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans DNF Peter Wuyts (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans DNF Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) MrBookmaker.com-Palmans DNF Ruben Bongiorno (Arg) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres DNF Scott Davis (Aus) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres DNF Fabio Gilioli (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres DNF Filippo Perfetto (Ita) Ceramiche Panaria-Margres DNF Daniele Bennati (Ita) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Alexandre Usov (Blr) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Bert Grabsch (Ger) Phonak Hearing Systems DNF Robert Bartko (Ger) Rabobank DNF Bram De Groot (Ned) Rabobank DNF Kevin De Weert (Bel) Rabobank DNF Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank DNF Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank DNF Grischa Niermann (Ger) Rabobank DNF Giosuè Bonomi (Ita) Saeco DNF Antonio Bucciero (Ita) Saeco DNF Nicola Gavazzi (Ita) Saeco DNF Salvatore Commesso (Ita) Saeco DNF Stefan Adamsson (Swe) Team Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli DNF Enrico Degano (Ita) Team Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli DNF David George (RSA) Team Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli DNF Ivan Ravaioli (Ita) Team Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli DNF Antonio Salomone (Ita) Team Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli DNF Sean Sullivan (Aus) Team Barloworld-Androni Giocattoli DNF Andreas Klöden (Ger) T-Mobile Team DNF Sergey Ivanov (Rus) T-Mobile Team DNF Tobias Steinhauser (Ger) T-Mobile Team DNF Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim DNF Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim DNF Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim DNF Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim DNF David Meys (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim DNF Ralf Grabsch (Ger) Team Wiesenhof DNF Jens Heppner (Ger) Team Wiesenhof DNF Roberto Lochowski (Ger) Team Wiesenhof DNF Martin Müller (Ger) Team Wiesenhof DNF Enrico Poitschke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof DNF Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Wiesenhof DNF René Obst (Ger) Team Wiesenhof DNF Lars Wackernagel (Ger) Team Wiesenhof DNF Lubomir Kejval (Cze) Ed' System-ZVVZ DNF David Kupka (Cze) Ed' System-ZVVZ DNF Pavel Zerzan (Cze) Ed' System-ZVVZ DNF Frantisek Trkal (Cze) Ed' System-ZVVZ DNF Jindrich Vana (Cze) Ed' System-ZVVZ
U23 Men - 169.4 km
1 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 4.16.51 2 Thomas Dekker (Ned) Rabobank 2.15 3 Bas Gilling (Ned) Rabobank 4 Andreas Dietziker (Swi) Swiss National Team 2.50 5 Rory Sutherland (Ned) Rabobank 3.38 6 Carlo Westphal (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 3.48 7 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Winfix Arnolds Sicherheit 3.51 8 Stefan Heiny (Ger) Team Rothaus 3.52 9 T. Stamsnijder (Ned) Rabobank 4.01 10 Andy Schleck (Lux) Luxembourg National Team 4.02 11 Serge Pouwels (Ned) Rabobank 4.16 12 Harald Berger (Aut) Austrian National Team 4.18 13 Mario Wernli (Ger) Bürgis Cycling Team 4.21 14 Florian Stalder (Swi) Swiss National Team 4.24 15 Daniel Musiol (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin 16 Andre Greipel (Ger) RG Teag Team Kostritzer 17 Christoph Kindle (Ger) Team Rothaus 18 Tom Veelers (Ned) Cycling Team Tegeltoko 19 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) RG Hofbrau 20 Thomas Fothen (Ger) RG Teag Team Kostritzer 21 Bart Oegema (Ned) Cycling Team Tegeltoko 4.28 22 Thomas Frei (Ger) Bürgis Cycling Team 23 Stun Crombez (Ned) Rabobank 24 Falk Dworatzek (Ger) RG Teag Team Kostritzer 25 Marcel Siegfried (Ger) Bürgis Cycling Team 26 Christian Leben (Ger) Winfix Arnolds Sicherheit 4.30 27 Arne Hassink (Ned) Cycling Team Tegeltoko 28 Matthias Russ (Ger) RG Hofbrau 29 Thom Van Dulmen (Ned) Cycling Team Tegeltoko 4.33 30 Marcel Beima (Ned) Cycling Team Tegeltoko 4.38 31 Lars Burchert (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin 7.38 32 Johann Berk (Ned) HSK Trias 33 Tom Vermeer (Ned) Midden Nederland 34 Björn Lucke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 35 Rüdiger Wilhelm (Ger) Team Optik 36 Ger Soepenberg (Ned) Cycling Team Tegeltoko 37 Timo Honstein (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin 38 Peter Schmid (Ger) Team Stuttgart 39 Danilo Wyss (Ger) Bürgis Cycling Team 40 Fabian Züsli (Ger) GS Rufaflex 41 Simon Schärrer (Swi) Swiss National Team 42 David Binnig (Ger) RG Hofbrau 43 Hubert Schwab (Swi) Swiss National Team 44 Markus Eibegger (Aut) Austrian National Team 45 Felix Gniot (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin 46 Laurent Didier (Lux) Luxembourg National Team 47 Joe Kirch (Lux) Luxembourg National Team 48 Florian Piper (Ger) ISPO Lotusan Cottbus 49 Daniel Aigner (Ger) Team Stuttgart 50 Rene Anke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 51 Henrik Röglin (Ger) Winfix Arnolds Sicherheit 52 Armin Spitzbarth (Ger) KED Bianchi Berlin 53 Christoph Klipp (Ger) ISPO Lotusan Cottbus 54 Matthias Schröger (Aut) Austrian National Team 55 Ingmar Dassler (Ger) ISPO Lotusan Cottbus 56 Marco Kiritschenko (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 57 Sebastian Paddags (Ger) RG Teag Team Kostritzer 58 Josef Kugler (Aut) Austrian National Team 59 Thomas Grawunder (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 60 Hennes Rödel (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 61 Alexander Gut (Ger) Team Rothaus 62 Tony Martin (Ger) RG Teag Team Kostritzer 63 Danny Kwiatkista (Ger) RG Frankfurt 64 Christian Müller (Ger) RG Teag Team Kostritzer 65 Konrad Opitz (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 66 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Optik 67 Manuel Phyn (Ger) Bürgis Cycling Team 68 Martin Fleig (Ger) RG Hofbrau 69 Tobias Rück (Ger) Team Stuttgart 70 Sebast Brandstetter (Ger) RV Sossenheim 71 Karsten Fischer (Ger) LV Hessen 72 Dominik Dörflinger (Ger) Team Rothaus 73 Gilles Hendel (Lux) Luxembourg National Team 74 Jeroen Akkermann (Ned) Midden Nederland 75 Markus Reich (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 76 Christoph Schwerdt (Ger) Mapei Bayern 77 Johannes Reiser (Aut) Austrian National Team 78 Patrick Keller (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 79 Josef Beneteseder (Aut) Austrian National Team 80 Christian Rzen (Aut) Austrian National Team 81 Jörg Diener (Ger) Team Optik 82 Daniel Heizmann (Ger) Team Optik 83 Benn Wurth (Lux) Luxembourg National Team 84 Kurt Houben (Ned) Rabobank 85 Elnathan Heizmann (Ger) Team Optik 86 Jimmy Tapparel (Swi) Swiss National Team 87 Peter Van Den Berg (Ger) Cycling Team Tegeltoko 88 Gilbert Obrist (Ger) Bürgis Cycling Team 89 Benjamin Stauch (Ger) Team Stuttgart
Past winners
2003 1 Davide Rebellin (Ita) Gerolsteiner 206 km in 5.09.17 (40.41 km/h) 2 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 3 Igor Astarloa (Spa) Team Saeco 2002 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 206km in 5.00.17 (41.26 km/h) 2 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 3 Serguei Ivanov (Rus) Fassa Bortolo 2001 1 Marcus Zberg (Swi) Rabobank 206 kms in 5.05.35 2 Rebellin (Ita) Liquigas-Pata 3 Kurt Van De Wouwer (Bel) Lotto-Adecco 2000 1 Kai Hundertmark (Ger) Deutsche Telekom-ARD 206 kms in 5.01.08 2 Matteo Tosatto (Ita) Fassa Bortolo 3 Jens Heppner (Ger) Deutsche Telekom-ARD 1999 1 Erik Zabel (Ger) Team Telekom 206 kms in 5.03.40 2 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Rabobank 3 Alberto Ongarato (Ita) Ballan-Alessio 1998 1 Fabio Baldato (Ita) Riso Scotti 206 kms in 5.00.14 2 Nicolaij Bo Larsen (Den) TVM-Farm Frites 3 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Mercatone Uno 1997 1 Michele Bartoli (Italy) 2 Bjarne Riis (Denmark) 3 Mauro Gianetti (Swi) 1996 1 Beat Zberg (Switzerland) 2 Jens Heppner (Germany) 3 Rolf Sörensen (Denmark) 1995 1 Francesco Frattini (Italy) 2 Jens Heppner (Germany) 3 Massimo Podenzana (Italy) 1994 1 Olaf Ludwig (Germany) 2 Andreas Kappes (Germany) 3 Emmanuele Magnien (France) 1993 1 Rolf Sörensen (Denmark) 2 Max Sciandri (Italy) 3 Eddy Bouwmans (Belgium) 1992 1 Frank Van den Abbeele (Belgium) 2 Claudio Chiappucci (Italy) 3 Frans Maassen (Netherlands) 1991 1 Johan Bruyneel (Belgium) 2 Johan Musseuw (Belgium) 3 Martin Earley (Ireland) 1990 1 Thomas Wegmüller (Switzerland) 2 Jan Wijnants (Belgium) 3 Peter Winnen (Netherlands) 1989 1 Jean-Marie Wampers (Belgium) 2 Martial Gayant (France) 3 Claudio Chiappucci (Italy) 1988 1 Michel Dernies (Belgium) 2 Rolf Sörensen (Denmark) 3 G Montovani (Italy) 1987 1 Dag-Otto Lauritzen (Norway) 2 Peter Stevenhaagen (Netherlands) 3 Henk Lubberding (Netherlands) 1986 1 Jean-Marie Wampers (Belgium) 2 Steve Bauer (Canada) 3 Micheal Wilson (Australia) 1985 1 Phil Anderson (Australia) 2 Johan Lammerts (Netherlands) 3 Rolf Gölz (Germany) 1984 1 Phil Anderson (Australia) 2 Erik Vanderaerden (Belgium) 3 Sean Kelly (Ireland) 1983 1 Ludo Peters (Belgium) 2 Leo van Vliet (Netherlands) 3 Luc Colijn (Belgium) 1982 1 Ludo Peters (Belgium) 2 Jostien Wilmann (Norway) 3 Sean Kelly (Ireland) 1981 1 Jos Jakobs (Belgium) 2 Didi Thurau (Germany) 3 Daniel Willems (Belgium) 1980 1 Giabattista Baronchelli (Italy) 2 Francesco Moser (Italy) 3 Alfons de Wolf (Belgium) 1979 1 Daniel Willems (Belgium) 2 Henk Lubberding (Netherlands) 3 Gregor Braun (Germany) 1978 1 Gregor Braun (Germany) 2 Rudy Pevenage (Belgium) 3 Hennie Kuiper (Netherlands) 1977 1 Gerrei Knetemann (Netherlands) 2 Didi Thurau (Germany) 3 Frans Veerbeck (Belgium) 1976 1 Freddy Maertens (Belgium) 2 Frans Verbeek (Belgium) 3 Roger De Vlaeminick (Belgium) 1975 1 Roi Schuiten (Netherlands) 2 Frans Verbeeck (Belgium) 3 Walter Godefroot (Belgium) 1974 1 Walter Godefrood (Belgium) 2 Eddy Merckx (Belgium) 3 Frans Verbeeck (Belgium) 1973 1 Georges Pintens (Belgium) 2 Jürgen Tschan (Germany) 3 Freddy Maertens (Belgium) 1972 1 Gilbert Bellone (France) 2 Eddy Merckx (Belgium) 3 Noël Vantygmen (Belgium) 1971 1 Eddy Merckx (Belgium) 2 Jos Deschoenmaker (Belgium) 3 Lucien Aimar (France) 1970 1 Rudi Altig (Germany) 2 Joop Zopetemelk (Netherlands) 3 Ottavio Crepaldi (Italy) 1969 1 Georges Pintens (Belgium) 2 Michele Dancelli (Italy) 3 Herman van Springel (Belgium) 1968 1 Eddy Beugels (Netherlands) 2 V van Sweevelt (Belgium) 3 Herman van Springel (Belgium) 1967 1 Daniël von Rijckeghem (Belgium) 2 Willy Planckaert (Belgium) 3 Georges van Coningsloo (Belgium) 1966 1 Barry Hoban (England) 2 Walter Godefroot (Belgium) 3 Willy Planckaert (Belgium) 1965 1 Jean Stablinski (France) 2 Frans Verbeeck (Belgium) 3 Georges van Coningsloo (Belgium) 1964 1 Clement Roman (Belgium) 2 François Mahé (France) 3 Yvo Molengers (Belgium) 1963 1 Hans Junkermann (Germany) 2 Willi Altig (Germany) 3 Jean Stablinski (France) 1962 1 Armand Desmet (Belgium) 2 Huub Zilverberg (Netherlands) 3 Rik van Looy (Belgium) Past winners courtesy of Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
