Profronde Heerlen - NE

Netherlands, July 29, 2005

2004 Results Results Past Winners The inside story of the post-TdF crits

Photography

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Images by Elmar Krings

Flowers for all!
Great weather for a bike race
Ignacio Gutierrez (Phonak)
Servais Knaven and Leon Van Bon warm up
Oscar Periero (Phonak)
A lap of honour the easy way for Oscar Periero and Michael Rasmussen
Phonak riders take a turn on the front
Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank) in the polka dots of Tour king of the mountains
Michael Rasmussen (Rabobank)
Michael Rasmussen leads the field
Michael Rasmussen leads Oscar Periero (Phonak)
The Selle Italia team takes a turn on the front
Wet corners made for nervous racing
Leon Van Bon (Davitamon-Lotto) leads the field

Results - 83 km

1 Michael Rasmussen (Den) Rabobank
2 Oscar Periero (Spa) Phonak
3 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon - Lotto
4 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quickstep
5 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Shimano - Memory Corp
6 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Skil Moser
7 José Enrique Gutierrez (Spa) Phonak
8 Erwin Thijs (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech
9 Jos Lucassen (Ned) AXA
10 Tiarco Cuppens (Ned)
11 Francesco Plankaert (Ned)
12 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim
13 Tony Bracke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago
14 Kenneth Meckem (Ned)
15 Stefan Wynands (Ned)
16 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago
17 Bjorn Cornelissen (Ned) Flanders
18 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank Continental
19 Ciampolo Cheula (Ned)
20 Marco Bos (Ned) Shimano - Memory Corp
21 Frank Kwarten (Ned)
22 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago
23 Tom Southam (GBr) Barloworld - Valsir
24 Julien Smink (Ned) Shimano - Memory Corp
25 Leonardo Scarselli (Ita) Colombia - Selle Italia
26 ??
27 Bert Schierlinck (Ned)
28 Kristin Toupe (Ned)
29 Eelke Van Der Wal (Ned) Shimano - Memory Corp
30 Piet Rooyakneps (Ned)

Past winners

     1st                     2nd                           3rd
2004 Marc Lotz (Ned)         Robbie McEwen (Aus)           Thor Hushovd (Nor)
2003 Servais Knaven (Ned)    Leon Van Bon (Ned)            Bradley McGee (Aus)
2002 Robbie McEwen (Aus)     Michael Boogerd (Ned)         Thorsten Schmidt (Ger)
2001 Jans Koerts (Ned)       Laurent Jalabert (Fra)        Marc Lotz (Ned)
2000 Erik Dekker (Ned)       Servais Knaven (Ned)          Geert Verheyen (Bel)
1999 Lance Amstrong (USA)    Kurt van de Wouwer (Bel)      Maarten den Bakker (Ned)
1998 Max van Heeswijk (Ned)  Jens Heppner (Ger)            Servais Knaven (Ned)
1997 Michael Boogerd (Ned)   Jan Ullrich (Ger)             Raymond Meys (Ned)
1996 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) John Talen (Ned)              Max van Heeswijk (Ned)
1995 Frans Maassen (Ned)     Erik Zabel (Ger)              Wiebren Veenstra (Ned)
1994 Adri van der Poel (Ned) Djamoladine Abdujaparov (Uzb) Silvio Martinello (Ita)
1993 Danny Nelissen (Ned)    Gert Jacobs (Ned)             Bo Hamburger (Den)
1992 Ad Wijnands (Ned)       Jelle Nijdam (Ned)            Guido Bontempi (Ita)
1991 Frans Maassen (Ned)     Henk Lubberding (Ned)         Uwe Raab (Ger)
1990 Peter Winnen (Ned)      Jelle Nijdam (Ned)            Erik Breukink (Ned)
 
Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com