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GP de Waregem - 1.2
Belgium, March 23, 2005
2004 Results Results Past winners
Photo-finish goes to France
Report courtesy Jeff Sobul
The 'normally photogenic' Tyler Farrar (USA) came out on the wrong end of a photo finish at the prestigious GP Waregem in Belgium on Wednesday. The race is one of the biggest espoir contests in Belgium, and was part of the Espoir World Cup before the new Pro Tour system went into effect this year.
This year's edition ended in a field sprint that came down to a photo finish for the win. "Unfortunately I came out on the wrong end of it," said Farrar, who was racing with the USA Cycling Under 23 national team.
"The race was quite hard. We did a lot of the famous climbs from the Tour of Flanders," he noted. The biggest included the Eikenburg, the Knockteburg, Kwaremont and the Patersburg. "The US team rode superbly, bringing back a dangerous break with 10 km to go," Farrar said. "If not for them, the race might not have even come down to a bunch sprint."
Farrar, who also rides for US pro squad, Health Net presented by Maxxis, will continue his European swing with the U23 national team through mid-April. He returns stateside with the U23 team for the Dodge Tour de Georgia.
Results - 149 km
1 Romain Fondard (Fra) VC Roubaix 3.50.00 (38.87 km/h) 2 Tyler Farrar (USA) USA 3 Alexandre Pichot (Fra) Vendée U 4 Vincent Jerome (Fra) Vendée U 5 William Grosdeant (Bel) Team Storez-VC Ath 6 Pieter Vanloocke (Bel) Germond-Soenens 7 Tom Veelers (Ned) Rabobank 8 Gerald Cjolek (Ger) Winfix 9 Benj. Vanherzeele (Bel) Amuzza.com-Davo 10 David Tanner (Fra) VC Roubaix 11 Tom Thiblier (Aus) VC Roubaix 12 Kurt Houben (Bel) R Antwerp BC 13 Jeremie Galland (Fra) Pôle France Wasquehal 14 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) Josan-Mercedes 15 Florian Courrege (Fra) Pôle France Wasquehal 16 Bjorn Coomans (Bel) DVL-Bodyrepair-Hyundai - 17 Danilo Wyss (Swi) National Suisse 18 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Nogent-Sur-Oise 19 Tim Vermeersch (Bel) Lombarden-Firestone 20 Renaud Pioline (Fra) Pôle France Wasquehal 21 Kevin Van Den Eeckhout (Bel) Josan-Mercedes 22 Arnoud Van Groen (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen 23 Jonas Decoutere (Bel) Lombarden-Firestone 24 Gilles Devillers (Bel) Team Storez-VC Ath 25 Johan Berk (Ned) Trias Den Haag 26 Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Beveren 2000 27 Dominique Cornu (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen 2016 28 Simon Schärer (Swi) National Suisse 29 Iban Iriondo (Spa) Euskatel - Gipuzkoa 30 Sven Nevens (Bel) Amuzza.com-Davo 31 Remo Spirgi (Swi) National Suisse 32 Mitja Schluter (Ger) Winfix 33 Yvo Kusters (Ned) De Jonge Renner 34 Simas Kondrotas (Ltu) National Litouwen 35 Marcel Beima (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen 36 Jeroen Van Rij (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen 2016 37 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 38 Wim Packet (Bel) Germond-Soenens 39 Anthony Van Den Berghe (Bel) DVL-Bodyrepair-Hyundai - 40 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) National Litouwen 41 Norbert Poels (Ned) Fondas Imabo 42 Lode Van Impe (Bel) Daikin CT 43 Dwight Desaever (Bel) Beveren 2000 44 Pieter Galle (Bel) Onder Ons Parike 45 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Amuzza.com-Davo 46 Steven Vermaelen (Bel) Team Rochelle 47 Artur Gajek (Ger) Winfix 48 Stefan Huizinga (Ned) De Jonge Renner 49 Alexand. Bousseau (Fra) Vendée U 50 Mario Ickx (Bel) Beveren 2000 51 Joe Kirch (Lux) Davitamon-Lotto-VCArdennes 52 Tom Huyvaert (Bel) Lombarden-Firestone 53 Antoine Perche (Fra) VC Roubaix 54 Dieter Putman (Bel) Cerdi Team Ingelmunster 55 Dries Van Der Ginst (Bel) Lombarden-Firestone 56 Jos Harms (Ned) Amuzza.com-Davo 57 Will Walker (Aus) Rabobank 58 Nazareno Rossi (Swi) National Suisse 59 Robert Gesink (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen 60 Jurgen Francois (Bel) Lombarden-Firestone 61 Jozef Deboeck (Bel) Amuzza.com-Davo 62 Daan De Jonge (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto-VCArdennes 63 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen 64 Florian Salzinger (Ger) Team Coogee Saar 65 Frank Wierstra (Ned) Team Moser 66 Wim Botman (Ned) Team Moser 67 Antonin Avisse (Fra) VC Roubaix 68 Thomas Rabou BN1 R Antwerp BC 69 Gil Suray (Bel) Team Storez-VC Ath 0.23 70 Vincent Jofre (Fra) Vendée U 71 John Devine (USA) USA 72 Perrie Quemeneur (Fra) Vendée U 73 Kim Borry (Bel) Germond-Soenens 74 Sam Van Rooy (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen 2016 75 Michael Wolf (USA) USA 76 Julien Belgy (Fra) Vendée U 77 Joeri Calleeuw (Bel) KSV Deerlijk 78 Ugaitz Artola (Spa) Euskatel - Gipuzkoa 79 Patrick Gassmann (Swi) National Suisse 0.23 80 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Rabobank 81 Joeri Clauwaert (Bel) Lombarden-Firestone 0.23 82 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen 2016 83 Pieter Muys (Bel) CT Edl Prolaconmar 84 Fabien Bacquet (Fra) Nogent-Sur-Oise 4.15 85 Frederik Herpol (Bel) Onder Ons Parike 86 David Vitoria (Swi) National Suisse 87 Stijn Minne (Bel) Beveren 2000 88 Francis Geldof (Bel) Onder Ons Parike 89 Ger Soepenberg (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen 90 Garikoitz Zabaleta (Spa) Euskatel - Gipuzkoa 91 Karel Baten (Bel) Daikin CT 92 Steven Cozza (USA) USA 93 Maarten De Jonge (Ned) R Antwerp BC 94 Peter Van Dijk (Ned) Trias Den Haag 95 Cedric Callewaert (Bel) CT Edl Prolaconmar 96 Jonathan Godefroid (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto-VCArdennes 97 Sander Aper (Bel) Daikin CT 98 Pieter- Van Haudenhove (Bel) CT Edl Prolaconmar 99 Stijn Crombez (Bel) R Antwerp BC 100 Sebastien Crowin (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto-VCArdennes 101 Bert Van Der Hasselt (Bel) Josan-Mercedes 102 Tom Vastmans (Bel) R Antwerp BC 103 Glen Vandevyvere (Bel) Cerdi Team Ingelmunster 104 Marius Lauthwein (Ger) Team Coogee Saar 105 Kristof Deckerck (Bel) CT Edl Prolaconmar 106 Jonathan Ferrand (Fra) Nogent-Sur-Oise 107 Arturas Siugzdinis (Ltu) National Litouwen 108 Anthony Colin (Fra) Pôle France Wasquehal 109 Guillaume Blot (Fra) VC Roubaix 110 Tom Greathead (GBr) Team Rochelle 111 Ruiz De Gordoa G. (Spa) Euskatel - Gipuzkoa 112 Dirk Reuling (Ned) Team Löwik Meubelen 113 Inigo Andreu (Spa) Euskatel - Gipuzkoa 114 Maarten Mandenmakers (Ned) Fondas Imabo 115 Inigo Lariz (Spa) Euskatel - Gipuzkoa 116 Benjamin Gourgue (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto-VCArdennes 117 Thom Van Dulmen (Ned) Rabobank 118 James Goossens (Bel) Germond-Soenens 119 Jonas Dedecker (Bel) DVL-Bodyrepair-Hyundai - 120 Bart Van Heule (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen 2016 121 Henrik Habenicht (Ger) Winfix 122 Pieter Israel (Ned) Fondas Imabo 123 Tom Criel (Bel) Josan-Mercedes 124 Nic Ingels (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen 2016 125 Dieter Capelle (Bel) CT Edl Prolaconmar 126 Justas Volungevicius (Ltu) National Litouwen 127 Almanzo Huyghe (Bel) Cerdi Team Ingelmunster 128 Kristof Taillieu (Bel) Germond-Soenens Starters: 194 Classified: 128 Interclub 1 VC Roubaix 22 pts 2 Pôle France Wasquehal 48 3 Vendée U 56 4 National Suisse 76 5 Amuzza.com-Davo 84 6 Winfix 87 7 Lombarden-Firestone 94 8 Rabobank 101 9 Team Löwik Meubelen 116 10 Beveren 2000 119 11 Team Storez-VC Ath 98 12 Germond-Soenens 117 13 Jong Vlaanderen 2016 137 14 USA National Team 148 15 Josan-Mercedes 136 16 R Antwerp BC 173 17 DVL-Bodyrepair-Hyundai - Bikeland 174 18 National Litouwen 181 19 Euskatel - Gipuzkoa 197 20 Davitamon-Lotto-VCArdennes 209 21 Nogent-Sur-Oise 208 22 Onder Ons Parike 217 23 Daikin CT 230 24 Fondas Imabo 277 25 Cerdi Team Ingelmunster 284 26 CT Edl Prolaconmar 276 27 De Jonge Renner 81 28 Team Moser 131 29 Trias Den Haag 119 30 Team Rochelle 156 31 Team Coogee Saar 168 32 KSV Deerlijk 77
Past winners
2004 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) 2003 Andre Greipel (Ger) Teag Kostritzer 2002 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank 2001 Stijn Devolder (Bel)
2000 Stijn Devolder (Bel)
1999 Cédric Flasse (Bel)
1998 Nicolas L'Hote (Fra)
1997 Johan Bruinsma (Ned)
1996 Peter van der Velden (Ned)
1995 Steven de Jongh (Ned)
1994 Marcel Vegt (Ned)
1993 Yoeri Wandels (Bel)
1992 Leon van Bon (Ned)
1991 John den Braber (Ned)
1990 Martin van Steen (Ned)
1989 Mario Kummer (DDR)
1988 Marcel Wust (Ger)
1987 Stephan Rakers (Ned)
1986 Patrick Verplancke (Bel)
1985 Yves Verlinde (Bel)
1984 Nico Verhoeven (Ned)
1983 Johan Delathouwer (Bel)
1982 deWilde De (Bel)
1981 Dirk Demol (Bel)
1980 Noël Segers (Bel)
Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
