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21st Veenendaal - Veenendaal - 1.HC
Netherlands, June 7, 2006
2005 Results Results Past winners
Boonen wins Veenendaal-Veenendaal
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Tom Boonen (Quick.Step) won the Dutch Veenendaal-Veenendaal race over 209 kilometres, crossing the line ahead of Steffen Radochla (Weisenhof Akud), Max Van Heeswijk (Discovery Channel) and Boonen's teammate Steven De Jongh. It was the World Champion's 16th win of the season.
"I had a good feeling about today's race," Boonen said. "The work I did during the retreat at Albertville did me good. From Saturday I'll be taking part in the Tour of Switzerland with the objective of doing any fine tuning in light of the National Championships and the Tour de France".
"This was a lead-up race to the Tour de France," commented Quick.Step sports director Wilfried Peeters. "We didn't want to take too many risks, but then during the final section the whole team worked excellently together in keeping Boonen ahead, and Tom then took up this opportunity to gain a splendid victory."
Photography
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- Corey Sweet (Wiesenhof-Akud) calls it a day
- Steve De Jongh works hard for his leader Tom Boonen
- Leon Van Bon (Davitamon-Lotto) looked comfortable in the latter stages
- Rabobank's Marc Wouters was relaxed and glad to be racing on home turf
- Rabobank chase hard in their pursuit of a home win
- Sebastiaan Langeveld (Skil-Shimano) before the start
- Sebastian Rosseler (Quick Step) was all smiles before the start
- Servais Knaven has time for a smile as he rides at the front of his Quick Step teammates
- Tom Boonen has a chat with Hennie Kuiper before the start
- Tom Boonen (Quick Step) gets plenty of TV time on his way to winning
- The podium: Steffen Radochla, Tom Boonen and Max Van Heeswijk are presented by what appears to be two little Dutch twins
- Marcel Sieberg (Wiesenhof-Akud)
- The peloton rides hard
- Baden Cooke (Unibet.com) would have been looking for a win before the start
Results - 210 km
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 4.56.08 (42.55 km/h) 2 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 3 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 4 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 5 Sven Teutenberg (Ger) Volksbank - Vorarlberg 6 Jurgen Van Loocke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 7 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 8 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano 9 Aart Vierhouten (Ned) Skil-Shimano 10 Marco Bos (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 11 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 12 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Unibet.com 13 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned) ProComm-Van Hemert 14 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 15 Roy Curvers (Ned) ProComm-Van Hemert 16 Steven Caethoven (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 17 Gregor Willwohl (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 18 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 19 Reinier Honig (Ned) Fondas-P3Transfer Team 20 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Unibet.com 21 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 22 Werner Riebenbauer (Aut) Team Volksbank-Vorarlberg 23 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank 24 Peter Möhlmann (Ned) Fondas-P3Transfer Team 25 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Unibet.com 26 Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 27 Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 28 David Boucher (Fra) Unibet.com 29 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 30 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 31 Adriaan Helmantel (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 32 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Skil-Shimano 33 Marcel Beima (Ned) ProComm-Van Hemert 34 Juha-Matti AlaLuusua (Fin) ProComm-Van Hemert 35 Fulco Van Gulik (Ned) Ubbink-Syntec Cycling Team 36 Marvin Van Der Pluijm (Ned) Ubbink-Syntec Cycling Team 37 Leif Hoste (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 38 Norbert Poels (Ned) Fondas-P3Transfer Team 39 Nico Van Dijk (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 0.07 40 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 41 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Skil-Shimano 42 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 43 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 44 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.11 45 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 46 Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 47 Philipp Ludescher (Aut) Team Volksbank-Vorarlberg 48 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 49 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank 50 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 51 Jelle Van Groezen (Ned) Fondas-P3Transfer Team 52 Jin Long (Chn) Skil-Shimano 53 Sven Renders (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 54 Fang Xu (Chn) Skil-Shimano 55 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 56 Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 57 Christophe Brandt (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 58 Jeroen Boelen (Ned) ProComm-Van Hemert 59 Maarten Mandemakers (Ned) Fondas-P3Transfer Team 60 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 61 Jos Pronk (Ned) ProComm-Van Hemert 62 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 63 Pascal Hungerbühler (Swi) Team Volksbank-Vorarlberg 64 Gregor Gut (Swi) Team Volksbank-Vorarlberg 65 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Davitamon-Lotto 66 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quickstep-Innergetic 67 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Skil-Shimano 68 Benoît Joachim (Lux) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 69 Wouter Mol (Bel) Fondas-P3Transfer Team 70 Peter Van Agtmaal (Ned) Fondas-P3Transfer Team 71 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 72 Tom De Meyer (Ned) Fondas-P3Transfer Team 73 Johan Coenen (Bel) Unibet.com 74 Bjorn Hoeben (Ned) ProComm-Van Hemert 75 Erwin Thijs (Bel) Unibet.com 76 Marcel Alma (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 77 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Ubbink-Syntec Cycling Team 78 Artur Gajek (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud 0.22 79 Erwin Goenga (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 80 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 81 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 82 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 0.27 83 Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Discovery Channel Pro Cycling Team 84 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 85 Baden Cooke (Aus) Unibet.com 0.30 86 Christian Lener (Aut) Team Volksbank-Vorarlberg 87 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic 0.56 88 Franck Terwel (Ned) Cyclingteam Jo Piels 1.26 89 Marc De Maar (Ned) Rabobank 2.19 90 Geert Omloop (Bel) Unibet.com 2.51 91 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 92 Folkert De Haan (Ned) Ubbink-Syntec Cycling Team 2.53
Past winners
2005 Paul Van Schalen (Ned) AXA 209 kms in 4.54.59 (42.51 km/h) 2004 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) De Nardi 207 kms in 4.40.29 (44.28 km/h) 2003 Leon Van Bon (Ned) Lotto-Domo 209 kms in 4.34.14 (45.61 km/h) 2002 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Rabobank 209 kms in 4.52.21 (42.976 km/h) 2001 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 209 kms in 4.45.48 (43.9 km/h) 2000 Steven de Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 212 kms in 5.11.08 (40.8 km/h) 1999 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) TVM-Farm Frites 200 kms in 5.07.43 (39 km/h) 1998 Frank Hoj (Den) Palmans-Ideal 209 kms in 4.56.24 1997 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) TVM 1996 Andrej Tchmil (Mda) Lotto 1995 Olaf Ludwig (Ger) Team Telekom 1994 Vjatcheslav Elimov (Rus) WordPerfect 1993 Rob Mulders (Ned) WordPerfect 1992 Jacques Hangraaf (Ned) Panasonic 1991 (2) Wiebren Veenstra (Ned) Buckler 1990 Wiebren Veesntra (Ned) Buckler 1989 Jean-Paul Van Poppel (Ned) Panasonic 1988 Ronny Vlassaks (Bel) Superconfex 1987 Johan Capiot (Bel) Roland 1986 No race 1985 Joop Zoetemelk (Ned) Kwantumhallen Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
