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88th Paris-Bruxelles - 1.HC
Belgium, September 13, 2008
2007 Results Results Past winners
McEwen makes it five
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Australian sprinter Robbie McEwen took his fifth victory in the Paris-Brussels, besting Belgian Gert Steegmans (Quick Step) and Italia Luca Paolini (Acqua & Sapone) at the end of the 221 kilometre long race. The win was McEwen's fourth in a row in the race between the two capitals. "I'm thrilled," McEwen said after an exhausting finale which was marked by several attacks from the Quick Step team. "We were all very tired, as you could see in the sprint. To win five times is great!"
The race began in cold and rainy conditions, and the clouds followed the riders throughout the five and a half hours of racing. The Quick Step team managed to break up the race, with Maarten Wynants and Sébastien Rosseler working to set up Steegmans for the win. Steegmans tried to attack on the final climb, but could not dislodge the Australian, who then took the sprint by several bike lengths.
Results - 221km
1 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 5.30.13 (40.16 km/h)
2 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step
3 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo
4 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 0.04
5 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 0.08
6 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 0.48
7 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo
8 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel 1.08
9 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop 1.14
10 Kenny Robert Van Hummel (Ned) Skil-Shimano
11 Janek Tombak (Est) Mitsubishi-Jartazi
12 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
13 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner
14 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra) Agritubel
15 Ken De Vaere (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen
16 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems
17 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano
18 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank
19 Mikel Gaztanaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel
20 Sven Vandousselaere (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen
21 Benoît Sinner (Fra) Agritubel
22 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi
23 Jonathan Bertrand (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon
24 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli
25 Quincy Vens (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen
26 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) Mitsubishi-Jartazi
27 Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
28 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank
29 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
30 Tomas Buchacek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author
31 Alexander Serov (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems
32 Kenny Terweduwe (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen
33 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) Cycle Collstrop
34 Mathieu Drouilly (Fra) Mitsubishi-Jartazi
35 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner
36 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop
37 Jelle Hansseuw (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner
38 Guillaume Blot (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone
39 Gil Suray (Bel) Cycle Collstrop
40 Roberto Traficante (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli
41 Roger Beuchat (Swi) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli
42 Edwig Cammaerts (Bel) Bodysol-Euromillions-Pôle Continental Wallon
43 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo
44 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank
45 Sébastien Portal (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
46 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner
47 Sven Renders (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
48 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Continental
49 Geert Steurs (Bel) Silence - Lotto
50 Petr Bencik (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author
51 José Herrada Lopez (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia
52 Jakub Danacik (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author
53 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole
54 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop
55 Nick Gates (Aus) Silence - Lotto
56 Bernardo Riccio (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems 1.29
57 Frantisek Kloucek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author
58 Stanislav Kozubek (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author
59 Kevin Neirynck (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner
60 Fabio Polazzi (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon
61 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
62 Michael Polazzi (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon
63 Jaroslaw Marycz (Pol) Tinkoff Credit Systems
64 Robert Wagner (Ger) Skil-Shimano
65 Roy Curvers (Ned) Skil-Shimano
66 Bert De Backer (Bel) Skil-Shimano
67 Bart Vanheule (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
68 Steven De Neef (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen
69 Iouri Trofimov (Rus) Bouygues Telecom
70 Reno De Keulenaer (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen
71 Stijn Joseph (Bel) Quick Step
72 Luca Mazzanti (Ita) Tinkoff Credit Systems
73 Julien Simon (Fra) Crédit Agricole
74 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
75 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
76 David Lelay (Fra) Bretagne - Armor Lux 1.45
77 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil-Shimano
78 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano
79 Adrian Palomares Villaplana (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia
80 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 1.59
81 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo
82 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo
83 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner
84 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step
85 Leonardo Moser (Ita) Serramenti PVC Diquigiovanni-Androni Giocattoli
86 Alexander Gottfried (Ger) Tinkoff Credit Systems
87 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Skil-Shimano
88 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cycle Collstrop
89 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel
90 Martin Mares (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author
91 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
92 Leopold Konig (Cze) PSK Whirlpool - Author
93 Maxime Méderel (Fra) Crédit Agricole
94 Johan Coenen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
95 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank
96 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step
97 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Quick Step
98 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen
99 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank
100 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
101 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 2.23
102 Ilya Chernetskiy (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems
103 Alexander Khatuntsev (Rus) Tinkoff Credit Systems
104 Romain Villa (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone
105 Diego Milán Jiménez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo
106 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Cycle Collstrop
107 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon 4.07
108 Jérémy Burton (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon
109 Sven Nevens (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi
110 Lucas Persson (Swe) Cycle Collstrop
111 Jarno Vanguyse (Bel) Davitamon Lotto Jong Vlaanderen 5.02
112 Pedro Jose Vera Alcaraz (Spa) Contentpolis - Murcia
113 Lars Croket (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen
114 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom
Past winners
2007 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Predictor - Lotto 2006 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 2005 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto 2004 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2003 Kim Kirchen (Lux) Fassa Bortolo 2002 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Lotto-Adecco 2001 Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux 2000 Max van Heeswijk (Ned) Mapei-Quick Step 1999 Romans Vainsteins (Lat) 1998 Stefano Zanini (Ita) 1997 Alessandro Bertolini (Ita) 1996 Andrea Tafi (Ita) 1995 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) 1994 Rolf Sörensen (Den) 1993 Francis Moreau (Fra) 1992 Rolf Sörensen (Den) 1991 Brian Holm (Den) 1990 Franco Ballerini (Ita) 1989 Jelle Nijdam (Ned) 1988 Rolf Gölz (Ger) 1987 Wim Arras (Bel) 1986 Guido Bontempi (Ita) 1985 Adri Van der Poel (Ned) 1984 Eric Vanderaerden (Bel) 1983 Tommy Prim (Swe) 1982 Jacques Hanegraaf (Ned) 1981 Roger De Vlaeminck (Bel) 1980 Pierino Gavazzi (Ita) 1979 Ludo Peeters (Bel) 1978 Jan Raas (Ned) 1977 Ludo Peeters (Bel) 1976 Felice Gimondi (Ita) 1975 Freddy Maertens (Bel) 1974 Marc Demeyer (Bel) 1973 Eddy Merckx (Bel) 1966 Felice Gimondi (Ita) 1965 Edward Sels (Bel) 1964 Georges Van Coningsloo (Bel) 1963 Jean Stablinski (Fra) 1962 Joseph Wouters (Bel) 1961 Pino Cerami (Bel) 1960 Pierre Everaert (Bel) 1959 Frans Schoubben (Bel) 1958 Rik Van Looy (Bel) 1957 Leon Van Daele (Bel) 1956 Rik Van Looy (Bel) 1955 Marcel Hendrickx (Bel) 1954 Marcel Hendrickx (Bel) 1953 Loretto Petrucci (Ita) 1952 Alberic Schotte (Bel) 1951 Jean Gueguen (Fra) 1950 Rik Van Steenbergen (Bel) 1949 Maurice Diot (Fra) 1948 Lode Poels (Bel) 1947 Ernest Sterckx (Bel) 1946 Alberic Schotte (Bel) 1939 Frans Bonduel (Bel) 1938 Marcel Kint (Bel) 1937 Albert Beckaert (Bel) 1936 Eloi Meulenberg (Bel) 1935 Edgard De Caluwe (Bel) 1934 Frans Bonduel (Bel) 1933 Albert Barthelemy (Fra) 1932 Julien Vervaecke (Bel) 1931 Jean Aerts (Bel) 1930 Ernest Mottard (Bel) 1929 Pe Verhaegen (Bel) 1928 Georges Ronsse (Bel) 1927 Nicolas Frantz (Lux) 1926 Denis Verschueren (Bel) 1925 Gerard Debaets (Bel) 1924 Felix Sellier (Bel) 1923 Felix Sellier (Bel) 1922 Felix Sellier (Bel) 1921 Robert Raboul (Fra) 1920 Henri Pelissier (Fra) 1919 Alexis Michiels (Bel) 1914 Louis Mottiat (Bel) 1913 Octave Lapize (Fra) 1912 Octave Lapize (Fra) 1911 Octave Lapize (Fra) 1910 Maurice Brocco (Fra) 1909 Francois Faber (Lux) 1908 Lucien Petit-Breton (Fra) 1907 Gusrave Garrigou (Fra) 1906 A. Dunlop (Fra) Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
