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60th Nokere Koerse - 1.1
Belgium, March 16, 2005
2004 Results Results Past winners
De Jongh too powerful in Nokere
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Dutchman Steven de Jongh (Rabobank) has continued Rabobank's winning run of late by taking out the 60th edition of the Nokere Koerse, which was raced in fine Belgian spring weather. De Jongh beat Igor Abakoumov (Jartazi Granville Team) and Geert Omloop (MrBookmaker.com-SportsTech) in the uphill, cobbled finish, and had plenty of time to celebrate his victory.
"During the race it was never easy," said De Jongh afterwards. "I came out of Paris-Nice with a light cold and I felt that a bit during the race. I had to spare my strength. It wasn't really easy in this race with the wind and eleven times up the Nokereberg. But apparently I had some breath to spare during the finale because of that caution. On the last lap, I was immediately in the deciding breakaway. At 300 metres to go, I started the sprint. When I looked back with 50 metres to go, I saw that I had 20 metres gap and so the first win of the season is done."
The race started in Oudenaarde with 185 riders. In the big opening lap, a group of 18, including Ludo Dierckxsens, tried to get clear, but failed. On the first of the 10 finishing laps, there was an attack by Mickael Delage (Francaise des Jeux), Rémy Di Grégorio (Française des Jeux), Bastiaan Giling (T-Mobile), Niels Scheuneman (Rabobank), Kurt Hovelynck (Chocolade Jacques), Bert Roesems (Davitamon-Lotto), Christophe Edaleine (Cofidis), Ludo Dierckxsens (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago), Christian Knees (Wiesenhof), Rudi Kemna (Shimano-Memory Corp), Kirk O'Bee (Navigators), Christoph Von Kleinsorgen (Lamonta) and Jos Lucassen (AXA). The group managed to gain 45 seconds on the second lap, but was hauled in on lap 3.
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The next counter-attack was more decisive, as Frédéric Amorison and Björn Leukemans (Davitamon - Lotto), Marcus Burghardt (T-Mobile), Niels Scheuneman (Rabobank), Maxime Monfort (Landbouwkrediet-Colnago) and Eddy Seigneur (R.A.G.T Semences) got clear, and gained 1'30 by the fourth lap. In the fifth and sixth laps, their advantage grew to a maximum of 4'30 before Chocolade Jacques started the chase. On the eighth lap, the gap was just 50 seconds despite an attack by Scheuneman, it came back together at the end of the lap.
The last lap saw the winning move go clear, with some 20 riders getting away and most of the major teams represented. In the sprint, De Jongh was far too strong for Abakoumov and Omloop, and signaled himself as a contender for the upcoming Flemish classics.
Photography
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Images by Bart Hazen/www.cyclingfx.nl
- Bas Giling from T-Mobile talkin'
- The breakaway with Marcus Burkhardt among others
- Ludo Dierkxsens still happy to race!
- The Navigators are working at the front of the peloton
- In the middle of the bunch
- Steven De Jongh & Rory Sutherland still relaxing before the start
- Shimano leading the peloton
- Frederic Amorsion almost crashed when he touched Scheunemans wheel
- Yukihiro Doi of Team Shimano having a drink
- Nico Eeckhout of Chocolat Jaques-T-Interim
- Swedish champion Petter Renäng looking good at the start
Results - 193 km
1 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 4.29.00 (43.85 km/h) 2 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Jartazi Granville Team 3 Geert Omloop (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech 4 Eric Baumann (Ger) T-Mobile 5 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 6 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Wiesenhof 7 Matthé Pronk (Ned) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech 8 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 9 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 10 Bert Roesems (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 11 Koen Barbé (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 12 Christoph Von Kleinsorgen (Ger) Lamonta 13 Paul Van Schalen (Ned) AXA 14 Arnaud Coyot (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 15 Joost Van Leijen (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Advocaten 16 Marco Bos (Ned) Shimano - Memory Corp 17 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 0.10 18 André Greipel (Ger) Wiesenhof 0.14 19 Jos Pronk (Ned) Eurogifts.com 0.18 20 Kristof De Zutter (Bel) Bodysol- Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen 0.56 21 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 22 David Boucher (Fra) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech 23 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lamonta 1.06 24 Peter Farazijn (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 1.19 25 Martin Müller (Ger) Wiesenhof 26 Peter Ronsse (Bel) Jartazi Granville Team 1.39 27 Hamish Haynes (Gbr) Cyclingnews.com 1.47 28 Nick Ingels (Bel) Bodysol- Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen 1.52 29 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 2.12 30 Jos Lucassen (Ned) AXA 2.19 31 Olivier Kaisen (Bel) R.A.G.T Semences 2.40 32 Peter Möhlmann (Ned) AXA 2.53 33 Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Bodysol- Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen 34 Martyn Maaskant (Ned) Van Vliet - EBH Advocaten 35 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 36 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 37 Pieter Weening (Ned) Rabobank 38 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) T-Mobile 39 Jeroen Van Rij (Bel) Bodysol- Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen 40 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 41 Cameron Jennings (Aus) Team Cyclingnews.com 42 Robert Retschke (Ger) ComNet - Senges 43 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Rabobank 44 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Flanders 45 Mickael Delage (Fra) Française des Jeux 46 Christophe Mengin (Fra) Française des Jeux 47 Jose Antonio Garrido (Spa) 48 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) Quickstep 49 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 50 Pascal Hermes (Ned) AXA 51 Rémy Di Grégorio (Fra) Française des Jeux 52 Christian Knees (Ger) Wiesenhof 53 Erwin Thijs (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech 54 Sam Van Rooy (Bel) Bodysol- Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen 55 Frank Dressler (Ger) ComNet - Senges 56 Stefan Cohnen (Ned) Lamonta 57 Theo Eltink (Ned) Rabobank 58 Sven Nevens (Bel) Amuzza.com-Davo 59 Johan Svensson (Swe) Jartazi Granville Team 60 Maarten Wijnants (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 61 Bart Dockx (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 62 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) AXA 63 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech 64 Elnathan Heizmann (Ger) ComNet - Senges 65 Ronny Poelvoorde (Bel) 66 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Rabobank 67 Raimondas Vilcinskas (Ltu) Jartazi Granville Team 68 Robby Meul (Bel) Jartazi Granville Team 69 Stefan Van Dijk (Ned) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech 70 Bernhard Kohl (Aut) T-Mobile 71 Christophe Edaleine (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 72 Kristof Trouve (Bel) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech 73 Kirk O'Bee (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 74 Jeff Louder (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 75 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 76 Steven De Neef (Bel) Bodysol- Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen 77 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 78 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 79 Cyrille Monnerais (Fra) Française des Jeux 80 Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 81 Sébastien Minard (Fra) R.A.G.T Semences 82 Mathieu Claude (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 83 Lilian Jégou (Fra) Française des Jeux 84 Yohann Gène (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 85 Christophe Kern (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 86 Christophe Stevens (Bel) Skil Moser 87 Wouter Mol (Ned) Skil Moser 88 Nick Gates (Aus) Davitamon - Lotto 89 Peter Mazur (Pol) Skil Moser 90 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim 91 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Skil Moser 92 Björn Leukemans (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto 93 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech 94 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques - T Interim
Past winners
1st 2nd 3rd 2004 Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Rudi Kemna (Ned) Jo Planckaert (Bel) 2003 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Magnus Backstedt (Swe) Hendrik Van Dijck (Bel) 2002 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Jans Koerts (Ned) Steven De Jongh (Ned) 2001 Michel Van Haecke Bart Voskamp (Ned) Nico Eeckhout (Bel) 2000 Hendrik Van Dyck Nico Mattan Jan Koerts (Ned) 1999 Jeroen Blijlevens Michel Van Haecke Wielfried Cretskens 1998 Scott Sunderland (Aus) Leon Van Bon (Ned) Chris Peers 1997 Hendrik Van Dyck Wim Feys Bart Voskamp (Ned) 1996 Hendrik Van Dyck Jelle Nydam (Ned) Michel Cornelisse (Ned) 1995 Jo Planckaert Michel Vermote Geert Van Bondt 1994 Peter De Clercq Michel Cornelisse Chris Peers 1993 Michel Cornelisse (Ned) Jan Bogaert Mario De Clercq 1992 Johan Capiot Peter De Clercq Benjamin Van Itterbeeck 1991 Koen Van Rooy Johan Capiot Martin Koekelhoren (Ned) 1990 Herman Frison Roger Vandenbossche Filip Van Vooren 1989 Rik Van Slycke André Mierzejewski Peter Spanhoven 1988 Patrick Versluys Yves Godimus Danny Janssens 1987 Etienne De Wilde Francky Van Oyen Ludo Giesberts 1986 Luc Colyn Jan Van Camp Rony Van Holen 1985 Didier Foubert Patrick Versluys Jan Bogaert 1984 Jan Bogaert Patrick Versluys Eric Stevens 1983 Walter Schoonjans Patrick Cocquyt Gerald Veldschoten (Ned) 1982 William Tackaert Ludo De Keulenaer Rudi Matthys 1981 Gerrit Knetemann (Ned) Herman Van Springel Claude Criquelion 1980 Jos Van De Poel Johan Vandevelde (Ned) Paul Jesson (NZl) 1979 Hendrik De Vos William Tackaert Tony Houbrechts 1978 Gustaaf Van Roosbroeck Jan Aling (Ned) Jos Jacobs 1977 Frans Van Looy Gerrit Knetemann (Ned) Roberto Cerieto (Ita) 1976 Luc Leman Lucien De Brauwere Geert Malfait 1975 Marc De Meyer Willy Teirlinck Jan Raas (Ned) 1974 Freddy Maertens Pierrino Gavazzi (Ita) Ronald De Witte 1973 Noël Van Tieghem Claude Magni (Ita Gerard Vianen (Ned) 1972 Tony Houbrechts Rony Van Marcke Willy Planckaert 1971 Herman Van Springel Eric Leman Maurice Eyers 1970 Andre Dierick Patrick Sercu Bernard Van De Kerkhove 1969 Roger Rosiers Frans Mintjes Michel Jacquemin 1968 Frans Brands Roger Cooreman Michel Jacquemin 1967 Walter Godefroot Jacques De Boever Roger Blockx 1966 Jacques De Boever Oswald De Clercq Reindert De Jongh (Ned) 1965 Arthuur De Cabooter Jos Mathy Gustaaf De Smet 1964 Robert De Middeleir Leon Van Daele André Noyelle 1963 Frans De Mulder Daniël Doom Norbert Kerckbove 1961 Leon Van Daele Jozef Vloeberghs Gilbert Maes 1960 Gilbert De Smet Louis Troonbeeckx Pol Rosseel 1959 No race 1958 Arthuur De Cabooter Gilbert Desmet Julien Schepens 1957 André Aucquier Pino Cerami Francis Kemplaire 1956 Marcel Ryckaert Roger Declerck Lucien Mathijs 1955 Jozef Schils Briek Schotte Henri Denijs 1954 Jan Zagers Roger Decock Roger Desmet 1953 Baziel Wambeke Rik Jochums Julien Pascal 1952 Wim Van Est André Pieters Rafaël Jonckheere 1951 Gerard Buyl Maurice Blomme Valeer
