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46th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen - 1.1Belgium, March 29, 2003Main page Course Map & Timetable Start List Results Complete Live ReportStart time: 11:45 CET
Welcome to Cyclingnews' coverage of the 46th E3 Prijs Vlaanderen, one of the biggest Belgian classics. Today's race starts and finishes in the West Flemish town of Harelbeke, and takes the riders over a 209 kilometre parcours through the Flemish Ardennes. The race features 12 climbs, many of which are cobbled. The first climb of La Houppe starts after 115 km, and that will be followed by Berg Stene, Boigneberg, Eikenberg, Stationsberg, Taaienberg, Berg Ten Houte, Kapelberg, Paterberg, Kwaremont, Kluisberg, Tiegemberg. The final climb comes at 16 km to go. The atmosphere at the start was relatively relaxed, with most of the riders (even the injured ones) looking forward to testing themselves over the cobbles, with a view to next week's Ronde van Vlaanderen. Even Johan Museeuw (Quick.Step-Davitamon), with his heavily bandaged knee looked in good spirits as he chatted with his Quick.Step teammates at the start. It's a very similar team to the one that dominated Het Volk, with Museeuw, Bettini, Boonen, Vandenbroucke Bramati, Kashechkin, Cretskens back for more, accompanied by 2001 Paris-Roubaix winner Servais Knaven.
But Quick.Step suffered a loss last Wednesday in Dwars Door Vlaanderen, a race similar in style to the E3 Prijs. After Johan Museeuw crashed out, Quick.Step seemed to lose its momentum, and in the end only Frank Vandenbroucke made the final breakaway, which had four Lotto-Domo riders in it including eventual winner Robbie McEwen. It's going to be more than a Battle of the Belgians however, with last year's winner Dario Pieri supported by a very strong Saeco outfit. Michele Bartoli (Fassa Bortolo) was at the start, but it's probably too early for him to be at top form. Look out for Oscar Freire and Michael Boogerd (Rabobank), as well as Jaan Kirsipuu (Ag2r) and Magnus Backstedt (fakta), who was smiling and relaxed at the start. 14:45 CET - 134 km/75 km to go We have two leaders: Stuart O'Grady (Credit Agricole) and Matthe Pronk (BankGiroLoterij) with a 50 second lead on Julian Dean (CSC) and 2'10 on the peloton with 75 kilometres to go in the race. Dean was with the leading two before, but was dropped. They have climbed three hills - La Houppe, Berg Stene and Boigneberg - and the latter was where Dean was dropped. They are now on the Eikenberg (climb 4), with Pronk leading the Australian champion on this tough cobbled climb. 14:50 CET - 136 km/73 km to go Lotto-Domo's chase has brought O'Grady and Pronk back to 1'40 at the top, with Julian Dean just about to be recapture. Michael Boogerd (Rabobank) is just in front of the peloton, but he is not attacking. He's just using this for training for next weekend. 14:56 CET - 140 km/69 km to go O'Grady and Pronk are riding up the Steenbeekdries now, with 1'39 on the peloton. Behind them, it's Quick Step and Rabobank controlling the tempo in front of the peloton. Nico Mattan (Cofidis) attacks, making good use of the motorbikes. 15:03 CET - 144 km/65 km to go
The two leaders, O'Grady and Pronk, are climbing the very steep cobbled Taaienberg, with a maximum grade of 18%. Their lead has shrunk to 1'18 over the Quick.Step led peloton. Servais Knaven is doing a lot of work at the front before the climb, then Museeuw , Vandenbroucke and Boonen go really hard and cause damage in the peloton. Van Heeswijk is also up there. It's deja vu all over again... Steels is dropped, as are many others. Wesemann, Kessler, Freire, Boogerd and Van Heeswijk have tacked onto the back of Museeuw, Boonen and Vandenbroucke. 15:07 CET - 147 km/62 km to go The peloton is down to about 50 riders now. 15:07 CET - 150 km/59 km to go Lotto-Domo has again got to the front of the peloton, chasing this dangerous 12 man break. 15:18 CET - 154 km/55 km to go 15:22 CET - 157 km/52 km to go 15:24 CET - 159 km/50 km to go Behind, the peloton is struggling up the climb, some having to stop due to the steepness. 15:28 CET - 163 km/46 km to go Wesemann and Boogerd are making the pace on the Kwaremont, with VDB in third wheel. Pieri overtakes the Telekom rider, and gets to the top of the climb first. 15:35 CET - 166 km/43 km to go
Boogerd, Wesemann, Pieri, and Vandenbroucke have about 10 seconds at the top of the climb, but they wait for the rest of the breakaway to catch up. Boogerd wants to keep it going though, and drives hard. Van Petegem jumps across from the following group, followed by the rest of them. The leading group: Frank Vandenbroucke, Johan Museeuw, Tom Boonen (Quick Step), Dario Pieri (Saeco), Matthias Kessler, Andreas Klier, Steffen Wesemann (Telekom), Fabio Baldato (Alessio), Romans Vainsteins (Sidermec), Peter Van Petegem (Lotto), Michael Boogerd (Rabobank), Tristan Hoffman (CSC), Max Van Heeswijk (USPS). They are being chased by a group with Zanini, Freire, Bartoli, Mattan, Guesdon, Kacheskhin, and then the peloton. But the gap is at least 30 seconds. Museeuw's knee appears to be working rather well! 15:41 CET - 171 km/38 km to go Baldato and Klier have attacked the front group, just before the Kluisberg. 15:45 CET - 174 km/35 km to go Tom Boonen accelerates, causing panic. Zanini chases him. However, the peloton has caught up to the leaders now, and the race is essentially back together before Kluisberg. That is, until Mattan attacks at the bottom of the climb. He gets a lot of help from the motorbike again, and then his teammate Jo Planckaert bridges up. Over the top of the climb, there is a group of eight with Wesemann, VDB, Kirsipuu, Bartoli, O'Grady, Ivanov, Gobbi and Vansevenant. They are joined by the rest of the peloton at the base of the descent. An Alessio rider - Enrico Cassani - counters as they cross the Schelde, with Kirsipuu, O'Grady and Gontchar going with him. Serguei Ivanov (Fassa) closes the gap, and then the peloton. 15:56 CET - 182 km/27 km to go Saeco is leading the chase, with a lot of Telekom jerseys bunched behind them. Then Rabobank, hoping to close down the chase with their fast man up the road. They have 22 seconds lead. 15:59 CET - 184 km/25 km to go In the peloton, Zanini powers along the cobbles at Kaster, followed by two Rabobanks and Johan Museeuw. Museeuw accelerates, with Pieri only able to hold his wheel. There is an instant gap, but it's not huge. Bernhard Eisel (FDJ) closes the gap, bit by bit. There are now nine chasers, with VDB, Boogerd, Ivanov, Eisel, Freire, Museeuw, Gobbi, Van Petegem and Pieri. The peloton is about 20 seconds behind them, and the chasers are 18 seconds behind the three leaders. 16:05 CET - 189 km/20 km to go 16:09 CET - 191 km/18 km to go 16:16 CET - 195 km/14 km to go 16:19 CET - 198 km/11 km to go 16:21 CET - 200 km/ 9 km to go In front, De Jongh tries to increase the tempo, but the gap is still coming down. 16:24 CET - 202 km/7 km to go 16:26 CET - 204 km/5 km to go Mattan attacks, with Lowik (BankGiroLoterij) on his wheel. The Rabobank boys close it down. Cassani counters, and gets a small gap. They will really have to work to get these three leaders. 16:28 CET - 206 km/3 km to go 16:30 CET - 207 km/2 km to go 16:31 CET - 208 km/1 km to go 16:33 CET - 209 km/0 km to go An interesting race, with the peloton seemingly reluctant to bring back the leaders at the end, apart from two or three riders. We'll see what happens next weekend. Thanks for following the E3 Prijs with Cyclingnews. Join us next Sunday for the big one, the Ronde van Vlaanderen! ResultsUnofficial 1 Steven De Jongh (Ned) Rabobank 2 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) Telekom 3 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 4 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Marlux 5 Frederic Guesdon (Fra) FDJeux.com 6 Enrico Cassani (Ita) Alessio 7 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2r 8 Jans Koerts (Ned) BankGiroLoterij 9 Jo Planckaert (Bel) Cofidis 10 Max van Heeswijk (Ned) US Postal-Berry Floor Mail the commentary team Results
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