40th Essent Ronde van Drenthe - 1.3/Novilon Dames Ronde van Drenthe - 1.9.1

Netherlands, April 13, 2002

2000 Result Photos Men Women Past winners

Photos

Photos by Bert Geerts

Sissy van Alebeek (Farm Frites-Hartol) - gathers her thoughts before the start
I'm a happy camper - Chantal Beltman (Acca Due O-Pasta Zara-Lorena Camicie) manages a podium place with her cheery outlook
Steely blue eyes - Corine Dorland (Power Plate-Bik) has the eyes to match her team kit
Oops, I left the oven on! - Debby Mansveld (Vlaanderen-T Interim Ladies Team) has a great ride to finish eigth despite looking like she left the chicken in the oven at start
Marcel Luppes (Axa-VvZ) - could possibly body-double for Patrick Jonker. Luppes won the main bunch kick for 13th place
Kirk O'Bee (Navigators) looking fresh and composed at the start
Rudie Kemna (BankGiroLoterij-Batavus) - His composure a sign of things to come?
Cheeky boy - Bobbie Traksel (Rabobank) gives the photographer a cheeky smile
Ooh baby baby - Edward Dunning (Axa-VvZ) looks like he's just seen a foxy lady come into his range of vision
I'm one cool lady - race organiser Femmy van Issum prefers someone else to do the pushing
Doing it tough - this rider from Team Fakta goes for the smooth section in the gutter
Aussie Michael Rogers (Mapei-Quick Step Espoirs) - encounters some bad luck just as the bunch starting putting the hammer down
Aussie Michael Rogers (Mapei-Quick Step Espoirs) - needs all the momentum he can get after a wheel change
The peloton drives on - through what appears to be the Enchanted Forest
Picture perfect - if it wasn't for the torn expressions on the faces of the suffering riders
It's nice to have mates - Rudie Kemna (BankGiroLoterij-Batavus) gets a wheel change from his team mate
The peleton waits for no one - Rudie Kemna (BankGiroLoterij-Batavus) looks like he's going to have to get a move on
Rudie Kemna commences take-off - while his team mate waits for the team car
Rudie Kemna's team mate - Bas van Dooren waves Rudie Kemna's wheel maniacally, however it was a little too late
The team car finally arrives - however van Dooren never managed to get back on to the runaway bunch
Big push please - it's never easy clipping yourself back into the pedals on the cobbles
Local Dutch team AXA-VVZ put all their might on the front in an effort to shed the opposition out the back
Can't talk right now - Rudie Kemna (BankGiroLoterij-Batavus) has put every ounce of effort into his win
Who's the happy boy? - Rudie Kemna (BankGiroLoterij-Batavus) gets his breath back and is delighted with his achievement
Rudie Kemna (BankGiroLoterij-Batavus) - appears to have spent some time playing in the mud before the presentation
Andy De Smet (Collstrop-Palmans) accepts the less glamourous prize of a T-shirt for second place
Now listen carefully... - winner Rudie Kemna pays close attention to the questions - after all, he's going to be in the paper tomorrow
Well you're both beautiful... - Rudie Kemna can't decide which one to take home
The podium - Rudie Kemna wins ahead of Andy De Smet and Marc Vlijm AXA-VVZ

Photos by Michel Schults

One nervous, one relaxed - Mirjam Melchers (Farm Frites-Hartol) with team mate Sissy van Alebeek before the start
Dutch National Champion - Sissy van Alebeek stays focused
New Zealander Kirsty Robb - appears to be one with the klinkers today in Drenthe
An out-of-the-saddle affair - Mirjam Melchers (Farm Frites-Hartol) sets the pace for her team mate Leontien Zijlaard-Van Moorsel, with Canadian National Champion Lyne Bessette (Saturn Cycling Team) tagging along for the ride
Leontien Zijlaard-Van Moorsel (Farm Frites-Hartol) a happy lady - outsprinting Chantal Beltman (Acca Due O-Pasta Zara-Lorena Camicie) to claim victory in Drenthe
The podium - Leontien Zijlaard-Van Moorsel (Farm Frites-Hartol) wins in Drenthe ahead of team mate Chantal Beltman (Acca Due O-Pasta Zara-Lorena Camicie) and Tanja Hennes (Nurnberger)

Men - 204 km

1 Rudie Kemna (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus      5.10.39 (39.421 km/h)
2 Andy De Smet (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans              0.06
3 Marc Vlijm (Ned) AXA-VVZ
4 Rik Reinerink (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus       0.08
5 Jacob Nielsen (Den) Glud&Martstrand Horsens       0.10
6 Remco van der Ven (Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus   0.53
7 Kazimierz Stafiej (Pol) Mroz
8 Sasa Sviben (Slo) Nurnberger
9 Heiko Szonn (Ger) Team Cologne                    0.57
10 Bert Hiemstra Ned) BankGiroLoterij-Batavus       1.12
11 Jacob Moe Rasmussen (Den) Team fakta
12 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus       1.16
13 Marcel Luppes (Ned) Axa-VvZ                      1.20
14 Simone Cadamuro (Ita) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa
15 Bjorn Cornelissen (Ned) Axa-VvZ
16 Bastiaan Giling (Ned) Rabobank Espoirs
17 Maarten Lenferink (Ned) Dutch National Team
18 Stijn Vanstraelen (Bel) RDM-Flanders
19 Marvin Van Der Pluijm (Ned) Bert Story-Piels
20 Nico Indekeu (Bel) RDM-Flanders
21 Martin Van Steen (Ned) Van Hemert Groep Cycling Team
22 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank
23 Germ Van Den Burg (Ned) Bert Story Piels
24 Danny Bayens (Bel) Collstrop-Palmans
25 Luuc Hutten (Ned) Rabobank Espoirs
26 Jos Lucassen (Ned) Axa-VvZ
27 Hans De Meester (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop
28 Siro Camponogara (Ita) Navigators Cycling Team
29 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Mapei-Quick Step Espoirs
30 Marco Bos (Ned) Dutch National Team
31 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus
32 Tom Leaper (Aus) Navigators Cycling Team
33 Michael Skelde (Den) Team fakta
34 Daniel Van Elven (Ned) Axa-VvZ
35 Allan Bo Andresen (Den) Team fakta
36 Bart Leysen (Bel) Palmans-Collstrop              1.39
37 John Talen (Ned) Van Hemert Groep Cycling Team
38 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team fakta               4.54
39 Arne Kornegoor (Ned) Dutch National Team         8.51
40 Thijs Zonneveld (Ned) Dutch National Team
41 Christoph Roodhooft (Bel) RDM-Flanders
42 Bobbie Traksel (Ned) Rabobank
43 Frantisek Trkal (Cze) Wüstenrot-ZVVZ
44 Jürgen Werner (Ger) Team Nürnberger Versicherung
45 Marco Engels (Ned) RDM-Flanders
46 Cees Jeurissen (Ned) Van Hemert Groep Cycling Team
47 Edward Dunning (Ned) Axa-VvZ
48 Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators Cycling Team
49 Adam Wadecki (Pol) Mróz
50 Marcel Duijn (Ned) Rabobank
51 Martijn Lust (Ned) Van Hemert Groep Cycling Team
52 Andrus Aug (Est) De Nardi-Pasta Montegrappa
53 Bastiaan Krol (Ned) Dutch National Team
54 Allan Davis (Aus) Mapei-Quick Step Espoirs

Srters: 148
Classified: 54

Women

Results - 134 km

1 Leontien Zijlaard-Van Moorsel (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol     3.29.57 (38.495 km/h)
2 Chantal Beltman (Ned) Acca Due O-Pasta Zara-Lorena Camicie
3 Tanja Hennes (Ger) Nurnberger
4 Lyne Bessette (Can) Saturn Cycling Team                       0.01
5 Mirjam Melchers (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol                      0.04
6 Andrea Bosman (Ned) Power Plate-Bik                           0.34
7 Bertine Spijkerman (Ned) Dutch National Team                  0.37
8 Debby Mansveld (Ned) Vlaanderen-T Interim Ladies Team
9 Joanne Cavill (GBr) British National Team
10 Esther van der Helm (Ned) Dutch National Team
11 Adrie Visser (Ned) Dutch National Team
12 Minke van Dongen (Ned) Dutch National Team
13 Christina Mos (Ned) Power Plate-Bik
14 Heidi Van De Vijver (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim Ladies Team
15 Mirella Van Melis (Ned) Vlaanderen-T Interim Ladies Team
16 Arenda Grimberg (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol
17 Rikkej Olsen (Den) Danish National Team
18 Caroline Slikker (Ned) Ton v.Bemmelen-Novilon
19 Susan Thomas (GBr) British National Team
20 Sharon Van Essen (Ned) GRW
21 Melanie Sears (GBr) British National Team
22 Rachel Heal (GBr) British National Team
23 Susan Carter (GBr) British National Team
24 Vanja Vonckx (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim Ladies Team
25 Monica Valen (Nor) Team Sponsor Service
26 Liane Bahler (Ger) German National Team
27 Yvonne Brunen (Ned) Power Plate-Bik
28 Josephine Groenveld (Ned) Dutch National Team
29 Katherine Bates (Aus) Ondernemers Van Nature
30 Frances Newstead (GBr) British National Team
31 Veronika Andreasson (Swe) Power Plate-Bik
32 Sanne Schmidt (Den) Danish National Team
33 Anke Wixhmann (Ger) German National Team
34 Elisabeth Vink (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol
35 Ghita Beltman (Ned) Dutch National Team
36 Jaccolien Wallaard (Ned) Dutch National Team
37 Saskia Elemans (Ned) Neckermann Beneluxteam
38 Alessandra Cappellotto (Ita) Power Plate-Bik
39 Areke Hassink (Ned) Dutch National Team
40 Kimberly Bruckner (USA) Saturn Cycling Team
41 Anouska Van Der Zee (Ned) Farm Frites-Hartol
42 Catherine Marsal (Fra) Saturn Cycling Team
43 Pia Sundstedt (Fin) Team Sponsor Service
44 Martine Bras (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature
45 Corine Dorland (Ned) Power Plate-Bik
46 Vera Koedooder (Ned) Power Plate-Bik                         4.44
47 Clarissa Breuer (Ger) German National Team
48 Loes Gunnewijk (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature
49 Marielle Van Scheppingen (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature
50 Afke Sijm (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature
51 Tania Belvderesi (Ita) Power Plate-Bik                       6.29
52 Catharina Mulders (Ned) Ton v.Bemmelen-Novilon
53 Frederika Van Der Wiel (Ned) Dutch National Team
54 Alena Potapova (Rus) Russia
55 Baukje Doedee (Ned) Neckermann Beneluxteam
56 Janneke Vos (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature
57 Abke Francissen (Ned) BRA
58 Corrien Van Haastert (Ned) Ondernemers Van Nature
59 Wendie Kramp (Ned) Ton v.Bemmelen-Novilon

Starters: 140
Classified: 59


Courtesy of Beert Geerts

Past winners

2001 Cancelled
2000 Andy De Smet (Bel)
1999 Jans Koerts (Ned)
1998 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned)
1997 (2) Anthony Theus (Ned)
1996 Karsten Kroon (Ned)
1995 Pascal Appeldoorn (Ned)
1994 Anthony Theus (Ned)
1993 (2) Alard Engels (Ned)
1992 Paul Konings (Ned)
1991 Alard Engels (Ned)
1990 Gererad Kemper (Ned)
1989 Erik Knuvers (Ned)
1988 Stephan Räckers (Ned)
1987 Richard Luppes (Ned)
1986 Dick Dekker (Ned)
1985 Hen Boeve (Ned)
1984 Anton Van Der Steen (Ned)
1983 (2) Ron Snijders (Ned)
1982 Hans Baudoin (Ned)
1981 Ron Snijders (Ned)
1980 (2) Henk Mutsaars (Ned)
1979 Wim De Waal (Ned)
1978 Henk Mutsaars (Ned)
1977 Joop Ribbers (Ned)
1976 Wil Van Helvort (Ned)
1975 Jimmy Kruunenburg (Ned)
1974 Co Hoogendoorn (Ned)
1973 Gerrie Van Gerwen (Ned)
1972 Hennie Kuiper (Ned)
1971 Juul Bruessing (Ned)
1970 Popke  Oosterhof (Ned)
1969 Ben Janbroers (Ned)
1968 Jan Van Katwijk (Ned)
1967 Leen De Groot (Ned)
1966 Piet Tesselaer (Ned)
1965 Roel Hendriks (Ned)

1963-1964 No Race

1962 Bart Solaro (Ned)
1961 Cees De Jongh (Ned)
1960 Jurre Dokter (Ned)

Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com