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38th GP Wallonie - 1.1
Belgium, September 17, 2008
2007 Results Results Past winners
Photography
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- Gil Suray (Cycle Collstrop)
- Nikolas Maes (Topsport Vlaanderen)
- Simon Gerrans (Credit Agricole) is going to the Cervelo TestTeam next season.
- Gert Steegmans (Quick Step) looking serious before the start.
- Yoann Leboulanger (FdJ)
- Giovanni Visconti (Quick Step) on his way to the start.
- Kurt Hovelijnck (Topsport Vlaanderen)
- Christophe Moreau (Agritubel) looking a bit glum at the start.
- Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone) was happy before and after the race.
- The BMC team discusses strategy before the start.
- A young French rider for the Credit Agricole team seems a bit nervous.
- The start in Chaudfontaine.
- The early breakaway.
- Gregory Habeaux (Mitsubishi-Jartazi) and Oliver Maes (Belgium) in the early break.
- Gregory Habeaux (Mitsubishi-Jartazi)
- Oliver Maes (Belgian National team)
- The peloton takes it easy on the first climb.
- Robbie McEwen gets a spare rear wheel from the Silence Lotto mechanic.
- Robbie McEwen gets a push from the Silence-Lotto mechanic after getting a wheel change.
- Robbie McEwen gets going again after suffering a flat tire.
- The four man breakaway
- The peloton hits the third climb the Cote d'Ermeton.
- Rik Verbrugghe (Cofidis) announced he would retire after this season. He did not finish the race.
- Garzelli checks right to make sure nobody is sneaking up by the barricades.
- Garzelli sees the coast is clear and puts his head down.
- There's the line, and it's his! Stefano Garzelli takes the win.
- Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone) gets his fifth win of the year.
- Garzelli blows a kiss to the fans after taking the win.
- Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone) continues his salute with a fist pump.
- Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone)
- The Acqua & Sapone team celebrates after dominating the GP Wallonie.
- Watch your hands, ladies… Stefano Garzelli has fun on the podium.
- Garzelli seems confused by the iron chicken.
- Thomas Voeckler (Bouygues Telecom) was declared most aggressive rider.
- Johan Coenen (Topsport Vlaanderen) took the KOM title.
- Yannick Eijssen (Belgium) finished 17th.
- Yannick Eijssen (Belgium) was the best young rider.
Images by Roberto Bettini/www.bettiniphoto.net
- Stefano Garzelli takes the win ahead of Giovanni Visconti (Quick Step)
- The Acqua & Sapone boys take the lead as the finish draws near.
- UCI Europe Tour leader Stefano Garzalli takes the win in the GP Wallonie.
- Stefano Garzelli (Acqua & Sapone) gets win number five for 2008.
- Italian Stefano Garzelli delighted after winning the GP Wallonie.
- Stefano Garzelli in prime position on the final climb, behind his teammate.
Results - 203.2 km
1 Stefano Garzelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 4.43.53 (42.95 km/h) 2 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Quick Step 3 Jérôme Pineau (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 4 Janek Tombak (Est) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 5 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 6 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) Française des Jeux 7 Sergey Lagutin (Uzb) Cycle Collstrop 8 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank 9 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) Française des Jeux 10 David Lelay (Fra) Bretagne - Armor Lux 11 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Française des Jeux 12 Florent Brard (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 13 Addy Engels (Ned) Quick Step 0.06 14 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) Quick Step 15 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Quick Step 0.07 16 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 0.09 17 Yannick Eijssen (Bel) Belgian National Team 18 Samuel Dumoulin (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 19 Kevin Ista (Bel) Agritubel 20 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 21 Borut Bozic (Slo) Cycle Collstrop 22 Nicolas Hartmann (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 23 Geert Steurs (Bel) Silence - Lotto 24 Geert Verheyen (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 0.15 25 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 0.17 26 Christophe Moreau (Fra) Agritubel 27 Julien El Farès (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 0.19 28 Francesco Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 29 Florian Guillou (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 30 Pierrick Fédrigo (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 0.25 31 Christophe Rinero (Fra) Agritubel 32 William Walker (Aus) Rabobank 33 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 34 Maxime Méderel (Fra) Crédit Agricole 0.29 35 Julien Simon (Fra) Crédit Agricole 36 Bastien Delrot (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 0.33 37 Sébastien Delfosse (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 0.36 38 Tom Criel (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 0.38 39 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 0.43 40 Piet Rooijakkers (Ned) Skil-Shimano 0.44 41 Marco Marcato (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 0.46 42 Johann Tschopp (Swi) Bouygues Telecom 0.47 43 Arnaud Gérard (Fra) Française des Jeux 44 Thomas Vedel Kvist (Den) Quick Step 0.55 45 Sven Nevens (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 46 Mirko Selvaggi (Ita) Cycle Collstrop 47 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) Agritubel 48 Thomas Degand (Bel) Groupe Gobert.com 1.34 49 Yohan Cauquil (Fra) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 50 Pierre Drancourt (Fra) Groupe Gobert.com 1.35 51 Simon Gerrans (Aus) Crédit Agricole 1.38 52 Robbie McEwen (Aus) Silence - Lotto 53 Francesco Failli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 54 Luca Paolini (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 55 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Skil-Shimano 56 Floris Goesinnen (Ned) Skil-Shimano 1.54 57 Gil Suray (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 1.58 58 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 59 Robin Chaigneau (Ned) Skil-Shimano 2.00 60 Jonathan Bertrand (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon 61 Dennis Vanendert (Bel) Belgian National Team 2.23 62 Steve Bovay (Swi) BMC Racing Team 2.47 63 Sep Vanmarcke (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen 64 Kurt Hovelijnck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 65 Philippe Pratte (Bel) Groupe Gobert.com 66 Maarten Neyens (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 67 Jan Ghyselinck (Bel) Belgian National Team 68 Gerben Löwik (Ned) Rabobank 69 Benoît Sinner (Fra) Agritubel 70 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil-Shimano 71 Yukihiro Doi (Jpn) Skil-Shimano 72 Frank Dresler (Ger) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 73 Kenny Van Der Schueren (Bel) Cycle Collstrop 74 Wesley Sulzberger (Aus) Française Des Jeux 75 Jérôme Baugnies (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen 76 Paul Moucheraud (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 77 Mauro Facci (Ita) Quick Step 78 Pierre Cazaux (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 79 Florian Vachon (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole 80 Kristof Van De Walle (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 81 Yoann Le Boulanger (Fra) Française des Jeux 82 Dirk Bellemakers (Ned) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 83 Steven Kleynen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 84 Jelle Hanseeuw (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tonissteiner 85 Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 86 Laurent Lefèvre (Fra) Bouygues Telecom 87 Nico Sijmens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner 88 Frederik Veuchelen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 89 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 90 Yann Huguet (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 91 Evaldas Siskevicius (Ltu) Credit Agricole 3.04 92 David Chopin (Fra) Credit Agricole 3.11 93 Gilles Devillers (Bel) Belgian National Team 3.52 94 Stéphane Augé (Fra) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone 3.54 95 Glenn d'Hollander (Bel) Silence - Lotto 4.02 96 Kevin Seeldraeyers (Bel) Quick Step 4.07 97 Mickaël Chérel (Fra) Française des Jeux 4.18 98 Diego Milán Jiménez (Spa) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 4.24 99 Dario Andriotto (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 100 Nicolas Baïolet (Bel) Groupe Gobert.com 4.45 101 Simone Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 4.47 102 Andrea Masciarelli (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 103 Alexandre Moos (Swi) BMC Racing Team 6.20 104 Michal Golas (Pol) Cycle Collstrop 6.42 105 Alessandro Donati (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo 6.46 106 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 7.10 107 Mathieu Criquielion (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 108 Jonathan Dufrasne (Bel) Belgian National Team 7.12 109 Frederick Nolf (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 110 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Belgian National Team 111 Lucas Persson (Swe) Cycle Collstrop 7.45 112 Johan Coenen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen 8.01 113 Kevin Denis (Fra) Agritubel 8.25 114 Eduardo Gonzalo Ramirez (Spa) Agritubel 115 Thomas Lebas (Fra) Cofidis, le Credit Par Telephone 116 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Rabobank Continental 8.39 117 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) Rabobank 8.49 118 Tom Leezer (Ned) Rabobank 119 Bert Den Bakker (Bel) Skil-Shimano 9.31 120 Taylor Tolleson (USA) BMC Racing Team 10.15 121 Cedric Collaers (Bel) Groupe Gobert.com 122 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon 11.17 123 Jérémy Burton (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon 124 Rudy Rouet (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon 125 Edwig Cammaerts (Bel) Bodysol-Euromillions-Pôle Continental Wallon 126 Damien Timmermans (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon 127 Aivaras Baranauskas (Ltu) Roubaix Lille Metropole 128 Gaetan Bille (Bel) Groupe Gobert.com CT 129 Mikel Gaztanaga Echeverria (Spa) Agritubel 130 Jackson Stewart (USA) BMC Racing Team 131 Ian McKissick (USA) BMC Racing Team 132 Darren Lill (RSA) BMC Racing Team 133 Fabio Polazzi (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon 134 Michael Polazzi (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon 135 Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) Groupe Gobert.com 136 Vincent Dauga (Fra) Française Des Jeux 137 Olivier Pardini (Bel) Groupe Gobert.com 138 David Piva (Bel) Groupe Gobert.com 139 Steve Houanard (Fra) Skil-Shimano 140 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) Mitsubishi-Jartazi 11.23 DNF Benjamin Gourgue (Bel) Landbouwkrediet - Tönissteiner DNF Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) Acqua & Sapone - Caffe Mokambo DNF Scott Nydam (USA) BMC Racing Team DNF Ryan Wills (NZl) Bodysol-Euromillions-Pôle Continental Wallon DNF Jonathan Henrion (Bel) Bodysol - Euro Millions - Pôle Continental Wallon DNF Nicolas Crosbie (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Franck Rénier (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Matthieu Sprick (Fra) Bouygues Telecom DNF Rik Verbrugghe (Bel) Cofidis - Le Crédit par Téléphone DNF William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole DNF Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Crédit Agricole DNF Mark Renshaw (Aus) Crédit Agricole DNF Matthé Pronk (Ned) Cycle Collstrop DNF Dimitri Claeys (Bel) Davitamon - Lotto - Jong Vlaanderen DNF Olivier Maes (Bel) Belgian National Team DNF Matteo Carrara (Ita) Quick Step DNF Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step DNF Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel) Quick Step DNF Michiel Elijzen (Ned) Rabobank DNF Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank DNF Mathew Hayman (Aus) Rabobank DNF Jean-Marc Bideau (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole DNF Steven Tronet (Fra) Roubaix Lille Metropole DNF Dries Devenyns (Bel) Silence - Lotto DNF Wim De Vocht (Bel) Silence - Lotto DNF Bert Roesems (Bel) Silence - Lotto DNF Wim Vansevenant (Bel) Silence - Lotto DNF Sven Renders (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen DNS Jean Zen (Fra) Groupe Gobert.com
Past winners
2007 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Tönissteiner 203.2 kms in 5.01.50 (39.1 km/h) 2006 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) Française des Jeux 204.5 kms in 4.57.53
2005 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quickstep 194 kms in 4.24.24 2004 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2003 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Marlux 196 kms in 4.36.56 2002 Dave Bruylandts (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 196 kms in 4.33.00 (43.516 km/h) 2001 Axel Merckx (Bel) Domo-Farm Frites 196 kms in 4.34.00 (42.92 km/h) 2000 Alberto Elli (Ita) Deutsche Telekom 196 kms in 4.42.05 (41.732 km/h) 1999 Patrick Jonker (Aus) Rabobank 196 kms in 4.41.45 (41.737 km/h) 1998 Udo Bolts (Ger) Telekom 201 kms in 5.08.35 (39.179 km/h) 1997 Dimitry Konychev (Rus) - Roslotto 1996 Franco Ballerini (Ita) - Mapei 1995 Andrea Chiurato (Ita) - Mapei 1994 Peter Farazijn (Bel) - Lotto 1993 Patrick Evenepoel (Bel) - Collstrop 1992 Danny Nelissen (Hol) - PDM 1991 Frank Van den Abeele (Bel) - Lotto 1990 Luc Leblanc (Fra) - Castorama 1989 Thomas Wegmüller (Sui) - Domex Weinmann 1988 Claude Criquielion (Bel) - Hitachi 1987 Pascal Poisson (Fra) - System U (Laurent Fignon (Fra) disq) 1986 Steven Rooks (Hol) - PDM 1985 Marc Madiot (Fra) - Renault 1984 Frank Hoste (Bel) - Europ Decor 1983 Stephen Roche (Irl) - Peugeot 1982 Hennie Kuiper (Hol) - DAF Trucks 1981 Walter Dalgal (Ita) - 1980 Willy De Geest (Bel) - Ijsboerke 1979 Leo Van Vliet (Hol) - Ti Raleigh 1978 Willem Peeters (Bel) - Ijsborke 1977 Walter Planckaert (Bel) 1976 Herman Vanspringel (Bel) 1975 André Dierickx (Bel) 1974 Frans Verbeeck (Bel) 1973 Albert Van Vlierberghe (Bel) 1972 Emiel Cambre (Bel) 1971 Felice Gimondi (Ita) 1970 Ferdinand Bracke (Bel) 1951 - 1969 no event 1950 Joseph Verhaert (Bel) 1949 Jacques Geus (Bel) 1944 Joseph Somers (Bel) 1943 Edouard Van Dyck (Bel) 1942 Maurice Van Herzele (Bel) 1941 - 1940 - 1939 Adolph Braeckeveldt (Bel) 1938 Adolph Braeckeveldt (Bel) 1937 Karel Tersago (Bel) 1936 Adolph Braeckeveldt (Bel) 1935 Gustave Degreef (Bel) Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
