KBC Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde - 2.2

Belgium, March 30-April 1, 2004

2003 results Stage List Preview Start List Past winners

The Stages

Stage 1 - March 30: Middelkerke - Zottegem, 196 km
Stage 2 - March 31: Zottegem - Koksijde/Oostduinkerke, 237 km
Stage 3 - April 1: De Panne - De Panne, 116 km
Stage 4 - April 1: De Panne ITT, 13.7 km

Preview

By Jeff Jones

The Vlaamse Wielerweek will be in full swing from Tuesday, March 30 with the running of the KBC Driedaagse van de Panne-Koksijde. Held over three days and 563 kilometres, De Panne will give riders the opportunity to fine tune their condition before the Ronde van Vlaanderen this Sunday.

The defending champion is Raivis Belohvosciks (Jacques), who pipped Gianluca Bortolami in the final time trial last year to win overall. This race is perfect for time trialists who can survive in the peloton, and riders like Robert Bartko (Rabobank, winner of the Driedaagse van West Vlaanderen); George Hincapie (US Postal-Berry Floor) who missed last weekend, preferring to train rather than race; Frank Vandenbroucke (Fassa Bortolo); and Serguei Gontchar (De Nardi), a past World Time Trial Champion.

Others such as Johan Museeuw (Quick.Step-Davitamon), Peter van Petegem (Lotto-Domo) and Max van Heeswijk (US Postal-Berry Floor) will all be ones to watch to assess their condition for the coming Sunday.

Stage 1 from Middelkerke to Zottegem is similar to previous years, starting with a 107 kilometre loop to Zottegem, followed by three finishing circuits. Each circuit contains the Leberg and Berendries climbs, and often a small breakaway can get clear on the last hill to stay away into Zottegem.

Stage 2 is a massive 237 kilometres between Zottegem and Koksijde on the coast, with the Kanarieberg, Taaienberg and Eikenberg featuring in the first 30 km. Other than that, the stage is flat and should finish in a bunch sprint.

Stage 3 on Thursday morning is 116 km starting and finishing in De Panne. As usual, the climbs of Monteberg, Rodeberg and Vidaigneberg are part of the parcours, but this year the organisers have chosen to leave out the notorious Kemmelberg. The fourth stage on Thursday afternoon is a flat 13.7 km time trial in De Panne, and this usually decides the final general classification.

Start List

Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf        Quick.Step-Davitamon
 
1 Bert Hiemstra (Ned)                   11 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun)
2 Jans Koerts (Ned)                     12 Tom Boonen (Bel)
3 Gerben Löwik (Ned)                    13 Johan Museeuw (Bel)
4 Chris Peers (Bel)                     14 Luca Paolini (Ita)
5 Jan Van Velzen (Ned)                  15 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel)
6 Geert Verheyen (Bel)                  16 Stefano Zanini (Ita)
7 Bart Voskamp (Ned)                    17 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel)
8 Maxim Rudenko (Ukr)                   18 Nick Nuyens (Bel)
 
Lotto-Domo                              Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
 
21 Peter Van Petegem (Bel)              31 Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel)
22 Serge Baguet (Bel)                   32 Jacky Durand (Fra)
23 Nico Eeckhout (Bel)                  33 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr)
24 Leif Hoste (Bel)                     34 Geert Van Bondt (Bel)
25 Thierry Marichal (Bel)               35 Johan Verstrepen (Bel)
26 Leon Van Bon (Ned)                   36 Bert De Waele (Bel)
27 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned)               37 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu)
28 Aart Vierhouten (Ned)                38 Lorenzo Bernucci (Ita)
 
Alessio-Bianchi                         MrBookmaker-Palmans
 
41 Fabio Baldato (Ita)                  51 Andy De Smet (Bel)
42 Magnus Backstedt (Swe)               52 Roger Hammond (GBr)
43 Angelo Furlan (Ita)                  53 Jeremy Hunt (GBr)
44 Marcus Ljungqvist (Swe)              54 Jo Planckaert (Bel)
45 Michael Skelde (Den)                 55 Erwin Thijs (Bel)
46 Scott Sunderland (Aus)               56 Michel Van Haecke (Bel)
47 Martin Hvastija (Slo)                57 Christoph Roodhooft (Bel)
                                        58 Peter Wuyts (Bel)
 
Rabobank                                US Postal Service presented by Berry Floor
 
61 Marc Wauters (Bel)                   71 George Hincapie (USA)
62 Steven De Jongh (Ned)                72 Ryder Hesjedal (Can)
63 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned)             73 Antonio Cruz (USA)
64 Mathew Hayman (Aus)                  74 Stijn Devolder (Bel)
65 Robert Hunter (RSA)                  75 Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus)
66 Karsten Kroon (Ned)                  76 Benoît Joachim (Lux)
67 Roy Sentjens (Ned)                   77 Guennadi Mikhailov (Rus)
68 Robert Bartko (Ger)                  78 Pavel Padrnos (Cze)
 
Relax-Bodysol                           Gerolsteiner
 
81 Wim De Vocht (Bel)                   91 Danilo Hondo (Ger)
82 Bart Dockx (Bel)                     92 Robert Förster (Ger)
83 Nico Mattan (Bel)                    93 Sven Krauss (Ger)
84 Bert Roesems (Bel)                   94 Sebastian Lang (Ger)
85 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel)             95 Olaf Pollack (Ger)
86 James Vanlandschoot (Bel)            96 Torsten Schmidt (Ger)
87 Johan Van Summeren (Bel)             97 Marco Serpellini (Ita)
88 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Spa)         98 Peter Wrolich (Aut)
 
Saeco                                   Phonak Hearing Systems
 
101 Gabriele Balducci (Ita)             111 Oscar Camenzind (Swi)
102 Giosuè Bonomi (Ita)                 112 Michael Albasini (Swi)
103 Stefano Casagranda (Ita)            113 Martin Elmiger (Swi)
104 Salvatore Commesso (Ita)            114 Bert Grabsch (Ger)
105 Paolo Fornaciari (Ita)              115 Nicolas Jalabert (Fra)
106 Nicola Gavazzi (Ita)                116 Uros Murn (Slo)
107 Jörg Ludewig (Ger)                  117 Grégory Rast (Swi)
108 Dario Pieri (Ita)                   118 Alexandre Usov (Blr)
 
T-Mobile Team                           Lampre
 
121 Mario Aerts (Bel)                   131 Romans Vainsteins (Lat)
122 Rolf Aldag (Ger)                    132 Alessandro Ballan (Ita)
123 Serguei Ivanov (Rus)                133 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita)
124 Andreas Klier (Ger)                 134 Paolo Bossoni (Ita)
125 Daniele Nardello (Ita)              135 Matteo Carrara (Ita)
126 Jan Schaffrath (Ger)                136 Alessandr Cortinovis (Ita)
127 Stephan Schreck (Ger)               137 Andrej Hauptman (Slo)
128 Steffen Wesemann (Ger)              138 Luciano Pagliarini (Bra)
 
Vini Caldirola-Nobili Rubinetterie      Fassa Bortolo
 
141 Dario Andriotto (Ita)               151 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel)
142 Mauro Gerosa (Ita)                  152 Fabian Cancellara (Swi)
143 Marco Gili (Ita)                    153 Juan Flecha Giannoni (Spa)
144 Marco Milesi (Ita)                  154 Kim Kirchen (Lux)
145 Gianluca Sironi (Ita)               155 Alberto Ongarato (Ita)
146 Giulio Tomi (Ita)                   156 Roberto Petito (Ita)
147 Marco Zanotti (Ita)                 157 Filippo Pozzato (Ita)
                                        158 Fabio Sacchi (Ita)
 
Cofidis, le credit par Telephone        FDJeux.com
 
161 Jimmy Casper (Fra)                  171 Baden Cooke (Aus)
162 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra)              172 Bernhard Eisel (Aut)
163 Hayden Roulston (NZl)               173 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra)
164 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel)             174 Bradley Mcgee (Aus)
165 Janek Tombak (Est)                  175 Christophe Mengin (Fra)
166 Arnaud Coyot (Fra)                  176 Francis Mourey (Fra)
                                        177 Mark Renshaw (Aus)
                                        178 Matthew Wilson (Aus)
 
Team CSC                                De Nardi
 
181 Lars Michaelsen (Den)               191 Serguei Gontchar (Ukr)
182 Thoma Bruun Eriksen (Den)           192 Simone Cadamuro (Ita)
183 Frank Hoj (Den)                     193 Enrico Grigoli (Ita)
184 Vladimir Gusev (Rus)                194 Matej Jurco (Svk)
185 Tristan Hoffman (Ned)               195 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita)
186 Jimmi Madsen (Den)                  196 Devis Miorin (Ita)
187 Michael Sandstod (Den)              197 Rafael Nuritdinov (Uzb)
188 Brian Vandborg (Den)                198 Antoni Rizzi (Ita)
 
Bankgiroloterij                         Domina Vacanze
 
201 Lars Ytting Bak (Den)               211 Gian Matteo Fagnini (Ita)
202 Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned)             212 Andrus Aug (Est)
203 Allan Johansen (Den)                213 David Clinger (USA)
204 Rudi Kemna (Ned)                    214 Murilo Fischer (Bra)
205 Jorgen Bo Petersen (Den)            215 Sergio Marinangeli (Ita)
206 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned)             216 Massimiliano Mori (Ita)
207 Eelke Van Der Wal (Ned)             217 Andris Nauduzs (Lat)
208 Frank Van Dulmen (Ned)              218 Alexandre Bazhenov (Rus)
 
Vlaanderen-T Interim                    Flanders-Afincom
 
221 Wim Van Huffel (Bel)                231 Bjorn Cornelissen (Ned)
222 Bart De Spiegelaere (Bel)           232 Youri Deliens (Bel)
223 Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel)             233 Stephen Gallagher (Irl)
224 Jan Kuyckx (Bel)                    234 Alex Gualandi (Ita)
225 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel)            235 Jurgen Landrie (Bel)
226 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)           236 Daniel Lloyd (GBr)
227 Wesle Van Speybroeck (Bel)          237 Thierry Masschelein (Bel)
228 Frederik Willems (Bel)              238 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel)

Past winners

2003 Raivis Belohvosciks (Lat) Marlux-Wincor Nixdorf
2002 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
2001 Nico Mattan (Bel)
2000 Vjatcheslav Ekimov (Rus)
1999 Peter Van Petegem (Bel)
1998 Michele Bartoli (Ita)
1997 Johan Museeuw (Bel)
1996 Vjatcheslav Ekimov (Rus)
1995 Michele Bartoli (Ita)
1994 Fabio Roscioli (Ita)
1993 Eric Vanderaerden (Bel)
1992 Frans Maassen (Ned)
1991 Jelle Nijdam (Ned)
1990 Erwin Nijboer (Ned)
1989 Eric Vanderaerden (Bel)
1988 Eric Vanderaerden (Bel)
1987 Eric Vanderaerden (Bel)
1986 Eric Vanderaerden (Bel)
1985 Jean-Luc Vandenbroucke (Bel)
1984 Bert Oosterbosch (Ned)
1983 Cees Priem (Ned)
1982 Gerrie Knetemann (Ned)
1981 Jan Bogaert (Bel)
1980 Sean Kelly (Ire)
1979 Gustave Van Roosbroeck (Bel)
1978 Guido Van Sweevelt (Bel)
1977 Roger Rosiers (Bel)
  
Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com