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Record Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen - 2.3
Belgium, March 5-7, 2004
Prologue - March 5: Bellegem ITT, 7.6 km
Bartko wins wet prologue
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Robert Bartko (Rabobank) has powered to victory in the opening stage of the Record Driedaagse van West-Vlaanderen. The German track specialist averaged 48.8 km/h in wet conditions over the 7.6 km parcours in Bellegem to take the leader's jersey. Norwegian Kurt-Asle Arvesen (CSC) was second at 10 seconds, with Quick.Step's Servais Knaven third at 15 seconds.
Incredibly, 34 of the 147 starters finished outside the time cutoff (12 percent of the winner's time), but the jury eased the limit to 15 percent, meaning that only 17 riders were eliminated. Almost the entire Flanders-Afin.com team was culled, as well as neo-pro Francesco Planckaert (Jacques).
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Images by Luc Claessen/Cyclingnews/www.actiefotos.be
- Robert Bartko (Rabobank) powers to victory in the prologue
- Kurt-Asle Arvesen (CSC) was 10 seconds off Bartko's time
- Servais Knaven (Quick.Step-Davitamon) was the third best today
- Frank Hoj (CSC) had a great ride to end fourth
- Nico Mattan (Bodysol-Brustor) rode 9'40 to give him 5th
- Geert Omloop (MrBookmaker-Palmans) was in the top 10
- Brad McGee (FDJeux.com) is skipping Paris-Nice to ride in Belgium
- Niels Scheuneman (Relax-Bodysol) was 10th today
- Leif Hoste (Lotto-Domo) was 13th
- CSC's Brian Vandborg finished 22nd today
- Laszlo Bodrogi (Quick.Step-Davitamon) finished well down in 29th
Results
1 Robert Bartko (Ger) Rabobank 9.21 2 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 0.10 3 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.15 4 Frank Hoj (Den) Team CSC 0.16 5 Nico Mattan (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 0.19 6 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 7 Geert Omloop (Bel) MrBookmaker-Palmans 8 Bert Roesems (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 0.22 9 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) FDJeux.com 10 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Relax-Bodysol 0.23 11 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 12 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJeux.com 13 Leif Hoste (Bel) Lotto-Domo 14 Jan Boven (Ned) Rabobank 0.25 15 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 0.26 16 Eelke Van Der Wal (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 0.28 17 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Rabobank 18 Jaan Kirsipuu (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 0.29 19 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 0.30 20 Mark Renshaw (Aus) FDJeux.com 21 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Rabobank 0.32 22 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 23 Tristan Hoffman (Ned) Team CSC 0.33 24 Jan Van Velzen (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 25 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 26 Remco Van Der Ven (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 0.34 27 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Lokomotiv 28 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 0.35 29 Laszlo Bodrogi (Hun) Quick.Step-Davitamon 30 Jimmy Casper (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 31 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Lotto-Domo 0.36 32 Stefan Wijnands (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen 2016 0.37 33 Thorwald Veneberg (Ned) Rabobank 0.38 34 Christophe Mengin (Fra) FDJeux.com 0.39 35 Janek Tombak (Est) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 0.40 36 Stéphane Berges (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 37 Bert De Waele (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 0.41 38 Jan Kuyckx (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 39 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Lotto-Domo 40 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 0.42 41 Alexander Serov (Rus) Lokomotiv 42 Rudi Kemna (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 43 Andy Flickinger (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 44 Paul Van Hyfte (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 45 Rik Reinerink (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 0.43 46 Lars Michaelsen (Den) Team CSC 47 Wim Van Huffel (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 0.44 48 Bekim Christensen (Den) Team CSC 49 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) Rabobank 0.45 50 Johan Coenen (Bel) MrBookmaker-Palmans 51 Allan Johansen (Den) Bankgiroloterij 0.46 52 Serguei Klimov (Rus) Lokomotiv 0.47 53 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 54 Bert Hiemstra (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 55 Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) Team CSC 0.48 56 Michel Van Haecke (Bel) MrBookmaker-Palmans 57 Marc Streel (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 58 Hans Dekkers (Ned) Rabobank 59 Ludo Dierckxsens (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 0.49 60 Joeri Deliens (Bel) Flanders-Afincom 61 Roger Hammond (GBr) MrBookmaker-Palmans 0.50 62 Ief Verbrugghe (Bel) Lotto-Domo 63 Jeff Louder (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 0.52 64 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) Oktos 65 Juan Mercado Martin (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.54 66 Aurélien Clerc (Swi) Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.55 67 Matthé Pronk (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 68 Kirk O'bee (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 69 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 70 Damien Monier (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 0.56 71 Filip Meirhaeghe (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen 2016 72 Geoffrey Demeyere (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 0.57 73 Ben Day (Aus) MrBookmaker-Palmans 74 Sergeï Krushevskiy (Uzb) Oktos 0.58 75 Yuri Metlushenko (Ukr) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 76 Benjamin Levecot (Fra) Oktos 77 Antonio Garrido José (Spa) Quick.Step-Davitamon 78 Kristof Trouve (Bel) MrBookmaker-Palmans 79 Christoph Roodhooft (Bel) MrBookmaker-Palmans 0.59 80 James Vanlandschoot (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 81 Sven Renders (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen 2016 1.00 82 Martin Müller (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 83 Matthew Gilmore (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 84 Jehudi Schoonacker (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 85 Wim De Vocht (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 86 David Mc Kenzie (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 87 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 88 Phil Zajicek (USA) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 1.01 89 Freddy Bichot (Fra) FDJeux.com 90 Bart Dockx (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 91 Franck Pencole (Fra) Oktos 92 Mikhail Ignatiev (Rus) Lokomotiv 1.02 93 Jérémy Roy (Fra) FDJeux.com 94 Cyril Robin Jean (Fra) FDJeux.com 95 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Lotto-Domo 96 Erwin Thijs (Bel) MrBookmaker-Palmans 97 Bram Tankink (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 1.03 98 Sjef De Wilde (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen 2016 99 Ludovic Turpin (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 100 Steven De Neef (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen 2016 101 Ytting Bak Lars (Den) Bankgiroloterij 102 Roel Paulissen (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen 2016 1.04 103 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 104 Bo Petersen Jorgen (Den) Bankgiroloterij 105 Nicki Sorensen (Den) Team CSC 1.05 106 Nikolai Troussov (Rus) Lokomotiv 107 Björn Schröder (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 1.07 108 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 109 Jans Koerts (Ned) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 1.08 110 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 111 Ludovic Capelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 112 Frederik Willems (Bel) Vlaanderen-T Interim 1.09 113 Nicolas Vogondy (Fra) FDJeux.com 1.10 114 Maxim Averin (Rus) Lokomotiv 1.11 115 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 1.12 116 Maxim Rudenko (Ukr) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf 1.14 117 Kurt Hovelynck (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen 2016 118 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned) Lotto-Domo 1.15 119 Nick Gates (Aus) Lotto-Domo 120 Michel Tessier Jean (Fra) Oktos 121 Anton Mindlin (Rus) Lokomotiv 122 Nicolas Inaudi (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.16 123 Carsten Podlesch (Ger) Team Wiesenhof 1.18 124 Erki Pütsep (Est) Ag2R Prevoyance 1.20 125 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 126 Vassili Davidenko (Rus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 127 Sergei Kulakov (Rus) Lokomotiv 1.21 128 Tom Steels (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1.22 129 Johan Verstrepen (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago 1.24 Outside time limit TC Julien Laidoun (Fra) Ag2R Prevoyance TC Francesco Planckaert (Bel) Chocolade Jacques Wincor-Nixdorf TC Ciaran Power (Irl) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team TC Gehuchte Van De (Bel) Jong Vlaanderen 2016 TC Jeroen Blijlevens (Ned) Bankgiroloterij TC David Dumont (Fra) Oktos TC Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Oktos TC Daniel Meinke (Ger) Team Wiesenhof TC René Obst (Ger) Team Wiesenhof TC Sebastian Siedler (Ger) Team Wiesenhof TC Alex Gualandi (Ita) Flanders-Afincom TC Daniel Lloyd (GBr) Flanders-Afincom TC Jurgen Landrie (Bel) Flanders-Afincom TC Thierry Masschelein (Bel) Flanders-Afincom TC Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Flanders-Afincom TC Stijn Van Straelen (Bel) Flanders-Afincom TC Bjorn Cornelissen (Ned) Flanders-Afincom Teams 1 Rabobank 28.56 2 Team CSC 0.05 3 Relax - Bodysol 0.11 4 Quick Step - Davitamon 0.14 5 FDJeux.com 0.22 6 Cofidis 0.40 7 Lotto - Domo 0.47 8 Chocolade Jacques Wincorf-Nixdorf 0.49 9 Bankgiroloterij 0.51 10 Ag2R Prevoyance 0.58 11 Mrbookmaker.com-Palmans 0.59 12 Lokomotiv 1.10 13 Vlaanderen - T Interim 1.14 14 Landbouwkrediet - Colnago 1.23 15 Jong Vlaanderen 2016 1.40 16 Navigators Insurance CT 1.54 17 Oktos - Saint-Quentin 1.55 18 Team Wiesenhof 2.14 Points 1 Robert Bartko (Ger) Rabobank 15 pts 2 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Team CSC 12 3 Servais Knaven (Ned) Quick.Step-Davitamon 10 4 Frank Hoj (Den) Team CSC 7 5 Nico Mattan (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 6 6 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 5 7 Geert Omloop (Bel) MrBookmaker-Palmans 4 8 Bert Roesems (Bel) Relax-Bodysol 3 9 Bradley Mcgee (Aus) FDJeux.com 2 10 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Relax-Bodysol 1 Young riders 1 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 9.40 2 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) Relax-Bodysol 0.04 3 Jimmy Engoulvent (Fra) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 4 Benoît Vaugrenard (Fra) FDJeux.com 5 Eelke Van Der Wal (Ned) Bankgiroloterij 0.09 6 Roy Sentjens (Ned) Rabobank 0.11 7 Mark Renshaw (Aus) FDJeux.com 8 Brian Vandborg (Den) Team CSC 0.13 9 Jurgen Van Goolen (Bel) Quick.Step-Davitamon 0.14 10 Nikita Eskov (Rus) Lokomotiv 0.15 11 Staf Scheirlinckx (Bel) Cofidis, le credit par Telephone 0.16
