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Tour of Belgium - 2.1
Belgium, May 25-29, 2005
2004 results Stage List Preview Start List Past winners
The Stages
- Stage 1 - May 25: Oostende - Oostende, 155km
- Stage 2 - May 26: Oostende - Knokke-Heist, 165km
- Stage 3a - May 27: Knokke-Heist - Buggenhout, 108km
- Stage 3b - May 27: Buggenhout - Londerzeel ITT, 15km
- Stage 4 - May 28: Londerzeel - Visé, 232km
- Stage 5 - May 29: Visé - Putte, 175km
Flatter Tour of Belgium
Preview by Jeff Jones in Gent, Belgium
This year's Tour of Belgium, the fourth edition since it was relaunched in 2002, should suit the sprinters and time trialists, with a fairly flat parcours that covers six stages in five days. Starting on Wednesday, May 25, the race will spend two days near the western coast of Flanders with stage starts and finishes in Oostende and Knokke-Heist. On Friday, the first part of stage 3 heads from Knokke-Heist into the centre of Belgium, finishing about 30 km from Brussels in Buggenhout for a total of 108 km. That will be followed in the afternoon with a 15 km individual time trial between Buggenhout and Londerzeel.
Saturday's fourth stage is the longest at 232 km, and takes the riders from Londerzeel to Visé in the eastern part of Belgium. This will be the stage where the power climbers can shine, with some hills towards the end. Sunday's 175 km finale from Visé to Putte should present any problems to whoever is leading the GC by then.
15 teams will start the race, including three ProTour teams: Quick.Step-Innergetic (Boonen, Knaven), Davitamon-Lotto (Van Petegem, Mattan, Roesems, Steegmans), Rabobank (Wauters, Hayman), Chocolade Jacques-T Interim (Caethoven, Eeckhout), RAGT Sémences (Auger), MrBookmaker-Sportstech (Gardeyn, Omloop), Acqua&Sapone-Adria Mobil (Sosenka), Landbouwkrediet-Colnago (De Waele, Monfort), Agritubel (Brard), Shimano-Memory Corp (Kemna), Team LPR (Khalilov, Napolitano), Bodysol-Win For Life-Jong Vlaanderen (Cornu), Jartazi-Revor (Gadret), Axa Pro Cycling Team (van Schalen), Profel Cycling Team (De Champs).
Start list
Quickstep Davitamon - Lotto
1 Tom Boonen (Bel) 11 Peter Van Petegem (Bel)
2 Sébastien Rosseler (Bel) 12 Nico Mattan (Bel)
3 Servais Knaven (Ned) 13 Bert Roesems (Bel)
4 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) 14 Gert Steegmans (Bel)
5 Dimitri De Fauw (Bel) 15 Preben Van Hecke (Bel)
6 Wilfried Cretskens (Bel) 16 Leon Van Bon (Ned)
7 José Antonio Pecharroman (Spa) 17 Jan Kuyckx (Bel)
8 Guido Trenti (USA) 18 Wim Vansevenant (Bel)
Rabobank Chocolade Jacques - T Interim
21 Jan Boven (Ned) 31 Steven Caethoven (Bel)
23 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) 32 Nico Eeckhout (Bel)
24 Mathew Hayman (Aus) 33 Pieter Mertens (Bel)
25 Marc Wauters (Bel) 34 Jef Peeters (Bel)
26 Ronald Mutsaars (Ned) 35 Tom Stubbe (Bel)
27 Niels Scheuneman (Ned) 36 Kevin Van Impe (Bel)
28 Jukka Vastaranta (Fin) 37 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel)
38 Frederik Willems (Bel)
R.A.G.T Semences MrBookmaker.com - SportsTech
41 Guillaume Auger (Fra) 51 David Boucher (Fra)
42 Emilien-Benoit Berges (Fra) 52 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel)
43 Xavier Hérinne (Fra) 53 Jeremy Hunt (GBr)
44 Kevin Ista (Bel) 54 Geert Omloop (Bel)
45 Kaisen Olivier (Fra) 55 Matthé Pronk (Ned)
46 Benjamin Levecot (Fra) 56 Erwin Thijs (Bel)
47 Roman Luhovyy (Ukr) 57 Christoph Roodhooft (Bel)
48 Sébastien Minard (Fra) 58 Stefan Van Dijck (Ned)
Acqua & Sapone - Adria Mobil Landbouwkrediet - Colnago
61 Claudio Astolfi (Ita) 71 Bert De Waele (Bel)
62 Andrea Rossi (Ita) 72 Jurgen Van Loocke (Bel)
63 Denis Bertolini (Ita) 73 Geert Verheyen (Bel)
64 Crescenzo D'Amore (Ita) 74 Johan Verstrepen (Bel)
65 Leonardo Moser (Ita) 75 Maxime Monfort (Bel)
66 Ondrej Sosenka (Cze) 76 Nico Sijmens (Bel)
67 Giuseppe Palumbo (Ita) 77 Jurgen Van De Walle (Bel)
78 James Vanlandschoot (Bel)
Agritubel Shimano - Memory Corp
81 Linas Balciunas (Ltu) 91 Rudi Kemna (Ned)
82 Christophe Agnolutto (Fra) 92 Marco Bos (Ned)
83 Florent Brard (Fra) 94 Masahiro Shinigawa (Jpn)
84 Gilles Canouet (Fra) 95 Julien Smink (Ned)
85 Cédric Coutouly (Fra) 96 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned)
87 Lénaïc Olivier (Fra) 97 Eelke Van Der Wal (Ned)
88 Saulius Ruskys (Ltu) 98 Alain Van Katwijk (Ned)
Team LPR Bodysol- Win for Life - Jong Vlaanderen
101 Alessandro Maserati (Ita) 111 Steven De Neef (Bel)
102 Daniele Contrini (Ita) 112 Sjef De Wilde (Bel)
103 Ivan Fanelli (Ita) 113 Kristof De Zutter (Bel)
104 Mikhaylo Khalilov (Ukr) 114 Nick Ingels (Bel)
105 Dmitri Konyshev (Rus) 115 Dominique Cornu (Bel)
106 Michele Maccanti (Ita) 116 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel)
107 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) 117 Kevin Van Der Slagmolen (Bel)
118 Bart Van Heule (Bel)
Jartazi Granville Team AXA
121 John Gadret (Fra) 131 Peter Mohlmann (Ned)
122 Robby Meul (Bel) 132 Jos Lucassen (Ned)
123 Vytautas Kaupas (Ltu) 133 Arthur Farenhout (Ned)
124 Peter Ronsse (Bel) 134 Peter Van Agtmaal (Ned)
125 Igor Abakoumov (Bel) 135 Robert Slippens (Ned)
126 Maxim Rudenko (Ukr) 136 Danny Stam (Ned)
127 Raimondas Vilcinskas (Ltu) 137 Niki Terpstra (Ned)
128 Denys Kostyuk (Ukr) 138 Paul Van Schalen (Ned)
Profel Cycling Team
141 Matti Helminen (Fin)
142 Michael Simms (Aus)
143 Thomas Ongena (Bel)
144 Steven De Champs (Bel)
145 Jorn Van Der Veken (Bel)
146 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel)
147 David Verheyen (Bel)
148 Andries Verspeeten (Bel)
Profel Cycling Team
141 Matti Helminen (Fin)
142 Michael Simms (Aus)
143 Thomas Ongena (Bel)
144 Steven De Champs (Bel)
145 Jorn Van Der Veken (Bel)
146 Jarno Van Mingeroet (Bel)
147 David Verheyen (Bel)
148 Andries Verspeeten (Bel)
Past winners
2004 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Brioches la Boulangère 2003 Michael Rogers (Aus) Quick.Step-Davitamon 2002 Bart Voskamp (Ned) Bankgiroloterij-Batavus 1990 Frans Maassen (Ned) 1989 Sean Yates (GBr) 1988 Frans Maassen (Ned) 1986 Nico Emonds (Bel) 1985 Ludo Peeters (Bel) 1984 Eddy Planckaert (Bel) 1981 Ad Wijnands (Ned) 1980 Gerrie Knetemann (Ned) 1979 Daniel Willems (Bel) 1978 André Dierickx (Bel) 1977 Walter Planckaert (Bel) 1976 Michel Pollentier (Bel) 1975 Freddy Maertens (Bel) 1974 Roger Swerts (Bel) 1973 Leif Mortensen (Den) 1972 Roger Swerts (Bel) 1971 Eddy Merckx (Bel) 1970 Eddy Merckx (Bel) 1969 Eric de Vlaeminck (Bel) 1968 Wilfried David (Bel) 1967 Carmine Preziosi (Ita) 1966 Vittorio Adorni (Ita) 1965 Jean Stablinski (Fra) 1964 Benoni Beheyt (Bel) 1963 Peter Post (Ned) 1962 Noël Fore (Bel) 1960 Alfons Sweeck (Bel) 1959 Armand Desmet (Bel) 1958 Noël Fore (Bel) 1957 Pino Cerami (Bel) 1956 André Vlaeyen (Bel) 1955 Alex Close (Bel) 1954 Henri van Kerckhove (Bel) 1953 Florent Rondele (Bel) 1952 Henri van Kerckhove (Bel) 1951 Lucien Matthijs (Bel) 1950 Albert Dubiusson (Bel) 1949 Ernest Sterckx (Bel) 1948 Stan Ockers (Bel) 1947 Maurice van Herzele (Bel) 1946 Albert Ramon (Bel) 1945 Norbert Callens (Bel) 1939 Joseph Somers (Bel) 1938 François Neuville (Bel) 1937 Adolf Braeckeveldt (Bel) 1936 Emile Decroix (Bel) 1935 Jef Moerenhout (Bel) 1934 François Gardier (Bel) 1933 Jean Aerts (Bel) 1932 Léon Louyet (Bel) 1931 Maurice de Waele (Bel) 1930 Emile Joly (Bel) 1929 Armand van Brueane (Bel) 1928 Jules van Hevel (Bel) 1927 Paul Matton (Bel) 1926 Jean Debusschere (Bel) 1925 Denis Verschueren (Bel) 1924 Félix Sellier (Bel) 1923 Emile Masson sr (Bel) 1922 René Vermandel (Bel) 1921 René Vermandel (Bel) 1920 Louis Mottiat (Bel) 1919 Emile Masson sr (Bel) 1914 Louis Mottiat (Bel) 1913 Dieudonné Gauthy (Bel) 1912 Odile Defraye (Bel) 1911 René Vandenberghe (Bel) 1910 Jules Masselis (Bel) 1909 Paul Duboc (Fra) 1908 Lucien Petit-Breton Fra Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com
