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Tour de la Region Wallonne - 2.3

Belgium, July 28-August 1, 2003

2002 results     Stage List     Preview    Start List     Past winners

The Stages

  • Stage 1 - July 28: Flobecq-Charleroi, 160.4 km
  • Stage 2 - July 29: Waterloo-Nijvel, 169 km
  • Stage 3 - July 30: Namur-Bouillon, 200.3 km
  • Stage 4 - July 31: Houffalize-Auble, 189.3 km
  • Stage 5 - August 1: Amay-Chaudfontaine, 146.4 km

Preview

The Tour de France is over for another year, the attention of the press and public can once again be turned towards the other UCI races on the calendar. In Flobecq (Belgium) the tough five day stage race Tour de la Region Wallonne will start today. The race takes the riders to the heights of Chaudfontaine, where the last stage on Friday will top off a hard week's work.

Quick Step Davitamon has a strong line up, with Van Goolen, Boonen and Museeuw. Cofidis riders Nico Mattan and Jo Planckaert are out to show their sponsor that it's a big mistake not to renew their contracts for next year. Landbouwkrediet-Colnago has selected Dierckxsens, Popovych and Steels for what promises to be a very hard and animated race which will prepare the riders for a busy second part of the 2003 season.

"The stage towards Bouillon is something that I like," a motivated Dave Bruylandts (Marlux) told the press before the start of the first stage.

Lotto-Domo's goal is to prepare Van Petegem for the upcoming one-day races. In this race, Peter gets the assistance of his team mate Kevin Van Impe. Van Petegem's other training partner Scott Sunderland (Team fakta) is also starting with the aim to freshen up the form after a big mid-season break.

In addition there will be CSC (Van Bondt, Tafi), US Postal-Berry Floor (van Heeswijk), Telekom (Julich, Savoldelli), Rabobank (Dekkers), Fassa Bortolo (Pozzato, Bartoli, Cancellara), FDJeux.com and AG2r making up the list of first division teams.

Start list

Quick Step - Davitamon            Lotto - Domo
 
1 Frédéric Amorison               11 Peter Van Petegem
2 Tom Boonen                      12 Nico Eeckhout
3 Pedro Horrillo Munoz            13 Stefan Van Dijck
4 Kevin Hulsmans                  14 Leif Hoste
5 Johan Museeuw                   15 Wim Vansevenant
6 Nick Nuyens                     16 Kevin Van Impe
7 Jurgen Van Goolen               17 Thierry Marichal
 
Fassa Bortolo                     Cofidis
 
21 Michele Bartoli                31 Arnaud Coyot
22 Fabian Cancellara              32 Peter Farazijn
23 Kim Kirchen                    33 Frédéric Bessy
24 Roberto Petito                 34 Nico Mattan
25 Filippo Pozzato                35 Chris Peers
26 Matteo Tosatto                 36 Jo Planckaert
27 Marco Zanotti                  37 Janek Tombak
 
Team Telekom                      Team CSC
 
41 Bobby Julich                   51 Manuel Calvente Gorbas
42 Andreas Klier                  52 Geert Van Bondt
43 David Kopp                     53 Lennie Kristensen
44 Dirk Reichl                    54 Julian Dean
45 Christian Werner               55 Lars Michaelsen
46 Stephan Schreck                56 Frank Schleck
47 Serguei Yakovlev               57 Andrea Tafi
 
US Postal Service - Berry Floor   Team fakta
 
61 Michael Barry                  71 Magnus Backstedt
62 Benoît Joachim                 72 Scott Sunderland
63 Steffen Kjaergaard             73 Kurt-Asle Arvesen
64 Guennadi Mikhailov             74 Allan Johansen
65 Max Van Heeswijk               75 Michael Skelde
66 Matthew White                  76 Jorgen Bo Petersen
67                                77 Allan Bo Andresen
 
Palmans - Collstrop               Ag2R Prevoyance
 
81 Fabian De Waele                91 Christophe Agnolutto
82 Roger Hammond                  92 Stéphane Berges
83 Thierry De Groote              93 Julien Laidoun
84 Steve De Wolf                  94 Thierry Loder
85 Erwin Thijs                    95 Erki Pütsep
86 Kristof Trouve                 96 Olivier Trastour
87 Peter Wuyts                    97 Mark Scanlon
 
Landbouwkrediet - Colnago         Brioches La Boulangere
 
101 Ludovic Capelle               111 Emmanuel Magnien
102 Marc Streel                   112 Anthony Charteau
103 Ludo Dierckxsens              113 Sébastien Chavanel
104 Johan Verstrepen              114 Jimmy Engoulvent
105 Bert De Waele                 115
106 Yaroslav Popovych             116 Christophe Kern
107 Tom Steels                    117 Olivier Perraudeau
 
Fdjeux.Com                        Vlaanderen - T Interim
 
121 Jean-Cyril Robin              131 Geoffrey Demeyere
122 David Derepas                 132 Steven Kleynen
123 Benoďt Vaugrenard             133 Nico Sijmens
124 Philippe Gilbert              134 Kevin Van Der Slagmolen
125 Frédéric Guesdon              135 Jurgen Van De Walle
126 Régis Lhuiller                136 Wim Van Huffel
127 Mickael Pichon                137 Frederik Willems
 
Marlux - Wincor Nixdorf           Rabobank
 
141 Florent Brard                 151 Pieter Weening
142 Andy Cappelle                 152 Hans Dekkers
143 Dave Bruylandts               153 Joost Posthuma
144 Johan Coenen                  154 Niels Scheuneman
145 Manu L'hoir                   155 Bernhard Kohl
146 Sébastien Mattozza            156 Koen De Kort
147 Geert Verheyen                157 Rory Sutherland

Past winners

2002 Paolo Bettini (Ita) Mapei-Quick Step
2001 Glenn D'Hollander (Bel) Lotto-Adecco
2000 Axel Merckx (Bel) Mapei-Quick Step
1999 Mikael-Holst Kyneb (Den) Team Home-Jack&Jones
1998 Frank Vandenbroucke (Bel) Mapei-Bricobi
1997 Thierry Marichal (Bel) Cédico
1996 Thomas Fleischer (Ger) Lotto
1995 Paolo Valoti (Ita) Elite
Past winners by Mario Stiehl, www.world-of-cycling.com