270 km. 36.160 km/hr average speed
55.95 km of pavé
191 riders started, 48 finished
Heavy rain for several days before the start with rain, snow, sleet and cold wind the day before the race. On race morning, strong wind, black rain clouds, snow. The temperature was 36F at the start. The snow and rain abated before the first section of pavé.
Tchmil soloed the last 60 km to win alone.
| 1 |
Andrei Tchmil (Mol) Lotto |
7 hr 28 min 02 sec |
| 2 |
Fabio Baldato (Ita) GB-MG |
@ 1 min 13 sec |
| 3 |
Franco Ballerini (Ita) Mapei |
s.t. |
| 4 |
Olaf Ludwig (Ger) Telekom |
@ 1-26 |
| 5 |
Sean Yates (UK) Motorola |
s.t. |
| 6 |
Johan Capiot (Bel) TVM |
s.t. |
| 7 |
Gilbert Duclos-Lasalle (Fra) GAN |
s.t. |
| 8 |
Ludwig Willems (Bel) GB-MG |
@ 1-31 |
| 9 |
Frankie Andreu (USA) Motorola |
@4-14 |
| 10 |
Nico Verhoeven (NL) Novemail |
s.t. |
| 11 |
Mario Scirea (Ita) Polti |
s.t. |
| 12 |
Dario Bottaro (Ita) Gewiss-Ballan |
@ 4-22 |
| 13 |
Johan Museeuw (Bel) GB-MG |
@ 4-24 |
| 14 |
Mario De Clercq (Bel) Lotto |
@ 6-45 |
| 15 |
Charly Mottet (Fra) Novemail |
@ 7-48 |
| 16 |
Adri Van der Poel (NL) Collstrop |
@ 9-06 |
| 17 |
Giovanni Fidanza (Ita) Polti |
@ 9-36 |
| 18 |
Frank Corvers (Bel) Collstrop |
s.t. |
| 19 |
Peter Farazijn (Bel) Lotto |
s.t. |
| 20 |
Frederic Moncassin (Fra) Wordperfect |
@ 9-46 |
| 21 |
Rob Harmeling (NL) TVM |
s.t. |
| 22 |
Uwe Raab (Ger) Telekom |
@ 11-24 |
| 23 |
Thierry Marie (Fra) Castorama |
s.t. |
| 24 |
Hendrik Redant (Bel) ZG-Selle ITalia |
s.t. |
| 25 |
Brian Holm (Denmark) Telekom |
s.t. |
| 26 |
Guy Nulens (Bel) Novemail |
s.t. |
| 27 |
Jean-Pierre Heynderickx (Bel) Collstrop |
s.t. |
| 28 |
Thierry Gouvenou (Fra) Gan |
s.t. |
| 29 |
Wilfried Peeters (Bel) GB-MG |
s.t. |
| 30 |
Peter De Clercq (Bel) Lotto |
s.t. |
| 31 |
George Hincappie (USA) Motorola |
s.t. |
| 32 |
Bert Dietz (Ger) Telekom |
s.t. |
| 33 |
Kai Hundertmarck (Ger) Motorola |
s.t. |
| 34 |
Dirk De Wolf (Bel) Novemail |
s.t. |
| 35 |
Eddy Seigneur (Fra) GAN |
s.t. |
| 36 |
Dag-Otto Lauritzen (Nor) TVM |
@ 13 min 17 sec |
| 37 |
Dimitri Konsev (Rus) Jolly-Cage |
s.t. |
| 38 |
Herman Frison (Bel) Lotto |
s.t. |
| 39 |
Frans Maassen (NL) Wordperfect |
s.t. |
| 40 |
Edwig Van Hooydonck (Bel) Wordperfect |
s.t. |
| 41 |
Michel Vermote (Bel) Festina |
@ 18 min 42 sec |
| 42 |
Francois Lemarchand (Fra) GAN |
s.t. |
| 43 |
Bruno Boscardin (Switz) Polti |
s.t. |
| 44 |
Jan Schur (Ger) Motorola |
s.t. |
| 45 |
Christophe Capelle Fra) GAS |
s.t. |
| 46 |
Erwin Nijboer (NL) Banesto |
s.t. |
| 47 |
Andrea Peron (Ita) Polti |
@ 20 min 52 |
| 48 |
Cezary Zamana (Pol) Kelme |
s.t. |
