Flanders Results
Museeuw Wins Flanders
Johann Museeuw (Mapei) was the strongest rider at the Tour of Flanders today, breaking away on the Tenbosse climb with 17 kilometres to go, and winning by 1 minute (his third victory in this race). He had a slight scare early in the race, when he went down in a crash, but his team quickly brought him back to the front.
In a shocking related story - retired former world champion Rudy Dhaenens was critically injured in a car crash on his way to the finish of the race. He is reported to be in a coma.
Brugge to Ninove, 277 km
1. Johan Museeuw (Bel) Mapei-Bricobi 6:47:41
2. Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi at 0:58
3. Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar
4. Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux
5. Peter Van Petegem (Bel) TVM
6. Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal all s.t.
Johann Museeuw (Mapei) was the strongest rider at the Tour of Flanders today, breaking away on the Tenbosse climb with 17 kilometres to go, and winning by 1 minute (his third victory in this race). He had a slight scare early in the race, when he went down in a crash, but his team quickly brought him back to the front.
In a shocking related story - retired former world champion Rudy Dhaenens was critically injured in a car crash on his way to the finish of the race. He is reported to be in a coma.
Brugge to Ninove, 277 km
1. Johan Museeuw (Bel) Mapei-Bricobi 6:47:41
2. Stefano Zanini (Ita) Mapei-Bricobi at 0:58
3. Andrei Tchmil (Bel) Lotto-Mobistar
4. Emmanuel Magnien (Fra) La Francaise des Jeux
5. Peter Van Petegem (Bel) TVM
6. Viatcheslav Ekimov (Rus) US Postal all s.t.
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