Gent - Wevelgem 1998

60th edition

208 km

8 April 1998

Rider Team Time
1.
Frank VANDENBROUCKE
Mapei - Bricobi 5h06'00"
2.
Lars MICHAELSEN
TVM - Farm Frites
3.
Nico MATTAN
Mapei - Bricobi
4.
Andrei TCHMIL
Lotto - Mobistar
5.
Laurent DESBIENS
Cofidis
6.
Erik ZABEL
Team Deutsche Telekom
7.
Henk VOGELS
Crédit Agricole
8.
Peter VAN PETEGEM
TVM - Farm Frites
9.
Jeroen BLIJLEVENS
TVM - Farm Frites
10.
Fabio BALDATO
Riso Scotti - MG Boys Maglificio - Playbus - Aiwa
11.
Scott SUNDERLAND
Palmans - Ideal
12.
Enrico CASSANI
Team Polti
13.
Gabriele BALDUCCI
Scrigno - Gaerne
14.
Gianluca BORTOLAMI
Festina - Lotus
15.
Cristian SALVATO
Team Polti
16.
Frédéric GUESDON
Francaise des Jeux
17.
Rolf SØRENSEN
Rabobank
18.
Frédéric MONCASSIN
Crédit Agricole
19.
Carlo BOMANS
Palmans - Ideal
20.
Andrea TAFI
Mapei - Bricobi
21.
Viatcheslav EKIMOV
US Postal Service
22.
Marco SERPELLINI
Brescialat - Liquigas
23.
Dario PIERI
Scrigno - Gaerne
24.
Stuart O'GRADY
Crédit Agricole
25.
Bruno BOSCARDIN
Festina - Lotus
26.
Mario CIPOLLINI
Saeco - Cannondale
27.
Roberto PETITO
Saeco - Cannondale
28.
Laurent LEFÈVRE
Festina - Lotus
29.
Johan MUSEEUW
Mapei - Bricobi
30.
Franco BALLERINI
Mapei - Bricobi
31.
Jan SCHAFFRATH
Team Deutsche Telekom
32.
Giovanni LOMBARDI
Team Deutsche Telekom 01'00"
33.
Mario SCIREA
Saeco - Cannondale
34.
Hans DE MEESTER
Tönissteiner - Colnago - Saxon 04'50"
35.
Hendrik VAN DIJCK
TVM - Farm Frites
36.
Johan CAPIOT
TVM - Farm Frites
37.
Danilo HONDO
Agro - Adler - Brandenburg
38.
Stefano CASAGRANDA
Riso Scotti - MG Boys Maglificio - Playbus - Aiwa
39.
Eddy MAZZOLENI
Saeco - Cannondale
40.
Massimiliano MORI
Saeco - Cannondale
41.
Christian VAN DE VELDE
US Postal Service
42.
Karel VEREECKE
Vlaanderen 2002 - Eddy Merckx
43.
Riccardo FERRARI
Riso Scotti - MG Boys Maglificio - Playbus - Aiwa
44.
Michele REZZANI
Riso Scotti - MG Boys Maglificio - Playbus - Aiwa
45.
Oleg PANKOV
Ipso - Euroclean
46.
Leonardo GUIDI
Team Polti
47.
Magnus BÄCKSTEDT
Crédit Agricole
48.
Steffen WESEMANN
Team Deutsche Telekom
49.
Frank HØJ
Palmans - Ideal
50.
Arnaud PRÉTOT
Crédit Agricole
51.
Bert DIETZ
Team Deutsche Telekom
52.
Cyril BOS
Crédit Agricole
53.
Ole Sigurd SIMENSEN
Agro - Adler - Brandenburg
54.
Thierry MARICHAL
Lotto - Mobistar
55.
Frankie ANDREU
US Postal Service
56.
Hans DE CLERCQ
Palmans - Ideal
57.
Cristian MORENI
Brescialat - Liquigas
58.
Steven DE JONGH
TVM - Farm Frites
59.
Carlo Marino BIANCHI
Asics - CGA
60.
Dirk BALDINGER
Team Deutsche Telekom
61.
André KORFF
Festina - Lotus
62.
Marc WAUTERS
Rabobank
63.
Fabio ROSCIOLI
Asics - CGA
64.
Jaume HERNÁNDEZ BERTRAN
Festina - Lotus
65.
Steffen BLOCHWITZ
Agro - Adler - Brandenburg
66.
Karl PAUWELS
Palmans - Ideal
67.
Wilfried PEETERS
Mapei - Bricobi
68.
Sven TEUTENBERG
US Postal Service
69.
George HINCAPIE
US Postal Service
70.
Bart LEYSEN
Mapei - Bricobi
71.
Nicolas VOGONDY
Francaise des Jeux
72.
Ellis RASTELLI
Brescialat - Liquigas
73.
Diego FERRARI
Asics - CGA
74.
Robbie MCEWEN
Rabobank
75.
Christophe BASSONS
Festina - Lotus
76.
Federico COLONNA
Asics - CGA
77.
Paolo FORNACIARI
Saeco - Cannondale
78.
Pavel PADRNOS
Saeco - Cannondale
79.
Michel VAN HAECKE
Ipso - Euroclean
80.
Bruno CENGHIALTA
Riso Scotti - MG Boys Maglificio - Playbus - Aiwa
81.
Nicolas JALABERT
Cofidis
82.
Chris PEERS
Lotto - Mobistar
83.
Andrea BROGNARA
Riso Scotti - MG Boys Maglificio - Playbus - Aiwa
84.
Eddy SEIGNEUR
Crédit Agricole
85.
Ludo DIERCKXSSENS
Lotto - Mobistar
86.
Tom STEELS
Mapei - Bricobi
87.
Fabio SACCHI
Team Polti
88.
Franck PERQUE
Francaise des Jeux
89.
Christophe MENGIN
Francaise des Jeux
90.
Brian HOLM
Acceptcard Pro Cycling
91.
Mikael Holst KYNEB
Team Home - Jack & Jones
92.
Wim FEYS
Lotto - Mobistar
93.
Juris SILOVS
Team Home - Jack & Jones
94.
Simone BERTOLETTI
Brescialat - Liquigas
95.
Peter FARAZIJN
Lotto - Mobistar
96.
Fabrizio GUIDI
Team Polti
97.
Mirko CREPALDI
Team Polti
98.
Marco MILESI
Brescialat - Liquigas
99.
Mirko ROSSATO
Scrigno - Gaerne
100.
Biagio CONTE
Scrigno - Gaerne
101.
Davide CASAROTTO
Scrigno - Gaerne
102.
Servais KNAVEN
TVM - Farm Frites
103.
Aart VIERHOUTEN
Rabobank
104.
Geert VAN BONDT
TVM - Farm Frites
105.
Mario AERTS
Lotto - Mobistar
106.
Ludwig WILLEMS
Lotto - Mobistar
107.
Eros POLI
Crédit Agricole 11'00"
108.
Jan HORDIJK
Tönissteiner - Colnago - Saxon
109.
Wilfried CRETSKENS
Vlaanderen 2002 - Eddy Merckx
110.
Grzegorz GWIAZDOWSKI
Cofidis
111.
Antonio VILLATORO
US Postal Service
112.
Tim LENAERS
Collstrop
113.
Alessio BONGIONI
Asics - CGA
114.
Iñaki BARRENECHEA GIRÁLDEZ
Tönissteiner - Colnago - Saxon
115.
Michael RICH
Saeco - Cannondale
116.
Olaf POLLACK
Agro - Adler - Brandenburg
117.
Bart BRENTJENS
Home Market - Ville de Charleroi
118.
Francis MOREAU
Cofidis
119.
Christophe CAPELLE
Cofidis
120.
Eric DE CLERCQ
Collstrop
121.
Danny DAELMAN
Collstrop
122.
Martin MÜLLER
Agro - Adler - Brandenburg
123.
Christian CHARRIERE
Riso Scotti - MG Boys Maglificio - Playbus - Aiwa
124.
Franky DE BUYST
Tönissteiner - Colnago - Saxon
125.
Steven VAN MALDERGHEM
Palmans - Ideal
126.
Koen BEECKMAN
Ipso - Euroclean
127.
Peter VERBEKEN
Ipso - Euroclean
128.
Gerrit GLOMSER
Scrigno - Gaerne
129.
Alessandro PETACCHI
Scrigno - Gaerne
130.
Christ HENDRYCKX
Collstrop
131.
Joan LLANERAS ROSSELLÓ
US Postal Service
132.
Bert HIEMSTRA
Rabobank
133.
Max VAN HEESWIJK
Rabobank
134.
Jürgen VERMEERSCH
Palmans - Ideal
135.
Nico RENDERS
Vlaanderen 2002 - Eddy Merckx
136.
Tom DESMET
Collstrop
137.
Jarno VAN FRACHEM
Vlaanderen 2002 - Eddy Merckx
138.
Sebastien DEMARBAIX
Home Market - Ville de Charleroi
139.
Anthony ROKIA
Team Polti
140.
Samuele SCHIAVINA
Asics - CGA
141.
Brian DALGAARD JENSEN
Spar - RDM - Daewoo

Race information

Distance: 208 km

Date: 8 April 1998