2000 Tour of Flanders

2 April 2000 1 269 km 6h 48' 17" Andrei Tchmil BEL Lotto–Adecco Dario Pieri ITA Saeco Romāns Vainšteins LAT Vini Caldirola 1999 2001 The 84th running of the Tour of Flanders cycling race in Belgium was held on Sunday 2 April 2000. It was the second leg of the 2000 UCI Road World Cup. Naturalized Belgian Andrei Tchmil won the monument classic ahead of Dario Pieri and Romāns Vainšteins.2004-12-17 Tour of Flanders results http://www.uci.ch/english/road/world_cup/world_cup_2000/rvv_2000/result.htm 2023-10-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20041217212626/http://www.uci.ch/english/road/world_cup/world_cup_2000/rvv_2000/result.htm 2004-12-17 McGann McGann Bill Carol http://www.bikeraceinfo.com/classics/Tour%20of%20Flanders/2000-tour-of-flanders.html 2000 Ronde van Vlaanderen results BikeRaceInfo McGann Publishing Cherokee Village, Arkansas 2 June 201584th Ronde van Vlaanderen/Tour des Flandres http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/results/2000/apr00/rvv/rvvmain.shtml https://web.archive.org/web/20080828213757/http://www.cyclingnews.com/results/2001/apr01/RVV/results.shtml 28 August 2008 2 June 2015 live The race started in Bruges and finished in Meerbeke (Ninove). Race summary Several crashes marred the race. Jans Koerts broke his arm and was taken to hospital. Defending champion Peter Van Petegem attacked on Tenbosse, but to no effect. Johan Museeuw tried to go clear on the Muur van Geraardsbergen, but was caught by a large group before the top. After the Bosberg, 11 km from the finish, Andrei Tchmil attacked on a flat stretch and powered on to Meerbeke. Tchmil never had more than 20 seconds over a large chasing group, but won by four seconds over Dario Pieri, who broke clear from the group, and Romāns Vainšteins. At 37, Tchmil became the oldest winner ever of the Tour of Flanders. Climbs There were 16 categorized climbs:2004-11-28 2000 Tour of Flanders info http://www.uci.ch/english/road/world_cup/world_cup_2000/rvv_2000/index.htm 2023-10-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20041128002440/http://www.uci.ch/english/road/world_cup/world_cup_2000/rvv_2000/index.htm 2004-11-28 Den Ast Achterberg Wolvenberg Molenberg Kluisberg Knokteberg Oude Kwaremont Paterberg Kortekeer Taaienberg Eikenberg Leberg Berendries Tenbosse Muur-Kapelmuur Bosberg Results CyclistTeamTime1Andrei Tchmil BEL Lotto–Adecco 6h 48' 17"2Dario Pieri ITA Saeco + 4"3Romāns Vainšteins LAT Vini Caldirola s.t.4Erik Zabel GER Team Telekom s.t.5Tristan Hoffman NED Memory Card–Jack&Jones s.t.6Fabio Sacchi ITA Team Polti s.t.7Léon van Bon NED Rabobank s.t.8Peter Van Petegem BEL Farm Frites s.t.9Zbigniew Spruch POL Lampre–Daikin s.t.10Markus Zberg SUI Rabobank s.t. External links Recap of the race (Flemish television) https://web.archive.org/web/20150602231051/http://sporza.be/cm/sporza/videozone/retro/retro_voorjaarsklassiekers/retro_rvv/1.751537 2015-06-02 References Category:Tour of Flanders Tour of Flanders Tour Of Flanders Category:April 2000 sports events in Europe