De Jongh, Kruijswijk, Scheunemann, Traksel, Smitz and Van Ooijen are the break
They are caught surprisingly early with 90km to go though, as they crossed the uphill finish line
Tjalingii, Boom and Posthuma then attacked
And Boom soon used the climb to go solo
Their lead then grew before beginning to fall under the control of Philips-Hummel. Even so, with 25km to go Boom still leads by 2 and a half minutes - it could be close.
De Maar, Clement, Reus, Gesink, and Wielinga then all tried to attack away, but it is Dekker who gets a gap
Dekker pushes hard and manages to catch Posthuma and Tjalingii. The problem is that theres now just 2km to go, and Boom is almost out of sight
Lars Boom is the new national champion!
Thomas Dekker will take 2nd, ahead of Tjalingii
1
Lars Boom
VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE
5h57'38
2
Thomas Dekker
PHILIPS - HUMMEL
+ 1'05
3
Maarten Tjallingii
WHITE BEAR STEYR
s.t.
4
Joost Posthuma
LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT
s.t.
5
Karsten Kroon
FRANCE TELEVISIONS
+ 1'23
6
Robert Gesink
FRANCE TELEVISIONS
s.t.
7
Michael Boogerd
PHILIPS - HUMMEL
s.t.
8
Laurens Ten Dam
DOMINA VACANZE
s.t.
9
Kai Reus
MAGENTA ALL-STARS
s.t.
10
Pieter Weening
PHILIPS - HUMMEL
s.t.
11
Rob Ruijgh
ZENMIND - EVOLUTION
s.t.
12
Bram Tankink
NVIDIA
s.t.
13
Marc De Maar
CARLSBERG
s.t.
14
Ricardo Van der Velde
MAGENTA ALL-STARS
s.t.
15
Theo Eltink
PHILIPS - HUMMEL
s.t.
16
Addy Engels
WARNER BROTHERS
s.t.
17
Stef Clement
NINTENDO - HONDA
s.t.
18
Remmert Wielinga
ACCUMALUX - FORMEX
s.t.
19
Tim Dees
FESTINA
s.t.
20
Steven Kruijswijk
B&O
s.t.
21
Martijn Keizer
WHITE BEAR STEYR
+ 4'04
22
Martijn Maaskant
LA/MSS/PEARL JAM
+ 5'44
23
Sebastian Langeveld
VIRGIN MEDIA - CAISSE D'EPARGNE
s.t.
24
Michiel Elijzen
LA/MSS/PEARL JAM
s.t.
25
Gerben Löwik
CHAMPION
s.t.
26
Bram Schmitz
LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT
s.t.
27
Mathieu Heijboer
FRANCE TELEVISIONS
s.t.
28
Bas Giling
ZENMIND - EVOLUTION
s.t.
29
Tom Veelers
B&O
+ 6'09
30
Koen De Kort
FRANCE TELEVISIONS
s.t.
31
Bobbie Traksel
DOMINA VACANZE
s.t.
32
Tom Leezer
LA/MSS/PEARL JAM
s.t.
33
Alain Van Katwijk
NINTENDO - HONDA
s.t.
34
Niki Terpstra
IRN BRU - RBS
s.t.
35
Bauke Mollema
FRANCE TELEVISIONS
s.t.
36
Rick Flens
LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT
s.t.
37
Niels Scheunemann
PHILIPS - HUMMEL
+ 8'37
38
Cornelius Van Ooijen
IRN BRU - RBS
s.t.
39
Steven De Jongh
WARNER BROTHERS
s.t.
40
Dennis Van Winden
LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT
+ 10'53
41
Boy Van Poppel
EUROSPORT
+ 11'17
42
Hans Dekkers
ZENMIND - EVOLUTION
+ 11'33
43
Marco Bos
CHAMPION
+ 13'17
44
Matthé Pronk
EUROSPORT
+ 15'01
45
Ismaël Kip
LA GAZETTA DELLO SPORT
+ 22'29
46
Theo Bos
NINTENDO - HONDA
+ 30'13
TT
Rick Flens was an early starter and started very strongly. He would lead at the first 2 checkpoints and not be beaten by any other rider on the day. But would his time at the finish stand?
It would not, Lars Boom was the first to beat it
Martijn Keizer then surprisingly took the lead, only to lose it to Robert Gesink
Kai Reus finished just 6 seconds behind Gesink
But the main interest was Dekker. He trailed Gesink by 3 seconds at the first two checkpoints, but he turned it around at the finish to remain the national TT champion