October 20, 2006 – Here are October 17’s results from Putte-Kapellen, Belgium, 177.2 km:

1 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Unibet.com 3.43.00 (47.69 km/h)
2 Benny De Schrooder (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen
3 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
4 Jens Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.05
5 Folkert De Haan (Ned) Ubbink-Syntec Cycling Team 0.09
6 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto 0.29
7 Wouter Mol (Bel) Fondas-P3Transfer Team
8 Denis Flahaut (Fra) Flanders
9 Tom Steels (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
10 Geert Omloop (Bel) Unibet.com
11 Maarten Den Bakker (Ned) Team Milram

October 12, 2005 – The road season is winding down, but not quite done. Lotto’s Gert Steegmans took yesterday’s Nationale Sluitingprijs, a 177km race in Belgium. Disco’s Roger Hammond took second.

Results:

1. Gert Steegmans (Bel) Davitamon – Lotto 3.38.09 (48.78 km/h)
2. Roger Hammond (GBr) Discovery Channel
3. Rudi Kemna (Ned) Shimano – Memory Corp 0.04
4. Max Van Heeswijk (Ned) Discovery Channel
5. Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Quickstep
6. Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques – T Interim
7. Michael Blanchy (Bel) Jartazi Granville Team
8. Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Bodysol- Win for Life – Jong Vlaanderen
9. Jurgen Van Loocke (Bel) Landbouwkrediet – Colnago
10. Rik Reinerink (Ned) Shimano – Memory Corp