September 7, 2006 – Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen won the 15th Memorial Rik van Steenbergen in Belgium yesterday. Canada’s Mark Walters (Navigators) had a good day in the 30-man lead break and helped teammate Hilton Clarke to a 6th place finish.

15th Memorial Rik van Steenbergen – 1.1
Belgium, September 6, 2006

Results – 200 kms

1 Nico Eeckhout (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 4.15.30
2 Robbie Mc Ewen (Aus) Davitamon-Lotto
3 Steffen Radochla (Ger) Team Wiesenhof Akud
4 Marco Zanotti (Ita) Unibet.com
5 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Team Lamonta
6 Hilton Clarke (Aus) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team
7 Nick Nuyens (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic
8 Bart Veyt (Bel) Flanders
9 Wouter Van Mechelen (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen
10 Sven Vanthourenhout (Bel) Rabobank Continental
11 William Bonnet (Fra) Crédit Agricole
12 Frédéric Amorison (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
13 Sebastiaan Langeveld (Ned) Skil-Shimano
14 Andy Cappelle (Bel) Landbouwkrediet-Colnago
15 Thierry De Groote (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile
16 Juan Jose Oroz Ugalde (Spa) Kaiku
17 Bert Scheirlinckx (Bel) Jartazi-7Mobile
18 Geert Omloop (Bel) Unibet.com
19 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen
20 Serge Baguet (Bel) Quickstep-Innergetic
21 Rob Ruijgh (Ned) Rabobank Continental
22 Peter Wuyts (Bel) Palmans Collstrop
23 Björn Glasner (Ger) Team Lamonta
24 Nico Mattan (Bel) Davitamon-Lotto
25 Leo Fortin (Fra) Credit Agricole
26 Frederik Willems (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen 0.09
27 Jens Renders (Bel) Chocolade Jacques-Topsport Vlaanderen
28 Mark Walters (Can) Navigators Insurance Cycling Team 0.12