E3 Prijs Harelbeke podium history | 2001 edition | 2003 edition

Winner Dario Pieri racing in the 2002 Gent-Wevelgem. Sirotti photo

The race: The day's break of three riders was caught with 27 kilometers to go.

Soon after the trio was caught, a small group containing Dario pieri, Jo Planckaert, Johan Museeuw and Peter Van Petegem, among others, got away.

From that group, Dario Pieri escaped on a stretch of cobbles in Kaster. Jo Planckaert was able to bridge up to Pieri and that was the race.

Pieri was enjoying extraordinary form that day and easily won the sprint to win his first race in two years

Complete results:

209 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.000 km/hr

191 starters, 111 classified finishers

1	Dario Pieri	Alessio	4hr 45min 0sec
2	Jo Planckaert	Cofidis	s.t.
3	Johan Museeuw	Domo-Farm Frites	@ 27"
4	Paolo Bettini	Mapei-Quick Step	s.t.
5	Peter Van Petegem	Lotto-Adecco	28"
6	Peter Farazijn	Cofidis	s.t.
7	Martin Hvastija	Alessio	39"
8	Steffen Wesemann	Telekom	s.t.
9	Fred Rodriguez	Domo-Farm Frites	s.t.
10	Chris Peers	Cofidis	s.t.
11	Andrej Hauptman	Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola	1'27"
12	Arturas Kasputis	Ag2r	s.t.
13	Robert Hunter	Mapei-Quick Step	1'41"
14	Nico Eeckhout	Lotto-Adecco	s.t.
15	Hendrik Van Dijck	Palmans-Collstrop	s.t.
16	Cristian Moreni	Alessio	s.t.
17	Laszlo Bodrogi	Mapei-Quick Step	1'50"
18	Matthew Wilson	FDJ	s.t.
19	Gianluca Bortolami	Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola	s.t.
20	Danilo Hondo	Telekom	s.t.
21	Alberto Vinale	Alessio	s.t.
22	Markus Zberg	Rabobank	s.t.
23	Gorik Gardeyn	Lotto-Adecco	s.t.
24	Mauro Zanetti	Alessio	s.t.
25	Lars Michaelsen	Team Coast	s.t.
26	Paul Van Hyfte	CSC-Tiscali	s.t.
27	Kristof Trouvé	Palmans-Collstrop	s.t.
28	Mauro Gerosa	Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola	s.t.
29	Stefan Van Dijk	Lotto-Adecco	s.t.
30	Philippe Gaumont	Cofidis	s.t.
31	Frédéric Guesdon	FDJ	s.t.
32	Michel Van Haecke	Landbouwkrediet	s.t.
33	Raphaël Schweda	Team Coast	s.t.
34	Vladimir Smirnov	Colpack-Astro	s.t.
35	Aart Vierhouten	Lotto-Adecco	s.t.
36	Tristan Hoffman	CSC-Tiscali	s.t.
37	Pedro Horrillo	Mapei-Quick Step	s.t.
38	Christophe Mengin	FDJ	s.t.
39	Stephan Schreck	Telekom	s.t.
40	Fabian De Waele	Mapei-Quick Step	s.t.
41	Coen Boerman	Rabobank	s.t.
42	Andreas Klier	Telekom	s.t.
43	Tony Bracke	Palmans-Collstrop	s.t.
44	Rolf Sörensen	Landbouwkrediet	s.t.
45	Marc Wauters	Rabobank	s.t.
46	Max Van Heeswijk	Domo-Farm Frites	2'20"
47	Marcus Ljungqvist	Team Fakta	5'39"
48	Leonardo Giordani	Colpack-Astro	s.t.
49	Frank Höj	Team Coast	s.t.
50	Rafael Mateos Perez	Colpack-Astro	s.t.
51	Bert Scheirlinckx	RDM-Flanders	s.t.
52	Nico Mattan	Cofidis	s.t.
53	Matthé Pronk	Rabobank	11'21"
54	Tom Desmet	Marlux-Ville de Charleroi	s.t.
55	Kris Matthijs	Marlux-Ville de Charleroi	s.t.
56	Servais Knaven	Domo-Farm Frites	s.t.
57	Thijs Al	Bankgiroloterij-Batavus	s.t.
58	Stijn Vanstraelen	RDM-Flanders	s.t.
59	Wim Van Huffel	Vlaanderen-T Interim	s.t.
60	Wilfried Cretskens	Domo-Farm Frites	s.t.
61	Jurgen Landrie	RDM-Flanders	s.t.
62	Alexandar Nikacevic	Alessio	s.t.
63	Stefano Casagranda	Alessio	s.t.
64	Sébastien Joly	Bonjour	s.t.
65	Paolo Fornaciari	Mapei-Quick Step	s.t.
66	Mauro Radaelli	Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola	s.t.
67	Emmanuel Magnien	Bonjour	s.t.
68	Thomas Voeckler	Bonjour	s.t.
69	Marco Engels	RDM-Flanders	s.t.
70	Marek Salermo	RDM-Flanders	s.t.
71	Alessandro Cortinovis	Lampre-Daikin	s.t.
72	Bart Leysen	Palmans-Collstrop	s.t.
73	Roger Hammond	Palmans-Collstrop	s.t.
74	Geert Omloop	Palmans-Collstrop	s.t.
75	Paolo Bossoni	Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola	s.t.
76	Nicola Minali	Tacconi Sport-Vini Caldirola	s.t.
77	Steven De Jongh	Rabobank	s.t.
78	Ludo Dierckxsens	Lampre-Daikin	s.t.
79	Gerben Löwik	Bankgiroloterij-Batavus	s.t.
80	Marcel Duijn	Rabobank	s.t.
81	Steven Van Malderghem	Landbouwkrediet	s.t.
82	Leif Hoste	Domo-Farm Frites	s.t.
83	Jan Boven	Rabobank	s.t.
84	Rolf Aldag	Telekom	s.t.
85	Jeff Louder	Landbouwkrediet	s.t.
86	Michael Skelde	Team Fakta	s.t.
87	Tom Steels	Mapei-Quick Step	s.t.
88	Hans De Clercq	Lotto-Adecco	s.t.
89	Marco Serpellini	Lampre-Daikin	s.t.
90	Zbigniew Spruch	Lampre-Daikin	s.t.
91	Kurt-Asle Arvesen	Team Fakta	s.t.
92	Allan Johansen	Team Fakta	s.t.
93	Ralf Grabsch	Telekom	s.t.
94	Johan Verstrepen	Lampre-Daikin	s.t.
95	Erik Lievens	Landbouwkrediet	s.t.
96	André Korff	Team Coast	s.t.
97	Rubens Bertogliati	Lampre-Daikin	s.t.
98	Michael Giebelmann	Team Wiesenhof	s.t.
99	Thomas Bodo	FDJ	s.t.
100	Andy Flickinger	Ag2r	s.t.
101	Ludovic Capelle	Ag2r	s.t.
102	Jimmy Casper	FDJ	s.t.
103	Geoffrey Demeyere	Vlaanderen-T Interim	s.t.
104	Stijn Devolder	Vlaanderen-T Interim	s.t.
105	Tom Flammang	Cofidis	s.t.
106	Corrado Serina	Index-Alexia	s.t.
107	Matteo Carrara	Cofidis	s.t.
108	Eddy Serri	Index-Alexia	s.t.
109	Robert Sassone	Cofidis	s.t.
110	Franck Perque	FDJ	s.t.
111	Kai Hundertmarck	Telekom	s.t.