1999 Omloop Het Volk ( HC)
This race is now "Omloop Het Nieuwsblad"
53rd edition: February 27, 1999
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad podium history | 1998 edition | 2000 edition
Ghent-Lokeren, 202 km / 38.846 km/hr
193 starters / 44 classified finishers
Frank Vandenbroucke has escaped with Wilfried Peeters in the race's closing kilometers. TDW photo
The race: Fran Vandenbroucke won the first important race on the 1999 Belgian calender.
Historically, this race is contested with extraordinary aggression and the 1999 edition, raced in very cold rain, was no exception. The usual sets of breakaways attacking and getting caught played out over most of the race.
On a stretch of pave in the closing kilometers the big move went away: Frank Vandenbroucke, Tom Steels, Wilfried Peeters, Johan Museeuw, Andrei Tchmil, Jo Planckaert, Wim Feys, Peter van Petegem (winner in 1997 and '98) and Servais Knaven. Vandenbroucke was unique in having no teammates in this powerful break.
From this break the attacks shot off, but it was Vandenbroucke's move that was the one that succeeded. Wilfried Peeters was able catch his wheel, but Vandenbroucke was on song that day. Peeters could do no more than hang on.
Vandenbroucke noted that Peeters was in a large gear. Vandenbroucke downshifted, jumped away and that was the race.
Complete Results:
| 1 | Frank Vandenbroucke | Cofidis | 5hr 12min |
| 2 | Wilfried Peeters | Mapei-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 3 | Tom Steels | Mapei-Quick Step | @ 34sec |
| 4 | Andrei Tchmil | Lotto-Mobistar | s.t. |
| 5 | Jo Planckaert | Lotto-Mobistar | s.t. |
| 6 | Johan Museeuw | Mapei-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 7 | Servais Knaven | TVM-Farm Frites | s.t. |
| 8 | Peter Van Petegem | TVM-Farm Frites | s.t. |
| 9 | Wim Feys | Lotto-Mobistar | 35'' |
| 10 | Chris Peers | Lotto-Mobistar | 1'44'' |
| 11 | Peter Farazijn | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 12 | Tristan Hoffman | TVM-Farm Frites | s.t. |
| 13 | Steven De Jongh | TVM-Farm Frites | s.t. |
| 14 | Fabian De Waele | Lotto-Mobistar | s.t. |
| 15 | Hendrik Van Dyck | TVM-Farm Frites | s.t. |
| 16 | Lars Michaelsen | La Française des Jeux | s.t. |
| 17 | Max Van Heeswijk | Mapei-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 18 | Romans Vainsteins | Vini Caldirola | s.t. |
| 19 | Robbie McEwen | Rabobank | s.t. |
| 20 | Frédéric Moncassin | Crédit Agricole | 1'44'' |
| 21 | Mario Aerts | Lotto-Mobistar | s.t. |
| 22 | Bert Dietz | Team Nürnberger | s.t. |
| 23 | Rolf Sørensen | Rabobank | s.t. |
| 24 | Arvis Piziks | Team Home-Jack & Jones | s.t. |
| 25 | Stuart O'Grady | Crédit Agricole | s.t. |
| 26 | Leon Van Bon | Rabobank | s.t. |
| 27 | Daniele Nardello | Mapei-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 28 | Marc Wauters | Rabobank | s.t. |
| 29 | Magnus Bäckstedt | Crédit Agricole | s.t. |
| 30 | Enrico Cassani | Polti | 2'55'' |
| 31 | Fabio Sacchi | Mapei-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 32 | Stive Vermaut | Vlaanderen 2002 | s.t. |
| 33 | Bert Roesems | Tönissteiner | s.t. |
| 34 | Kurt Van Lancker | Vlaanderen 2002 | s.t. |
| 35 | Steve De Wolf | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 36 | Nicolay Bo Larsen | Team Home-Jack & Jones | s.t. |
| 37 | Cristian Moreni | Liquigas | s.t. |
| 38 | Jan Schaffrath | Deutsche Telekom | s.t. |
| 39 | Rolf Aldag | Deutsche Telekom | s.t. |
| 40 | Geert Van Bondt | TVM-Farm Frites | s.t. |
| 41 | Axel Merckx | Mapei-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 42 | Zbigniew Spruch | Lampre-Daikin | 4'35'' |
| 43 | Maarten Den Bakker | Rabobank | 5'55'' |
| 44 | Jesper Skibby | Team Home-Jack & Jones | s.t. |