La Léende des Frontières is an initiative of Nico Mattan. He would like to help the village of East Cappelle on the border with France with the restoration of their church. That is why he asked his former colleagues to raise another number. Many responded to that. “We have been working on this for about eight months to organize Gentlemen’s course. We have a strong field of participants with Johan Museeuw, Peter van Petegem, Niko Eeckhout, and Peter Farazijn,” said organizer.
The biggest name at the start is Johan Museeuw. 3 x round of Flanders, 3 x Paris Roubaix and world champion.
The riders have to make fifteen laps of riders. Each round is half over Belgian and French territory. On two laps from the end, 5 men drive away with Museeuw, Eeckhout and Van Petegem. Eeckhout does not count on his sprint and wins solo. Museeuw spurts in the background to a second place.