Last week Michael Boogerd was suspended for two years for doping and lost all his results between 2005 and 2007. However, the 43-year-old will still keep his titles from the criterium in Boxmeer in 2005, 2006 and 2007 continue to call . The organizers have decided not to change the honour rolll.

Race director Pierre Hermans tells De Gelderlander that it makes little sense to look at the past and he prefers to look ahead. Boogerd holds the record with five victories in the criterium that is traditionally held on the Monday after the Tour de France.