Arnstadt's Marcel Kittel has won the Scheldeprijs again after his victories in the past two years. In an impressive manner he prevailed in front of the American Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Sharp) and the Dutchman Danny van Poppel (Trek).
“I am happy that I was able to win the Scheldeprijs for the third time in a row”, so smock, "This is something very special for me!"
The 200 kilometers from Antwerp to Schoten are usually marked by falls. However, this year there were no incidents. On the contrary. A leading group around Britain's Luke Rowe (Sky), who was able to hold his ground in front of the field up to a few kilometers from the finish, made for positive headlines. The FDJ.fr team had set the pace for a long time, but ended up getting nothing.
He drastically melted the lead of the front runners as Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) started to force Alessandro Petacchi into the final. In the last three kilometers, Giant-Shimano finally showed up at the front of the field. In the end, both teams got good results. The Raublinger Team NetApp-Endura can also be happy about Sam Bennett's fifth place.
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