2017 Scheldeprijs (HC)
(Grand Prix de l'Escaut), Belgium
105th edition: Wednesday, April 5, 2017
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Mol - Schoten, 200.5 km
Marcel Kittel gets another one
The Race: Here's the story from winner Marcel Kittel's Quick Step team.
Marcel Kittel was unstoppable at the 105th edition of Scheldeprijs, which marked Tom Boonen's final pro race in front of his home supporters. The 36-year-old Belgian, who will retire after Sunday's Paris-Roubaix, was prominent at the front during the entire race – which left from Mol, his birthplace, and passed through his hometown of Balen – and guided the bunch inside the closing stages of the race, before a big crash split the peloton with four kilometers remaining, leaving around 20 riders to fight for victory in Schoten.
Launched by an excellent Matteo Trentin, who picked up lead-out duties after Fabio Sabatini hit the ground, Marcel opened his sprint with 250 meters remaining and held off the charge of Elia Viviani (Team Sky) and Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis) to take his fifth win at Scheldeprijs and extend his record at Flanders' oldest classic, where he first triumphed in 2012.
"It was some pressure to win, being the defending champion, and I'm happy I could finish off the great job of my teammates. It was an important day also because Tom rode for the last time in Belgium. He was incredible during the race, sacrificing himself for the team and for a good result, despite having his big goal of the season on Sunday. He showed again what a great rider he is and I'm happy to end my relationship with him in such a manner. I hope he will have reasons to smile after Paris-Roubaix, where I wish him all the best in his attempt to bring a fifth cobble-shaped trophy home", said Marcel, who so far this season has racked up seven victories.
"The atmosphere in the team is fantastic, we are winning everywhere and that gives us all a huge motivation to keep going like that. You could see that also today, when everyone was involved in the chase, from Tim to Zdenek and from Saba, who unfortunately crashed, to Tom. I'm grateful to all of them! Can't say how happy I am to win again this race, which I like a lot", continued Marcel, who also talked of his plans for the next weeks: "I'll now take a break before returning to the Tour of California. It will be only my second time there, but I'm looking forward to this race, because it's very well-organised and the atmosphere is fantastic."
A two-time winner of Scheldeprijs, Tom Boonen waved goodbye on Wednesday afternoon to his countrymen, who came in huge numbers to cheer for him, in both Mol and Schoten: "Today was really incredible! I was touched by the welcome I received and by the huge support I got from the fans. I would never have dreamed of such incredible moments. I want to thank everyone for turning out and to the organizers for moving the start to Mol, making it a day I will never forget!"
Complete Results:
200.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.679 km/hr
| 1 | Marcel KITTEL | Quick-Step | 4hr 35min 25sec |
| 2 | Elia VIVIANI | Sky | s.t. |
| 3 | Nacer BOUHANNI | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 4 | Jurgen ROELANDTS | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 5 | Pascal ACKERMANN | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 6 | Rudy BARBIER | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 7 | Reinardt JANSE VAN RENSBURG | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 8 | Marc SARREAU | FDJ | s.t. |
| 9 | Ramon SINKELDAM | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 10 | Jonas VAN GENECHTEN | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 11 | Ivan GARCIA CORTINA | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 12 | Boy VAN POPPEL | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 13 | Robin STENUIT | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
| 14 | Edward THEUNS | Trek-Segafredo | @ 2sec |
| 15 | Michael MORKOV | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 16 | Tom VAN ASBROECK | Cannondale Drapac | s.t. |
| 17 | Wouter WIPPERT | Cannondale Drapac | s.t. |
| 18 | Kevin ISTA | WB Veranclassic | s.t. |
| 19 | Erwann CORBEL | Fortuneo-Vital Concept | s.t. |
| 20 | Matteo TRENTIN | Quick-Step | @ 5sec |
| 21 | Timothy DUPONT | Veranda's Willems-Crelan | s.t. |
| 22 | Rick ZABEL | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 23 | Dmitriy GRUZDEV | Astana | s.t. |
| 24 | Rüdiger SELIG | Bora-hansgrohe | @ 7sec |
| 25 | Ryan GIBBONS | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 26 | Marcel SIEBERG | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 27 | Laurens DE VREESE | Astana | s.t. |
| 28 | Gediminas BAGDONAS | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 29 | Frederik BACKAERT | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
| 30 | Wesley KREDER | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
| 31 | Patrick BEVIN | Cannondale Drapac | s.t. |
| 32 | Stijn DEVOLDER | Veranda's Willems-Crelan | s.t. |
| 33 | Maxime DANIEL | Fortuneo-Vital Concept | s.t. |
| 34 | Marco HALLER | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 35 | Liam BERTAZZO | Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia | @ 12sec |
| 36 | Mickael DELAGE | FDJ | @ 13sec |
| 37 | Boris VALLEE | Fortuneo-Vital Concept | s.t. |
| 38 | Lukas SPENGLER | WB Veranclassic | s.t. |
| 39 | Jonathan DIEBBEN | Sky | s.t. |
| 40 | Bernhard EISEL | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 41 | Coen VERMELTFOORT | Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | s.t. |
| 42 | Iljo KEISSE | Quick-Step | @ 20sec |
| 43 | Tom BOONEN | Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 44 | NICCOLO' BONIFAZIO | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 45 | Geoffrey SOUPE | Cofidis | 22 |
| 46 | Riccardo MINALI | Astana | 24 |
| 47 | Moreno HOFLAND | Lotto Soudal | 27 |
| 48 | Christoph PFINGSTEN | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 49 | Julien DUVAL | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 50 | Tim ARIESEN | Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | 32 |
| 51 | Preben VAN HECKE | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 34 |
| 52 | Christian KNEES | Sky | 48 |
| 53 | Jacopo GUARNIERI | FDJ | s.t. |
| 54 | Scott THWAITES | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 55 | Gianni MOSCON | Sky | +1:06 |
| 56 | Alex TURRIN | Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia | +1:24 |
| 57 | Reto HOLLENSTEIN | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 58 | Dylan GROENEWEGEN | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 59 | Andre LOOIJ | Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | s.t. |
| 60 | Luke ROWE | Sky | +1:28 |
| 61 | Stijn VANDENBERGH | Ag2r La Mondiale | +1:30 |
| 62 | Bert DE BACKER | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 63 | Sander CORDEEL | Veranda's Willems-Crelan | s.t. |
| 64 | Zdenek ŠTYBAR | Quick-Step | +1:37 |
| 65 | Erik BASKA | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 66 | Andreas SCHILLINGER | Bora-hansgrohe | +1:43 |
| 67 | Davide MARTINELLI | Quick-Step | +1:56 |
| 68 | Etienne VAN EMPEL | Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | +1:56 |
| 69 | Luka PIBERNIK | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 70 | Borut BOZIC | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 71 | Giuseppe FONZI | Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia | s.t. |
| 72 | Jarl SALOMEIN | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 73 | Christophe MASSON | WB Veranclassic | s.t. |
| 74 | Oliver NAESEN | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 75 | Lawrence NAESEN | WB Veranclassic | s.t. |
| 76 | Mike TEUNISSEN | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 77 | Lennard HOFSTEDE | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 78 | Ludwig DE WINTER | WB Veranclassic | s.t. |
| 79 | Lennard KÄMNA | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 80 | Meiyin WANG | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 81 | Ludovic ROBEET | WB Veranclassic | s.t. |
| 82 | Jenthe BIERMANS | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 83 | Elie GESBERT | Fortuneo-Vital Concept | s.t. |
| 84 | Hugo HOULE | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 85 | Ion Ander INSAUSTI | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 86 | Nikolas MAES | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 87 | Jelle WALLAYS | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 88 | Kiel REIJNEN | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 89 | Michal KOLÁR | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 90 | PIERRE LUC PERICHON | Fortuneo-Vital Concept | s.t. |
| 91 | Tony GALLOPIN | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 92 | Daniel HOELGAARD | FDJ | s.t. |
| 93 | Matthieu LADAGNOUS | FDJ | s.t. |
| 94 | Brian VAN GOETHEM | Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | s.t. |
| 95 | Michaël VAN STAEYEN | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 96 | Hugo Hofstetter | Cofidis | +2:04 |
| 97 | Florian SENECHAL | Cofidis | +2:45 |
| 98 | Kevin DELTOMBE | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | +3:10 |
| 99 | Fabio SABATINI | Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 100 | Rafael ANDRIATO | Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia | s.t. |
| 101 | Owain DOULL | Sky | +3:25 |
| 102 | Ian STANNARD | Sky | s.t. |
| 103 | Tim DECLERCQ | Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 104 | Zico WAEYTENS | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 105 | Jesper ASSELMAN | Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | s.t. |
| 106 | Twan CASTELIJNS | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 107 | Olivier LE GAC | FDJ | s.t. |
| 108 | Arman KAMYSHEV | Astana | s.t. |
| 109 | Alexis GOUGEARD | Ag2r La Mondiale | +3:36 |
| 110 | Franck BONNAMOUR | Fortuneo-Vital Concept | s.t. |
| 111 | Jonas RICKAERT | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | +3:49 |
| 112 | Bert VAN LERBERGHE | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 113 | Maxime FARAZIJN | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 114 | Pieter VANSPEYBROUCK | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
| 115 | Kenneth VANBILSEN | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 116 | Maarten WYNANTS | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 117 | Tyler FARRAR | Dimension Data | +4:24 |
| 118 | Baptiste PLANCKAERT | Katusha Alpecin | +4:55 |
| 119 | Mads Würtz SCHMIDT | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 120 | Robert Thomas WAGNER | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 121 | Gijs VAN HOECKE | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 122 | Arnaud DEMARE | FDJ | +5:25 |
| 123 | Gregory RAST | Trek-Segafredo | +5:26 |
| 124 | Matti BRESCHEL | Astana | s.t. |
| 125 | Eugenio ALAFACI | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 126 | Zhandos BIZHIGITOV | Astana | s.t. |
| 127 | Francis MOUREY | Fortuneo-Vital Concept | s.t. |
| 128 | Eugert ZHUPA | Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia | s.t. |
| 129 | Matthias BRÄNDLE | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 130 | Matteo DRAPERI | Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia | s.t. |
| 131 | Edward PLANCKAERT | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 132 | Michael GOOLAERTS | Veranda's Willems-Crelan | s.t. |
| 133 | Elias VAN BREUSSEGEM | Veranda's Willems-Crelan | s.t. |
| 134 | Otto VERGAERDE | Veranda's Willems-Crelan | s.t. |
| 135 | Nico DENZ | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 136 | Taco VAN DER HOORN | Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | s.t. |
| 137 | Mark MCNALLY | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
| 138 | Tom SCULLY | Cannondale Drapac | s.t. |
| 139 | Sebastian LANGEVELD | Cannondale Drapac | s.t. |
| 140 | Youcef REGUIGUI | Dimension Data | +6:11 |
| 141 | Lars Ytting BAK | Lotto Soudal | +6:22 |
| 142 | Steven LAMMERTINK | Lotto NL-Jumbo | +7:24 |
| 143 | Lars BOOM | Lotto NL-Jumbo | +7:26 |
| 144 | Stijn STEELS | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 145 | Pim LIGTHART | Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | s.t. |
| 146 | Timo ROOSEN | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 147 | Julien STASSEN | WB Veranclassic | s.t. |
| 148 | Frederik VEUCHELEN | Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
| 149 | Ruslan TLEUBAYEV | Astana | s.t. |
| 150 | William CLARKE | Cannondale Drapac | s.t. |
| 151 | Matteo PELUCCHI | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 152 | Jay Robert THOMSON | Dimension Data | +9:51 |
| 153 | Max WALSCHEID | Sunweb | +11:05 |
| 154 | Christophe PRÉMONT | Veranda's Willems-Crelan | +13:26 |
| 155 | Marco MATHIS | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
Start list with back numbers, April 4, 2017:
| QUICK-STEP FLOORS | |
| 1 | KITTEL Marcel |
| 2 | BOONEN Tom |
| 3 | DECLERCQ Tim |
| 4 | KEISSE Iljo |
| 5 | MARTINELLI Davide |
| 6 | SABATINI Fabio |
| 7 | STYBAR Zdenek |
| 8 | TRENTIN Matteo |
| BORA-HANSGROHE | |
| 11 | SAGAN Peter |
| 12 | ACKERMANN Pascal |
| 13 | BASKA Erik |
| 14 | KOLAR Michal |
| 15 | PELUCCHI Matteo |
| 16 | PFINGSTEN Christoph |
| 17 | SCHILLINGER Andreas |
| 18 | SELIG Rüdiger |
| LOTTO-SOUDAL | |
| 21 | GREIPEL André |
| 22 | BAK Lars Ytting |
| 23 | GALLOPIN Tony |
| 24 | HOFLAND Moreno |
| 25 | MAES Nikolas |
| 26 | ROELANDTS Jurgen |
| 27 | SIEBERG Marcel |
| 28 | WALLAYS Jelle |
| AG2R LA MONDIALE | |
| 31 | NAESEN Oliver |
| 32 | BAGDONAS Gediminas |
| 33 | BARBIER Rudy |
| 34 | DENZ Nico |
| 35 | DUVAL Julien |
| 36 | GOUGEARD Alexis |
| 37 | HOULE Hugo |
| 38 | VANDENBERGH Stijn |
| ASTANA | |
| 41 | MINALI Riccardo |
| 42 | BIZHIGITOV Zhandos |
| 43 | BRESCHEL Matti |
| 44 | DE VREESE Laurens |
| 45 | GRUZDEV Dmitriy |
| 46 | KAMYSHEV Arman |
| 47 | KORSAETH Truls Engen |
| 48 | TLEUBAYEV Ruslan |
| BAHRAIN-MERIDA | |
| 51 | BONIFAZIO Niccolo |
| 52 | BOZIC Borut |
| 53 | GARCIA Ivan |
| 55 | INSAUSTI Jon Ander |
| 57 | PIBERNIK Luka |
| 58 | WANG Mei Yin |
| CANNONDALE-DRAPAC | |
| 61 | WIPPERT Wouter |
| 62 | BEVIN Patrick |
| 63 | CLARKE William |
| 64 | LANGEVELD Sebastian |
| 65 | SCULLY Thomas |
| 66 | VAN ASBROECK Tom |
| FDJ | |
| 71 | DEMARE Arnaud |
| 72 | DELAGE Mickael |
| 73 | GUARNIERI Jacopo |
| 74 | HOELGAARD Daniel |
| 75 | LADAGNOUS Matthieu |
| 76 | LE GAC Olivier |
| 77 | SARREAU Marc |
| DIMENSION DATA | |
| 81 | FARRAR Tyler |
| 82 | EISEL Bernhard |
| 83 | GIBBONS Ryan |
| 84 | JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt |
| 85 | REGUIGUI Youcef |
| 86 | RENSHAW Mark |
| 87 | THOMSON Jay Robert |
| 88 | THWAITES Scott |
| KATUSHA-ALPECIN | |
| 91 | PLANCKAERT Baptiste |
| 92 | BIERMANS Jenthe |
| 93 | HALLER Marco |
| 94 | HOLLENSTEIN Reto |
| 95 | MATHIS Marco |
| 96 | MORKOV Michael |
| 97 | WÜRTZ SCHMIDT Mads |
| 98 | ZABEL Rick |
| LOTTO NL-JUMBO | |
| 101 | GROENEWEGEN Dylan |
| 102 | BOOM Lars |
| 103 | CASTELIJNS Twan |
| 104 | LAMMERTINK Steven |
| 105 | ROOSEN Timo |
| 106 | VAN HOECKE Gijs |
| 107 | WAGNER Robert |
| 108 | WYNANTS Maarten |
| TEAM SKY | |
| 111 | VIVIANI Elia |
| 112 | DIBBEN Jonathan |
| 113 | DOULL Owain |
| 114 | KNEES Christian |
| 115 | MOSCON Gianni |
| 116 | ROWE Luke |
| 117 | STANNARD Ian |
| 118 | VAN POPPEL Danny |
| TEAM SUNWEB | |
| 121 | BAUHAUS Phil |
| 122 | DE BACKER Bert |
| 123 | HOFSTEDE Lennard |
| 124 | KÄMNA Lennard |
| 125 | SINKELDAM Ramon |
| 126 | TEUNISSEN Mike |
| 127 | WAEYTENS Zico |
| 128 | WALSCHEID Max |
| TREK-SEGAFREDO | |
| 131 | THEUNS Edward |
| 132 | ALAFACI Eugenio |
| 134 | BRANDLE Matthias |
| 135 | PEDERSEN Mads |
| 136 | RAST Grégory |
| 137 | REIJNEN Kiel |
| 138 | VAN POPPEL Boy |
| COFIDIS | |
| 141 | BOUHANNI Nacer |
| 142 | CLAEYS Dimitri |
| 143 | HOFSTETTER Hugo |
| 144 | SENECHAL Florian |
| 145 | SOUPE Geoffrey |
| 146 | VAN STAEYEN Michael |
| 147 | VAN BILSEN Kenneth |
| 148 | VAN GENECHTEN Jonas |
| FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | |
| 151 | MCLAY Daniel |
| 152 | BONNAMOUR Franck |
| 153 | CORBEL Erwann |
| 154 | DANIEL Maxime |
| 155 | GESBERT Elie |
| 156 | MOUREY Francis |
| 157 | PERICHON Pierre-Luc |
| 158 | VALLEE Boris |
| ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ | |
| 161 | LOOIJ André |
| 162 | ARIESEN Tim |
| 163 | ASSELMAN Jesper |
| 164 | LIGTHART Pim |
| 165 | VAN DER HOORN Taco |
| 166 | VAN EMPEL Etienne |
| 167 | VAN GOETHEM Brian |
| 168 | VERMELTFOORT Coen |
| SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE | |
| 171 | VAN HECKE Preben |
| 172 | DELTOMBE Kevin |
| 173 | FARAZIJN Maxime |
| 174 | PLANCKAERT Edward |
| 175 | RICKAERT Jonas |
| 176 | SALOMEIN Jarl |
| 177 | STEELS Stijn |
| 178 | VAN LERBERGHE Bert |
| VERANDA'S WILLEMS-CRELAN | |
| 181 | DUPONT Timothy |
| 182 | CORDEEL Sander |
| 183 | DEVOLDER Stijn |
| 184 | GOOLAERTS Michael |
| 185 | VAN ZUMMEREN Stef |
| 186 | PREMONT Christophe |
| 187 | VAN BREUSSEGEM Elias |
| 188 | VERGAERDE Otto |
| WANTY–GROUPE GOBERT | |
| 191 | VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter |
| 192 | BACKAERT Frederik |
| 193 | KREDER Wesley |
| 194 | MCNALLY Mark |
| 196 | PASQUALON Andrea |
| 197 | STENUIT Robin |
| 198 | VEUCHELEN Frederik |
| WB-VERANCLASSIC AQUALITY PROTECT | |
| 201 | JANS Roy |
| 202 | DE WINTER Ludwig |
| 203 | ROBEET Ludovic |
| 204 | ISTA Kevin |
| 205 | MASSON Christophe |
| 206 | NAESEN Lawrence |
| 207 | SPENGLER Lukas |
| 208 | STASSEN Julien |
| WILIER-SELLE ITALIA | |
| 212 | ANDRIATO Rafael |
| 213 | BERTAZZO Liam |
| 214 | DRAPERI Matteo |
| 215 | FONZI Giuseppe |
| 217 | TURRIN Alex |
| 218 | ZHUPA Eugert |