2025 Scheldeprijs (1.Pro)
(Grand Prix de l'Escaut), Belgium
113th edition: Wednesday, April 9, 2025
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Terneuzen - Schoten, 202.8 km
Tim Merlier wins the 2025 Scheldeprijs. Getty photo
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Weather at the finish city of Schoten at 2:05 PM, ,local time: 15C (59F), sunny, with the wind from the north at 13 km/hr (8 mph). No rain is forecast.
The race: Alessio Delle Vedove (XDS Astana) & Erik Nordsaeter Resell (Uno-X Mobility) did not start.
Here's the race report from winner Tim Merlier's Team Soudal Quick-Step:
Tim Merlier delivered our team’s eighth victory in Scheldeprijs, after another huge sprint in Schoten, where the 113th edition of the race concluded. The European Champion put a bike length into his opponents, taking a well-deserved success that cemented his status as the world’s best sprinter.
A bunched-up peloton early in the race.
Victorious in 2025 before this race at the AlUla Tour, UAE Tour and Paris-Nice – at each of these taking a pair of stages – and runner-up in Gent-Wevelgem, Tim entered Scheldeprijs as one of the main favourites and didn’t disappoint in the finale, where he combined physical presence, positioning, timing and speed to score his 33rd win in the Soudal Quick-Step jersey.
The last ten kilometers of the day were hectic and marred by a crash, but Merlier avoided it, together with teammates Bert Van Lerberghe and Jordi Warlop, and the former was once again the one who brought his countryman in a good position from where Tim could stomp his sprinting authority.
“I am happy with this win, because Scheldeprijs was one of my goals this spring, and to take the victory again in front of my family feels special. The team did a great job today, chasing down the breakaway and keeping me protected. I didn’t know there was a crash in the final kilometers, but later I heard about it on the radio. Then, in the closing kilometer, Bert did a strong lead-out and made a sign with his arm so I could find a good spot. I found a space, wasn’t boxed out and could do my sprint just as I wanted. I am glad I could repay the guys with this victory, it’s something that gives us a lot of confidence for Sunday”, said Tim after making it back-to-back victories in Scheldeprijs.
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Complete results:
202.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 47.671 km/hr
| 1 | Tim Merlier | Soudal Quick-Step | 4hr 13min 15sec |
| 2 | Jasper Philipsen | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 3 | Matteo Moschetti | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 4 | Milan Fretin | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 5 | Danny van Poppel | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 6 | Stanislaw Aniolkowski | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 7 | Max Kanter | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 8 | Alexander Kristoff | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 9 | Pavel Bittner | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 10 | Sasha Weemaes | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 11 | Francisco Galván | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 12 | Dylan Groenewegen | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 13 | Ethan Vernon | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 14 | Julius van den Berg | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 15 | Jason Tesson | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 16 | Marc Brustenga | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 17 | Edward Theuns | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 18 | Cédric Beullens | Lotto | s.t. |
| 19 | Oded Kogut | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 20 | Callum Thornley | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 21 | Alex Colman | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 22 | Michiel Lambrecht | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 23 | Antonio Soto | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 24 | Elmar Reinders | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 25 | Bram Dissel | BEAT Cycling Club | s.t. |
| 26 | Simone Consonni | Lidl-Trek | @ 5sec |
| 27 | Cériel Desal | Wagner Bazin WB | 0:08 |
| 28 | Tim Declercq | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 29 | Jake Stewart | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 30 | Jonas Rickaert | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 0:10 |
| 31 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 32 | Davide Toneatti | XDS Astana Team | 0:12 |
| 33 | Tim Torn Teutenberg | Lidl-Trek | 0:17 |
| 34 | Max Walscheid | Team Jayco-AlUla | 0:21 |
| 35 | Gleb Syritsa | XDS Astana Team | 0:25 |
| 36 | Joshua Giddings | Lotto | 0:31 |
| 37 | Jordi Warlop | Soudal Quick-Step | 0:35 |
| 38 | Michael Schwarzmann | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 39 | Rory Townsend | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 0:39 |
| 40 | Jakob Söderqvist | Lidl-Trek | 0:44 |
| 41 | Florian Dauphin | Team TotalEnergies | 0:47 |
| 42 | Filip Maciejuk | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 43 | Sebastian Putz | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 44 | Alexis Renard | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 45 | Alberto Dainese | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 46 | Damien Touzé | Cofidis | 0:51 |
| 47 | Elia Viviani | Lotto | s.t. |
| 48 | Rasmus Bøgh Wallin | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 49 | Joren Bloem | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 50 | Timothy Dupont | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 51 | Daan van Sintmaartensdijk | BEAT Cycling Club | s.t. |
| 52 | Yentl Vandevelde | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 53 | Arne Santy | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 54 | Kiaan Watts | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 55 | Davide Bomboi | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 56 | Jens Reynders | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 57 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 58 | Cees Bol | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 59 | Jannik Steimle | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 60 | Jordy Decottignies | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 61 | Felix Meo | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 62 | Dylan Bibic | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 63 | Samuel Leroux | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 64 | Timo Roosen | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 65 | Thom van der Werff | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 66 | Gianni Marchand | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 67 | Ward Vanhoof | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 68 | Andrea Raccagni Noviero | Soudal Quick-Step | 0:56 |
| 69 | Gerben Thijssen | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 70 | Carlos Samudio | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 71 | Robert Donaldson | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 72 | Luka Mezgec | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 73 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 74 | Roel van Sintmaartensdijk | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 75 | Albert Withen Philipsen | Lidl-Trek | 1:34 |
| 76 | Daan Hoole | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 77 | Marius Mayrhofer | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 1:39 |
| 78 | Arne Marit | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 79 | Ewout De Keyser | Tarteletto-Isorex | 1:41 |
| 80 | Frederik Frison | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 1:43 |
| 81 | Lucas Boniface | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 82 | Anthony Turgis | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 83 | Campbell Stewart | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 84 | Loic Vliegen | Wagner Bazin WB | 1:53 |
| 85 | Axandre Van Petegem | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 86 | Geoffrey Soupe | Team TotalEnergies | 1:58 |
| 87 | Marijn Maas | BEAT Cycling Club | 2:18 |
| 88 | Johan Dorussen | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 89 | Petr Kelemen | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 90 | Joann Rolando | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 91 | Martin Pluto | BEAT Cycling Club | s.t. |
| 92 | Bo Godart | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 93 | Victor Vercouillie | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 94 | Yves Lampaert | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 95 | Michele Gazzoli | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 96 | Jelle Vermoote | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 97 | Vito Braet | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 98 | Baptiste Veistroffer | Lotto | 2:25 |
| 99 | Tars Poelvoorde | Lotto | s.t. |
| 100 | Alexander Krieger | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 2:32 |
| 101 | Robbe Ghys | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 2:38 |
| 102 | Vincent Van Hemelen | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 103 | Timo Kielich | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 104 | Siebe Bauwens | Tarteletto-Isorex | 2:44 |
| 105 | Brem Deman | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 106 | Hidde van Veenendaal | BEAT Cycling Club | 3:33 |
| 107 | Owen Geleijn | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 108 | Oier Lazkano | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 109 | Sente Sentjens | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 110 | Juan David Sierra | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 111 | Axel Huens | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 112 | Patrick Eddy | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 113 | Mika Heming | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 114 | Johan Price-Pejtersen | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 115 | Jasper De Buyst | Lotto | 3:35 |
| 116 | Sebastian Kolze Changizi | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 4:39 |
| 117 | Ayco Bastiaens | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 118 | Dries De Pooter | Intermarché-Wanty | 4:49 |
| 119 | Martijn Budding | Unibet Tietema Rockets | 5:20 |
| 120 | Lorenz Van de Wynkele | Lotto | s.t. |
| 121 | Itamar Einhorn | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 122 | Tuur Dens | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 123 | Andreas Stokbro | Unibet Tietema Rockets | s.t. |
| 124 | Amund Grøndahl Jansen | Uno-X Mobility | 6:48 |
| 125 | Joseph Pidcock | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 126 | Tijmen Eising | BEAT Cycling Club | s.t. |
| 127 | Sam Welsford | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 7:33 |
| 128 | Ryan Mullen | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 129 | Jelte Krijnsen | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 130 | Lars Loohuis | BEAT Cycling Club | s.t. |
| 131 | Ibai Azanza | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 132 | Lennert Belmans | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 133 | Nil Gimeno | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 134 | Mats Wenzel | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 135 | Abram Stockman | Unibet Tietema Rockets | 9:20 |
| 136 | Erlend Blikra | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 137 | Elmar Abma | Intermarché-Wanty | 9:53 |
| 138 | Miguel Angel Fernandez | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
Course map:
2025 Scheldeprijs map
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Start list with back numbers, April 8, 2025:
| Soudal Quick-Step | |
| 1 | Tim Merlier |
| 2 | Ayco Bastiaens |
| 3 | Yves Lampaert |
| 4 | Andrea Raccagni Noviero |
| 5 | Bert Van Lerberghe |
| 6 | Warre Vangheluwe |
| 7 | Jordi Warlop |
| Alpecin-Deceuninck | |
| 11 | Jasper Philipsen |
| 12 | Lennert Belmans |
| 13 | Robbe Ghys |
| 14 | Timo Kielich |
| 15 | Johan Price-Pejtersen |
| 16 | Jonas Rickaert |
| 17 | Sente Sentjens |
| Intermarché-Wanty | |
| 21 | Gerben Thijssen |
| 22 | Elmar Abma |
| 23 | Vito Braet |
| 24 | Dries De Pooter |
| 25 | Arne Marit |
| 26 | Gijs Van Hoecke |
| 27 | Roel van Sintmaartensdijk |
| Cofidis | |
| 31 | Milan Fretin |
| 32 | Piet Allegaert |
| 33 | Stanislaw Aniolkowski |
| 34 | Nolann Mahoudo |
| 35 | Alexis Renard |
| 36 | Damien Touzé |
| Lidl-Trek | |
| 41 | Edward Theuns |
| 42 | Simone Consonni |
| 43 | Tim Declercq |
| 44 | Daan Hoole |
| 45 | Albert Withen Philipsen |
| 46 | Jakob Söderqvist |
| 47 | Tim Torn Teutenberg |
| Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | |
| 51 | Sam Welsford |
| 52 | Oier Lazkano |
| 53 | Filip Maciejuk |
| 54 | Ryan Mullen |
| 55 | Sebastian Putz |
| 56 | Callum Thornley |
| 57 | Danny van Poppel |
| Team Jayco-AlUla | |
| 61 | Dylan Groenewegen |
| 62 | Jelte Krijnsen |
| 63 | Luka Mezgec |
| 64 | Robert Donaldson |
| 65 | Elmar Reinders |
| 66 | Campbell Stewart |
| 67 | Max Walscheid |
| Team Picnic PostNL | |
| 71 | Pavel Bittner |
| 72 | Johan Dorussen |
| 73 | Patrick Eddy |
| 75 | Timo Roosen |
| 76 | Julius van den Berg |
| 77 | Thom van der Werff |
| XDS Astana Team | |
| 81 | Cees Bol |
| 82 | Alessio Delle Vedove |
| 83 | Michele Gazzoli |
| 84 | Max Kanter |
| 85 | Gleb Syritsa |
| 86 | Davide Toneatti |
| Equipo Kern Pharma | |
| 91 | Ibai Azanza |
| 92 | Marc Brustenga |
| 93 | Miguel Angel Fernandez |
| 94 | Francisco Galván |
| 95 | Nil Gimeno |
| 96 | Antonio Soto |
| 97 | Mats Wenzel |
| Israel-Premier Tech | |
| 101 | Ethan Vernon |
| 102 | Itamar Einhorn |
| 103 | Oded Kogut |
| 104 | Michael Schwarzmann |
| 105 | Jake Stewart |
| 106 | Dylan Bibic |
| 107 | Kiaan Watts |
| Lotto | |
| 111 | Elia Viviani |
| 112 | Cédric Beullens |
| 113 | Jasper De Buyst |
| 114 | Joshua Giddings |
| 115 | Tars Poelvoorde |
| 116 | Lorenz Van de Wynkele |
| 117 | Baptiste Veistroffer |
| Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | |
| 121 | Matteo Moschetti |
| 122 | Sjoerd Bax |
| 123 | Frederik Frison |
| 124 | Giacomo Nizzolo |
| 125 | Joseph Pidcock |
| 126 | Jannik Steimle |
| 127 | Rory Townsend |
| Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | |
| 133 | Felix Meo |
| 134 | Tommaso Nencini |
| 135 | Joann Rolando |
| 136 | Carlos Samudio |
| 137 | Attilio Viviani |
| Team Flanders-Baloise | |
| 141 | Brem Deman |
| 142 | Tuur Dens |
| 143 | Vincent Van Hemelen |
| 144 | Yentl Vandevelde |
| 145 | Ward Vanhoof |
| 146 | Victor Vercouillie |
| 147 | Alex Colman |
| Team TotalEnergies | |
| 151 | Anthony Turgis |
| 152 | Lucas Boniface |
| 153 | Alexys Brunel |
| 154 | Florian Dauphin |
| 155 | Samuel Leroux |
| 156 | Geoffrey Soupe |
| 157 | Jason Tesson |
| Tudor Pro Cycling Team | |
| 161 | Alberto Dainese |
| 162 | Mika Heming |
| 163 | Petr Kelemen |
| 164 | Sebastian Kolze Changizi |
| 165 | Alexander Krieger |
| 166 | Marius Mayrhofer |
| 167 | Juan David Sierra |
| Unibet Tietema Rockets | |
| 171 | Davide Bomboi |
| 172 | Joren Bloem |
| 173 | Martijn Budding |
| 174 | Owen Geleijn |
| 175 | Axel Huens |
| 176 | Andreas Stokbro Nielsen |
| 177 | Abram Stockman |
| Uno-X Mobility | |
| 181 | Alexander Kristoff |
| 182 | Erlend Blikra |
| 183 | Jonas Hvideberg |
| 184 | Amund Grøndahl Jansen |
| 185 | Erik Resell |
| 186 | Rasmus Bøgh Wallin |
| 187 | Anders Skaarseth |
| Wagner Bazin WB | |
| 191 | Sasha Weemaes |
| 192 | Cériel Desal |
| 193 | Michiel Lambrecht |
| 194 | Jens Reynders |
| 195 | Axandre Van Petegem |
| 196 | Jelle Vermoote |
| 197 | Loic Vliegen |
| BEAT Cycling Club | |
| 201 | Bram Dissel |
| 202 | Tijmen Eising |
| 203 | Lars Loohuis |
| 204 | Marijn Maas |
| 205 | Martin Pluto |
| 206 | Daan van Sintmaartensdijk |
| 207 | Hidde van Veenendaal |
| Tarteletto-Isorex | |
| 211 | Timothy Dupont |
| 212 | Siebe Bauwens |
| 213 | Jordy Decottignies |
| 214 | Ewout De Keyser |
| 215 | Bo Godart |
| 216 | Gianni Marchand |
| 217 | Arne Santy |