Wednesday, 16 April 2014

The Scheldeprijs

This is one of the mid-week one-day races that takes place inbetween two monuments of the sport - Tour of Flander and Paris-Roubaix.

The Scheldeprijs happens inbetween these two classics and features its own set of 7 cobbled sections.  Its 200km long but that is divided between a 155km loop north of Antwerp and then 15km circuits near Schoten.  The race starts in the market place of Antwerp and finishes outside Schoten town hall.

Rare for a Classic race (albeit a minor one) the Scheldeprijs has been won by a Brit - Mark Cavendish has won it three times (its known as a sprinters race).  In very recent years Marcel Kittel seems to have a monopoly on it - he's won it every year since 2012.

http://www.scheldeprijs.be/

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