110th Scheldeprijs Schoten: 6 April, 2022

[Billie]

Didn't Terpstra spend the entirety of that finale cooperating to make sure he was going to get to a sprint he couldn't possibly win?

Terpstra stopped working with Kristoff at around 3-4 km to go.

 

[RedheadDane]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1511728322333626371

Quick thinking!
"Oh, ***! I need to get out of the way."

 

[yaco]

Welsford has had a good start to his pro career, that was a really good ride today.

Actually all three Aussies from the Track Pursuit squad in Plapp, O'Brien and Welsford have shown they are WT standard - My understanding is that Welsford was going to ride for a French PC or amateur team before got a late call up to join DSM.

 

[RedheadDane]

Only 30 riders finished? Or are there still some riders who simply haven't finished yet?

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

Wanty are definitely not getting relegated from the WT this season.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Terpstra stopped working with Kristoff at around 3-4 km to go.

Yeah, but Kristoff actually looked stronger than Terpstra on the climbs.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Bora still got a podium out of it, despite Bennett being almost 2021 G-W levels of cooked. Alpecin on the other hand played it really bad in that front group.

 

[SHAD0W93]

Is this the first time any of the previous threads for this race reached past 4 pages?

 

[ice&fire]

Is this the first time any of the previous threads for this race reached past 4 pages?

It's giving me the itch to look for highlights

 

[SHAD0W93]

Philipsen and Merlier are such a dysfunctional pairing.

Which is crazy since they seemed to work well together those stages at the Tour.

 

[SHAD0W93]

It's giving me the itch to look for highlights

Facts. I saw the result on pro cycling stats and was like, what the heck happened. It sounds and looked like a crazy race based off the results.

 

[Red Rick]

How is it legal this turns out to be a good race?

 

[ice&fire]

I expected a bump to the "Crashes, what can be done?" thread

 

[Eddy Evenepoel]

Yeah, but Kristoff actually looked stronger than Terpstra on the climbs.

Terpstra was the one initiating the attack and I think he was clearly more in the front (until the last 3 km or so). Kristoff struggled a bit at Kwaremont, but was much better and didn’t have any problems at Paterberg.
I think they were kind of equal in strength, it was for sure not “Terpstra clinging on for his dear life”.

 

[DenisMenchov]

I decided to go out for a ride after work, because it's Shelderprijs, boy oh boy was I surprised with the results. By the look of the final "sprint" for second you can tell it was one hell of a race. Kristoff's average speed was 48.457 km/h!

 

[ingsve]

TGAK!

 

[jmdirt]

As my broken record spins...I love solo winners from breaks! Hard racing!
Congrats AK!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

How is it legal this turns out to be a good race?

Gigs wasn't watching it.

 

[SHAD0W93]

As my broken record spins...I love solo winners from breaks! Hard racing!
Congrats AK!

Even better when the solo breakaway is done by a sprinter.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

So how many tuned in for the last 5 km only?

 

[RedheadDane]

Even better when the solo breakaway is done by a sprinter.

In a race known as "The Sprinters' Classic".

 

[DJ Sprtsch]

Welsford 3rd - DSM first podium in 2022

 

[SHAD0W93]

In a race known as "The Sprinters' Classic".

That’s just the cherry on top of this cake we received today.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

It's giving me the itch to look for highlights

Just the concept that there actually ARE highlights at the S**s is like, mind blown.

 

[search]

Even better when the solo breakaway is done by a sprinter.

First time Kristoff won solo since Stage 3 of the 2009 Ringerike GP. Has been a while...