Scheldeprijs 2020: A Sprinter's showdown before Tour of Flanders
2018 and 2019 winner Fabio Jakobsen (Deceuninck-Quickstep) will not be able to defend his title after suffering devastating injuries a crash in Tour de Pologne.
With three-time winner Mark Cavendish in question after speculating Gent-Wevelgem could be the last race of his career, and five-time winner Marcel Kittel retired, the only former champion of Scheldeprijs on the line will be 2015 winner Alexander Kristoff (UAE Team Emirates).
Favourites include triple Tour de France stage winner Sam Bennett (Deceuninck-Quickstep), Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal), Pascal Ackermann (Bora-Hansgrohe), Max Walscheid (NTT) and Nacer Bouhanni (Arkéa-Samsic), but don't count out the slew of Belgians - especially Tim Merlier (Alpecin-Fenix) - who grew up racing the kermesse circuit on the flat, 12-corner 17.4km circuit.
| Pos. | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Deceuninck-Quickstep | 4:26:45 |
| 2 | Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Team Sunweb | |
| 3 | Christopher Lawless (GBr) Team Sky | |
| 4 | Hugo Hofstetter (Fra) Cofidis | |
| 5 | Roy Jans (Bel) Corendon-Circus | |
| 6 | Kris Boeckmans (Bel) B&B Hotels-Vital Concept | |
| 7 | Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 8 | Emils Liepens (Lat) Wallonie-Bruxelles | |
| 9 | Jasper Philipsen (Bel) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 10 | Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek-Segafredo |
