jcza Posted April 9, 2014 Posted April 9, 2014 Vansummeren will miss Paris-Roubaix. Lady is stable but still in ICU
Eugene Oppelt Posted April 9, 2014 Posted April 9, 2014 SCHELDEPRIJS We immediately have three attackers: Gediminas Bagdonas (AG2R), Mattia Pozzo (Neri Sottoli) and Daniel Summerhill (UnitedHealthcare) .
Eugene Oppelt Posted April 9, 2014 Posted April 9, 2014 The six now have a lead of 2:00. It appears to be the break of the day.
Eugene Oppelt Posted April 9, 2014 Posted April 9, 2014 Jimmy Engoulvent (Europcar) tried to go across to the break but is struggling to close the gap to the six.
Eugene Oppelt Posted April 9, 2014 Posted April 9, 2014 Engoulvent has given up hope of catching the break. The six now lead the peloton by close to four minutes.
Eugene Oppelt Posted April 9, 2014 Posted April 9, 2014 The break's lead has now reached five minutes.
Eugene Oppelt Posted April 9, 2014 Posted April 9, 2014 Marcel Kittel (Giant-Shimano) could be the first rider to ever win three consecutive editions of Scheldeprijs but he denied he's under pressure to win again. No CavNo Greipel
Eugene Oppelt Posted April 9, 2014 Posted April 9, 2014 The peloton is refusing to let the break gain more than five minutes, sparking an average speed of 45km/h for the first hour or racing.
Eugene Oppelt Posted April 9, 2014 Posted April 9, 2014 One rider not in action at Scheldeprijs is Zedenek Stybar. The cyclo-cross world champion is an outside favourite for Paris-Roubaix but according to his Twitter feed he opted to go for 160km training ride before hitting the sofa to watch the Scheldeprijs on television.
Eugene Oppelt Posted April 9, 2014 Posted April 9, 2014 The Belkin and Ag2r-La Mondiale teams are leading the chase. Belkin has Theo Bos for the sprint.
Eugene Oppelt Posted April 9, 2014 Posted April 9, 2014 The six breakaways are working smoothly together but the peloton is keeping them under control.
Eugene Oppelt Posted April 9, 2014 Posted April 9, 2014 The gaps has fallen below four minutes with 120km left to race.
Eugene Oppelt Posted April 9, 2014 Posted April 9, 2014 The Belkin team has a trio of sprinters in its squad for Scheldeprijs. Theo Bos is perhaps the fastest of the three but Markus Barry and Moreno Hofland are also fast.Can they work together to beat Marcel Kittel and Giant-Shimano?
Eugene Oppelt Posted April 9, 2014 Posted April 9, 2014 Fabian Cancellara (Trek Factory Racing) is in action today, preferring to race than train at home.
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