2010 Scheldeprijs


The 2010 Scheldeprijs cycling race took place on 7 April 2010. It was the 98th time the Scheldeprijs was run. The peloton took on a high pace from the start, completing 50 kilometers during the first hour. After 56 kilometres 8 cyclists formed a breakaway: Jonas Ljungblad, Mathew Hayman, Jackson Stewart, David Boucher, Arnoud van Groen, Cyril Lemoine, Gregory Joseph and Niko Eeckhout. The group obtained a lead of up to six minutes over the peloton. After 168 kilometres Jackson Stewart was dropped from the lead group and with 192 kilometres gone, onlyMathew Hayman, Niko Eeckhout, Jonas Ljungblad, Arnoud van Groen and Cyril Lemoine were left although they were all caught just a few kilometres further. It the end it turned out to become a bunch sprint, in which Tyler Farrar was fastest by far. He won the 98th Scheldeprijs ahead of Robbie McEwen and Robert Förster.

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