Scheldeprijs 2022 [FULL RACE] (ladies)

April 6, 2022

Scheldeprijs 2022 WE – Schoten – Schoten : 138,1 km

Scheldeprijs may be the oldest one-day race in Flanders, with its first edition taking place in 1907, but it took until 2021 for the organisers to add a women’s event. Like the men’s, this race suits the sprinters and gives them a rare chance to add a Flandrian semi-Classic to their palmares. The race is currently recognised as a 1.1 event by the UCI. It only seems like a matter of time however until it’ll be upgraded to a 1.Pro event, like the men’s, and start to attract a more star-studded cast of riders. Like it does in the men’s race, the 16km-long circuit around Schoten will form the backbone of the women’s race. The finale will also take place on the iconic Churchillan finishing straight – a finish that favours the purest of sprinters.

Lorena Wiebes won the Scheldeprijs women’s race for a second consecutive year, again using her powerful sprint to distance her rivals in the closing bunch sprint.

The Team DSM rider was well-protected in the final kilometres after the early break was caught and then she started her sprint early. She wisely dived left as the road turned left and surged to victory along the barriers.

Chiara Consonni (Valcar-Travel & Service) finished second in the sprint, with fellow Italian Rachele Barbieri (Liv Racing Xstra) taking third.

The win was Wiebes’ 40th career victory, and the fourth of the 2022 season, following wins at the GP Oetingen, Ronde van Drenthe, and Nokere Koerse.

“We hoped for echelons today but the wind was not perfect to break it up in this way. A group of three went in the break early and we controlled it with Esmée [Peperkamp] behind. At all the important points today we were in good position,” Wiebes said.

“Then in the final lap Esmée, Elise [Uijen] and Léa [Curinier] did everything to close the gap after which Megan [Jastrab] did a great job to position Charlotte [Kool] and I into the final kilometres. I followed Charlotte in the last part, made a small mistake in the final straight but found her again and was able to finish off the teamwork. I’m happy to take this team win.”

How it unfolded
The women’s Scheldeprijs is the only event on Flanders Classics’ spring calendar that remains at a 1.1-level to allow opportunities for the second-tier women’s teams to secure spots on the starting line.

Shorter than the previous near-160km routes that the women’s peloton have been racing on the Women’s WorldTour, Scheldeprijs was 138km that started and finished in Schoten, and offered three 17km local finishing circuits that catered to a bunch sprint. The pan-flat course also included five cobblestone segments with the first across Stint Jabsestenweg, and the final four across Broekstraat located on the local circuits.

A three-rider breakaway set of early in the race that included Megan Armitage (IBCT), Abi Smith (EF Education-TIBCO-SVB) and Simone Boilard (St Michel-Auber93). The trio stretched their gap out to a maximum of two minutes but the day was always meant for the powerful sprinters in the field, and their teams kept the breakaway at a more manageable one minute with 70km remaining.

The breakaway made it onto the local circuits but the gap was reduced to 30 seconds as Team DSM set a quick pace for their sprinter and defending champion Wiebes, back in the main field inside 25km to the finish.

Smith attacked her breakaway companions with 8km to go, but Team DSM gauged their efforts with perfect timing and caught her inside the last 5km.

A crash inside the last kilometres of the race saw several riders go down but many of the sprinters were still in position for a bunch sprint.

Valcar-Travel & Service started their lead-out first for Consonni but Team DSM took over in the final few hundred metres with Wiebes latching onto the wheel of teammate Charlotte Kool. Wiebes then launched her sprint inside the last 100 metres to take a commanding victory in Schoten.

Results :
1 Lorena Wiebes (Ned) Team DSM Women 3:21:56
2 Chiara Consonni (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
3 Rachele Barbieri (Ita) Liv Racing Xstra
4 Georgia Baker (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco Women
5 Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Movistar Team Women
6 Chloe Hosking (Aus) Trek-Segafredo Women
7 Julie De Wilde (Bel) Plantur-Pura
8 Letizia Borghesi (Ita) EF Education-TIBCO-SVB
9 Anna Trevisi (Ita) UAE Team ADQ
10 Charlotte Kool (Ned) Team DSM Women
11 Marta Jaskulska (Pol) Liv Racing Xstra
12 Katrijn De Clercq (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies
13 Maike Van der Duin (Ned) Le Col Wahoo
14 Danique Braam (Ned) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire-Van Eyck Sport
15 Sanne Cant (Bel) Plantur-Pura
16 Ingvild Gåskjenn (Nor) Team Coop-Hitec Products
17 Eline Van Rooijen (Ned) AG Insurance-NXTG Team
18 Marion Norbert Riberolle (Bel) Plantur-Pura
19 Barbara Fonseca (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
20 Arianna Fidanza (Ita) BikeExchange-Jayco Women
21 Karolina Kumiega (Pol) Valcar-Travel & Service 0:00:05
22 Margot Pompanon (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
23 Kathrin Schweinberger (Aut) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
24 Laura Asencio (Fra) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
25 Eleonora Camilla Gasparrini (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
26 Megan Jastrab (USA) Team DSM Women 0:00:08
27 Maria Martins (Por) Le Col Wahoo
28 Svenja Betz (Ger) IBCT
29 Letizia Paternoster (Ita) Trek-Segafredo Women 0:00:10
30 Josie Nelson (GBr) Team Coop-Hitec Products
31 Margaux Vigie (Fra) Valcar-Travel & Service
32 Maria Van ‘T Geloof (Ned) Le Col Wahoo
33 Anastasiya Kolesava (Blr) Stade Rochelais Charente Maritime
34 Caroline Andersson (Swe) Team Coop-Hitec Products
35 Julie Stockman (Bel) Multum Accountants Ladies Cycling Team
36 Simone Boilard (Can) St Michel-Auber 93
37 Corinna Lechner (Ger) Massi Tactic Women’s Team
38 Jessy Druyts (Bel) Multum Accountants Ladies Cycling Team
39 Marie Morgane Le Deunff (Fra) Arkea Team
40 Maeva Squiban (Fra) Stade Rochelais Charente Maritime
41 Sara Maes (Bel) Multum Accountants Ladies Cycling Team
42 Quinty Ton (Ned) Liv Racing Xstra
43 Mireia Trias Jordan (Spa) Massi Tactic Women’s Team
44 Alena Ivanchenko (Rus) UAE Team ADQ
45 Nienke Wasmus (Ned)
46 Lieke Nooijen (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
47 Alicia Gonzalez Blanco (Spa) Movistar Team Women
48 Fabienne Buri (Swi) Andy Schleck-CP Nvst-Immo Losch
49 Melissa Van Neck (Cze) GT Krush Tunap Pro Cycling
50 Millie Couzens (GBr) Plantur-Pura
51 Yuliia Biriukova (Ukr) Arkea Team
52 Mireia Benito Pellicer (Spa) Massi Tactic Women’s Team 0:00:14
53 Jelena Eric (Srb) Movistar Team Women
54 Alexandra Manly (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco Women 0:00:15
55 Leonie Bos (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
56 Shirin van Anrooij (Ned) Trek-Segafredo Women
57 Inge van der Heijden (Ned) Plantur-Pura
58 Lauretta Hanson (Aus) Trek-Segafredo Women
59 Silvia Persico (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
60 Ilaria Sanguineti (Ita) Valcar-Travel & Service
61 April Tacey (GBr) Le Col Wahoo
62 Flora Perkins (GBr) Le Col Wahoo
63 Caren Commissaris (Bel) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire-Van Eyck Sport 0:00:20
64 Abi Smith (GBr) EF Education-TIBCO-SVB 0:00:24
65 Ines Van De Paar (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies
66 Jessica Allen (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco Women
67 Léa Curinier (Fra) Team DSM Women 0:00:27
68 Perrine Clauzel (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
69 Elise Uijen (Ned) Team DSM Women
70 Kim De Baat (Bel) Plantur-Pura 0:00:36
71 Mylene de Zoete (Ned) AG Insurance-NXTG Team 0:00:42
72 Sanne Bouwmeester (Ned) GT Krush Tunap Pro Cycling
73 Kylie Waterreus (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies
74 Femke Markus (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
75 Mieke Docx (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies
76 Clara Lundmark (Swe) GT Krush Tunap Pro Cycling
77 Tanja Erath (Ger) EF Education-TIBCO-SVB
78 Trine Holmsgaard (Den)
79 Elodie Le Bail (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93
80 Lara Vieceli (Ita) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
81 Anneke Dijkstra (Ned) GT Krush Tunap Pro Cycling
82 Elizabeth Bennett (GBr) IBCT
83 Daniek Hengeveld (Ned) GT Krush Tunap Pro Cycling
84 Elise Vander Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies
85 Maud Rijnbeek (Ned) AG Insurance-NXTG Team
86 Sophie Wright (GBr) UAE Team ADQ
87 Michelle Andres (Swi) Andy Schleck-CP Nvst-Immo Losch
88 Friederike Stern (Ger) Andy Schleck-CP Nvst-Immo Losch
89 Georgia Danford (NZl) Andy Schleck-CP Nvst-Immo Losch
90 Sofie van Rooijen (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg
91 Yuli Van Der Molen (Ned) AG Insurance-NXTG Team
92 Christa Riffel (Ger) Team Coop-Hitec Products
93 Lucie Jounier (Fra) Arkea Team
94 Esmée Peperkamp (Ned) Team DSM Women
95 Lourdes Oyarbide Jimenez (Spa) Movistar Team Women
96 Amandine Fouquenet (Fra) Arkea Team
97 Minke Bakker (Ned) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire-Van Eyck Sport
98 Ane Iversen (Nor) Team Coop-Hitec Products
99 Lizbeth Yarely Salazar Vazquez (Mex) Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
100 Emma Langley (USA) EF Education-TIBCO-SVB
101 Megan Armitage (Irl) IBCT
102 Senne Knaven (Bel) AG Insurance-NXTG Team 0:00:47
103 Amalie Dideriksen (Den) Trek-Segafredo Women 0:00:54
104 Maaike Boogaard (Ned) UAE Team ADQ 0:00:56
105 Sheyla Gutierrez Ruiz (Spa) Movistar Team Women
106 Bente Van Teeseling (Ned) Multum Accountants Ladies Cycling Team
107 Clara Honsinger (USA) EF Education-TIBCO-SVB
108 Rosalie van der Wolf (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg 0:01:11
109 Amber van der Hulst (Ned) Liv Racing Xstra 0:01:29
110 Eluned King (GBr) Le Col Wahoo
111 Marith Vanhove (Bel) Parkhotel Valkenburg
112 Marthe Goossens (Bel) Multum Accountants Ladies Cycling Team 0:01:31
113 Antonia Gröndahl (Fin) IBCT 0:02:10
114 Fien Van Eynde (Bel) IBCT
115 Ayesha McGowan (USA) Liv Racing Xstra 0:02:25
116 Susanne Meistrok (Ned) 0:02:42
117 Noemie Abgrall (Fra) Stade Rochelais Charente Maritime 0:03:00
118 Eva Buurman (Ned) Liv Racing Xstra 0:03:10
119 Alison Avoine (Fra) St Michel-Auber 93 0:03:16
120 Juliet Eickhof (Ned) Multum Accountants Ladies Cycling Team
121 Ilse Grit (Ned)
122 Jinse Peeters (Bel)
123 Zsófia Szabó (Hun) Andy Schleck-CP Nvst-Immo Losch
124 Typhaine Laurance (Fra) Arkea Team
125 Amber Aernouts (Bel) AG Insurance-NXTG Team
126 Haylee Fuller (Aus) IBCT
127 Frances Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Stade Rochelais Charente Maritime
128 Gloria Rodriguez Sanchez (Spa) Movistar Team Women 0:03:20
129 Naomi De Roeck (Bel) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire-Van Eyck Sport 0:04:06
130 Claudia Jongerius (Ned) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire-Van Eyck Sport
DNF Melanie Klement (Ned) GT Krush Tunap Pro Cycling
DNF Linda Zanetti (Swi) UAE Team ADQ
DNF Spela Kern (Slo) Massi Tactic Women’s Team
DNF Kristina Nenadovic (Fra) Stade Rochelais Charente Maritime
DNF Maryanne Hinault (Fra) Arkea Team
DNF Martina Moreno Monteys (Spa) Massi Tactic Women’s Team
DNF Noa Jansen (Ned) Bingoal Casino-Chevalmeire-Van Eyck Sport
DNF Alicia Franck (Bel)
DNF Pernille Larsen Feldmann (Nor) Team Coop-Hitec Products
DNF Esmée Gielkens (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies
DNS Nathalie Eklund (Swe) Massi Tactic Women’s Team