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Early break with Jan Willem VAN SCHIP (Netherlands / Team Roompot Nederlandse Loterij) andJonas RICKAERT (Belgium / Team Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise) | 
Several riders crashed into a parked car | 
Muddy Travis MCCABE (USA / Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling Team) and teammate Eric MARCOTTE |
Echelons as predicted | 
Riders wating at a railroad crossing which was a RELIEF for some | 
Some riders slipped through and were disqualified. Arnaud DEMARE (France / Team FDJ) voicing and gesticulating his displeasure at being DQ'ed |
Riders being forced to stop and abandon | 
Dylan GROENEWEGEN (Netherlands / Team Lotto NL - Jumbo) was disqualifed too | 
5x winner Marcel KITTEL (Germany / Team Katusha - Alpecin) had two mechanicals (flat tires) in the final 45 km. The final one with 10 km to go prevented him from rejoining the front of the race |
The wet scenery in Schoten before the slick final corners to the finish | 
21 year-old sensation Fabio JAKOBSEN (NED/QUICK - STEP FLOORS) wins the depleted sprint finish in 4:23:51 ahead of 2nd Pascal ACKERMANN (GER/BORA - HANSGROHE), 3rd Christopher LAWLESS (GBR/SKY), 4th Jens DEBUSSCHERE (BEL/LOTTO SOUDAL) | 
2nd classics win this year for Quick - Step Floors's rookie Fabio JAKOBSEN |
Quick - Step Floors teammates Iljo KEISSE and Zdenek STYBAR celebrate the team's 12th classics win this year | 
Your 2018 Scheldeprijs podium: 2nd Pascal ACKERMANN (GER/BORA - HANSGROHE), 1st Fabio JAKOBSEN (NED/QUICK - STEP FLOORS) and 3rd Christopher LAWLESS (GBR/SKY) |
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