Sam Bennett was just beaten for victory today at Scheldeprijs in Belgium, with Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin Fenix) proving too fast for the Irishman in the sprint. Bennett had to be content with 2nd place behind the young Belgian rider.
Bennett and his Deceuninck-QuickStep team dominated the front group of 30 riders that went clear long before the finale of the 193.8km began to unfold today.
There were five Deceuninck-QuickStep riders present in the 30-strong group that had two minutes on the nearest chasers with 30km remaining. Bennett's team mates in that front group today included Mark Cavendish, Michael Mørkøv, Florian Sénéchal and Bert Van Lerberghe.
However, some of the Irishman's biggest sprint rivals also had plenty of assistance, with Pascal Ackermann making the cut alongside four of his team mates.
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One of the other big sprint names, Giacomo Nizzolo (Qhubeka ASSOS) had just one team mate, Philipsen had two team mates, while Cess Bol (Team DSM) was on his own up front and Danny van Poppel (Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux) had one team mate for support.
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And in the sprint finish it was Alpecin Fenix who did by far the best lead-out that resulted in Philipsen beating Bennett, with Cavendish in 3rd place. Bora-hansgrohe suffered a disaster; Ackermann its best finisher back in 6th place.
More to come.
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