Belgium planning big bash for Boonen's last Scheldeprijs
National hero 𒐪to get enormous send off in Mol, but Quick-Step racing for Kittel
In Belgium, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tom Boonen is a national icon, a hero of the sport there thanks to his record-tying four 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Paris-Roubaix wins and triple 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Tour of Flanders titles. On the eve of his final Belgian race, the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Scheldeprijs on Wednesday, preparations are underway for a massive celebration at the start🌱 in his hometown of 𝓰Mol.
The Scheldeprijs course was designed specifically to give Boonen a trip down memory lane, forgoing the normal start in Antwerp to begin in Mol where he won the U23 Zuidkempense Pijl in 2000 and 2001. 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Quick-Step Floors will be the🦂 last team p🍎resented to the fans at the Rondplein in Mol at 11:52 a.m. local time.
Once the peloton rolls out, riders will pa🗹ss by the home of Boonen's grandfather, Raymond Boonen, who will drop the flag for the official race start after 9.5km of neutral roll out.
At 23.2km the race will pass by Boo𝕴nen's current residence, his birthplace and also the hometown of his director sportif, Wilfried Peeters, all in the first 100km.
After 150km Boonen and his fellow racers will enter the tradꦰitional final circuits of 16.8km each before the finish in Schoten, where Boonen has twice been victorious.
But Quick-Step Floors will likely be working for German Marcel Kittel in thiꦡs pure🌸 sprinter's race. Kittel has four wins on his record.
No matter who wins, the attention will certainly be squarely on Boonen, who has set his retirement date a💯fter Paris-Roubaix, where he will attempt to earn the outright record with five.
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Quick-Step Floors for Scheldeprijs: Tom Bo🎶onen, Marcel Kittel, Tim Declercq, Iljo Keisse, Davide Martinelli, Fabio Sabatini, Zdenek Sꦿtybar and Matteo Trentin.
Wꦓe all said thanks to for sꩵo many wonderful years!
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