Fabio Jakobsen (Quick-Step Floors) took the victory in the 2018 Scheldeprijs after many of the pre-race favourites were disqualified after they ignored a railroad crossing.
The drama began early at Scheldeprijs as crosswinds broke up the peloton and a group of favorites went over a railroad crossing as the crossing arms were lowering. This led the race jury to disqualify around 35 riders including Arnaud Démare and Dylan Groenewegen.
“I think it’s because we start winning and everyone starts to believe in it. We always go for one guy full gas and that is the strength of the pack. When one person starts winning, we all want to start winning. It’s amazing to be in ‘the wolfpack’,” Jakobsen said.
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Scheldeprijs 2018 results (Terneuzen – Schoten):
| 1 | Fabio Jakobsen (Quick-Step Floors) | 4:23:51 |
| 2 | Pascal Ackermann (Bora-hansgrohe) | ,, |
| 3 | Christopher Lawless (Team Sky) | ,, |
| 4 | Jens Debusschere (Lotto Soudal) | ,, |
| 5 | Jérémy Lecroq (Vital Concept Club) | ,, |
| 6 | Maximilian Walscheid (Team Sunweb) | ,, |
| 7 | Timothy Dupont (Wanty-Groupe Gobert) | ,, |
| 8 | Jonas Rickaert (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise) | ,, |
| 9 | Bram Welten (Fortuneo-Oscaro) | ,, |
| 10 | Marco Haller (Katusha-Alpecin) | ,, |
