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Laura Weislo

Scheldeprijs: Tim Merlier makes it look easy with third successive victory after season delayed by knee injury

Tim Merlier celebrates his win with one arm raised.

After a winter of struggling with a knee injury and a season delayed by months, Tim Merlier gave Soudal-Quickstep their first Spring Classic victory in the Scheldeprijs. Pavel Bittner (Picnic-PostNL) and Emilien Jeannière (TotalEnergies) rounded out the podium.

The victory came after a crash near the head of the peloton with 9km to go split the bunch, leaving only about 40 riders in contention for the sprint. Among those left was Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Premier Tech), but after getting an early lead-out, Philipsen was boxed in and had to settle for eighth.

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