Lorena Wiebes grabs another victory for Team DSM in Scheldeprijs 2022 in a tight sprint finish

Lorena Wiebes made it back to back victories in Scheldeprijs, sprinting her way to victory to take her 40th win and second in Schoten after winning the inaugural race here last year. The Team DSM rider negotiated the 138km route safely tucked up in the peloton, before being led out superbly by her team mates to cross the line in style.

Chiara Consonni (Valcar — Travel & Service) and Rachele Barbieri (Liv Racing Xstra) completed the podium. Ad/> The one-day race for the women started out from Schoten in dank and cold conditions, with overnight rain leaving the departing roads greasy.

Far from ideal conditions for what was expected to end in a sprint finish, and indeed there were a couple of early crashes towards the back of the peloton, with Margot Pompanon coming off the worst and hitting the deck. /> Itzulia Basque Country'Really interesting' — Perez has word with Fernandez during Tour of Basque Country4 HOURS AGO She was able to get up and continue, quickly reaching the back of the peloton with no obvious signs of injury.

With 105km to go, three riders managed to establish a breakaway — Abi Smith (EF Education – Tibco – SVB) putting down the power and taking Megan Armitage (IBCT) and Simone Boilard (St Michel – Auber 93) with her, as they were allowed to slip up the road and build up a one-minute advantage. There was no reaction from the peloton full stop for a large chunk of the race, the riders content to grab food and water, chatting amongst themselves and no one team keen to push on, provided that breakaway didn’t get too far up the road.