VIP-program 2012
Mark Cavendish: “I have to come back next year.”
SCHOTEN – Mark Cavendish never lost on Churchill Avenue in Schoten. He received a first opportunity to show the international public how fast he was in 2007. He confirmed that one year later. The two following years he did not start in the Scheldeprijs but last Wednesday he won for the third time and took level with Peet Oellibrandt, who won the race in 1960, 1962 and 1963. “Really? I believed I broke the record today”, told Cavendish laughing. “ It means I have to come back next year.”
Source: press office Marc Van Landeghem, April, 6th
SCHOTEN –Peet Oellibrandt remained during exactly 48 years the only rider who was able to win three times the Scheldeprijs Schoten, but since last Wednesday Mark Cavendish did just the same. 25 years old British rider was the fastest of the expected massive sprint. During the sprint a crash occurred in the bunch which victims were amongst others Tyler Farrar, Wouter Weylandt, Chris Sutton and Sjef De Wilde. Russian rider Denis Galimzyanov finished the second and Belorussian Yauheni Hutarovich the third.
Source: press office Marc Van Landeghem, April, 6th