After the Tour of Flanders 2025, dominated by Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates XRG), the Scheldeprijs/Grand Prix de l'Escaut may not have the same allure. But it's still a Belgian classic (Dutch-Belgian, in fact), as the race was created 6 years **before** the Tour of Flanders, and is therefore already in its 113th edition!

Since 2018, it has taken place between Terneuzen in the Netherlands, in the province of Zeeland, and Schoten, in Belgium. This 113th edition will cover a total distance of 202.8 km, almost entirely on the flat, with a cobbled sector before the final circuit and another one in the final circuit, which will therefore be ridden 4 times. Seen as a sort of World Championship for sprinters, it will undoubtedly be a sprinter who wins the race again on Wednesday April 9!

In this article, you'll find details of the route of the Scheldeprijs/Grand Prix de l'Escaut 2025, on an OpenStreetMap map which is also available for download in Google Earth, the race profile, the timetable and the list of starters.

The course of the Scheldeprijs/Grand Prix de l'Escaut 2025 on an OpenStreetMap map

The course of the Scheldeprijs/Grand Prix de l'Escaut 2025 has been changed only marginally from last year's, in two minor respects. At the start of the race in Terneuzen, riders will first enter a long tunnel, the Westerscheldetunnel, the longest road tunnel in The Netherlands.

Once out of the tunnel, they will then travel through the province of Zeeland, and more specifically the Walcheren peninsula, passing through Goes, Krabbendijke, Rilland and Woensdrecht, before crossing the border into Belgium and heading towards Essen, Kalmthout, Wuustwezel, Hoogstraten and Brecht, and then on to the final circuit! Before reaching it, they will quickly pass over an initial 500-meter cobbled section on the Sint Jobsesteenweg. On the final circuit, they'll find the Broekstraat cobbled section, which they'll have to cover 4 times. If they haven't regrouped beforehand, there's a good chance that they will do so during these loops, and that the finish in Schoten will be a sprint. So, who will succeed Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step)? Perhaps himself, because barring any last-minute surprises, he'll be at the start!

Below you'll find the time schedule, OpenStreetMaps and profile for the Scheldeprijs/Grand Prix de l'Escaut 2025. Click on the images to open them.

The route of the Scheldeprijs/Grand Prix de l'Escaut 2025 in Google Earth

If you'd prefer to see the Scheldeprijs/Grand Prix de l'Escaut 2025 course in Google Earth, for example to take a virtual flyover of the course, I invite you to download it in Google Earth by clicking on the following link:

>> Download the Scheldeprijs/Grand Prix de l'Escaut 2025 course in Google Earth (KML file)

The list of starters for the Scheldeprijs/Grand Prix de l'Escaut 2025

The list of starters for the Scheldeprijs/Grand Prix de l'Escaut 2025 includes a number of sprinters, including outgoing winner Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step), but also riders such as Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Milan Fretin (Cofidis), Sam Welsford (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe), Dylan Groenewegen (Team Jayco AlUla), Elia Viviani (Lotto), Matteo Moschetti (Q365.5 Pro Cycling Team) and Alexander Kristoff (Uno-X Mobility), to mention but a few!

>> List of starters for the Scheldeprijs/Grand Prix de l'Escaut 2025 (at the time of publication of this article, the definitive list of starters is not yet available; if it isn't at the time of your consultation, you can consult the provisional list of entrants in the meantime).

Scheldeprijs/Grand Prix de l'Escaut 2025 results

>> Go to the Scheldeprijs/Grand Prix de l'Escaut 2025 page in the UCI cycling calendar to find out the result of the race on Wednesday evening!

door Thomas Vergouwen
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