The 2014

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cycling race took place on 9 April. It was the 102nd time the Scheldeprijs was run.

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won the race for a third time, equaling the record of Piet Oellibrandt and

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, but being the first person in history with three consecutive wins. The race was characterized by an early break consisting of six riders:

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, Ivan Balykin, Andrea Fedi and

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, which built up a maximum lead of five minutes. About 10 km from the finish, the peloton led by , reduced the gap to 1 minute. This was the sign for

to attack, eventually being caught up by Andrea Fedi who did the same thing a bit later. Two kilometers from the finish the Italian was also caught up by the peloton, in which and were preparing the sprint.

started the sprint early but managed to speed away from his opponents. Behind him

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and Danny van Poppel finished second and third.

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