The 2019 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens was the 53rd edition of the

Grote Prijs Jef Scherens Grote Prijs Jef Scherens is a single-day road bicycle race held annually in September in Leuven, Belgium. Since 2005, the race is organized as a 1.1 event on the UCI Europe Tour. The race is named after the seven-time professional sprint world c ...

road cycling one day race in and around

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. It was held on 16 August 2018 as a 1.1 categorised race and was part of the

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and the

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. The race ended in a bunch sprint of roughly 50 riders, with

Niccolò Bonifazio Niccolò Bonifazio (born 9 October 1993) is an Italian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career Early career Bonifazio was born in Cuneo. Bonifazio's professional career began in 2013 when he rode as a stagiaire for UCI WorldTeam ...

taking the victory ahead of

Hugo Hofstetter Hugo Hofstetter (born 13 February 1994) is a French cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam . In August 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Tour de France. He finished in the top 10 of five stages during the race, including the ...

Timothy Dupont Timothy Dupont (born 1 November 1987 in Ghent) is a Belgian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Continental team . In July 2018, he was named in the start list for the Tour de France. Major results ;2010 : 1st Grote Prijs Stad Geel : 5th Dwa ...

took third place, thereby managing to end on the podium for the third year running, after also becoming third in the

2018 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens The 2018 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens was the 52nd edition of the Grote Prijs Jef Scherens road cycling one day race in and around Leuven. It was held on 16 September 2018 as a 1.1 categorised race and was part of the 2018 UCI Europe Tour and the 20 ...

and winning the 2017 edition. Defending champion

Jasper Stuyven Jasper Stuyven (born 17 April 1992) is a Belgian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam . Career Juniors Born in Leuven, Stuyven had a successful career as a junior rider. In 2009, at age 17, he won the UCI Junior Wo ...

did not take part this year.

Teams

Twenty-three teams were invited to take part in the race. These included eleven

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teams and twelve

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teams.

Result

References

External links

* Grote Prijs Jef Scherens 2019 UCI Europe Tour 2019 in Belgian sport {{Belgium-cycling-race-stub