The 2009 Scheldeprijs

cycling race Cycle sport is competitive physical activity using bicycles. There are several categories of bicycle racing including road bicycle racing, cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, track cycling, BMX, and cycle speedway. Non-racing cycling sports in ...

took place on 15 April 2009. It was the 97th running of the

Scheldeprijs The Scheldeprijs is a road bicycle racing, cycling race in Flanders and the Netherlands which starts in Terneuzen, crosses the Scheldt River, and finishes in Schoten. Until 2018 it was held entirely in Belgium. The event, ranked as a UCI race cla ...

. A breakaway of Lorenzo Bernucci, Matthé Pronk,

Pavel Brutt Pavel Aleksandrovich Brutt (; born 29 January 1982) is a Russian former professional track and road bicycle racer, who rode professionally between 2001 and 2017 for six different teams. Career Born in Sosnovy Bor, Leningrad Oblast, Brutt's big ...

and Jeff Louder formed after 80 km, and stayed free of the peloton until 9 km to go. Bernucci, of , attacked again when the lead group was caught and was joined once more by Brutt, of . The two were caught again by the Quickstep-led peloton at 4 km to go. A bunch sprint ensued, won by

Alessandro Petacchi Alessandro Petacchi (born 3 January 1974) is an Italian former professional road racing cyclist, who rode professionally between 1996 and 2015. A specialist Cycling sprinter, sprinter, Petacchi has won 48 Grand Tour (cycling), grand tour stages ...

Robbie McEwen Robbie McEwen (born 24 June 1972) is an Australian former professional road cyclist. He is a three-time winner of the Tour de France points classification in 2002, 2004 & 2006 and, at the peak of his career, was considered the world's fastest ...

Tom Boonen Tom Boonen (; born 15 October 1980) is a Belgian former road bicycle racer, who competed as a professional between 2002 and 2017 for the and teams and a professional racing driver who currently competes in Belcar, having previously competed in ...

and Greg Van Avermaet crashed 200 m from the finish when their wheels touched.

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