2017 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens

The 2017 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens was the 51st edition of the Grote Prijs Jef Scherens road cycling one day race in and around Leuven^[1] It was held on 20 August 2017 as a 1.1 categorised race and was part of the 2017 UCI Europe Tour and the 2017 Belgian Road Cycling Cup.

2017 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens

2017 UCI Europe Tour
Race details
Dates	20 August 2017
Stages	1
Distance	185.7 km (115.4 mi)
Results
Winner  Timothy Dupont (BEL) (Vérandas Willems–Crelan)   Second  Kenny Dehaes (BEL) (Wanty–Groupe Gobert)   Third  Justin Jules (FRA) (WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect)
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Timothy Dupont won the race in a bunch sprint. Defending champion Dimitri Claeys was not present as his team Cofidis did not take part.

Teams

Twenty teams were invited to take part in the race. These included three UCI WorldTeams, seven UCI Professional Continental teams and twelve UCI Continental teams.

UCI WorldTeams

• LottoNL–Jumbo
• Lotto–Soudal
• Quick-Step Floors

UCI Professional Continental Teams

• An Post–Chain Reaction
• Roompot–Nederlandse Loterij
• Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise
• Vérandas Willems–Crelan
• Wanty–Groupe Gobert
• WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect
• Fortuneo–Oscaro

UCI Continental Teams

• Bike Channel–Canyon
• Cibel–Cebon
• ERA–Circus
• Joker Icopal
• Leopard Pro Cycling
• Metec–TKH
• Pauwels Sauzen–Vastgoedservice
• Riwal Platform
• Tarteletto–Isorex
• Team Coop

Result

Result^[2]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Timothy Dupont (BEL)	Vérandas Willems–Crelan	4h 20' 37"
2	Kenny Dehaes (BEL)	Wanty–Groupe Gobert	s.t.
3	Justin Jules (FRA)	WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect	s.t.
4	August Jensen (NOR)	Team Coop	s.t.
5	Joeri Stallaert (BEL)	Cibel–Cebon	s.t.
6	Erwann Corbel (FRA)	Fortuneo–Oscaro	s.t.
7	Braam Merlier (BEL)	ERA–Circus	s.t.
8	Alexander Krieger (GER)	Trek–Segafredo	s.t.
9	Tim Wellens (BEL)	Lotto–Soudal	s.t.
10	Davide Martinelli (ITA)	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.