2021 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens

The 2021 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens was the 54th edition of the Grote Prijs Jef Scherens road cycling one day race in and around Leuven.^[1] It was held on 15 August 2021 as a 1.1 categorised race and was part of the 2021 UCI Europe Tour and the 2021 Belgian Road Cycling Cup. The race course overlaps to a large part with that of the 2021 UCI Road World Championships, which are to be held a few weeks later.

2021 Grote Prijs Jef Scherens

2021 UCI Europe Tour
Race details
Dates	15 August 2021
Stages	1
Distance	190 km (118.1 mi)
Results
Winner  Niccolò Bonifazio (ITA) (Team TotalEnergies)   Second  Nacer Bouhanni (FRA) (Arkéa–Samsic)   Third  Gianni Vermeersch (BEL) (Alpecin–Fenix)
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The defending champion is sprinter Niccolò Bonifazio, who won the 2019 edition as no race was held in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium. Besides Bonifazio (Team TotalEnergies), other sprinters present included Tim Merlier (Alpecin–Fenix), Baptiste Planckaert (Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux), Nacer Bouhanni (Arkéa–Samsic) and Bryan Coquard (B&B Hotels p/b KTM). It was won by the defending champion Bonifazio in the sprint.

Teams

Twenty-two teams were invited to take part in the race. These included one UCI World Tour team, six UCI Professional Continental teams, and fifteen UCI Continental teams.

UCI World Tour

• Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux

UCI Professional Continental Teams

• Alpecin–Fenix
• Arkéa–Samsic
• B&B Hotels p/b KTM
• Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise
• Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
• Team TotalEnergies

UCI Continental Teams

• Abloc CT
• Baloise–Trek Lions
• BEAT Cycling
• EvoPro Racing
• Hagens Berman Axeon
• Team Lotto–Kern Haus
• Lviv Cycling Team
• Massi Vivo–Conecta
• Metec–Solarwatt p/b Mantel
• SEG Racing Academy
• Tarteletto–Isorex
• Team SKS Sauerland NRW
• Trinity Racing
• VolkerWessels Cycling Team
• Yoeleo Test Team p/b 4Mind

Result

Result^[2][3]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Niccolò Bonifazio (ITA)	Team TotalEnergies	4h 28' 12"
2	Nacer Bouhanni (FRA)	Arkéa–Samsic	+ 0"
3	Gianni Vermeersch (BEL)	Alpecin–Fenix	+ 0"
4	Tom Devriendt (BEL)	Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux	+ 0"
5	Arne Marit (BEL)	Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise	+ 0"
6	Bram Welten (NED)	Arkéa–Samsic	+ 0"
7	Tim Merlier (BEL)	Alpecin–Fenix	+ 0"
8	Tom Paquot (BEL)	Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB	+ 0"
9	Jens Reynders (BEL)	Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise	+ 0"
10	Cédric Beullens (BEL)	Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise	+ 0"