To mark Tom Boonen's final professional race in Belgium, organisers of Scheldeprijs have decided to start the race in the home town of the two-time winner.
Boonen will bow out of the sport after Paris-Roubaix next April, having signed a short-term contract with Etixx-Quick Step to give him one last shot at the Classics.
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