Lotte Claes (Arkea-B&B Hotels) gained the ladies’s Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, outsprinting Aurela Nerlo (Winspace Orange Seal) within the streets of Ninove after a day-long breakaway. Over three minutes behind, Demi Vollering (FDJ-Suez) beat Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Deceuninck) within the dash for third, simply forward of what remained of the peloton.
Claes and Nerlo had been a part of a break of 5 that went away within the first ten kilometres. Julie Stockman (DD Group) was dropped from the break, however Claes, Nerlo, Elena Pirrone (Roland) and Mieke Docx have been nonetheless greater than 13 minutes forward with 50km to go.
Although the massive groups took up the chase ultimately, the 4 riders began the Muur van Geraardsbergen with six minutes in hand. Claes and Nerlo left Pirrone and Docx behind on the cobbled climb, cresting the highest 4:37 minutes forward of Vollering and Pieterse who had attacked from the peloton.
Still 4 minutes forward atop the Bosberg, it was clear that Claes and Nerlo would battle for the victory. Claes tried an assault out of the left flip in Denderwindeke with 4.5km to go, however Nerlo may maintain her wheel.
The Polish rider then made her personal acceleration simply earlier than the flamme rouge and had Claes gapped, however the 31-year-old Belgian made her means again with 250 metres to go after which launched her dash to win.
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