The race had a nervous start, with few attack attempts and several crashes, from which even the favorites were not spared. Lotte Kopecky – herself unharmed after a rough encounter with the asphalt – quickly decided she had had enough and decided to shake things up for the first time 75 kilometers from the finish.

She soon proved to be the strongest woman in the race and set off on a long solo. 15 kilometers later, she wisely decided to let herself be caught. Later, she saw the ideal moment and caused the separation of an elite group with an acceleration on the Lange Ast.

However, Lorena Wiebes, Lily Williams, and Arlenis Sierra quickly had to acknowledge Kopecky’s superiority and saw her ride away definitively 7 kilometers from the finish. For the second year in a row, Lotte Kopecky showed her class and arrived solo at Nokereberg. After a sprint for the remaining podium places, Wiebes completed the one-two for Team SD Worx-Protime. Lily Williams (Human Powered Health) joined them on the podium in third place.

Thanks to her early attack, Lotte Kopecky also won the CAPS Mountain Prize.