Lorena Wiebes narrowly wins In Flanders Fields from the breakaway after early celebration

An emphatic performance saw Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) win In Flanders Fields from the breakaway in an atypical showing from the Dutch rider, as she split the race on the final ascent of the Kemmelberg to draw a small group clear and closed down attacks before sprinting to victory in the final few hundred metres.

Clearly keen to avoid a repeat of the Ronde Van Brugge earlier in the week, where she found herself boxed in and unable to launch her sprint, Wiebes took matters into her own hands and went away with a five-rider group to the finish, before beating them in the sprint to take the win.