As it happened: In Flanders Fields Women comes down to the most gripping of finishes

Good morning and welcome to our live coverage of the 13th edition of In Flanders Fields – In Wevelgem.

If you don’t recognise the name of the race that’s because this is the race formerly known as Gent-Wevelgem. And it’s not just the name that’s changed, the route has too, but we’ll cover that a bit later!

Lorena Wiebes has won the last two editions, indeed she’s the only woman to win the race twice and though her SD Worx-Protime squad is full of talent, they’ve put all their eggs in the Dutch champion’s basket for today.
Check out the start list courtesy of FirstCycling.

We’re in one of the busiest times of the year, with 12 one-day WorldTour races in nine weeks. The most recent of those was Thursday’s Ronde van Brugge, which was won by Movistar’s 19 year-old Carys Lloyd. You can read how she took her first professional race here.

Could Lloyd spring another surprise today? Well there are plenty of favourites and dark horses, not only from women’s race, but the men’s too. Read what we think in our race preview.

And we’re rolling for 10.1km of neutral before the official start is given in Moorsele.

The different start means a change to the route, with the flat, exposed and notoriously windy De Moeren removed, though the new route is still exposed and the wind may well play a part in today’s action.

Lorena Wiebes and her SD Worx-Protime squad at the sign on.

Another of the race’s traditional decisive points are the climbs and the double ascent of the cobbled Kemmelberg. First, the bunch will climb the Monteberg before riding the ‘easier’ Belvedere side of the Kemmel, then it’s Scherpenberg, Baneberg before return to the brutal Ossuaire ascent of the…