Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) won in the streets of Wevelgem for the third year in a row. But unlike the two previous years, she won the 2026 edition of In Flanders Fields in the sprint of a small group of five that had formed on the Kemmelberg, driving the group home, closing down attacks and outsprinting Fleur Moors (Lidl-Trek) and Karlijn Swinkels (UAE Team ADQ).
An attack by Silvia Persico (UAE Team ADQ) on the Baneberg had led to a group of 14 riders getting away. From that group, Wiebes pushed hard on the Kemmelberg, and only Elise Chabbey (FDJ United-Suez), Eleonora Gasparrini (UAE Team ADQ), Moors, and Swinkels could follow her over the top.
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How it unfolded
A break of four went away soon after the start of the 135.2km race: Idoia Eraso (Laboral Kutxa-Fundación Euskadi), Lea Lin Teutenberg (Lotto-Intermarché), Yonna van Dam (Citymesh-Customm), and Heidi Antikainen (Minimax) built a gap that…
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