Anyone would have bet on Lorena Wiebes to win In Flanders Fields on Sunday, but perhaps not many would have predicted that victory to come exactly in the way it did.
Winner of the past two editions of this race in fairly large, if somewhat reduced, bunch sprints, we already knew that Wiebes was more than capable of tackling the Ploegstreets and five bergs that liven up the route in Flanders because of the flat finale into Wevelgem.
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To rip up the race in the way she did and still win the sprint after her breakaway companions threw a lot at her was a clear show of strength – one of her hardest-fought and most impressive victories of her 122 so far – but it nearly went up in smoke at the finish line.
Forced to shut down moves from Eleonora Gasparrini (UAE Team ADQ) in the finale, and then – expectedly – left to lead-out the sprint.
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