Lorena Wiebes overcomes late flat tyre to win Simac Omloop der Kempen Ladies

Lorena Wiebes (Team Netherlands) held off Charlotte Kool (Fenix-Premier Tech) and Sandrine Tas (Lotto-Intermarché) to win Simac Omloop der Kempen Ladies. It was a sixth race victory for Wiebes this season and a second win at the Kempen one-day race since 2019.

A valiant breakaway effort by Emmy Pordon (KDM-Pack Women CT) and Isabella Maria Escalera (O’Shea-Hutchinson) was wiped away in the final kilometre for the sprinters to reign supreme. However, Team Netherlands’ ferocious pace to close down the break almost didn’t succeed, as Wiebes had to make a bike swap in the final 10km due to a flat tyre.