Due to the high speed in the beginning of the race, the bunch broke into several groups. The first group got an advantage of 25 seconds, but later it all came together. Within the last two laps of a circuit there were the first mountain sprints. The first sprint was won by
Anna van der Breggen ahead of
Chloe Hosking and
Ellen van Dijk, of which Van der Breggen and Van Dijk were the two riders who broke away on a mountain in
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad a few days earlier and won the race. Due to the mountain sprint the peloton broke in several groups. After the second mountain sprint won by
Sofie De Vuyst ahead of
Elena Cecchini and
Emma Johansson,
Gracie Elvin tried to escape but was pulled back a bit later. In the last lap six riders (Johansson,
Ashleigh Moolman, Van der Breggen, Hosking,
Megan Guarnier and
Amy Pieters) from the front group escaped with to go and got a maximum advantage of 1 minutes and 10 seconds with to go. Johansson reached the third mountain first, ahead of Guarnier and Moolman. In the final after the last cobbled section, van Dijk started chasing at the head of the peloton and was able to close the gap with the front group. She also was a good lead-out for her team mate
Chantal Blaak who won the peloton sprint. Van der Breggen finished second and Johansson third. ==Result==