of leading the breakawayPrior to the race, world champion
Lotte Kopecky () was considered the favourite for the win, with
Marianne Vos (),
Elisa Balsamo () and
Pfeiffer Georgi () also thought to be contenders. The race was held in unseasonably warm weather. An initial breakaway was caught within the first hour, with the peloton entering the first pavé sector together. With remaining, Kopecky accelerated away from the peloton, followed by Vos and Georgi.
Ellen van Dijk () worked to pull them back, making a pack of 24 contenders at the head of the race at the five-star sector of pavé at
Mons-en-Pévèle. Van Dijk made two unsuccessful attacks, before pulling away from the pack with
Amber Kraak () with around remaining. Kopecky, Vos, Balsamo and Georgi soon joined, making a group of six with remaining, with a lead of around 35 seconds. However, the gap fell rapidly as the group failed work together. Kopecky's teammate
Lorena Wiebes led the chase group behind, discouraging attacks. In the closing kilometres, van Dijk made efforts to keep a high pace in support of her teammate Balsamo – stabilising the time gap to the chase group behind, with the six having a lead of around 25 seconds entering the
Roubaix Velodrome. In the final sprint, Vos was the first onto the finishing straight, but was overtaken by both Balsamo, Georgi and Kopecky – with Kopecky taking the win in a photo finish.
Cycling News noted that Vos once again missed out on the victory, calling it "a rare gap in her palmarès" – with Vos herself stating that "when you're riding for victory and you finish fourth, it hurts". == Result ==