Van Dijk wins Dwars door Vlaanderen
Sunweb rider makes trademark late-race attack on route to Waregem
Ellen van Dijk (Team Sunweb) won the women's Dwars door Vlaanderen thanks to a powerful solo attack in the final seven kilometres of the rain-soaked race.
She gradually opened a gap on a group of riders that had emerged on the Knoteberg climb after 84km of racing. They struggled to respond to her time trialling skills and van Dijk won alone.
Three-time winner Amy Pieters (Boels-Dolmans) won the sprint for second place ahead of Floortje Mackaij (Team Sunweb).
The mid-week, semi-classic was positioned between two Women's WorldTour races; Gent-Wevelgem, won by Marta Bastianelli on March 25, and Tour of Flanders on April 1, which offered a good test for the riders looking for success in Oudenaarde.
The women raced 117.9km starting in Tielt and finishing in Waregem. The parcours was mainly flat in the first half but hit the bergs mid-race with Kluisberg, Knokteberg, Vossenhol and Nokereberg climbs, and the cobblestoned roads Holstraat and Herlegemstraat.
Van Dijk was in a late-race lead group that included Pieters and Mackaij, along with Eugenia Bujak, Annemiek Van Vleuten, Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio and Kasia Niewiadoma. They held a 20-second lead over the field in the closing kilometres.
Van Dijk made her signature late-race attack out of that group and built a lead of 10 seconds with five kilometres to go, leaving the chasers scrambling to close the gap before the finish line in Waregem. Pieters, who won the event from 2014-2016 before the event gained UCI status, sprinted for second place.
Full Results
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Ellen van Dijk (Ned) Team Sunweb Women | 3:30:24 |
2 | Amy Pieters (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | 0:00:55 |
3 | Floortje Mackaij (Ned) Team Sunweb Women | Row 2 - Cell 2 |
4 | Eugenia Bujak (Slo) BTC City Ljubljana | Row 3 - Cell 2 |
5 | Annemiek van Vleuten (Ned) Mitchelton Scott Women | Row 4 - Cell 2 |
6 | Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio (RSA) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Malgorzata Jasinska (Pol) Movistar Team Women | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Pol) Canyon-SRAM Racing | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Susanne Andersen (Nor) Hitec Products-Birk Sport | 0:01:47 |
10 | Amalie Dideriksen (Den) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Chloe Hosking (Aus) Ale Cipollini | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Roxane Fournier (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Elena Cecchini (Ita) Canyon-SRAM Racing | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Pascale Jeuland (Fra) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport | Row 13 - Cell 2 |
15 | Skylar Schneider (USA) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | Row 14 - Cell 2 |
16 | Maaike Boogaard (Ned) BTC City Ljubljana | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Sheyla Gutierrez (Spa) Cylance Pro Cycling | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Martina Alzini (Ita) Astana Women's Team | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Liane Lippert (Ger) Team Sunweb Women | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Elisa Balsamo (Ita) Valcar PBM | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Lotta Pauliina Lepistö (Fin) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Giorgia Bronzini (Ita) Cylance Pro Cycling | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Stine Borgli (Nor) Autoglas Wetteren | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Henrietta Colborne (GBr) Bizkaia Durango-Euskadi Murias | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Mieke Kröger (Ger) Team Virtu Cycling | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Marjolein van 'T Geloof (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Ann-Sophie Duyck (Bel) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Aude Biannic (Fra) Movistar Team Women | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Alice Barnes (GBr) Canyon-SRAM Racing | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Emilia Fahlin (Swe) Wiggle High5 | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Tiffany Cromwell (Aus) Canyon-SRAM Racing | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Marie Vilmann (Den) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Lisa Klein (Ger) Canyon-SRAM Racing | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Sofie De Vuyst (Bel) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Simona Frapporti (Ita) Hitec Products-Birk Sport | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Alba Teruel (Spa) Movistar Team Women | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Gloria Rodriguez (Spa) Movistar Team Women | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Lucia Gonzalez (Spa) Bizkaia Durango-Euskadi Murias | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Kaat Hannes (Bel) Jos Feron Lady Force | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Sofia Beggin (Ita) Astana Women's Team | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Elise Maes (Lux) WNT Rotor Pro Cycling Team | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Claudia Koster (Ned) Team Virtu Cycling | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Kelly Van Den Steen (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Karlijn Swinkels (Ned) Ale Cipollini | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Anastasiia Iakovenko (Rus) BTC City Ljubljana | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Trixi Worrack (Ger) Canyon-SRAM Racing | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | Sara Mustonen Lichan (Swe) Experza-Footlogix | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Barbara Guarischi (Ita) Team Virtu Cycling | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Vita Heine (Nor) Hitec Products-Birk Sport | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
51 | Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig (Den) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
52 | Lauren Kitchen (Aus) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
53 | Margarita Victoria Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team Women | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
54 | Charlotte Bravard (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
55 | Ruth Winder (USA) Team Sunweb Women | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
56 | Valerie Demey (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
57 | Sarah Rijkes (Aut) Experza-Footlogix | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
58 | Julie Leth (Den) Wiggle High5 | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
59 | Anne De Ruiter (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
60 | Eri Yonamine (Jpn) Wiggle High5 | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
61 | Roxane Knetemann (Ned) Ale Cipollini | Row 59 - Cell 2 |
62 | Sarah Roy (Aus) Mitchelton Scott Women | 0:02:02 |
63 | Julia Soek (Ned) Team Sunweb Women | Row 61 - Cell 2 |
64 | Jolien D'Hoore (Bel) Mitchelton Scott Women | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
65 | Gracie Elvin (Aus) Mitchelton Scott Women | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
66 | Jenelle Crooks (Aus) Mitchelton Scott Women | 0:02:23 |
67 | Alessia Vigilia (Ita) Valcar PBM | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
68 | Lucy Kennedy (Aus) Mitchelton Scott Women | Row 66 - Cell 2 |
69 | Jip van den Bos (Ned) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | 0:03:18 |
70 | Ganna Solovei (Ukr) Parkhotel Valkenburg | 0:03:50 |
71 | Marieke van Witzenburg (Ned) Health Mate-Cyclelive Team | Row 69 - Cell 2 |
72 | Line Marie Gulliksen (Nor) Hitec Products-Birk Sport | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
73 | Fien Delbaere (Bel) Autoglas Wetteren | 0:03:52 |
74 | Nathalie Bex (Bel) Experza-Footlogix | Row 72 - Cell 2 |
75 | Thalita De Jong (Ned) Experza-Footlogix | Row 73 - Cell 2 |
76 | Sara Penton (Swe) Team Virtu Cycling | Row 74 - Cell 2 |
77 | Nancy Van Der Burg (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
78 | Evita Muzic (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | Row 76 - Cell 2 |
79 | Kathrin Schweinberger (Aut) Health Mate-Cyclelive Team | Row 77 - Cell 2 |
80 | Lone Meertens (Bel) Keukens Redant | Row 78 - Cell 2 |
81 | Anna Trevisi (Ita) Ale Cipollini | Row 79 - Cell 2 |
82 | Nadia Quagliotto (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
83 | Sarah Inghelbrecht (Bel) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport | Row 81 - Cell 2 |
84 | Bryony van Velzen (Ned) Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport | Row 82 - Cell 2 |
85 | Silvia Persico (Ita) Valcar PBM | Row 83 - Cell 2 |
86 | Katarzyna Pawlowska (Pol) Team Virtu Cycling | Row 84 - Cell 2 |
87 | Daria Pikulik (Pol) BCM Nowatex Ziemia Darlowska | Row 85 - Cell 2 |
88 | Mia Radotic (Cro) BTC City Ljubljana | Row 86 - Cell 2 |
89 | Quinty van de Guchte (Ned) Isorex | 0:03:56 |
90 | Chantal Hoffmann (Lux) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 88 - Cell 2 |
91 | Pernille Mathiesen (Den) Team Sunweb Women | Row 89 - Cell 2 |
92 | Emma Norsgaard (Den) Cervelo Bigla Pro Cycling Team | 0:03:59 |
93 | Christina Perchtold (Aut) Health Mate-Cyclelive Team | 0:04:22 |
94 | Flavia Oliveira (Bra) Health Mate-CycleLive Team | 0:05:08 |
95 | Malin Eriksen (Nor) Keukens Redant | 0:07:10 |
96 | Maria Giulia Confalonieri (Ita) Valcar PBM | 0:07:13 |
97 | Marta Tagliaferro (Ita) Cylance Pro Cycling | Row 95 - Cell 2 |
98 | Gabrielle Pilote-Fortin (Can) WNT Rotor | Row 96 - Cell 2 |
99 | Victorie Guilman (Fra) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | Row 97 - Cell 2 |
100 | Ilaria Sanguineti (Ita) Valcar PBM | Row 98 - Cell 2 |
101 | Kirsten Peetoom (Ned) Jos Feron Lady Force | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Anisha Vekemans (Bel) Ale Cipollini | Row 100 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lorena Llamas Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team Women | Row 101 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Natalie Grinczer (GBr) WNT Rotor Pro Cycling Team | Row 102 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Meike Uiterwijk Winkel (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | Row 103 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Holly Breck (USA) Cylance Pro Cycling | Row 104 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Brenda Goessens (Bel) Keukens Redant | Row 105 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Olena Pavlukhina (Aze) BTC City Ljubljana | Row 106 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lea Lin Teutenberg (Ger) WNT Rotor Pro Cycling Team | Row 107 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Birgitte Ravndal (Nor) Keukens Redant | Row 108 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Vibeke Dybwad (Nor) Keukens Redant | Row 109 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Rozanne Slik (Ned) FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope | Row 110 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Romy Kasper (Ger) Ale Cipollini | Row 111 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sandra Alonso (Spa) Bizkaia Durango - Euskadi Murias | Row 112 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Evelien Debboudt (Bel) Keukens Redant | Row 113 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Andrea Terjesen (Nor) Isorex NoAqua Ladies Team | Row 114 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Caroline Thorvik Olsen (Nor) Jos Feron Lady Force | Row 115 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Mie Bjørndal Ottestad (Nor) De Sprinters Malderen | Row 116 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Corinna Lechner (Ger) BTC City Ljubljana | Row 117 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Anna Plichta (Pol) Boels Dolmans Cyclingteam | Row 118 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Antonia Gröndahl (Fin) Isorex NoAqua Ladies Team | Row 119 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Chloë Turblin (Fra) Health Mate - Cyclelive Team | Row 120 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sarah Ten Hartog (Bel) Equano-Wase Zon Cycling Team | Row 121 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Gaia Tortolina (Ita) Equano-Wase Zon Cycling Team | Row 122 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Christina Schweinberger (Aut) Health Mate - Cyclelive Team | Row 123 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Tetiana Riabchenko (Ukr) Doltcini - Van Eyck Sport UCI Women Cycling | Row 124 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Anna Badegruber (Aut) WNT Rotor Pro Cycling Team | Row 125 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Naïka Deneef (Bel) Equano-Wase Zon Cycling Team | Row 126 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marjon Claus (Bel) De Sprinters Malderen | Row 127 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Yva Geluk (Ned) Equano-Wase Zon Cycling Team | Row 128 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Demmy Druyts (Bel) Doltcini - Van Eyck Sport UCI Women Cycling | Row 129 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lorena Wiebes (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | Row 130 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Martine Fon (Nor) Equano-Wase Zon Cycling Team | Row 131 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Susanna Zorzi (Ita) Experza-Footlogix | Row 132 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Aafke Soet (Ned) WNT Rotor Pro Cycling Team | Row 133 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Agnieszka Skalniak (Pol) Experza-Footlogix | Row 134 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Terry Fremineur (Bel) Terry Fremineur | Row 135 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Silvia Pollicini (Ita) Valcar PBM | Row 136 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Emmy Andersson (Swe) De Sprinters Malderen | Row 137 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kelly Kalm (Est) Isorex NoAqua Ladies Team | Row 138 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Senna Feron (Ned) Jos Feron Lady Force | Row 139 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Grace Garner (GBr) Wiggle High5 | Row 140 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Agata Sredzinska (Pol) BCM Nowatex Ziemia Darlowska | Row 141 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marit Raaijmakers (Ned) Parkhotel Valkenburg | Row 142 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Vania Canvelli (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | Row 143 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kerry Jonker (Aus) Isorex NoAqua Ladies Team | Row 144 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Francesca Pisciali (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | Row 145 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Annelies Dom (Bel) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 146 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Beatrice Rossato (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | Row 147 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sara Mariotto (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | Row 148 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Alexandra Nessmar (Swe) Jos Feron Lady Force | Row 149 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Wiktoria Pikulik (Pol) BCM Nowatex Ziemia Darlowska | Row 150 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Aleksandra Kowalska (Pol) BCM Nowatex Ziemia Darlowska | Row 151 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Marta Jaskulska (Pol) BCM Nowatex Ziemia Darlowska | Row 152 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Wiktoria Kierat (Pol) BCM Nowatex Ziemia Darlowska | Row 153 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Chiara Perini (Ita) Top Girls Fassa Bortolo | Row 154 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Jeydy Pradera Bernal (Cub) Astana Women's Team | Row 155 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Gilke Croket (Bel) De Sprinters Malderen | Row 156 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lynn Marien (Bel) De Sprinters Malderen | Row 157 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lara Defour (Bel) Autoglas Wetteren Cycling Team | Row 158 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Carolien Haers (Bel) Autoglas Wetteren Cycling Team | Row 159 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Ane Iriarte Lasa (Spa) Bizkaia Durango - Euskadi Murias | Row 160 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Kim Johanna Kohlmeyer (Ger) Autoglas Wetteren Cycling Team | Row 161 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Margot Dutour (Fra) Autoglas Wetteren Cycling Team | Row 162 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Sofia Bertizzolo (Ita) Astana Women's Team | Row 163 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Karolina Perekitko (Pol) De Sprinters Malderen | Row 164 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Arlenis Sierra (Cub) Astana Women's Team | Row 165 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lara Vieceli (Ita) Astana Women's Team | Row 166 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Keira McVtty (GBr) Isorex NoAqua Ladies Team | Row 167 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Lierni Lekuona Etxebeste (Spa) Bizkaia Durango - Euskadi Murias | Row 168 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Demi De Jong (Ned) Lotto Soudal Ladies | Row 169 - Cell 2 |
DNF | Nathalie Verschelden (Bel) Jos Feron Lady Force | Row 170 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Lisa Brennauer (Ger) Wiggle High5 | Row 171 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Jelena Eric (Srb) Cylance Pro Cycling | Row 172 - Cell 2 |
DNS | Christina Malling Siggaard (Den) Team Virtu Cycling | Row 173 - Cell 2 |
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