Full Results
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Enertherm-BKCP | 0:53:41 |
| 2 | Wout Van Aert (Bel) Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team | 0:00:40 |
| 3 | Gianni Vermeersch (Bel) Sunweb-Napoleon Games Cycling Team | 0:01:32 |
| 4 | Laurens Sweeck (Bel) Crelan KDL Cycling Team | 0:01:57 |
| 5 | David van der Poel (Ned) | 0:02:06 |
| 6 | Tim Merlier (Bel) Sunweb-Napoleon Games Cycling Team | 0:02:17 |
| 7 | Jens Adams (Bel) BKCP-Powerplus Cycling Team | |
| 8 | Diether Sweeck (Bel) Crelan KDL Cycling Team | 0:02:37 |
| 9 | Jens Vandekinderen (Bel) Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team | 0:02:44 |
| 10 | Mike Teunissen (Ned) Rabobank | 0:03:13 |
| 11 | Stan Godrie (Ned) | 0:03:18 |
| 12 | Daan Soete (Bel) Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team | 0:03:30 |
| 13 | Michael Vanthourenhout (Bel) BKCP-Powerplus Cycling Team | 0:03:36 |
| 14 | Gert-Jan Bosman (Ned) | 0:03:44 |
| 15 | Quinten Hermans (Bel) Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team | 0:04:13 |
| 16 | Toon Aerts (Bel) Crelan KDL Cycling Team | 0:04:27 |
| 17 | Yorben Van Tichelt (Bel) | 0:05:13 |
| 18 | Martijn Budding (Ned) | 0:05:22 |
| 19 | Joeri Hofman (Bel) Crelan KDL Cycling Team | 0:05:49 |
| 20 | Jonas Degroote (Bel) | 0:06:20 |
| 21 | Braam Merlier (Bel) | 0:06:28 |
| 22 | Ion Insausti (Spa) | 0:07:27 |
| 23 (-1 lap) | Daan Hoeyberghs (Bel) | |
| 24 (-2 laps) | Jelle Vanden Dries (Bel) | |
| 25 | Richard Jansen (Ned) Enertherm-BKCP | |
| 26 (-3 laps) | Kevin Dupont (Bel) | |
| 27 | Ward Van Laer (Bel) | |
| 28 | Spencer Downing (USA) Horizon Organic | |
| 29 | Jonas Schrey (Bel) | |
| 30 | Jonathan Verschueren (Bel) Afdeling Oost-Vlaanderen WBV - VZW | |
| 31 | Gilles De Jaeger (Bel) Asfra Racing Team |
| # | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Teunissen (Ned) Rabobank | 33 | pts |
| 2 | Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Enertherm-BKCP | 30 | |
| 3 | Gianni Vermeersch (Bel) Sunweb-Napoleon Games Cycling Team | 26 | |
| 4 | Diether Sweeck (Bel) Crelan KDL Cycling Team | ||
| 5 | Wout Van Aert (Bel) Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team | ||
| 6 | David van der Poel (Ned) | 22 | pts |
| 7 | Laurens Sweeck (Bel) Crelan KDL Cycling Team | 21 | |
| 8 | Toon Aerts (Bel) Crelan KDL Cycling Team | 18 | |
| 9 | Michael Vanthourenhout (Bel) BKCP-Powerplus Cycling Team | ||
| 10 | Jens Vandekinderen (Bel) Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team | ||
| 11 | Tim Merlier (Bel) Sunweb-Napoleon Games Cycling Team | 17 | pts |
| 12 | Gert-Jan Bosman (Ned) | 15 | |
| 13 | Quinten Hermans (Bel) Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team | 14 | |
| 14 | Martijn Budding (Ned) | 12 | |
| 15 | Yorben Van Tichelt (Bel) | 10 | |
| 16 | Daan Hoeyberghs (Bel) | ||
| 17 | Jens Adams (Bel) BKCP-Powerplus Cycling Team | 9 | pts |
| 18 | Richard Jansen (Ned) Enertherm-BKCP | ||
| 19 | Daan Soete (Bel) Telenet-Fidea Cycling Team | 7 | pts |
| 20 | Emiel Dolfsma (Ned) | ||
| 21 | Joeri Hofman (Bel) Crelan KDL Cycling Team | 6 | pts |
| 22 | Nicolas Cleppe (Bel) | ||
| 23 | Stan Godrie (Ned) | 5 | pts |
| 24 | Arne Tureluren (Bel) | 4 | |
| 25 | Braam Merlier (Bel) | 3 | |
| 26 | Ben Boets (Bel) | 2 | |
| 27 | Berne Vankeirsbilck (Bel) | 1 |
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