Marlen Reusser (Team SD Worx) won the women's
Gent-Wevelgem with a 40-kilometre solo breakaway to win by more than two minutes in rain-soaked Wevelgem.
The Swiss rider sneaked away on the second ascent of the Baneberg when teams were still organising themselves after a mass crash and quickly increased her gap.
Cresting the Kemmelberg over a minute ahead of the chasers, Reusser kept adding to her advantage and passed through Ypres with over two minutes in hand.
Reusser took a wrong turn five kilometres from the finish but quickly turned around and was back on course to take her biggest victory yet.
Megan Jastrab (Team DSM) was part of an attack that was caught on the finishing straight but still won the sprint for second place, with Karlijn Swinkels (Team Jumbo-Visma) completing the podium.
Resumindo, a Reusser enganou-se no caminho, viu uma aparição do D.Sebastião que a reencaminhou para o lugar certo e ganhou.