While it was not a surprise that SD Worx won Gent-Wevelgem, many would have expected the victory to come from either Lotte Kopecky or Lorena Wiebes. Instead, Marlen Reusser went on a solo move with 40km to go and was never seen again, winning with an advantage of 2:42 minutes.
“Sometimes I don’t understand [the] other teams. It’s good for us, but if I were a sports director, I would tell my riders to ride or attack immediately. But nobody was doing that, so they gave Marlen some free minutes,” Kopecky pointed out after the race.
