After landing on the podium twice in the past, European champion Demi Vollering (FDJ United-SUEZ) finally scored a victory in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad after out-sprinting Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Canyon-Sram zondacrypto) from a two rider escape.
Vollering made her first acceleration on the Vesten, the flatter start of the Muur van Geraardsbergen, causing splits in the peloton. Her teammate Franzi Koch jumped in front of her and set a hard pace, catching a breakaway of four that had included another FDJ United-Suez rider, Elise Chabbey.
