SD Worx-Protime looked to hold all the cards in the Gent-Wevelgem Women after the final Kemmelberg ascent, where Pfeiffer Georgi (DSM-Firmenich PostNL) had to fight to hang on to Lotte Kopecky and Lorena Wiebes, giving the duo's team an obvious numerical advantage in a front group of three.
When the five-rider chase group, including Swiss Champion Marlen Reusser bridged to her SD Worx-Protime teammates, they had three riders out of eight. Combined with a cross-tailwind to Ypres and a full-on tailwind to the finish, their decision not to push on with this group seemed puzzling.
