WEVELGEM BELGIUM MARCH 30 LR Elisa Balsamo of Italy and Team Lidl Trek on second place race winner Lorena Wiebes of Netherlands and Team SD Worx Protime and Charlotte Kool of Netherlands and Team Picnic PostNL on third place pose for a photograph on the podium ceremony after the 14th GentWevelgem in Flanders Fields 2025 Womens Elite a 1689km one day race from Ypres to Wevelgem UCIWWT on March 30 2025 in Wevelgem Belgium Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images.
The women's edition of Gent-Wevelgem ended with the top favourite raising her hands on the line as Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) won the race for the second consecutive time. Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek) finished runner-up, also for the second time in a row, while Charlotte Kool (Picnic-PostNL) rounded out the podium.
In her post-race interview, Balsamo admitted that Wiebes was the best sprinter in the peloton at the moment.
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