Lucinda Brand (Team Sunweb) soloed in to win the Women’s Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Saturday in Ghent. She topped an all Dutch podium, as Chantal Blaak (Boels Dolmans) and Annemiek van Vleuten (Orica-Scott) finished second and third, respectively.
Ellen Van Dijk (Sunweb) and Elisa Longo Borghini (Wiggle-High 5) were the first to attack in the finale, exploding the field. Brand, Blaak and Van Vleuten caught them, and then Brand then attacked twice, with her second attempt succeeding. She rode the final kilometres alone to take the win.
Demmy Druyts (Sport Vlaanderen-Etixx) was the first to go in an early break. When her lead got up to 3:30, the other teams started giving chase. She was caught on the Kluiseberg, and things started over.
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Eventually Van Dijk and Borghini took off together. The two time trial specialists were a danger to go all the way, and built up a lead of more than a minute over their chasers. Brand and Blaak were ultimately able to catch them, however, with Van Vleuten and Amanda Spratt (Orica Scott) finally making the catch as well.
Numerous attacks followed, with Spratt being the first to fall back, before Brand finally made the successful move inside the final five kilometres.
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