From the start, there was nervous racing and that resulted in a massive fall when entering Slijpe, after a good 17 kilometer course. In consultation with the UCI neutralized price director Patsy Maegerman for a moment. After a delay of about 15 minutes, the race was flagged again.
In the run -up to the passage of the Kemmelberg, the peloton splashed into various pieces. A first part caught the first of two local laps, of 11.4 kilometers each, with a 15 seconds on a second part and 45 seconds on the rest of the suit. It would eventually result in a sprint with a large group. Sentjens showed himself the fastest. De Limburger succeeds the German Niklas Behrens.