On and around the Skiberg, Vanthourenhout took his third victory of the season and his second in the X2O classification. He made it with a small lead over the Dutchman Pim Ronhaar. Belgian champion Eli Iserbyt only needed a fifth place to take over the lead from Lars van der Haar.
Michael Vanthourenhout succeeds Mahtieu van der Poel on the honors list in Herentals.