Huybs then dismissed Baers. He entered the fourth lap with a lead of 13 seconds over Van De Putte. The trio of Baers, Corsus and Haverdings were 25 seconds behind. Huybs no longer ran into problems at the end of the cross and made it ahead of Van De Putte, who consolidated his second place.
Earlier in the day, Max Heiner Oertzen claimed victory in the junior boys. The German separated from Jasper Schoofs and Tibo Vancompernolle. Giel Lejeune was the best among the second-year newcomers. He left Thomas Verdonck and Seppe Sprangers behind him. Cas Van Loocke won the first-year newcomers ahead of Maxime Smits and the Frenchman Victor Devos.
