Once more, Taco Van der Hoorn represented the team in front of the race, resisting to the peloton until the final 3 kilometers of the GP de Fourmies, a race suited for sprinters. At the same moment, a crash in the front of the peloton decided about the outcome of the race as a group of fifteen riders was isolated in the lead. The sprint train of Alexander was united and caught behind the crash, but fortunately no one was involved.