In the race for the Belgian title, a contingent of twelve riders of the Walloon structure was present to defend the chances of Gerben Thijssen. By sending Baptiste Planckaert and then Aimé De Gendt and Dries De Pooter on the attack in the hill zone around Kemmel, Intermarché-Circus-Wanty didn’t have to take responsibility in the peloton until the local laps. Despite the efforts of the group, a breakaway managed to escape in the final 20 kilometer. Thijssen won the sprint of the peloton and finished eleventh.
