Won with a textbook power-rider's move, attacking on the flat in the closing kilometres rather than waiting for a sprint, then committing fully once Vollering joined her. When the duo's late hesitation let Nooijen close, she was the one to relaunch and stabilise the lead, before edging Vollering on the line in a photo finish. A signature spring result — and one that came three days before she fractured a lumbar vertebra in the Ronde crash.

• 12 kmAttacked on the flat to launch the winning move; Vollering bridged across
• 1 kmRelaunched after the duo stalled and Nooijen nearly bridged
• Edged Vollering in a photo-finish two-up sprint

The most aggressive of the favourites — she lit the race up on the Eikenberg with an early split, then bridged to Reusser's flat attack to form the winning duo and shared the work to build the gap. She appeared well placed entering the two-up sprint but was edged on the line by the narrowest of margins, a frustrating near-miss in a finale she had done much to shape.

• 30 kmFirst meaningful split, attacking on the Eikenberg
• 12 kmBridged to Reusser to form the leading duo
• Beaten by Reusser in the photo-finish sprint for the win

Read the leaders' hesitation inside the final kilometre and launched a late bridge from the chase that nearly reached Reusser and Vollering, closing the gap dramatically before the duo relaunched. She fell just short of contact but secured a strong podium third, very nearly stealing a famous result. Given the same finishing time as the leaders.

• 1 kmLaunched a late bridge from the chase as the leaders stalled
• Fell just short of the duo, took third on the same time

The 19-year-old Briton was Movistar's second card, taking sixth from the front chase group seven seconds back. A composed ride in support of Reusser's winning move that confirmed her place among the spring's most promising young classics riders.

A standout result for the Continental-level VolkerWessels squad, Jansen took fifth from the leading chase group, the best finisher behind the front trio after Bäckstedt. A strong cobbled-classics ride against WorldTour opposition.

UAE Team ADQ's best finisher in ninth, present at the front of the chase that led the pursuit of the leading duo. The team set much of the tempo behind without ever quite closing the gap, and Swinkels came home with the front chase seven seconds down.

Added depth to FDJ's strong day with eighth from the front chase group, backing up Vollering's runner-up ride. A solid support result inside the top ten.

Active in the mid-race attacks but caught out by SD Worx's measured approach to the chase, the world champion ended up in the front group without a clean shot at the win, finishing twelfth at seven seconds. A subdued ride by her standards on Flemish roads.

One of the riders testing the group with attacks through the aggressive second half, the Strade Bianche winner finished thirteenth in support of Vollering's runner-up ride.

The defending Dwars door Vlaanderen champion was in the chase group behind the winning duo but could not get across, the title slipping away as Reusser, Vollering and Nooijen stayed clear. She finished in the front chase, just outside the top ten.

Featured in Vollering's early Eikenberg split and was prominent through the aggressive second half, but was unable to make the decisive late move and came home in the chase group seven seconds down.

• 30 kmWent clear briefly with Vollering on the Eikenberg

Among the riders animating the second half with attacks, Bredewold helped stretch the race for SD Worx but the squad never committed fully to the chase. She finished in the front group seven seconds back.