Part of UAE Team ADQ's strong collective day. Gillespie came home eighth in the chase group at 2:20, backing up teammate Megan Jastrab's fifth place to give the team two riders inside the top eight of a Monument. Never a factor for the win once the front move went clear at Mons-en-Pévèle, but a solid ride deep into the result on one of the hardest one-day courses on the calendar.

• Eighth in the chase group at 2:20 — two UAE riders in the top eight

Gillespie was prominent in the big seven-rider chase group that went clear around 52 km to go, doing the kind of aggressive racing UAE Team ADQ used to put numbers up the road. Once the front five formed on the Kemmelberg she was left in the chase, leading it home for tenth at seventeen seconds — a third UAE rider in the top ten on the day.

• 52 kmPart of the seven-rider chase group that jumped clear of the peloton
• Tenth in the chase group at +0:17

Gillespie placed sixth from the reduced sprint, holding her position through the echelons for another solid top-10 in the windy West Flanders classic.

Second again on the final flat stage, her second runner-up finish behind Wiebes. Gillespie was consistently the best of the rest in the sprints, giving UAE Team ADQ a strong fast-finish card alongside Longo Borghini's GC effort.

Second on the opening stage for the home UAE Team ADQ team, beaten only by Wiebes. A strong sprint result on home roads that would be repeated through the flat stages as the team's fast finisher behind GC leader Longo Borghini.