The agonising near-miss. Vos had only returned to racing this week following the death of her father — she had missed the Tour of Flanders — and came to Roubaix as Visma's designated finisher. The plan worked almost perfectly: Ferrand-Prévot lit the race and then did the chasing and the lead-out so Vos could conserve, shadowing Koch's every move without contributing to the pace. As the supposedly faster sprinter she should have won the velodrome two-up, but Koch held her line and came up the marginally better. Second by the width of a tyre, in a race that would have been one of the most emotional victories of her career.

• 46 kmFollowed her teammate Ferrand-Prévot into the four-up move
• 18 kmSat the wheels through Carrefour de l'Arbre, leaving the work to Ferrand-Prévot
• 0.3 kmLed to the line by Ferrand-Prévot, but narrowly out-sprinted by Koch

Made the front group of eight and finished seventh at +0:34. With teammate Ferrand-Prévot eliminated by a mechanical, Vos was Visma's best finisher — an experienced, steady ride in a chaotic edition.

Vos did not ride Maasmechelen. By 2026 her winter cyclocross appearances had become selective, and her focus through the off-season was on building toward a road spring rather than chasing World Cup cross points.