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in Belgium. It was held on 30 March 2016 over a distance of starting and finishing in

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. It was rated by the UCI as a 1.2 category race.

Race

In the first part of the race the American

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(Cylance) went solo in the breakaway. She was caught and between the

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and the

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the peloton split in several parts with a front group of about forty riders. With less than 20 km to go the Polish

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(Rabo Liv) escaped and a bit later

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(Boels–Dolmans),

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(Rabo Liv),

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(Boels–Dolmans) and

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(Wiggle High5) joined her. They got a gap but on the last cobble stones section, with about 5 km to go the group was caught. In a sprint uphill Vos was the fastest ahead of Guarnier and the Finnish champion

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(Cervelo Bigla).

Result

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Race

Result

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