Pierre Barbier (Philippe Wagner/Bazin) was third Team DSM-Firmenich-PostNL tried to get control in the closing metres but Jayco-AlUla made a big push in the slightly uphill finishing stretch and managed to get both sprinters vying for the victory at the line It took a close examination of the high-speed camera images before the jury awarded the win to Walscheid "I started the sprint because I didn't see Dylan when I turned around then I felt a rider on my right side coming very close to me on the finish line and then when I looked to my right I saw him so it was a perfect outcome for us and a great day," Walscheid said "I'm super happy to take the victory today I think next year we will have some nice goals together where we will hope to deliver him to the victory but today is just great for the team in general." The 195.2-kilometre race from Eernegem to Lichtervelde ended up as a bunch sprint but not without a strong resistance by the breakaway spent the day off the front in the company of Bogdan Zabelinskiy (Soudal-Quickstep Devo) Gianni Marchand and Alex Vandenbulcke (Tarteletto Isorex) Adam Lewis (Team Skyline) and Max Kroonen (Volkerwessels) but the WorldTour teams spoiled the party in the final five kilometres Results powered by FirstCycling she coordinates coverage for North American events and global news As former elite-level road racer who dabbled in cyclo-cross and track Laura has a passion for all three disciplines When not working she likes to go camping and explore lesser traveled roads UCI governance and performing data analysis Intermarché rider bests Groenewegen in Lichtervelde Gerben Thijssen (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty) powered to his fourth win of the 2023 season taking out the Omloop van het Houtland ahead of Dylan Groenewegen (Jayco-AlUla) and Cedric Beullens (Lotto Dstny) "I was focused on the sprint train of dsm-firmenich until Arne Marit came from the back to make room for me and to bring me to sprint speed with 200 meter to go He was the last element in a perfect team job today," Thijssen said. "I’m proud to reward the confidence of my teammates this success confirms that I am one of the sprinters not to be neglected This is a boost of confidence before my final four weeks of the season and even towards next year.” Thijssen made the decisive front split after Tim Merlier (Soudal-Quickstep) shattered the peloton with an acceleration with 30km to go and Team DSM-Firmenich had four riders in the move but couldn't deliver while Intermarché timed their efforts perfectly The 195.2km flat route from Eernegem to Lichtervelde finished with nine laps of a 12.1km circuit and seemed destined to be a bunch sprint and Tom Sexton (Bolton Equities Black Spoke) formed the early move but never gained more than three minutes and were caught on the closing circuits Results powered by FirstCycling According to Belgian broadcasters RTBF, the communes of Wingene and Lichtervelde in western Flanders introduced the blanket ban. 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