100 career victories for Lorena Wiebes! Masterfully guided by world champion Lotte Kopecky, the European champion secured victory in the Gent-Wevelgem 2025, repeating her win from twelve months ago. The strong Dutch sprinter from SD Worx Protime preceded Elisa Balsamo and Charlotte Kool.

In the first part of the race, several athletes tried to animate the race with breakaways, including Katia Ragusa (Human Powered Health) and Beatrice Caudera (BePink - Imatra - Bongioanni).

The race ignited 57 kilometers from the finish, on the Kemmelberg, when world champion Lotte Kopecky (Team SD Worx - Protime) accelerated, selecting the group that had previously been split due to some crashes. After pursuing for a few kilometers, Elisa Longo Borghini and other athletes made the reconnection, reinforcing the main group to a quartet of athletes.

34 kilometers from the conclusion, the Kemmelberg once again served as a launching pad for Kopecky: on the cobblestones, the world champion made a new push to which Longo Borghini promptly responded, followed by Lorena Wiebes, Letizia Borghesi, and Chloé Dygert. However, there was little collaboration in the quintet, and thus the group returned compact, with some of the delayed athletes able to recover the wheels of the best.

In the last ten kilometers, the sprinters' teams organized themselves and began preparation for the sprint, with SD Worx Protime setting a devilish pace and the women from Picnic, Lidl Trek, and AG Insurance closely controlling. In the final kilometer, Kopecky positioned Wiebes on her wheel, while Balsamo was behind the Dutch sprinter. Once the sprint was launched, Balsamo could not threaten the "arrow" of SD Worx Protime.

FINISH ORDER

1 WIEBES Lorena Team SD Worx - Protime 04:11:19

2 BALSAMO Elisa Lidl - Trek ,,

3 KOOL Charlotte Team Picnic PostNL ,,

4 VAN 'T GELOOF Marjolein Arkéa - B&B Hotels Women ,,

5 CONSONNI Chiara CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto ,,

6 GILLESPIE Lara UAE Team ADQ ,,

7 WILLIAMS Lily Human Powered Health ,,

8 WOLLASTON Ally FDJ - SUEZ ,,

9 VERHULST-WILD Gladys AG Insurance - Soudal Team ,,

10 RYSZ Kaja Roland ,,