Riding well as a unit Léa Curinier, Charlotte Kool, Floortje Mackaij and Franziska Koch made the first group, with Megan Jastrab and Leah Kirchmann in the second chasing group after doing a lot of work to create the splits. For a while the gap hovered at around 30 seconds before eventually the two groups came together, meaning all six Team DSM riders were in the front split of 40 riders.
As the kilometres and laps ticked by, the attacks kept happening and the group split once again, from which Mackaij launched a strong counter attack alongside three others. With the rest of the team excellently marking the chase behind it became clear that Mackaij’s group would battle it out for the win. A fighter, Mackaij made several attacks in the closing lap but she was eventually reeled in and it came down to a four-up sprint. Pushing all the way to the line, Mackaij gave it her all to claim a good third place for the team, with Kool taking sixth in the sprint from the chasing group behind – a strong double top ten finish after what was a good team performance.