The first of two stages today covered just 82.8 kilometres on a flat parcours ahead of an individual time trial later this afternoon. A fast start with lots of attacks made it hard for a break to establish itself but after around 20 kilometres two riders finally moved clear, building a maximum advantage of around 45 seconds.
Team DSM took control behind and gradually reeled the two leaders in with just under 10 kilometres to race, from which point they set a tempo to deter further attacks and setting Wiebes up for another fast finish.
The sprint victory once again reaffirms her position at the top of the GC as well as the points classification ahead of stage 3b’s time trial later on.