De Amerikaan Jules Gilliam heeft zijn derde zege op rij beet. Opnieuw ging deze eerstejaars junior solo naar de overwinning in Bierbeek.

"There were many attacks within the first 2 laps, but 6 of us eventually edged away to form the break. We worked well together to increase our time gap, so hard in fact that one of the riders popped. Then the 5 of us left in the break continued our steady lead until we saw 1 lap to go, in which Tom and Jerry attacks ensued. I attacked into the headwind on the backside hill at 2 km to go, gaining a sizable gap before the right turn into the tailwind. And bam, I  jammed it to the line from there, finishing solo and holding off the other riders." : tell Jules.

1 GILLIAM Jules

2 HILLEN Michie
3 UALGASI Bram