Wiebes and Magnier win action-packed editions of Dwars door het Hageland

While WorldTour racing has been ongoing in Switzerland and France, one-day racing has returned to Belgium for the men's and women's Dwars door het Hageland.

With damp conditions bringing even more drama to the gravel sectors, cobbles and punchy bergs, Lorena Wiebes emerged from the murk to triumph ahead of 19-year-old Fleur Moors (Lidl-Trek) and Millie Couzens (Fenix-Deceuninck), despite having to switch onto her (smaller) teammate Barbara Guarischi's bike for the finale. It marks Wiebes's tenth win of the season.

In the men's race, an elite selection was made early on, including a dominant presence from Alpecin-Deceuninck with Jasper Philipsen, Quentin Hermans, Tibor Del Grosso and Timo Kielich all making the cut. The powerhouse team seemed very much in control, even sending Hermans off the front for a stint to force their rivals to work, but when attacks resumed in the last 20 km, Philipsen appeared to struggle. The Belgian was able to latch onto Paul Magnier (Soudal-QuickStep) and Rasmus Tiller (Uno-X Mobility) when they launched 16 km out, but he was later dropped 4 km from the finish. Del Grosso and Hermans were able to bridge the narrow gap without too much trouble, but Magnier and Tiller had the pace and staying power to take the top two spots on the ramp to the Diest Citadel.

Women's top 5

1. Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) 3:18:02
2. Fleur Moors (Lidl-Trek) "
3. Millie Couzens (Fenix-Deceuninck) "
4. Ilse Pluimers (AG Insurance-Soudal) +0:04
5. Zoe Bäckstedt (Canyon-SRAM zondadacrypto) +0:05

Men's top 5

1. Paul Magnier (Soudal-QuickStep) 4:00:29
2. Rasmus Tiller (Uno-X Mobility) +0:03
3. Tibor Del Grosso (Alpecin-Deceuninck) +0:09
4. Quinten Hermans (Alpecin-Deceuninck) +0:14
5. Mike Teunissen (XDS-Astana) +0:24

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