Hugo Page and Casper Pedersen attacked with around 15 kilometers to go and got a gap that looked to be dangerous, with Lotto Dstny doing a lot of work to close the gap because of the ambitions of Arnaud De Lie. A few sprinters still resisted in the peloton.
The move was closed with 5 kilometers to go. Almost inside the final kilometer there was a crash that split the peloton almost at it's head and reducing the amount of possible contenders for victory.
Soren Kragh Andersen launched his sprint from very early on in the steep cobbled sector of the finale.
Edward Theuns bridged across to the wheel but the effort proved too much and he could not go across. It was Luca Mozzato who was in the wheels of a small chasing group who still had legs in the final meters, and he jumped across to take a very big win. He beat Andersen and Theuns who completed the podium.