Pim Ronhaar joined them on a great performance but under the pace of van Aert the race remained rather stable. It didn't take too long however for the winning gap to be made, it was in the second lap of the GP Sven Nys that van der Poel opened a gap in a mud section where van Aert could not stay on the bike. A small gap grew into a decent one, and then slowly into over a minute.
Van der Poel was unmatched throughout most of the race and took his eighth win of the season - and first of 2024. Van Aert and Ronhaar battled for a few laps for second place however the Team Visma | Lease a Bike rider came through to finish second almost two minutes off the winner. Ronhaar was still third. Lars van der Haar solidified his lead in the X2O Badkamers Trofee as Eli Iserbyt was absent from the action.