As Brand continued to accelerate over the second lap, only Annemarie Worst and Sara Casasola could keep pace. The Dutch national champion was relentless though and at the end of lap three, she'd built a lead of 8 seconds back to Casasola. Although Brand was continuing to put the power down, Alvarado had picked her way back through the field and got back to 2nd heading into the penultimate lap. There was no catching Brand though as the
Baloise - Trek Lions star took the victory with relative comfort in the end.