The tour with an UCI rating of 2.2 started in Nijlen, and ended in Geraardsbergen.
158 cyclists started and 74 of them finished the tour.
[1][2] The first stage started at 14:00 and was scheduled to end between 16:28 and 16:38.
Thestage was a flat race and consisted of one lap of 28.3 km (17.6 mi) and five laps of 14.2 km (8.8 mi).
The race ended in a bunch sprint, won by Kirsten Wild ahead of Ellen van Dijk and Jolien D'Hoore.