Wiebes sprints to second women's Gent-Wevelgem title

Dutch cyclist Lorena Wiebes won the women's Gent-Wevelgem one-day classic for the second year running on Sunday, beating Italian rider Elisa Balsamo and her compatriot Charlotte Kool in a sprint at the end of the 169km race.

The win was also the 100th in the career of the sprinter from the SD Worx-Protime team, and her seventh of the 2025 season.

"I am very, very happy, you always want to win and every time it works out it's fantastic," said Wiebes.

Back-to-back! 🇳🇱 Lorena Wiebes claims her second Gent-Wevelgem In Flanders Fields victory! 🏆 #GW25 pic.twitter.com/EWq2lYTU3J

— Gent-Wevelgem (@GentWevelgem) March 30, 2025

Last Thursday, 26-year-old Wiebes won the Brugge-De Panne, four days after her success in Milan-San Remo.

As in the "Classicissima", Wiebes was ably assisted in the win by her Belgian teammate and world champion Lotte Kopecky.

"We knew we had to go for a bunch sprint, that was the plan. The other girls kept the pace high and Lotte did the leadout," added Wiebes.

"I can trust her completely, I just had to follow her. She was all the time with her head in the wind and did a fantastic leadout for me."