Gent-Wevelgem 2023 Women - Prediction
Friday 24 March 2023 • Previews
Sunday 26 March: Ypres-Wevelgem (162.5 km)
The 12th edition of the women's Gent-Wevelgem will start at 13:50 under the impressive Menin Gate in Ypres and end at around 18:04 on Vanackerestraat in Wevelgem. The total distance is 162.5 km, with challenging climbs and flat Moeren passages en route.
📺 Sporza (10.00 AM), Eurosport 2 (2.15 PM)
⏰ 1.50 pm
🏁 6.04 pm
⛅️ Rainy, wind force 3, 9 degrees Celsius
Previous editions
| Year | Distance | Winner | Second | Third |
| 2012 | 113,7 km | Elizabeth Armitstead | Iris Slappendel | Jessie Daams |
| 2013 | 112,0 km | Kirsten Wild | Sanne van Paassen | Kelly Druyts |
| 2014 | 115,2 km | Lauren Hall | Janneke Ensing | Vera Koedooder |
| 2015 | 117,0 km | Floortje Mackaij | Janneke Ensing | Chloe Hosking |
| 2016 | 115,0 km | Chantal Blaak | Lisa Brennauer | Lucinda Brand |
| 2017 | 146,2 km | Lotta Lepistö | Jolien D'hoore | Coryn Rivera |
| 2018 | 142,6 km | Marta Bastianelli | Jolien D'hoore | Lisa Klein |
| 2019 | 136,8 km | Kirsten Wild | Lorena Wiebes | Letizia Paternoster |
| 2020 | 141,4 km | Jolien D'hoore | Lotte Kopecky | Lisa Brennauer |
| 2021 | 141,7 km | Marianne Vos | Lotte Kopecky | Lisa Brennauer |
| 2022 | 159,0 km | Elisa Balsamo | Marianne Vos | Maria Giulia Confalonieri |
Last year
Last year's edition saw Elisa Balsamo, as reigning world champion, triumph on the Vanackerestraat in Wevelgem. The 2022 race was also the first time that women passed through De Moeren and climbed the steep side of the Kemmelberg. The Kemmelberg climb will once again feature on the course, along with other landmarks from World War I.
The results from last year's race demonstrate that unpredictable moments can always occur during Gent-Wevelgem. Belgian champion and top favorite Lotte Kopecky seemed to distinguish herself by forming a breakaway group, but this group was caught back at the second climb of the Scherpenberg. The steep Kemmelberg did not cause any separation, and so the peloton went in a group to the finish in Wevelgem, where Balsamo triumphed in the sprint.
Best active riders in this race.
| Rider | Wins | Podiums | Top10s | Starts | Finishes |
| Marta Bastianelli | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Lotte Kopecky | - | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 |
| Elisa Balsamo | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 |
| Maria Giulia Confalonieri | - | 1 | 2 |
7 |
7 |
| Lorena Wiebes | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
Gent-Wevelgem Women - Prediction
*will be added with final startlist*
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🦄 Grace Brown
*The unicorn is our joker, nice old-fashioned based on feeling
