2019 Gent–Wevelgem (women's race)

For the men's race, see 2019 Gent-Wevelgem.

The eighth running of Gent–Wevelgem's women's race was held on Sunday 31 March 2019. It was the fifth event of the 2019 UCI Women's World Tour.^[1] The race started in Ypres and finished in Wevelgem, covering a distance of 136.9 km. Italian Marta Bastianelli won the previous edition in 2018.^[2]

2019 Gent–Wevelgem (women's race)

2019 UCI Women's World Tour, race 5 of 23
Race details
Dates	31 March 2019
Stages	1
Distance	136.9 km (85.07 mi)
Winning time	3hr 33' 34"
Results
Winner  Kirsten Wild (NED) (WNT–Rotor Pro Cycling)   Second  Lorena Wiebes (NED) (Parkhotel Valkenburg)   Third  Letizia Paternoster (ITA) (Trek–Segafredo)
← 2018 2020 →

Youtube race summary

Teams

24 teams competed in the race.^[3]

Professional women's teams

• Alé–Cipollini
• Aromitalia–Basso Bikes–Vaiano
• Astana
• Biehler Pro Cycling
• Bigla Pro Cycling
• Boels–Dolmans
• BTC City Ljubljana
• Canyon–SRAM
• CCC Liv
• Doltcini–Van Eyck Sport
• Drops
• FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
• Health Mate–Cyclelive Team
• Hitec Products–Birk Sport
• Lotto–Soudal Ladies
• Mitchelton–Scott
• Movistar Team
• Parkhotel Valkenburg
• Team Sunweb
• Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank
• Team Virtu Cycling
• Trek–Segafredo
• Valcar–Cylance
• WNT–Rotor Pro Cycling

Results

Final general classification [4] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Kirsten Wild (NED) WNT–Rotor Pro Cycling 3h 33' 34" 2  Lorena Wiebes (NED) Parkhotel Valkenburg s.t. 3  Letizia Paternoster (ITA) Trek–Segafredo s.t. 4  Marta Bastianelli (ITA) Team Virtu Cycling s.t. 5  Amy Pieters (NED) Bigla Pro Cycling s.t. 6  Lotte Kopecky (BEL) Lotto–Soudal Ladies s.t. 7  Michela Balducci (ITA) Aromitalia–Basso Bikes–Vaiano s.t. 8  Elena Cecchini (ITA) Canyon–SRAM s.t. 9  Elisa Balsamo (ITA) Valcar–Cylance s.t. 10  Marta Cavalli (ITA) Valcar–Cylance s.t.

See also

• 2019 in women's road cycling