Timo Kielich (Alpecin-Deceuninck) threw his bike across the line to win Antwerp Port Epic ahead of Rasmus Bøgh Wallin (Uno-X Mobility).
The 25-year-old Belgian took advantage of a solo attack with 30km to go and saved enough in his legs to withstand a challenge from the Dane, who bridged across in the final 7km.
Tim Merlier (Soudal-QuickStep) jumped around two other riders in the chasing group in the final 400 metres to grab third place.
The 182.2km race with a sprinkling of cobblestoned sections saw a couple of early crashes, Sam Welsford (Red Bulll-Bora-Hansgrohe) first and then Arnaud De Lie (Lotto), taking both those contenders out of the race.
Then with just under 90km to go, most of the peloton made a left-hand turn which took them off the course. The race was neutralised for a short time to allow riders to reverse direction and return to the route.
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