However, it was Pieterse, who was not at the start in Zolder on Tuesday, who immediately took the lead in the first round. She slipped in one of the first corners of the wet course, but then drove everyone out of the wheel. After the first lap, the Fenix-Deceuninck rider was 16 seconds ahead of Shirin van Anrooij, Inge van der Heijden and Alvarado, with Betsema close behind.