Championships Mathieu van der Poel has the Brabantse pijl win. The well-liked acknowledged in a sprint with four with the other top favourite, Julian Alaphilippe. Tim Wellens was third. For Van der Poel is already his fifth win of the season.
The Brabant Arrow is usually the openingsluik towards the ardennes classics. The field is a mix of riders suited for the Flemish classics riders for the Walloon races. As all nine editions of the event, started the pack on the Grote Markt in Leuven, and put the riders in the final three local laps of 23 kilometres, in the neighbourhood of Overijse. The finish line is at the top of the Schavei, a slope of 700 meters with an average gradient of 5.6%.