Wout Van Aert of Crelan-Vastgoedservice Cycling Team took the win on the prologue of the 86th edition of the Baloise Belgium Tour.
This year's race started with a 6km stage in Beveren and saw Reto Hollenstein of IAM Cycling the first rider to break seven minutes with a time of 6.56.
Niki Terpstra got to within three tenths of a second of Hollenstein's time which stood until Wout Van Aert finished in 6:52.
Tony Martin was the stage favourite but the German could only finish in 6.54 and the Belgian took the win by two seconds.
Result
1 Wout Van Aert 6.52
2 Tony Martin +2
3 Reto Hollenstein +4
4 Niki Terpstra +4
5 Yves Lampaert +5