For the second year running, rain had made an unwelcome appearance at the start of La Charly Gaul. As Marcel Gilles pointed out, the bad weather was undoubtedly the main reason why so many entrants had withdrawn. Whilst around a thousand competitors had been expected, only 570 brave cyclists had put on their raincoats and leg warmers for what should have been a nice spring ride. The president of ACC Contern nevertheless also emphasised that, despite the dreadful weather, there were no major incidents to report, thanks in particular to the remarkable work of the security teams.

Right from the start, Jörgen Bo Pedersen and Enzo Mezzapesa set the pace in the peloton and soon broke away at the front of the race alongside Rudy Verheyen. Unfortunately for him, Mezzapesa was forced out of the trio after suffering two punctures, and the Dane Pedersen waited until two-thirds of the way through the race to shake off the Belgian as well. Pascal Triebel was not far behind the leaders at that point, but also lost a great deal of time after a puncture. Despite suffering from shoulder pain following a recent collarbone fracture, Jörgen Bo Pedersen won the full course of the seventh edition of La Charly Gaul after a long solo breakaway, finishing no less than 4 minutes ahead of Veheyen, who in turn had maintained a lead of over 11 minutes over a small group led by Walter Vandermissen, in which Alain Penning finished fourth and was the top Luxembourger. Myriam Keller finished as the first woman on the long route, in 74th place. On the shorter route, Steve Fogen also won solo, with a lead of around twenty seconds over Christian Weyland. On the eve of his 65th birthday, Charly Gaul completed the ‘short’ ride remarkably well, finishing in 163rd place alongside his daughter Fabienne.