Towards half-race, Evgheni Utalov took the lead of the race together with Gérard Wiétor, whereas the other riders were reeled in by the peloton, out of which Gusty Bausch and young Joel Zangerlé attacked. Both of them rode well togehter, they created a gap on the main group and managed to come closer and closer to the leading duo.

They bridged up just in time for Bausch to take a maximum of points in the following intermediate sprints. During one of these sprints, Bausch and Zangerlé took several meters of advance on Utalov and Wietor. They put the hammer down and took control of the race for good.

he race explodes and behind Bausch and Zangerlé, Gutalov and Wietor are still chasing, whereas Libar, Bintz, Fernandez and Selmikeit also try to bridge up to the front out of the peloton. The rest of the field, led by the riders from UC Dippach, seems resignated, but the two riders from Tétange, Libar and Bintz, make a big effort in the poursuit.

Gusty Bausch is collecting most of the intermediate points in the last laps, and even if Zangerlé manages to beat him in the final sprint, the cyclo-cross specialist has enough margin left to take the final victory in the 16th Grand-prix Ostfenster. est le plus régulier pour engranger les points dans les derniers tours et, même si Zangerlé parvient à la battre dans le sprint final, le champion de cyclo-cross a suffisamment de marge pour s'assurer de la victoire finale au 16ème Grand-prix Ostfenster. Utalov and then Libar, Bintz and Fernandez are the next riders to cross the line, but it is German rider Oliver Selmikeit who takes the third place on the podium, because he took lots of points in the intermediate sprints during the first half of the race.