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Tour of Flanders 2024: The Route

Following a flat run-up, in which the home crowds are thrown into a cycling frenzy of eager anticipation, the riders get a first taste of cobbles after 104 kilometres. The pavé on the Lippenhovenstraat and Paddestraat appear in quick succession, but, to be frank, the first half of the race is nothing special. It’s the simple fact that De Ronde is on its way that gives the race its edge at this stage.

The riders tackle the first climb exactly halfway. After the Oude Kwaremont the riders continue to the Kappelleberg and from then on the race intensifies. The cobbles of Holleweg roll out a somewhat rugged red carpet for a section with the Wolvenberg, more cobbles (Kerkgate and Jagerij), Molenberg, Marlboroughstraat, Berendries and Valkenberg. All these obstacles are crammed together within 15 kilometres.

There is still 86 kilometres to go after the Valkenberg. A relatively calm phase of 32 kilometres – with only Berg Ten Houte and Nieuwe Kruisberg/Hotond – makes way for a brutal finale.

The Tour of Flanders really is on fire when the riders tackle the Oude Kwaremont/Paterberg combo for the first time. This is an exciting phase with Koppenberg, the cobbles of the Mariaborrestraat, Steenbeekdries, the cobbles of the Stationsberg, and Taaienberg in rapid succession. To be precise, within 20 kilometres.

With 29 kilometres left the riders tackle the Oude Kruisberg/Hotond before the Oude Kwaremont makes its last appearance inside the final 20 kilometres. The cobbled climb is 2,200 metres long and averages 4%, while the Paterberg is quite the opposite. Only 360 metres long, but definitely a killer with its average gradient of 12.9% and ramps up to 20.3%.

The last 13.2 kilometres of the Tour of Flanders are flat.

Last year, Tadej Pogacar began early with the demolition works. He dropped his rivals for the first time in the penultimate ascent of the Oude Kwaremont – so, with still 55 kilometres remaining. Following a regroupment the Slovene again put pressure on the Koppenberg. Only Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert were able to match this move, but the two were left in the ropes when Pogacar tightened the screws on the last time up the Oude Kwaremont and powered his way to victory.

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The Tour of Flanders , renowned as the second monument of the season and the pinnacle of all Flandrien classics, stands as one of the most important and thrilling days in the cycling calendar. This prestigious race sees the biggest classics specialists battling it out on the steep cobbled climbs in pursuit of a prestigious victory. Let's delve into its profile.

270 kilometers on the menu this year. The distance will make for a brutal race, the Tour of Flanders has always been a race for the riders who are capable of performing on a bike at top level for a large number of hours and this year that capacity will be put to the limit. The start at Antwerpen will then see just a bit over 130 kilometers that are mostly set to be calm, approximately half of the race. However in the second half everything changes, as the Oude Kwaremont will open things up.

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From 1375to 84 kilometers to go there will be a long succession of bergs and cobbled sectors that will thin down the peloton. Big attacks will no happen here, as the main favourites need to save their bullets wisely, however set-up attacks, split attempts and a lot of fatigue buildup may happen here.

The crucial section of the race starts with the second passage over the Oude Kwaremont. Kwaremont, Koppenberg and Paterberg come in quick succession and this trio of ascents will not only destroy the peloton, it will also provide opportunities to launch potentially decisive attacks. They come with 54.5, 51 and 44.5 kilometers to go. Not many riders will survive the peloton afterwards, and with a thinned down group decisive attacks can also come after as the chasing power will not be so meaningful.

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Steenbeekdries (39Km to go), Taaienberg (37Km to go) and Oude Kruisberg (28Km to go) follow afterwards and provide further launching pads for dangerous attacks. After a small descent the race will enter it’s final sectors.

For the third and last time, the Oude Kwaremont. A grueling berg with inconsistent gradients, it summits with 16.5Km to go.

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And after a short section, the final berg of the race is always one that may see the differences, the Paterberg. Short but sharp, essentially a one-minute all-out effort after around 6:30h of hard racing where slipstreaming is not a thing. A climb most will know like the back of their hand, it will summit with 13 kilometers to go.

As every year, the run-up to Oudenaarde then is quite excruciating. Pan-flat after the small descent from the Paterberg, it is a place where attacks can still happen, but whatever happens depends on what will happen over the ascents.

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• Dates 31 Mar
• Race Length 270 kms
• Start Antwerp
• Finish Oudenaarde
• Race Category Elite Men

Tour of Flanders: Mathieu van der Poel makes it a hattrick

Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) took his record-tying third Tour of Flanders title in a dominant ride on a rain-soaked day in Belgium.

The Dutch rider was flawless on the Koppenberg with 46km to go when most riders were forced to get off their bikes and walk to the fearsome climb. From that point, Van der Poel did not look back and clinched his third win solo with enough of a gap to get off his bike and hoist it into the air to celebrate his triumph.

From the Koppenberg until the finish, it was a battle for seconds amongst the remaining peloton behind. Dylan Teuns (Israel-Premier Tech) and Alberto Bettiol (EF Education-EasyPost) mounted a spirited rider for the remaining podium places, but the two riders were brought back in the final hundred metres by a strong group of nine. In the end, Luca Mozzato (Arkeá-B&B) finished second and Nils Politt (UAE Team Emirates) finished third after Michael Matthews (Jayco AlUla) was relegated for a sprint deviation.

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Tour of Flanders 2024 overview

The Tour of Flanders will run on Sunday, 31 March and marks the crown jewel of the Belgian Classics and one of the most important race days in cycling.

The Ronde van Vlaanderen, or simply De Ronde as it is called in Flanders, is known for its cobbled climbs and for the rabid atmosphere that comes from the hundreds of thousands of Belgian fans that make their way to the side of the road for the biggest Sunday in Belgium’s sporting calendar.

The Tour of Flanders is the second of cycling’s five Monuments and has been run for over a hundred years, with the only interruption coming during World War I. Not even World War II could stop De Ronde from crowing a winner as the race has endured in the memory of cycling fans since it began in 1913.

While last year’s winner Tadej Pogačar will be at an altitude camp rather than defending his crown in Flanders - as he prepares for his attempt at the Giro-Tour double this summer - the startlist will be stacked with some of cycling’s biggest names regardless.

Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) looks to add his name to the rare three-time winners club, while his victor from last week’s Gent-Wevelgem, Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), is in search of his first Monument win. They will square off against the strength of Alberto Bettiol (EF Education-EasyPost), Matej Mohorič (Bahrain Victorious) and Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates) among many others who will have had the Tour of Flanders circled on their calendar since last November.

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Tour of Flanders 2024 key information

When is the Tour of Flanders 2024? The Tour of Flanders will start on Sunday, 31 March.

Where does the 2024 Tour of Flanders take place? The Tour of Flanders takes place in Flanders, Belgium, starting in Antwerp and finishing in Oudenaarde.

Who won the Tour of Flanders in 2023? Tadej Pogačar soloed to victory in the 2023 edition, finishing ahead of Mathieu van der Poel who was also solo. Mads Pederson won the sprint for third behind.

When did the Tour of Flanders start? The first edition of the Tour of Flanders was run in 1913. The race has run every year since, with the only exception coming during World War I when Flanders was the epicentre of the fighting.

Who won the first Tour of Flanders? Paul Deman won the first edition of the Tour of Flanders ahead of Joseph Van Daele and Victor Doms. All three riders were Belgians.

Who has the most wins at the Tour of Flanders? Six riders have won the Tour of Flanders three times, including most recently Fabian Cancellara, Tom Boonen and Johan Museeuw.

Tour of Flanders 2024 route: the pinnacle of the Belgian Classics

The route of the Tour of Flanders changes often, however, the ending generally has stayed the same as the race has found its formula with the shift to the Oudenaarde finish in 2012.

The 271km race, starting in Antwerp and ending in Oudenaarde, has only 2,172 metres but the riders feel every one of those metres as the climbs are all packed in the back half of the race and many of them are accompanied by tough cobblestones. In total, there are 16 cobblestone sectors and 17 climbs.

While the action comes thick and fast at the end of the race, the parcours takes its time getting to the action with the first climb of the Oude Kwaremont coming after 135km of racing. The long, flat prelude to the climbs provides a big opportunity for domestiques and opportunists to get up the road early, ahead of the action. While the breakaway will undoubtedly be brought back by the favourites towards the end of the race, it is not uncommon for riders in the early breakaway to hang around and play some type of role in the finale.

After the preamble, the race begins the climbs and doesn’t return to flat roads until the final 11km flat run to the line once all the climbs and cobbles are done and dusted. From the first climb up the Oude Kwaremont through the finish, the race packs in all 16 of the climbs into 137km. The first ride up the Kwaremont is followed by the first lap around the Flemish Ardense and climbs like the Kappelberg, Wolvenberg, Molenberg, Bendries, Valkenberg and Berg Ten Haut before the race returns to the base of the Oude Kwaremont for the crucial second lap around the most famous climbs of Flanders.

The second of three times of asking on the Oude Kwaremont comes with 57km to go before it is followed by the first ascent of the Paterberg, the Koppenberg, Steenbeekdries, Taaienberg and Kruisberg which mark the start of the crucial endgame at the Tour of Flanders. The Koppenberg, Taaienberg and Kruisberg especially are the climbs where the race will often kick off as the big contenders begin to manoeuvre before the final few climbs.

All of this leads to the final crescendo of the final two climbs of the day which will ultimately decide the result of the stage. The Oude Kwaremont and Paterberg combo comes in the final 20km and sets the table for the final attacks before the flat run to the finish. The two final climbs have shown to be selective enough with six solo winners and a four-up sprint being the biggest group to contest for the win at the new finishing circuit.

Which teams are racing the Tour of Flanders 2024?

The Tour of Flanders is a WorldTour race and will see the full collection of 18 WorldTour teams take on the race. Seven ProTour teams will also be at the race making up the full 25-team peloton of 175 riders.

WorldTour teams:

• Alpecin-Deceuninck
• Arkéa-B&B Hotels
• Astana Qazaqstan
• Bahrain Victorious
• Bora-Hansgrohe
• Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale
• EF Education-EasyPost
• Groupama-FDJ
• Ineos Grenadiers
• Intermarché-Wanty
• Movistar Team
• Soudal Quick-Step
• dsm-firmenich PostNL
• Jayco AlUla
• Visma-Lease a Bike
• UAE Team Emirates

ProTour teams:

• Lotto Dstny
• Israel-Premier Tech
• Uno-X Mobility
• Flanders-Baloise
• Tudor Pro Cycling
• Q36.5 Pro Cycling

What happened at the Tour of Flanders 2023?

Tadej Pogačar stormed to victory in the 2023 Tour of Flanders after an attacking ride saw him dispense Wout van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel from his wheel after a long battle that saw the trio start the crux of the race on the back foot before they worked their way through the early attackers until it was just Pogačar and Van der Poel racing to the finish in a one-on-one drag race along the flat run to Oudenaard. The two matched each other the whole day with Van der Poel only trailing the Slovenian of the Oude Kwaremont the last time of asking. Mads Pedersen won the sprint from the select group of seven behind.

Tour of Flanders history

While the Tour of Flanders might not be the longest, the oldest, the hilliest or the roughest of the Monuments, it is Belgium’s biggest race and perhaps the race that is the hardest to win. Even the specialists who have dedicated their careers to the Classics have found it a difficult crown to take, as the likes of Roger De Vlaeminck and Peter Sagan only took one win each at the race. Famously, Sean Kelly never managed to win the race, even though he won all of the other monuments and countless other Classics. Flanders, in all its challenges, was his white whale.

Recently, Flanders have been defined by a couple of true rivalries. In the 2000s and first half of the 2010’s the race was dominated by Tom Boonen and Fabian Cancellara. The two Classics stars traded blows in all of the Classics, but Flanders was where they seemed to trade wins. All said and done, the two riders accounted for six victories out of ten editions from 2005 to 2014.

While Boonen and Cancellara are now out of the picture, Wout van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel have taken on the role of central casting at Flanders in the 2020s. While one Tadej Pogačar has interrupted that rivalry on a few occasions, Van Aert and Van der Poel have been consistent as the furniture for the past few years at Flanders and are likely to continue turning up the race for the foreseeable future.

Tour of Flanders' previous winners

2023 Tadej Pogačar (Slo) 2022 Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) 2021 Kasper Asgreen (Den) 2020 Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) 2019 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) 2018 Niki Terpstra (Ned) 2017 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) 2016 Peter Sagan (Svk) 2015 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) 2014 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) 2013 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) 2012 Tom Boonen (Bel) 2011 Nick Nuyens (Bel) 2010 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) 2009 Stijn Devolder (Bel) 2008 Stijn Devolder (Bel) 2007 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) 2006 Tom Boonen (Bel) 2005 Tom Boonen (Bel) 2004 Steffen Wesemann (Ger) 2003 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) 2002 Andrea Tafi (Ita) 2001 Gianluca Bortolami (Ita) 2000 Andrei Tchmil (Bel) 1999 Peter Van Petegem (Bel) 1998 Johan Museeuw (Bel) 1997 Rolf Sörensen (Den) 1996 Michele Bartoli (Ita) 1995 Johan Museeuw (Bel) 1994 Gianni Bugno (Ita) 1993 Johan Museeuw (Bel) 1992 Jacky Durand (Fra) 1991 Edwig Van Hooydonck (Bel) 1990 Moreno Argentin (Ita) 1989 Edwig Van Hooydonck (Bel) 1988 Eddy Planckaert (Bel) 1987 Claude Criquielion (Bel) 1986 Adri Van Der Poel (Ned) 1985 Eric Vanderaerden (Bel) 1984 Johan Lammerts (Ned) 1983 Jan Raas (Ned) 1982 Rene Martens (Bel) 1981 Hennie Kuiper (Ned) 1980 Michel Pollentier (Bel) 1979 Jan Raas (Ned) 1978 Walter Godefroot (Bel) 1977 Roger De Vlaeminck (Bel) 1976 Walter Planckaert (Bel) 1975 Eddy Merckx (Bel) 1974 Cees Bal (Ned) 1973 Eric Leman (Bel) 1972 Eric Leman (Bel) 1971 Evert Dolman (Ned) 1970 Eric Leman (Bel) 1969 Eddy Merckx (Bel) 1968 Walter Godefroot (Bel) 1967 Dino Zandegu (Ita) 1966 Ward Sels (Bel) 1965 Jo De Roo (Ned) 1964 Rudi Altig (Ger) 1963 Noél Foré (Bel) 1962 Rik Van Looy (Bel) 1961 Tom Simpson (GB) 1960 Arthur De Cabooter (Bel) 1959 Rik Van Looy (Bel) 1958 Germain Derijcke (Bel) 1957 Fred De Bruyne (Bel) 1956 Jean Forestier (Fra) 1955 Louison Bobet (Fra) 1954 Raymond Impanis (Bel) 1953 Wim Van Est (Ned) 1952 Roger Decock (Bel) 1951 Fiorenzo Magni (Ita) 1950 Fiorenzo Magni (Ita) 1949 Fiorenzo Magni (Ita) 1948 Briek Schotte (Bel) 1947 Emiel Faignaert (Bel) 1946 Rik Van Steenbergen (Bel) 1945 Sylvain Grysolle (Bel) 1944 Rik Van Steenbergen (Bel) 1943 Achiel Buysse (Bel) 1942 Briek Schotte (Bel) 1941 Achiel Buysse (Bel) 1940 Achiel Buysse (Bel) 1939 Karel Kaers (Bel) 1938 Edgard De Caluwe (Bel) 1937 Michel D'Hooghe (Bel) 1936 Louis Hardiquest (Bel) 1935 Louis Duerloo (Bel) 1934 Gaston Rebry (Bel) 1933 Alfons Schepers (Bel) 1932 Romain Gijssels (Bel) 1931 Romain Gijssels (Bel) 1930 Frans Bonduel (Bel) 1929 Jef Dervaes (Bel) 1928 Jan Mertens (Bel) 1927 Gerard Debaets (Bel) 1926 Denis Verschueren (Bel) 1925 Julien Delbecque (Bel) 1924 Gerard Debaets (Bel) 1923 Henri Suter (Swi) 1922 Leon Devos (Bel) 1921 Rene Vermandel (Bel) 1920 Jules Van Hevel (Bel) 1919 Henri Van Lerberghe (Bel) 1915-1918 The race was not held due to WWI 1914 Marcel Buysse (Bel) 1913 Paul Deman (Bel)

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Fans of the Tour of Flanders will be denied another showdown between Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) and Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease A Bike) this year, after the Belgian sustained multiple fractures in a heavy crash during Dwars door Vlaanderen.

It leaves Van der Poel as the clear favourite, with on-song Dane Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) stepping into the breach as the rider most likely to challenge the imperious Dutchman.

With reigning champion Tadej Pogačar from this year's startlist, the two men will feel more confident. But a Classics win is always reliant on a certain amount of luck, and Van der Poel and Pedersen certainly won't have it all their own way.

Meanwhile the women's race is also something of a clash of the titans, with two-time winner and defending champion Lotte Kopecky and her SD Worx-Protime team-mate forming a potent pairing who will nevertheless have to contend with the likes of Dwars door Vlaanderen winner Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease A Bike) and British hopeful Pfeiffer Georgi (dsm-firmenich PostNL) among others.

This year sees Antwerp take over from Bruges as the alternating host city of the race. The route remains broadly similar to previous years, with greater use of wider roads early on to help prevent crashes being the only change.

For the men, the first berg of 17 will be the Oude Kwaremont, tackled after 137km of racing, while the Wolvenberg at the 72km point is the first of 12 such tests in the women’s race. The Wolvenberg is where both men's and women's races converge, after which the climbs come thick and fast.

It's the final one-two punch of Oude Kwaremont and the Paterberg that often proves the most decisive. Controversial when first devised in 2012, particularly as it meant the omission of the iconic Muur van Geraardsbergen, this finale has since won fans over with its own unique character, which is also influenced by the double punch of the long, gradual Kwaremont and the short yet ultra-steep Paterberg.

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Tour of Flanders 2024 Key Info

Date: March 31 2024 Location: Antwerp 2023 winners: Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates, men); Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx, women) TV: Discovery+ / Eurosport Distance: 270km (men); 163km (women)

Tour of Flanders 2024 route

This year's men's race continues the annual trading game between Bruges and Antwerp, with the latter hosting the start on Sunday. Riders will find bigger roads than before waiting for them as they begin the long haul south-west towards berg country.

The fun begins with the first of three passes of the Oude Kwaremont, and the climbs come thick and fast after that as the race follows a spaghetti-like parcours around the hills of Flanders just south-east of the finish town of Oudenaarde. On the way they take in famous climbs including the Wolvenberg, Molenberg, Berendries and the Koppenberg on the way to a total 17 climbs, finishing with the one-two of the Oude Kwaremont and Paterberg with 13 flat kilometres to the line.

The women begin in Oudenaarde, where both races finish. They first head north-east away from the city to complete a circuit of the flatter terrain around Zottegem, looping back towards Oudenaarde to begin the day's climbing at 72km with the Wolvenberg. A similarly serpentine route to that of the men sees them tackle a total 12 classified climbs, including the Molenberg, Berendries and the Koppenberg, along with that final Kwaremont/Paterberg one-two at the end.

Tour of Flanders 2024: Riders to watch

Mathieu van der Poel Alpecin-Deceuninck ***** The Dutch rider looks imperious this season – always at or near the head of affairs in every race he has ridden and with a win at the E3 Saxo Classic and second at Gent-Wevelgem under his belt already. He's had a mercurial last couple of seasons, but covered himself in glory in the Classics last year and seems to be set to repeat the feat this time around. The fact that Wout van Aert has now been ruled out – albeit in very unfortunate circumstances that VDP would not have wished for – won't exactly hurt his chances either.

Tiesj Benoot Visma-Lease A Bike *** With Benoot's team-mate and compatriot Wout van Aert recovering from a nasty crash in Dwars door Vlaanderen and other team-mates like Dylan Van Baarle having been ill, this could be Benoot's opportunity to step up from nearly man to winner at Flanders. He has been fifth here before – back in 2015 – and won Strade Bianche in 2018 . With a following wind and a bit of luck a podium, or even a win, here is not beyond him.

Mads Pedersen Lidl-Trek **** The Dane was third here last year and eighth the year before that. Considering that he seems to be in the form of his life – and the absence of one of his main Classics rivals, Wout van Aert – what's to say that Pedersen cannot finally achieve victory in what is one of the most revered one-day races of the season. Pedersen proves himself to be ever-more versatile, with overall wins in the Etoile de Bessèges and Tour de la Provence stage races, plus the more recent Gent-Wevelgem already this season.

Lotte Kopecky SD Worx-Protime ***** Of all the cards the Belgian team could play, right now Kopecky looks like the most likely to bring them success. She has been a playmaker in pretty much every race she has entered this season and already has four wins under her belt, including Strade Bianche . Riding alongside her, and even for her, will be at least four other potential victors – Demi Vollering, Marlen Reusser and Lorena Wiebes – ready to take over if Kopecky falters.

Elisa Longo Borghini Lidl-Trek **** The Italian has amassed a huge palmarès across Classics and stage races alike, despite spending most of her career riding in the company (under the shadow?) of greats like Annemiek van Vleuten and Anna van der Breggen. She has Lotte Kopecky to deal with these days, but that hasn't stopped the 32-year-old from putting in a solid shift so far this season already, with podiums at Omloop Het Nieuwsblad and Strade Bianche, and a win at Trofeo Oro in Euro.

Kasia Niewiadoma Canyon-SRAM **** The reigning gravel world champion was left heartbroken after missing out on a podium spot at Strade Bianche earlier this month. That was her most recent result, and one she may be eager to atone for at the Tour of Flanders this weekend. She was fifth here last year – the latest in a litany of top-10s stretching back 10 years. The Polish rider looks to be on form, with five top-seven finishes out of six race days this season, though there is of course the small matter of the SD Worx team standing between her and a win at Flanders.

Tour of Flanders 2024 men's start list

Alpecin-Deceuninck VAN DER POEL Mathieu PHILIPSEN Jasper BALLERSTEDT Maurice GROVES Kaden KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren DILLIER Silvan VERMEERSCH Gianni

Intermarché-Wanty GIRMAY Biniam DE POOTER Dries PAGE Hugo PETIT Adrien REX Laurenz TEUNISSEN Mike ZIMMERMANN Georg

Soudal Quick-Step ALAPHILIPPE Julian ASGREEN Kasper LAMPAERT Yves MOSCON Gianni PEDERSEN Casper VANGHELUWE Warre WARLOP Jordi

Team Visma-Lease a Bike AFFINI Edoardo BENOOT Tiesj JORGENSON Matteo VAN DIJKE Mick VAN DIJKE Tim TRATNIK Jan VAN BAARLE Dylan

Arkéa-B&B Hotels SÉNÉCHAL Florian GRONDIN Donavan ALBANESE Vincenzo MCLAY Daniel MOZZATO Luca SCOTSON Miles

Astana Qazaqstan Team BOL Cees BRUSSENSKIY Gleb FEDOROV Yevgeniy GAZZOLI Michele GIDICH Yevgeniy GRUZDEV Dmitriy SYRITSA Gleb

Bahrain-Victorious MOHORIČ Matej GOVEKAR Matevž GRADEK Kamil MIHOLJEVIĆ Fran PASQUALON Andrea WRIGHT Fred BURATTI Nicolò

BORA-Hansgrohe KOCH Jonas MEEUS Jordi HALLER Marco HERZOG Emil LÜHRS Luis-Joe DENZ Nico MULLEN Ryan VAN POPPEL Danny

Cofidis ALLEGAERT Piet DE GENDT Aimé DEBEAUMARCHÉ Nicolas MAHOUDO Nolann NOPPE Christophe RENARD Alexis ZINGLE Axel

Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale GAUTHERAT Pierre BOASSON HAGEN Edvald NAESEN Oliver DE BONDT Dries DE PESTEL Sander POLLEFLIET Gianluca TOUZÉ Damien TRONCHON Bastien

EF Education-EasyPost BETTIOL Alberto BISSEGGER Stefan DOULL Owain HONORÉ Mikkel Frølich POWLESS Neilson RUTSCH Jonas VALGREN Michael

Groupama-FDJ KÜNG Stefan ASKEY Lewis BYSTRØM Sven Erik LE GAC Olivier MADOUAS Valentin RUSSO Clément WATSON Samuel

INEOS Grenadiers TARLING Joshua NARVÁEZ Jhonatan ROWE Luke SHEFFIELD Magnus SWIFT Ben SWIFT Connor TURNER Ben

Lidl-Trek HOOLE Daan PEDERSEN Mads DECLERCQ Tim KIRSCH Alex MILAN Jonathan SKUJIŅŠ Toms STUYVEN Jasper THEUNS Edward

Movistar LAZKANO Oier CANAL Carlos CAVAGNA Rémi GARCÍA CORTINA Iván JACOBS Johan MILESI Lorenzo ROMEO Iván

Team dsm-firmenich PostNL DEGENKOLB John BEVIN Patrick BITTNER Pavel EDDY Patrick EEKHOFF Nils FLYNN Sean MÄRKL Niklas

Team Jayco AlUla MATTHEWS Michael DURBRIDGE Luke JANSEN Amund Grøndahl MEZGEC Luka O'BRIEN Kelland REINDERS Elmar WALSCHEID Max

UAE Team Emirates WELLENS Tim OLIVEIRA Ivo BJERG Mikkel COVI Alessandro HIRSCHI Marc MORGADO António POLITT Nils

Israel-Premier Tech FUGLSANG Jakob BOIVIN Guillaume HOULE Hugo NEILANDS Krists STEWART Jake TEUNS Dylan VAN ASBROECK Tom

Lotto-Dstny BEULLENS Cedric CAMPENAERTS Victor DE BUYST Jasper EENKHOORN Pascal GRIGNARD Sébastien VAN MOER Brent BERCKMOES Jenno

Uno-X Mobility KRISTOFF Alexander ABRAHAMSEN Jonas HOELGAARD Markus BLUME LEVY William RESELL Erik Nordsæter TILLER Rasmus WÆRENSKJOLD Søren

Bingoal-WB DE MEESTER Luca DE TIER Floris DESAL Ceriel VAN BOVEN Luca VAN ROOY Kenneth VAN DER BEKEN Aaron VERMOOTE Jelle

Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team CHRISTEN Fabio DEVRIENDT Tom LUDVIGSSON Tobias STEIMLE Jannik ZUKOWSKY Nickolas

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Tour of Flanders: Mathieu van der Poel smashes Monument with massive solo victory

Luca Mozzato takes second, Nils Pollit moves up to third as Michael Matthews is relegated for dangerous sprinting

How it unfolded

Van der poel sparks into action.

Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) took an astounding solo victory at the Tour of Flanders 2024 when he rode away from the field with 45km remaining to stretch out to a winning margin of 1:02.

Behind him, a two-man breakaway of Alberto Bettiol (EF Education–EasyPost) and Dylan Teuns (Israel-Premier Tech) was caught on the finish line by a chase group from which Luca Mozzato (Arkéa - B&B Hotels) sprinted to second place and Michael Matthews (Jayco-AlUla) took third.

Matthews was later relegated for dangerous sprinting, allegedly deviating from his line to not allow Nils Politt (UAE Team Emirates) to pass him, meaning that fourth-place finisher Pollit moved onto the podium.

Van der Poel was in a league of his own when he attacked on the Koppenberg ascent, with only Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike) able to keep any semblance of pace with the World Champion. However, with 40km remaining, Van der Pel moved to a margin of over 30 seconds and was squeezing seconds out of Jorgenson every kilometre.

By the ascent of the Kwaremont, Van der Poel had extended his margin over Jorgenson, Pedersen, and the growing chase group, leaving the remaining 37km an informal victory procession.

“My season is already a success now,” Van der Poel said after the finish. “Winning the Tour of Flanders in the World Champion jersey is a dream come true, and I need a few moments to let it sink in.”

“It was just surviving today. It was the hardest one I’ve ever ridden. This weather that we had - the last 20km was almost with my eyes shut.”

“I haven’t thought about what has happened,” he continued. “The rain made the cobbled climbs so difficult. The Koppenberg was ridiculously hard -  I was slipping and sliding all the way to the top. At the top, I had a nice gap. With this wind, it was pretty far to go alone. I did it but at the end the keg was empty.”

Speaking about the next few weeks of racing and the anticipation of another Monument win, Van der Poel said, “I cannot think about Roubaix yet.”

An exultant Mozzato also spoke after the finish. “Honestly, for me, a good result could be a top 20 or even a top 15,” he said. “I could dream of a top 10. But to be on the podium, for me, is just crazy.”

“In the end, I think I had the best day of my life, as the feeling on the bike was good.”

“I was also lucky in the Kwaremont. I was not in a good position in the peloton, and I had to gamble; someone else did the work to close the gap that was in front of me. I was lucky, but probably this bet paid off for me in the final 30-40km. At that moment, I felt well.

“Sometimes you have to be lucky and so I'm super happy with this.”

Van der Poel’s win has equalled numerous records, including joining only six riders who have ever won the Tour of Flanders three times.

The heavy rain that washed over Flanders at dawn had cleared by the time the peloton assembled in Antwerp for the start of the Ronde. Even so, it was hard to shake the sense that the absence of home favourite Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease A Bike) had had a dampening effect on the crowds that assembled beneath the Stadhuis. The Visma-Lease A Bike man had been Belgium’s best chance of breaking a record seven-year drought without a Tour of Flanders winner.

In his absence, Mathieu van der Poel was the lone five-start favourite for this Ronde, and there was uncertainty about how his Alpecin-Deceuninck team would choose to police the opening phase of the race. After a flurry of early attacks, the race eventually settled into a holding pattern when a break of eight took shape on the front.

Bert Van Lerberghe (Soudal-Quick Step), Luke Durbridge (Jayco AlUla), Elmar Reinderink (Jayco AlUla), Stanislaw Aniolkowski (Cofidis), David Dekker (Arkéa-B&B), Damien Touzé (Decathlon-AG2R), Lionel Taminiaux (Lotto-Dstny) and Jelle Vermoote (Bingoal WB) stuck up a solid working alliance, building a lead of four minutes over a peloton where Silvan Dillier was performing the lion’s share of the pace-making for Van der Poel.

That gap began to contract around the midpoint when the race swung tackled the first of its 17 climbs, the Oude Kwaremont. A crash shortly afterwards had the effect of reducing the peloton. Although the main contenders emerged unscathed, the tension was rising, with Alpecin and Visma starting to become ever more active.

Shortly before the Wolvenberg, Van der Poel’s young teammate Axel Laurance went on the attack with Jonas Abrahamsen (Uno-X), but Visma were quick to shut down the move on the climb, with Matteo Jorgenson himself setting a brisk tempo in the chasing peloton. The intensity continued over the other side, with Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) briefly pressing the pace.

With just under 110km still to race, a pair of genuine contenders had already tested the waters – unthinkable at this point in the race a decade ago, but seemingly par for the course in the dizzying cycling of the 2020s.

The Molenberg was the next rendezvous, with Lidl-Trek winning the drag race into the climb before Pedersen pushed the pace again, this time with real intent. Jorgenson and Van der Poel were immediately on his wheel, while behind, the peloton fragmented still further.

Over the other side, Visma’s approach was ever more apparent – despite their diminished roster, they were eager to attack and isolate Van der Poel, and their efforts saw a small group form with 97km remaining. Tiesj Benoot and Dylan van Baarle were joined by Pedersen, Ben Turner (Ineos), Oliver Naesen (Decathlon-AG2R), Brent Van Moer (Lotto-Dstny) and Nils Politt (UAE Team Emirates), with Gianni Vermeersch representing Van der Poel.

The Pedersen-Benoot group caught the remnants of the break before the Berendries, and they carried a lead of 20 seconds over Van der Poel et al into the climb. The world champion briefly looked isolated, but he was rejoined by three Alpecin teammates ahead of the Valkenberg and they set about ensuring the dangermen up front didn’t disappear from sight.

Van der Poel, however, wanted to be closer. Once on the Valkenberg, the Dutchman climbed from the saddle and accelerated in solo pursuit of the leaders, with Jorgenson and others following shortly afterwards.

By the time Van der Poel made it across, however, Pedersen had attacked again. The Dane bludgeoned his way clear on the Valkenberg, this time with Van der Poel’s teammate Vermeersch marking him. The pair opened a buffer of 15 seconds over the expanded peloton as they entered the final 80km, where the tension was dialled up another notch by a crash that saw Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ) among the fallers.

That gap would yawn towards half a minute by the time Pedersen and Vermeersch hit Berg ten Houte. UAE sprang into action with Mikkel Bjerg setting a fierce tempo on behalf of Tim Wellens, but when the pace in the peloton abated over the other side, Pedersen and Vermeersch rebuilt their advantage all over again.

The speed in the bunch ratcheted upwards on the rapid run-in to the second ascent of the Oude Kwaremont, an approach made all the more hazardous by the steady rain that was now falling over the race. Pedersen remained grimly committed to his task, but the Dane must have known his was a doomed endeavour when he and Vermeersch reached the base of the Kwaremont with a lead of barely a dozen seconds over Van der Poel et al.

After Oier Lazkano (Movistar) had stretched out the bunch and brought back Pedersen and Vermeersch, Van der Poel decided to test the waters himself. 55km from the finish, the world champion put in a searing seated acceleration that briefly carried him clear alone. Near the summit of the Kwaremont, he was joined by Lazkano, Wellens, Pedersen, Laurence Pithie (Groupama-FDJ) and Dylan Teuns (Israel Premier Tech), while the rest of the contenders scrambled to organise a chase behind. It was a sign of things to come.

The race came back together on the Paterberg, but it was a temporary reprieve. Ben Turner (Ineos) forced the pace, and his effort stretched and then splintered the front group all over again, leaving a dozen or so riders in front, including Van der Poel, Teuns, Pedersen, Lazkano, Jorgenson, Wellens and Matej Mohoric (Bahrain Victorious).

Lazkano’s teammate Ivan Garcia Cortina struck out alone shortly afterwards, and he led the race onto the Koppenberg, but the steep slope and slippery cobbles forced him to a halt on the ascent. In truth, it made little difference. Van der Poel made light work of the gradient, launching a fierce, seated acceleration that carried him clear alone with 44km still to race.

Jorgenson was his closest pursuer on the stiffest, 20% slopes, with Pedersen and Teuns following at a distance. Behind, most of the other contenders were forced off their bikes and onto their feet by the Koppenberg, their hopes of challenging Van der Poel in the finale already seemingly dashed.

As Van der Poel glanced over his shoulder on the false flat that led towards the cobbles of Mariaborrestraat, he could see Jorgenson chasing at just a hundred metres or so. There was no prospect of Van der Poel waiting for help at this point. The world champion was now fully committed to his effort, and his lead on Jorgenson began to yawn inexorably outwards – 24 seconds by the time he crested the Steenbeekdries, 37 by the time he rattled over the cobbles of the Stationsberg.

Van der Poel’s exhibition continued on the Taaienberg, where he stretched his lead out to a minute by the summit. With 37km still to race, it was already clear that the final ascents over the Kwaremont and Paterberg would be an exhibition.

Jorgenson was joined by Teuns, Wellens, Garcia Cortina, Alberto Bettiol (EF Education-EasyPost), Pedersen and Laurenz Rex (Intermarché-Wanty) in his pursuit, but it made precious little distance. Van der Poel’s lead continued to grow. The rest were long since racing for second place.

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The 2024 Flanders Classics is underway with the first two races of the event, the men’s and women’s Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, in the books. 

Jan Trantnik won the men’s race while Marianne Vos won the women’s race. 

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But that was just the start of the Flanders Classics. In all there are 12 races across three months at six different locations: 

• Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
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2024 Men's Tour of Flanders (Ronde van Vlaanderen)

Flanders classics schedule 2024.

Here is the schedule for the remaining races. 

Gent-Wevelgem Schedule 2024 

The race begins at 8:40 a.m. EST on March 24. 

The women's race is also March 24 with a time to be determined. 

Dwars door Vlaanderen Schedule 2024

The Dwars door Vlaanderen is March 27 at 9:15 a.m.  The women's race is the same day and time. 

Tour of Flanders Schedule 2024

The Tour of Flanders begins at 3:55 a.m. on March 31. The women's race is March 31 at 9 a.m. 

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The Scheldeprijs is April 4 at 9:30 a.m. The women's races is scheduled for the same time. 

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Demi Vollering, Kasia Niewiadoma, and Gaia Realini will battle for the red jersey on the challenging eight-stage tour across Spain.

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As of this Sunday, April 29, we’re officially in Grand Tour season, as the eight-stage Vuelta Femenina kicks off with a 16-kilometer team time trial in Valencia, Spain.

Last year’s race covered just over 740 kilometers over the course of its seven stages. It was won by Movistar’s Annemiek van Vleuten , who, with the win, became the first woman to win all three of the major women’s stage races (the Vuelta, along with the Tour de France Femmes, and the Giro Donne). She beat SD Worx’s Demi Vollering but just nine seconds. Trek-Segafredo’s Gaia Realini rounded out the podium in third.

But van Vleuten retired after last season, meaning there’s no chance for a repeat winner. And given the variety of winners we’ve seen in the women’s peloton this spring, this race is truly up for grabs.

This year’s race adds a stage, making it eight in total. All of them stick exclusively to Spain’s northwest and northcentral regions.

It kicks off with what should be a blistering team time trial over 16 lake-flat kilometers. From there, the second stage will take riders from Buñol to Moncofa over 118 hilly kilometers, including just one Category 3 climb. As that climb comes 40 kilometers from the finish, expect a bunch sprint.

The third stage is a 131-kilometer medium mountain stage that will take riders from Lucena to Teruel and feature another Category 3 ascent. Stage four covers 142 kilometers from Molina de Aragón to Zaragoza and is mostly downhill from start to finish.

The 113 kilometers of stage 5 are where the peloton first gets into proper mountains, with a pair of category 2 climbs—one of which provides the day’s summit finish—on the menu. Stage 6 is the opposite of stage 4, taking riders on a daylong gradual uphill from Tarazona to Laguna Negra, ending with a category 1 summit finish that very well could determine the race’s overall winner.

Stage 7 could be the last chance for the sprinters to leave their mark. However, the final 500 meters of the day’s 126 kilometers ramp up to 10%, so look for a punchier rider to take the win there.

The Vuelta Feminina will end with an 89-kilometer ride from Distrito Telefónca to ValdesquíMadrid. The ride features a pair of category-1 climbs, the last of which leads to the race’s final finish line.

Complete information on each stage can be found here .

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Live Stream Schedule - All times Eastern (EDT) 04/28 - Stage 1 Valencia > Valencia - 9:45 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. 04/29 - Stage 2 Buñol > Moncófar - 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. 04/30 - Stage 3 Lucena del Cid > Teruel - 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. 05/01 - Stage 4 Molina de Aragón > Zaragoza - 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. 05/02 - Stage 5 Huesca > Jaca - 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. 05/03 - Stage 6 Tarazona > Vinuesa - 9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. 05/04 - Stage 7 San Esteban de Gormaz > Sigüenza - 8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. 05/05 - Stage 8 Distrito Telefónica. Madrid > Valdesquí - 6:00 a.m. - 8:00 a.m.

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While the final roster for the race is yet to be final, several confirmed names promise another competitive edition. Among the riders targeting the general classification are Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift champion Demi Vollering of SD Worx-Protime, Gaia Realini of Lidl-Trek, who graced the podium last year, and the consistently impressive Kasia Niewiadoma of SD Worx-Protime. With the absence of retired defending champion Anemiek Van Vleuten and Vollering showing signs of wavering form this season, the battle for the coveted red jersey appears wide open.

Other riders to watch are the 2024 Tour of Flanders champion Elisa Longo Borghini of Lidl-Trek, Canyon//SRAM’s Ricarda Bauernfeind , and Mavi García of Liv Alula Jayco.

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Youth day classification, team day classification, race information.

• Date: 23 April 2024
• Start time: 14:50
• Avg. speed winner: 46.903 km/h
• Race category: ME - Men Elite
• Distance: 2.28 km
• Points scale: 2.WT.Stage
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• Vert. meters: 3
• Departure: Payerne
• Arrival: Payerne
• Race ranking: 27
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Tour de Romandie 2024 route

T he Tour de Romandie returns for six days of racing across the high alpine mountains of Switzerland from April 23-28, 2024. The WorldTour event serves as a proving ground for teams headed to the first Grand Tour of the season, the Giro d’Italia. 

A total of 657.1km kilometres of racing includes 17.7km of time trialing, starting with a 2.28km prologue and then a 15.5km mid-race race against the clock. Romandie packs in 10,989 metres of elevation gain across the two time trials and four road days, including two mountaintop finishes on stages 2 and 4. 

The week begins with a flat race against the clock with a 2.28km Prologue in Payerne, which sits to the east of Neuchâtel Lake in Switzerland. It is a sprint as compared to the 6.8km opening day last year. The opening section begins on Rue du Stade. The middle section of the course runs along Qui de la Broye along the Broye river and will have to make two quick 90-degree turns in a narrow, small section of Grand Rue to head to the final 1.2km with a city centre loop and then the finale back on Grand Rue for the finish.  

The second day of racing is stage 1 and begins with a short circuit in Château d’Oex and sets off for a total of 165.7km. Across the first 73km is one categorised climb at Sorens, that averages 7.3% with a section at 15%. From there, riders begin finish circuits of 40.3km each around Fribourg, which is fresh territory for this host venue, which last hosted a time trial in 2021. The circuit has category 3 climbs at Arconciel (2.2 kilometres at 5.9%) and Lorette (1.1 kilometres at 10.4%), each done twice before the final loop. From the top of the climb of Lorette, which has a section reaching 20% gradient, riders will be able to see the town below. Across the final 35km, a third trip up Arconciel then leads to the final 10km for the finish in Fribourg on Boulevard Pérolles.

Stage 2 begins where the previous day ended in Fribourg with 171km on tap in a southerly direction to Salvan-Les Marécottes. The first half of the route is rolling and then it is all about just two climbs - Les Mosses (13.4km at 4.1%) with 56km to go and a summit finish to the ski station to Les Marécottes (7.8km at 7.3%). After descending Les Mosses, the riders can shake out the legs along the Rhône river to make the approach to the final climb, with pitches that reach 16%, and the first summit finish of the week. 

For a second consecutive year, the ITT is slotted in the middle of the week, this one 3km shorter than 2023. The stage 3 time trial is 15.5km rolling route that makes a counter-clockwise loop on the east side of Oron. The start is on Route de la Condémine with a steady incline to the intermediate time check after passing through the town of La Rogivue with 8km to go. The course has just a pair of tight corners headed back to Oron, with a final sharp corner with 500 metres to go on Route de Palézieux to stop the clock.

Saturday is the queen stage, stage 4 , with 3,536 metres of elevation gain across 151.7km. There are five categorised climbs in all, the final one being a mountaintop finish at Leysin. The first ascent begins after the opening 35km, a long 8.9km climb across Ovrtoninaz, with an average gradient of 9.7%. Once cresting the top, the route leads back through Saillon and then follows the Rhône river north towards Martigny. The flat stretch of a little over 20km then hits a short, sharp hill at La Rasse (2km at 8.6%).

After passing through Massongex, Les Rives (9.8km at 5.7%) and Les Giettes (4km at 8.5%) are back-to-back climbs leaving 45km to the finish. The route goes back through Massongex and soon hit a section with a small 1.1km climb with a 9.5% gradient. But the final 14km averages 6% and form a wall to the finish in Leysin, which last hosted the Tour de Romandie in 2017.

Stage 5 is set in the Geneva metropolitan area with a rolling route of 150.8km that begins and ends in Vernier. From the start, the main route is a 35km circuit completed four times, with one climb in the middle. A third-category climb, Dardagny is 1.5km long and averages 4.4%. On the final lap, the peloton then heads back into Vernier, racing the 10km section of road that was used for a neutral start.

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