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Tadej Pogacar wins 2023 Tour of Flanders after late attack on Oude Kwaremont – Ronde van Vlaanderen 2023 results

The Slovenian becomes the third man to complete Tour de France-Tour of Flanders double, and just the second racer after legendary Eddy Merckx to win three different Monument Classics before the age of 25.

Tadej Pogacar Ronde 2023

Tadej Pogacar cycled his way to a famous win at the 2023 Tour of Flanders (Ronde van Vlaanderen) on Sunday (2 April) after a late attack from the Slovenian distanced his rivals on the Oude Kwaremont.

Pogacar, one of the pre-race favourites alongside the likes of two-time winner Mathieu van der Poel , made his move on the penultimate climb of the 273.4km (169.9mi) men's race to leave his opponents in his wake.

The Slovenian, a two-time winner of the Tour de France, then extended his lead to 15 seconds on the final ascent of the Paterberg before putting more time between him and van der Poel to as much as 30 seconds on the final flat 13km run-in to the line.

Dominant Pogacar makes more history in men's race

Pogacar rode solo after dropping Mads Pedersen , one of the early breakaway riders, on the Oude Kwaremont and never looked back, finishing 17 seconds ahead of Dutchman Van der Poel.

Pedersen hung on to win a sprint for third in a chase group of seven riders.

Pogacar is only the second man to win three different Monuments before the age of 25, joining the legendary Eddy Merckx . Pogacar has also won Il Lombardia and Liège–Bastogne in his career. Alongside Merckx and Louison Bobet , Pogacar is also just the third cyclist to win both the Tour de France and De Ronde.

The Slovenian is the 83rd different winner of De Ronde in the race's history.

"Amazing teamwork, today was a day I will never forget," Pogacar said in his post-race remarks. "I knew that to go long, I need to go on (Oude) Kwaremont the last time. I almost cracked on Paterberg and I knew then it's gonna be tough, but it was the only way to go to the finish.

"I can say I could retire after today and I would be proud of my career, just super happy and proud. We have (Milano)–Sanremo and (Paris)–Roubaix to go (of the five Monuments), so I keep it in reserve for sure. I think I need to gain a few kilos for Roubaix and toughen my hands for the cobbles, we'll see for the future."

Asked if the season would be considered a success even if he misses out on winning the Tour de France, Pogacar added: "I think yes."

Men's 2023 Ronde van Vlaanderen – Tour des Flandres – Tour of Flanders - result

  • Tadej Pogacar (SLO / UAE Team Emirates) 6:12:07
  • Mathieu van der Poel (NED / Alpecin-Fenix) +00:16
  • Mads Pedersen (DEN / Trek-Segafredo) +01:12
  • Wout van Aert (BEL / Jumbo-Visma) same time
  • Neilson Powless (USA / EF Education-EasyPost) s.t.
  • Stefan Küng (SUI / Groupama-FDJ) s.t.
  • Kasper Asgreen (DEN / Soudal-Quick-Step) s.t.
  • Fred Wright (GBR / Bahrain Victorious) s.t.

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Results 2023 Tour of Flanders

1. Tadej Pogacar (slo) 2. Mathieu van der Poel (nld) + 0.16 3. Mads Pedersen (den) + 1.12 4. Wout van Aert (bel) s.t. 5. Neilson Powless (usa) s.t. 6. Stefan Küng (swi) s.t. 7. Kasper Asgreen (den) s.t. 8. Fred Wright (gbr) s.t. 9. Matteo Jorgenson (usa) + 1.19 10. Matteo Trentin (ita) + 2.49

Race report The pace is high from the start. There is still no breakaway after almost 40 kilometres of action and then the peloton splits. Van der Poel, Madouas, Teuns, Vanmarcke, Matthews and Girmay are forced to restore the damage in a 20 kilometres chase.

One of the other hot favourites, Pogacar, if forced to chase a little later with Pedersen, Matthews and Vanmarcke. They rejoin the first group in a relatively short effort.

After two hours in the saddle – and 100 kilometres – Van Keirsbulck establish the breakaway with Hoole, Colombo, Reynders and De Buyst. Merlier, Rutsch and Houle track them down.

A crazy move by Maciejuk causes a massive crash in the peloton. Turner and Wellens can’t continue the race, while the peloton slows down and the eight race to a 6 minutes lead.

The gap has fallen to 2 minutes on the Molenberg. Trentin, Küng, Asgreen, Wright, Powless, Narváez, Wright and Van Hooydonck distance the peloton after the summit, while Pedersen and Vermeersch bridge across later. Jorgenson and Cosnefroy go after them on the Berendries and track them down on the flat. The twelve rejoin the lead group on Berg Ten Houte and they open up a 3 minutes lead.

Pogacar strikes in the second ascent of the Oude Kwaremont. He reaches the summit of the Paterberg 1.39 minutes behind the remains of the lead group. Laporte, Van Aert, Pidcock and Van der Poel are 13 seconds behind.

Laporte kicks to rejoin Pogacar before the others also bridge across.

Pogacar speeds up on the Koppenberg. Van der Poel and Van Aert follow the move and the trio reaches the summit 1 minute behind the lead group. The gap is down to 35 seconds on the Taaienberg.

Pedersen attacks from the remaining leaders – Van Hooydonck, Trentin, Vermeersch, Asgreen, Powless, Wright, Jorgenson, Küng – in the run-up to the Kruisberg. Van der Poel attacks in the climb from the chase group. Pogacar follows his move.

The two regain contact with the group Asgreen before the Oude Kwaremont. Pogacar tracks down Pedersen in the climb to continue on his own. Van der Poel reaches the summit with Pedersen, only to leave him behind.

Pogacar crests the Paterberg 12 seconds ahead of Van der Poel. Pedersen is 40 seconds in arrears before the chasers rejoin the Dane.

The double Tour de France winner takes the win ahead of double Tour of Flanders winner Van der Poel, while former World Champion outsprints Van Aert for the remaining podium spot.

Other interesting reads: route and start list 2023 Tour of Flanders.

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Chris Marshall-Bell

Hello, cycling fans. The wait is over. It's Flanders day. De Ronde . The hilly cobbled Classic we've building up to ever since Opening Weekend at the end of February.

Join us throughout the day as we provide you with live updates from Belgium, where Mathieu van der Poel goes in search of his third victory in the last four years in the men's race, while SD Worx will look to continue their dominant spring form, boasting the defending champion Lotte Kopecky among their talented ranks.

If you want to get in touch with me, Chris Marshall-Bell, then you can send me a message on Twitter @cmbell310

Timings: 

Men's race (273km) began at 9:00 (BST) and will finish around 3:30 (BST)

Women's race (157km) will begin at 12:30 (BST) and finish around 4:30 (BST)

Updates (BST time)

10:45: Both Mathieu van der Poel and Tadej Pogačar rejoin peloton after frantic salvation jobs 11:30 : Five-man breakaway finally forms ahead of first berg 12:00 : Peter Sagan and Tim Wellens abandon after huge crash also takes out Julian Alaphilippe 13:00 : Jumbo-Visma, Soudal-QuickStep and UAE-Team Emirates represented in strong leading group 14:30: Pogačar, van der Poel and Wout van Aert reduce leaders' lead after a series of ferocious attacks  14:50: Wout van Aert is dropped by van der Poel and Pogačar as Mads Pedersen tries solo attack 15:05: Pogačar goes solo over the Kwaremont, passes Pedersen, and closes in on win 15:25 : Pogačar wins men's race as Annemiek van Vlueten crashes in the women's race 16:15 : Lotte Kopecky attacks solo as she looks to defend her title 16:45 : Lotte Kopecky wins her second successive Flanders with teammate Demi Vollering in second.

Men's race flag drops in Bruges with the Big Three the favourites

All the talk pre-race has been about the Big Three : defending champion Mathieu van der Poel, Wout van Aert and Tadej Pogačar. Who can stop them?

Tom Pidcock will certainly try but for the Briton, winner of Strade Bianche four weeks ago, to triumph, he will require Jumbo-Visma, Pogačar and Van der Poel all to have an off-day.

There are, of course, plenty more riders than just the Big Three: Trek-Segafredo's Mads Pedersen, Groupama-FDJ's Valentin Madouas and EF Education-EasyPost's Neilson Powless will all fancy their chances.

Windy, windy, windy

There is no rain forecast for either the men's or women's races today, but it's a cold start to the day - 6°C is what the thermometers are registering. There is also a brisk headwind blowing through Flanders, and most concerningly for Tadej Pogačar, a medium-strength gust is expected in the final hour of racing when they ascend the Paterberg for the final time.

How will that affect the day?

Van der Poel caught out by crosswinds after just 40km of racing

After an hour of racing in the men's race, we have our first act of drama. Strong crosswinds have caused a split in the pack and, crucially, Mathieu van der Poel is caught in the second group. The group ahead, which contains the other favourites, has a lead of more than 30 seconds and has the firepower to power away from Van der Poel's group. His teammates are pulling hard but it's proving in vein.

Forming a breakaway has proven incredibly difficult so far, despite plenty of attempts. Among those to have tried since the neutral start is everyone's new cult hero: Oier Lazkano of Movistar (second at Dwars door Vlaanderen on Wednesday).

Van der Poel back in the peloton

Situation saved for the defending champion: after a stressful 20km, Mathieu Van der Poel has returned to the main peloton, thanks to the work of his Alpecin-Deceuninck teammates who closed a gap that at one point was at 40 seconds. What will the effect of that chase have on the race's final outcome?

Meanwhile, we're still waiting for the first break to form. It's been a relentless start to the racing.

And now it's Tadej Pogačar trapped behind

The drama is not abating. While many riders still try to jump clear, a crash at the back of the peloton caught Tadej Pogačar out. Although the two-time Tour de France champion did not fall, he and his UAE-Team Emirates teammates were more than 30 seconds behind the peloton. Thanks to some intense work, Pogačar and co. rejoined the peloton after a few kilometres.

We've had 100 minutes of racing and it's been full-on action. 

Slip and sliding expected on the cobbles

Oude Kwaremont.Very slippery and muddy.#RVV23Photo: @BeelWout pic.twitter.com/MlXdwkZ3UB April 2, 2023

90km of racing and still no breakaway

The opening two hours of the season's second Monument have been intense, characterised by a rapid pace, crosswinds and a crash.

As we approach 100km, the race is, remarkably, still waiting for its first breakaway to form. No one can get away. There have been plenty of attempts but the elastic will just not stretch further than 100 metres.

The fastest Ronde ever?

We are on course for the fastest ever men's edition of De Ronde. The first two hours of racing were completed at an average speed of 48.7kph, a massive 5kph faster than the 2001 edition which averaged 43.6kph. That remains the fastest-ever Tour of Flanders.

Of course, there are the bergs, cobbles and headwinds to come that will slow down the speed, but those figures highlight just how quick the opening few hours has been.

Do we have a confirmed breakaway?

It looks like it: Jasper De Buyst (Lotto-Dstny), Daan Hoole (Trek-Segafredo), Elmar Reinders (Jayco-AlUla), Filippo van Colombo (Q36.5) and Guillaume Keirsbulck (Bingoal WB) have been given a lead of around 20 seconds and the peloton behind - already significantly smaller thanks to an incessantly-fast first two hours - seems willing to permit them an advantage. It only took 110km of racing.

How long will this break last? 

Update at 11:40 (BST) : the break now have a lead of 1-40, with Jumbo-Visma manning the front of the peloton.

This is really interesting... Tim Merlier of Soudal-QuickStep has accelerated from the front of the peloton, bringing with him Jonas Rutsch of EF Education-EasyPost. The pair have bridged across to the break of five, ensuring that Soudal-QuickStep have presence in the breakaway. Soudal-QuickStep  have had a torturous spring Classics campaign and they are desperate to be involved today.

Read more: Forget the Classics, Soudal-Quick Step are a GC team: 'We have shown that we're strong enough'

The women's race is getting underway soon 

2013 winner Marianne Vos looking focused at the start of the women's race.

The escape builds a sizeable lead as the Kwaremont approaches

Men's race - 145km to go : It took forever for the breakaway to form, but now it has the seven men up front have a lead approaching five minutes. The first ascent of the Oude Kwaremont is looming, and behind the peloton is being led by Jumbo-Visma and UAE-Team Emirates.

Huge crash affects scores of riders

Men's race - 141km to go: A huge crash has taken out dozens of riders at the front of the peloton, including Soudal-QuickStep's Julian Alaphilippe, Trek-Segafredo's Jasper Stuyven, Peter Sagan of TotalEnergies and Tim Wellens of UAE-Team Emirates.

It all happened because Filip Maciejuk, a Bahrain-Victorious rider, sprinting to get to the front, abruptly rejoined the road after careering into a deep puddle to the side of the peloton. Riding out of control, the rider veered straight into the front of the bunch, upending several riders and thus created a domino effect that caused many to fall. 

Wellens was subsequently forced to abandon, along with Ben Turner (Ineos Grenadiers). 

Filip Maciejuk disqualified for causing crash

Filip Maciejuk of Bahrain-Victorious before he was thrown off the race.

Men's race - 133km to go: Filip Maciejuk, the Bahrain-Victorious rider who was responsible for bringing down several riders at the front of the peloton, has been disqualified by the race jury. The Pole, 23, was riding his second  Ronde .

Meanwhile, the break of seven continue to enjoy a lead in excess of five minutes. The  peloton have just ridden up and over the Oude Kwaremont where the crowds are spectacular. No one creates noise like the Belgians do.

Men's race - 117km to go : A few more crashes have brought down yet more riders, including Soudal-QuickStep's Davide Ballerini. DSM have tried a curious tactic of slowing the pace down to a crawl before then accelerating, while Israel-Premier Tech are now at the front of proceedings. The break continue to hold an advantage of just over five minutes.

Women's race - 155km to go : the women have just got underway in Oudenaarde.

Yet more crashes in the men's race as Pedersen attacks

Men's race - 113km to go : Today's race has developed into a crash-fest. The latest has involved Magnus Sheffield of Ineos Grenadiers, Dries Van Gestel of TotalEnergies and Tim van Dijke (Jumbo-Visma).

Mads Pedersen has started the attacks from the peloton with a move that seemed to catch many by surprise. Matteo Jorgensen (Movistar) jumped straight onto the former world champion's wheel, with Matteo Trenton of UAE-Team Emirates also shadowing. The first big move to pay attention to.

Peter Sagan (TotalEnergies) has abandoned the race as a result of the earlier crash that led to the withdrawal of the Bahrain-Victorious rider who caused it.

Men's race - 105km to go: the peloton have chalked off two minutes of the breakaway's lead, and the action behind is hotting up. Tadej Pogačar is attentive to the attacks, the first of which was from Mads Pedersen, but Wout van Aert is not near the very front.

Women's race - 140km to go: We're still waiting for the first breakaway to form.

Attacks, attacks, attacks

Men's race - 99km to go: A strong-looking group of nine has clipped off the front after the ascent of the Molenberg. It includes Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ), Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) and former winner Kasper Asgreen (Soudal-QuickStep). They are two minutes off the breakaway and have a small advantage over the peloton.

Most notably, UAE-Team Emirates are represented by Matteo Trentin and Jumbo-Visma by Nathan van Hooydonck. That means it's Alpecin-Decuninck who will have to chase.

Is the winner in this chase group?

Men's race  - 89km to go : This 11-strong group led by Mads Pedersen now has a minute's lead over the peloton, and is closing in on the breakaway up ahead. This has the feel of the winning move.

Included alongside Pedersen is: Matteo Jorgensen (Movistar), Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ), Fred Wright (Bahrain-Victorious), Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost), Kasper Asgreen (Soudal-QuickStep), Jhonatan Narváez (Ineos Grenadiers), Florian Vermeersch (Lotto-Dstny), Benoît Cosnefroy (AG2R-Citröen), Matteo Trentin (UAE-Team Emirates) and Nathan Van Hooydonck (Jumbo-Visma).

Women's race - 130km to go : Despite a few attacks, no-one has been able to build a significant lead and the peloton remain grouped together.

Men's race - 75km to go : the breakaway and the chasers have joined forces to create a mega-group of 19 riders, with Soudal-QuickStep represented by both Kasper Asgreen and Tim Merlier. The peloton are 1-50 behind, with Wout van Aert, Tadej Pogačar, Mathieu van der Poel and Tom Pidcock all sitting at the front.

Women's race - 115km to go: no change, with the peloton still all together. 

Men's race - 71km to go: Another crash brings down Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty) and Matej Mohorič (Bahrain-Victorious), while the peloton is now led by Jumbo-Visma. With the Dutch team having Nathan van Hooydonck up front, they have slowed down the speed. Does that mean Wout van Aert's chances are evaporating? 

The attack that forced what looks like the race-winning move

Bahrain-Victorious rider apologises for causing pile-up

I’m really sorry for my mistake and causing the crash today. I hope all those involved are in good health and safe.This should not happen and was a big error in my judgement. April 2, 2023

Men's race - 59km to go: It looks increasingly unlikely that one of the Big Three will triumph today, and instead the winner will come from the 19-strong group at the head of proceedings. But one of them must attack soon because if not Tim Merlier of Soudal-QuickStep will fancy his chances of winning the bunch sprint.

Women's race - 99km to go: Just like the men's race before it, the women are reluctant to let a break form. 

Men's race - 55km to go : Now they've gone! Tadej Pogačar's teammates have set the Slovenian up for a monstrous attack and no-one can follow him! But he still has two minutes to make up to the leading group.

Mathieu van der Poel and Wout van Aert were unable to follow the two-time Tour de France champion's attack, but they, Tom Pidcock, Nils Politt and Christophe Laporte are just 15 seconds behind, working together to try and bridge across to the Slovenian.

Men's race - 51km to go : Kasper Asgreen, winner of this race in 2021, attacked solo from the front of the leading group but was quickly caught. Tadej Pogačar has cut the gap by 30 seconds in just a few kilometres, but the Van Aert-Pidcock-Van der Poel group are just behind.

Men's race - 49km to go: Christophe Laporte has jumped clear from the group of five and has joined forces with Tadej Pogačar who appeared to be slowing down, whether through fatigue or on purpose. It means that Jumbo-Visma now have one rider in the leading group, Laporte with Pogačar and then Wout van Aert just a few seconds adrift. 

Women's race - 89km to go: There was a split in the peloton but they are back together. Still a break has not formed. It has been a fast first two hours.

Men's race - 44km to go: The Koppenberg always delivers, and Pogačar, Van Aert and Van der Poel all fly up the steep, cobbled climb as one, putting serious distance into Pidcock and Laporte behind. The trio are just over one minute behind the front group that now numbers 12.

Men's race - 37km to go : The trio of Pogačar, Van der Poel and van Aert are now just 40 seconds behind the lead group of 12, and with the Taaienberg, Kwaremont and Paterberg on the horizon, attacks are going to come from the leading dozen.

Women's race - 80km to go : Ally Wollaston (AG Insurance - Soudal Quick-Step) has enjoyed a solo lead for the past 15km, but it looks likely that her slender lead of 15 seconds will soon be wiped away with the bergs starting to bite.

Men's race - 35km to go : Van der Poel briefly lost ground on the Taaienberg, but the cobbled berg did not produce any further attacks from the trio. 

Big attacks with van Aert struggling

Men's race - 28km to go: Mads Pedersen doesn't want to wait and he has gone. He has a small gap of around six or seven seconds and is climbing well on the Kruisberg.  His former breakaway companions don't seem too bothered about the former world champion's attack.

Van der Poel, meanwhile, attacks on the same stretch of cobbles and while Pogačar is able to follow, Van Aert is not. Van der Poel and Pogačar have 30 seconds to make up to Pedersen with eight riders sandwiched between.

Women's race - 72km to go: Against expectation, Ally Wollaston's lead has increased from 15 seconds to 50 seconds.  

Men's race - 20km to go : Van Hooydonck has dropped from the second group on the road to help pace van Aert back to the front of the race.  Van der Poel and Pogačar - who have now caught the remnants of the original lead group - are looking good but Pedersen's lead is remaining stable. He has around 35 seconds to the group behind.

Pogačar attacks and leads after Kwaremont

Men's race - 17km to go : The Kwaremont comes for the final time and Pogačar attacks with fury, finishing off a grand job by his teammate Matteo Trentin who was setting the pace in the chase group. Crucially, van der Poel cannot follow, and within a minute Pogačar catches and passes Pedersen. Wout van Aert, meanwhile, is out of the equation. Pedersen and van der Poel are 11 seconds behind. Just the Paterberg to come.

Men's race - 13km to go: Van Aert has impressively regained touch with the chasing group, but he is some 40 seconds behind Pogačar. Van der Poel is chasing hard after the UAE-Team Emirates rider, but it was going to require a huge collapse from Pogačar on the Paterberg to give van der Poel a chance of the win in Oudenaarde. That did not happen, and with 13km to go it looks increasingly certain that Pogačar will add the cobbled Monument to his collection.

Men's race - 4km to go: Pogačar is going to win. Van der Poel has accepted that second will be his, and the small group behind him will fight it out in the bunch sprint for third.

Women's race - 50km to go : Elinor Barker and Elise Chabbey have joined Wollaston up front. They have a lead of 45 seconds.

Tadej Pogačar wins Tour of Flanders

Men's race - 0km to go : Pogačar triumphs with Van der Poel behind him, and Pedersen gets his reward for a superb ride by winning the sprint for third. 

Read our race report here

Women's race -  38km to go: The front of the race is packed out by three riders from SD Worx - defending champion Lotte Kopecky, Lorena Wiebes and Marlen Reusser. They are joined by Silvia Persico (UAE-Team ADQ). 

The chase group of 10 is 20 seconds behind, while Annemiek van Vleuten is chasing hard a minute behind after a crash with 50km to go.

One final line to bring you from the men's race: at 44.09kph, it was the fastest ever Ronde . So much for those headwinds, huh!

Women's race - 35km to go : Lorena Wiebes is dropped from the leading group, meaning that Silivia Persico is not so outnumbered now, just having two SD Worx riders (Lotte Kopecky and Marlen Reusser) alongside her.

The chase group, which now numbers 10, is around 20 seconds behind. 

Women's race - 30km to go: We still have the Kwaremont and Paterberg to come one final time, and the leading trio's lead has been cut to 10 seconds. SD Worx has two more riders present in the chase group: Lorena Wiebes and Demi Vollering. Former winner Elisa Longo Borginhi is one of three Trek-Segafredo riders.

Women's race - 28km to go: Kopecky flies up the Kruisberg and only Persico is able to keep pace. Reusser is dropped, and all of a sudden the chase group behind is in pieces.

Women's race - 20km to go: Kopecky and Persico continue with a lead of 25 seconds, and behind the chase group has regrouped. Trek-Segafredo are driving the pace hard, but it will come down to the Kwaremont and the Paterberg.

Women's race - 18km to go: Kopecky goes! She attacked at the bottom of the Kwaremont and Persico could do nothing. Kopecky is powering up the climb with apparent ease. Who would bet against a second consecutive title now?

Women's race - 13km to go : Kopecky cruises up and over the Paterberg and now has a lead in excess of 40 seconds. But Persico is battling hard: she will not catch Kopecky, but she is desperate to hold onto second place. Unfortunately for the Italian, she is caught by the chase group on the Paterberg.

Fighting it out for second and third will be the SD Worx duo of Demi Vollering and Marlen Reusser, as well as Persico, Shirin van Anrooij (Trek-Segafredo) and Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Canyon-Sram)

Women's race - 8km to go : Kopecky's lead has been reduced a little, but with two SD Worx teammates behind in the chase group it seems inconceivable that the Belgian will not win.

Interestingly, Elisa Longo Borghini has caught the second group on the road, meaning we look set for a six-way bunch sprint to determine second and third. 

Lotte Kopecky defends title to win Tour of Flanders yet again

Women's race - 0km to go : Kopecky wins her second De Ronde in as many editions, while the fight for second and third goes to Demi Vollering (SD Worx) and Silvia Persico (UAE-Team ADQ), respectively.

It has been a truly extraordinary spring for SD Worx.

Read our full report here .

Well, that's it for the live blog today. I do hope you've enjoyed watching and reading  the unfolding drama. We'll do it all again next weekend for Paris-Roubaix. Bring it on!

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Tour of Flanders Winners and Records (2023)

Widely known as the Ronde van Vlaanderen in Dutch or De Ronde, the Tour of Flanders has a long and impressive history. Get to know stats and records of the most popular Belgian bike race.

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As one of the five Monuments in professional cycling and the biggest race in Belgium , the Tour of Flanders has a long and impressive history. It’s widely known as the Ronde van Vlaanderen in Dutch or De Ronde .

The Tour of Flanders started in 1913, making it one of the oldest one-day on the professional cycling calendar. It takes place annually in early April in the Flemish region of Belgium, except between 1915 to 1918 due to World War 1.

Several factors make the Tour of Flanders unique and special among cycling fans.

  • First, it is one of the world’s oldest professional cycling races, having been running since 1913.
  • Second, it takes place in a part of Belgium called Flanders , known for its rough and challenging terrain. This makes the race one of the most demanding one-day races on the professional cycling calendar.
  • Third, it’s one of the five cycling monuments beside Milan-San Remo , Paris-Roubaix , Liège–Bastogne–Liège , and Giro di Lombardia .

Tour of Flanders route

2023 Tour of Flanders Route

The route of the Tour of Flanders race has changed over the years, but it has always stayed in the Flemish area. In 2023, the race starts in Bruges and finishes at Oudenaarde.

The 2023 route is about 273.9km (170.2 mi ) long and includes famous climbs like the Paterberg, Oude Kwaremont, Koppenberg, and the Muur van Geraardsbergen. The longest Tour of Flanders was in the first edition (1913) at 324km (201 mi) long. The shortest Tour of Flanders was in 1941 at 198km (123 mi) long.

The Tour of Flanders had various starting and finishing lines in the past.

Tour of Flanders winners

Tadej Pogacar wins 2023 Tour of Flanders

The winner of the 2023 Tour of Flanders was Tadej Pogacar. He joins Eddy Merck and Louison Bobet as the only riders who have won the Tour de France and Tour of Flanders.

In recent years, many high-profile cyclists, such as Tom Boonen, Fabian Cancellara, Greg Van Avermaet, Peter Sagan, and Mathieu van der Poel, have won the Tour of Flanders. Philippe Gilbert was the last Belgian rider to win the Tour of Flanders race 2017.

The record for most wins is three, shared among six riders.

  • Achiel Buysse (1940, 1941, 1943)
  • Fiorenzo Magni (1949, 1950, 1951)
  • Eric Leman (1970, 1972, 1973)
  • Johan Museeuw (1993, 1995, 1998)
  • Tom Boonen (2005, 2006, 2012)
  • Fabian Cancellara (2010, 2013, 2014)

The table below lists all the past Tour of Flanders winners and their winning times.

Biggest winning margin at Tour of Flanders

The biggest winning margin was by Henri Van Lerberghe, who won in 1919 by 14 minutes over Léon Buysse.

This is followed by Frans Bonduel (1930, 9′ 15″) and Léon Devos (1922, 7′ 40″)

The table below shows the ten biggest winning margins at the Tour of Flanders.

Fastest Tour of Flanders average speed

The fastest Tour of Flanders was in 2001, won by Gianluca Bortolami with an average speed of 43.58km/h (27.08mph).

Slowest Tour of Flanders average speed

The slowest Tour of Flanders was in 1921, won by René Vermandel with an average speed of 25.17km/h (15.64mph).

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Tour of Flanders Winners and Records

The Tour of Flanders or what the Flemish call the Ronde van Vlaanderen is the biggest day in of the year in Belgian cycling, and perhaps in all of Belgium. 

The cycling one-day classic counts among the five cycling monuments and has a rich history dating back to 1913.

2023 Men's Tour of Flanders (Ronde van Vlaanderen)

Mathieu van der Poel conquered the recent editions, but early on it was for the home riders, a tour of the northern part Dutch speaking part of Belgium, or Flanders.

That first edition was 330 kilometres long, won by Paul Deman after 12 hours. But the distance has now averaged out to around 260km – which is still a long day out on the bike and worth of it status as a monument with Milano-Sanremo, Paris-Roubaix, Liège-Bastogne-Liège and Lombardia.

Flanders is live on Flo in Canada, the USA, and Australia this Sunday. 

Belgians won the race 69 times. The first "international" star was Fiorenzo Magni - winning three straight editions. Now there are six riders who count a record three wins including most recently Tom Boonen and Fabian Cancellara.

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Sean Kelly and Leif Hoste, unfortunately, have the most second places without ever winning Flanders. Each finished second on three times.

American George Hincapie, also not a winner, holds the record number of finishes at 17. Belgian Briek Schotte has the record number of participations, at 20, having won two of those times.

Gianluca Bortolami holds the record for the fastest pace, 43.5kph, in 2001, which was something considering the race takes in some of the worst cobbled paths and climbs around the Flemish hills near Oudenaarde.

For 2023, the race begins again in Bruges, which hosted the start from 1998 to 2016 before Antwerp did so. Before, it started in Sint-Niklaas from 1977 to 1997, and in Ghent from 1913 to 1976.

Oudenaarde took over as the finishing town in 2012, with a route change that took out the famous Muur and Bosberg finish to Ninove for the circuits around the Oude Kwaremont and Paterberg. Some hated this move, but the organizers and fans benefited with a spot that allowed for a spot to view the riders multiple times.

The route varies slightly each year but some of the other notable climbs are the Koppenberg, which was cut for many years because it was "too tough" and was where in 1987 the organiser's car ran over Jesper Skibby's bike after he crashed. Even today, you'll see riders in the back forced to walk up the climb once the group bottle necks and slows on the climb.

Notable cobbled sectors are the Paddestraat (2400m), Mater-Kerkgate (3000m), Haaghoek (2000m), and the Stationsberg, which comes off the Steenbeekdries climb. The cobbles are hard riding, but are like smooth highways compared to the nastier cobbles found in Paris-Roubaix.

Andrei Tchmil was the oldest to conquer the roads at 37 in 2000 and Rik Van Steenbergen the youngest at 19 in 1944.

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Some find it best to go away alone to succeed. Henri Vanlerberghe won with a solo escape starting at 120km from the finish. He came to a train crossing, where a train blocked the path, he dismounted, climb through one of its cars and continued to the finish to win by 14 minutes over his nearest rival. Also the biggest winning time gap.

One of the longest escapes in recent history goes to Philippe Gilbert, who rode solo with 55km to race in 2017. Making it more special, he was racing in his home country, in the national championship jersey on a day that comes once a year like Christmas and honored and celebrated even more by Belgians.

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The Tour of Flanders will be one of the early major races in 2023 and next year’s contest will be the 107th edition in history. Some of the world’s best riders are expected to feature in the event which will end in Oudenaarde once again.

Here is a look at the leading contenders for the most prestigious cycling race in Flanders.

Mathieu van der Poel

Dutch cyclist Mathieu van der Poel won the Tour of Flanders for the second time in his career in 2022. He has been installed as the +450 favorite to defend his crown next year. Those looking to back the market leader should consider the  Betfair welcome offer bet 10 get 30  which can be used on the event. Placing a £10 bet on this race will see you pick up £30 to be used on any other cycling competition or event in their sportsbook.

It is easy to see why the bookmakers have made van der Poel their favorite. He was first successful in this event in 2020. He then regained his trophy back in April. Victory in 2023 will see him tie the record for the most wins.

Dream’s don’t work unless you do ?? WORLDCHAMPION ? pic.twitter.com/fxaX18hdry — Mathieu Van der Poel (@mathieuvdpoel) February 2, 2020

Van der Poel has had a lot of success throughout his career. He is a four-time winner at the World Championship in cyclo-cross, while he has stage wins at the Tour de France and Giro d’Italia.

The UCI ProTeam Alpecin-Deceuninck rider finished with a time of 6h 18’ 30” in 2022. He will be aiming to improve on that in his next appearance and that is likely to be enough to see him lift the trophy.

Wout Van Aert

Not since 2017 has a home rider won the Tour of Flanders. Philippe Gilbert gave the home crowd something to cheer about five years ago when he prevailed for Quick-Step Floors. Belgian Wout Van Aert will be hoping to add his name to the roll of honor next year.

The 28-year-old won the  points classification at the Tour de France  in 2022, the biggest achievement of his career so far. He has now claimed nine individual stages at the Grand Tour event.

I guess I never stopped smiling the past few days, with saturday’s ride in mind. We had some beautiful and easy days in Tuscany with @JumboVismaRoad which made everything even better. But today we head forward to the next races #MilanoTorino & #MilanoSanremo ! pic.twitter.com/iACJBdhwHz — Wout van Aert (@WoutvanAert) August 5, 2020

Van Aert is arguably in the best form of his career, so he goes into the 2023 renewal of the Tour of Flanders as the biggest threat to the defending champion.

Kasper Asgreen

Denmark’s Kasper Asgreen  won the Tour of Flanders in 2021 . He clocked an impressive winning time of 6h 02’ 12” that year, finishing ahead of van der Poel and Greg Van Avermaet respectively.

Since that win, he has been victorious in the 2021 Danish National Time Trial Championships. He was also third in the Strade Bianche earlier this year in Siena in the race which was won by Alexandr Kolobnev.

Asgreen rarely runs a bad race in the Tour of Flanders. He finished second in 2019 so he is very used to challenging for the major prizes in the event.

The 2023 Tour of Flanders will take place on April 2 and it is one of the highlights on the UCI World Tour calendar next year.

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The team is full of super stars— Tour de France Winner Jonas Vingegaard, Vuelta a España winner Sepp Kuss, and the incomparable Wout van Aert. But can Visma-Lease a Bike continue to dominate in 2024?

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Launched to the finish line with a fabulous lead-out from Belgium’s Wout van Aert, Kooij started his celebration a bit too early perhaps—but the 22-year-old had done enough to secure the first win of the season for himself and his team.

Van Aert added to the team’s early tally five days later, winning Stage 3 of five stages in Volta ao Algarve in Portugal, the only stage race he’ll complete during the first racing phase of his season.

These were victories that will be forgotten after van Aert and the rest of the team’s talented Classics squad head to Belgium for the Classics in mid-February, starting with Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, the opening race of the Belgian calendar and the event considered by most pundits and aficionados to mark the “real” start to the season.

So before the rubber meets the cobbles, it’s a good time to take a look at the Dutch super team’s prospects heading into the 2024 season (on the men’s side at least) and the riders expected to create (or play a hand in creating) most of the headlines for the team this year.

But first, a look back at 2023

The 2023 season was a record-breaking one for Jumbo-Visma’s men’s team. The Dutch squad became the first in the sport’s history to win all three grand tours in a single season with Slovenia's Primož Roglič winning his first Giro d’Italia , Denmark’s Jonas Vingegaard defending his title at the Tour de France , and American Sepp Kuss taking a surprise victory at the Vuelta a España, with Vingegaard and Roglič joining him on the final podium. It was the first time one team had swept all three podium spots in a single grand tour. It sounds like a dream season—and in many ways it was.

But there were some hiccups as well. First, van Aert failed to win either the Tour of Flanders or Paris-Roubaix—again—continuing a losing streak in the cobbled Monuments that just adds to the already immense amounts of pressure on the Belgian superstar.

Then, the team’s previous title sponsor, Jumbo, announced in the middle of the season it was pulling out of the sport, leaving one of pro cycling’s biggest (and most expensive) teams looking for a new backer.

Making things even more awkward, after the Tour de France there were talks of possible merger with Belgium’s Soudal-Quick Step, a move that would have left several riders and staff looking for new jobs while creating a super-team unlike any the sport has ever seen. Everyone was concerned about what such a merger would have meant for the sport, but luckily it never came to pass after Visma stepped-up to fill Jumbo’s place and Lease a Bike came in to cover Visma’s. (Cycling sponsorship often works a lot like a big game of financial Tetris. )

Then there was the Vuelta, which on paper looked like a resounding success, but almost didn’t turn out that way after Vingegaard and Roglič (seemingly in conflict with each other) couldn’t get their acts together to help Kuss defend his lead in the Spanish grand tour. A few weeks after the race was over, we learned that Roglič was leaving the team for BORA-hansgrohe. A coincidence? We don’t think so.

And the drama continued well into the off-season. In December Richard Plugge, the team’s managing director, dropped a bombshell by announcing that Belgium’s Cian Uijtdebroeks–considered by many to be a future grand tour contender—was joining the team from BORA-hansgrohe. BORA promptly denied the rumors –which Uijtdebroeks’s agent disputed—and after a few more days of negotiations (which drew the ire of some of the sport’s other team managers) and a lot more money (we assume), the transfer was completed.

What about 2024?

Well, the team’s wish list likely goes something like this:

  • Win a third Tour de France (preferably with Vingegaard)
  • Win the Tour of Flanders and/or Paris-Roubaix (preferably with van Aert)
  • Win as much as possible along the way.

Simple, right?

Well, if you’re Visma–Lease a Bike, the answer is a resounding, “Sorta?” Winning races such as the Tour de France and Paris-Roubaix is never easy, but when you’ve assembled a roster like Visma–Lease a Bike has, it’s easy to see why they fancy their chances in just about any race on the calendar.

Who’s the Man of the Hour?

When you’ve won the last two Tours de France—and both times done so by defeating a legendary talent like Slovenia’s Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates)—you’re clearly your team’s marquee rider. That’s the case with Vingegaard, who crushed Pog at the beginning of the third week to win his second consecutive Tour and then almost won the Vuelta a Espana (albeit at the expense of Kuss, his teammate).

Heading into 2024, Visma’s taking the “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it” approach to the 27-year-old’s program, starting with the Gran Camino at the end of February, which he won last year. Then he’ll race Tirreno-Adriatico in March, the Tour of the Basque Country in April, and the Critérium du Dauphiné in early June. In between he’ll spend lots and lots of time at high-altitude training camps.

And the biggest test of Vingegaard’s career will come at this year’s Tour de France, where he’ll face a familiar foe in Pogačar, a new foe (Tour-wise) in Belgium’s Remco Evenepoel (Soudal–Quick Step), and a formerly-unofficial-but-now-official foe in Roglič, who was essentially forced to leave the team to have any chance of winning a Tour de France of his own. If he’s able to win a third Tour against this level of competition, we might have to call the Dane the best pure grand tour rider of his generation.

Is anyone on the Hot Seat?

Let’s be clear: Wout van Aert is not on the hot seat at Visma-Lease a Bike. He’s without a doubt one of the five most talented riders in the sport and just about every single team in the peloton would be doing backflips to sign him away if they had the money and the chance.

But van Aert has failed to deliver in the races he [[EMDASH]] and Visma [[EMDASH]] covet the most: the Tour of Flanders or Paris-Roubaix. It’s not entirely his fault: in 2022 he was in the form of his life but tested positive for COVID-19 a few days before Flanders. He returned in time for Roubaix, but was clearly a bit undertrained. Yet still finished second.

Last year he was again among the top pre [[no hyphen-]] race favorites heading into Flanders, but he banged his knee in an early crash and just didn’t have the legs to follow attacks in the finale. He was better at Roubaix, but flatted while attacking on the Carrefour de l’Arbe with about 17K left to race. He had a decent gap at the time, and we can’t help but wonder if anyone would have caught him had he not punctured.

But while it’s not entirely his fault, great riders find a way to either overcome bad luck or manufacture good luck of their own. And that’s where van Aert seems to come up short [[EMDASH]] especially against guys like the Netherland’s Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) and Pogačar.

Van der Poel is without a doubt van Aert’s biggest nemesis: the Dutchman already lives in Belgium to avoid paying Dutch income tax and it appears he lives rent-free in van Aert’s head as well. A win for van Aert in either cobbled Monument would flip the script for the Belgian. But until that happens, he will always face immense pressure from the Belgian press, the Belgian fanbase, and himself.

That’s a lot of star power. Does the team have any unsung heroes?

Like van Aert, Tiesj Benoot knows a thing or two about pressure from the Belgian press. The 29-year-old finished fifth at his first Tour of Flanders in 2015 [[EMDASH]] at just 21 years of age [[EMDASH]] and was immediately anointed as the nation’s next Tom Boonen . (Belgians love crushing the careers of young riders by calling them the “next fill-in-the-blank-with-a-Belgian-legend.”)

Aside from winning Strade Bianche in 2018, wins were few and far between for Benoot, who spent a couple lackluster seasons at Team Sunweb/DSM before being wisely scooped up by Jumbo-Visma [[EMDASH]] who turned him into an elite jack-of-all trades, a “domestique deluxe” who can handle himself on the cobbles, in the Ardennes, and in the Tour de France.

Strong and selfless, the Belgian has finally tapped into a steady stream of the talent that peaked through earlier in his career, and he’s happy to use it for the sake of Vingegaard and van Aert.

Who’s the team’s best new rider heading into 2024?

Always on the look-out for the next big thing (cough–Uijtdebroeks—cough), Visma has already found its next Benoot in American Matteo Jorgenson . Like Benoot, the 24-year-old seems at home on all sorts of terrain, having already excelled on the cobbles and at the Tour de France while riding for Movistar the past four seasons.

Big and strong, he’s the perfect type of rider for a team like Visma, and he should slot in right away alongside van Aert in the cobbled Classics and Vingegaard at the Tour.

And we suspect Visma views him as more than just a future super-domestique. Like most riders do after joining the team, he’ll improve drastically with the support of the team’s coaches and physiologists. So there’s no telling where his ceiling really is.

Who’s the team’s biggest departure?

It must have been hard for the team to say goodbye to Roglič —who won three Vueltas, a Giro d’Italia, and scores of other races for the team since joining it in 2016. The Slovenian was largely responsible for ushering in the team’s transformation from being a really good team to being a true super-team and almost won the squad its first Tour de France in 2020. So it’s easy to understand why the team graciously cooperated in facilitating his departure from the team in exchange for another chance to try and win the Tour de France.

But it was also a selfish move, a true case of addition by subtraction. Just ask Kuss , who almost watched his chance to win last year’s Vuelta go up the road while Roglič refused to accept the fact that his chance of winning a fourth Tour of Spain disappeared when the team sent Kuss up the road in a breakaway during the first week.

So while the team will miss the WorldTour points that Roglič earned each season (sorta), they won’t miss having to reconcile the ambitions of two (or more) riders who can justifiably lay claim to the team’s captaincy in grand tours.

Who’s the team’s best up-and-comer or rookie?

Norway’s Johannes Staune-Mittet is one of the hottest young talents in the sport, a rider who’s already won two of the world’s three most prestigious stage races for Under-23 riders—the Ronde de l'Isard and the Giro Next Gen—and finished second in the third—Tour de l’Avenir, which is like a mini-Tour de France for riders under 23-years-old.

There should be no pressure on Staune-Mittet during his first full season with Visma-Lease a Bike’s WorldTour squad (he raced with their development team from 2021 through 2023). But if all goes as planned, he’ll be ready (alongside guys like Uijtdebroeks and possibly Jorgenson) to lead the team himself in the future. In the meantime, we expect him to win a race or three when given the chance—especially in minor stage races that the team has to send a team to while the squad’s heavy hitters are at training camps.

What about Sepp Kuss?

Well, his Vuelta a España win last fall was certainly no fluke, but it does complicate things for the American and his team. We were hoping he’d get a chance to race the Giro d’Italia, where he could have had the team all to himself. But the team clearly wants him at his best for the Tour de France, where he’ll be a valuable lieutenant (and Plan B) alongside Vingegaard.

But while Kuss has refused to downplay his chances of possibly winning another grand tour—as he shouldn’t—we just don’t see it happening. Last year’s victory—while not a fluke—was indeed a surprise. And we doubt that other teams would have let him gain so much time during the Vuelta’s first week had they known he would still be in contention by the third. In other words, it’s one thing to win a race when no one’s expecting you to, it’s another thing entirely to win one when everyone is.

Since getting hooked on pro cycling while watching Lance Armstrong win the 1993 U.S. Pro Championship in Philadelphia, longtime Bicycling contributor Whit Yost has raced on Belgian cobbles, helped build a European pro team, and piloted that team from Malaysia to Mont Ventoux as an assistant director sportif. These days, he lives with his wife and son in Pennsylvania, spending his days serving as an assistant middle school principal and his nights playing Dungeons & Dragons.

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Kasper Asgreen was the standout performer in the spring of 2021 but struggled to contend for victories in the 2022 and 2023 Monuments. However, the Danish rider from Soudal Quick-Step has regained full confidence after a challenging period, thanks in part to a stage win in the Tour de France, he revealed during an interview with IDLProCycling.com at his team's media day in Calpe.

"Overall, it was a solid season," described the Dane, known for his articulate nature, reflecting on his 2023 performance. "I managed to overcome my injuries and return to my usual form, which was the most crucial aspect. The stage win in the Tour de France felt like the icing on the cake for me, providing a much-needed confidence boost after the challenges I faced since the summer of 2022," shared Asgreen, who has battled fatigue issues for some time.

"This spring, I aim to return to the forefront during the classics," he asserted confidently. "Everyone knows how much I cherish those races. I'll kick off with the Omloop and Kuurne, followed by the Italian campaign featuring Strade, Tirreno, and Sanremo. Then, I'll tackle the Flemish classics, and I also hope to participate in the Amstel Gold Race, although it will depend on how I feel after Flanders and Roubaix leading up to that event. Our post-classics program remains uncertain, partly contingent on the Olympics. We're strategizing the best approach for that race in collaboration with the team. As for the Tour, decisions are still pending," he admitted candidly.

Asgreen on Pogacar's absence: "The finale will still open early in Flanders"

Asgreen, the winner of the 2021 Tour of Flanders, attributed his recent inability to contend for victory in the iconic race to another factor. "Last year's Tour of Flanders was defined by one individual: Tadej Pogacar," he remarked. "The pace he set on the second climb of the Oude Kwaremont dictated the course of the race. Despite everyone anticipating his move, only two riders managed to match his tempo at the time."

However, the 29-year-old rider believes that even without Pogacar, the race will still unfold early. "It has already been announced that he won't be participating this year, so I anticipate a more traditional scenario. The race will still kick off early, but it was the same when I won in 2021. Those lengthy finales are here to stay; they're part of modern cycling. The riders aim to put on a show, and these extended finales contribute to that."

Asgreen is eager to play a leading role in this dynamic. "When I'm in peak form, I can compete with the best riders. Last year, I wasn't at my best as I was still recovering from injury. However, after my victory in the Tour, I feel like I've put that behind me, and now I'm looking forward with optimism. I'm motivated to take on those top riders once again," he confidently looks ahead.

Asgreen states that classic DNA is still present at Soudal Quick-Step

In the potential Tour de France—which is not yet certain—Kasper Asgreen is expected to play a significant role for Remco Evenepoel, just as he pursued his own ambitions last year. "I believe there has been a gradual shift towards becoming a GC team over the past few years, and this has been further solidified with Landa's arrival. The team is well-equipped to support Remco, but we still maintain a strong classic core. While our long list may have shrunk slightly, we have retained enough quality. I don't think it's out of reach to secure victories in prestigious races," remarked Asgreen, expressing his confidence that the Quick Step DNA remains intact.

"There are a lot of new riders in the team, but I'm not sure if it changes anything about my specific role. Many of the guys who guided me through the peloton are no longer here," he mentioned, referring to riders like Dries Devenyns and Tim Declercq. "So maybe I'll have to take on that role a bit more, but that's just a great opportunity. This way, I can give something back to the team after all those successful years."

"It has always been the strength of this team to maintain its identity despite the comings and goings of riders," expressed the seasoned rider. "Some of the riders who have joined us weren't even born when this team was formed. That speaks volumes about the team's identity, as well as the stable staff we work with. There has been a great atmosphere and culture here for a very long time."

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