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Tour of Flanders 2023: Route and start list for the men's race

All the crucial information ahead of this year's Ronde van Vlaanderen

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The stage is set for the first cobbled Monument of the year, the Tour of Flanders , scheduled for 2 April. 

This year's race marks the event's 107th edition, making it one of the oldest in the world. The riders have changed over the years, but many of the event's iconic climbs have stayed the same. 

The route stretches out over 270km between Bruges and Oudenaarde. Below you'll find details of the race parcours , together with a list of those who will tackle it.

Tour of Flanders 2023: route

This year’s Tour of Flanders counts 273.4 kilometres, almost one kilometre longer than the 2022 edition won by Mathieu van der Poel. 

After six years in Antwerp, the race returns to Bruges in 2023 to kick off proceedings. The riders will roll out for an easy first 100km, before they hit the first cobbled sector - Huisepontweg - on the approach into Oudenaarde. 

The race’s midway point is marked with the first of three drags up the 2.2km-long Oude Kwaremont. From there, the terrain becomes unforgiving, offering little recovery time between the hellingen that quickly rack up. Notable ascents here include the Holleweg, Molenberg and Valkenberg. 

With 55km to go, the riders will get a practice run at the finishing two climbs as they go over the iconic pair of the Oude Kwaremont and the Paterberg. The duo return around 17km from the line, where the decisive attacks are likely to come. 

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The flat run-in to Oudenaarde is uncomplicated, but will bring some of the day’s most dramatic racing. If a rider hasn’t already broken away solo, expect a desperate sprint to the line. 

Tour of Flanders 2023: Start list

Alpecin-Deceuninck

VAN DER POEL Mathieu DILLIER Silvan BALLERSTEDT Maurice GOGL Michael KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren VERMEERSCH Gianni MEURISSE Xandro

Jumbo-Visma

VAN AERT Wout AFFINI Edoardo BENOOT Tiesj LAPORTE Christophe VAN FIJKE Tim VAN DER SANDE Tosh VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan

UAE Team Emirates

POGAČAR Tadej OLIVEIRA Rui BAX Sjoerd BJERG Mikkel LAENGEN Vegard Stake TRENTIN Matteo WELLENS Tim

AG2R Citroën Team

VAN AVERMAET Greg COSNEFROY Benoît DEWULF Stan NAESEN Lawrence NAESEN Oliver GAUTHERAT Pierre TOUZÉ Damien

Lotto Dstny

EWAN Caleb DE BUYST Jasper FRISON Frederik GRIGNARD Sébastien VAN MOER Brent VERMEERSCH Florian LIVYNS Arjen

Trek-Segafredo

STUYVEN Jasper LIEPINS Emīls HOOLE Daan KIRSCH Alex PEDERSEN Mads THEUNS Edward VACEK Mathias

INEOS Grenadiers

PIDCOCK Thomas HEIDUK Kim KWIATKOWSKI Michał TURNER Ben ROWE Luke SHEFFIELD Magnus SWIFT Ben

Soudal Quick-Step

ALAPHILIPPE Julian ASGREEN Kasper BALLERINI Davide MERLIER Tim LAMPAERT Yves SÉNÉCHAL Florian DECLERCQ Tim

Team Jayco AlUla

MATTHEWS Michael DURBRIDGE Luke MEZGEC Luka O'BRIEN Kelland QUICK Blake REINDERS Elmar ŠTYBAR Zdeněk

EF Education-EasyPost

BETTIOL Alberto SCULLY Tom DOULL Owain HONORÉ Mikkel Frølich KEUKELEIRE Jens POWLESS Neilson RUTSCH Jonas

Bahrain Victorious

MOHORIČ Matej ARNDT Nikias GRADEK Kamil MACIEJUK Filip PASQUALON Andrea RAJOVIĆ Dušan WRIGHT Fred

Intermarché-Circus-Wanty

GIRMAY Biniam BYSTRØM Sven Erik DE GENDT Aimé DE POOTER Dries PLANCKAERT Baptiste TEUNISSEN Mike VAN DER HOORN Taco

DEGENKOLB John BEVIN Patrick EEKHOFF Nils HEINSCHKE Leon EDMONDSON Alex NABERMAN Tim VERMAERKE Kevin

BORA-Hansgrohe

ARCHBOLD Shane GAMPER Patrick HALLER Marco POLITT Nils MEEUS Jordi VAN POPPEL Danny KOCH Jonas

Astana Qazaqstan Team

CHZHAN Igo GIDICH Yevgeniy LAAS Martin FEDOROV Yevgeniy GRUZDEV Dmitriy NURLYKHASSYM Nurbergen SYRITSA Gleb

ALLEGAERT Piet KREDER Wesley NOPPE Christophe CARVALHO Andre RENARD Alexis ZINGLE Axel WALSCHEID Max

Israel - Premier Tech

VANMARCKE Sep BOIVIN Guillaume REYNDERS Jens HOULE Hugo NEILANDS Krists VAN ASBROECK Tom TEUNS Dylan

Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team

BAUER Jack DEVRIENDT Tom FEDELI Alessandro PARISINI Nicolò MAŁECKI Kamil PUPPIO Antonio ZUKOWSKY Nickolas

Team Arkéa Samsic

HOFSTETTER Hugo BIERMANS Jenthe DEKKER David LOUVEL Matis MCLAY Daniel LE BERRE Mathis RUSSO Clément

Groupama-FDJ

KÜNG Stefan ASKEY Lewis GENIETS Kevin LE GAC Olivier LIENHARD Fabian MADOUAS Valentin WATSON Samuel

Movistar Team

GARCÍA CORTINA Iván HOLLMAN Juri JACOBS Johan JORGENSON Matteo LAZKANO Oier ROMEO Iván NORSGAARD Mathias

TotalEnergies

SAGAN Peter BOASSON HAGEN Edvald DUJARDIN Sandy BONNET Thomas OURSELIN Paul TURGIS Anthony VAN GESTEL Dries

VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume BLOUWE Louis DESAL Ceriel GEURIN Alexis MERTENS Julian ROBEET Ludovic VAN BOVEN Luca

Team Flanders - Baloise

BRAET Vito COLMAN Alex DE PESTEL Sander DE VYLDER Lindsay BERCKMOES Jenno DE WILDE Gilles VANHOOF Ward

Uno-X Pro Cycling Team

KRISTOFF Alexander URIANSTAD Martin HALVORSEN Kristoffer BLUME LEVY William RESELL Erik Nordsæter BENDIXEN Louis TILLER Rasmus

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2023 Tour of Flanders: Preview, schedule, how to watch both men's and women's classic races live

Mathieu van der Poel is favourite to defend his title at the iconic one-day men's classic race on the Belgian cobbles, while Annemiek van Vleuten chases a third women's crown in her final season.

The second road cycling one-day classic monument of the 2023 season is here.

On Sunday (2 April), the  Tour of Flanders (Ronde van Vlaanderen; Tour des Flandres) will celebrate its 107th men's and 20th women's editions as the first of two back-to-back cobbled monuments (Paris–Roubaix follows next week).

Men have raced 'De Ronde' annually uninterrupted since 1919. This year, for the first time since 2016, the race begins in Bruges/Brugge – the first year of an agreement that will see Bruges/Brugge and Antwerp alternate start-line duties. The race will end in Oudenaarde, as it has done every year since 2012, after 273.4km (169.9mi).

The women, meanwhile, face a 156.6km (97.3mi) course set around Oudenaarde but also encompassing swathes of the men's route.

Mathieu van der Poel of the Netherlands and Belgium's own  Lotte Kopecky are the respective defending champions. Van der Poel is looking for his third title in four races, having also triumphed in 2020.

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2023 tour of flanders course routes.

Welcome back to Bruges/Brugge. That's the main headline from this year's men's Ronde van Vlaanderen course , as the race returns to the same UNESCO World Heritage Site start town it had from 1998 through 2016.

The Grote Markt in Bruges/Brugge is where the peloton will start from; the change in start city from Antwerp means the route south to Oudenaard is also changing.

While the daunting Oude Kwaremont – Paterberg finale will still take pride of place, the course for the first 136km (84.5 miles) to the first ascent of the Oude Kwaremont looks a little less heavy on the legs compared to last year, with only a single cobbled sector (down from two) at Huisepontweg and a generally flatter parcours, albeit with an additional côte.

However, the traditional loop around Oudenaard will again test the riders, with 18 climbs from the first ascent of the Oude Kwaremont to the finish. Once more, the Paterberg is the last climb of the day with 13 km to go before a fast, flat finish. Across the day's 19 classified hills, the riders will climb 3,227m (10,587ft).

The women will ride a course very similar to the ones they are used to – a loop around Oudenaard, beginning at the Markt and ending on Minderbroedersstraat as the men do.

As with the men's race, Huisepontweg at 49.6km is the first cobbled sector; unlike the men, the women's peloton will already have had to climb their first test – the Tiegemberg.

Twelve further climbs await the women, who will face the same final 45km as the men, starting with the notoriously difficult cobbled climb up the Kopperberg (113.4km) and concluding with the Oude Kwaremont – Paterberg one-two to finish. A total elevation gain of 2,682m (8,799ft) awaits the peloton.

2023 Tour of Flanders riders to watch

Men's race - 2023 riders to watch.

• Mathieu van der Poel – the defending champion from the Netherlands. The Alpecin-Deceuninck rider also triumphed in 2020 and was beaten into second place in 2021. He will aim for a fourth straight podium finish on the back of winning Milano-Sanremo two weeks ago.
• Tadej Pogacar – the all-round phenomenon from Slovenia is looking for his fourth career monument win (2 at Il Lombardia, 1 at Liège-Bastogne-Liège). This is just his second appearance in De Ronde, having finished agonisingly off the podium in fourth last year.
• Kasper Asgreen – the Dane was the surprise winner in 2021, knocking van der Poel into second place. His Soudal–Quick Step team can also count on…
• Julian Alaphilippe – the two-time road race world champion, who looked set to challenge for the 2020 race before crashing into a motorcycle while in the winning breakaway.
• Wout van Aert – Jumbo-Visma's leader in Flanders, who was forced to miss last year's race after catching Covid. Widely considered the biggest rival to Van der Poel, Van Aert will be hoping to upgrade his 2020 second place to the top step of the podium. Enters off the back of a second place at Gent-Wevelgem.
• Greg van Avermaet – even aged 37, don't rule out the Belgian on his home roads. The 2016 Olympic road race champion is a specialist in the one-day classics, and has finished on the podium in Oudenaarde four times without ever winning the race.
• Tom Pidcock – the Briton is, like Van der Poel and Van Aert, used to riding on different terrain as a cyclo-cross, mountain bike, and road rider. Pidcock claimed his first major one-day win earlier this year at Strade Bianche and has experience of winning on cobbles, triumphing in the 2021 Brabantse Pijl and 2019 Paris–Roubaix Espoirs junior race.

Women's race - 2023 riders to watch

• Annemiek van Vleuten – the Dutch women's cycling legend has announced that 2023 will be her final season. A two-time winner of the women's Tour of Flanders (2011, 2021), Van Vleuten is no stranger to success in all forms of road cycling, from long stage races to one-day classics, and will hope to sign off from Oudenaarde with a third victory.
• Lotte Kopecky – defending champion from 2022, Kopecky will have the home support behind her. A two-time national road race champion, she already has a pair of one-day classic race wins under her belt this season and will be one of the favourites for a third.
• Marianne Vos – the London 2012 Olympic road race champion hasn't won in a one-day race since Gent-Wevelgem in 2021, but count Vos out at your peril. The vastly experienced Dutchwoman is still a force to be reckoned with on her day.
• Elisa Longo Borghini – the Trek-Segafredo team leader, who won bronze in the last two Olympic road races, is a previous winner of the event (2015) and will be supported by fellow Italian and 2021 world champion Elisa Balsamo.

2023 Tour of Flanders: Race schedules

(All times local CEST, approximate after race start. Assumes an average race speed of 44km/h for men and 40km/h for women)

• 10:00 – Men's race unofficial start in Bruges/Brugge (-8.3km)
• 10:16 – Men's race official start in Beernem (0.0km)
• 12:45 – Men's race reaches first cobbled sector at Huisepontweg (109.0km)
• 13:22 – Men's race reaches first ascent of Oude Kwaremont (climb 2, 136.8km)
• 13:30 – Women's race unofficial start in Oudenaarde (-2.7km)
• 13:35 – Women's race official start in Oudenaarde (0.0km)
• 13:50 – Women's race reaches first climb at Tiegemberg (climb 1, 10.0km)
• 14:49 – Women's race reaches first cobbled sector at Huisepontweg (49.5km)
• 15:14 – Men's race reaches second ascent of Oude Kwaremont (climb 12, 218.8km)
• 15:19 – Men's race reaches first ascent of Paterberg (climb 13, 222.3km)
• 15:28 – Men's race reaches Koppenberg (climb 14, 228.8km)
• 16:06 – Men's race reaches third ascent of Oude Kwaremont (climb 18, 256.7km)
• 16:11 – Men's race reaches second ascent of Paterberg (climb 19, 260.1km)
• 16:23 – Women's race reaches Koppenberg (climb 8, 112.0km)
• 16:29 – Men's leaders arrive at finish line in Oudenaarde (273.4km)
• 17:05 – Women's race reaches Oude Kwaremont (climb 12, 139.9km)
• 17:10 – Women's race reaches Paterberg (climb 13, 143.3km)
• 17:30 – Women's leaders arrive at finish line in Oudenaarde (156.6km)

Tour of Flanders: Last five winners

• 2022: Mathieu van der Poel (NED/Alpecin-Fenix)
• 2021: Kasper Asgreen (DEN/Deceuninck-Quick-Step)
• 2020: Mathieu van der Poel (NED/Alpecin-Fenix)
• 2019: Alberto Bettiol (ITA/EF Educational First)
• 2018: Niki Terpstra (NED/Quick-Step Floors)
• 2022: Lotte Kopecky (BEL/SD Worx)
• 2021: Annemiek van Vleuten (NED/Movistar Team)
• 2020: Chantal van den Broek-Blaak (NED/Boels-Dolmans)
• 2019: Marta Bastianelli (ITA/Team Virtu Cycling)
• 2018: Anna van der Breggen (NED/Boels-Dolmans)

How to watch 2023 Tour of Flanders - Ronde van Vlaanderen

List of regional broadcasters (TV / online):

• Belgium – RTBF
• Czechia – Czech TV
• Denmark – TV2
• France – France TV
• Italy – RAI
• Netherlands – NOS
• Norway – TV2
• Slovenia – JOJ
• Spain – Enjoy
• Switzerland – SRG SSR
• Pan-Europe – Eurosport, GCN
• Canada – Flobikes
• United States – Flobikes
• Australia – Flobikes, SBS
• New Zealand – SKY Sport
• Central and South America and the Caribbean – ESPN
• Sub-Saharan Africa – Supersport

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Results and Highlights from the Tour of Flanders

Tadej Pogačar and Lotte Kopecky captured the wins at another thrilling edition of the Tour of Flanders.

The Tour of Flanders is always one of the most thrilling of the Monuments and this year’s edition was no different. Both the men’s and women’s races brought some great excitement to the Belgian cobbles.

Men’s Race Recap

At 273.4 kilometers with six cobble segments and 19 climbs, the men’s Tour of Flanders—the second Monument race of the season—runs from Brugge to Oudenaarde in Belgium. This year was the fastest iteration of the race ever run, with strong tailwinds (and headwinds) breaking up the peloton from the start. The race was marred by many crashes, and the racing was some of the most exciting we’ve seen all season.

As usual, with Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates), Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) and Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) in the mix, those were the riders to watch, but there were quite a few other contenders on the start line. Teams like Ineos-Grenadiers and Movistar made some early attacks, trying to test the peloton, but the early kilometers of the race were marked by small attacks that the peloton swallowed up. The wind also played a part, splitting the peloton and forcing top riders like Van der Poel to work at the front.

At 70 kilometers into the race, a crash took out several riders and split the newly-reformed peloton—but that wouldn’t be the only crash of the day. At 140 kilometers to go, a huge crash in the peloton took out many riders including Peter Sagan—racing his last Tour of Flanders before his upcoming retirement—and Tim Wellens. The crash was caused by a Bahrain rider who went onto the grass, then swung back onto the road into the peloton. Wellens was unfortunately forced to pull out of the race, as was Sagan. The Bahrain Victorious rider Filip Maciejuk was disqualified for causing the crash. (Sadly, another Bahrain rider caused other crash a while later, though with less catastrophic results—all bad news for another race favorite, Bahrain’s Matej Mohorič.)

You can watch the domino effect of the crash here:

Meanwhile, the crashes allowed a group of eight to continue to grow their advantage in a breakaway. Jasper De Buyst, Guillaume Van Keirsbulck, Daan Hoole, Elmar Reinders, Filippo Colombo, Jonas Rutsch, Tim Merlier and Hugo Houle. The group didn’t contain riders from Van der Poel, Van Aert or Pogacar’s teams—which means there was a lot of firepower in the peloton working to close that gap, though with eight big teams including Loton Dsny, Trek Segafredo and EF up in the lead, there were also plenty of teams who had no reason to work. The leaders grew their advantage to four minutes, but by 100 kilometers to go, the gap was closing, down to two minutes.

A smaller attack group with Mads Peterson and dark horse race favorite Stephan Küng along with seven others went after the leaders, splitting from the peloton and closing the gap to under a minute with 90 kilometers to go—a minute ahead of the peloton. By 77 kilometers to go, the chase group made contact with the breakaway, creating a 19-rider strong lead group, nearly two minutes ahead of the peloton containing many of the race favorites.

Another huge crash in the peloton at 70 kilometers to go took out Mohorič as well as Binian Girmay and Aime De Gendt.

With 55 kilometers to go, attacks began to bring the big three—Van der Poel, Van Aert or Pogačar—back to the front of the race. UAE launched the attack, with Pogačar riding up the steep cobbled climb, riding Tom Pidcock off his wheel as Van Aert gritted his way up the hill, chasing hard. Pidcock and teammate Magnus Sheffield led Van Aert up the climb as Pogacar appeared to pretty much sprint away from the peloton, looking entirely unbothered by his monumental effort. As the climbs came fast and furious, he seemed comfortable attacking the narrow climbs alone.

Behind them, Van Aert and Pidcock were joined by Van der Poel, essentially creating a cyclocross superstar chase group. It wasn’t a surprise when they caught Pogačar and LaPorte, who had eased up slightly.

The lead groups hit the famed Koppenburg climb—but the real camera view was Pogačar, Van Aert and Van der Poel smashing the pedals together surging up the classic climb. Ahead of them, the lead group of 11 worked hard to maintain their lead on the three superpowers of cycling, with Neilson Powless, one of the few Americans in the race, in the mix in the lead group. The lead group continued to dwindle as the ‘big three’ powered up the climbs, picking up riders who’d been dropped from the lead group as they went. At 28 kilometers to go, Van der Poel attacked hard and Pogačar just barely made it on his wheel as Van Aert struggled to hang on and began to fall behind as more climbs loomed ahead.

Pogačar surged again, catching and riding through Pederson, who was caught by a chasing Van der Poel. With 17 kilometers to go, Pogačar was finally in the lead, opening a 13 second gap, though Van der Poel refused to give up while Pederson tried to hang on. A chase group with many of the original attackers along with Van Aert followed 40 seconds back.

While Pogačar was utterly uncatchable, Van der Poel never gave up the chase, stretching to 30 second behind Pogačar. Behind him, the large chase group with Van Aert, Pederson, Kasper Asgreen, Neilson Poless, Kung, Matteo Jorgensen and Fred Wright were a minute back, all in contention for the final spot on the podium.

It was no surprise when Pogačar sailed in for the win—in the fastest race time ever recorded—with Van der Poel smoothly coming in for second place. The real sprint came under a minute later, led out by Pederson, with Van Aert right on his wheel. The two finished in a photo finish, with Pederson just inching out Van Aert for third place.

“I could retire after today and be proud of my career, ” Pogačar said after the race. But thankfully, the young rider has no intention of retiring anytime soon.

Tour of Flanders Results - Men’s Top 10

• Tadej Pogačar (Team UAE Emirates)
• Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
• Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafedo)
• Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma)
• Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost
• Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ)
• Kasper Asgreen (Soudal-Quick-Step)
• Fred Wright (Bahrain-Victorious)
• Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar)
• Matteo Trentin (Team UAE Emirates)

Women’s Race Recap

The women’s iteration of the Tour of Flanders is slightly shorter, with only five cobbled sections and 13 climbs over 156 kilometers. Favorites included last year’s winner Lotte Kopecky along with two of her other SD Worx teammates, Demi Vollering and Marlyn Reusser. But it was Trek Segafredo that kept the race interesting, as did the Movistar squad led by Annemiek van Vleuten.

Unlike the men’s version of the Tour, the climbs start early on the women’s route, but the peloton managed to stay together early on. For the first 60 kilometers, the peloton largely stayed together, and was relatively calm. But similar to the men’s race, a big crash as riders came into Oudenaarde took out quite a few riders in the main peloton.

At around the halfway mark, Ally Wollaston of AG Insurance made the first effective attack of the day, creating a gap of 30 seconds. After another crash for the peloton, though, the SD Worx team started making moves towards the front of the race in order to protect their riders and start to lead the race. UAE Team ADQ and Trek Segafredo also started moving riders towards the front, anticipating SD Worx going on the attack.

With two-thirds of the race completed, Elise Chabbey went on the attack, and Van Vleuten unfortunately had a crash from the back of the peloton. She got back up, but had to fix her chain and chase back on. Meanwhile, SD Worx, Trek Segafredo and UAE all sent riders up the road to chase the leaders.

Hitting the steep cobbled Koppenburg climb, the leaders were absorbed by the chasers, and the groups all shattered on the climb. Only two riders were able to get over the climb without dismounting—race favorite Marlyn Reusser along with UAE’s Silvia Persico—while Lorena Wiebes and Lotte Kopecky had to remount and run. Leanne Lipert dropped a chain and had to stop to fix it, forcing her to mount an inspired chase.

But by the top of the climb, only four riders remained at the front, all race favorites: SD Worx’ Wiebes, Reusser and Kopecky with Persico hanging on. Trek Segafredo, UAE, Canyon SRAM, Jumbo Visma, and SD Worx all had riders in the chase group, just 22 seconds down. The peloton behind them was shattered on the climb, and small groups were strung out across the course.

Wiebes was the first rider to drop from the lead group as they hit one of the several climbs left in the race. Reusser also dropped off the back, and Persico hung onto Kopecky’s wheel, avoiding her time at the front. Behind them, Kopecky’s teammates Vollering and Reuser with Shirin van Anrooij of Trek Segafredo and Kasia Niewiadoma of Canyon SRAM chased at 20 seconds down with 27 kilometers to go. They were joined by Juliette Labous and Elisa Longo-Borghini.

On the muddy, slippery climb at 18 kilometers to go, Kopecky attacked and dropped Persico, while the now seven-woman chase group fought their way up the slippery cobbles. From there, she was unstoppable, growing her gap quickly as she worked her way up the final climbs of the day. The chase group surged behind Persico, struggling to catch her on the climb, reabsorbing her on the tight cobbled ascent.

As the kilometers clicked down, the chasers became more chaotic. In the chase group, the SD Worx riders clearly irritated the small chase group by refusing to do any work in order to protect the lead Kopecky had, while riders like Labous tried to close the gap.

Kopecky powered to the finish line as the six-woman chase group 45 seconds back started to set up for the sprint for the final two podium positions.

It has to be said: There’s something kind of awesome about hearing a remixed version of All I Do Is Win from a bystander as Kopecky sailed by just meters from the finish. And she had plenty of time to celebrate her win.

Behind her, the chase group began the long sprint to the finish line, led out by Vollering. Longo-Borghini came up the side, but it was Vollering who snapped up second place with Longo-Borghini in third.

It’s worth noting: The women’s Tour of Flanders race overlapped with the men’s race if you were trying to watch live, so if you did miss it while you were watching the men’s, definitely go back and watch the replay!

Tour of Flanders Results - Women’s Top 10

• Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx)
• Demi Vollering (SD Worx)
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Tour of Flanders Men Route, Stages and Results 2023

PREVIEW | WE Tour of Flanders 2023

Preview . The women's Tour of Flanders sees the climax of the Belgian cobbled classics for the female peloton, as they tackle some of the hardest and most trecherous terrain of the season in climbs such as the Oude Kwaremont and the Paterberg on the 2nd of April.

The roads of Flandres will see the women's peloton ride through and will include many of the race's most iconic bergs. The finale will match that of the men's race, with iconic climbs such as the Koppenberg, Taaienberg, Oude Kwaremont and the Paterberg to make the differences, before the flat finale into Oudenaarde.

Estimated start and finish times for Tour des Flandres WE: 14:30 - 18:30CET.

Profile & Route WE Tour of Flanders 2023

Prediction Tour of Flanders WE 2023:

*** Lotte Kopecky , Demi Vollering ** Annemiek van Vleuten , Cecilie Uttrup Ludwig * Mariane Vos, Marlen Reusser, Elisa Longo Borghini, Katarzyna Niewiadoma, Shirin van Anrooij, Lianne Lipert, Silvia Persico

Pick : Lotte Kopecky

PREVIEW | Tour of Flanders 2023 - Mathieu van der Poel, Wout van Aert and Tadej Pogacar the big favourites

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Remco Evenepoel in line for Tour of Flanders debut in 2025

Lefevere ponders sending Belgian to Milan-San Remo and the Ronde in reboot of Soudal-QuickStep's Classics squad

Patrick Lefevere has indicated that Remco Evenepoel could make his debut at Milan-San Remo and the Tour of Flanders next season as he seeks to reboot Soudal-QuickStep’s Classics unit. 

Evenepoel’s victories at Liège-Bastogne-Liège in 2022 and 2023 had salvaged the team’s last two Classics campaigns, but the Belgian missed this year’s edition of the race after breaking his collarbone in a crash at Itzulia Basque Country .

The team’s struggles in this year's Classics campaign were again particularly evident on the cobbles, where they failed to make an impact at the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix. Yves Lampaert was Soudal-QuickStep ’s best finisher at each race, placing 18th at the Ronde and 36th in Roubaix.

In an interview with La Dernière Heure , Lefevere acknowledged the need to revamp his cobbled Classics team for 2025.

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“If you know someone of the level of Mathieu van der Poel , Tadej Pogaçar and Wout van Aert, who is available and financially viable, then I am interested,” said Lefevere, before acknowledging that he might reach for an in-house solution to the problem.

“But at the end of the year, together with Remco, we are going to see if there is not a possibility of doing Milan-San Remo and then going to the Tour of Flanders with a very specific programme.

“Then he can rest so he can take in Liège-Bastogne-Liège and after that the Tour. I think Remco is a bit of a Flandrien all the same. He sometimes trains on those roads. I'm sure he wants to ride the Ronde one day.”

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The contracts of Soudal-QuickStep’s leaders on the cobbles this Spring – Lampaert, Kasper Asgreen and Julian Alaphilippe – are all set to expire at the end of the season. Lefevere admitted that he “could not be happy” with the team’s performance in the Classics.

“I don’t want to look for excuses, even if Julian, who was going well, couldn’t express all his quality because he rode a lot of races with a small fracture,” Lefevere said. “But maybe our potential is no longer at the same level as our expectations.”

Lefevere has already ruled out signing Jasper Philipsen for 2025, citing budgetary constraints, and he acknowledged that the DNA of his team had changed slightly as it shifted its focus to Evenepoel’s Grand Tour ambitions.

“Obviously, it’s changed a bit because we’re building a team to support Remco at the Tour,” Lefevere said. “I’d love us to be dominant on all terrains, but we don’t have the budget of UAE Team Emirates.”

Lefevere expressed confidence that Evenepoel’s preparations for his Tour de France debut would not be impeded unduly by the time off the bike since his Itzulia crash.

“I'm convinced of it: Remco will be ready for the Tour,” Lefevere said. “In 10 days, he'll be off to Sierra Nevada for a training camp at altitude. He's very relaxed because he knows that it's only April 21, and that he's still got plenty of time ahead of him.”

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Barry Ryan is Head of Features at Cyclingnews. He has covered professional cycling since 2010, reporting from the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and events from Argentina to Japan. His writing has appeared in The Independent, Procycling and Cycling Plus. He is the author of The Ascent: Sean Kelly, Stephen Roche and the Rise of Irish Cycling’s Golden Generation , published by Gill Books.

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Tour of Flanders 2023: Pogacar solos to triumph

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.

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