Classic Brugge-De Panne Women 2025
Latest News from the Race
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'I will try again next time' – Cat Ferguson goes solo for 30km at Classic Brugge-De Panne
18-year-old puts in an impressive breakaway ride despite illness during first spring Classics campaign in the pros -
Classic Brugge-De Panne Women: Lorena Wiebes takes win number six of 2025
European champion tops Consonni, Balsamo -
As it happened: Lorena Wiebes takes 99th career victory in Brugge - De Panne
SD Worx Protime rider backs up Sanremo Women win to out-sprint Chiara Consonni and Elisa Balsamo
Date | March 27, 2024 |
Start location | Brugge |
Finish location | De Panne |
Distance | 153.7km |
Previous edition | 2024 Classic Brugge-De Panne Women |
Previous winner | Elisa Balsamo (Ita) Lidl-Trek |
Classic Brugge-De Panne Women information
The Classic Brugge-De Panne Women returns for an eighth edition in 2025, the Women's WorldTour one-day race scheduled for March 27, one day after the men's race. The cobbled Classic has become a showcase for top sprinters with its Flemish profile.
The men's event began in 1977 as a three-day stage race. It then added the Women’s WorldTour race in 2018, and that same year transformed the men’s contest to a one-day race as well. The two races continue on back-to-back mid-week dates, sharing the same start and finish lines, but different routes in between.
Classic Brugge-De Panne Women marks a series of three big one-day races in Belgium, leading to Gent-Wevelgem and Tour of Flanders. It is the fifth event of the Spring Classics, following directly after the inaugural Milano-San Remo Donne.
Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek) won the race for a second time in 2024, taking the sprint ahead of Charlotte Kool (DSM-Firmenich Post NL) and Daria Pikulik (Human Powered Health). However, a bunch sprint is not always the case, as the year before Pfeiffer Georgi (Team DSM) carried a 1:10 margin across the line to a chase group of five riders, led by Balsamo for second place.
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Classic Brugge-De Panne Women route

Classic Brugge-De Panne returns with a traditional start from Markt Brugge and the finish circuits in De Panne. In between, flat roads prevail with no categorised climbs for the 153.7km battle of sprinters.
After the start in Brugge, the peloton will race through Aartrijke, Koekelare, Zande, Ramskapelie, and then after Adinkerke, will tackle a local circuit of 43.9km, completed twice.
Classic Brugge-De Panne Women start list
To be announced
Classic Brugge-De Panne Women teams
- AG Insurance-Soudal
- Canyon-Sram zondacrypto
- Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team
- FDJ-Suez
- Fenix-Deceuninck
- Human Powered Health
- Lidl-Trek
- Liv-AlUla -Jayco
- Movistar
- Roland
- Picnic-PostNL
- SD Worx-Protime
- Visma-Lease A Bike
- UAE Team AFQ
- Uno-X Mobility
- Coop - Repsol
- Velopro Alphamotorhomes
- DD Group Pro Cycling Team
- Lotto Ladies
- Volkerwessels Women’s Pro Cycling
- St.Michel Preference Home Auber93
- Cofidis Women Team
- Arkea B&B Hotels Women
Races
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Classic Brugge-De Panne Women 202527 March 2025 | Bruges | Women's WorldTour
Latest Content on the Race

'I will try again next time' – Cat Ferguson goes solo for 30km at Classic Brugge-De Panne
By Lukas Knöfler published
News 18-year-old puts in an impressive breakaway ride despite illness during first spring Classics campaign in the pros

How to watch the Classic Brugge-De Panne 2025 – Live streams, TV coverage
By Dani Ostanek last updated
News The Belgian Classics are back – here are the details on how to watch Classic Brugge-De Panne online, on TV and from anywhere

Kool comes up short in Classic Brugge-De Panne sprint despite polished lead-out
By Lukas Knöfler published
News 'We don't come for second places' says Kool as new-look sprint train still without victory

Chloe Dygert returns to peloton at Spring Classics after early-season injury
By Kirsten Frattini published
News 'I'm grateful that I'm healthy and have the ability to race' says time trial World Champion

Discovery and Max outline how to watch Spring Classics in the USA after demise of GCN+
By Jackie Tyson last updated
News Warner Bros. Discovery announces international cycling coverage for Europe and partnerships for Canada, Australia

How to watch the Classic Brugge-De Panne 2024
By Daniel Ostanek published
News Top sprinters head to Belgian as the spring Classics resume on March 20 and 21

Multiple rider injuries force SD Worx to pull out of Classic Brugge-De Panne
By Kirsten Frattini published
news 'Lorena Wiebes was one of those victims in Nokere' says manager Stam

Injury report: De Wilde fractures scapula in De Panne, Cataldo has surgery
By Laura Weislo published
News Fenix-Deceuninck rider out for an unspecified period, Barnes undergoes surgery for broken radius
Top News on the Race
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How to watch the Classic Brugge-De Panne 2024
Top sprinters head to Belgian as the spring Classics resume on March 20 and 21 -
Multiple rider injuries force SD Worx to pull out of Classic Brugge-De Panne
'Lorena Wiebes was one of those victims in Nokere' says manager Stam -
Discovery and Max outline how to watch Spring Classics in the USA after demise of GCN+
Warner Bros. Discovery announces international cycling coverage for Europe and partnerships for Canada, Australia
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Injury report: De Wilde fractures scapula in De Panne, Cataldo has surgery
Fenix-Deceuninck rider out for an unspecified period, Barnes undergoes surgery for broken radius -
Balsamo beats Wiebes in Brugge-De Panne sprint – for second place
Sprinter showdown foiled by Georgi solo -
Peloton neutralised after crash at Classic Brugge-De Panne
Officials stop the race for seven minutes to assess the situation as strong winds wreak havoc in flat cobbled classic
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Wiebes, Kool, Balsamo brace for sprint clash at Classic Brugge-De Panne
'It will be the first real showdown' says Wiebes as SD Worx take to start line with only four riders -
Balsamo keeps speed and finds strength to open door to Flanders
World Champion still training on the track to maintain her finishing kick -
Top riders react as crashes wreak havoc at Classic Brugge-De Panne Women
'It's a very difficult race, even dangerous because there are so many corners and big and smaller roads' says Bastianelli
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