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Gallery: Tour of Flanders from start to finish

By Cycling News

published 1 April 2013

Best of Bettini Photo from the 100th anniversary of De Ronde

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Riders at the back of the Tour of Flanders(Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Niki Terpstra (Omega Pharma-Quickstep) was forced to run the Koppenberg(Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack-Leopard) celebrates his victory(Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Jurgen Roelandts (Lotto-Belisol) grits it out on the Paterberg(Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Luca Paolini (Katusha)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Huge crowds lined the course to watch the Tour of Flanders(Image credit: Bettini Photo)

The start in Brugges was quite a scene(Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Andre Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) surprised by attacking and forcing a breakaway(Image credit: Bettini Photo)

The bunch early in the race.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Peter Sagan could not hold the pace of Cancellara at the top of the Paterberg(Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Peter Sagan and Jurgen Roelandts work to hold off the chasers(Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Oscar Gatto (Vini Fantini)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Niklas Arndt (Argos-Shimano) on foot on the Koppenberg(Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Lars Boom (Blanco) on the Paterberg(Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Sebastian Rosseler (Garmin-Sharp) snakes his way up the Koppenberg(Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Fabian Cancellara puts in his move on the Paterberg(Image credit: Bettini Photo)

The first thing Fabian Cancellara did after winning was find his wife…(Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Filippo Pozzato's race was over when he had a mechanical on the Paterberg(Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Brugge. Lovely.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)

The peloton heads out from Brugge for the Tour of Flanders(Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Marcel Sieberg (Lotto-Belisol) made it to the breakaway(Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Cannondale's Ted King worked hard for his team captain(Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Niki Terpstra (Omega Pharma-Quickstep)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Filippo Pozzato (Lampre-Merida) chasing on the Paterberg(Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Matthew Goss (Orica-GreenEdge)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Vladimir Gusev (Katusha)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)

The peloton streams through the Flanders countryside(Image credit: Bettini Photo)

100 years of the Ronde van Vlaanderen(Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Tom Boonen and Fabian Cancellara on the start line(Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Filippo Pozzato (Lampre-Merida)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Mirko Selvaggi (Vacansoleil)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Geraint Thomas (Sky) before his spell of bad luck.(Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Fabian Cancellara enjoys the moment after winning Tour of Flanders(Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Daniel Oss (BMC) kept his toes warm(Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Tyler Farrar and Thor Hushovd(Image credit: Bettini Photo)

The bunch heads up the Paterberg(Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Marcus Burghardt leads the chasers up the Paterberg(Image credit: Bettini Photo)

It was De Ronde's 100th birthday(Image credit: Bettini Photo)

The peloton squeezes through the crowds(Image credit: Bettini Photo)

Jack Bauer (Garmin-Sharp)(Image credit: Bettini Photo)

For its 100th birthday, the Tour of Flanders celebrated a repeat champion, Fabian Cancellara, the second year of its new course, and another Sunday of bringing together millions of cycling fans around Belgium's biggest event.

From the packed start in Brugge and throughout the Flemish countryside, fans lined the route by the thousands eager to catch a glimpse of cycling's warriors.

The Koppenberg, the Oude Kwaremont, the Paterberg - all of the critical points were filled to capacity, each vantage point providing fans with the opportunity to be within touching distance of the competitors.

You weren't able to be in Belgium for the big day? That's OK, because Bettini Photo captured the race in all its glory, and we've picked a selection of the best images in this gallery.