Gent-Wevelgem Women 2024
Latest News from the Race
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Marlen Reusser disqualified from Gent-Wevelgem for riding on bike path
Swiss champion finished in front group but then struck from results -
'Even winning is possible' - Puck Pieterse dreams big ahead of Tour of Flanders debut
Multi-discipline Dutch talent set to make first appearance at De Ronde on Sunday in only her tenth road race -
‘We will fight to get revenge’ – Balsamo's Gent-Wevelgem near miss stokes Tour of Flanders fire
Italian Lidl-Trek rider just misses out on making it three wins in a row after tightest of photo finishes with SD Worx's Wiebes
Date | March 24, 2024 |
Distance | 171.2 kilometres |
Start location | Ypres |
Finish location | Wevelgem |
Category | Women's WorldTour |
2024 winner | Lorena Wiebes (Ned) Team SD Worx-Protime |
Lorena Wiebes beats Elisa Balsamo in sprint photo finish
Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) used a bike throw to win her first Gent-Wevelgem Women. It took a photo finish to decide the outcome, as the Dutchwoman edged Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek) at the line in Wevelgem.
Chiara Consonni (UAE Team ADQ) took third place as a large group of 38 riders stormed across the finish after 171.2km of racing.
Grace Brown (FDJ-Suez) launched an attack in the final 2km, but was brought back on the final kilometre.
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Gent-Wevelgem Women history
Gent-Wevelgem Women is a Spring Classic will have its 13th edition on March 24, 2024. The race rolls through Flanders Fields, paying homage to the victims of the First World War each year. Both the women's and men's races were rebranded with the addition of ‘In Flanders Fields’ to the name in 2016 for the centennial celebration of World War I.
Organisers of the men's Gent-Wevelgem added a women's edition in 2012 as a national event. It started on the UCI calendar as a 1.2-ranked event in 2014 when American Lauren Hall secured the victory. The event joined the Women's WorldTour in 2016. To date, Dutch rider Kirsten Wild is the only rider to have won the Spring Classic twice, in 2013 and 2019.
Marlen Reusser (SD Worx) won the last edition in 2023. After after avoiding a huge crash in the peloton 44km, she ended up off the front solo and kept going as the chaos disrupted any attempts to chase. Even though she took a wrong turn with 5km to go, she still won by 2:42.
The race is unpredictable, with wind playing as much of a role with attrition as the steep cobbled climbs. The race begins again in Ypres close to the imposing Menin Gate, and out of respect for those who lost their lives in Flanders Fields, the peloton will launch onto the 171.2km course with a wave of flag, not with the shot from a start gun.
This year’s route comes in 8.7km longer than last year, and the women will conquer both sides of the Kemmelberg on the closing circuit.
The climbs on the course include the Scherpenberg, Baneberg, Monteberg and Kemmelberg (Belvedère), and then another round of the Scherpenberg and Baneberg to the Kemmelberg (Ossuaire). The final ascent of the steeper side of the Kemmelberg leaves 35.9km to the final run-in to Vanackerestraat, Wevelgem.
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Gent-Wevelgem Women 202424 March 2024 | Ghent | Women's WorldTour
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Chapman, Ganna and Kwiatkowski among injured at crash-heavy Gent-Wevelgem
Chapman fractures sacrum and suffers from concussion, Ganna has swollen knee and Kwiatkowski skin off -
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Self-doubts are banished as US talent bags a Gent-Wevelgem podium that feels like a victory -
Miserable weather, crash, a wrong turn but no stopping Reusser at Gent-Wevelgem
'Today was special, first, because the conditions were so bad' said SD Worx rider after taking victory with 45km solo
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'I don’t understand the other teams' - Kopecky confused by rival team tactics at Gent-Wevelgem
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