Tour of Flanders 2025

2025 Tour of Flanders report / As it happened

Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates- XRG) soloed to his second Tour of Flanders victory, using the Oude Kwaremont to first whittle down the lead group and then drop all his rivals the third time up the cobbled climb.

From the four-rider chase group, Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) outsprinted Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) to take second place. Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease A Bike) finished fourth just ahead Jasper Stuyven (Lidl-Trek), a close fifth.

Tour of Flanders information

The 109th edition of Tour of Flanders, or known as Ronde van Vlaanderen in Dutch, takes place on April 6, the traditional calendar spot of the first Sunday of the month. This cobbled one-day Spring Classic is the second of the five Monuments of the season, following Milan-San Remo on March 22. 

Excitement ramped up for the 2025 Tour of Flanders leading into the race, with Mathieu van der Poel's victories in Milan-San Remo and the E3 Saxo Classic alongside Tadej Pogačar's return to the race as the 2023 champion. After Van der Poel marked Pogačar's attacks on the Poggio in Sanremo, the Tour of Flanders should be quite a spectacle should the pair come to the finish together.

Also returning from an extended winter break is Wout van Aert, who, after missing out to Neilson Powless in the Dwars door Vlaanderen with three Visma-Lease a Bike teammates in the winning move, Van Aert will be motivated to get a result in the Tour of Flanders.

See the full list of 2025 Tour of Flanders contenders.

The men's race began 1919 and typically covers 270km or more across Flanders with more than a dozen categorised climbs and a handful of cobbled sectors. Last year's route began in Antwerp with a total of 17 climbs including a new approach to the Koppenberg for the final 13km before the finish on Minderbroedersstraat in Oudenaarde. In 2025 the race is expected to begin in Bruges.

Last year Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) attacked 45km from the finish and earned a solo victory, 1:02 ahead of a chasing group with second-placed Luca Mozzato (Arkéa - B&B Hotels). Nils Politt (UAE Team Emirates) moved from fourth to third to take the podium spot from Michael Matthews (Jayco-AlUla), who was relegated for dangerous sprinting.

The victory gave Van der Poel his third Ronde title, which put in a select group of six other riders who have won the Monument three times each - Achiel Buysse (1940, 1941, 1943), Fiorenzo Magni (1949, 1950, 1951), Eric Leman (1970, 1072, 1973), Johan Museeuw (1993, 1995, 1998), Tom Boonen (2005, 2006, 2012) and Fabian Cancellara (2010, 2013, 2014).

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Tour of Flanders 2025 route

The 2025 Tour of Flanders route returns to Bruges for its start. The race left from the city of bridges from 1998 to 2016. From 2017 to 2022, and in 2024, the start was moved to Antwerp, then briefly returned to Bruges in 2023.

Tour of Flanders teams

Also see the full 2025 Tour of Flanders start list.

• Alpecin-Deceuninck
• Arkea-B&B Hotels
• Bahrain Victorious
• Cofidis
• Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
• EF Education - EasyPost
• Groupama-FDJ
• INEOS Grenadiers
• Intermarché - Wanty
• Lidl-Trek
• Movistar Team
• Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
• Soudal Quick-Step
• Team Jayco AlUla
• Team Picnic PostNL
• Team Visma | Lease a Bike
• UAE Team Emirates
• XDS Astana Team
• Israel - Premier Tech
• Lotto
• Uno-X Mobility
• Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
• Team Flanders - Baloise
• Tudor Pro Cycling Team
• Wagner Bazin WB