Tour of Flanders 2024
Latest News from the Race
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Remco Evenepoel set to ride Tour of Flanders, Milan-San Remo, Liège and Tour de France in 2025
Soudal-QuickStep manager Patrick Lefevere reveals Classics-heavy 2025 spring for Belgian star -
Remco Evenepoel in line for Tour of Flanders debut in 2025
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'I start to feel a little bit like myself again' says recovering Wout van Aert
'I never received more messages, presents, mails… This made me smile more and suffer less' says rider after Dwars door Vlaanderen crash
Date | March 31, 2024 |
Start location | Antwerp, Belgium |
Finish location | Oudenaarde, Belgium |
Distance | 270.8km |
Category | WorldTour |
Previous edition | 2023 Tour of Flanders |
Previous race winner | Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates |
Tour of Flanders: Mathieu van der Poel smashes Monument with massive solo victory
As it happened: Mathieu van der Poel makes history with record-equalling Flanders win
Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) took an astounding solo victory at the Tour of Flanders 2024 when he rode away from the field with 45km remaining to stretch out to a winning margin of 1:02.
Behind him, a two-man breakaway of Alberto Bettiol (EF Education–EasyPost) and Dylan Teuns (Israel-Premier Tech) was caught on the finish line by a chase group from which Luca Mozzato (Arkéa - B&B Hotels) sprinted to second place and Michael Matthews (Jayco-AlUla) took third.
Matthews was later relegated for dangerous sprinting, allegedly deviating from his line to not allow Nils Politt (UAE Team Emirates) to pass him, meaning that fourth-place finisher Pollit moved onto the podium.
Van der Poel was in a league of his own when he attacked on the Koppenberg ascent, with only Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike) able to keep any semblance of pace with the World Champion. However, with 40km remaining, Van der Pel moved to a margin of over 30 seconds and was squeezing seconds out of Jorgenson every kilometre.
By the ascent of the Kwaremont, Van der Poel had extended his margin over Jorgenson, Pedersen, and the growing chase group, leaving the remaining 37km an informal victory procession.
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Tour of Flanders route
In 2024, the 108th Tour of Flanders returns to Antwerp which hosts the Tour alternately with Bruges. This year, the 279.8km course underwent several changes for safety reasons, but the finale, featuring Paterberg and Oude Kwaremont, remains unchanged. The pairing is among 17 climbs on the route, which also includes seven cobbled stretches.
Start list
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Tour of Flanders teams
- Alpecin-Deceuninck
- Arkea-B&B Hotels
- Astana Qazaqstan Team
- Bahrain Victorious
- Bora - hansgrohe
- Cofidis
- Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
- EF Education - EasyPost
- Groupama-FDJ
- INEOS Grenadiers
- Intermarché - Wanty
- Lidl-Trek
- Movistar Team
- Soudal Quick-Step
- Team DSM-Firmenich PostNL
- Team Jayco AlUla
- Team Visma - Lease a Bike
- UAE Team Emirates
- Israel - Premier Tech
- Lotto Dstny
- Uno-X Mobility
- Bingoal WB
- Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
- Team Flanders - Baloise
- Tudor Pro Cycling Team
Races
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Tour of Flanders 202431 March 2024 | Oudenaarde | WorldTour
Latest Content on the Race
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Top News on the Race
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Rebuilding a destroyed rider - Longo Borghini dedicates Tour of Flanders win to trainer
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‘Hopefully I can fight for the win one day’ – Magnus Sheffield shows resolve at Tour of Flanders
American takes sixth after a day chasing the ‘alien’ Mathieu van der Poel -
'Immortalise this moment' – Mozzato's Tour of Flanders second gives Arkea B&B its first Monument podium
'If someone had said to me this morning you’re going to be in the top 20 I’d have been happy' says race runner up
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'A nightmare' – Koppenberg brings havoc to Tour of Flanders
Ronde winner Van der Poel dismisses idea climb should be removed from race -
'The lights went out' - Matteo Jorgenson fades behind Van der Poel at Tour of Flanders
Young American last to drop on the Koppenberg in brutal edition of De Ronde but falls to 31st by the line -
'I knew the Koppenberg would be chaos' – Mathieu van der Poel conquers Tour of Flanders on toughest climb
Dutchman solo for 44km as he claims record-equalling third Ronde win
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Michael Matthews relegated from third place at Tour of Flanders for dangerous sprinting
Nils Politt moves up from fourth to third place, Matthews relegated to 11th place -
‘We need to get in front of Van der Poel’ - Riders prepare to attack early at Tour of Flanders
Anticipation seen as the only way of stopping World Champion make history at De Ronde -
‘I don’t care’ – Julian Alaphilippe downplays impact of Patrick Lefevere criticism
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