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Antwerp - Oudenaarde, 243.3 km

It couldn't be much closer. Mathieu van der Poel just beats Wout van Aert. Photo: Photonews

Weather at the finish city of Oudenarde, Belgium at 1:40 PM, local time: 13C (56F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the northwest at 8 km/hr (5 mph). There is a 10% - 15% chance of rain.

The race: The race organizer has posted this: On Sunday 18 October, the Tour of Flanders is on the programme. Given the current health situation in Belgium, we as organisation call on you to follow the race at home. It was therefore decided not to release any information about the course.

Late in the race Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-Quick Step) hit a motorcycle that had slowed in front of a break he was in and went down hard. His injuries forced him to abandon.

Here is the organizer's race summary:

An exceptional edition of the Tour of Flanders got an exceptional final. Van der Poel and Van Aert were so daring that a very close sprint had to decide on the victory. Van der Poel won the 104th edition of Flanders’ Fienst before Wout Van Aert. Kristoff sprinted to third place in the chasing group.

An atypical Tour of Flanders, that's what awaited the riders today. In an edition in which the general public was invited to follow the race from home, a leading group of 6 riders coloured the first race hours: Mühlberger (Bora-hansgrohe), Peyskens (Bingoal - Wallonie Bruxelles), Van Poppel (Circus-Wanty Gobert), Van den Bossche (Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise), Battistella (NTT Pro Cycling Team) and Van Hoecke (Team CCC). They had a maximum lead of about 8 minutes.

There was some nervousness in the peloton in the run-up to the hills, but the race remained closed for quite a long time this year. Gradually the peloton did take some the advantage of the breakaway back. Battistella and Peyskens dropped out of the front group a bit sooner, while the other four escapees were caught by the peloton just after the first ascent of the Paterberg.

Action from the favourites followed on the Koppenberg. No one less than world champion Alaphilippe set a firm pace on the steep hill. The peloton was thinning out because of the attack of the world champion. Barely 5 km later a second acceleration of the man in the rainbow jersey followed. He got Dutch champion Van der Poel with him. On the cobblestones of the Taaienberg, Wout Van Aert joined the front two. At 37 km from the end the three top favourites found themselves in an elite group at the front of the race.

There was a thrilling finale, until Alaphilippe crashed into a motor bike barely 2 km further on and had to leave the Tour of Flanders with pain in his shoulder. Because of that unfortunate crash of the world champion, the duo Van Aert - Van der Poel were left at the front for the ultimate duel.

On the final ascent of the Oude Kwaremont, Van der Poel set the pace. Nobody got away and the duo continued to the Paterberg, with more than a minute's lead on the chasing group. In that group Naesen took a shot at third place on the Oude Kwaremont.

Also on the Paterberg Van Aert and Van der Poel did not drop each other. With 13 km to go there was still a perfect cooperation between the two top favourites. They rode together to the finish where millimetres decided on the victory. The two waited a long time, but the Dutch champion started the sprint from first position. Van Aert came closer and closer, but on the finish line Van der Poel's jump decided over the victory.  Van Aert finished a few millimetres behind after a nerve-racking final. Kristoff eventually won the sprint of the chasing group for third place.

Complete Results:

243.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.525 km/hr

1	VAN DER POEL Mathieu	Alpecin-Fenix	5hr 43min 17sec
2	VAN AERT Wout	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
3	KRISTOFF Alexander	UAE-Team Emirates	@ 8sec
4	TURGIS Anthony	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
5	LAMPAERT Yves	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
6	CLAEYS Dimitri	Cofidis	s.t.
7	NAESEN Oliver	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
8	VAN BAARLE Dylan	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
9	DEGENKOLB John	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
10	BENOOT Tiesj	Team Sunweb	s.t.
11	TEUNS Dylan	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
12	SENECHAL Florian	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
13	ASGREEN Kasper	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
14	MADOUAS Valentin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
15	MEURISSE Xandro	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
16	BETTIOL Alberto	EF Pro Cycling	s.t.
17	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Pro Cycling	0:16
18	DE BUYST Jasper	Lotto-Soudal	2:41
19	POLITT Nils	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
20	BYSTROM Sven Erik	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
21	VALGREN Michael	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
22	CAPIOT Amaury	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
23	MEZGEC Luka	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
24	PASQUALON Andrea	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
25	BARDET Romain	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
26	STUYVEN Jasper	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
27	KEUKELEIRE Jens	EF Pro Cycling	s.t.
28	GOGL Michael	NTT Pro Cycling	2:49
29	LIVYNS Arjen	Bingoal-WB	3:05
30	WALSCHEID Max	NTT Pro Cycling	4:03
31	ALLEGAERT Piet	Cofidis	s.t.
32	VAN ASBROECK Tom	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
33	NIEUWENHUIS Joris	Team Sunweb	s.t.
34	VERGAERDE Otto	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
35	NAESEN Lawrence	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
36	KLUGE Roger	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
37	DRUCKER Jempy	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
38	DECLERCQ Tim	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
39	ARNDT Nikias	Team Sunweb	s.t.
40	MOLARD Rudy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
41	FRISON Frederik	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
42	VAN HOECKE Gijs	CCC Team	s.t.
43	BURGHARDT Marcus	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
44	HOULE Hugo	Astana	s.t.
45	VAN GESTEL Dries	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
46	VANDENBERGH Stijn	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
47	COLBRELLI Sonny	Bahrain-McLaren	s.t.
48	DURBRIDGE Luke	Mitchelton-Scott	4:05
49	VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan	CCC Team	s.t.
50	ROWE Luke	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
51	MARCATO Marco	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
52	BOASSON HAGEN Edvald	NTT Pro Cycling	4:08
53	RICKAERT Jonas	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
54	KWIATKOWSKI Michal	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
55	HALLER Marco	Bahrain-McLaren	4:16
56	LEMOINE Cyril	Cofidis	4:59
57	DEVENYNS Dries	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
58	EEKHOFF Nils	Team Sunweb	s.t.
59	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
60	LANGEVELD Sebastian	EF Pro Cycling	s.t.
61	OSS Daniel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
62	TRENTIN Matteo	CCC Team	s.t.
63	TOUZE Damien	Cofidis	s.t.
64	GENIETS Kevin	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
65	OLIVEIRA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	7:26
66	BARTHE Cyril	B&B Hotels-Vital Concept	s.t.
67	VAN DEN BOSSCHE Fabio	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
68	PRADES Eduard	Movistar	s.t.
69	BAUER Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	8:26
70	VAKOC Petr	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
71	LECROQ Jeremy	B&B Hotels-Vital Concept	9:36
72	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
73	STYBAR Zdenek	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
74	THEUNS Edward	Trek-Segafredo	10:30
75	BEULLENS Cedric	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
76	KONYCHEV Alexander	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
77	DE VREESE Laurens	Astana	s.t.
78	MENTEN Milan	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
79	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume	CCC Team	s.t.
80	BOHLI Tom	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
81	SKUJINS Toms	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
82	LAPORTE Christophe	Cofidis	s.t.
83	MAITRE Florian	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
84	SCHAR Michael	CCC Team	s.t.
85	SPRENGERS Thomas	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
86	TILLER Rasmus	NTT Pro Cycling	s.t.
87	MARTINELLI Davide	Astana	s.t.
88	WIRTGEN Luc	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
89	GIDICH Yevgeniy	Astana	s.t.
90	WIRTGEN Tom	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
91	RUTSCH Jonas	EF Pro Cycling	s.t.
92	TAMINIAUX Lionel	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
93	JACOBS Johan	Movistar	s.t.
94	SOUPE Geoffrey	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
95	LIENHARD Fabian	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
96	KIRSCH Alex	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
97	POSTLBERGER Lukas	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
98	SCHACHMANN Maximilian	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
99	LAWLESS Chris	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
100	MUHLBERGER Gregor	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
101	DOULL Owain	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
102	KUNG Stefan	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
103	KNEES Christian	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
104	EENKHOORN Pascal	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
105	EDMONDSON Alex	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
106	ROOSEN Timo	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
107	VAN POPPEL Boy	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
108	VAN POPPEL Danny	Circus-Wanty Gobert	s.t.
109	KOCH Jonas	CCC Team	s.t.
110	SUTER Joel	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
111	TERPSTRA Niki	Total Direct Energie	s.t.

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Start list, October 17, 2020

	EF PRO CYCLING
1	BETTIOL Alberto
2	VANMARCKE Sep
3	BISSEGGER Stefan
4	KEUKELEIRE Jens
5	LANGEVELD Sebastian
6	RUTSCH Jonas
7	SCULLY Thomas
	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP
11	ALAPHILIPPE Julian
12	ASGREEN Kasper
13	DECLERCQ Tim
14	DEVENYNS Dries
15	LAMPAERT Yves
16	SENECHAL Florian
17	STYBAR Zdenek
	LOTTO SOUDAL
21	WELLENS Tim
22	DE BUYST Jasper
23	DEGENKOLB John
24	KLUGE Roger
25	DEWULF Stan
26	FRISON Frederik
27	VERMEERSCH Florian
	AG2R LA MONDIALE
31	NAESEN Oliver
32	DILLIER Silvan
33	DUVAL Julien
34	GOUGEARD Alexis
35	NAESEN Lawrence
36	VANDENBERGH Stijn
37	BARDET Romain
	JUMBO-VISMA
41	VAN AERT Wout
42	EENKHOORN Pascal
43	JANSEN Amund
44	LINDEMAN Bertjan
45	ROOSEN Timo
46	VAN DER HOORN Taco
47	WYNANTS Maarten
	ALPECIN-FENIX
51	VAN DER POEL Mathieu
52	DE BONDT Dries
53	RICKAERT Jonas
54	KRIEGER Alexander
55	VAKOC Petr
56	VERGAERDE Otto
57	VERMEERSCH Gianni
	BORA-HANSGROHE
61	BURGHARDT Marcus
62	DRUCKER Jean Pierre
63	GATTO Oscar
64	MÜHLBERGER Gregor
65	OSS Daniel
66	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas
67	SCHACHMANN Maximilian
	CCC TEAM
71	TRENTIN Matteo
72	KOCH Jonas
73	SCHÄR Michael
74	VAN HOECKE Gijs
75	VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan
76	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume
77	VENTOSO Frencisco
	TREK-SEGAFREDO
81	PEDERSEN Mads
82	KIRSCH Alex
83	MULLEN Ryan
84	REIJNEN Kiel
85	SKUJINS Toms
86	STUYVEN Jasper
87	THEUNS Edward
	GROUPAMA-FDJ
91	KÜNG Stefan
92	BRUNEL Alexys
93	GENIETS Kevin
94	LIENHARD Fabian
95	LUDVIGSSON Tobias
96	MADOUAS Valentin
97	STEWART Jake
	ISRAEL START-UP NATION
101	POLITT Nils
102	BIERMANS Jenthe
103	BOIVIN Guillaume
104	GREIPEL Andre
105	HOFSTETTER Hugo
106	MCCABE Travis
107	VAN ASBROECK Tom
	BAHRAIN-MCLAREN
111	CAVENDISH Mark
112	COLBRELLI Sonny
113	FENG Chun Kai
114	PIBERNIK Luka
115	HALLER Marco
116	WRIGHT Fred
117	TEUNS Dylan
	MITCHELTON-SCOTT
121	BAUER Jack
122	DURBRIDGE Luke
123	EDMONDSON Alexander
124	JUUL JENSEN Christopher
125	KONYCHEV Alexander
126	MEZGEC Luka
127	GROVES Kaden
	MOVISTAR
131	ROELANDTS Jurgen
132	CULLAIGH Gabriel
133	HOLLMANN Juri
134	JACOBS Johan
135	NORSGAARD Mathias
136	MORA Sebastian
137	PRADES Eduard
	NTT PRO CYCLING
141	BOASSON HAGEN Edvald
142	BATTISTELLA Samuele
143	WALSCHEID Max
144	GOGL Michael
145	VALGREN Michael
146	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt
147	TILLER Rasmus
	INEOS GRENADIERS
151	KWIATKOWSKI Michal
152	BASSO Leonardo
153	DOULL Owain
154	KNEES Christian
155	LAWLESS Christopher
156	ROWE Luke
157	VAN BAARLE Dylan
	TEAM SUNWEB
161	BENOOT Tiesj
162	ARNDT Nikias
163	BOL Cees
164	EEKHOFF Nils
165	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren
166	DAINESE Alberto
167	NIEUWENHUIS Joris
	ASTANA
171	BIZHIGITOV Zhandos
172	DE VREESE Laurens
173	GIDICH Yevgeniy
174	GRUZDEV Dmitriy
175	HOULE Hugo
176	LUTSENKO Alexey
177	ZAKHAROV Artyom
	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES
181	KRISTOFF Alexander
182	BOHLI Tom
183	BYSTROM Sven
184	LAENGEN Vegard
185	MARCATO Marco
186	OLIVEIRA Ivo
187	OLIVEIRA Rui
	COFIDIS
191	ALLEGAERT Piet
192	CLAEYS Dimitri
193	TOUZÉ Damien
194	LAPORTE Christophe
195	LEMOINE Cyril
196	VIVIANI Attilio
197	VERMOTE Julien
	BINGOAL-WB
201	MOLLY Kenny
202	LIVYNS Arjen
203	PEYSKENS Dimitri
204	WIRTGEN Luc
205	SUTER Joel
206	TAMINIAUX Lionel
207	WIRTGEN Tom
	CIRCUS-WANTY GOBERT
212	DE GENDT Aime
213	KREDER Wesley
214	LAMMERTINK Maurits
215	MEURISSE Xandro
216	VAN POPPEL Danny
217	DEVRIENDT Tom
	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE
221	BEULLENS Cedric
222	CAPIOT Amaury
223	DE WILDE Gilles
224	SPRENGERS Thomas
225	VAN DEN BOSSCHE Fabio
226	VAN POUCKE Aaron
227	MENTEN Milan
	B&B HOTELS-VITAL CONCEPT
231	BACKAERT Frederik
232	BARTHE Cyril
233	COQUARD Bryan
234	DE BACKER Bert
235	DEBUSSCHERE Jens
236	LECROQ Jeremy
237	MOZZATO Luca
	TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE
241	TERPSTRA Niki
242	CARDIS Romain
243	MAITRE Florian
244	PETIT Adrien
245	TURGIS Anthony
246	VAN GESTEL Dries
247	SOUPE Geoffrey