2024 Tour of Flanders - Ronde van Vlaanderen (World Tour)

108th edition: Sunday, March 31, 2024
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Antwerp - Oudenaarde: 270.8 km, 17 hills and 7 cobbled sectors.

Mathieu van der Poel wins his third Tour of Flanders. Sirotti photo

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Weather at the finish city of Oudenaarde at 1:45 PM, local time: 14C (58F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the southeast at 23 km/hr (14 mph). There is a 75% chance of rain at 3:00 PM, rising to 98% at 4:00.

Cobblestone sectors:

1. Km 104.2: Lippenhovestraat
2. Km 105.6: Paddestraat
3. Km 156.3: Holleweg
4. Km 162.5: Kerkgate
5. Km 165.1: Jagerij
6. Km 230.2: Mariaborrestraat
7. Km 232.1: Stationsberg

Climbs:

1. Km 136.7: Oude Kwaremont
2. Km 155.7: Kapelleberg
3. Km 158.9: Wolvenberg
4. Km 171.3: Molenberg
5. Km 175.3: Marlboroughstraat
6. Km 179.3: Berendries
7. Km 184.7: Valkenberg
8. Km 197.1: Berg Tan Houte
9. Km 206.6: Nieuw Kruisberg/Hotond
10. Km 216.5: Oude Kwaremont
11. Km 219.9: Paterberg
12. Km 226.2: Koppenberg
13. Km 231.6: Steenbeekdries
14. Km 234.0: Taaienberg
15. Km 244.3: Oude Kruisberg/Hotond
16. Km 254.1: Oude Kwaremont
17. Km 257.6: Paterberg

The race: Here's the race organizer's report:

With a third win, Mathieu van der Poel has joined an exceptional list of champions. From the Koppenberg, the Dutchman rode solo to victory in Oudenaarde. He made it ahead of Mozzato and Politt.

270 km, that much was the distance between the start in Antwerp and the finish in Oudenaarde of the 108th edition of the Tour of Flanders. Less than 12 km after the official start, the traditional early breakaway was a fact: Van Lerberghe (Soudal Quick-Step), Durbridge & Reinders (Team Jayco AlUla), Touzé (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team), Taminiaux (Lotto Dstny), Aniolkowski (Cofidis), Dekker (Arkéa - B&B Hotels) and Vermoote (Bingoal WB).

Like last year, the first hour was particularly fast. 51.6 km were on the counter after one hour of racing. In the peloton, Alpecin-Deceuninck controlled the situation. The frontrunners got a maximum lead of more than four minutes, but the peloton did not let up any further.

At 111km from the line, the big names mingled for the first time. It was Jorgenson (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) who accelerated on the Wolvenberg. A little further on, Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) also went to shake the tree. Which he did a second time on the Molenberg. Leading up to the Berendries, it was attack after attack.

Eventually, a group including Benoot and Van Baarle (Team Visma | Lease a Bike), Pedersen, Naesen (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team), Turner (INEOS Grenadiers) and Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step) was able to break away just before the Berendries. There Lazkano (Movistar) counterattacked. World champion Van der Poel chose the wheel of Küng (Groupama-FDJ). The difference with the group of Benoot? 21 seconds.

At 87km from the line, Van der Poel shot from the peloton to the leading group on the Valkenberg. The moment Van der Poel was able to join, Pedersen pulled through. Vermeersch was immediately on the Dane's wheel. Pedersen went on and Vermeersch looked the cat out of the tree in his companion's wheel.

On the second climb of the Oude Kwaremont, Lazkano set the pace. He got world champion Van der Poel in his wheel, who in turn took over and went up and over Pedersen and Vermeersch. Lazkano, Pithie (Groupa-FDJ), Teuns (Israel-Premier Tech), Wellens (UAE Team Emirates) and Pedersen took off together. On the descent, the chasers were also able to return.

On the Paterberg, Mohoric took command. Van der Poel had to come from far away, but passed half the group. Ahead of the Koppenberg, Garcia Cortina chose to attack. He started alone on the Bult van Melden. Cortina had problems with his bike and had to stop, meanwhile it was Van der Poel who set the pace in the group. Slipping, Van der Poel rode to the top. Jorgensen and Pedersen were also able to cycle up, in the background the rest of the pack had to set foot.

For a brief moment, Jorgenson seemed to make the jump to Van der Poel, but the Dwars door Vlaanderen winner could not close the gap. Van der Poel embarked on a solo and soon cycled into a one-and-a-half-minute lead. In the chase, it was Teuns and Bettiol who were looking for the podium spots.

Van der Poel's third win was no longer in danger. For second place, Teuns and Bettiol still fell in the final straight. It was Matthews and Mozzato who sprinted to the podium. In the end, Matthews was disqualified, pushing Mozzato up one place and Politt third.

Van der Poel, meanwhile, was victorious, joining the exceptional list of Buysse, Magni, Leman, Museeuw, Boonen and Cancellara with this victory.

Complete results:

All 175 registered riders started, 87 classified finishers, 88 abandons.

270.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.481 km/hr

1	Mathieu van der Poel	Alpecin-Deceuninck	6hr 5min 17sec
2	Luca Mozzato	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	@ 1min 2sec
3	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
4	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
5	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
6	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
7	Oliver Naesen	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
8	Dylan Teuns	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
9	Alberto Bettiol	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
10	Toms Skujins	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
11	Michael Matthews	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
12	Tim Wellens	UAE Team Emirates	1:16
13	Riley Sheehan	Israel-Premier Tech	2:02
14	Kamil Malecki	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
15	Tiesj Benoot	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
16	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
17	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
18	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
19	Matteo Trentin	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
20	Max Walscheid	Jayco-AlUla	2:41
21	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
22	Mads Pedersen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
23	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
24	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
25	Mike Teunissen	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
26	Iván García Cortina	Movistar	s.t.
27	Victor Campenaerts	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
28	Vincenzo Albanese	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
29	Owain Doull	EF Education-EasyPost	3:20
30	Tim Van Dijke	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
31	Matteo Jorgenson	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	3:38
32	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X Mobility	4:29
33	Marco Haller	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
34	Jannik Steimle	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
35	Jonas Rutsch	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
36	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
37	John Degenkolb	Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL	s.t.
38	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
39	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
40	Per Strand Hagenes	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
41	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
42	Mick Van Dijke	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
43	Krists Neilands	Israel-Premier Tech	6:15
44	Jenno Berckmoes	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
45	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	7:35
46	Fabio Christen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
47	Kasper Asgreen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
48	Corbin Strong	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
49	Nils Eekhoff	Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL	s.t.
50	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
51	Hugo Page	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
52	Damien Touzé	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
53	Lars Craps	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
54	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
55	Luca Van Boven	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
56	Pierre Gautherat	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
57	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	s.t.
58	Liam Slock	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
59	Biniam Girmay	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
60	Nico Denz	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
61	Georg Zimmermann	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
62	Florian Sénéchal	Arkéa-B&B Hotels	s.t.
63	Fabian Lienhard	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
64	Cédric Beullens	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
65	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
66	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
67	Jonathan Milan	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
68	Daan Hoole	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
69	Sven Erik Bystrøm	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
70	Julian Alaphilippe	Soudal Quick-Step	7:43
71	Laurens De Plus	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
72	Bastien Tronchon	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	7:48
73	Oier Lazkano	Movistar	11:07
74	Alexander Kristoff	Uno-X Mobility	11:49
75	Remi Cavagna	Movistar	s.t.
76	Emil Herzog	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
77	Carlos Canal	Movistar	s.t.
78	Gianni Moscon	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
79	Sander De Pestel	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale	12:30
80	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
81	Filip Maciejuk	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
82	Aaron Van Der Beken	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
83	Dylan Van Baarle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
84	Alexander Krieger	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
85	Dries De Pooter	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
86	Edoardo Affini	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
87	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	s.t.

 

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2024 Tour of Flanders map & profile:

2024 Tour of Flanders map

2024 Tour of Flanders profile

2024 Tour of Flanders race photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti, unless otherwise noted:

IThe scene at the start in Antwerp.

Here they come up the Old Kwaremont.

Mathieu van der Poel leads over the Old Kwaremont.

Coming to the finish, Mathieu van der Poel has left everyone else behind.

A wet but triumphant Mathieu van der Poel has won the 2024 Tour of Flanders.

After crossing the line winner Mathieu stoops to grab his bike.

Mathieu van der Poel celebrates his victory. Race organizer photo

Van der Poel lowers his bike as he's filmed for TV.

Here comes the first group of chasers.

The sprint for second place

The field sprint. Though Michael Matthews was first, he was relegated and Luca Mozatto was awarded second-place.

The center of attention after the race.

The podium, from left: Luca Mozzato (2nd), Mathieu van der Poel (1st) & Nils Politt (3rd)

2024 Tour of Flanders winner Mathieu van der Poel

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2024 Tour of Flanders pre-race riders presentation ceremony photos, March 31, 2024:

Elia Viviani

Mathieu van der Poel

Edvald Boasson Hagen

Michael Matthews

Tiesj Benoot

Julian Alaphilippe

Tim Wellens

Biniam Girmay

Matej Mohoric

Stefan Küng

French road champion Valentin Madouas

Mads Pedersen

Team Flanders-Baloise

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2024 Tour of Flanders pre-race photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Fotoreporter Sirotti was on and around the Koppenberg cobbled climb to take photos of riders training on the course.

Here it is...

A look down the challenging ascent.

Donavan Grondin

A Jayco-AlULa rider

A surprise: 1993, '95 & '98 Tour of Flanders winner (and 1996 World Champion, hence the stripes on his jersey) Johan Museeuw out for a bit of time on the cobbles.

Alessandro Covi

A Q36.5 Team rider

Luka Mezgec

A rider from the Decathlon-Ag2r team

Groupama-FDJ riders

Matteo Trentin

Adrien Petit

Astana Qazaqstan will be in the mix Sunday.

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Start list with back numbers, March 30, 2024:

	Alpecin-Deceuninck
1	Mathieu van der Poel
2	Axel Laurance
3	Xandro Meurisse
4	Oscar Riesebeek
5	Søren Kragh Andersen
6	Silvan Dillier
7	Gianni Vermeersch
	Intermarché-Wanty
11	Biniam Girmay
12	Dries De Pooter
13	Hugo Page
14	Adrien Petit
15	Laurenz Rex
16	Mike Teunissen
17	Georg Zimmermann
	Soudal Quick-Step
21	Julian Alaphilippe
22	Kasper Asgreen
23	Yves Lampaert
24	Gianni Moscon
25	Casper Pedersen
26	Tim Merlier
27	Bert Van Lerberghe
	Team Visma | Lease A Bike
31	Matteo Jorgenson
32	Edoardo Affini
33	Tiesj Benoot
34	Mick Van Dijke
35	Tim Van Dijke
36	Per Strand Hagnes
37	Dylan Van Baarle
	Arkea-B&B Hotels
41	Florian Sénéchal
42	Amaury Capiot
43	Donavan Grondin
44	Vincenzo Albanese
45	Daniel Mclay
46	Luca Mozzato
47	Miles Scotson
	Astana Qazaqstan Team
51	Cees Bol
52	Michael Mørkøv
53	Yevgeniy Fedorov
54	Rüdiger Selig
55	Yevgeniy Gidich
56	Dmitriy Gruzdev
57	Gleb Syritsa
	Bahrain Victorious
61	Matej Mohoric
62	Matevz Govekar
63	Kamil Gradek
64	Fran Miholjevic
65	Andrea Pasqualon
66	Fred Wright
67	Dusan Rajovic
	Bora-hansgrohe
71	Jordi Meeus
72	Marco Haller
73	Emil Herzog
74	Luis-Joe Lührs
75	Nico Denz
76	Ryan Mullen
77	Filip Maciejuk
	Cofidis
81	Piet Allegaert
82	Aimé De Gendt
83	Nicolas Debeaumarché
84	Stanislaw Aniolkowski
85	Christophe Noppe
86	Alexis Renard
87	Milan Fretin
	Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale
91	Edvald Boasson-Hagen
92	Oliver Naesen
93	Dries De Bondt
94	Sander De Pestel
95	Pierre Gautherat
96	Damien Touzé
97	Bastien Tronchon
	EF Education-EasyPost
101	Alberto Bettiol
102	Stefan Bissegger
103	Owain Doull
104	Harry Sweeny
105	Marijn Van Den Berg
106	Jonas Rutsch
107	Michael Valgren
	Groupama-FDJ
111	Stefan Küng
112	Lewis Askey
113	Erik Bystrøm Sven
114	Olivier Le Gac
115	Valentin Madouas
116	Fabian Lienhard
117	Laurence Pithie
	INEOS Grenadiers
121	Laurens De Plus
122	Joshua Tarling
123	Elia Viviani
124	Magnus Sheffield
125	Ben Swift
126	Connor Swift
127	Ben Turner
	Lidl-Trek
131	Mads Pedersen
132	Tim Declercq
133	Daan Hoole
134	Jonathan Milan
135	Toms Skujins
136	Otto Vergaerde
137	Edward Theuns
	Movistar Team
141	Oier Lazkano
142	Carlos Canal
143	Remi Cavagna
144	Iván García Cortina
145	Johan Jacobs
146	Lorenzo Milesi
147	Albert Torres
	Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL
151	John Degenkolb
152	Tim Naberman
153	Pavel Bittner
154	Patrick Eddy
155	Nils Eekhoff
156	Frank Van Den Broek
157	Niklas Märkl
	Team Jayco-Alula
161	Michael Matthews
162	Luke Durbridge
163	Grøndahl Jansen Amund
164	Luka Mezgec
165	Kelland O'Brien
166	Elmar Reinders
167	Max Walscheid
	UAE Team Emirates
171	Tim Wellens
172	Vegard Stake Laengen
173	Mikkel Bjerg
174	Alessandro Covi
175	Marc Hirschi
176	António Morgado
177	Nils Politt
	Israel-Premier Tech
181	Dylan Teuns
182	Guillaume Boivin
183	Hugo Houle
184	Krists Neilands
185	Riley Sheehan
186	Corbin Strong
187	Tom Van Asbroeck
	Lotto Dstny
191	Victor Campenaerts
192	Cédric Beullens
193	Jenno Berckmoes
194	Liam Slock
195	Lionel Taminiaux
196	Sébastien Grignard
197	Brent Van Moer
	Uno-X Mobility
201	Alexander Kristoff
202	Jonas Abrahamsen
203	Markus Hoelgaard
204	William Blume Levy
205	Erik Resell
206	Rasmus Tiller
207	Søren Wærenskjold
	Bingoal-WB
211	Luca De Meester
212	Floris De Tier
213	Johan Meens
214	Luca Van Boven
215	Loic Vliegen
216	Aaron Van Der Beken
217	Jelle Vermoote
	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
221	Jannik Steimle
222	Fabio Christen
223	Tom Devriendt
224	Tobias Ludvigsson
225	Kamil Malecki
226	Cyrus Monk
227	Szymon Sajnok
	Team Flanders-Baloise
231	Lars Craps
232	Jules Hesters
233	Dylan Vandenstorme
234	Yentl Vandevelde
235	Siebe Deweirdt
236	Victor Vercouillie
237	Ward Vanhoof
	Tudor Pro Cycling Team
241	Matteo Trentin
242	Sebastian Kolze Changizi
243	Jacob Eriksson
244	Petr Kelemen
245	Alexander Krieger
246	Marius Mayrhofer
247	Rick Pluimers

 

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