Dwars door Vlaanderen
Race details | |
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Date | Late March, begin April |
Region | Flanders, Belgium |
English name | Across Flanders |
Local name(s) | Dwars door Vlaanderen (in Dutch) |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | UCI World Tour |
Type | Semi-classic one-day race |
Organiser | Flanders Classics |
Web site | www |
Men's history | |
First edition | 1945 |
Editions | 78 (as of 2024) |
First winner | Rik Van Steenbergen (BEL) |
Most wins | 14 riders with 2 wins each |
Most recent | Matteo Jorgenson (USA) |
Women's history | |
First edition | 2012 |
Editions | 12 (as of 2024) |
First winner | Monique van de Ree (NED) |
Most wins | Amy Pieters (NED) (3 wins) |
Most recent | Marianne Vos (NED) |
Dwars door Vlaanderen (English: Across Flanders) is a semi-classic
Held in late March, the event is part of the
Since 2012, a women's edition of Dwars door Vlaanderen is held on the same day as the men's race, starting and finishing on the same location, of approximately 130 kilometres distance. Both events are organized by Flanders Classics. In addition the Grand Prix de Waregem was formerly regarded as the Under 23 version of the race.[6]
History
Dwars door België
The race was first run in 1945 from
Held in late March, the event traditionally marked the start of the
World Tour race
In 2000 the event was renamed Dwars door Vlaanderen and
The 2017 edition was promoted to the UCI World Tour, cycling's highest tier of professional races.[2] In 2018 Dwars door Vlaanderen was moved one week later on the calendar, from a position mid-week after Milan–San Remo to the Wednesday before the Tour of Flanders. At the same time the course was scaled down from 200 km to 180 km in length, and the Oude Kwaremont and Paterberg climbs were cut from the race.[11]
Route
Dwars door Vlaanderen is one of several cobbled races in Flanders during Spring classics season. The race starts in Roeselare and finishes in Waregem, for a total distance of ca. 180 km. The bulk of the course is set in the hilly Flemish Ardennes.
The first 80 km in West Flanders are mainly flat, after which the course becomes more selective with a dozen climbs in the hill zone in East Flanders. Despite annual changes, some of the regular climbs in the race are the Taaienberg, Kruisberg and Côte de Trieu.[12] The top of the last climb, Nokereberg, comes at 11 km from the finish. Additionally, there are several flat stretches of cobbles. Due to its hilly course in the Flemish Ardennes, the race is similar in nature to the Tour of Flanders, and is often used in preparation for the bigger event four days later.
Men's race winners
Source: www.dwarsdoorvlaanderen.be[13]
Multiple winners
Riders in bold are active
Wins | Rider | Editions |
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2 | André Rosseel (BEL) | 1948, 1950 |
Raymond Impanis (BEL) | 1949, 1951 | |
Briek Schotte (BEL) | 1953, 1955 | |
Walter Godefroot (BEL) | 1966, 1968 | |
Daniel Van Ryckeghem (BEL) | 1967, 1970 | |
Walter Planckaert (BEL) | 1977, 1984 | |
Eric Vanderaerden (BEL) | 1986, 1991 | |
Jelle Nijdam (NED) | 1987, 1995 | |
Johan Museeuw (BEL) | 1993, 1999 | |
Tristan Hoffman (NED) | 1996, 2000 | |
Niko Eeckhout (BEL) | 2001, 2005 | |
Niki Terpstra (NED) | 2012, 2014 | |
Yves Lampaert (BEL) | 2017, 2018 | |
Mathieu van der Poel (NED) | 2019, 2022 |
Wins per country
Wins | Country |
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54 | Belgium |
15 | Netherlands |
2 | Australia France |
1 | Denmark Germany Italy Ukraine United States |
Women's race winners
Multiple winners
Riders in italics are active
Wins | Rider | Editions |
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3 | Amy Pieters (NED) | 2014, 2015, 2016 |
2 | Ellen van Dijk (NED) | 2018, 2019 |
Wins per country
Wins | Country |
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10 | Netherlands |
1 | Finland Italy |
References
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- ^ a b "UCI expands WorldTour to 37 events". Cycling News. 2 August 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ^ "The UCI reveals expanded UCI WorldTour calendar for 2017". UCI. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
- ^ a b "Ronde van Vlaanderen". rondevanvlaanderen.be. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
- Cyclingnews. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- ^ Dansie, Sam (15 March 2017). "Dan McLay: Portrait of a sprinter". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ^ "Gent-Wevelgem". gent-wevelgem.be. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
- ^ "VDK Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde". veloclub-depanne.be. Archived from the original on 27 March 2014. Retrieved 26 March 2014.
- ^ Vergne, Laurent. "D'A Travers la Flandre au Ronde, la Belgique se préparait à dix jours de fête, aujourd'hui menacés". eurosport.fr (in French). Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ Decaulwé, Brecht (23 March 2016). "Dwars door Vlaanderen: Debusschere wins one day after Belgian horror-day". Cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
- cyclingnews. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 27 March 2018.
- ^ "Dwars door Vlaanderen / A travers la Flandre (profile)". ProCyclingStats. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
- ^ "Erelijst". dwarsdoorvlaanderen.be. Retrieved 26 March 2014.