Wout Van Aert fourth!
The rider from the Jumbo-Visma team fails at the foot of the podium.
Mads Pedersen third!
The Dane is back on the podium of the Tour of Flanders.
PEDERSEN AND VAN AERT ELBOW TO ELBOW!
You have to wait for the photo to know who completes the podium.
VAN DER POEL DEUXIEME !
The title holder, winner in the sprint last year, is this time overtaken by Pogacar.
TADEJ POGACAR WINS!
His fourth Monument! Masterful the Slovak!
The last mile!
Who for third place? (2.5 km remaining)
Behind Tadej Pogacar and Mathieu van der Poel, the suspense is total to complete the podium.
Can Wout Van Aert beat the riders in his group?
Pogacar is heading for victory! (5 km remaining)
After 6 hours of racing and 19 climbs, the Slovak is 30 seconds ahead of Mathieu Van der Poel.
Who to stop Pogacar? (8 km remaining)
The gap between the Slovak and Mathieu Van der Poel is growing.
The next group is almost 1 minute away!
The point 12 kilometers from the finish
1- Tadej Pogacar
2- Mathieu Van der Poel (+0’15”)
3- A group of 7 runners composed in particular of Wout Van Aert (+0’39”).
Pogacar is in the lead (14 km remaining)
Mads Pedersen is behind Mathieu Van der Poel at the entrance to the Paterberg. The Last Mount!
The Slovak has 13 seconds in advance.
Pogacar sows Van der Poel! (18 km remaining)
The Slovak is putting several meters to the Dutchman!
Van der Poel and Pogacar have caught up with the group of breakaways
Mads Pedersen is always in the lead, 34 seconds before.
We are approaching the Patenberg.
Update on the race (23 km remaining)
Mads Pedersen leads alone.
Follow 7 runners at 20 seconds : Van Hooydonck Nathan, Trentin Matteo, Asgreen Kasper, Powless Neilson, Wright Fred, Kung Stefan, Jorgenson Matteo.
Puis un trio Van der Poel, Pogacar, Vermeersch à 32 Seconds by Pedersen.
Wout Van Aert is 14 seconds behind this trio.
Can Wout Van Aert return? (26 km remaining)
The Belgian is 10 seconds behind his two main competitors. He couldn’t keep up with that dazzling acceleration from Van der Poel.
The Dutchman and Pogacar are 30 seconds behind Pedersen.
Van der Poel attack! (28 kilometers)
Wout Van Aert is far, very far! Pogacar in the wheel of Van der Poel!
Mads Pedersen in the lead (30 km remaining)
Can the Dane do it? He took a few meters ahead of the other breakaways of the day.
The trio of favorites is 40 seconds away.
Mads Pedersen. DIRK WAEM / AFP
More than 9 breakaways (35 km remaining)
Benoît Cosnefroy is one of the stalled runners.
The breakaways : Van Hooydonck Nathan, Trentin Matteo, Vermeersch Florian, Pedersen Mads, Asgreen Kasper, Powless Neilson, Wright Fred, Kung Stefan, Jorgenson Matteo.
The group of Pogacar, Van Aert and Van der Poel is at 0’41”.
Van der Poel almost let go! (37 km remaining)
Mechanical problem it seems for the Dutchman! He picks up as a dancer!
We arrive at the foot of the Taaienberg!
At 37 kilometers from the finish, the breakaways approach this mountain in the lead.
The fantastic three are at 0’43”
Explanation at the top between Pogacar, Van Aert, Van der Poel. They brave the cobblestones and swoop down on the breakaways.
Laporte and Pidcock are about twenty seconds behind.
39 km remaining.
In video, the acceleration of Tadej Pogacar
Attack of the 3 favorites! (44 km remaining)
Laporte and Pidcock let go! Politt and Zingle are very far!
Laporte joins Pogacar! (46 km remaining)
The Frenchman came out to relay the Slovak. Pidcock and Van der Poel need to work behind, Van Aert could take advantage of that.
In front, the breakaways are 1’22”.
Make way for the Paterberg! (50 km remaining)
In the leading group, Kasper Asgreen leads.
Pogacar is at 1’38”.
Van der Poel and Van Aert try to follow (52 km remaining)
The Dutchman and the Belgian react to Pogacar’s boost. Thomas Pidcock is with them.
The escapees are at 1’42”.
Attack of Tadej Pogcara! (55 km remaining)
The peloton begins to stretch. Julian Alaphilippe and Mathieu Van der Poel are struggling to keep up!
Peloton at 2’12”.
The second climb of Vieux Kwaremont! (56 km remaining)
Still 18 riders in the breakaway.
Peloton at 2’27”. Will the three favorites start trying something?
The favorites at 3 minutes! (64 km remaining)
Approaching Vieux Kwaremont, Tadej Pogacar, Wout Van Aert and Mathieu Van der Poel are still in the peloton, 3’14”.
Nils Politt and Axel Zingle are a few seconds ahead of the peloton. Matis Louvel and Sandy Dujardin are trying to follow this little counter duo.
More than 18 breakaways (68 km remaining)
Jasper De Buyst dropped out.
Peloton at 2’00”.
Filip Maciejuk apologizes
Responsible for a major crash earlier in the race, the Pole apologized on his Twitter account.
BIG FALL IN THE PELOTON!
Some runners seem injured as they approach the Kanarieberg.
The counter group has joined the breakaways!
The head of the race, with 19 runners : G. Van Keirsbulck (Bingoal – WB), H. Houle (Israel – Premier Tech), M. Trentin (UAE Team Emirates), J. De Buyst (Lotto-Dstny), E. Reinders (Jayco AlUla), S. Kung (Groupama-FDJ), T. Merlier (Soudal – Quick Step), J. Rutsch (EF Education – Easy Post), D. Hoole (Trek-Segafredo), M. Jorgenson (Movistar), F. Colombo (Q36.5), N. Van Hooydonck (Jumbo-Visma), B. Cosnefroy (AG2R Citroën), F. Vermeersch (), J. Narvaez (Ineos Grenadiers), K. Asgreen (Soudal – Quick Step), N. Powless (EF Education – Easy Post), F. Wright (Bahrain Victorious)
Peloton at 2’02”.
Christophe Laporte would see himself there (77 kilometers remaining)
«Confident for my sprint, but it’s not just any sprint, it’s a sprint after 270 kilometers of a difficult leg race!»
The Frenchman (Jumbo-Visma) has just won A Travers la Flandre.
00’18” before the junction! (84 kilometers remaining)
The counter group is very close to catching the breakaways (00’18”). The peloton is 2’05”.
Tadej Pogacar’s words before the race
«The best is to arrive alone, I don’t want to arrive with a small group. I hope to be lucky. I don’t think the wind will play a major role today, but it may stress the peloton a bit.»
Remember that the Slovak does not yet have this classic to his credit.
The junction is near! (90 kilometers remaining)
The peloton is 1’01” escapees.
Matteo Jorgenson and Benoît Cosnefroy attempted an exit as the Berendries approached and managed to join the counter group.
The group now has 11 men and is almost a minute ahead of the peloton.
A small group gets out of the peloton (96 kilometers remaining)
We find there Trentin, Küng, Powless, Van Hooydonck, Wright and Narvaez, soon joined by Vermeersch and Pedersen.
This group is between 15 and 20 seconds ahead of the peloton and 1’45” behind the breakaways.
The peloton melts on the breakaways (100 kilometers)
Mathieu Van der Poel and Julian Alaphilippe at the head of the peloton. On the other hand, Wout Van Aert struggles to extricate himself from behind.
The breakaways are only at 2’18” while the ascent of Molenberg has passed.
The Molenberg approaching (104 kilometers remaining)
With a well-stretched peloton, the 49 meters of Molenberg promise to hurt!
Note that Tadej Pogacar, followed by Matteo Trentin, had tried to follow Mads Pedersen. But the peloton came back well.
Reminder of the breakaways (109 km remaining)
G. Van Keirsbulck (Bingoal – WB), H. Houle (Israel – Premier Tech), J. De Buyst (Lotto-Dstny), E. Reinders (Jayco AlUla), T. Merlier (Soudal – Quick Step), J. Rutsch (EF Education – Easy Post), D. Hoole (Trek-Segafredo), F. Colombo (Q36.5)
Peloton at 3’13”.
The gap narrows (112 km remaining)
The peloton is 4’34” of the eight escapees.
Mads Pedersen tries an acceleration! He is followed by Kevin Geniets, Matteo Trentin and Gianni Vermeersch.
Philippe Gilbert console Valentin Madouas
Filip Maciejuk behind the fall
The Pole (Bahrain Victorious) slipped in a puddle trying to get back to the top positions and caused the terrible strike. He was disqualified by the organizers.
Jumbo-Visma plays big
The Dutch team has won 100% of the Flanders classics this year, with 5 victories, and is counting on a big result this Sunday with its leader Wout Van Aert.
READ IN FULL – Jumbo-Visma, the devouring ambition of the best team in the world which dreams of the Tour of Flanders
Valentin Madouas was forced to retire
The Frenchman from the Groupama-FDJ team, third in 2022 and among the main French chances this Sunday, could not conclude the “Ronde” because of gastric problems.
Julian Alaphilippe was caught in a fall
Huge crash in the peloton as we approached Old Kwaremont. Frenchman Julian Alaphilippe was caught in it but managed to come back and catch up with the peloton.
On the other hand, Peter Sagan, winner of the Tour of Flanders in 2016, gave up pursuing.
Situation of the race (126 km remaining)
eight runners they escaped at the head of the course: G. Van Keirsbulck (Bingoal – WB), H. Houle (Israel – Premier Tech), J. De Buyst (Lotto-Dstny), E. Reinders (Jayco AlUla), T. Merlier ( Soudal – Quick Step), J. Rutsch (EF Education – Easy Post), D. Hoole (Trek-Segafredo), F. Colombo (Q36.5).
The peloton at +05’20”
Feast day in the flat country
For his 107th editionthe «Rondestarted around 10.15 a.m. from Bruges. The arrival in Oudenaarde is scheduled around 4:30 p.m. A race as prestigious as it is rough, punctuated by 19 mountains, this legendary Flanders classic promises an explanation at the top between the three favorites: the Dutchman Mathieu Van der Poel, the Belgian Wout Van Aert and the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar.
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