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How to watch the 2024 Tour of Flanders | Global options for live TV, streaming and highlights

How to catch the women’s and men’s racing in the second monument of the season

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The 2024 men's and women's Tour of Flanders takes place on Sunday 31 March.

The second monument of the season, the Ronde van Vlaanderen is defined by its steep cobbled climbs.

The 270.8km men's race starts in Antwerp and finishes in Oudenaarde, which has hosted the finish since Peter Sagan's win in 2016. The men's route features 17 cobbled climbs in total, including the Koppenberg, Valkenberg, Wolvenberg and others.

The women's race is 163km, starting and finishing in Oudenaarde. The women's route includes 12 bergs, finishing with a double-headed ascent of the Kwaremont and Paterberg.

Here's how to see the action live on TV, streaming online or on catch-up.

2024 Tour of Flanders race schedule

The women’s race starts in Oudenaarde at 1.24pm CEST and is expected to finish around 5.55pm.

The men's race starts at 10am CEST and is due to finish around 4:45pm.

How can I watch the 2024 Tour of Flanders live in the UK?

Eurosport 1 and Discovery+ will show live coverage of the men's and women's editions of the 2024 Tour of Flanders.

Discovery+ coverage of the men's race kicks off at 8.30am UK time, finishing up at 3.45pm. Eurosport 1 starts at 9.45am, wrapping up at 4.45pm.

For a full bumper day of racing viewing, you can tune in at 2pm on Discover+ for the women's race, or 4.45pm on Eurosport 1. Coverage ends at 5.50pm and 6.30pm respectively.

If you fancy a Sunday lie-in, don't forget the clocks change on Sunday 31 March.

A standard Eurosport/Discovery+ subscription costs £6.99 per month and is available on a range of platforms, including tablet, mobile, TV with Chromecast or AirPlay, Android TV and Apple TV.

How can I watch the 2024 Tour of Flanders live in the US?

FloBikes will show the Tour of Flanders in the US. Coverage starts for the men's race at 3.55am EST and the women's race at 9am EST. FloBikes requires a subscription.

How can I watch the 2024 Tour of Flanders live in Australia?

SBS will be covering the women’s and men’s racing live and on-demand. Coverage starts at 9.55am AEDT for the men's race and 3pm AEDT for the women's event.

How else can I watch the 2024 Tour of Flanders?

There’s live terrestrial coverage in many European countries.

Italian national broadcaster RAI will be broadcasting the race live and on-demand. RTBF and VRT will be showing the race in full in Belgium. ESPN will also show the event in many territories outside of Europe.

If you’ve got a VPN, you may be able to register, log in to its website and watch live.

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The Tour of Flanders brings the northern monuments to warp speed Sunday with arguably the greatest one-day race of the season.

Mathieu van der Poel and Lotte Kopecky line up in the rainbow bands as the five-star favorites in what will set the tone for two spectacular races.

Perhaps only Paris-Roubaix can surpass De Ronde for pure racing action, ultra-prestige, and high-level competition.

This year’s editions saw some late-hour drama, especially on the men’s side, with Wout van Aert set to miss the big date. On the women’s side, the unfolding contract talks about the future of Demi Vollering could play out on the roads this weekend.

Date : Sunday, March 31, 2024 Editions: 108th men, 21st women Start : Antwerp (men), Oudenaarde (women) Finish : Oudenaarde, both races Distance : 270.8km (men), 163km (women) Weather : 7C for start, 17C for finish. Slight chance of showers in morning, otherwise mostly cloudy. Easterly, southeasterly winds, 7 to 19km/h, with gusts up to 40km/h. Defending champions : Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates), Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime)

TV listings: Plenty of options

USA : FloBikes will livestream the Tour of Flanders via its app for paid subscribers. Coverage starts for the men’s race at 03h55 EST and the women’s race at 09h00 EST.

Europe : Eurosport and Discovery+ will broadcast De Ronde via its app for paid subscribers. Some European nations will also pick up the broadcast, including RTBF, NOS, and RAI, and others.

Australia : SBS will be covering both the women’s and men’s races. Check local listings for times.

Favorites men’s race: No Wout, no Pogačar

Two big names are missing, and their collective absences will mark the outcome of the race.

Van Aert crashed so heavily at Wednesday’s Dwars door Vlaanderen that the Belgian superstar saw his entire spring campaign, including Flanders, Paris-Roubaix, and Amstel Gold, over in an instant.

Other injuries and illness on the super squad could see Matteo Jorgenson, already on a hot streak this spring, emerging as the leader at Visma-Lease a Bike.

The other missing star is defending champion Tadej Pogačar, who is bypassing Flanders altogether. After ripping across the Volta a Catalunya , he races next at Liège-Bastogne-Liège before heading to the Giro d’Italia.

That puts Van der Poel, already on a tear so far in 2024, firmly in the driver’s seat as the five-star favorite.

The reigning world champion can also match a record. A third win would put him on the same number of wins as Buysse, Magni, Leman, Museeuw, Boonen, and Cancellara.

Right behind him will be banged up Mads Pedersen. The big Dane also crashed Wednesday, but wasn’t nearly as bad as his teammate Jasper Stuyven, who’s out with a broke clavicle.

Other big names include Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ), Matej Mohorič (Bahrain Victorious), Alberto Bettiol (EF Education – EasyPost), Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates), Alexander Kristoff (Uno-X Mobility), and Matteo Trentin (Tudor Pro Cycling Team).

Who will win? Without Van Aert or Pogačar to complicate things, Van der Poel is the odds-on favorite.

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Favorites women’s race: SD Worx the favorites

Lotte Kopecky currently shares the record of most wins in Flanders’ Finest with Mirjam Melchers-Van Poppel, Judith Arndt, and Annemiek van Vleuten

Joining Kopecky in Team SD Worx-Protime in Oudenaarde will be Marlen Reusser, Demi Vollering, and Lorena Wiebes, by far the deepest and strongest team in the race.

Lidl-Trek will be banging on the door, with Elisa Longo Borghini, Elisa Balsamo, Lizzie Deignan and Shirin Van Anrooij.

Marianne Vos is hot off a win at Dwars, with Canyon/SRAM Racing lining up with Katia Niewiadoma and Chloé Dygert bringing on the heat .

Kopecky has nearly been perfect so far this spring, and will be hard to beat.

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A few key course changes for safety

There are a few significant changes for both courses.

After starting in Bruges last year, Antwerp will host the rollout Sunday, and the bunch will plow south straight toward the Flemish Ardennes. The finish of both races remains on the Minderbroedersstraat in Oudenaarde.

The modern classic finales of the Paterberg-Oude Kwaremont combo remains unchanged for both the men’s and women’s races, but there are a few tweaks for safety reasons, with wider and faster roads.

“The changes in the first 100 km are safety-related choices. We have been looking even further for wide roads so that the peloton has more space in which to build up speed,” said race director Scott Sunderland. “The edition from Bruges, where we carried out a similar exercise for the opening hours of the race, showed how these wide roads led to high averages in the opening hours. That speed ultimately helped to determine the shape of the race and the strategic choices of the teams.”

As everyone saw with the tragic consequences in the men’s Dwars door Vlaanderen , the Kanarieberg and Kortekeer have been removed from the route.

“On the way to Kortekeer, the speed is high and the pressure within the peloton is very high,” Sunderland said. “But then we have also seen in the past two years that a few teams decide to quietly ride up the Kortekeer. The question then is: why should we want such a narrow climb on the course so early in the race? Isn’t it better to take out the Kortekeer and keep the race open?”

The organization also took out the Kanarieberg and the high-speed approach that provoked the horrific crash Wednesday that took down Van Aert and a host of others.

“There is a direction along which we have to go to the Kanarieberg. That goes downhill and the peloton reaches a speed of 90 km/h. Whereupon the road narrows from three lanes to one,” he said. “When you talk about safety, you have to look at it seriously.

“We have analyzed the editions of recent years. We looked at whether someone who attacked on the Kanarieberg or the Kortekeer ever stayed ahead. So no one.”

The race really starts to kick off at the Koppenberg, about 45km from the finish.

Unlike in previous years, the men and women will be taking the same route to the Bult van Melden this year.

“We have opted to change the approach for the men and to make it the same as the one for the women,” Sunderland said. “A choice for equality, but above all for reasons of safety. To be specific, this change means that after the first climb of the Paterberg, the riders will cycle on roads where it is easier to keep track of things. We are making the approach to the Koppenberg more straightforward and are taking out the descent and sharp bend just before the climb.”

With this change, the cars in the women’s race can follow the same detour as for the men’s race and team leaders can assist their riders all the way to the foot of the Koppenberg. With this change, the organization is eliminating a few points where the race had threatened to stall in recent years, something that caused a race stoppage in Wednesday’s Dwars race for the women.

“These situations were becoming too dangerous,” Sunderland said. “Safety is our highest priority. Furthermore, we also want to adapt our course to the way in which the peloton races. We want to anticipate and continue to develop the Tour to better serve the riders. And that is what we are doing with this change, but it does mean that both the Kortekeer and the Kanarieberg will not be included in the course this year. But we are adding the Kapelleberg.”

Americans in Flanders: A rare presence

Here’s a good trivia question for your next group ride: name the only U.S. rider to win the Tour of Flanders.

The answer is only one: Coryn Labecki in 2017, when she out-kicked Gracie Elvin and Chantal Van den Broek-Blaak in a reduced bunch sprint with Team DSM.

Kristin Armstrong was twice second (2008 and 2012) as the only other U.S. women to hit the prestigious podium.

On the men’s side, no American has ever won De Ronde, and George Hincapie finished third in the 2006 edition as the only U.S. men’s podium in race history.

Expected U.S. starters Sunday include Chloé Dygert (Canyon-SRAM), Ruth Edwards and Lily Williams (Human Powered Health), Labecki and Kristin Faulkner (EF Education-Cannondale), and Heidi Franz (Lifeplus Wahoo).

Men’s starters Sunday include Dwars door Vlaanderen winner Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike), Magnus Sheffield (Ineos Grenadiers), and Riley Sheehan (Israel Premier Tech). Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost), fifth last year in a breakout ride, is sidelined with injury .

Can one of them break through?

All in a day’s fun: Timeline from start to finish

08h15: Men’s team presentation, Antwerp Grote Markt 10h00: Start of the Men Elite, Ernest Van Dijckkaai Antwerp 11h45: Women’s team presentation, Markt Oudenaarde 13h05: Passage of the Men Elite, Markt Oudenaarde 13h25: Start of the Women Elite and first passage, Markt Oudenaarde 15h15: Passage of the Women Elite, Markt Oudenaarde 16h30: Finish of the men’s race, Minderbroedersstraat Oudenaarde 17h45: Finish of the women’s race, Minderbroedersstraat Oudenaarde

Women’s start list: Kopecky tops the charts

Women’s race map and profile

Men’s start list: Van Aert KO’d

Men’s race route and profile

Ranking the favorites: Kopecky and Van der Poel

Women’s race: 4 stars: Kopecky 3 stars: Vollering, Longo Borghini 2 stars: Niewiadoma, Reusser, Persico 1 star: Dygert, Vos, Van Anrooij

Men’s race: 4 stars: Van der Poel 3 stars: Pedersen, Jorgenson, Küng 2 stars: Skujiņš, Wellens, Mohorič, Benoot 1 star: Trentin, Bettiol, Merlier, Alaphilippe

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How to watch Tour of Flanders 2022: Live stream the first cobbled Monument of the season

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The iconic cobbled Monument of the Tour of Flanders gets underway on Sunday 3 April, and here's how you can watch all the action. 

Featuring both a women's and men's race, some of the biggest names in cycling will be competing in the respective events at the weekend, with Mathieu van der Poel, Wout Van Aert and Tadej Pogačar all set to line-up in the men's race. Meanwhile, in the women's race Annemiek van Vleuten will face competition from Marianne Vos, Lotte Kopecky and Demi Vollering, among others. 

Fans will once again be in attendance at the 2022 Tour of Flanders too, after the last two editions missed spectators. The men's race covers a 275.5km route, with 18, often cobbled, climbs featuring throughout the race. 

The women's route is 158.6km long, includes eleven hills, six cobbled sectors and a flat finale of 13.3km. 

Coverage for the men's race will begin at 8.20am BST, with the women's race following at 3.30pm BST 

HOW TO WATCH THE TOUR OF FLANDERS 2022 FROM WHERE YOU ARE

GCN and Eurosport will be showing the Tour of Flanders in the UK, while US, Canada and Australia residents can watch the race on FloBikes. Sporza will be showing the racing in Belgium, NOS in the Netherlands and France 3 in France. 

LIVE STREAM THE TOUR OF FLANDERS 2022 IN THE UK

The Tour of Flanders 2022 will be shown in the UK on the usual cycling broadcasters GCN and  Eurosport.

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Both Eurosport Player and  GCN+  will be showing the race live on Sunday, with the men’s race from 8.20am on GCN and 8.40am on Eurosport until 3.30pm.

The women’s race will then take place after the men’s with coverage from around 3.30pm until around 5.30pm.

To gain access to Eurosport coverage you can subscribe to the Eurosport Player app for £39.99 a year or £6.99 per month.

Access to the GCN+ costs £39.99 a year.

Not in the UK for Tour of Flanders 2022? No worries – just  download and install a VPN  and use a UK location to watch live as if you were back home. Full instructions below.

HOW TO LIVE STREAM THE TOUR OF FLANDERS 2022 WHEN YOU’RE NOT IN YOUR COUNTRY

If you’re heading abroad during the racing – whether that be inside the UK or anywhere else – you may find access to your favourite home broadcaster is restricted by location. Luckily there is a way you can keep watching anyway – downloading and installing a VPN, which allows you to trick your computer into thinking it’s back at home. This allows you to find your native broadcaster coverage without having to resort to an illegal steam, as long as you stick to the terms and conditions set out by the broadcaster.

Setting up a VPN is simple –  just download, install , open the app and select your location.

Try out ExpressVPN  for its speed, security and simplicity to use. We also like that it’s compatible with so many devices and streaming services (e.g. Amazon Fire TV Stick, Apple TV, Xbox, PS4, etc).

There are other great options out there of course, but Express VPN gives you the added benefit of a 30-day money back guarantee and three months free with a yearly plan.

WATCH THE TOUR OF FLANDERS 2022 IN THE US, CANADA AND AUSTRALIA

For US cycling fans and those watching from Canada, the Tour of Flanders will be live on  FloBikes , with both the men’s and the women’s editions being broadcast.

Coverage will start with the men’s race from 3.55am EST, while the women's race will start at 9am EST.

In Australia, the Tour of Flanders will be broadcast on SBS OnDemand , from 18:00 AEST and at 20:00 AEST on SBS Viceland. SBS Viceland will broadcast the women's race on Monday 4 April from 00:45 AEST. 

HOW TO WATCH THE TOUR OF FLANDERS IN BELGIUM, THE NETHERLANDS AND FRANCE

Cycling fans in Belgium can watch their home Monument live on Sporza, while NOS will be showing the racing in the Netherlands, and France 3 will broadcast the action in France. 

FloSports will also stream the event for European viewers, with GCN+ and EuroSport also providing a broadcast to the race. 

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Tour of Flanders live stream 2022: how to watch UCI cycling online and on TV from anywhere

Tadej Pogacar set to make his major cobbles debut at Ronde van Vlaandere

The men’s and women’s peloton hit the Belgian Bergs today for the first major peak of the one-day 2022 Spring Classics. The 2022 Tour of Flanders Grand Tour champion Tadej Pogačar makes his professional debut on the cobbles. The Slovenian sensation battles Mathieu van der Poel and defending champion Kasper Asgreen in what is the 106th edition of the men's race. Read on as we explain how to watch a 2022 Tour of Flanders live stream online and on TV, and watch the UCI cycling online wherever you are.

Date: Sunday, April 3

Men's race start time: 10am CET / 9am BST / 4am ET / 1am PT / 6pm AEST

Women's race start time: 1.25pm CET / 12.25pm BST / 7.25am ET / 4.25am PT / 9.25pm AEDT

Free live stream: Sporza (Belgium)| SBS (AUS)

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Last year Kasper Asgreen (Deceuninck-Quick-Step) pulled off a shock victory by holding off the challenge of Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) in the race's climatic sprint in Oudenaarde but he'll have a lot more to contend with this time around.

Defending women's race winner, Annemiek van Vleuten, will have to see off a tough field to hang onto her crown too. Fellow past Flanders champs Chantal van den Broek-Blaak (Team SD Worx), Marta Bastianelli (UAE Team ADQ), Marianne Vos and Coryn Labecki (both Jumbo-Visma), Elisa Longo Borghini and Ellen van Dijk (both Trek-Segafredo) will all be lining up.

Don't miss a moment of the action today - follow our guide as we explain how to watch a Tour of Flanders live stream and enjoy the UCI World Tour cycling wherever you are.

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How to watch a FREE Tour of Flanders live stream online

Belgium's Sporza and Australia's Viceland channel on the SBS On Demand streaming service will both be showing a 2022 Tour of Flanders free live stream.

Residents of Belgium and Australia currently outside from their country will need to use a VPN to access the Tour of Flanders free live stream on SBS and Sporza from abroad . We recommend ExpressVPN. It comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee in case you change your mind.

How to watch Tour of Flanders 2022 from outside your country

If you're desperate to watch the Ronde van Vlaanderen but you're away from home and the coverage is geo-blocked, then you could always use a VPN to access it (assuming you're not breaching any broadcaster T&Cs, of course). You may be surprised how simple it is to do.

Use a VPN to get a Tour of Flanders live stream from anywhere

ExpressVPN is the world's top VPN We've put all of the major VPN services to the test and we rate ExpressVPN as the absolute best of the bunch. It's compatible with loads of devices including iOS, Android, Amazon Fire Stick, PlayStation, Apple TV and such, and we found it secure, speedy and simple-to-use. 

Another great perk is the fact that it comes with a 30-day money back guarantee and 3-months FREE , so you can see if it's right for you with no strings attached.

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Once you've downloaded the software, just follow the prompts to install it then select the location you want to relocate your IP address to - it really is that easy.

2022 Tour of Flanders live stream: how to watch online in the UK

For UK residents, Eurosport Player has you covered for live Tour of Flanders coverage. 

The streaming service is affordable, at just £6.99 a month or £39.99 for the year, and it's compatible with a wide array of devices and platforms.

Another option is the GCN+ Race Pass, which also costs £39.99 for a year, but the caveat is that it's mobile-only.

The network's live coverage starts at 8.30am BST on Sunday morning.

And remember, to watch your home coverage from abroad, you can always use a VPN , log back in to a server in your country and watch as if you were there.

How to watch the Tour of Flanders 2022: live stream cycling in Australia for FREE

Aussie cycling fans are a lucky bunch, as there's  free Tour of Flanders coverage  available Down Under thanks to SBS and its Viceland channel.

That means you can live stream all of the action through the  SBS On Demand  service if you're not in front of a TV. As well as apps for Android and iOS, you can access SBS On Demand on Android TV, Amazon Fire TV stick, Apple TV and most smart TVs.

If you've already got a subscription, you can also tune in via GCN+, which costs $12.99 per month or $64.99 for a year.

Coverage starts on the channel at 8.30pm AEDT so be prepared to lose a bit of sleep if you're hoping to watch the closing stages of both races. 

Outside Australia?  Don't worry if you're out of the country and want to catch that SBS broadcast -  just grab a VPN  and you can watch the race as if you were back at home on your laptop, mobile or other TV streaming device. 

How to watch Tour of Flanders 2022: US cycling live stream details

Cycling fans in the US can watch the Tour of Flanders live on FloBikes, with coverage starting at 4am ET / 1am PT  in the early hours of Sunday morning.

A FloBikes subscription costs $150 per year, which works out at $12.50 per month.

And if you're currently out of the US but still want to watch the race, then don't forget to explore  the VPN route  set out above.

How to watch the 2022 Tour of Flanders: live stream cycling in Canada

It's the same story across the. border, with Canadians also able to tune into the Tour of Flanders live via FloBikes, which US$12.50 per month (roughly CA$14) or US$150 annually (roughly CA$160).

As in the US, be prepared for an early start, with the men's race set to start at 4am ET , while the women's race begins at 7.25am ET.

Not in Canada to catch that FloBikes stream? Well you know the answer by now... using a VPN is the way to make sure you don't miss a moment. 

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Tour of Flanders 2023: TV and live stream details, favourites, route map, Mathieu van der Poel defends title

Updated 29/03/2023 at 15:39 GMT

Tour of Flanders 2023: The second Monument of the season arrives on Sunday as Ronde van Vlaanderen takes centre stage. Both the men’s and women’s fields are stacked with the likes of Mathieu van der Poel, Wout van Aert, Tadej Pogacar, Lotte Kopecky and Annemiek van Vleuten set to take to the Flemish cobbles. So how can you watch on Eurosport and discovery+? Look no further…

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How to Watch Tour of Flanders 2024 Online: Live Stream UCI World Tour Cycling from Anywhere

The 2024 Tour of Flanders is finally upon us, so tune in and watch pulsating cycling action live on Sunday, March 31, 2024, from 4 am ET . Those in the United Kingdom can tune in to Eurosport and Discovery+ to watch the cycling action. The Tour of Flanders will air live in the United States and Canada on FloBikes . Fans in Australia can watch the cycling live stream on SBS on Demand.

Those in other countries will find their live streams geo-blocked when trying to watch Tour of Flanders online . Luckily, we have a great solution to this.

You can connect to a VPN and watch the Tour of Flanders live stream from anywhere . A VPN set to a UK server will hide your location and make it seem that you are accessing the live stream from the UK.

In this guide, you will find all the details on where and when to watch the Tour of Flanders live stream from anywhere. We will also share information on why you need a VPN and everything you need to know about this race.

• How to Watch Tour of Flanders 2024 Online With a VPN

You can watch the Tour of Flanders 2024 online on Discovery+ with a VPN connected to a UK server. Follow our step-by-step instructions:

• Connect to a VPN to unblock Discovery+ ( we recommend NordVPN ).
• Download and install the VPN app on your preferred device(s).
• Turn on the VPN app and choose a UK server.
• Launch Discovery+ and watch the Tour of Flanders online.
• Why Do You Need a VPN to Watch Tour of Flanders 2024?

You will need a VPN to watch the Tour of Flanders 2024 live stream on Discovery+, as this platform does not have the rights to air this event outside the UK. 

If you try to watch the Tour of Flanders 2024 online from outside the UK without a VPN, you will receive an error message that states, “ Soon... But Not Quite Yet. Discovery+ is not available in this location. We can’t wait to bring discovery+ to your part of the world! "

A VPN set to a UK server will help you watch the Tour of Flanders 2024 from anywhere . It will hide your location and give you a UK IP address.

We recommend NordVPN , as it is one of the most reliable VPNs for watching live sports on the go. NordVPN also works well with most streaming services, including Discovery+, FloBikes, SBS on Demand, and more.

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• Where to Watch Tour of Flanders 2024

The 2024 Tour of Flanders will be held on Sunday, March 31, 2024 . The action will start at 4 am ET . Eurosport and Discovery+ will broadcast this race in the United Kingdom. Cycling fans in the United States and Canada can watch the event live on FloBikes . The Tour of Flanders live stream in Australia will be available on SBS on Demand.

Here’s where to stream the Tour of Flanders 2024 live from anywhere:

• How to Watch Tour of Flanders 2024 in the UK

Eurosport will broadcast the Tour of Flanders live in the United Kingdom on Sunday, March 31, 2024. The live coverage will also be available on Discovery+ . A subscription costs £6.99 per month and includes access to live sports, documentaries, and more.

If you are a big sports fan, you can watch live UFC, UEFA Champions League, NBA, WWE, and more on Discovery+ by purchasing the Premium plan for £30.99 per month.

If you are traveling away from the United Kingdom, you will need a fast VPN set to a UK server to watch the Tour of Flanders online. A VPN will help you bypass geo-restrictions, ensuring uninterrupted access to the cycling action from anywhere.

• How to Watch Tour of Flanders 2024 in the US and Canada

Cycling fans in the United States and Canada can stream the Tour of Flanders 2024 on FloBikes on Sunday, March 31, 2024 , at 4 am ET . If you get the annual plan, you can subscribe to the platform for US $29.99 / CA $40 per month or US $12.50 per month / CA $16.90 per month. This platform airs hundreds of live cycling events yearly, making it a must-have for all sports fans. 

If you are flying away from the United States or Canada, you will need a capable VPN set to a US / Canadian server to watch the Tour of Flanders live stream without cable. A VPN will provide a US or Canadian IP address, ensuring the cycling live stream is not geo-blocked.

• How to Watch Tour of Flanders 2024 in Australia

The Tour of Flanders will be broadcast on the free-to-air platform SBS on Demand for fans in Australia. You can stream the event on Sunday, March 31, 2024, at 8 pm AEDT .

Not in Australia? We recommend using a trustworthy VPN set to an Australian server to watch live cycling online. 

• Can You Watch Tour of Flanders 2024 Online Free?

Yes , you can watch the Tour of Flanders 2024 online for free by tuning in to SBS on Demand, an Australian free-to-air streaming service.

• Tour of Flanders 2024 Preview

One of the most iconic cycling races in the world is all set to take center stage, and the best riders will be battling it out at the Tour of Flanders. Also known as De Ronde, this race has a storied past and continues to be ever so popular among riders and fans.

Regarded as one of the five monuments in cycling, the Tour of Flanders consists of an elite men's race and an elite women's race. This race is considered one of the hardest one-day races on the UCI World Tour calendar, and this year's event will test riders to their limits.

Reigning champion Tadej Pogačar has decided against competing at this year's Tour of Flanders, while Wout van Aert is sidelined after breaking his collarbone in a recent event. 

However, several talented riders, including Jasper Philipsen, Mathieu van der Poel, Julian Alaphilippe, and Mads Pedersen, will still compete in Belgium. 

Meanwhile, the women's Tour of Flanders will feature reigning champion Lotte Kopecky, who wants to make history over 163 km.

The Tour of Flanders is the crescendo of the Belgian cycling races and is one of the must-watch events of the year. So get ready to tune in and follow the action live wherever you are.

• Tour of Flanders 2024 Teams

UCI WorldTeams

• Alpecin-Deceuninck
• Arkea-B&B Hotels
• Astana Qazaqstan Team
• Bahrain Victorious
• Bora - hansgrohe
• Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team, 
• EF Education - EasyPost
• Groupama-FDJ
• INEOS Grenadiers
• Intermarché - Wanty
• Movistar Team
• Soudal Quick-Step
• Team DSM-Firmenich PostNL
• Team Jayco AlUla
• Team Visma | Lease a Bike
• UAE Team Emirates

UCI ProTeams

• Israel - Premier Tech
• Lotto Dstny
• Uno-X Mobility
• Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
• Team Flanders - Baloise
• Tudor Pro Cycling Team

Women Elite

UCI Women's WorldTeams

• AG Insurance - Soudal Team
• Canyon//SRAM Racing
• Ceratizit - WNT Pro Cycling Team
• Fenix-Deceuninck 
• Human Powered Health
• Lidl - Trek
• Liv-AlUla-Jayco
• Team SD Worx
• UAE Team ADQ

UCI Women's Continental Team

• Cofidis Women Team
• Arkea - B&B Hotels Women
• Chevalmeire
• EF Education - Cannondale
• Lifeplus Wahoo
• Lotto Dstny Ladies
• Proximus - Cyclis CT
• Team Coop-Repsol
• Volkerwessels Women's Pro Cycling Team
• Final Thoughts

Cycling fans in the US, UK, Canada, and Australia can watch the Tour of Flanders 2024 online on the streaming services listed in this article. However, those in other regions must use a VPN connected to a US/UK/Canadian/Australian server to eliminate geo-restrictions and watch the Tour of Flanders live stream from anywhere. 

To conclude, we recommend NordVPN . It has many great features and offers seamless connectivity to virtual servers from 50 countries. It also protects user data and offers split tunneling. Moreover, users can take advantage of a no-questions-asked money-back guarantee and try NordVPN risk-free for a month.

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2024 Tour of Flanders: Preview, schedule, how to watch men's and women's cycling classic races live

Who will succeed defending champions Tadej Pogacar and Lotte Kopecky? Find out the routes and the main contenders for this year's 'De Ronde' one-day races, in our preview.

Sunday 31 March 2024 is a date to mark on the calendar for road cycling fans.

On that day, the Tour of Flanders (Ronde van Vlaanderen), the second classic Monument of the 2024 season, will celebrate its 108th men's and 21st women's editions.

The men's event, which has taken place every year since 1919, will start again from Antwerp, as it did between 2017 and 2022, covering 17 iconic climbs and five cobblestone sectors for a total of 270.8 kilometres. The women will tackle 12 climbs, taking on a 163km traverse through the Flanders region in Belgium.

Who will succeed defending champions Tadej Pogacar and Lotte Kopecky ?

Find out in our preview below.

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2024 Tour of Flanders course routes

The men's route covers 270.8 kilometres.

The organisers have decided to modify the first 100 kilometers for safety reasons, removing the climbs of Kortekeer and the Kanarieberg. A year ago, the start was in Bruges, while this year it will be in Antwerp. The finish will be in Oudenaarde.

The riders will have to tackle 17 climbs:

• Vieux Quaremont (km 136,7)
• Kappelle Berg (km 155,7)
• Wolvenberg (km 158,9)
• Molenberg (km 171,3)
• Marlboroughstraat (km 175,3)
• Berendries (km 179,3)
• Valkenberg (km 184,7)
• Berg Ten Houte (km 197,1)
• Hotond (km 206,6)
• Vieux Quaremont (km 216,5)
• Paterberg (km 219,9)
• Koppenberg (km 226,2)
• Steenbeekdries (km 231,6)
• Taaienberg (km 234,0)
• Kruisberg (km 244,3)
• Vieux Quaremont (km 254,1)
• Paterberg (km 257,6)

The women's route spans 163 kilometres.

Both the start and finish are scheduled in Oudenaarde.

There are 12 climbs to face during the race:

• Wolvenberg (km 72,1)
• Molenberg (km 84,6)
• Marlboroughstraat (km 88,6)
• Berendries (km 92,6)
• Valkenberg (km 97,9)
• Kappelle Berg (km 109,7)
• Koppenberg (km 118,4)
• Steenbeekdries (km 123,7)
• Taaienberg (km 126,2)
• Kruisberg (km 136,5)
• Vieux Quaremont (km 146,3)
• Paterberg (km 149,7)

2024 Tour of Flanders riders to watch

Men's race - 2024 riders to watch.

A mass crash during the Dwars door Vlaanderen on Wednesday ruled out some of his biggest contenders, including Wout van Aert, who suffered fractured collarbone and ribs. Defending champion Tadej Pogacar decided to skip the Ronde this year to focus on the preparation of the Giro d'Italia. The big names who will be competing are:

• Mathieu van der Poel (NED/Alpecin Deceuninck): The two-time winner (2020, 2022) is considered the undisputed favourite after dominating the E3 Saxo Classic and finishing second at last week's Gent-Wevelgem, and with archrival van Aert not competing.
• Matteo Jorgenson (USA/Team Visma | Lease a Bike): The American rider is expected to lead his team following his win at the Dwars door Vlaanderen and the injuries carried by both Tiesji Benoot and Jan Tratnik. This season he also claimed the general classification at the Paris-Nice.
• Alberto Bettiol: The Italian is a former winner of the Ronde and, despite suffering from cramps at the recent Dwars door Vlaanderen, has demonstrated a good form by winning the Milano-Torino and finishing fifth at the Milan-San Remo.

Women's race - 2024 riders to watch

• Lotte Kopecky (BEL/SD Worx-Protime): The Belgian superstar and reigning world champion is aiming for a third consecutive Flanders title after her convincing victories at Strade Bianche and Nokere Koerse so far this spring.
• Demi Vollering (NED/SD Worx-Protime): The Tour de France Femmes reigning champion, who finished third at Strade Bianche, is ready to step up as a leader if Kopecky finds herself in difficulty.
• Elisa Balsamo (ITA/Lidl-Trek): Italy's 2021 road world champion has impressed this season, showing that she can both climb and sprint by winning the Trofeo Alfredo Binda and the Brugge-De Panne.

2024 Tour of Flanders: Race schedules

(All times local CEST, approximate after race start. Assumes an average race speed of 44km/h for men and 40km/h for women)

Sunday 31 March 2024

10:00 Start men's race (Antwerp)

13:25 Start women's race (Oudenaarde)

16:29 Estimated men's race finish (Oudenaarde)

17:44 Estimated women's race finish (Oudenaard)

Tour of Flanders: Last five winners

• 2023 Tadej Pogacar (SLO/UAE Team Emirates)
• 2022: Mathieu van der Poel (NED/Alpecin-Fenix)
• 2021: Kasper Asgreen (DEN/Deceuninck-Quick-Step)
• 2020: Mathieu van der Poel (NED/Alpecin-Fenix)
• 2019: Alberto Bettiol (ITA/EF Educational First)
• 2023: Lotte Kopecky (BEL/SD Worx)
• 2022: Lotte Kopecky (BEL/SD Worx)
• 2021: Annemiek van Vleuten (NED/Movistar Team)
• 2020: Chantal van den Broek-Blaak (NED/Boels-Dolmans)
• 2019: Marta Bastianelli (ITA/Team Virtu Cycling)

How to watch 2024 Tour of Flanders - Ronde van Vlaanderen

List of regional broadcasters (TV / online):

• Belgium – RTBF
• Czechia – Czech TV
• Denmark – TV2
• France – France TV
• Italy – RAI
• Netherlands – NOS
• Norway – TV2
• Slovenia – JOJ
• Spain – Enjoy
• Switzerland – SRG SSR
• Pan-Europe – Eurosport, GCN
• Canada – Flobikes
• United States – Flobikes
• Australia – Flobikes, SBS
• New Zealand – SKY Sport
• Central and South America and the Caribbean – ESPN
• Sub-Saharan Africa – Supersport

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TV Guide - Where and when to watch Tour of Flanders 2024

The big one! The Tour of Flanders is the second monument of the season and the queen of all Flandrien classics. It is one of the most important and exciting days of the season, where the biggest classics specialists face off on the steep cobbled climbs to fight for a prestigious win. Here's where and when to watch it.

Estimated time of departure and arrival of Tour of Flanders 2024:

- Sunday, 31st March, 10:20-16:15 CET.

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The race will be broadcast in by the traditional channels, Eurosport Player and Discovery+. Other channels may broadcast the race.

• RTBF & VRT: Belgium
• France Télévisions: France
• RAI: Italy, San Marino, Vatican City
• NOS: Netherlands
• RTVE: Spain
• Czech TV: Czech Republic
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The 2024 Flanders Classics is underway with the first two races of the event, the men’s and women’s Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, in the books. 

Jan Trantnik won the men’s race while Marianne Vos won the women’s race. 

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But that was just the start of the Flanders Classics. In all there are 12 races across three months at six different locations: 

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All these races are streaming live for our viewers in the U.S., Canada, and Australia. 

Here’s what to know about the Flanders Classic 2024 races. 

How To Watch The Flanders Classics 2024 Stream

All the races are streaming on  FloBikes and the FloSports app . Highlights, race replays and breaking news will be available on both platforms. 

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Here is the schedule for the remaining races. 

Gent-Wevelgem Schedule 2024 

The race begins at 8:40 a.m. EST on March 24. 

The women's race is also March 24 with a time to be determined. 

Dwars door Vlaanderen Schedule 2024

The Dwars door Vlaanderen is March 27 at 9:15 a.m.  The women's race is the same day and time. 

Tour of Flanders Schedule 2024

The Tour of Flanders begins at 3:55 a.m. on March 31. The women's race is March 31 at 9 a.m. 

Scheldeprijs Schedule 2024 

The Scheldeprijs is April 4 at 9:30 a.m. The women's races is scheduled for the same time. 

De Brabantse Pijl Schedule 2024

The De Brabantse Pijl  is April 10 at 9:15 a.m. The women's race is the same day. 

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Tour of Flanders 2024: How to Watch a UCI World Tour Cycling Livestream for Free

The world's best riders take on the second classic Monument of the 2024 season.

Belgium's biggest and arguably toughest race of the UCI World Tour calendar is upon us, as the riders take on the cobbles of the Tour of Flanders this Saturday. 

The men's race follows a scenic 271-kilometer route between Antwerp and Oudenaarde that features 17 calf-shredding climbs. 

The women's race meanwhile includes 12 bergs, culminating with the grueling double whammy of Kwaremont and Paterberg's ascents.

Highly fancied contender Wout van Aert misses the men's race after sustaining injuries in a pile-up during Wednesday's Dwars door Vlaanderen, while last year's champ Tadej Pogacar has opted to skip the Ronde this year to focus on his preparations for the upcoming Giro d'Italia., leaving Mathieu van der Poel as the clear prerace favorite. 

The women's race could meanwhile see reigning world champion Lotte Kopecky aiming to win her third consecutive Flanders title. 

Below, we'll outline the best  live TV streaming services  to use to watch the Tour of Flanders live wherever you are in the world.

Tour of Flanders 2024: Where and when is it?

The 2024 Tour of Flanders takes place on Saturday, March 30. The Men's race starts at 10 a.m. CEST local time in Belgium, which is 9 a.m. GMT in the UK, 5 a.m. ET or 2 a.m. PT in the US and 8 p.m. AEDT in Australia . 

The women's race follows a little later at 1:25 p.m. CEST (2:25 p.m. GMT in the UK, 10:25 a.m. ET /7:25 a.m. PT in the US and 1:25 a.m. AEDT in Australia in the early hours of Sunday morning). 

How to watch the Tour of Flanders 2024 online from anywhere using a VPN

If you find yourself unable to view the race locally, you may need a different way to watch -- that's where using a VPN can come in handy. A VPN is also the best way to stop your ISP from throttling your speeds by encrypting your traffic, and it's also a great idea if you're traveling and find yourself connected to a Wi-Fi network, and you want to add an extra layer of privacy for your devices and logins. 

With a VPN, you're able to virtually change your location on your phone, tablet or laptop to get access to what you want to watch. If your internet provider or mobile carrier has stuck you with an IP address that incorrectly shows your location in a blackout zone, a VPN can correct that problem by giving you an IP address in your correct, non-blackout area. Most VPNs, like our  Editors' Choice, ExpressVPN , make it really easy to do this. 

Using a VPN to watch or stream sports is legal in any country where VPNs are legal, including the US, UK and Canada, as long as you have a legitimate subscription to the service you're streaming. You should be sure your VPN is set up correctly to prevent leaks: Even where VPNs are legal, the streaming service may terminate the account of anyone it deems to be circumventing correctly applied blackout restrictions. 

Looking for other options? Be sure to check out some of the other great  VPN deals  taking place right now.

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ExpressVPN is our current best VPN pick for people who want a reliable and safe VPN, and it works on a variety of devices. It's normally $13 a month, and you can sign up for ExpressVPN and save 35% -- the equivalent of $8.32 a month -- if you get an annual subscription. 

Note that ExpressVPN offers a 30-day money-back guarantee.

Livestream the Tour of Flanders 2024 in the US

US cycling fans can watch all the action live from Belgium via dedicated cycling streaming service FloBikes. 

Watch the Tour of Flanders 2024 in the US

A subscription to FloBikes currently costs $150 per year, which works out at $12.50 per month. The service has dedicated apps for Android and Apple devices.

Livestream the Tour of Flanders 2024 in the UK 

Viewers in the UK will need to subscribe to Eurosport or the streaming service Discovery Plus to watch this year's action from Belgium live.

Discovery Plus

Carries the 2024 tour of flanders live in the uk.

A subscription to Discovery Plus in the UK costs £7 per month or £60 for the year.

The service is available on a wide array of devices, and also includes access to all Eurosport TV channels.

Stream the Tour of Flanders 2024 in Australia for free

It's good news for cycling fans Down Under, with the 2024 Tour of Flanders set to be broadcast for free in Australia on SBS .

Carries the 2024 Tour of Flanders in Australia

Viewers can livestream Tour of Flanders coverage on the free-to-use SBS On Demand service.

The platform has dedicated apps for Android and iOS, and you can also access the service on Android TV, Amazon Fire TV stick, Apple TV and most smart TVs.

Stream Tour of Flanders 2024 in Canada

As with the US, dedicated cycling streaming service FloBikes is the place to watch live coverage of this year's race in Canada.

Watch Tour of Flanders 2024 in Canada

A subscription to FloBikes currently costs $150 per year (roughly CA$190), which works out at $12.50 per month (roughly CA$16). The service has dedicated apps for Android and Apple devices.

Quick tips for streaming Tour of Flanders 2024 using a VPN 

• With four variables at play -- your ISP, browser, video streaming provider and VPN -- your experience and success when streaming the Tour of Flanders live may vary.
• If you don't see your desired location as a default option for ExpressVPN, try using the "search for city or country" option.
• If you're having trouble after you've turned on your VPN and set it to the correct viewing area, there are two things you can try for a quick fix. First, log into your streaming service subscription account and make sure the address registered for the account is an address in the correct viewing area. If not, you may need to change the physical address on file with your account. Second, some smart TVs -- like Roku -- don't have VPN apps you can install directly on the device itself. Instead, you'll have to install the VPN on your router or the mobile hotspot you're using (like your phone) so that any device on its Wi-Fi network now appears in the correct viewing location.
• All of the VPN providers we recommend have helpful instructions on their main site for quickly installing the VPN on your router. In some cases with smart TV services, after you install a cable network's sports app, you'll be asked to verify a numeric code or click a link sent to your email address on file for your smart TV. This is where having a VPN on your router will also help, since both devices will appear to be in the correct location. 
• And remember, browsers can often give away a location despite using a VPN, so be sure you're using a privacy-first browser to log into your services. We normally recommend  Brave .

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As it happened: Mathieu van der Poel makes history with record-equalling Flanders win

Mads Pedersen and Mathieu van der Poel line up as favourites over 270.8km from Antwerp to Oudenaarde

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Van der Poel clear after attack on the Koppenberg

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The peloton is in Antwerp and awaiting the flag that signals the end of the neutralised zone and the start of the race proper.

Three riders attack right from the flag, involving riders from Astana, Jayco-AlUla and DSM rider.

Luke Durbridge, Dmitriy Gruzdev and Frank van den Broek are the three riders, and they’ve been joined by a Lotto-Dstny.

The peloton aren't happy with that group and they've been brought back.

Another small group briefly escaped and have been brought back. This could be a long battle for the definitive break to form.

Our first puncture of the day - Jules Hesters. That will the first of many!

A new group of six is now off the front, and are pushing hard.

Make that 8 riders, rather than 6. They're still only a few seconds ahead, and may be deemed too large by the peloton.

A second puncture now, and it's a big name - Dylan van Baarle. The Dutchman has already had hais fair share of bad luck this spring, with fitness issues.

20 seconds for the 8 leaders, but there's more activity at the front of the peloton with plenty of riders not ready to sit up yet.

Those riders in the break: Durbridge (again), Elmar Reinders, David Dekker, Bert Van Lerberghe, Jelle Vermoote, Lionel Taminaux, Stanisław Aniołkowski and Damien Touzé.

Attacks are still being made out the peloton in an attempt to join the 8 leaders, but to no avail so far. Jonas Rutsch was one such rider, adorning EF's new black kit, but was not allowed up the road.

Niklas Märkl of DSM has managed to get a gap on the peloton, but still has work to do to make it to the leaders. 

And he's unsuccessful - the peloton swallows him up.

Not that that has ended the action - more riders attack immediately as he is brought back. This is one of the race days of the season, and many riders want the kudos of spending much of it at the front.

Some of the big teams now showing themselves at the front of the peloton, perhaps trying to control things to calm this down. Visma-Lease a Bike, Bora-Hansgrohe, Soudal-QuickStep (if they can still be considered one of the big teams).

23 seconds now for the 8 leaders, and it's been a few minutes since the last counter-attacks. Could this be it?

Still the peloton aren't content, with Jonas Rutsch among those accelerating at the front. The 8 leaders advantage has ben halved to little more than ten minutes.

It seems some of the top teams have now had enough and are shutting down any attempts to join the leading 8. Visma-Lease a Bike and Alpecin-Deceuninck have both ensured would-be escapees haven't managed to get out the peloton. 

As a reault the leaders have grown their advantage again, back up to 23 seconds. It's still not enough to secure their place as the day's break, however. 

Just as it looked like the peloton might have sat up, Dusan Rajovic attacks. Again it's shut down, but the increase in pace means the race still hasn't been allowed to settle. 

Still plenty of short and unsuccessful attacks from riders attempting to get out of the peloton are coming every minute or so. This is turning into a tiring start to what is a very tiring day.

Cyrus Monk of Q36.5 Pro Cycling is the first for a while to succeed in getting a gap on the peloton, albeit it a small one. Still a long way to bridge up to the leaders, though.

Indeed, Monk too has now been brought back. 30 seconds now between the leaders and the peloton. 

Van der Poel is by his team car, taking off a layer in what are mild conditions. He looks very relaxed, despite all the expectations he carries on his shoulders today. 

Now a Team Flanders Baloise rider is the latest to jump out the peloton. But his chase is set to be even harder than Monk's, with the gap now up to 45 seconds.

Is this it? The pace is off with that Flanders-Baloise rider caught, and some have taken a comfort break.

That is it! The peloton have sat up, and are riding so slow that a spectator riding a penny-farthing at the side of the road is almost able to keep up. 

Lots of comfort breaks and conversations being had now. The gap is up to two minutes, and growing.

That fan on the penny-farthing one of the many weird and wonderful sights on the roadside, on what is the biggest party on the Belgian cycling calendar. This easter bunny at the start of the day easily the most nightmarish so far.  

In no time at all the gap is now up to over three minutes. We'll now have som downtime before the action kicks off later. 

Here's the day's break, who will now have the honour of leading the Tour of Flanders this morning. 

A reminder of the riders who make up the break:

Bert Van Lerberghe (Soudal-QuickStep)

Luke Durbridge (Jayco AlUla)

Elmar Reinders (Jayco AlUla)

David Dekker (Arkéa - B&B Hotels)

Damien Touzé (Decathlon AG2R)

Stanisław Aniołkowski (Cofidis)

Lionel Taminiaux (Lotto-Dstny)

Jelle Vermoote (Bingoal WB)

Over four minutes now for those 8 riders in the break. There is more organisation now in the peloton, which is being led by Alpecin-Deceuninck, but they're happy to let them have a big lead.

To whet the appetite for the action to come, make sure to have a read of our interview with Nick Nuyens , reflecting on winning one of the most memorable editions of the Tour of Flanders in 2011.

As you can see, it’s blue skies at the Tour of Flanders. There’s no threat of any rain for now, and there’s no wind to speak of either - to the relief of many.

The leaders had to stop briefly at a level crossing. Thankfully it's a much more orderly stoppage that than of a few years ago, when some riders dangerously crossed the barriers after they had come down.

Strangely, the organisers haven’t stopped the peloton to rebalance the race. That’s harsh on the break, who had to wait almost a minute at the level crossing.

The break has indeed seen the leaders' advantage come down quite a bit, from over four minutes to aout 3-30.

While we wait for the action to kick off, let's reflect on some of the favourites. 

It’s been a while since there was such an overwhelming favourite for a Tour of Flanders victory that Mathieu van der Poel. With Tadej Pogačar skipping the race this year, and Wout van Aert out injured, the way seems clear for the Dutchman to claim a third-career Ronde victory. So far this spring he has looked every bit as strong as during his history-making 2023 season, and the way he rode everyone off his wheel at E3 SaxoBank Classic was ominous. On the harder parcours of the Tour of Flanders, you’d expect him to be even harder to stop.

Van der Poel's one slip up this spring came at Gent-Wevelgem, where Mads Pedersen finished off great work from Lidl-Trek to beat him in a two-up sprint. Pedersen had been in stellar form, and established himself as perhaps the man most likely to beat Van der Poel, but is now an unknown quantity having gone down in the same crash that took out Wout van Aert on Wednesday. He’s a tough competitor though, and has made it to the start. Who knows what we can expect from him?

Van Aert and Christophe Laporte might both be missing, but Visma-Lease a Bike still has a quality line-up of riders capable of animating the race. Dylan van Baarle and Tiesj Benoot are their most experienced riders, but perhaps their best hope is Matteo Jorgenson, the young American who has not only won Paris-Nice, but also looked brilliant on the cobbles to win Dwars door Vlaanderen and finish fifth at E3 Saxo Classic. He’s one of very few riders with the raw talent to potentially compete against Van der Poel.

Alpecin-Deceuninck are embracing their status as overwhelming favourites, and are leading the peloton with no help from any other teams. They're keeping the break's lead stable at 3-45.

The absence of so many expected favourites, be it through injury, such as Van Aert and Stuyven, or through choice, like Pogačar and Philipsen, give other riders a better chance than usual to pull off a result. Could perennial high bridesmaids Matej Mohorič and Stefan Küng capitalise? Or perhaps Alberto Bettiol could repeat his victory from 2019, given that he’s looked in his best form since then?

Just 12km now until the first cobbled sector, the Lippenhovestraat. It's only a relatively mild one, though - the real action will get going in about 45km with the first ascent of the Oude Kwaremont. 

This is an unusual edition of the Tour of Flanders in that, in the list of pre-race favourites, there is nobody from Belgium’s leasing team Soudal-QuickStep. We’re used to seeing them control this early phase of the race by controlling the peloton, but this year they’re taking an opposite approach, having placed a rider up in the break in Bert Van Lerberghe. That’s the kind of tactic you associate with second tier, non-World Tour teams, not the most famous classics team in the world.

Soudal-QuickStep boss Patrick Lefevere, looking forlorn at his team’s chances - although he tends to wear the same expression even when they win.

Still about 4 minutes for the break. Alpecin continue to lead the peloton but we expect teams like Visma-Lease a Bike and Lidl-Trek to start putting them under pressure later. 

In fact, as we speak other teams have taken over from Alpecin at the front. They’re not attacking though, but rather positioning themselves ahead of the first cobbled sector of the day, coming upon a couple of kilometres.

The break are on the cobbles, where large crowds are there to greet them. If it's like that here, we can only imagine the atmosphere on the famous bergs!

Movistar is the team leading the peloton on the cobbles. Now they've arrived at the cobbled stretch and the fight for position over, the pace has calmed again. 

Now they're on the Paddestraat, a cobbled sector that comes immediately after the Lippenhovestraat. Everything's still relaxed - there still hasn't been a crash yet all day, mercifully. 

That's it for the cobbles for now, but less than 25km now until Oude Kwaremont. Anticipation is building!

One thing that isn't building though is the break's lead, which is now down to 3-30. That's likely to get much smaller once the pace really increases on the arrival to the Kwaremont. 

The first sight of cobblestones today, on the Lippenhovestraat.

The pace is calm for now - calm enough for Van der Poel to shed a gilet at the back of the peloton and have a talk with his team car. He’ll need to be back at the front in a few kilometres when the race for positioning onto the Oude Kwaremont begins.

Over four minutes again for the break. They've got a big enough lead to stay out for a while longer yet, even as the race is about to ignite soon. 

The riders are passing through the town of Oudenaarde, near where the race will finish in a few hour’s time. The long trek south-westwards from the start in Antwerp is over, and we’re now in the heart of the region of Flanders where all the action happens.

Bike change needed for Dekker in the break. If you're going to have a mechanical, now's the time, just before the climbs start to come thick and fast. 

Under 5km to go now until the Oude Kwaremont. Here's where the race proper begins.

The Oude Kwaremont has become one of the iconic climbs of the Tour of Flanders. You can read all about it here.

The break are on the Kwaremont now.

Meanwhile the pace is really up in the peloton. This is where things can get dangerous, and crashes a possibility. 

Huge roars are greeting the break on the Kwaremont. Every inch of the roadside has been filled.

Van Lerberghe is leading the break through a wall of noise on the Kwaremont. It really is something to see the roads lined for the entirity of the 2km climb. 

An issue for a a few riders in the peloton. It's not exactly a crash, as the pace was at virtually a standstill as they approached a corner, but they have had to climb off the saddle for a bit and have ground to make up.

That corner was leading into the Kwaremont, that the peloton is climbing now, with Alpecin back at the front. 

The riders involved in that mini-crash were Dylan Teuns, Cyrus Monk, Georg Zimmerman - and Matej Mohorič, whose among the favourites for the win. That's not ideal for the Slovenian, who is having to climb the Kwaremont somewhere towards the back. 

They've crested the Kwaremont, and the peloton remains all together. 

Despite the increase in pace before the Kwaremont, the riders in the break have still managed to maintain a sizable lead of 3-30. They've now got about 15km of respite before the next climb, Kapelleberg.

A crash in the peloton, and this time it's a more serious one. About four or five riders are down, none seriosuly hurt, but moving quite gingerly. 

No favourites involved in that crash, but some big names and important domestiques - Ineos’ Ben Swift, Bora’s Nico Denz, Israel-Premier Tech’s Guillaume Boivin and Riley Sheehan.

Now it’s confirmed that Boivin has abandoned - the second DNF of the day, following Edvald Boasson Hagen's withdrawal earlier.

The fight for position is really on in the peloton now, and the pace is up. The break's lead is down to 3 minutes as a result. 

Near miss for a few riders at the back of the peloton, who just about managed to stay upright after a tough of wheels. Things are getting tense.

Now there's a proper crash, with 4 riders down. It's at the back of the peloton so no favourites involved, and nobody appears too hurt.

That crash occurred on the run-in to the Kapelleberg, which the breakaway are climbing now.

Lidl-Trek and Visma-Lease a Bike are at the front of the peloton as the climb approaches. These are the teams expected to take the race to Van der Poel - will they dare try anything this early?

An attack has been made over the top of the climb, but from an Uno-X rider rather than a representative of one of those teams.

Alpecin-Deceuninck regained control on the climb, and they have a rider on that Uno-X rider’s wheel.

Axel Laurance is the Alpecin rider, and Jonas Abrahamsen the Uno-X.

Interestingly, Laurence is working with Abrahamson. Alpecin are taking a pro-active approach to being the targetted team.

That pair have started climbing the Wolvenberg, while Visma-Lease a Bike lead the peloton a few seconds behind.

Matteo Jorgenson leads the peloton on the Wolvenberg, bringing the duo back and stringing the bunch out. It's an acceleration rather than an attack, but the American is forcing everyone to be watchful.

All this has seen the break's lead plummit to just 1-40.

They've done the climb but selections are already forming. The peloton is reduced already, to maybe about 60 or so riders.

The race is really on now! Accelerations are coming out of the front of the bunch, including one from Mads Pedersen. He's been marked, but Laurenz Rex now has a small gap.

Problem for Alpecin-Deceuninck as key domestique Søren Kragh Andersen has a mechanical, and another of their riders is delayed as they debate whether to swap bikes or wait for the team car. Alpecin have looked very controlled so far, but they don't want to lose two riders from the front of the peloton this early.

The pace has slackened, following what has been a frantic few minutes. Things will kick off again imminently as the Molenberg approaches, one of the toughest climbs of the race. 

Rex was caught, incidentally, and there are no riders between the peloton and the 8 escapees 1-50 up the road.

Søren Kragh Andersen is back in the bunch, in a relief for team leader Van der Poel.

Don’t forget that the women’s Tour of Flanders is taking place simultaneously. You can follow all the action with us here .

A few ominous drops of rain starting to fall. This could really throw a cat among the pigeons should the cobbles get wet.

Lots of Lidl-Trek and Visma-Lease a Bike assembling at the front of the peloton. The Molenberg might be where their first serious moves are made. 

The break are on the Molenberg now. The peloton are only about 1-30 behind so not long 'till they start climbing it too.

Lidl-Trek lead onto the climb with two riders.

Pedersen attacks!

Jorgenson and Van der Poel on his wheel.

Those three reach the top of the climb together.

Stefan Küng is the fourth rider to crest the climb, and is dragging a group to them.

We now have a group of 12 riders formed by that Pedersen attack.

Visma-Lease a Bike on the attack now, and have 2 riders in Benoot and Van Dijk with Pithie and a UAE rider off the front.

Those four have been brought back by a group much larger than it was over the top of the Molenberg.

More attacks as that quartet is caught, led by Alaphilippe.

Those riders have also been brought back, but there's no control at the moment. 

Dylan van Baarle is the latest rider to attack. He's not a man they can afford to let up the road.

Van Baarle has 9 riders with him, including a Visma-Lease a Bike teammate. They have a few seconds ahead of another group not much bigger, among them Van der Poel.

This Van Baarle group looks very strong. Also present in it is Tiesj Benoot, Ben Turner, Oliver Naesen and Nils Politt. 

The Van Baarle group looks set to catch the breakaway, as they approach the next climbs - the Marlboroughstraat.

Mads Pedersen is also in the Van Baarle group, rendering it even more dangerous.

The Van Baarle/Pedersen group has caught the break on the climb, and Benoot is leading them up it.

More attacks from the peloton behind, with Lazkano the instigator. Van der Poel isn't panicking just yet though. 

Lazkano and fellow attacker Fred Wright have been caught, but there's no organisation in this chase.

The lead group, by contrast, are working well. Visma are enthused by having two of their strongest riders in it, Benoot and Van Baarle, while Lidl-Trek have their leader Pedersen there. 

20 seconds between the lead group and the peloton. Van der Poel needs some teammates to control the race for him.

Now the rain starts to fall!

It's only a drizzle for now, but could spell danger if it keeps falling.

Van der Poel has three riders with him setting the pace in the peloton. That's a lot, but not enough if the lead group all work well together.

There are plenty of riders in the lead group with incentive to work, too. As well as Benoot, Van Baarle and Pedersen, favourites such as Nils Politt, Oliver Naesen, Tim Merlier, Ben Turner, and Laurenz Rex are also present.

Van der Poel attacks!

And he's bridged up to the lead group.

It seems the plan was for the Alpecin riders to up the pace to get Van der Poel close enough to bridge the gap up himself, which he did in a matter of moments after attacking.

While he's recovering though, Mads Pedersen attacks!

Fortunately for Van der Poel, he has Gianni Vermeersch on Pedersen’s wheel. Vermeersch was Alpecin’s sole representative in the break, and is now showing how useful a position that is.

Vermeersch isn't taking any turns, but that isn't stopping Pedersen from pressing on.

Pedersen and Vermeersch have a big gap of over ten minutes now, despite Pedersen doing all the work. He must be confidant that he can drop Vermeersch on the climbs - the next of which is Berg Ten Houte, in about 10km. 

Crash back in the peloton, and Stefan Küng is involved. He's up, but taking his time to get going again.

Vermeersch is now taking turns with Pedersen. That's interesting, as you would have assumed Pedersen would be deemded too much of a threat.

13 seconds now between Pedersen and Vermeersch up ahead, and the reduced peloton behind. 

One thing Vermeersch’s presence in the break has achieved is to force other teams to chase. There’s been a regrouping in the peloton behind, which is much bigger now than it was immediately after the previous flurry of climbs. Ineos Grenadiers are the team leading the chase.

Another group has now made contact with the peloton, which consequently swells to a considerable size now.

Pedersen and Vermeersh are on Berg Ten Houte now, with a lead of about 30 seconds.

Stefan Küng is trying to chase back to the peloton, all by himself. He's surely out of contention for the win.

Some riders trying to clip off the front of the peloton now the climb's summit has been crested, but none managing to go clear.

Vermeersch and Pedersen still out ahead with a lead of 18 seconds. The Kruisberg is the next climb in about 6km, after which is the Oude Kwaremont again and the beginning of the really serious business. 

Not only do Alpecin have Vermeersch out front, they also have two riders at the front of the peloton looking after Van der Poel. They might have been under pressure earlier on in the race, but they have things well under control for now.

Fabian Cancellara's been spotted on the road side at the feedzone, handing out bidons. Van der Poel is hoping to join him on three Flanders victories today - but not replicate what happened to him in 2011, when, as a similarly ret hot favourite, he was tactically outmanoeuvred to be defeated. You can read all about that terrific edition of the race here .

Talking of tactics, just what is Mads Pedersen up to here? Even with the assistance of Vermeersch, this is a big effort, and one that’s being made with a lot of racing still to do. Does he really believe he can win with such an early attack? Or has his crash earlier this week changed his approach, and leading him into more of a supplementary role in favour of teammates like Jonathan Milan and Toms Skujiņš?

Alpecin-Deceninck are hardly playing things by the tactical playbook, either, leading the peloton despite having Vermeersch. But there is a clear method here - Vermeersch is marking one of their main threats, Mads Pedersen, while the others are discouraging other attacks from the peloton by controlling things, while also keeping Van der Poel well positioned. 

Big increase in pace as the Kwaremont nears. The duo's lead dips beneath 30 seconds 

A few riders held up on one of the tight squeezes heading towards the Kwaremont. Nobody hit the deck though, thankfully.

The leading duo start the Kwaremont with a lead of only 10 seconds on the peloton, due to the pace increase ahead of the climb.

Lazkano leads the peloton on the climb, with Van der Poel on his wheel.

Lazkano's flying up this climb, and has caught the duo already

Now Van der Poel attacks!

Van der Poel has alead of a few seconds towards the summit.

Van der Poel's been joined by a few riders as he leads over the summit: Lazkano, Teuns, Pithie, Wellens and Pedersen.

That sextet has a handy lead already.

They don't look eager to press on though, and groups are coming back from behind.

The lead group is now about 20 riders big, as groups bridge up to those six riders.

They're on the Paterberg now, and Ben Turner is leading the peloton

Van der Poel is fourth in line.

Things haven't kicked off on the Paterberg as much as they did on the Oude Kwaremont. The peloton is strung out, but no groups have got away.

One rider has managed to slip clear - Ivan Garcia. The Spaniard was in good form earlier in the spring, but is racing for the first time since abandoning the Volta a Catalunya.

Pithie and Toms Skujiņš are having to do a bit of work to rejoin the group of favourites, which only has about a dozen riders left in it for now.

This is a good move from Garcia. He's been given ten seconds by the favourites group, who maybe don't consider him too much of a threat.

There aren't many riders in the group of favourites: just Van der Poel, Pedersen, Mohoric, Benoot, Skujiņš, Pithie, Jorgensen, Rex, Lazkano, Turner, Politt, Teuns, Wellens, Naesen.

A few more riders have joined on the approach to the climb: Mozzato, Van der Berg, and one of the pre-race favourites Michael Matthews.

They're on the Koppenberg now!

Garcia's had a problem and has dropped his chain

Van der Poel attacks on the Koppenberg!

Amazing images here that only the Koppenberg can provide: even riders in the front group are having to dismount on walk up it!

Not Van der Poel though, who is flying up it. Jorgenson is in sol pursuit but there's daylight between them.

Even further back is Mads Pedersen - but this is still some ride from the Dane given his earlier efforts.

After Pedersen is Teuns, then Garcia, but there's seconds between them

Then Bettiol, Rex and Wellens in a small group.

7 seconds between Van der Poel and Jorgenson. There are 43km to go, which is only slightly longer than where he attacked to win E3 last week. Will he think about sitting up, or is this the winning move already?

Behind Jorgensen, there's already a huge 25 seconds to the next man on the road, Mads Pedersen.

Jorgenson can see Van der Poel up the road on a long straight section of road, but isn't making any inroads. Van der Poel isn't looking back, and doesn't seem to have any intention of waiting for him.

Van der Poel is on the Mariaborrestraat cobbled sector now, and his lead's getting bigger - up to 15 seconds now.

Meanwhile Pedesen has company now, with Teuns joining him. That will be of great use as they try to bring back Jorgenson.

We're seeing a reply of Garcia on the Koppernberg, and it turns out it wasn't a mechanical - the cobbles were simply too hard. It seems slight rainfall we've had was enough to make the cobbles here slippy, and therefore even more difficult than usual.

Garcia, Wellens, Bettiol and Rex have now also joined Pedersen and Teuns. They currently occupy the places 3rd - sixth on the road, behind Van der Poel in first and Jorgenson in second. 

Van der Poel’s on the Taaienberg now, and his gap's getting bigger and bigger. Now over 40 seconds.

Jorgenson is experiencing similar to what his teammate Van Aert did at E3 Saxo Classic - he was agonisingly close a short while ago, but is now seeing the world champion jersey grow further and further into the distance. 

Pedersen appears to be suffering from his earlier efforts now. He’s been dropped by the chase group, along with Rex.

Not far behind them are no less than 3 Ineos riders in a chase group. If they can get organised then the riders behind Van der Poel are catchable.

Jorgenson has been swallowed up by the chase group, now consisting of just Bettiol, Teuns, Wellens and Garcia. 

They're all 1-15 behind Van der Poel, however. This could be another huge winning margin at this rate.

Rex and Pedersen hae managed to rejoin the chase group, swelling it to seven riders. These riders can all be pleased with how they've raced today - it's just that Van der Poel is on another planet.

Those seven chasers should be able to contest for the remaining podium places, as the next group on the road is almost a minute behind.

The chasers are racing each other rather than organise to try and bring back Van der Poel, suggesting that they've the podium spots in mind. Garcia has attacked and has a small gap.

Here's Van der Poel attacking on the Koppenberg, Jorgenson in the distance behind, in what looks sure to be the race-winning move.

Still three climbs left to ride up, the first of which, the Oude Kruisberg, Van der Poel is on now.

Teuns is leading the chasers on the Kruisberg. The Belgian hasn't shown much this spring, but often seems to raise his game for big monuments and has done so again today.

Bettiol accelerates, and has split the group up. The riders who went deepest to try and chase Van der Poel initially, Jorgenson and Pedersen, are first out the back, suggesting they’re paying for those efforts.

Only Teuns left with Bettiol now, with Wellens and Garcia a few seconds behind. 

Up ahead Van der Poel's lead is still growing. It's now 1-42, and he still has one more ascent up the Kwaremont and Paterberg to extend it. 

Here's a glimpse of some of the carnage on the Koppenberg. That's Tim Wellens and Dylan Teuns in the background having to dismount - two of the strongest riders in the break, who are now in the hunt for podium places.

This is shaping up to be an ecxciting battle for the podium places. Bettiol and Teuns only have a few seconds on Wellens and Garcia behind. The upcoming climbs will be decisive.

Further behind, Michael Matthews, Toms Skujiņš and Oliver Naesen have joined Pedersen, Rex and Jorgenson. Pedersen will be grateful for having a teammate with him. 

Van der Poel is on the Oude Kwaremont for one last time, and is been greeted by huge cheers.

Van der Poel has reached the top, and his lead is just short of two minutes! Even by the recent standards of huge solo wins from the likes of himself and Tadej Pogačar and Remco Evenepoel, that's truly enormous.

Behind, Bettiol and Teuns appear to have increased their lead over the next chase group.

The make-up of the group behind Bettiol and Teuns has changed, with some including Pedersen and Jorgenson dropped, and others including Benoot now in it.

Now Van der Poel's on the Paterberg, the last climb of the race.

Now Teuns and Bettiol are on the Paterberg, and Teuns is dropping him.

Not far behind, the next chase group in full consists of: Benoot, Skujiņš, Wellens, Matthews, Tarling, Mozzato, Benoot, Hirschi, Mogrado and Politt.

Bettiol managed to limit his losses to Teuns on the Paterberg, and is back with him The pair have to work together though if they want podium spots, as the other group is bearing down on them.

It appears the Ineos rider was Magnus Sheffield rather than Josh Tarling, and the American has gone clear from the rest of the chasers with Oliver Naesen and Michael Matthews.

Puncture for Tiesj Benoot, one of several riders who is (or at least was) still in contention for a podium finish.

Sheffield, Matthews and Naesen have now been caught by six other chasers, most of them UAE riders: Wellens, Politt, Morgado and Bjerg (not Hirschi as earlier said), plus Mozzato and Skujiņš. 

Not present is Benoot, who had a slow bike chance and is out of contention.

Van der Poel is at least showing some signs of tiredness: his lead has dropped to 1-20, as chasers Bettiol and Teuns continue to ride hard But they're racing to fend off the chasers, rather than in any hope of bringing the world champion back.

Four of the nine riders in the chase group behind Bettiol and Teuns are UAE Team Emirates riders. If they're to make up the 10 seconds they need to bring that duo back and bring a podium position into play, it'll be up to them to do so.

Just 1,500 metres left for Van der Poel to complete.

Van der Poel might have already won the Tour of Flanders twice, but on both those occasions he took somebody with him to the finishing straight before outsprinting them - Wout van Aert in 2020, and Tadej Pogačar in 2022. This time, he’ll have the privilege of being able to soak up the atmosphere, and enjoy the feeling of knowing he’s won before he crosses the line. 

He is indeed making the most of it, slowing down and taking in the crowd's applause.

Mathieu van der Poel wins the Tour of Flanders!

He's had plenty of time to think of a celebration, and he's come up with a great one for the photographers - as he crosses the line, he lifts the bike up above his head

Menawhile there's an intense battle for the podium spots, as the chasers bear down on Teuns and Bettiol...

...they catch them just in time! Matthews and Mozzato take the podium spots.

It seems Mozzato edged out Matthews for second-place. That's a huge result for both the Italian, and his Arkéa - B&B Hotels team.

Not just a huge result for Mozzato, but surely the best of his career.

Meanwhile third-place for Michael Matthews is a first ever Tour of Flanders podium for the Australian, and follows his second-place finish at Milan-Sanremo. Whereas he was devastated to get so close to winning that time, surely he'll be delighted at this result given the impossibility of anybody stopping Van der Poel.

Plenty of other surprise names in the top ten as well as Mozzato: who would have predicted Bjerg, Morgado and Sheffield to also finish so highly?

But one thing that certainly was not a surprise was the winner. Van der Poel delivered everything that was expected of him and then some, not showing any signs of the pressure he was under. His eventual winning margin of 1-02 might not have been as big as it looked like being when he grew a lead of almost two minutes on the Oude Kwaremont, but it’s still huge.

To put Van der Poel’s win into perspective, it’s a considerably bigger margin than the 16 seconds Tadej Pogačar won by last year, which was the first time the Ronde had been won solo since 2019. 

As for wins bigger than his 1-02 margin, you have to go all the way back to Fabian Cancellara’s 2013 triumph for the last time someone won by more (on that occasion, 1-27).

An update on the podium finish - Michael Matthews has been relegated for dangerous sprinting, meaning that Nils Politt has instead been promoted to third-place.

The victory means Van der Poel draws level with Fabian Cancellara, Tom Boonen, Johan Museeuw, Eric Leman, Fiorenzo Magni and Achiel Buysse on the all-time list with three victories. At the age of just 31, he has plenty of time to do what none of those riders could, and become the first man in history to win a fourth title.

Regarding Matthews’ relegation, it seems he’s been punished for deviating from his line and not allowing Politt any room to pass him by the barrier. Politt was visibly incensed and believed his line had been unfairly blocked - and so to, it seems, did the commissaires.

A moment's thought for Teuns and Bettiol, who appeared to have podium places sewn up before being caught agonisingly on the finishing straight. Instead, they have to settle for eighth and nine respectively.

Here’s more images from the Kopenberg, which really was a throwback to the past with most riders resorting to walking up. It was also the moment where Van der Poel made his race-winning attack, not just staying on the bike all the way up, but flying up at a pace that even those who didn’t have to walk couldn’t get anywhere near matching.

Thanks for joining us today, for what must surely go down as one of the greatest rides to win the Tour of Flanders in the race’s history. 

Don’t forget also that the women’s race is still going - and it’s all kicking off! Be sure to follow our live report .

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How to Watch the 2024 Tour of Flanders

Everything you need to know about Belgium’s toughest one-day race, de Ronde van Vlaanderen.

How to Watch de Ronde van Vlaanderen

What happened last year, riders to watch.

This season’s second Monument just might be the best.

The warm-up races with hard-to-say names concluded with Wednesday’s Dwars door Vlaanderen, which means it’s time for Belgium's biggest and one of the hardest races of the season: the Tour of Flanders, or as the locals call it, the Ronde van Vlaanderen.

First organized in 1913 to promote a sports newspaper and encourage regional pride in the Dutch-speaking region of Belgium, the Tour of Flanders is now known in Belgium as Vlaanderens Mooiste , the “most beautiful” race in the region (if you consider cobblestones, narrow roads, bad weather, and lots of climbs to be things of beauty).

Like many Monuments, the race has undergone many changes in its 107 editions, but its most famous characteristic has largely remained unchanged: its bergs , a relentless series of short, steep, and often cobbled climbs during the second half of the race. With roads barely wide enough for most cars to pass through, the peloton often looks like it’s preparing for a field sprint as teams try to position their riders at the front heading into these important tactical battlegrounds.

In the end, the race usually comes down to a vicious final circuit that includes six climbs and ends with the Oude Kwaremont (long and cobbled) and the Paterberg (steep and cobbled) before a fast ride to the finish in Oudenaarde.

It’s no surprise that the riders consider Flanders to be one of the hardest one-day races on the calendar. Its champions need to have strength, skill, experience, and a bit of luck to succeed. It can take years for riders to learn and master the roads, the terrain, and the weather (it’s spring in Belgium, after all).

Given the event’s complexity, Belgians have won more editions (69) of the men’s race than riders from any other nation. But that’s little consolation given that a Belgian hasn’t won the men’s race since 2017. And after home favorite Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) broke his collarbone in Dwars door Vlaanderen, that doesn’t look likely to change this year.

A women’s Tour of Flanders was added in 2004, and the Dutch have won 8 of its 20 editions. But Belgians have enjoyed more recent success in the women’s event, with Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime) winning last year and the year before, the first woman to win back-to-back editions since Dutchwoman Mirjam Melchers won the race in 2005 and 2006.

After last year’s race started in Bruges, this year’s 270K men’s event begins in Antwerp before heading south toward the hills of the Flemish Ardennes, a hilly region packed with short, steep (often cobbled) climbs which the locals call bergs . The first 100K of the race have been changed since the last time the race started in Antwerp. The organizers want to keep the riders on wider roads, to make the race safer.

But it’s not until the race passes through Oudenaarde (home to the Tour of Flanders Museum) that the action really begins, starting with the first of the event’s 17 climbs, the Oude Kwaremont. Long, steady, and cobbled, the Oude Kwaremont pulls the pin on the second half of the race, with the race’s 16 remaining climbs coming in quick succession over the Ronde’s final 136K.

The first big loop that the men will cover takes them over ten more climbs, including famous ascents like the Molenberg, the Berendries, and the Valkenburg. This circuit ends with an important trio of climbs, one of which will return at the end of the next loop to serve as the final three climbs of the race: the Kruisberg, the Oude Kwaremont (again), and the Paterberg.

This second ascent of the Oude Kwaremont is often one of the most intense moments of the race. The teams race hard into the base of it to position their captains at the front of the race to follow any accelerations that may occur. Splits are common here, and teams hoping to win the race will hope to have multiple riders in the front group by the time they hit the summit.

But the group could split again rather quickly, as the race heads right from the Kwaremont to the Paterberg, a shorter, steeper climb that’s perfect for sharper attacks. It was on this climb that Mathieu van der Poel pulled away to win last Friday’s E3 Saxo Classic.

The second and final circuit begins with arguably the most famous (and certainly the most brutal) climb in the entire race: the Koppenberg. Super-steep, cobbled, and narrow, this is where the race’s final phase begins. Riders who don’t hit the climb at the front of the peloton are often forced to get off their bikes and walk as the sudden deceleration caused by the abrupt change in terrain ripples backward through the pack. The race is essentially over for anyone who doesn’t make it over the top of this climb in the top 25.

After the Koppenberg, five bergs remain, and recent editions have seen race-winning attacks launched on just about all of them. Lately, it’s all come down to the final ascents of the Oude Kwaremont and the Paterberg, with special attention often given to the short stretch of rolling road in between as riders try and surprise their rivals while they recover from the Kwaremont and prepare for the Paterberg, the Ronde’s final climb.

From the top of the final ascent of the Paterberg, it’s only 13.2K to the finish line in Oudenaarde, a distance that several riders have covered alone in recent years. If there is a sprint, it will be between just a handful of classics specialists; the race is too hard to see a large group hit the finish line together.

The 156km women’s race begins and ends in Oudenaarde. The course resembles a mutated clover leaf, and the women’s peloton crosses twelve of the climbs and seven sectors of cobblestones from the men’s event, including–for the first time two years ago–the Koppenberg.

In fact, beginning with Koppenberg, the women’s and men’s final loops are identical, with five more climbs coming in quick succession and the Oude-Kwaremont and the Paterberg providing two final launchpads for riders hoping to escape and win the Flemish Monument.

If you subscribed to FloBikes ($150/year or $30/month) before Ghent-Wevelgem or Dwars door Vlaanderen, then you’re all set to watch the Tour of Flanders. Both the men’s and women’s events will be available live and on-demand via FloBikes.com, the FloSports IOS app, and the FloSports app for Amazon FireTV, Roku, and Apple TV.

Clocks spring forward in Europe on Sunday, so fans on the east coast will be six hours behind the event’s local time. We’ll be up early to watch the men as they hit the Oude Kwaremont for the first time (about 7:30 a.m. EDT). If that’s too early for you, set an alarm for about 9:30 a.m. EDT, the second passage over the cobbled ascent and the moment when the race is expected to explode.

The men’s race should finish around 10:45 a.m. EDT, at which point the women (depending on their average speed) should be nearing or just over the Koppenberg. The women’s race should finish around 11:45 a.m. EDT, which means you’re in for at least 2+ hours of fantastic racing.

After finishing fourth in 2022, Pogačar returned to the Ronde last year, dropping the rest of a dream breakaway of riders that included the Netherlands’ Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Belgium’s Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma), and Denmark’s Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) on the last ascent of the Oude Kwaremont. The Slovenian rode along to the finish to become the third male rider in history–and the first since Belgian legend Eddy Merckx–to win the Tour de France and the Tour of Flanders.

But the Belgian fans didn’t go home unhappy. A little while after Pogačar crossed the finish line, home favorite Lotte Kopecky (SD-Worx) defended her title from 2022, capping off a true team effort in which she and the Netherlands’ Demi Vollering finished first and second.

Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck)

With Pogačar not defending his title and van Aert breaking his collarbone and a few ribs in Wednesday’s Dwars door Vlaanderen, it looks as if this year’s Tour of Flanders is van der Poel’s race to lose.

Even before Wednesday’s high-speed crash, van der Poel was the top favorite. The Dutchman has won the Ronde twice and never finished worse than fourth in the five times he’s raced it. He’s again built the first part of his season around winning the Flemish Monument for a record-tying third time, and three race days into his spring he’s proven that he’s ready with a tenth-place finish in Milan-Sanremo, a dominating victory in last Friday’s E3 Saxo Bank Classic and a second-place finish in Sunday’s Ghent-Wevelgem. Anything less than a victory will be a major disappointment for the Dutchman and his team.

Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek)

Pedersen has a lot going for him in Sunday’s Tour of Flanders. He’s an experienced contender, having finished second in 2018 and third last year. He’s also the captain of Lidl-Trek, the strongest team in the classics peloton at the moment. But most importantly, he knows he can defeat van der Poel after beating the Dutchman in a two-up sprint to win Sunday’s Ghent-Wevelgem.

Now the bad news: the Dane went down in the crash that took out van Aert in Wednesday’s Dwars door Vlaanderen. He was able to get back on his bike and continue the race (he later DNFed), but his teammate, Belgium’s Jasper Stuyven, wasn’t as lucky. That’s a big loss for Lidl-Trek, Stuyven is a former Monument winner who has proven to be a valuable ally to the Dane so far this spring.

Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike)

Stranger things have happened, right? It’s been a nightmare couple of weeks for Visma-Lease a Bike’s classics squad as crashes and illnesses have gutted the team, forcing them to take a bit of a “last man standing” approach to Sunday’s Monument. Luckily, the last man standing at the moment is a pretty good one: American Matteo Jorgenson, who won Paris-Nice in early March and then Wednesday’s Dwars door Vlaanderen semi-classic.

With van Aert and several more of the team’s riders forced to sit out Sunday’s race, Jorgenson has clearly earned the right to lead the team instead. Ninth in Flanders last year, he also scored top-5 finishes in the last two editions of the E3 Saxo Classic, a mini-Tour of Flanders that many riders use as their Tour of Flanders dress rehearsal. He’s no Wout van Aert (yet), but he’s the team’s best rider at the moment and a solid contender to at least finish on the podium.

Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime)

The two-time defending champion, Kopecky will likely be the focal point of an SD Worx-Protime squad that should also include the Netherlands’ Demi Vollering, who was second behind her teammate in last year’s edition.

Kopecky “only” finished fourth in Wednesday’s Dwars door Vlaanderen, as she found herself isolated and outnumbered in the leading group at the end of the semi-classic. But with two wins and two second-place finishes in major one-day races so far this season, she’s still the woman to beat despite Wednesday’s setback (if you can call fourth-place a setback). A victory Sunday would make her the winningest rider in the history of the women’s Ronde , and the first rider–male or female–to win the race three years in a row.

Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a bike)

Vos won the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad in late February and then took a break after finishing ninth at Strade Bianche in early March. Well, it looks like the decision has paid off as the 36-year-old won Wednesday’s Dwars door Vlaanderen, putting herself firmly on the list of favorites for Sunday’s Tour of Flanders, a race she won in 2013.

What was most impressive about Vos’ win Wednesday was the manner in which she did it. Lidl-Trek had two riders–Italy’s Elisa Longo Borghini and the Netherlands’ Shirin van Anrooij–in the leading breakaway of six. When van Anrooij attacked, Vos didn’t wait. She quickly covered the move, not worried about a possible counter-attack from Longo Borghini if the Dutch riders were caught.

It’s often said that in order to win races you have to be willing to lose them, and Vos illustrated the wisdom behind the cliché on Wednesday. With SD Worx-Protime and Lidl-Trek expected to have the two strongest teams in Sunday’s race, Vos might have to prove it right yet again.

Elisa Longo Borghini (Lidl-Trek)

The second Lidl-Trek rider to make Wednesday’s winning breakaway, Longo Borghini, tried to join van Anrooij off the front with Vos at the end of Dwars door Vlaanderen but couldn’t quite close the gap. Regardless, she’s still a top contender for Sunday’s Tour of Flanders, a race she won in 2015. While they didn’t win the race Wednesday, her team found a winning formula for beating SD Worx-Protime: isolate and out-number them, and then grind them down. Look for them to try a similar approach on Sunday, with hopefully an even better outcome.

Other Riders to Watch

Matej Mohorič (Bahrain-Victorious), Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ), Alberto Bettiol (EF Education-EasyPost), Demi Vollering (Team SD Worx-Protime), Shirin van Anrooij (Lidl-Trek), and Katarzyna Niewiadoma (Canyon//SRAM Racing)

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How to Watch Dwars door Vlaanderen, a Fun Midweek Semi-Classic

W ednesday brings the final dress rehearsal for riders hoping to win Sunday’s Tour of Flanders: Dwars door Vlaanderen. With races for both men and women, this midweek semi-classic with a misleading and hard-to-pronounce name (we just call it “Dwars”) is worth carving out some time to watch.

First raced in 1945, Dwars door Vlaanderen (which translates to “across Flanders”) was originally called Dwars door België (“across Belgium”), because it went from Sint Truiden (in eastern Belgium) to Waregem (in western Belgium). From 1946 until 1964 it became a two-day stage race, with the first stage starting in Waregem and finishing in Sint Truiden or Liège, and the second stage taking the riders back “across” to Waregem. In 1999 the name changed to Dwars door Vlaanderen, perhaps to reflect the fact that the race didn’t really cut across the entire country anymore. (It doesn’t even cross Flanders.)

For decades, the race was held on the Wednesday after Milan-Sanremo and two days before the E3 Classic, making it the first Flemish race after the Italian Monument and a bit of a soft-opener for many riders building up for the cobbled classics. But in 2017 the event was added to the WorldTour calendar, and in 2018 it moved back one week, putting it right between Ghent-Wevelgem and the Tour of Flanders and making it the final chance for riders hoping to test themselves before Sunday’s Flemish Monument.

That’s put the semi-classic right in the crosshairs of some of the sport’s best cobbled classic specialists, and several of them have won Dwars (which still finishes in Waregem) and then the Tour of Flanders four days later. The Netherlands’ Mathieu van der Poel was the last to do so. The Dutchman made Dwars the first race of his cobbled classics campaign in 2022, winning in Waregem four days before winning his second Tour of Flanders. Overall, Belgians have won 54 of the event’s 77 men’s editions, and no one has won the race more than twice in his career.

A women’s race was added in 2012, and—as is the case with most of the spring classics (and heck, just about any race on the women’s calendar these days)—the Dutch have dominated the event, winning 9 of its 11 editions. Amy Pieters holds the record with three victories.

Here’s everything else you need to know about Wednesday’s Dwars door Vlaanderen semi-classic:

The 188K men’s race begins in Roeselare and takes a jagged southwestern route toward the first of the race’s eight cobbled sectors and twelve climbs. THings get harder once the race passes Oudenaarde, home of the Tour of Flanders museum and the finish of the Flemish Monument. From here the race covers two circuits of hills and cobbled sectors that usually break the race wide open.

After passing over the Knokteberg and the Hotond for the second time, the course heads back toward Oudenaarde, then keeps going northwest as the race makes its way toward Waregem. At this point the riders will pass over the Nokereberg twice as they complete a local finishing circuit that brings them through Waregem once before the finish.

The 130K women’s race begins in Waregem, then quickly joins the route taken by the men earlier in the day. After passing through Oudenaarde, the women complete one loop through the hills south of the famous city, then head back north toward Waregem, where they’ll complete the same finishing circuit as the men. Overall the women will cover seven sections of cobbles and twelve hills on the day.

Like Friday’s E3 Saxo Classic, the course of Dwars door Vlaanderen lends itself to aggressive racing–especially during the portion of the race that loops through the Flemish hills south of Oudenaarde. These roads are home to some of the toughest hills in Flanders, and while Dwars omits many of the key climbs from Sunday’s Monument, there’s no shortage of opportunities for riders and teams hoping to blow the race apart.

How to Watch

If you signed up for FloBikes ($150/year or $30/month) before Ghent-Wevelgem, then you’ve also bought yourself access to Dwars door Vlaanderen (and Sunday’s Tour of Flanders). Both the men’s and women’s events will be available live and on-demand via FloBikes.com, the FloSports IOS app, and the FloSports app for Amazon FireTV, Roku, and Apple TV.

In Europe, clocks won’t spring ahead until Sunday, so fans on the east coast are still five hours behind the race’s local time. We’ll probably tune-in around 9:30 a.m. EDT–just as the men hit the hills on their first loop south of Oudenaarde. The men’s race is expected to end around two hours later, and the women’s race should wrap-up by about 12:45 p.m. EDT.

What Happened Last Year

Taking advantage of a chance to lead the team himself, France’s Christophe Laporte (Jumbo-Visma) attacked out of a breakaway 4K from the finish line in Waregem to win Dwars door Vlaanderen just four days after being”gifted” Ghent-Wevelgem by his teammate, Belgium’s Wout van Aert.

There were no gifts in Dwars, though. Laporte won the race with a mix of strength and tactical savvy. After spending much of the day on the attack, Spain’s Oier Lazkano (Movistar) took second. American Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost) was third.

In the women’s event, after a series of attacks inside the final 20K, the Netherland’s Demi Vollering (Team SD Worx) finally escaped from a select group of favorites. Initially, Vollering’s compatriot, Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma), followed the move, but she proved unable to stay with Vollering all the way to the finish. The defending champion, Italy’s Chairra Consonni (UAE Team ADQ), was second and Vos finished third.

Riders to Watch

Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma)

Still trying to win the Tour of Flanders or Paris-Roubaix, Van Aert has taken an unconventional approach to preparing for the cobbled classics by skipping stage races like Paris-Nice or Tirreno-Adriatico and the season’s first Monument, Milano-Sanremo. Instead the Belgian and several teammates went to Mount Teide on the Canary Islands to train at altitude.

Time will tell if it was the right decision. Van Aert looked good at Friday’s E3 Saxo Classic , but he crashed on the Paterberg just as van der Poel attacked. The Belgian then skipped Sunday’s Ghent-Wevelgem to give his body a chance to continue adjusting to being back at sea level. Dwars will be his final test before Sunday’s Tour of Flanders.

Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek)

Pedersen has been scoring victories since early February, but in winning Sunday’s Ghent-Wevelgem–by defeating none other than van der Poel in a two-up sprint–he’s shown no signs of fading. If Pedersen, who finished fifth here last year, takes a back seat in order to stay fresh for Flanders, look for teammates like Belgium’s Jasper Stuyven, Latvia’s Toms Skujins, or Italy’s Jonathan Milan to lead the way instead, perhaps profiting from the fact that Pedersen will be heavily marked after Sunday’s win.

Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck)

Philipsen was a victim of tactics in Sunday’s Ghent-Wevelgem. With van der Poel off the front for much of the second half of the race, there was little he could do other than sit in the peloton and wait to sprint for whatever spots were left by the end of the afternoon. He ended the day fourth. But van der Poel isn’t racing Wednesday, so Philipsen can ride for himself in Dwars. Fourth in Waregem last year, it will be interesting to see if he follows attacks or asks his team to try and bring the race back together for a field sprint.

Demi Vollering (Team SD Worx-Protime)

The defending champion, Vollering is making her Belgian classics debut in Dwars–just as she did last year. Her presence gives SD Worx–who already has no shortage of cards to play–another ace. She and her teammates–like Belgium’s Lotte Kopecky and Switzerland’s Marlen Reusser–can take turns attacking, using their collective strength to wear out the competition. And if the race comes back together–like it did at the end of Sunday’s Ghent-Wevelgem–they have one of the fastest sprinters in the world–the Netherland’s Lorena Wiebes–for a possible field sprint.

Chiara Consonni (UAE Team ADQ)

Consonni clearly likes Dwars door Vlaanderen: she won the race in 2022 and was last year’s runner-up. Fourth in Thursday’s Classic Brugge-De Panne and third in Sunday’s Ghent-Wevelgem, she looks ready to score another high finish in Waregem but will need to find a way to overcome the strength of SD Worx-Protime to take her first classic victory.

Marianne Vos (Jumbo-Visma)

Vos has won just about every race on the women’s calendar, but surprisingly, she’s never won Dwars door Vlaanderen. In fact, last year was the first time she’s taken the start, and she ended the day third. The midweek semi-classic is the Dutchwoman’s first race since Strade Bianche in early March, and she’s hoping it kicks-off a successful ten-day run, one that ends with a victory in Paris-Roubaix two Saturdays from now.

Other Riders to Watch

Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike), Oier Lazkano (Movistar), Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates), Jhonatan Narváez (INEOS Grenadiers), Elisa Longo Borghini (Lidl - Trek)

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Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx) celebrates beating teammate Chantal Van Den Broek - Blaak and Annemiek Van Vleuten (Movistar) to the finish line (L), Mathieu Van Der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix), Dylan Van Baarle (INEOS Grenadiers), Valentin Madouas (Groupama - FDJ) and Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) sprint to the finish line (R) at the 2022 Tour of Flanders. Source: Getty.

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The United States will face France in the International Ice Hockey Federation World Championship on Thursday at Ostrava Arena.

The United States is 1-2 so far during group play. They beat Germany 6-1 but suffered losses to both Sweden and Slovakia. This is an important matchup for the United States, which was one of the teams favored to win the championship coming into the tournament.

Justin Addamo scored two goals for France in the opening period of their last game, which helped them defeat Poland by a score of 4-2. France enters as underdogs in this matchup, but they do have some momentum after their previous win.

Here is everything you need to know to watch and stream the action.

United States vs Germany

• When: Thursday, May 16th
• Time: 2 p.m. ET
• TV Channel: NHL Network
• Live Stream: fuboTV ( watch now for free )

IIHF Odds and Betting Lines

Hockey odds c ourtesy of  Tipico Sportsbook .  Odds were last updated Thursday at 9 a.m. ET.

United States Goal Line: -4

United States Money Line: -2000

France Goal Line: +4

France Money Line: +1600

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