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Antwerpen - Oudenaarde, 264.7 km from the official start

Niki Terpstra wins De Ronde.

Weather at the finish city of Oudenaarde at 2:00 PM, local time: 7C (45F), cloudy, with the wind from the WNW at 16 km/hr (10 mph). There has been hard rain on the peloton during the early kilometers, but no further rain is forecast.

The 18 climbs:

• At km 121 Oude Kwaremont, 2.2 km long
• Km 132 Kortekeer, 1 km
• Km 137 Edelare, 1.5 km
• Km 142.2 Wolvenberg, 0.64 km
• Km 151 Leberg, 0.95 km
• Km 155 Berendries, 0.94 km
• Km 160 Tenbosse, 0.45 km
• Km 170 Muur-Kapelmuur, 0.74 km
• Km 189 Pottelberg, 1.35 km
• Km 195 Kanarieberg, 1 km
• Km 211 Oude Kwaremont, 2.2 km
• Km 214 Paterberg, 0.36 km
• Km 221 Koppenberg, 0.7 km
• Km 226 Steenbeekdries, 0.7 km
• Km 229 Taaienberg, 0.53 km
• Km 240 Kruisberg, 2.5 km
• Km 250 Oude Kwaremont, 2.2 km
• Km 253 Paterberg, 0.36 km

Pavé sectors:

• At Km 87 Lippenhovestraat, 1.3 km long
• Km 89 Paddestraat, 1.5 km
• Km 142.3 Holleweg, 1.5 km
• Km 148 Haaghoek, 2 km
• Km 225 Mariaborrestraat, 2 km

The race: Here's the report from winner Niki Terpstra's Quick-Step team.

Niki Terpstra continued the team's dominance in the Belgian one-day races of this season, adding a 16th Monument victory to the astonishing palmares of the squad, just two days after Quick-Step celebrated 20 amazing years in cycling. Victorious this season in Le Samyn and E3 Harelbeke, each time after going solo in the final part of the race, Niki repeated that scenario at the Ronde van Vlaanderen, where he took his second career Monument, following the emphatic Paris-Roubaix triumph of 2014.

"It's incredible! Winning De Ronde and Paris-Roubaix was a dream I had since I was a kid and watched these two races on television. That's when I fell in love with them and now, having won both, it gives me huge joy. I can't tell you how happy I am! To be victorious in these races you need very good legs, but also luck. Today, everything went perfect for me", a happy Terpstra said after netting Quick-Step Floors' 21st victory of the season.

Quick-Step Floors rode a perfect and intelligent race on Sunday right from the outset, sending the hard-working Tim Declercq, Iljo Keisse and Florian Sénéchal at the front of the peloton minutes after leaving Antwerp behind, and the three policed every move and reeled in all the attackers, allowing eleven men to go clear only after 70 kilometers. Even after things calmed down, the same fantastic trio continued to set the pace and made sure the gap didn't go north of five minutes before the first hill of the day, the 2200m-long Oude Kwaremont.

The race's opening ceremonies in Antwerp

Despite a series of accelerations on the iconic Muur-Kapelmuur and Koppenberg, the race didn't break and the favourites stayed together. Quick-Step Floors had the numbers in the group, with Philippe Gilbert, Yves Lampaert, Zdenek Stybar and Niki Terpstra. Stybar, one of the most consistent riders of this spring campaign, with three consecutive top-10 placings, was the one to counter an attack of Greg Van Avermaet (BMC) on the Taaienberg, before trying a move of his own after cresting the Kruisberg.

Soon after they got caught, Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) powered ahead and was joined by Niki Terpstra, who then took the front and dropped the Milano-Sanremo winner as the Oude Kwaremont was looming on the horizon for the third time. At the moment of his attack, the Dutchman was 40 seconds behind a leading trio, but using his time trial skills he reduced the gap by the time he hit the bottom of the climb, while behind his teammates disrupted the rhythm of the chasers.

A two-time podium finisher at Ronde van Vlaanderen (2015 and 2017), Terpstra rode flawlessly on the long Oude Kwaremont, a hill which is a regular feature on the race since 1974, making contact with three riders in the front and dispatching them before putting some distance by the top of the berg and continuing his solo action. Not even the Paterberg, with its grueling cobbles and slopes, could stop Niki, who tenaciously extended his lead before going into time trial mode for the 12km-run in to Oudenaarde.

Crouched over his bars and without looking behind, the 33-year-old Quick-Step Floors rider sat up to relax only inside the final 100 meters of the race, when overwhelmed by emotion and happiness, he crossed the line arms aloft for a win that cements his status as one of the best Classics riders of the current peloton.

Defending champion Philippe Gilbert claimed third place, behind runner-up Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo), following a canny attack with one kilometer to go. For Philippe, who played an important role once again, this was the tenth top-3 finish of his career in a Monument.

"We showed again that amazing team spirit, we showed that we are there for our teammates, ready to give everything so that the win lands in the team. The entire squad knew what they had to do and made a perfect race. The strongest rider won today and I'm happy for Niki, he rode a strong and smart race. Last year, I won and he came third, this time around, we arrived at the finish in reverse order. We are enjoying a fantastic run of success and hopefully we won't stop here", said Philippe, who one week from now will be at the start of Paris-Roubaix.

After soloing to glory following his daring all-in attack with 26 kilometers to go and putting in another storming performance, Niki – only the third Dutch rider in history to win both the Ronde van Vlaanderen and Paris-Roubaix and the first since 1986 to score the victory in Flanders – took us through the final hour of racing and showed his praise for his teammates.

"When I attacked and set in pursuit of the leaders it wasn't easy due to the wind, but I kept riding hard. Then, when I saw the three, I knew I could catch them, so I kept pushing. In a race like this, you need to make the right attack, and that's what I did. It's a great year for me, but it wouldn't have been possible without the team. The guys were extraordinary, they displayed once again their immense quality and I will repay them for their work and effort, be it in Paris-Roubaix or another race. Being part of such a great team means a lot and makes me very proud!"

Placing three riders in the top 10 – Niki Terpstra, Philippe Gilbert and Zdenek Stybar – at Ronde van Vlaanderen, a race which our team has won for the seventh time, helped Quick-Step Floors extend its lead in the World Tour standings to nearly 1500 points.

Complete results:

264.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.640 km/hr

1	TERPSTRA Niki	Quick-Step Floors	6hr 21min 25sec
2	PEDERSEN Mads	Trek-Segafredo	@ 12sec
3	GILBERT Philippe	Quick-Step Floors	0:17
4	VALGREN Michael	Astana	0:20
5	VAN AVERMAET Greg	BMC	0:25
6	SAGAN Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
7	STUYVEN Jasper	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
8	BENOOT Tiesj	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
9	VAN AERT Wout	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
10	STYBAR Zdenek	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
11	NAESEN Oliver	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
12	VAN BAARLE Dylan	Sky	s.t.
13	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
14	ROOSEN Timo	LottoNL-Jumbo	@ 1min 9sec
15	DÉMARE Arnaud	Groupama-FDJ	1:13
16	KRISTOFF Alexander	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
17	POLITT Nils	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
18	TEUNISSEN Mike	Team Sunweb	s.t.
19	BOASSON HAGEN Edvald	Dimension Data	s.t.
20	CORT NIELSEN Magnus	Astana	s.t.
21	MOSCON Gianni	Sky	s.t.
22	LANGEVELD Sebastian	EF Education First-Drapac	1:15
23	COLBRELLI Sonny	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
24	NIBALI Vincenzo	Bahrain-Merida	1:18
25	HAUSSLER Heinrich	Bahrain-Merida	1:24
26	OSS Daniel	Bora-hansgrohe	3:16
27	ROELANDTS Jurgen	BMC	s.t.
28	KWIATKOWSKI Michal	Sky	s.t.
29	LAMPAERT Yves	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
30	DEVRIENDT Tom	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	3:40
31	DRUCKER Jean-Pierre	BMC	s.t.
32	DEGENKOLB John	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
33	KUZNETSOV Viacheslav	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
34	DE VREESE Laurens	Astana	s.t.
35	TURGIS Jimmy	Cofidis	s.t.
36	VANDENBERGH Stijn	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
37	GARCIA CORTINA Ivan	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
38	BACKAERT Frederik	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
39	RAST Gregory	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
40	BYSTRØM Sven Erik	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
41	VERMOTE Julien	Dimension Data	s.t.
42	DE KORT Koen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
43	JANSEN Amund Grondahl	LottoNL-Jumbo	3:44
44	SÉNÉCHAL Florian	Quick-Step Floors	3:47
45	TRENTIN Matteo	Mitchelton-Scott	4:10
46	KOREN Kristijan	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
47	ALLEGAERT Piet	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
48	CIMOLAI Davide	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
49	MARCATO Marco	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
50	MODOLO Sacha	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
51	BURGHARDT Marcus	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
52	GATTO Oscar	Astana	s.t.
53	ANDERSEN Søren Kragh	Team Sunweb	5:49
54	WYNANTS Maarten	LottoNL-Jumbo	7:34
55	KÜNG Stefan	BMC	s.t.
56	VAN EMDEN Jos	LottoNL-Jumbo	8:18
57	DE BUYST Jasper	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
58	SIEBERG Marcel	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
59	HOULE Hugo	Astana	s.t.
60	ERVITI Imanol	Movistar Team	s.t.
61	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
62	OLIVEIRA Nelson	Movistar Team	s.t.
63	MARTIN Tony	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
64	DURBRIDGE Luke	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
65	BARBERO Carlos	Movistar Team	9:14
66	DUVAL Julien	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
67	DENZ Nico	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
68	SMITH Dion	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
69	KIRSCH Alex	WB-Aqua Protect-Veranclassic	s.t.
70	DUIJN Huub	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.
71	MÜLLER Patrick	Vital Concept Cycling Club	s.t.
72	LIGTHART Pim	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
73	GOLAS Michal	Sky	s.t.
74	BAK Lars Ytting	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
75	SPENGLER Lukas	WB-Aqua Protect-Veranclassic	s.t.
76	KEISSE Iljo	Quick-Step Floors	s.t.
77	HOFSTEDE Lennard	Team Sunweb	s.t.
78	LE GAC Olivier	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
79	KONOVALOVAS Ignatas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
80	SCULLY Thomas	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
81	TROIA Oliviero	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
82	WALLAYS Jelle	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
83	HAYMAN Mathew	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
84	MEZGEC Luka	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
85	PIBERNIK Luka	Bahrain-Merida	s.t.
86	VAN LERBERGHE Bert	Cofidis	s.t.
87	DE BIE Sean	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	13:12
88	CAPIOT Amaury	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
89	PFINGSTEN Christoph	Bora-hansgrohe	14:31
90	PEYSKENS Dimitri	WB-Aqua Protect-Veranclassic	s.t.
91	DECLERCQ Benjamin	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
92	SAGAN Juraj	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
93	MULLEN Ryan	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
94	VAN SCHIP Jan-Willem	Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij	s.t.
95	VENTER Jaco	Dimension Data	s.t.
96	DOUGALL Nick	Dimension Data	s.t.
97	SINKELDAM Ramon	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
98	BRESCHEL Matti	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
99	EDMONDSON Alexander	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
100	PHINNEY Taylor	EF Education First-Drapac	s.t.
101	PLANCKAERT Baptiste	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
102	JULES Justin	WB-Aqua Protect-Veranclassic	s.t.
103	LEMOINE Cyril	Cofidis	s.t.
104	STEELS Stijn	Veranda's Willems-Crelan	s.t.

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2018 Tour of Flanders photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Peter Sagan at the opening ceremony

A bundled-up Team Cofidis is presented before the race start.

Fans wait on the Grammont/Kapelmuur ascent.

Wet cobbles waited for the riders on the Grammont/Kapelmuur

Pim Ligthart on the Grammont/Kapelmuur

Niki Terpstra is alone and away on the day's final climb, the .36km Paterberg.

Terpstra is near the top of the Paterberg and is still well clear.

Peter Sagan pounds up the Paterberg.

Terstra gets a solo win at De Ronde.

Mads Pedersen finishes second.

Philippe Gilbert is third.

Greg van Avermaet wins the sprint for fifth.

Niki Terpstra looking a bit worse for the wear right after the race.

The 2018 Ronde van Vlaanderen podium, from left: Mads Pedersen (2nd), Niki Terpstra & Philippe Gilbert (3rd).

Winner Niki Terpstra

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Start list with back numbers, March 31, 2018:

	QUICK-STEP FLOORS
	DS: Wilfried Peeters
1	GILBERT Philippe
2	LAMPAERT Yves
3	KEISSE Iljo
4	STYBAR Zdenek
5	SENECHAL Florian
6	DECLERCQ Tim
7	TERPSTRA Niki
	BORA-HANSGROHE
	DS: Enrico Poitschke
11	SAGAN Peter
12	BURGHARDT Marcus
13	OSS Daniel
14	BODNAR Maciej
15	SAGAN Juraj
16	PFINGSTEN Christoph
17	SCHILLINGER Andreas
	AG2R LA MONDIALE
	DS: Julien Jurdie
21	NAESEN Oliver
22	VANDENBERGH Stijn
23	BAGDONAS Gediminas
24	BARBIER Rudy
25	DENZ Nico
26	DUVAL Julien
27	GALLOPIN Tony
	BMC
	DS: Fabio Baldato
31	VAN AVERMAET Greg
32	BETTIOL Alberto
33	DRUCKER Jean Pierre
34	KÜNG Stefan
35	ROELANDTS Jurgen
36	SCHÄR Michael
37	VENTOSO Francisco
	LOTTO-SOUDAL
	DS: Herman Frison
41	BENOOT Tiesj
42	FRISON Frederik
43	BAK Lars Ytting
44	DEBUSSCHERE Jens
45	DE BUYST Jasper
46	SIEBERG Marcel
47	WALLAYS Jelle
	EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC
	DS: Andreas Klier
51	VANMARCKE Sep
52	BRESCHEL Matti
53	LANGEVELD Sebastian
54	MODOLO Sacha
55	PHINNEY Taylor
56	SCULLY Thomas
57	DOCKER Mitchell
	TEAM SUNWEB
	DS: Marc Reef
61	THEUNS Edward
62	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren
63	ARNDT Nikias
64	CURVERS Roy
65	HOFSTEDE Lennard
66	STAMSNIJDER Tom
67	TEUNISSEN Mike
	ASTANA
	DS: Lars Michaelsen
71	DE VREESE Laurens
72	GATTO Oscar
73	HOULE Hugo
74	KORSAETH Truls Engen
75	LUTSENKO Alexey
76	CORT NIELSEN Magnus
77	VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael
	BAHRAIN-MERIDA
	DS: Tristan Hoffman
81	NIBALI Vincenzo
82	BOZIC Borut
83	COLBRELLI Sonny
84	GARCIA CORTINA Ivan
85	HAUSSLER Heinrich
86	KOREN Kristjan
87	PIBERNIK Luka
	GROUPAMA-FDJ
	DS: Frederic Guesdon
91	DEMARE Arnaud
92	CIMOLAI Davide
93	DUCHESNE Antoine
94	GUARNIERI Jacopo
95	KONOVALOVAS Ignatas
96	LE GAC Olivier
97	SINKELDAM Ramon
	MITCHELTON-SCOTT
	DS: Matthew Wilson
101	HAYMAN Mathew
102	BAUER Jack
103	DURBRIDGE Luke
104	EDMONDSON Alexander
105	HEPBURN Michael
106	MEZGEC Luka
107	TRENTIN Matteo
	MOVISTAR
	DS: José Garcia Acosta
111	ARCAS Jorge
112	BARBERO Carlos
113	CARRETERO Hector
114	ERVITI Imanol
115	BICO Nuno Miguel
116	OLIVEIRA Nelson
117	SÜTTERLIN Jasha
	DIMENSION DATA
	DS: Jean-Pierre Heynderickx
121	VERMOTE Julien
122	BOASSON HAGEN Edvald
123	DOUGALL Nick
124	VAN ZYL Johann
125	GIBBONS Ryan
126	THOMSON Jay Robert
127	VENTER Jacobus
	KATUSHA-ALPECIN
	DS: Torsten Schmidt
131	MARTIN Tony
132	KUZNETSOV Vyacheslav
133	GONCALVES Jose
134	HALLER Marco
135	PLANCKAERT Baptiste
136	POLITT Nils
137	ZABEL Rick
	LOTTO NL-JUMBO
	DS: Nico Verhoeven
141	JANSEN Amund Grøndahl
142	EENKHOORN Pascal
143	ROOSEN Timo
144	TANKINK Bram
145	VAN EMDEN Jos
146	WAGNER Robert
147	WYNANTS Maarten
	SKY
	DS: Servais Knaven
151	KWIATKOWSKI Michal
152	GOLAS Michal
153	KNEES Christian
154	MOSCON Gianni
155	ROWE Luke
156	STANNARD Ian
157	VAN BAARLE Dylan
	TREK-SEGAFREDO
	DS: Dirk Demol
161	STUYVEN Jasper
162	DEGENKOLB John
163	DE KORT Koen
164	MULLEN Ryan
165	PEDERSEN Mads
166	RAST Grégory
167	REIJNEN Kiel
	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES
	DS: Mario Scirea
171	KRISTOFF Alexander
172	BYSTROM Sven Erik
173	CONSONNI Simone
174	GANNA Filippo
175	MARCATO Marco
176	SWIFT Ben
177	TROIA Oliviero
	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE
	DS: Walter Planckaert
181	VAN HECKE Preben
182	ALLEGAERT Piet
183	CAPIOT Amaury
184	DE GENDT Aimé
185	DECLERCQ Benjamin
186	PLANCKAERT Edward
187	RICKAERT Jonas
	VERANDA'S WILLEMS-CRELAN
	DS: Michiel Elijzen
191	VAN AERT Wout
192	DE BIE Sean
193	STEELS Stijn
194	WAEYTENS Zico
195	DEVOLDER Stijn
196	DUYN Huub
197	GOOLAERTS Michael
	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT
	DS: Hilaire Van der Schueren
201	BACKAERT Frederik
202	DEVRIENDT Tom
203	OFFREDO Yoann
204	PASQUALON Andrea
205	SMITH Dion
206	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume
207	MCNALLY Mark
	WB-AQUA PROTECT-VERANCLASSIC
	DS: Thierry Marichal
211	DEHAES Kenny
212	JULES Justin
213	MORTIER Julien
214	KIRSCH Alex
215	PEYSKENS Dimitri
216	SPENGLER Lukas
217	VANTOMME Maxime
	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ
	DS: Erik Breukink
221	WEENING Pieter
222	GERTS Floris
223	LIGTHART Pim
224	VERMELTFOORT Coen
225	VAN GINNEKEN Sjoerd
226	VAN GOETHEM Brian
227	VAN SCHIP Jan Willem
	VITAL CONCEPT
	DS: Jimmy Engoulvent
231	COQUARD Bryan
232	DE BACKER Bert
233	LE BON Johan
234	LECROQ Jérémy
235	MORICE Julien
236	MÜLLER Patrick
237	VAN GENECHTEN Jonas
	COFIDIS
	DS: Alain Deloeuil
241	LAPORTE Christophe
242	SOUPE Geoffrey
243	TURGIS Jimmy
244	LEMOINE Cyril
245	VAN STAEYEN Michael
246	VAN LERBERGHE Bert
247	VANBILSEN Kenneth