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We have a Danish winner, the first since Rolf Sorensen in 1997. Kasper Asgreen takes the Tour of Flanders ahead of Mathieu van der Poel. Getty Images.

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Weather at the finish city of Oudenaarde, Belgium at 1:40 PM, local time: 8C (46F), cloudy, with the wind from the northeast at 6 km/hr (4 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race:

Antwerp - Oudenaarde, 251.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.662 km/hr

With the race little more than 10 kilometers old, Yegeniy Federov (Astana) and Otto Vergaerde (Alpecin-Fenix) argued with their bikes and bodies over whether Federov should jump from the field to a break up the road. They were immediately expelled from the race. Eurosport captured the moment:

Well into the race, Ag2r's Michael Schar, who had been having mechanical problems, was kicked out of the race for throwing trash in a non-litter zone.

Here is the organizer's race summary:

After a fairly calm start the race exploded with 50km remaining. The Dane Asgreen and the Dutchman Van der Poel shaped the race and could sprint for victory in Oudenaarde. The Dane was the strongest. Van Avermaet finished in 3rd place.

On this Easter Sunday, the peloton was clearly not in the mood for a hard race from the start onwards. The early breakaway was formed quite quickly after the starting signal in Antwerp. There were seven of them, the men who made the first hours of the 105th Tour of Flanders: Bissegger (EF Education - Nippo), Paasschens (Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB), Wallays (Cofidis), Norsgaard (Movistar Team), Van Den Bossche (Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise), Denz (Team DSM) and Houle (Astana - Premier Tech). Their maximum lead was about 13 minutes.

While the peloton nibbled away at the breakaway riders' advantage minute by minute, nervousness increased ahead of the second climb of the Oude Kwaremont. A crash forced Riesebeek and Dillier (Alpecin-Fenix) to abandon the race, leaving Van der Poel with only three companions after Vergaerde's earlier disqualification. Also among the casualties were the men of Elegant - Quick-Step, where Asgreen and world champion Alaphilippe, among others, had to close a gap on the peloton.

On the second climb of the Oude Kwaremont, Bissegger set the pace at the front, which led to his fellow escapees having to let go. In the peloton, Lampaert showed off his good legs. World champion Alaphilippe followed his teammate, as did Danish champion Asgreen. The latter dived into the descent together with the Dutch champion, while Van Aert sensed the danger and dragged the rest of the pack onto the wheel of the champion duo.

In the run-up to the first pass on the Paterberg, the pace didn't slow down. On the steepest parts of the Paterberg, Asgreen accelerated again and Van der Poel followed in his wheel. They didn't get away, but there was no peloton at that point.

Just after the Paterberg it was Pidcock (INEOS Grenadiers) who showed himself in his first Ronde. He had the company of Wellens (Lotto-Soudal), Haller (Bahrain-Victorious) and Sénéchal (Deceuninck - Quick-Step). Behind, it was Alaphilippe and Laporte (Cofidis) who joined forces and rode towards the Pidcock group. Van Aert, Van der Poel and Stuyven (Trek-Segafredo) had to chase.

On the Koppenberg, the moment of world champion Alaphilippe had come. The Frenchman took off and joined leader Bissegger at the top. With more than 40km to go, it was too early for the two of them to stay in front. Van Aert, Van der Poel and a remnant of Pidcock's group joined the riders.

On the Mariaborrestraat Haller started to anticipate the view on the Taaienberg. Again Asgreen lit a fire under the bridge and Van der Poel sprinted to the Dane's wheel. World champion Alapilippe and top favourite Van Aert also joined in. Haller's attack paid off up top, as the Austrian was able to join the favourites' train. Teuns, his teammate, also attacked from the background.

With 27km to go, Asgreen shook the tree for the umpteenth time. Just like earlier in the race, Van der Poel stuck to the Dane's wheel. After Van Aert could also join, the trio joined forces. The Dutch champion accelerated on the last spur of the Oude Kwaremont. Van Aert was dropped. Asgreen was able to join Van der Poel in the descent and went with the Dutchman to the final climb.

Van der der Poel and Asgreen duel for the win.

On the Paterberg Asgreen and Van der Poel were a great match. The duo raced wheel-to-wheel to the finish in Oudenaarde. Just like in October, a sprint after 254 km would decide on the winner of the race. Van der Poel had to start the sprint from the front again, but saw Asgreen pass him with the line in sight. In the pursuit, it was Van Avermaet who beat Stuyven in the sprint for 3rd place.

Asgreen could now rectify his second place of 2019 with a win at the 105th edition of the Tour of Flanders.

Complete results:

Race photos

174 starters, 113 classified finishers, 58 abandons, 3 disqualifications.

1	Kasper Asgreen	Elegant-Quick Step	6hr 2min 12sec
2	Mathieu van der Poel	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
3	Greg van Avermaet	Ag2r-Citroën	@ 32sec
4	Jasper Stuyven	Trek-Segafredo	0:33
5	Sep Vanmarcke	Israel Start-Up Nation	0:47
6	Wout Van Aert	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
7	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
8	Anthony Turgis	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
9	Florian Senechal	Elegant-Quick Step	s.t.
10	Dylan van Baarle	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
11	Christophe Laporte	Cofidis	s.t.
12	Tiesj Benoot	Team DSM	0:49
13	Dimitri Claeys	Qhubeka-Assos	2:15
14	Marcus Burghardt	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
15	Peter Sagan	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
16	Danny van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
17	Yves Lampaert	Elegant-Quick Step	s.t.
18	Alexander Kristoff	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
19	Tom van Asbroeck	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
20	Heinrich Haussler	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
21	Michael Matthews	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
22	Nils Politt	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
23	Ivan Garcia	Movistar	s.t.
24	Hugo Hofstetter	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
25	Tim Wellens	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
26	Jenthe Biermans	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
27	Max Walscheid	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
28	Alberto Bettiol	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
29	Clement Russo	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
30	John Degenkolb	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
31	Arjen Livyns	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
32	Dries van Gestel	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
33	Oliver Naesen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
34	Aime De Gendt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
35	Dylan Teuns	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
36	Warren Barguil	Arkéa-Samsic	2:20
37	Sven Erik Bystrøm	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
38	Victor Campenaerts	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
39	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
40	Marco Haller	Bahrain Victorious	2:24
41	Tom Pidcock	INEOS Grenadiers	2:35
42	Julian Alaphilippe	Elegant-Quick Step	s.t.
43	Michael Gogl	Qhubeka-Assos	2:52
44	Stefan Kung	Groupama-FDJ	3:19
45	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	s.t.
46	Cyril Lemoine	B&B Hotels	s.t.
47	Cedric Beullens	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	4:00
48	Cyril Barthe	B&B Hotels	s.t.
49	Dries De Bondt	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
50	Stan Dewulf	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
51	Robert Stannard	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
52	Kevin Geniets	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
53	Damien Touze	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
54	Ethan Hayter	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
55	Sonny Colbrelli	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
56	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
57	Matteo Trentin	UAE Team Emirates	9:00
58	Søren Kragh Andersen	Team DSM	s.t.
59	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
60	Thimo Willems	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
61	Piet Allegaert	Cofidis	s.t.
62	Nathan van Hooydonck	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
63	Nico Denz	Team DSM	s.t.
64	Ryan Gibbons	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
65	Olivier Le Gac	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
66	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
67	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar	s.t.
68	Jelle Wallays	Cofidis	s.t.
69	Luc Wirtgen	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
70	Ben Perry	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
71	Mathijs Paasschens	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
72	Michal Golas	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
73	Connor Swift	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
74	Boy van Poppel	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
75	Bert van Lerberghe	Elegant-Quick Step	s.t.
76	Lukasz Wisniowski	Qhubeka-Assos	s.t.
77	Matis Louvel	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
78	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	s.t.
79	Hugo Houle	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
80	Jelle Vanendert	Bingoal-WB	s.t.
81	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana-Premier Tech	s.t.
82	Jack Bauer	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
83	Lluis Mas	Movistar	s.t.
84	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
85	Loic Vliegen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
86	Niki Terpstra	Total Direct Energie	s.t.
87	Luke Durbridge	Team BikeExchange	s.t.
88	Daniel Oss	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
89	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
90	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
91	Artyom Zakharov	Astana-Premier Tech	13:00
92	Maarten Wynants	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
93	David Dekker	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
94	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
95	Bert De Backer	B&B Hotels	s.t.
96	Koen De Kort	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
97	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
98	Guillaume Boivin	Israel Start-Up Nation	s.t.
99	Marcel Sieberg	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
100	Tobias Ludvigsson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
101	Taco van der Hoorn	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
102	Frederik Backaert	B&B Hotels	s.t.
103	Christophe Noppe	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
104	Maciej Bodnar	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
105	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
106	Wesley Kreder	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
107	Daniel McLay	Arkéa-Samsic	s.t.
108	Pieter Vanspeybrouck	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
109	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education-Nippo	s.t.
110	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
111	Andre Carvalho	Cofidis	s.t.
112	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
113	Damien Gaudin	Total Direct Energie	s.t.

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2021 Tour of Flanders map:

 

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2021 Ronde de Vlaanderen photos:

Lovely, cool cool day for the big race. Organizer's photo

Nico Denz & Jelle Wallays lead a break on the Old Kwaremont. Sirotti photo

Traffic jam on the Old Kwaremont

Mathieu van der Poel and Kasper Asgreen are well and truly gone as they approach the finish. Sirotti photo

On the Paterberg, Mathieu van der Poel and Kasper Asgreen go deep. Sirotti photo

Wout van Aert on the Paterberg, near the finish. Sirotti photo

Florian Senechal. Sirotti photo

Hugo Hofstetter. Sirotti photo

Valentin Madouas and World Champion Julian Alaphilippe. Sirotti photo

Getting up the Paterberg looks like one tough grunt. Sirotti photo

Another shot of riders who have almost finished a hard day at the office.

Kasper Asgreen had just a bit more in the tank. Sirotti photo

Winner Kasper Asgreen. Photo: Tim De Waele/Getty Images

The 2021 Tour of Flanders podium, from left: Matheiu van de Peol (2nd), Kasper Asgreen (1st) & Greg van Avermaet (3rd). Sirotti photo

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Start list with back numbers, April 3, 2021:

	ALPECIN-FENIX
DS	ROODHOOFT Christophe
1	VAN DER POEL Mathieu
2	DE BONDT Dries
3	DILLIER Silvan
4	RICKAERT Jonas
5	RIESEBEEK Oscar
6	VERMEERSCH Gianni
7	VERGAERDE Otto
	DECEUNINCK (Elegant) -QUICK STEP
DS	PEETERS Wilfried
11	ALAPHILIPPE Julian
12	ASGREEN Kasper
13	BALLERINI Davide
14	DECLERCQ Tim
15	SENECHAL Florian
16	LAMPAERT Yves
17	VAN LERBERGHE Bert
	AG2R-CITROEN
DS	JURDIE Julien
21	VAN AVERMAET Greg
22	DEWULF Stan
23	NAESEN Oliver
24	NAESEN Lawrence
25	SCHÄR Michael
26	TOUZÉ Damien
27	VAN HOECKE Gijs
	JUMBO-VISMA
DS	BOVEN Jan
31	VAN AERT Wout
32	AFFINI Edoardo
33	DEKKER David
34	EENKHOORN Pascal
35	ROOSEN Timo
36	VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan
37	WYNANTS Maarten
	LOTTO SOUDAL
DS	FRISON Herman
41	DEGENKOLB John
42	VAN DER SANDE Tosh
43	KLUGE Roger
44	FRISON Frederik
45	VAN MOER Brent
46	VERMEERSCH Florian
47	WELLENS Tim
	TREK-SEGAFREDO
DS	DE JONGH Steven
51	STUYVEN Jasper
52	DE KORT Koen
53	REIJNEN Kiel
54	MULLEN Ryan
55	PEDERSEN Mads
56	SIMMONS Quinn
57	THEUNS Edward
	BORA-HANSGROHE
DS	POITSCHKE Enrico
61	SAGAN Peter
62	BODNAR Maciej
63	BURGHARDT Marcus
64	OSS Daniel
65	POLITT Nils
66	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas
67	GAMPER Patrick
	EF EDUCATION-NIPPO
DS	KLIER Andreas
71	BETTIOL Alberto
72	BISSEGGER Stefan
73	ANDERSEN Michael
74	KEUKELEIRE Jens
75	LANGEVELD Sebastian
76	RUTSCH Jonas
77	SCULLY Thomas
	ISRAEL START-UP NATION
DS	DEMOL Dirk
81	VANMARCKE Sep
82	BIERMANS Jenthe
83	HOFSTETTER Hugo
84	HOLLENSTEIN Reto
85	BOIVIN Guillaume
86	VAN ASBROECK Tom
87	RENARD Alexis
	TEAM DSM
DS	REEF Marc
91	BENOOT Tiesj
92	DENZ Nico
93	EEKHOFF Nils
94	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren
95	NIEUWENHUIS Joris
96	ARNDT Nikias
97	SÜTTERLIN Jasha
	TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE
DS	LAPAGE Laurenzo
101	MATTHEWS Michael
102	BAUER Jack
103	DURBRIDGE Luke
104	EDMONDSON Alexander
105	JANSEN Amund
106	STANNARD Robert
107	MEZGEC Luka
	UAE TEAM EMIRATES
DS	PEIPER Allan
111	KRISTOFF Alexander
112	BJERG Mikkel
113	BYSTROM Sven
114	GIBBONS Ryan
115	LAENGEN Vegard
116	TRENTIN Matteo
117	OLIVEIRA Rui
	QHUBEKA-ASSOS
DS	MICHAELSEN Lars
121	CAMPENAERTS Victor
122	CLAEYS Dimitri
123	GOGL Michael
124	NIZZOLO Giacomo
125	VINJEBO Emil
126	WALSCHEID Max
127	WISNIOWSKI Lukasz
	ASTANA-PREMIER TECH
DS	BAUER Steve
131	FEDOROV Yevgeniy
132	GIDICH Yevgeniy
133	GRUZDEV Dmitriy
134	HOULE Hugo
135	STALNOV Nikita
136	ZAKHAROV Artyom
137	PERRY Benjamin
	COFIDIS
DS	DELOEUIL Alain
141	LAPORTE Christophe
142	ALLEGAERT Piet
143	BOHLI Tom
144	DRUCKER Jean-Pierre
145	CARVALHO Andre
146	VANBILSEN Kenneth
147	WALLAYS Jelle
	BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS
DS	ALDAG Rolf
151	COLBRELLI Sonny
152	TEUNS Dylan
153	WRIGHT Fred
154	HALLER Marco
155	HAUSSLER Heinrich
156	MILAN Jonathan
157	SIEBERG Marcel
	GROUPAMA-FDJ
DS	GUESDON Frederic
161	KÜNG Stefan
162	GENIETS Kevin
163	LE GAC Olivier
165	LUDVIGSSON Tobias
166	MADOUAS Valentin
167	DUCHESNE Antoine
	INEOS GRENADIERS
DS	KNAVEN Servais
171	PIDCOCK Thomas
172	BASSO Leonardo
173	DOULL Owain
174	GOLAS Michal
175	HAYTER Ethan
176	ROWE Luke
177	VAN BAARLE Dylan
	INTERMARCHÉ-WANTY-GOBERT MATÉRIAUX
DS	VAN DER SCHUEREN Hilaire
181	DE GENDT Aimé
182	VAN POPPEL Danny
183	KREDER Wesley
184	VAN DER HOORN Taco
185	VAN POPPEL Boy
186	VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter
187	VLIEGEN Loïc
	MOVISTAR
DS	GARCIA Jose
191	GARCIA Ivan
192	JØRGENSEN Mathias
193	ERVITI Imanol
194	HOLLMANN Juri
195	JACOBS Johan
196	MAS BONET Lluis
197	SERRANO Gonzalo
	B&B HOTELS
DS	ROUS Didier
201	COQUARD Bryan
202	BACKAERT Frederik
203	BARTHE Cyril
204	DE BACKER Bert
205	DEBUSSCHERE Jens
206	LECROQ Jérémy
207	LEMOINE Cyril
	BINGOAL-WB
DS	DEMARBAIX Sebastien
211	DUPONT Timothy
212	LIVYNS Arjen
213	PAASSCHENS Mathijs
214	PAQUOT Tom
215	WIRTGEN Tom
216	VANENDERT Jelle
217	WIRTGEN Luc
	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE
DS	PLANCKAERT Walter
221	BEULLENS Cedric
222	DE VYLDER Lindsay
223	MARIT Arne
224	VAN DEN BOSSCHE Fabio
225	APERS Ruben
226	WARLOP Jordi
227	WILLEMS Thimo
	ARKÉA-SAMSIC
DS	HINAULT Sebastien
231	BARGUIL Warren
232	MCLAY Daniel
233	DECLERCQ Benjamin
234	LOUVEL Matis
235	RUSSO Clement
236	NOPPE Christophe
237	SWIFT Connor
	TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE
DS	ARNOULD Dominique
241	TERPSTRA Niki
242	GAUDIN Damien
243	BOASSON HAGEN Edvald
244	PETIT Adrien
245	SOUPE Geoffrey
246	TURGIS Anthony
247	VAN GESTEL Dries

 

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