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Brugge - Oudenaarde, 255 km (158 miles).

Peter Sagan wheelies across the finish line as he wins the 100th edition of the Tour of Flanders.

18 categorized climbs and 7 flat cobblestone sectors

The 18 categorized Climbs, with distance from the finish, length and average gradient:

1. Oude Kwaremont: 152 km, 2.2 km @ 4.2%
2. Kortekeer: 141 km, 1km @ 6.4%
3. Eikenberg: 134 km, 1.3 km @ 6.2%
4. Wolvenberg: 130 km, .666 km @ 6.8%
5. Molenberg: 118 km, .463 km @ 7%
6. Leberg: 97 km, .7 km @ 6.1%
7. Berendries: 93 km .94 km @ 7.1%
8. Valkenberg: 88 km, .875 km @ 6%
9. Kaperij: 77 km, 1.25 km @ 5%
10. Kanarieberg: 70 km, 1 km @ 7.7%
11. Oude Kwaremont: 54 km, 2.2 km @ 4.2%
12. Paterberg: 51 km, .4 km @ 12.5%
13. Koppenberg: 44 km, .6 km @ 11.6%
14. Steenbeekdries: 39 km, .82 km @ 7.6%
15. Taaienberg: 36 km, .8 km @ 7.1%
16. Kruisberg-Hotond: 26 km, 2.5 km @ 5%
17. Oude Kwaremont: 16 km, 2.2 km @ 4.2%
18. Paterberg: 13 km, .4 km @ 12.5%

The Race: Weather in Oudenaarde, Belgium at 1:45 PM, local time. 19C (67F), sunny. Wind from the south at 19 kph (12 mph).

Peter Sagan delivered a truly dominating performance today. The man in the rainbow jersey delivered a ride worthy of his rainbow stripes.

After about half the day's distance had been covered, around 25 riders were clear by about a minute with the peloton chasing hard.

The race had already been marred by several bad crashes. Several riders who might have done well were taken out. Arnaud Demare, winner of this year's Milano-San Remo, crashed early. His misfortune was followed by Tiesj Benoot and Marcus Bughardt being taken to the hospital.

Then BMC was taken out of the race when Michael Schar, Greg van Avermaet and Manuel Quinziato all went down hard.

With about 70 kilometers left, there had been some serious regrouping and there were now seven rider about two minutes in front of the field: Dimitri Claeys, Hugo Houle, Imanol Erviti, André Greipel, Dmitriy Gruzdev, Gijs van Hoecke and Nils Politt. Sky and Orica-GreenEdge led the pack's chase.

Inevitably, the seven were caught.

It was on the last trip up the Oude Kwaremont, with 16 kilometers to go, that the decisive move was made. Peter Sagan and Sep Vanmarcke left everyone behind. Fabian Cancellara went clear as well, chasing the duo hard.

On the day's final ascent, the Paterberg, Sagan dropped Vanmarcke, and that was the race. Sagan had enough juice in the tank to extend his lead and could even pull a wheelie as he crossed the line, nearly a half-minute in front of his nearest chaser, Cancellara.

Complete Results:

Race photos

255 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.283 km/hr

1	Peter Sagan	Tinkoff	6hr 10min 37sec
2	Fabian Cancellara	Trek-Segafredo	@ 25sec
3	Sep Vanmarcke	LottoNL-Jumbo	28''
4	Alexander Kristoff	Katusha	49''
5	Luke Rowe	Sky	s.t.
6	Dylan van Baarle	Cannondale	s.t.
7	Imanol Erviti	Movistar	s.t.
8	Zdenek Štybar	Etixx-Quick Step	s.t.
9	Dimitri Claeys	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
10	Niki Terpstra	Etixx-Quick Step	s.t.
11	Lars Boom	Astana	s.t.
12	Geraint Thomas	Sky	s.t.
13	Stijn Vandenbergh	Etixx-Quick Step	56''
14	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana	1' 00''
15	Tom Boonen	Etixx-Quick Step	s.t.
16	Daniel Oss	BMC	1' 02''
17	Jürgen Roelandts	Lotto-Soudal	1' 16''
18	Laurens De Vreese	Astana	s.t.
19	Jempy Drücker	BMC	s.t.
20	Scott Thwaites	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
21	Jens Keukeleire	Orica-GreenEdge	s.t.
22	Oliver Naesen	IAM Cycling	s.t.
23	Edvald Boasson Hagen	Dimension Data	s.t.
24	Marco Marcato	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
25	Jakob Fuglsang	Astana	s.t.
26	Oscar Gatto	Tinkoff	1' 45''
27	Michal Kwiatkowski	Sky	1' 57''
28	André Greipel	Lotto-Soudal	2' 01''
29	Michael Mørkøv	Katusha	s.t.
30	Gijs Van Hoecke	Topsport Vlaanderen	2' 03''
31	Damien Gaudin	Ag2r	s.t.
32	Ian Stannard	Sky	2' 09''
33	Sylvain Chavanel	Direct Énergie	5' 35''
34	Matteo Trentin	Etixx-Quick Step	s.t.
35	Juan José Lobato	Movistar	7' 19''
36	Luka Mezgec	Orica-GreenEdge	s.t.
37	Tom Devriendt	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
38	Edward Theuns	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
39	Tom Van Asbroeck	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
40	Lars Bak	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
41	Jasper De Buyst	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
42	Roger Kluge	IAM Cycling	s.t.
43	Marcel Sieberg	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
44	Mickaël Delage	FDJ	s.t.
45	Juraj Sagan	Tinkoff	s.t.
46	Adrien Petit	Direct Énergie	s.t.
47	Sjoerd van Ginneken	Roompot Oranje Peloton	s.t.
48	Timo Roosen	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
49	Frederik Backaert	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
50	Jasha Sütterlin	Movistar	s.t.
51	Stijn Steels	Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
52	Antoine Duchesne	Direct Énergie	s.t.
53	Magnus Cort	Orica-GreenEdge	s.t.
54	Gatis Smukulis	Astana	s.t.
55	Toms Skujinš	Cannondale	s.t.
56	Mike Teunissen	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
57	Jesse Sergent	Ag2r	s.t.
58	Zakkari Dempster	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
59	Berden de Vries	Roompot Oranje Peloton	s.t.
60	Stefan Küng	BMC	s.t.
61	Taylor Phinney	BMC	s.t.
62	Tim Declercq	Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
63	Pim Ligthart	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
64	Andrey Amador	Movistar	s.t.
65	Roy Curvers	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
66	Alexandre Pichot	Direct Énergie	s.t.
67	Bert De Backer	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
68	Reto Hollenstein	IAM Cycling	s.t.
69	Jaroslaw Marycz	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
70	Vegard Laengen	IAM Cycling	s.t.
71	Luke Durbridge	Orica-GreenEdge	s.t.
72	Christian Knees	Sky	s.t.
73	Andreas Schillinger	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
74	Preben Van Hecke	Topsport Vlaanderen	s.t.
75	Filippo Pozzato	Southeast-Venezuela	s.t.
76	Alan Marangoni	Cannondale	s.t.
77	Gianni Moscon	Sky	s.t.
78	Sébastien Minard	Ag2r	s.t.
79	Yaroslav Popovych	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
80	Markel Irizar	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
81	Jacopo Guarnieri	Katusha	s.t.
82	Salvatore Puccio	Sky	s.t.
83	Björn Thurau	Wanty-Groupe Gobert	s.t.
84	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana	s.t.
85	Jan Bárta	Bora-Argon 18	s.t.
86	Pavel Brutt	Tinkoff	s.t.
87	Zico Waeytens	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
88	Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg	Dimension Data	s.t.
89	Nils Politt	Katusha	s.t.
90	Mitch Docker	Orica-GreenEdge	s.t.
91	Maarten Wynants	LottoNL-Jumbo	s.t.
92	Pieter Weening	Roompot Oranje Peloton	s.t.
93	Ramon Sinkeldam	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
94	Stijn Devolder	Trek-Segafredo	7' 32''
95	Maarten Tjallingii	LottoNL-Jumbo	12' 48''
96	Murilo Fischer	FDJ	s.t.
97	Olivier Le Gac	FDJ	s.t.
98	Yohann Gène	Direct Énergie	s.t.
99	Iljo Keisse	Etixx-Quick Step	s.t.
100	Simone Ponzi	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
101	Michal Golas	Sky	s.t.
102	Adrian Kurek	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
103	Josef Cerný	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
104	Federico Zurlo	Lampre Merida	s.t.
105	Tomasz Kiendys	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
106	Jesper Asselman	Roompot Oranje Peloton	s.t.
107	Nikolas Maes	Etixx-Quick Step	s.t.
108	Michael Gogl	Tinkoff	s.t.
109	Ryan Anderson	Direct Énergie	s.t.
110	Ignatas Konovalovas	FDJ	s.t.
111	Hugo Houle	Ag2r	s.t.
112	Tony Martin	Etixx-Quick Step	s.t.
113	Marco Haller	Katusha	s.t.
114	Sebastian Langeveld	Cannondale	s.t.
115	Michel Kreder	Roompot Oranje Peloton	s.t.
116	Sergey Lagutin	Katusha	s.t.
117	Tyler Farrar	Dimension Data	s.t.
118	Jasper Stuyven	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.

2016 Tour of Flanders race maps:

Here's the Google maps version:

2016 Ronde van Vlaanderen map

2016 Ronde van Vlaanderen race day photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Brugge at the race start

Peter Sagan heads to the start

At the start, cycling immortals Andrea Tafi, Aldo Moser and Felice Gimondi

Racing across Flanders

Climbing the Leberg

And there is the Molenberg to get over

Tony Martin attacks on the Molenberg

Peter Sagan on the Oude Kwaremont

André Greipel on the Paterberg

Michael Kwiatkowski on the first trip up the Paterberg with Sagan next to him.

Niki Terpstra

Peter Sagan is away and there's nothing anyone can do about it.

A well-earned victory for Sagan

And then a quick wheelie....

Sep Vanmarcke gave it everything and finishes third

Alexander Kristoff after the race. He finished fourth.

The man of the hour.

The day's podium, from left: Fabian Cancellara (2nd), Peter Sagan and Sep Vanmarcke (3rd).

Pre-Race photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Here's the famous climb

The Koppenberg comes with 44 km to go

Another view of the Koppenberg

And here they are, the cobbles of the Koppenberg.

Martin Elmiger with race fans and teammates training on the Koppenberg

Another shot of an IAM rider on the Koppenberg

Geraint Thomas enjoying the Koppenberg

Lieuwe Westra

Filippo Pozzato

Sky's service car making it up the Koppenberg

And here's the Olde Kwaremont

Start list with back numbers, April 2, 2016:

	KATUSHA
	DS: Gennady Mikhaylov, Torsten Schmidt
1	KRISTOFF Alexander
2	POLITT Nils
3	GUARNIERI Jacopo
4	HALLER Marco
5	TSATEVITCH Alexey
6	KUZNETSOV Vyacheslav
7	LAGUTIN Sergey
8	MORKOV Michael
	TINKOFF
	DS: Tristan Hoffman, Lars Michaelsen
11	SAGAN Peter
12	BRUTT Pavel
13	BLYTHE Adam
14	BODNAR Maciej
15	GATTO Oscar
16	GOGL Michael
17	SAGAN Juraj
18	TRUSOV Nikolai
	ETIXX - QUICK STEP
	DS: Wilfried Peeters, Tom Steels
21	BOONEN Tom
22	KEISSE Iljo
23	MAES Nikolas
24	STYBAR Zdenek
25	TERPSTRA Niki
26	TRENTIN Matteo
27	VANDENBERGH Stijn
28	MARTIN Tony
	LOTTO - SOUDAL
	DS: Herman Frison, Frederik Willems
31	ROELANDTS Jurgen
32	GREIPEL André
33	BENOOT Tiesj
34	DE BUYST Jasper
35	BAK Lars Ytting
36	WALLAYS Jelle
37	SIEBERG Marcel
38	LIGTHART Pim
	TREK-SEGAFREDO
	DS: Dirk Demol, Luc Meersman
41	CANCELLARA Fabian
42	DEVOLDER Stijn
43	STUYVEN Jasper
44	POPOVYCH Yaroslav
45	RAST Grégory
46	IRIZAR ARANBURU Markel
47	THEUNS Edward
48	COLEDAN Marco
	BMC
	DS: Fabio Baldato, Valerio Piva
51	VAN AVERMAET Greg
52	DRUCKER Jean Pierre
53	KUENG Stefan
54	OSS Daniel
55	PHINNEY Taylor
56	QUINZIATO Manuel
57	SCHÄR Michael
58	BURGHARDT Marcus
	LOTTO NL - JUMBO
	DS: Nico Verhoeven, Jan Boven
61	VANMARCKE Sep
62	TANKINK Bram
63	TEUNISSEN Mike
64	TJALLINGII Maarten
65	VAN ASBROECK Tom
66	ROOSEN Timo
67	WAGNER Robert
68	WYNANTS Maarten
	TEAM SKY
	DS: Servais Knaven, Gabriel Rasch
71	KWIATKOWSKI Michal
72	KNEES Christian
73	GOLAS Michal
74	PUCCIO Salvatore
75	ROWE Luke
76	STANNARD Ian
77	THOMAS Geraint
78	MOSCON Gianni
	DIMENSION DATA
	DS: Roger Hammond, Jean-Pierre Heynderickx
81	BOASSON HAGEN Edvald
82	BRAMMEIER Matthew
83	DOUGALL Nick
84	EISEL Bernhard
85	FARRAR Tyler
86	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques
87	REGUIGUI Youcef
88	THOMSON Jay Robert
	AG2R-LA MONDIALE
	DS: Julien Jurdie
91	BAGDONAS Gediminas
92	DANIEL Maxime
93	GAUDIN Damien
94	DENZ Nico
95	HOULE Hugo
96	MINARD Sébastien
97	SERGENT Jesse
98	TURGOT Sébastien
	ASTANA
	DS: Stefano Zanini, Gorazd Stangelj
101	BOOM Lars
102	DE VREESE Laurens
103	FUGLSANG Jakob
104	GRIVKO Andriy
105	LUTSENKO Alexey
106	SMUKULIS Gatis
107	GRUZDEV Dmitriy
108	WESTRA Lieuwe
	CANNONDALE
	DS: Andreas Klier, Charles Wegelius
111	BAUER Jack
112	BETTIOL Alberto
113	BEVIN Patrick
114	BRESCHEL Matti
115	LANGEVELD Sebastian
116	SKJERPING Kristoffer
117	SKUJINS Toms
118	VAN BAARLE Dylan
	FDJ
	DS: Martial Gayant, Frédéric Guesdon
121	DEMARE Arnaud
122	DELAGE Mickael
123	FISCHER Murilo Antonio
124	SARREAU Marc
125	KONOVALOVAS Ignatas
126	LADAGNOUS Matthieu
127	LE BON Johan
128	LE GAC Olivier
	IAM CYCLING
	DS: Thierry Marichal, Eddy Seigneur
131	HAUSSLER Heinrich
132	ELMIGER Martin
133	DEVENYNS Dries
134	HOLLENSTEIN Reto
135	KLUGE Roger
136	LAENGEN Vegard Stake
137	NAESEN Oliver
138	SARAMOTINS Aleksejs
	LAMPRE - MERIDA
	DS: Simone Pedrazzini, Mario Scirea
141	CIMOLAI Davide
142	XU Gang
143	FENG Chun Kai
144	FERRARI Roberto
145	KUMP Marko
146	MODOLO Sacha
147	PIBERNIK Luka
148	ZURLO Federico
	MOVISTAR
	DS: José Vicente Garcia
151	AMADOR BIKKAZAKOVA Andrey
152	ARCAS PEÑA Jorge
153	SANTOS SIMOES OLIVEIRA Nelson Filipe
154	LOBATO DEL VALLE Juan Jose
155	QUINTANA ROJAS Dayer Uberney
156	ERVITI Imanol
157	SÜTTERLIN Jasha
158	VENTOSO ALBERDI Francisco José
	ORICA-GREENEDGE
	DS: Matt Wilson, Laurenzo Lapage
161	BEWLEY Sam
162	DOCKER Mitchell
163	DURBRIDGE Luke
164	HAIG Jack
164	MEZGEC Luka
166	KEUKELEIRE Jens
167	CORT NIELSEN Magnus
168	TUFT Svein
	GIANT-ALPECIN
	DS: Rudi Kemna, Marc Reef
171	ANDERSEN Søren Kragh
172	ARNDT Nikias
173	CURVERS Roy
174	DE BACKER Bert
175	DE KORT Koen
176	SINKELDAM Ramon
177	TIMMER Albert
178	WAEYTENS Zico
	TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN - BALOISE
	DS: Walter Planckaert
181	VAN HECKE Preben
182	DECLERCQ Tim
183	RICKAERT Jonas
184	STEELS Stijn
185	CAPIOT Amaury
186	VAN HOECKE Gijs
187	VAN LERBERGHE Bert
188	VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter
	WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT
	DS: Hilaire Vanderschueren
191	DE HAES Kenny
192	BACKAERT Frederik
193	BAUGNIES Jérôme
194	CLAEYS Dimitri
195	MARCATO Marco
196	DEVRIENDT Tom
197	THURAU Bjorn
198	VAN MELSEN Kevin
	BORA-ARGON 18
	DS: Ralph Denk, Andre Schulze
201	ARCHBOLD Shane
202	BARTA Jan
203	DEMPSTER Zakkari
204	MATZKA Ralf
205	SCHWARZMANN Michael
206	POSTLBERGER Lukas
207	SCHILLINGER Andreas
208	THWAITES Scott
	CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE
	DS: Piotr Wadecki, Gabriele Missaglia
211	KIENDYS Tomasz
212	KUREK Adrian
213	MARYCZ Jaroslaw
214	MATYSIAK Bartlomiej
215	CERNY Josef
216	PALUTA Michal
217	STOSZ Patryk
218	PONZI Simone
	DIRECT ENERGIE
	DS: Dimonique Arnould
221	CHAVANEL Sylvain
222	CARDIS Romain
223	ANDERSON Ryan
224	DUCHESNE Antoine
225	GENE Yohann
226	MORICE Julien
227	PETIT Adrien
228	PICHOT Alexandre
	ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON
	DS: Michel Cornelisse, Erik Breukink
231	ASSELMAN Jesper
232	DE VRIES Berden
233	KERKHOF Tim
234	KREDER Michel
235	KREDER Wesley
236	REUS Kai
237	VAN GINNEKEN Sjoerd
238	WEENING Pieter
	SOUTHEAST-VENEZUELA
	DS: Serge Parsani
241	POZZATO Filippo
242	DAL COL Andrea
243	FEDI Andrea
244	FONZI Giuseppe
245	DRAPERI Matteo
246	TEDESCHI Mirko
247	TROSINO Mirko
248	SANZ UNZUE Enrique