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Antwerpen - Oudenaarde, 267 km

Alberto Bettiol took off with about 18 kilometers to go and made the attack stick. This is his first pro victory.

The 17 climbs:

• At km 119 Oude Kwaremont, 2.2 km long
• Km 130 Kortekeer, 1 km
• Km 136 Ladeuze
• Km 140 Wolvenberg, 0.64 km
• Km 149 Leberg, 0.95 km
• Km 153 Berendries, 0.94 km
• Km 160 Tenbosse, 0.45 km
• Km 171 Muur-Kapelmuur, 0.74 km
• Km 198 Kanarieberg, 1 km
• Km 214 Oude Kwaremont, 2.2 km
• Km 217 Paterberg, 0.36 km
• Km 224 Koppenberg, 0.7 km
• Km 230 Steenbeekdries, 0.7 km
• Km 232 Taaienberg, 0.53 km
• Km 243 Kruisberg, 2.5 km
• Km 253 Oude Kwaremont, 2.2 km
• Km 256 Paterberg, 0.36 km

Pavé sectors:

• At Km 87 Lippenhovestraat, 1.3 km long
• Km 89 Paddestraat, 1.5 km
• Km 140 Holleweg, 1.5 km
• Km 148 Haaghoek, 2 km
• Km 228 Mariaborrestraat, 2 km

Weather at the finish city of Oudenaarde at 1:45 PM, local time: 15C (59F), partly cloudy, with the win from the north at 5 km/hr (3 mph). There should be no rain until around 7:00 PM.

The race: Here's the report from second-place Kasper Asgreen's Deceuninck-Quick Step team:

One year ago, Kasper Asgreen was signing with Deceuninck – Quick-Step three months into the season and making his first appearance with the team as part of the roster that helped Fabio Jakobsen take the win at Scheldeprijs. From there, he lined out at the start of the Vuelta a España and proved of immense help for the World Tour leaders, before capping off a memorable year by taking the gold medals at the last ever edition of the World TTT Championships for trade teams.

A huge crowd in Antwerp for the start of the race. Here Deceuninck-Quick Step is presented during the opening ceremonies.

Fast forward a few months, and the Dane has recorded his first ever podium finish at the 103rd Ronde van Vlaanderen, after a stellar performance which saw him leave an indelible mark on the season’s first cobbled Monument and earn plaudits at a hard day which he ended ahead of World Champions and multiple Monument winners.

“My job at the beginning of the race was to control the breakaway and get the team into position before the main hills of the day. Then, as the race progressed and the peloton got whittled down, I tried to go in some of the moves and keep an eye on things”, said Kasper of the role he had in his just second Monument since making the step to the World Tour.

Kasper’s ride and result were made even more impressive by the fact that the 24-year-old had other duties at the start of the race, sharing the workload at the head of the bunch with Tim Declercq and Iljo Keisse behind the four escapees who managed to stretch out their advantage to eight minutes. Not only that the contributed to the chase with some long stints, but Asgreen also jumped away from the field with 50 kilometers to go, tracking a dangerous move of Stijn Vandenbergh (AG2R) and Sep Vanmarcke (EF Education).

The trio were joined by Dylan Van Baarle (Team Sky), and against all expectations, carved out a lead hovering around half a minute as they prepared to take on the Oude Kwaremont – Paterberg combination for the third and final time. Their lead was scratched with relative ease by the favourites’ group, which made the catch on the penultimate hill, where Alberto Bettiol (EF Education) fired away, carving out a small gap which he carried all the way to the line.

Despite the victory being out of reach with three kilometers, consequence of a lack of cooperation between the riders in the chasing group, Asgreen still threw in another dig and opened a small gap over the others on the flat run-in to Oudenaarde, soloing to second for Deceuninck – Quick-Step’s 14th top 3 finish in 18 participations at the Ronde van Vlaanderen.

“When Bettiol passed me, it was impossible to follow, so I just tried to hang in there with the main group. As we approached the finish and I still had something left in the legs, I decided to attack and pressed on seeing that there was some daylight between me and the others. Second is a huge result for my career, one that surprises me, but also a step in the right direction, feeding my confidence ahead of the next races”, concluded Kasper after his well-deserved podium, which came on the back of an imperious ride.

Complete results:

267 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.290 km/hr

1	BETTIOL Alberto	EF Education First	6hr 18min 49sec
2	ASGREEN Kasper	Deceuninck-Quick Step	@ 14sec
3	KRISTOFF Alexander	UAE-Team Emirates	0:17
4	VAN DER POEL Mathieu	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
5	POLITT Nils	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
6	MATTHEWS Michael	Team Sunweb	s.t.
7	NAESEN Oliver	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
8	VALVERDE Alejandro	Movistar	s.t.
9	BENOOT Tiesj	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
10	VAN AVERMAET Greg	CCC Team	s.t.
11	SAGAN Peter	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
12	KEUKELEIRE Jens	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
13	VAN GESTEL Dries	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
14	VAN AERT Wout	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
15	LANGEVELD Sebastian	EF Education First	s.t.
16	JUNGELS Bob	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
17	LAMPAERT Yves	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
18	VAN BAARLE Dylan	Sky	0:24
19	STUYVEN Jasper	Trek-Segafredo	1:19
20	VANDENBERGH Stijn	Ag2r La Mondiale	1:58
21	TRENTIN Matteo	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
22	SÜTTERLIN Jasha	Movistar	s.t.
23	GAUDIN Damien	Direct Energie	2:15
24	GARCÍA Iván	Bahrain Merida	2:18
25	VANMARCKE Sep	EF Education First	2:20
26	PETIT Adrien	Direct Energie	s.t.
27	ROWE Luke	Sky	s.t.
28	DÉMARE Arnaud	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
29	DEGENKOLB John	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
30	COLBRELLI Sonny	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
31	TEUNISSEN Mike	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
32	BOASSON HAGEN Edvald	Dimension Data	s.t.
33	HAUSSLER Heinrich	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
34	WELLENS Tim	Lotto-Soudal	s.t.
35	DEBUSSCHERE Jens	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
36	STYBAR Zdeněk	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
37	DE GENDT Aimé	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
38	BYSTRØM Sven Erik	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
39	VLIEGEN Loïc	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
40	CALMEJANE Lilian	Direct Energie	s.t.
41	MOHORIC Matej	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
42	MOSCON Gianni	Sky	s.t.
43	ERVITI Imanol	Movistar	s.t.
44	KÜNG Stefan	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
45	OLIVEIRA Nelson	Movistar	s.t.
46	WEENING Pieter	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
47	KOREN Kristijan	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
48	KNEES Christian	Sky	5:47
49	OSS Daniel	Bora-hansgrohe	6:09
50	SCULLY Tom	EF Education First	s.t.
51	DEVOLDER Stijn	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
52	VERMOTE Julien	Dimension Data	6:13
53	HALLER Marco	Katusha-Alpecin	6:17
54	DILLIER Silvan	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
55	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Dimension Data	s.t.
56	VAN POPPEL Boy	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
57	THEUNS Edward	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
58	PASQUALON Andrea	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
59	VAN DER HOORN Taco	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
60	ALLEGAERT Piet	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
61	VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan	CCC Team	s.t.
62	EENKHOORN Pascal	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
63	SIEBERG Marcel	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
64	LE GAC Olivier	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
65	BACKAERT Frederik	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
66	SCHÄR Michael	CCC Team	s.t.
67	SPRENGERS Thomas	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
68	ROELANDTS Jürgen	Movistar	s.t.
69	VERMEERSCH Gianni	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
70	DE BACKER Bert	Vital Concept-B&B Hotels	s.t.
71	WIŚNIOWSKI Lukasz	CCC Team	s.t.
72	DE VREESE Laurens	Astana	s.t.
73	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume	CCC Team	s.t.
74	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
75	BAUER Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
76	STANNARD Ian	Sky	s.t.
77	MEURISSE Xandro	Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
78	GAVIRIA Fernando	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
79	KUZNETSOV Vyacheslav	Katusha-Alpecin	8:32
80	BRESCHEL Matti	EF Education First	8:46
81	TURGIS Jimmy	Vital Concept-B&B Hotels	s.t.
82	HOLLENSTEIN Reto	Katusha-Alpecin	s.t.
83	DOULL Owain	Sky	s.t.
84	BURGHARDT Marcus	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
85	HOULE Hugo	Astana	s.t.
86	GODON Dorian	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
87	TRATNIK Jan	Bahrain Merida	s.t.
88	VAN GENECHTEN Jonas	Vital Concept-B&B Hotels	s.t.
89	PICHOT Alexandre	Direct Energie	s.t.
90	CASTRILLO Jaime	Movistar	s.t.
91	VERGAERDE Otto	Corendon-Circus	s.t.
92	LEMOINE Cyril	Cofidis	s.t.
93	LEYSEN Senne	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
94	FOMINYKH Daniil	Astana	s.t.
95	MEZGEC Luka	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
96	JUUL-JENSEN Christopher	Mitchelton-Scott	s.t.
97	TURGIS Anthony	Direct Energie	s.t.
98	GANNA Filippo	Sky	s.t.
99	JANSEN Amund Grøndahl	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
100	DUCHESNE Antoine	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
101	DE KORT Koen	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
102	VALGREN Michael	Dimension Data	s.t.
103	WYNANTS Maarten	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
104	MARCATO Marco	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
105	KEISSE Iljo	Deceuninck-Quick Step	10:14
106	TOUZE Damien	Cofidis	s.t.
107	CURVERS Roy	Team Sunweb	s.t.
108	CORT Magnus	Astana	s.t.
109	DECLERCQ Benjamin	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
110	STEELS Stijn	Roompot-Charles	s.t.
111	VAN LERBERGHE Bert	Cofidis	s.t.
112	PEDERSEN Casper	Team Sunweb	s.t.
113	DECLERCQ Tim	Deceuninck-Quick Step	s.t.
114	SINKELDAM Ramon	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
115	SAGAN Juraj	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
116	WARLOP Jordi	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
117	EISEL Bernhard	Dimension Data	s.t.
118	PLANCKAERT Edward	Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise	s.t.
119	VAN HOECKE Gijs	CCC Team	s.t.
120	KIRSCH Alex	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
121	LAENGEN Vegard	UAE-Team Emirates	s.t.
122	DENZ Nico	Ag2r La Mondiale	s.t.
123	MAS Lluís	Movistar	s.t.
124	BODNAR Maciej	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
125	BAK Lars Ytting	Dimension Data	10:49

2019 Tour of Flanders map and profile:

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2019 Tour of Flanders profile

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Race day photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Alberto Bettiol alone on the final climb, the Paterberg.

The oldest man in the race, world champion 38-year old Alejandro Valverde on the Paterberg

Oliver Naesen, Mathieu Van der Poel and Greg Van Avermaet climb the Paterberg.

Mathieu Van der Poel

Alejandro Valverde and Peter Sagan on the Koppenberg

Zdenek Stybar

The tifosi wait on the Oude Kwaremont (Grammont).

Lilian Calmejane ascends the Kwaremont (Grammont).

Zico Waeytens and Kenneth Van Rooy

Alberto Bettiol wins the 2019 Tour of Flanders.

Winner Alberto Bettiol

The podium, from left: Kasper Asgreen (2nd), Alberto Bettiol & Alexander Kristoff (3rd)

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Pre-race photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

The Koppenberg comes at kilometer 224

Team Astana trains on the Koppenburg

Laurens De Vreese

Team Vital Concept

Mads Pedersen

Bora-hansgrohe

Peter Sagan

Here's a surprise, the great Erik Zabel, winner of more than 200 pro races.

Stefan Kung

Not a lot of room on the cobbled ascent

EF Education First will be on the start line.

Oliver Naesen

Zdenek Stybar

Michael Valgreen Andersen

Jens Keukeleire

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Start list with back numbers, April 6, 2019:

175 riders listed

DIRECT ENERGIE
DS:	Dominique Arnould
1	TERPSTRA Niki
2	CALMEJANE Lilian
3	TURGIS Anthony
4	GAUDIN Damien
5	LIGTHART Pim
6	PICHOT Alexandre
7	PETIT Adrien
MOVISTAR
DS:	Jose Garcia
11	VALVERDE Alejandro
12	ERVITI Imanol
13	MAS BONET Lluis
14	OLIVEIRA Nelson
15	ROELANDTS Jurgen
16	SÜTTERLIN Jasha
17	CASTRILLO Jaime
DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP
DS:	Wilfried Peeters
21	LAMPAERT Yves
22	GILBERT Philippe
23	JUNGELS Bob
24	KEISSE Iljo
25	DECLERCQ Tim
26	ASGREEN Kasper
27	STYBAR Zdenek
LOTTO SOUDAL
DS:	Herman Frison
31	BENOOT Tiesj
32	FRISON Frederik
33	KEUKELEIRE Jens
34	MAES Nikolas
35	NAESEN Lawrence
36	VAN GOETHEM Brian
37	WELLENS Tim
BORA-HANSGROHE
DS:	Enrico Poitschke
41	SAGAN Peter
42	BURGHARDT Marcus
43	SCHILLINGER Andreas
44	SAGAN Juraj
45	OSS Daniel
46	PÖSTLBERGER Lukas
47	BODNAR Maciej
AG2R LA MONDIALE
DS:	Nicolas Guille
51	NAESEN Oliver
52	DENZ Nico
53	DILLIER Silvan
54	DUVAL Julien
55	VANDENBERGH Stijn
56	BAGDONAS Gediminas
57	GODON Dorian
CCC TEAM
DS:	Fabio Baldato
61	VAN AVERMAET Greg
62	SCHÄR Michael
63	VAN HOECKE Gijs
64	VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan
65	VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume
66	GRADEK Kamil
67	WISNIOWSKI Lukasz
EF EDUCATION FIRST
DS:	Andreas Klier
71	VANMARCKE Sep
72	BRESCHEL Matti
73	LANGEVELD Sebastian
74	MODOLO Sacha
75	PHINNEY Taylor
76	SCULLY Thomas
77	BETTIOL Alberto
MITCHELTON - SCOTT
DS:	Laurenzo Lapage
81	TRENTIN Matteo
82	AFFINI Edoardo
83	STANNARD Robert
84	HEPBURN Michael
85	JUUL JENSEN Christopher
86	MEZGEC Luka
87	BAUER Jack
ASTANA
DS:	Lars Michaelsen
91	BALLERINI Davide
92	BIZHIGITOV Zhandos
93	DE VREESE Laurens
94	GIDICH Yevgeniy
95	FOMINYKH Daniil
96	HOULE Hugo
97	CORT NIELSEN Magnus
BAHRAIN - MERIDA
DS:	Tristan Hoffman
101	HAUSSLER Heinrich
102	GARCIA CORTINA Ivan
103	KOREN Kristjan
104	MOHORIC Matej
105	COLBRELLI Sonny
106	SIEBERG Marcel
107	TRATNIK Jan
GROUPAMA - FDJ
DS:	Frederic Guesdon
111	DEMARE Arnaud
112	DUCHESNE Antoine
113	GUARNIERI Jacopo
114	KONOVALOVAS Ignatas
115	KÜNG Stefan
116	LE GAC Olivier
117	SINKELDAM Ramon
DIMENSION DATA
DS:	Jean-Pierre Heynderickx
121	BOASSON HAGEN Edvald
122	BAK Lars Ytting
123	EISEL Bernhard
124	VALGREN ANDERSEN Michael
125	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt
126	THOMSON Jay Robert
127	VERMOTE Julien
JUMBO - VISMA
DS:	Grischa Niermann
131	VAN AERT Wout
132	JANSEN Amund Grøndahl
133	TEUNISSEN Mike
134	EENKHOORN Pascal
135	VAN DER HOORN Taco
136	VAN POPPEL Danny
137	WYNANTS Maarten
KATUSHA-ALPECIN
DS:	Dirk Demol
141	DEBUSSCHERE Jens
142	BIERMANS Jenthe
143	HALLER Marco
144	HOLLENSTEIN Reto
145	KUZNETSOV Vyacheslav
146	POLITT Nils
147	ZABEL Rick
TEAM SKY
DS:	Servais Knaven
151	MOSCON Gianni
152	DOULL Owain
153	KNEES Christian
154	GANNA Filippo
155	ROWE Luke
156	STANNARD Ian
157	VAN BAARLE Dylan
TEAM SUNWEB
DS:	Michiel Elijzen
161	BOL Cees
162	CURVERS Roy
163	ARNDT Nikias
164	KRAGH ANDERSEN Asbjørn
165	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren
166	PEDERSEN Casper Phillip
167	MATTHEWS Michael
TREK-SEGAFREDO
DS:	Steven De Jongh
171	STUYVEN Jasper
172	DEGENKOLB John
173	KIRSCH Alex
174	REIJNEN Kiel
175	PEDERSEN Mads
176	DE KORT Koen
177	THEUNS Edward
UAE - TEAM EMIRATES
DS:	Alan Peiper
181	KRISTOFF Alexander
182	GAVIRIA RENDON Fernando
183	PHILIPSEN Jasper
184	LAENGEN Vegard Stake
185	MARCATO Marco
186	BYSTROM Sven Erik
187	TROIA Oliviero
COFIDIS
DS:	Alain Deloeuil
191	FORTIN Filippo
192	LAPORTE Christophe
193	LEMOINE Cyril
194	TOUZÉ Damien
195	VAN LERBERGHE Bert
196	VANBILSEN Kenneth
197	WAEYTENS Zico
CORENDON - CIRCUS
DS:	Michel Cornelisse
201	VAN DER POEL Mathieu
202	DEVOLDER Stijn
203	HANSEN Lasse Norman
204	JANS Roy
205	VERMEERSCH Gianni
206	DE BONDT Dries
207	VERGAERDE Otto
ROOMPOT-CHARLES
DS:	Michael Boogerd
211	BOOM Lars
212	ASSELMAN Jesper
213	STEELS Stijn
214	VAN GINNEKEN Sjoerd
215	VAN POPPEL Boy
216	LEYSEN Senne
217	WEENING Pieter
SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE
DS:	Walter Planckaert
221	ALLEGAERT Piet
222	SPRENGERS Thomas
223	DECLERCQ Benjamin
224	VAN GESTEL Dries
225	PLANCKAERT Edward
226	VAN ROOY Kenneth
227	WARLOP Jordi
VITAL CONCEPT - B&B HOTELS
DS:	Jimmy Engoulvent
231	BOECKMANS Kris
232	DE BACKER Bert
233	GAREL Adrien
234	MORICE Julien
235	LECROQ Jérémy
236	TURGIS Jimmy
237	VAN GENECHTEN Jonas
WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT
DS:	Hilaire Van der Schuren
241	DE CLERCQ Bart
242	DE GENDT Aimé
243	DEVRIENDT Tom
244	DUPONT Timothy
245	MEURISSE Xandro
246	VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter
247	VLIEGEN Loïc