2021 Dwars Door Vlaanderen (WorldTour), Belgium
A travers la Flandre - Across Flanders
75th edition: Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Dwars door Vlaanderen podium history | 2019 edition (2020 race cancelled) | 2022 edition | Course map & profile | Start list
Roeselare - Waregem, 184.1 km
Dylan van Baarle finishes an incredible 50 km solo ride. Photo: Getty Sport Images
Weather at the finish city of Waregem at 1:45 PM, local time: 23C (73F), sunny, with the wind from the south at 6 km/hr (4 mph). No rain is forecast.
The race: Two non-starters, both from EF Education-Nippo: Alberto Bettiol & Jonas Rutsch. That left a starting pelton of 171.
The riders await the race start. Lovely day. No arm or leg armers in sight.
Here's the report from winner Dylan van Baarle's INEOS Grenadiers team:
Dylan van Baarle secured one of the biggest victories of his career with a rousing solo victory at Dwars door Vlaanderen.
The Dutchman launched a move early heading on to the Berg-ten-Houte climb, opening up a gap ahead of the final 50 kilometres.
With a chase group behind unable to get organised, the Grenadier stabilised the gap at around half a minute and time trialled to the finish in Waregem, with an eventual winning margin of 26 seconds.
The result continued Van Baarle's strong Classics campaign thus far, and showed a great indicator of form heading into Sunday's Tour of Flanders. It also marked the first time the team has taken victory in the semi-classic.
The front-foot racing approach was also embodied on the day by Ethan Hayter. The young Brit launched an early attack off the front of the race before the climbs arrived, and used his positioning well to ride into the finish in a chase group before eventually finishing 11th.
Dylan van Baarle:
"Last year was a difficult year with everything that happened.
"We’ve approached the Classics a little bit differently this year. We’re attacking them much more and it’s nice - it’s nice to race like this. I’m happy that I could finish this off.
"To win a semi-Classic is super special. It’s high on my list, up there with the stage I won in the Dauphine."
Complete results:
184.1 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.221 km/hr.
| 1 | VAN BAARLE Dylan | INEOS Grenadiers | 3hr 58min 59sec |
| 2 | LAPORTE Christophe | Cofidis | @ 26sec |
| 3 | MERLIER Tim | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 4 | LAMPAERT Yves | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 5 | VAN DER SANDE Tosh | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 6 | KRISTOFF Alexander | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 7 | VAN AVERMAET Greg | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
| 8 | TURGIS Anthony | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 9 | SENECHAL Florian | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 10 | STUYVEN Jasper | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 11 | HAYTER Ethan | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 12 | VAN POPPEL Boy | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 13 | DURBRIDGE Luke | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
| 14 | COQUARD Bryan | B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 15 | NIZZOLO Giacomo | Qhubeka-Assos | s.t. |
| 16 | WARLOP Jordi | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 17 | LIVYNS Arjen | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
| 18 | HAUSSLER Heinrich | Bahrain-Victorious | s.t. |
| 19 | NAESEN Oliver | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
| 20 | TRENTIN Matteo | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 21 | DEMARE Arnaud | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 22 | ALAPHILIPPE Julian | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 23 | BENOOT Tiesj | Team DSM | s.t. |
| 24 | GIBBONS Ryan | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 25 | DOULL Owain | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 26 | OLIVEIRA Rui | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 27 | GARCIA Iván | Movistar | s.t. |
| 28 | EENKHOORN Pascal | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 29 | CAMPENAERTS Victor | Qhubeka-Assos | s.t. |
| 30 | ASGREEN Kasper | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 31 | WELTEN Bram | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 32 | VAN GESTEL Dries | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 33 | BURGHARDT Marcus | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 34 | WALSCHEID Max | Qhubeka-Assos | s.t. |
| 35 | MAS Lluís | Movistar | s.t. |
| 36 | DEWULF Stan | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
| 37 | DE GENDT Aimé | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 38 | POLITT Nils | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 39 | WELLENS Tim | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 40 | BARTHE Cyril | B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 41 | BYSTRØM Sven | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 42 | VAN MOER Brent | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 43 | PIDCOCK Thomas | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 44 | TEUNS Dylan | Bahrain-Victorious | s.t. |
| 45 | VALGREN Michael | EF Education-Nippo | s.t. |
| 46 | SCHÄR Michael | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
| 47 | LAENGEN Vegard | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 48 | VAN POPPEL Danny | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 49 | WALLAYS Jelle | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 50 | JULLIEN Anthony | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
| 51 | BARGUIL Warren | Arkéa-Samsic | 0:39 |
| 52 | TERPSTRA Niki | Total Direct Energie | 0:46 |
| 53 | LEMOINE Cyril | B&B Hotels | 0:47 |
| 54 | CLAEYS Dimitri | Qhubeka-Assos | 0:54 |
| 55 | DRUCKER Jempy | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 56 | LE GAC Olivier | Groupama-FDJ | 1:09 |
| 57 | PHILIPSEN Jasper | Alpecin-Fenix | 1:12 |
| 58 | VAN DER POEL Mathieu | Alpecin-Fenix | 1:41 |
| 59 | DE BONDT Dries | Alpecin-Fenix | 1:58 |
| 60 | GAUDIN Damien | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 61 | JANSEN Amund | Team BikeExchange | 2:00 |
| 62 | DILLIER Silvan | Alpecin-Fenix | 4:28 |
| 63 | KUNG Stefan | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 64 | VAN ASBROECK Tom | Israel Start-Up Nation | 5:45 |
| 65 | HOLLMANN Juri | Movistar | s.t. |
| 66 | BIERMANS Jenthe | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
| 67 | APERS Ruben | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 8:14 |
| 68 | SIEBERG Marcel | Bahrain-Victorious | s.t. |
| 69 | NAESEN Lawrence | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
| 70 | BARBIER Rudy | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
| 71 | FEDOROV Yevgeniy | Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 72 | GIDICH Yevgeniy | Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 73 | COLBRELLI Sonny | Bahrain-Victorious | s.t. |
| 74 | SINKELDAM Ramon | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 75 | RUSSO Clément | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 76 | GAMPER Patrick | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 77 | HOFSTETTER Hugo | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
| 78 | SUTTERLIN Jasha | Team DSM | s.t. |
| 79 | MARKL Niklas | Team DSM | s.t. |
| 80 | NORSGAARD Mathias | Movistar | s.t. |
| 81 | SWIFT Connor | Arkéa-Samsic | s.t. |
| 82 | DUPONT Timothy | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
| 83 | WIRTGEN Luc | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
| 84 | GRIGNARD Sébastien | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 85 | KLUGE Roger | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 86 | HOULE Hugo | Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 87 | BAUER Jack | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
| 88 | WIRTGEN Tom | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
| 89 | MILAN Jonathan | Bahrain-Victorious | s.t. |
| 90 | PFINGSTEN Christoph | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 91 | SERRANO Gonzalo | Movistar | s.t. |
| 92 | LECROQ Jérémy | B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 93 | VINJEBO Emil | Qhubeka-Assos | s.t. |
| 94 | GOLAS Michał | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 95 | MAITRE Florian | Total Direct Energie | s.t. |
| 96 | CARVALHO Andre | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 97 | LIENHARD Fabian | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 98 | DECLERCQ Tim | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 99 | BACKAERT Frederik | B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 100 | SPRENGERS Thomas | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 101 | BASSO Leonardo | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 102 | ACKERMANN Pascal | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 103 | EDMONDSON Alex | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
| 104 | WYNANTS Maarten | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 105 | DE BACKER Bert | B&B Hotels | s.t. |
| 106 | PASQUALON Andrea | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 107 | ERVITI Imanol | Movistar | s.t. |
| 108 | HANSEN Lasse | Qhubeka-Assos | s.t. |
| 109 | REIJNEN Kiel | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 110 | STEELS Stijn | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
| 111 | KREDER Wesley | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert | s.t. |
| 112 | OSS Daniel | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 113 | WRIGHT Fred | Bahrain-Victorious | s.t. |
| 114 | WURF Cameron | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 115 | VAN EMDEN Jos | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
| 116 | BODNAR Maciej | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 117 | MADOUAS Valentin | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
| 118 | LANGEVELD Sebastian | EF Education-Nippo | s.t. |
| 119 | KEUKELEIRE Jens | EF Education-Nippo | s.t. |
| 120 | BISSEGGER Stefan | EF Education-Nippo | s.t. |
| 121 | HALLER Marco | Bahrain-Victorious | s.t. |
| 122 | VERGAERDE Otto | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
| 123 | DE KETELE Kenny | Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
2021 Dwars door Vlaanderen map
2021 Dwars door Vlaanderen profile
Start list with back numbers, March 30, 2021:
| ALPECIN-FENIX | |
| 1 | VAN DER POEL Mathieu |
| 2 | DE BONDT Dries |
| 3 | MERLIER Tim |
| 4 | PHILIPSEN Jasper |
| 5 | RICKAERT Jonas |
| 6 | DILLIER Silvan |
| 7 | VERGAERDE Otto |
| DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP | |
| 11 | ALAPHILIPPE Julian |
| 12 | ASGREEN Kasper |
| 13 | DECLERCQ Tim |
| 14 | STEELS Stijn |
| 15 | LAMPAERT Yves |
| 16 | BALLERINI Davide |
| 17 | SENECHAL Florian |
| UAE TEAM EMIRATES | |
| 21 | KRISTOFF Alexander |
| 22 | TRENTIN Matteo |
| 23 | LAENGEN Vegard |
| 24 | BYSTROM Sven |
| 25 | OLIVEIRA Ivo |
| 26 | OLIVEIRA Rui |
| 27 | GIBBONS Ryan |
| TREK-SEGAFREDO | |
| 31 | STUYVEN Jasper |
| 32 | DE KORT Koen |
| 34 | MULLEN Ryan |
| 35 | REIJNEN Kiel |
| 36 | SIMMONS Quinn |
| 37 | THEUNS Edward |
| QHUBEKA-ASSOS | |
| 41 | NIZZOLO Giacomo |
| 42 | CAMPENAERTS Victor |
| 43 | CLAEYS Dimitri |
| 44 | HANSEN Lasse |
| 45 | STOKBRO Andreas |
| 46 | VINJEBO Emil |
| 47 | WALSCHEID Max |
| TEAM DSM | |
| 51 | BENOOT Tiesj |
| 52 | EEKHOFF Nils |
| 53 | DAINESE Alberto |
| 54 | KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren |
| 55 | SUTTERLIN Jasha |
| 56 | MÄRKL Niklas |
| 57 | NIEUWENHUIS Joris |
| TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE | |
| 61 | MEZGEC Luka |
| 62 | BAUER Jack |
| 63 | DURBRIDGE Luke |
| 64 | EDMONDSON Alexander |
| 65 | PEÁK Barnabas |
| 66 | JANSEN Amund Grøndahl |
| 67 | KONYCHEV Alexander |
| MOVISTAR | |
| 71 | GARCIA Ivan |
| 72 | SERRANO Gonzalo |
| 73 | ERVITI Imanol |
| 74 | JACOBS Johan |
| 75 | NORSGAARD Mathias |
| 76 | MAS Lluis |
| 77 | HOLLMANN Juri |
| LOTTO SOUDAL | |
| 81 | WELLENS Tim |
| 82 | VAN DER SANDE Tosh |
| 83 | KLUGE Roger |
| 84 | FRISON Frederik |
| 85 | GRIGNARD Sébastien |
| 86 | VAN MOER Brent |
| 87 | VERMEERSCH Florian |
| JUMBO-VISMA | |
| 91 | AFFINI Edoardo |
| 92 | DEKKER David |
| 93 | EENKHOORN Pascal |
| 94 | KOOIJ Olav |
| 95 | PFINGSTEN Christoph |
| 96 | VAN EMDEN Jos |
| 97 | WYNANTS Maarten |
| ISRAEL START-UP NATION | |
| 101 | BARBIER Rudy |
| 102 | BIERMANS Jenthe |
| 103 | HOFSTETTER Hugo |
| 104 | RENARD Alexis |
| 105 | VAHTRA Norman |
| 106 | VAN ASBROECK Tom |
| 107 | BOIVIN Guillaume |
| INEOS GRENADIERS | |
| 111 | PIDCOCK Thomas |
| 112 | BASSO Leonardo |
| 113 | DOULL Owain |
| 114 | GOLAS Michal |
| 115 | HAYTER Ethan |
| 116 | WURF Cameron |
| 117 | VAN BAARLE Dylan |
| INTERMARCHÉ-WANTY-GOBERT MATÉRIAUX | |
| 121 | DE GENDT Aimé |
| 122 | KREDER Wesley |
| 123 | DE WINTER Ludwig |
| 124 | PASQUALON Andrea |
| 125 | VAN POPPEL Boy |
| 126 | VAN POPPEL Danny |
| 127 | VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter |
| GROUPAMA-FDJ | |
| 131 | DEMARE Arnaud |
| 132 | SINKELDAM Ramon |
| 133 | KUNG Stefan |
| 134 | LE GAC Olivier |
| 135 | LIENHARD Fabian |
| 136 | LUDVIGSSON Tobias |
| 137 | MADOUAS Valentin |
| EF EDUCATION-NIPPO | |
| 141 | BETTIOL Alberto |
| 142 | BISSEGGER Stefan |
| 143 | VALGREN Michael |
| 144 | KEUKELEIRE Jens |
| 145 | LANGEVELD Sebastian |
| 146 | RUTSCH Jonas |
| 147 | SCULLY Thomas |
| COFIDIS | |
| 151 | VIVIANI Elia |
| 152 | CARVALHO Andre |
| 153 | BOHLI Tom |
| 154 | DRUCKER Jean Pierre |
| 155 | LAPORTE Christophe |
| 156 | VANBILSEN Kenneth |
| 157 | WALLAYS Jelle |
| BORA-HANSGROHE | |
| 161 | ACKERMANN Pascal |
| 162 | POLITT Nils |
| 163 | GAMPER Patrick |
| 164 | MEEUS Jordi |
| 165 | BODNAR Maciej |
| 166 | BURGHARDT Marcus |
| 167 | OSS Daniel |
| BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS | |
| 171 | TEUNS Dylan |
| 172 | COLBRELLI Sonny |
| 173 | HAUSSLER Heinrich |
| 174 | HALLER Marco |
| 175 | WRIGHT Fred |
| 176 | MILAN Jonathan |
| 177 | SIEBERG Marcel |
| ASTANA-PREMIER TECH | |
| 181 | HOULE Hugo |
| 182 | FEDOROV Yevgeniy |
| 183 | GIDICH Yevgeniy |
| 184 | STALNOV Nikita |
| 185 | GRUZDEV Dmitriy |
| 186 | ZAKHAROV Artyom |
| 187 | PERRY Benjamin |
| AG2R-CITROEN | |
| 191 | VAN AVERMAET Greg |
| 192 | NAESEN Oliver |
| 193 | DEWULF Stan |
| 194 | NAESEN Lawrence |
| 195 | DUVAL Julien |
| 196 | SCHÄR Michael |
| 197 | JULLIEN Anthony |
| ARKÉA-SAMSIC | |
| 201 | BARGUIL Warren |
| 202 | NOPPE Christophe |
| 203 | RUSSO Clement |
| 204 | DECLERCQ Benjamin |
| 205 | SWIFT Connor |
| 206 | WELTEN Bram |
| 207 | MCLAY Daniel |
| TOTAL DIRECT ENERGIE | |
| 211 | TERPSTRA Niki |
| 212 | BOASSON HAGEN Edvald |
| 213 | GAUDIN Damien |
| 214 | MAITRE Florian |
| 215 | PETIT Adrien |
| 216 | SOUPE Geoffrey |
| 217 | TURGIS Anthony |
| B&B HOTELS | |
| 221 | COQUARD Bryan |
| 222 | DE BACKER Bert |
| 223 | BARTHE Cyril |
| 224 | DEBUSSCHERE Jens |
| 225 | LECROQ Jérémy |
| 226 | LEMOINE Cyril |
| 227 | BACKAERT Frederik |
| BINGOAL-WB | |
| 231 | DUPONT Timothy |
| 232 | WIRTGEN Luc |
| 233 | LIVYNS Arjen |
| 234 | MENTEN Milan |
| 235 | REX Laurenz |
| 236 | ROBEET Ludovic |
| 237 | WIRTGEN Tom |
| SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE | |
| 241 | DE KETELE Kenny |
| 242 | REYNDERS Jens |
| 243 | SPRENGERS Thomas |
| 244 | VAN POUCKE Aaron |
| 245 | APERS Ruben |
| 246 | WARLOP Jordi |
| 247 | VANHOOF Ward |