Dwars door Vlaanderen podium history | 2023 edition | Course map & profile | Photos | Start list
Roeselare - Waregem, 188.6 km
Winner Matteo Jorgenson has left his closest chasers a half-minute behind. Sirotti photo
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Weather at the finish city of Waregem at 1:10 PM, local time: 11C (51F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the south at 23 km/hr (14 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.
The race: Arnaud Démare (Arkea-B&B Hotels) did not start. Early in the race Milan Fretin (Cofidis) abandoned.
Here's the organizer's race summary:
At 12.15pm, the starting gun sounded on the Stationsplein in Roeselare. There, the riders started their race of about 189 km. With about 131 km to go, the early breakaway formed. The 11 riders who coloured the early race hours were: Pedersen (Soudal Quick-Step), Norsgaard (Movistar Team), Grondin (Arkéa - B&B Hotels), De Bondt (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team), De Pooter (Intermarché-Wanty), Märkl (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL), Grondahl Jansen (Team Jayco AlUla), Eenkhoorn (Lotto Dstny), Abrahamsen (Uno-X Mobility), Gachignard (TotalEnergies) and Vercouillie (Team Flanders Baloise).
At 66 km from the line a crash in the peloton with Van Aert (Visma | Lease a Bike), Stuyven (Lidl-Trek) and Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty) as the main victims. All three had to abandon. Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) was also involved, but the Dane was able to resume the race. That crash tore the peloton apart. A group with Benoot & Jorgensen (Team Visma | Lease a Bike), Küng (Groupama-FDJ), the duo Valgren - Bettiol (EF Education-EasyPost) and Tarling (INEOS Grenadiers) formed in search of the breakaway.
On the ascent of the Ladeuze, with about 40 km to go, the chasers joined the remaining leaders. Thus, a group of 12 formed at the head of the race. The peloton was about a minute and a half behind at that point. On the Huisepont road, Küng went to shake the tree, which thinned out the leading group firmly with 26km to go. This left a leading group of seven: De Bondt, Benoot & Jorgensen, Bettiol, Küng, Tarling and Abrahamsen.
Former Tour of Flanders winner Bettiol went to shake the tree on the first climb of Nokereberg. That attack thinned the breakaway to a five-strong group, with Benoot and Tarling having to offload the role. With 19km to go, the instigator of the attack on Nokereberg had to release the role. The Italian suffered cramps. Meanwhile, Benoot and Tarling were able to rejoin the front.
After several jabs by several riders, it was Jorgensen who made the decisive attack at 7 km from the finish. Behind the American, things fell silent. In the chase, Abrahamsen, who was a member of the early breakaway, went in search of place 2. He eventually had to sprint for second place, and successfully. He made it ahead of Küng. Jorgensen, winning his first career classic, thus became the first American winner of Dwars door Vlaanderen.
Looking back, Jonas Abrahamson sees that he's won the field sprint for second place. Sirotti photo
Complete results:
188.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.678 km/hr
1 | Matteo Jorgenson | Visma | Lease a Bike | 4hr 7min 44sec |
2 | Jonas Abrahamsen | Uno-X Mobility | @ 29sec |
3 | Stefan Küng | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
4 | Tiesj Benoot | Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
5 | Dries De Bondt | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
6 | Joshua Tarling | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:44 |
7 | Jonathan Milan | Lidl-Trek | 1:47 |
8 | Michael Valgren | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
9 | Mathias Norsgaard | Movistar | s.t. |
10 | Thomas Gachignard | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
11 | Pierre Gautherat | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 2:07 |
12 | Nils Politt | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
13 | Valentin Madouas | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
14 | Danny Van Poppel | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
15 | Jasper Philipsen | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
16 | Ben Turner | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
17 | Michael Matthews | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
18 | Luca Mozzato | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
19 | Mike Teunissen | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
20 | John Degenkolb | dsm-firmenich-PostNL | s.t. |
21 | Sandy Dujardin | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
22 | Fred Wright | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
23 | Jenno Berckmoes | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
24 | Dries Van Gestel | TotalEnergies | s.t. |
25 | Riley Sheehan | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
26 | Julian Alaphilippe | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
27 | Damien Touzé | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
28 | Toms Skujins | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
29 | Krists Neilands | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
30 | Dries De Pooter | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
31 | Pascal Eenkhoorn | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
32 | Marc Hirschi | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
33 | Casper Pedersen | Soudal Quick-Step | 2:29 |
34 | Victor Campenaerts | Lotto Dstny | 2:32 |
35 | Casper Van Uden | dsm-firmenich-PostNL | 3:42 |
36 | Mikkel Bjerg | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
37 | Alec Segaert | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
38 | Mick Van Dijke | Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
39 | Paul Magnier | Soudal Quick-Step | 3:48 |
40 | Sam Watson | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
41 | Cees Bol | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
42 | Jannik Steimle | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
43 | Luka Mezgec | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
44 | Dusan Rajovic | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
45 | Jordi Meeus | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
46 | Ethan Vernon | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
47 | Oier Lazkano | Movistar | s.t. |
48 | Madis Mihkels | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
49 | Piet Allegaert | Cofidis | s.t. |
50 | Rasmus Tiller | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
51 | Corbin Strong | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
52 | Guillaume Boivin | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
53 | Pavel Bittner | dsm-firmenich-PostNL | s.t. |
54 | Carlos Canal | Movistar | s.t. |
55 | Sander De Pestel | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
56 | Luca Van Boven | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
57 | Tim Wellens | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
58 | Connor Swift | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
59 | Stan Van Tricht | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
60 | Luke Durbridge | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
61 | Lewis Askey | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
62 | Ryan Mullen | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
63 | Oliver Naesen | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
64 | Kamil Malecki | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
65 | Emil Herzog | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
66 | Alessandro Covi | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
67 | Matevz Govekar | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
68 | Sébastien Grignard | Lotto Dstny | s.t. |
69 | Remi Cavagna | Movistar | s.t. |
70 | Aimé De Gendt | Cofidis | s.t. |
71 | Jakob Fuglsang | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
72 | Alberto Bettiol | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
73 | Filip Maciejuk | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
74 | Søren Kragh Andersen | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
75 | Amund Grøndahl Jansen | Jayco-AlUla | 4:03 |
76 | Marco Haller | BORA-hansgrohe | 4:15 |
77 | Alexander Kristoff | Uno-X Mobility | 5:51 |
78 | Fabio Christen | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
79 | Erik Resell | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
80 | Tobias Ludvigsson | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
81 | Tim Declercq | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
82 | Louis Bendixen | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
83 | Riley Pickrell | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
84 | Daniel McLay | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
85 | Adrien Petit | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
86 | Victor Vercouillie | Team Flanders-Baloise | 5:59 |
87 | Max Walscheid | Jayco-AlUla | 6:51 |
88 | Albert Torres | Movistar | s.t. |
89 | Maurice Ballerstedt | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
90 | Kelland O'Brien | Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
91 | Rasmus Bøgh Wallin | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
92 | Yuhi Todome | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
93 | Vegard Stake Laengen | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
94 | Edward Theuns | Lidl-Trek | 7:54 |
95 | Kenneth Van Rooy | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
96 | Gianluca Pollefliet | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
97 | Luca De Meester | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
98 | Jules Hesters | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
99 | Aaron Van Der Beken | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
100 | Jelle Vermoote | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
101 | Dylan Vandenstorme | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
102 | Alberto Bruttomesso | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
103 | Alexis Renard | Cofidis | s.t. |
104 | Lars Craps | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
105 | Luis-Joe Lührs | BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
106 | Jonas Rutsch | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
107 | Cériel Desal | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
108 | Floris De Tier | Bingoal-WB | s.t. |
109 | David Dekker | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
110 | Edvald Boasson-Hagen | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
111 | Yentl Vandevelde | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
112 | Warre Vangheluwe | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
113 | Roel Van Sintmaartensdijk | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
114 | Julien Vermote | Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
115 | Szymon Sajnok | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
116 | Fabian Lienhard | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
117 | Lukasz Wisniowski | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
118 | Tim Van Dijke | Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
119 | Magnus Sheffield | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
120 | Elia Viviani | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
121 | Siebe Deweirdt | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
122 | Cyrus Monk | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
123 | Jack Rootkin-Gray | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
124 | Ben Swift | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
125 | Yevgeniy Gidich | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
126 | Niklas Märkl | dsm-firmenich-PostNL | s.t. |
127 | Rüdiger Selig | Astana Qazaqstan | s.t. |
128 | Fran Miholjevic | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
129 | Florian Sénéchal | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
130 | Donavan Grondin | Arkéa-B&B Hotels | s.t. |
131 | Yves Lampaert | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
132 | Johan Jacobs | Movistar | s.t. |
133 | Bram Welten | dsm-firmenich-PostNL | s.t. |
134 | Stefan Bissegger | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
135 | Gianni Moscon | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
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2024 Dwars Door Vlaanderen photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:
Starting ceremonies, Team Groupama-FDJ is presented.
Jan Tratnik
Marc Hirschi
Julian Alaphilippe
Alberto Bettiol
Elia Viviani
Biniam Girmay
Mads Pedersen
Jasper Philipsen
John Degenkolb
Victor Campenaerts
Wout van Aert on the start line. He did not finish, crashing badly in the race and breaking his collarbone and several ribs.
Michael Matthews
It's about time to race.
Winner Matteo Jorgenson has a big gap, allowing him to sit up well before the line.
Matteo Jorgenson looks back after winning the race.
Jonas Abrahamsen beats Stefan Küng across the line to take second place.
Fourth place Tiesj Benoot
Fifth place Dries De Bondt.
Joshua Tarling rolls in. He finished sixth.
Jonathan Milan was seventh
Pierre Gautherat leads his group in to take 11th place.
The podium, from left: Jonas Abrahamsen (2nd), Matteo Jorgenson (1st), & Stefan Küng (3rd)
Second-place Jonas Abrahamsen
Winner Matteo Jorgenson
Start list with back numbers: March 26, 2024
Team Visma | Lease A Bike | |
1 | Wout van Aert |
2 | Tim Van Dijke |
3 | Tiesj Benoot |
4 | Matteo Jorgenson |
5 | Jan Tratnik |
6 | Mick Van Dijke |
7 | Julien Vermote |
Lidl-Trek | |
11 | Mads Pedersen |
12 | Jasper Stuyven |
13 | Tim Declercq |
14 | Jonathan Milan |
15 | Toms Skujins |
16 | Edward Theuns |
17 | Alex Kirsch |
Alpecin-Deceuninck | |
21 | Jasper Philipsen |
22 | Maurice Ballerstedt |
23 | Robbe Ghys |
24 | Søren Kragh Andersen |
25 | Senne Leysen |
26 | Stan Van Tricht |
27 | Gianni Vermeersch |
UAE Team Emirates | |
31 | Tim Wellens |
32 | Marc Hirschi |
33 | Alvaro Hodeg |
34 | Alessandro Covi |
35 | Mikkel Bjerg |
36 | Nils Politt |
37 | Vegard Stake Laengen |
Groupama-FDJ | |
41 | Stefan Küng |
42 | Valentin Madouas |
43 | Lewis Askey |
44 | Olivier Le Gac |
45 | Fabian Lienhard |
46 | Laurence Pithie |
47 | Sam Watson |
Soudal Quick-Step | |
51 | Julian Alaphilippe |
52 | Yves Lampaert |
53 | Paul Magnier |
54 | Gianni Moscon |
55 | Casper Pedersen |
56 | Pepijn Reinderink |
57 | Warre Vangheluwe |
Intermarché-Wanty | |
61 | Biniam Girmay |
62 | Mike Teunissen |
63 | Madis Mihkels |
64 | Laurenz Rex |
65 | Dries De Pooter |
66 | Adrien Petit |
67 | Roel Van Sintmaartensdijk |
EF Education-EasyPost | |
71 | Alberto Bettiol |
72 | Stefan Bissegger |
73 | Jonas Rutsch |
74 | Harry Sweeny |
75 | Yuhi Todome |
76 | Jack Rootkin-Gray |
77 | Michael Valgren |
INEOS Grenadiers | |
81 | Cameron Wurf |
82 | Elia Viviani |
83 | Joshua Tarling |
84 | Magnus Sheffield |
85 | Ben Swift |
86 | Connor Swift |
87 | Ben Turner |
Movistar Team | |
91 | Oier Lazkano |
92 | Albert Torres |
93 | Remi Cavagna |
94 | Carlos Canal |
95 | Manlio Moro |
96 | Mathias Norsgaard |
97 | Johan Jacobs |
Arkea-B&B Hotels | |
101 | Arnaud Démare |
102 | Amaury Capiot |
103 | David Dekker |
104 | Donavan Grondin |
105 | Florian Sénéchal |
106 | Daniel Mclay |
107 | Luca Mozzato |
Cofidis | |
111 | Ludovic Robeet |
112 | Piet Allegaert |
113 | Aimé De Gendt |
114 | Nicolas Debeaumarché |
115 | Milan Fretin |
116 | Alexis Renard |
117 | Christophe Noppe |
Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | |
121 | Oliver Naesen |
122 | Edvald Boasson-Hagen |
123 | Dries De Bondt |
124 | Sander De Pestel |
125 | Pierre Gautherat |
126 | Gianluca Pollefliet |
127 | Damien Touzé |
Bora-hansgrohe | |
131 | Marco Haller |
132 | Luis-Joe Lührs |
133 | Emil Herzog |
134 | Ryan Mullen |
135 | Filip Maciejuk |
136 | Jordi Meeus |
137 | Danny Van Poppel |
Bahrain Victorious | |
141 | Andrea Pasqualon |
142 | Alberto Bruttomesso |
143 | Fran Miholjevic |
144 | Matevz Govekar |
145 | Dusan Rajovic |
146 | Fred Wright |
147 | Lukasz Wisniowski |
Team dsm-firmenich-PostNL | |
151 | John Degenkolb |
152 | Pavel Bittner |
153 | Patrick Eddy |
154 | Nils Eekhoff |
155 | Niklas Märkl |
156 | Casper Van Uden |
157 | Bram Welten |
Team Jayco-AlUla | |
161 | Michael Matthews |
162 | Luke Durbridge |
163 | Amund Grøndahl Jansen |
164 | Luka Mezgec |
165 | Kelland O'Brien |
166 | Elmar Reinders |
167 | Max Walscheid |
Astana Qazaqstan Team | |
171 | Cees Bol |
172 | Gleb Brussenskiy |
173 | Michele Gazzoli |
174 | Yevgeniy Gidich |
175 | Dmitriy Gruzdev |
176 | Rüdiger Selig |
177 | Gleb Syritsa |
Lotto Dstny | |
181 | Jenno Berckmoes |
182 | Cédric Beullens |
183 | Victor Campenaerts |
184 | Sébastien Grignard |
185 | Pascal Eenkhoorn |
186 | Alec Segaert |
187 | Brent Van Moer |
Israel-Premier Tech | |
191 | Jakob Fuglsang |
192 | Krists Neilands |
193 | Guillaume Boivin |
194 | Riley Sheehan |
195 | Riley Pickrell |
196 | Corbin Strong |
197 | Ethan Vernon |
Uno-X Mobility | |
201 | Alexander Kristoff |
202 | Jonas Abrahamsen |
203 | Louis Bendixen |
204 | Tord Gudmestad |
205 | Erik Resell |
206 | Rasmus Tiller |
207 | Rasmus Bøgh Wallin |
Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | |
211 | Jannik Steimle |
212 | Tom Devriendt |
213 | Tobias Ludvigsson |
214 | Cyrus Monk |
215 | Szymon Sajnok |
216 | Fabio Christen |
217 | Kamil Malecki |
TotalEnergies | |
221 | Anthony Turgis |
222 | Lucas Boniface |
223 | Sandy Dujardin |
224 | Emilien Jeannière |
225 | Thomas Gachignard |
226 | Lorrenzo Manzin |
227 | Dries Van Gestel |
Bingoal-WB | |
231 | Luca De Meester |
232 | Cériel Desal |
233 | Aaron Van Der Beken |
234 | Floris De Tier |
235 | Luca Van Boven |
236 | Kenneth Van Rooy |
237 | Jelle Vermoote |
Team Flanders-Baloise | |
241 | Kamiel Bonneu |
242 | Lars Craps |
243 | Jules Hesters |
244 | Siebe Deweirdt |
245 | Yentl Vandevelde |
246 | Dylan Vandenstorme |
247 | Victor Vercouillie |