2025 Dwars Door Vlaanderen (WorldTour), Belgium

A travers la Flandre - Across Flanders
79th edition: Wednesday, April 2, 2025

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Roeselare - Waregem, 184.2 km

Neilson Powless beats Wout van Aert to the line.

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Weather at the finish city of Waregem at 2:00 PM, local time: 17C (62F), sunny, with the wind from the northeast at 29 km/hr (18 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from winner Neilson Powless' Team EF Education-EasyPost.

Neilson Powless could hardly believe what he had just done at the finish of Dwars door Vlaanderen. The American rounded the final corner of the Flemish cobbled classic outnumbered three to one, on the wheel of one of the greatest sprinters and classics riders of his generation. The finish line flashed ahead him and he went, charging out of the bend past one, two, three yellow jerseys.

Neilson let out a whoop and flung his arms in the air, as he crossed the line.

“I really can’t believe it. I felt really strong today but I didn’t think I had a chance to win from that group,” Neilson said at the finish. “I thought I was riding for second place. I’m so happy. I just want to say thank you to my family, my team, everyone for supporting me. It’s been a rough spring for me so far but today I really am so happy to be back to where I know I can be.”

The Flemish fans were stunned after the finish. For the last 75 kilometers of the race, they were sure of the outcome. Few would have placed a bet on Neilson, who had got ahead of the big Visma Lease-a-Bike attack and hung on over the final climbs and cobbled sectors superbly, never missing a turn, as Mikkel Honoré, Marijn van den Berg, and Harry Sweeny marked moves in the group behind.

“It was a constant inner struggle,” Neilson said. “Even my director in the car was kind of going back and forth on whether or not I should ride because we did have quite a few numbers behind until there was a group of six that got away, but I felt really good. I felt really solid on the cobbles. I didn’t want to sprint from a bigger group. It didn’t feel like it would cost me too much to contribute to the group and keep everyone moving because otherwise they would have been attacking me and I probably would have been dropped so it was a rock and a hard place but I’m proud of the way I rode.”

Going into the final sprint, Neilson knew the odds were against him, but that didn’t phase him one bit. He rounded the corner and threw every watt of power he had into the pedals.

“I thought Wout [van Aert] was going to be the strongest in the sprint. They were really betting on him,” Neilson said. “I never thought in a million years I would beat him in a sprint in a race like this, but I think I came in with a little bit of speed in the final corner and I already had maybe 3, 4 k/hr faster than Wout when he started his sprint. I just went all the way to the line. I was able to carry the speed quite well. There’s not a lot of space between that last corner and the finish line so I just had to start my sprint immediately and pray.”

Fortune was smiling down on the Californian, as he hurtled down the finishing straight. Neilson powered home to take the biggest win of his career.

He and his EF Education-EasyPost teammates now have their sights set on the next big prize: this Sunday’s Ronde van Vlaanderen.

Complete results:

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184.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.587 km/hr

1	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	3hr 57min 14sec
2	Wout van Aert	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
3	Tiesj Benoot	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
4	Matteo Jorgenson	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	@ 5sec
5	Mads Pedersen	Lidl-Trek	0:45
6	Tibor Del Grosso	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
7	Dries De Bondt	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	0:47
8	Arjen Livyns	Lotto	s.t.
9	Stefan Küng	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
10	Alec Segaert	Lotto	s.t.
11	Rasmus Tiller	Uno-X Mobility	1:27
12	Pierre Gautherat	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
13	Cees Bol	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
14	Marijn van den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
15	Mick van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
16	Fred Wright	Bahrain Victorious	1:30
17	Biniam Girmay	Intermarché-Wanty	1:50
18	Jasper Stuyven	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
19	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
20	Joe Blackmore	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
21	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
22	Mikkel Honore	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
23	Dylan van Baarle	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	1:52
24	Bryan Coquard	Cofidis	2:39
25	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
26	Markus Hoelgaard	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
27	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
28	Laurenz Rex	Intermarché-Wanty	3:26
29	Tom Van Asbroeck	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
30	John Degenkolb	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
31	Sander De Pestel	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
32	Orluis Aular	Movistar Team	s.t.
33	Alexander Krieger	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
34	Vito Braet	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
35	Kelland O'Brien	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
36	Pascal Eenkhoorn	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
37	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Intermarché-Wanty	s.t.
38	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
39	Fabio Van den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:36
40	Harry Sweeny	EF Education-EasyPost	3:37
41	Max Walscheid	Team Jayco-AlUla	5:08
42	Giacomo Nizzolo	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
43	Jordi Meeus	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
44	Alexis Renard	Cofidis	s.t.
45	Mike Teunissen	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
46	Iván García Cortina	Movistar Team	s.t.
47	Andrea Pasqualon	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
48	Nicolò Parisini	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
49	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
50	Clément Russo	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
51	Vlad Van Mechelen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
52	Steffen De Schuyteneer	Lotto	s.t.
53	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
54	Lorenzo Milesi	Movistar Team	s.t.
55	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
56	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
57	Fabio Christen	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
58	Casper Pedersen	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
59	Emils Liepins	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
60	Gonzalo Serrano	Movistar Team	s.t.
61	Fabian Lienhard	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
62	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
63	Jens Reynders	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
64	Arnaud Démare	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
65	Riley Sheehan	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
66	Jhonatan Narvaez	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
67	Aimé De Gendt	Cofidis	s.t.
68	Sam Maisonobe	Cofidis	s.t.
69	Léandre Lozouet	Arkea-B&B Hotels	s.t.
70	Cériel Desal	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
71	Filippo Baroncini	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
72	Michiel Lambrecht	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
73	Oscar Chamberlain	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	s.t.
74	Julius van den Berg	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
75	Dylan Vandenstorme	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
76	Bob Jungels	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
77	Sébastien Grignard	Lotto	s.t.
78	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar Team	s.t.
79	Loic Vliegen	Wagner Bazin WB	s.t.
80	Jasha Sütterlin	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
81	Tim Declercq	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
82	Brent Van Moer	Lotto	5:15
83	Joshua Giddings	Lotto	s.t.
84	Tosh Van der Sande	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
85	Elmar Reinders	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
86	Jannik Steimle	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	5:19
87	Marius Mayrhofer	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	6:09
88	Strand Hagenes Per	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
89	Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale	6:43
90	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ	6:56
91	Brem Deman	Team Flanders-Baloise	8:38
92	Filip Maciejuk	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
93	Vincent Van Hemelen	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
94	Manlio Moro	Movistar Team	8:40
95	Davide Ballerini	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
96	Max Kanter	XDS Astana Team	8:47
97	Sam Welsford	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	11:04

 

Course map & profile:

2025 Dwars door Vlaanderen map

2025 Dwars door Vlaanderen profile

2025 Dwars Door Vlaanderen photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Wout van Aert at the teams presentation ceremony before the race start.

Stefan Küng

Tim Merlier

Jasper Philipsen at the start.

Lined up and ready to go.

The peloton rolls out of the start town of Roeselare.

A nice day in Flanders for a bike race.

The breakaway riders sprint for the line.

Neilson Powless wins a big one.

Matteo Jorgenson finishes fourth.

Biniam Girmay leads a group across the line for17th place.

The podium, from left: Wout van Aert (2nd), Neilson Powless (1st) & Tiesj Benoot (3rd).

Winner Neilson Powless with his stuffed pony prize.

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Start list with back numbers: April 1, 2025

	Team Visma | Lease a Bike
1	Matteo Jorgenson
2	Wout van Aert
3	Tiesj Benoot
4	Per Strand Hagenes
5	Edoardo Affini
6	Dylan van Baarle
7	Tosh Van der Sande
	Intermarché-Wanty
11	Biniam Girmay
12	Arne Marit
13	Vito Braet
14	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk
15	Hugo Page
16	Laurenz Rex
17	Taco van der Hoorn
	Lidl-Trek
21	Mads Pedersen
22	Jonathan Milan
23	Jasper Stuyven
24	Edward Theuns
25	Toms Skujins
26	Alex Kirsch
27	Tim Declercq
	Lotto
31	Alec Segaert
32	Jenno Berckmoes
33	Sébastien Grignard
34	Joshua Giddings
35	Steffen De Schuyteneer
36	Arjen Livyns
37	Brent Van Moer
	Groupama-FDJ
41	Stefan Küng
42	Lewis Askey
43	Eddy Le Huitouze
44	Johan Jacobs
45	Olivier Le Gac
46	Valentin Madouas
47	Clément Russo
	UAE Team Emirates-XRG
51	Tim Wellens
52	Filippo Baroncini
53	Sebastian Molano
54	Jhonatan Narvaez
55	Nils Politt
56	Rui Oliveira
57	Mikkel Bjerg
	Alpecin-Deceuninck
61	Jasper Philipsen
62	Tibor Del Grosso
63	Fabio Van den Bossche
64	Tobias Bayer
65	Edward Planckaert
66	Xandro Meurisse
67	Jonas Rickaert
	XDS Astana Team
71	Alberto Bettiol
72	Cees Bol
73	Alessandro Romele
74	Davide Ballerini
75	Max Kanter
76	Mike Teunissen
77	Davide Toneatti
	Uno-X Mobility
81	Alexander Kristoff
82	Jonas Abrahamsen
83	Markus Hoelgaard
84	William Blume Levy
85	Anders Skaarseth
86	Rasmus Tiller
87	Søren Wærenskjold
	EF Education-EasyPost
91	Neilson Powless
92	Harry Sweeny
93	Marijn van den Berg
94	Owain Doull
95	Mikkel Honore
96	Madis Mihkels
97	Max Walker
	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
101	Jordi Meeus
102	Ryan Mullen
103	Filip Maciejuk
104	Danny van Poppel
105	Laurence Pithie
106	Mick van Dijke
107	Sam Welsford
	INEOS Grenadiers
111	Magnus Sheffield
112	Tobias Foss
113	Joshua Tarling
114	Bob Jungels
115	Ben Swift
116	Sam Watson
117	Connor Swift
	Arkea-B&B Hotels
121	Luca Mozzato
122	Arnaud Démare
123	Amaury Capiot
124	Giosue Epis
125	Léandre Lozouet
126	Miles Scotson
127	Pierre Thierry
	Cofidis
131	Piet Allegaert
132	Bryan Coquard
133	Aimé De Gendt
134	Sam Maisonobe
135	Alexis Renard
136	Ludovic Robeet
137	Nolann Mahoudo
	Soudal Quick-Step
141	Tim Merlier
142	Yves Lampaert
143	Paul Magnier
144	Warre Vangheluwe
145	Pascal Eenkhoorn
146	Casper Pedersen
147	Bert Van Lerberghe
	Movistar Team
151	Iván García Cortina
152	Orluis Aular
153	Davide Cimolai
154	Manlio Moro
155	Mathias Norsgaard
156	Lorenzo Milesi
157	Gonzalo Serrano
	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
161	Fabio Christen
162	Giacomo Nizzolo
163	David González
164	Emils Liepins
165	Rory Townsend
166	Nicolò Parisini
167	Jannik Steimle
	Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale
171	Pierre Gautherat
172	Dries De Bondt
173	Sander De Pestel
174	Oscar Chamberlain
175	Gianluca Pollefliet
176	Sam Bennett
177	Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen
	Team Jayco-AlUla
181	Max Walscheid
182	Robert Donaldson
183	Patrick Gamper
184	Jelte Krijnsen
185	Kelland O'Brien
186	Elmar Reinders
187	Jasha Sütterlin
	Israel-Premier Tech
191	Joseph Blackmore
192	Riley Pickrell
193	Matis Louvel
194	Nadav Raisberg
195	Riley Sheehan
196	Jake Stewart
197	Tom Van Asbroeck
	Bahrain Victorious
201	Matej Mohoric
202	Fred Wright
203	Roman Ermakov
204	Alberto Bruttomesso
205	Andrea Pasqualon
206	Vlad Van Mechelen
207	Robert Stannard
	Team Picnic PostNL
211	John Degenkolb
212	Alex Edmondson
213	Timo Roosen
214	Sean Flynn
215	Enzo Leijnse
216	Tim Naberman
217	Julius van den Berg
	Wagner Bazin WB
221	Quentin Bezza
222	Cériel Desal
223	Michiel Lambrecht
224	Jens Reynders
225	Kenneth Van Rooy
226	Sasha Weemaes
227	Loic Vliegen
	Team Flanders-Baloise
231	Dylan Vandenstorme
232	Victor Vercouillie
233	Brem Deman
234	Tuur Dens
235	Vince Gerits
236	Vincent Van Hemelen
237	Yentl Vandevelde
	Tudor Pro Cycling Team
241	Rick Pluimers
242	Fabian Lienhard
243	Petr Kelemen
244	Arthur Kluckers
245	Alexander Krieger
246	Marius Mayrhofer
247	Aivaras Mikutis