2026 Dwars Door Vlaanderen (WorldTour), Belgium

A travers la Flandre - Across Flanders
80th edition: Wednesday, April 1, 2026

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Roselare - Waregem, 184.6 km

Filippo Ganna wins the 2026 Dwars Door Vlaanderen.

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Weather at the finish city of Waregem at 2:35 PM, local time: 15C (58F), partly sunny, with the wind from the east-southeast at 24 km/hr (15 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Frederik Frison (Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team) did not start.

Here's the organizer's race summary:

A strong Filippo Ganna claimed his first-ever Dwars door Vlaanderen victory. In a race packed with attacks, Wout van Aert seemed destined for the win for a long time. Van Aert used the Eikenberg as a launchpad, bridged to the leaders in a single acceleration, and went solo with 10 kilometers to go. Despite having to change bikes twice, Ganna still managed to fight his way back to the front. In the closing kilometers, the Italian escaped the peloton in pursuit of Van Aert. He overtook Van Aert in the final meters while narrowly holding off the charging pack. A valiant Van Aert finished second, while Waerenskjold won the sprint for third place.

Around midday, the start signal for the 80th edition of Dwars door Vlaanderen was given in Roeselare. With many riders eager to join the early breakaway, attacks came in waves. A definitive move failed to form during the first hour, although the pace was extremely high with an average speed of 49.4 km/h. In the opening phase of the race, Teuns (Cofidis) and Berckmoes (Lotto Intermarché) abandoned after a crash.

The race exploded on the Berg ten Houte after 75 kilometres. An elite front group of eighteen riders — including Laporte and Brennan (Team Visma | Lease a Bike), F. Vermeersch (UAE Team Emirates - XRG), Andresen (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team) and Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) — broke away from the peloton. INEOS Grenadiers and Alpecin-Premier Tech had missed the move and led the chase. At the top of the Trieu, the peloton was significantly reduced, while De Lie (Lotto Intermarché) was dropped and abandoned the race shortly afterwards.

With 84 kilometres to go, everything had to be reset following a regrouping with the peloton. On the Onderbossenaarstraat, Watson (INEOS Grenadiers) launched a new attack, after which a small group including Van Aert (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) and Pedersen managed to bridge across. However, this breakaway attempt did not last and was reeled back in after a few kilometres. The biggest casualties of the high pace were Andresen and Milan (Lidl-Trek).

The following 30 kilometers were marked by several breakaway attempts. A group including former Tour of Flanders winner Bettiol (EF Education - EasyPost) failed to extend their lead beyond 10 seconds. On the descent of the Hotond, a trio finally managed to break clear: Grégoire (Groupama - FDJ), Gachignard (TotalEnergies), and Larsen (Unibet Rose Rockets) built up a 30-second gap and seemed to be working well together. A strong Van Aert used the Eikenberg as a springboard and bridged the gap in a single acceleration. The pace proved too much for Gachignard, leaving us with a leading trio once again.

Behind the leading trio, a chasing group of three emerged: F. Vermeersch, Sheffield (INEOS Grenadiers), and T. Van Dijke escaped from the peloton in pursuit of the leaders. Following another acceleration by Van Aert on the Nokereberg, Grégoire was dropped. Larsen managed to hang on, leaving the two of them to head toward the finish in Waregem with 20km to go. Behind them, the pack reformed and the hunt for the leading duo was on.

With 10 kilometers to go, Van Aert dropped his final breakaway companion and went solo. Ganna (INEOS Grenadiers) escaped from the peloton in the closing kilometers and launched a chase for the Belgian. The Italian had to change bikes twice during this race, but he still managed to fight his way back to the front of the race. Van Aert entered the final kilometer with a 5-second lead, but it proved not to be enough. Ganna overtook Van Aert in the final meters to win the 80th edition of Dwars door Vlaanderen. Following a powerful performance, the Belgian finished a strong second, while Waerenskjold (Uno-X Mobility) won the sprint for third place.

Complete results:

Photos

175 starters, 69 classified finishers.

184.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 48.483 km/hr

1	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	3hr 48min 27sec
2	Wout van Aert	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
3	Søren Wærenskjold	Uno-X Mobility	@ 1sec
4	Biniam Girmay	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
5	Laurence Pithie	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
6	Orluis Aular	Movistar Team	s.t.
7	Christophe Laporte	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
8	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
9	Vito Braet	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
10	Mads Pedersen	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
11	Lukas Kubis	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
12	Jon Barrenetxea	Movistar Team	s.t.
13	Hugo Page	Cofidis	s.t.
14	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
15	Carlos Canal	Movistar Team	s.t.
16	Axel Huens	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
17	Sandy Dujardin	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
18	Matej Mohoric	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
19	Paul Magnier	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
20	Thibaud Gruel	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
21	Brent Van Moer	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
22	Alessandro Romele	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
23	Cédric Beullens	Lotto-Intermarché	s.t.
24	Oliver Naesen	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
25	António Morgado	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
26	Sam Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
27	Tibor Del Grosso	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
28	Bjoern Koerdt	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
29	Alec Segaert	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
30	Dries De Bondt	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
31	Kasper Asgreen	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
32	Gianni Vermeersch	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
33	Michael Valgren	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
34	Daan Hoole	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
35	Davide Toneatti	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
36	Alberto Bettiol	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
37	Benoît Cosnefroy	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
38	Valentin Madouas	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
39	Stan Dewulf	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
40	Jasha Sütterlin	Team Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
41	Jonas Abrahamsen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
42	Aimé De Gendt	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
43	Thomas Gachignard	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
44	Magnus Sheffield	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
45	Sander De Pestel	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
46	Romain Grégoire	Groupama-FDJ United	0:09
47	Nils Politt	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
48	Mick van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	0:11
49	Wessel Mouris	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
50	Pepijn Reinderink	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
51	Per Strand Hagenes	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.
52	Tim van Dijke	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
53	Dries van Gestel	Soudal Quick-Step	14
54	Søren Kragh Andersen	Lidl-Trek	0:19
55	Florian Vermeersch	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	0:24
56	Lewis Askey	NSN Cycling Team	0:54
57	Dylan van Baarle	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
58	Matis Louvel	NSN Cycling Team	2:54
59	Niklas Larsen	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
60	Zak Erzen	Bahrain Victorious	7:01
61	Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	7:33
62	Rayan Boulahoite	Team TotalEnergies	s.t.
63	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	7:34
64	Tomas Kopecky	Unibet Rose Rockets	s.t.
65	Edoardo Zamperini	Cofidis	s.t.
66	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
67	Max Walker	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
68	Riley Sheehan	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
69	Matthew Brennan	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	s.t.

 

Course map & profile:

2026 Dwars door Vlaanderen map

2026 Dwars door Vlaanderen profile

2026 Dwars Door Vlaanderen photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Rider presentation ceremony before the race: Jonathan Milan

Off the front. Wout van Aert with Niklas Larsen on his wheel.

Filippo Ganna has drawn even with escapee Wout van Aert.

Coming to the final meters, the pack has caught escapee Wout van Aert (yellow jersey on right).

Filippo Ganna has overhauled Wout van Aert to win the race.

Ganna can enjoy his victory.

After the race Wout van aert talks with his son.

Filippo Ganna just after the race.

The 2026 Dwars Door Vlaanderen podium, from left: Wout van Aert (2nd), Filippo Ganna (1st) & Søren Wærenskjold (3rd)

Race winner Filippo Ganna.

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Start list with back numbers: March 31, 2026

	EF Education-EasyPost
1	Kasper Asgreen
2	Michael Valgren
3	Luke Lamperti
4	Max Walker
5	Colby Simmons
6	Matthias Schwarzbacher
7	Mikkel Honore
	Team Visma | Lease a Bike
11	Wout van Aert
12	Matthew Brennan
13	Per Strand Hagenes
14	Christophe Laporte
15	Pietro Mattio
16	Edoardo Affini
17	Axel Zingle
	Alpecin-Premier Tech
21	Jasper Philipsen
22	Tibor Del Grosso
23	Michael Gogl
24	Jensen Plowright
25	Edward Planckaert
26	Jonas Rickaert
27	Florian Sénéchal
	Soudal Quick-Step
31	Yves Lampaert
32	Paul Magnier
33	Casper Pedersen
34	Pepijn Reinderink
35	Dylan van Baarle
36	Dries van Gestel
37	Martin Svrcek
	Lidl-Trek
41	Mads Pedersen
42	Jonathan Milan
43	Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard
44	Søren Kragh Andersen
45	Mathias Vacek
46	Jakob Söderqvist
47	Max Walscheid
	INEOS Grenadiers
51	Filippo Ganna
52	Kim Heiduk
53	Connor Swift
54	Joshua Tarling
55	Sam Watson
56	Magnus Sheffield
57	Sam Welsford
	Lotto-Intermarché
61	Arnaud De Lie
62	Jenno Berckmoes
63	Cédric Beullens
64	Vito Braet
65	Huub Artz
66	Sébastien Grignard
67	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk
	UAE Team Emirates-XRG
71	Benoît Cosnefroy
72	Florian Vermeersch
73	Julius Johansen
74	Nils Politt
75	António Morgado
76	Rune Herregodts
77	Mikkel Bjerg
	Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
81	Laurence Pithie
82	Arne Marit
83	Jarrad Drizners
84	Callum Thornley
85	Gianni Vermeersch
86	Mick van Dijke
87	Tim van Dijke
	Groupama-FDJ United
91	Romain Grégoire
92	Thibaud Gruel
93	Axel Huens
94	Johan Jacobs
95	Valentin Madouas
96	Clément Russo
97	Cyril Barthe
	NSN Cycling Team
101	Biniam Girmay
102	Lewis Askey
103	Guillaume Boivin
104	Matis Louvel
105	Floris Van Tricht
106	Riley Sheehan
107	Tom Van Asbroeck
	Decathlon CMA CGM Team
111	Tobias Lund Andresen
112	Stan Dewulf
113	Sander De Pestel
114	Daan Hoole
115	Oliver Naesen
116	Stefan Bissegger
117	Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen
	Movistar Team
121	Iván García Cortina
122	Carlos Canal
123	Jon Barrenetxea
124	Lorenzo Milesi
125	Orluis Aular
126	Gonzalo Serrano
127	Filip Maciejuk
	Bahrain Victorious
131	Matej Mohoric
132	Kamil Gradek
133	Pau Miquel Delgado
134	Alessandro Borgo
135	Alec Segaert
136	Zak Erzen
137	Daniel Skerl
	XDS Astana Team
141	Alberto Bettiol
142	Aaron Gate
143	Alessandro Romele
144	Davide Ballerini
145	Arjen Livyns
146	Gleb Syritsa
147	Davide Toneatti
	Uno-X Mobility
151	Jonas Abrahamsen
152	Carl-Frederik Bevort
153	Storm Ingebrigtsen
154	William Blume Levy
155	Sakarias Koller Løland
156	Erik Resell
157	Søren Wærenskjold
	Team Jayco-AlUla
161	Jasha Sütterlin
162	Dries De Bondt
163	Dries De Pooter
164	Robert Donaldson
165	Luke Durbridge
166	Anders Foldager
167	Kelland O'Brien
	Team Picnic PostNL
171	John Degenkolb
172	Dillon Corkery
173	Oliver Peace
174	Sean Flynn
175	Bjoern Koerdt
176	Henri-Francois Haquin
177	Frank van den Broek
	Cofidis
181	Dylan Teuns
182	Camille Charret
183	Piet Allegaert
184	Milan Fretin
185	Hugo Page
186	Alexis Renard
187	Edoardo Zamperini
	Tudor Pro Cycling Team
191	Petr Kelemen
192	Sebastian Kolze Changizi
193	Luca Mozzato
194	Robin Froidevaux
195	Aivaras Mikutis
196	Rick Pluimers
197	Fabian Lienhard
	Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
201	Aimé De Gendt
202	Frederik Frison
203	Emils Liepins
204	Kamil Malecki
205	Brent Van Moer
206	Sam Bennett
207	Quinten Hermans
	Team TotalEnergies
211	Anthony Turgis
212	Rayan Boulahoite
213	Alexys Brunel
214	Florian Dauphin
215	Sandy Dujardin
216	Thomas Gachignard
217	Samuel Leroux
	Unibet Rose Rockets
221	Lukas Kubis
222	Matyas Kopecky
223	Hartthijs de Vries
224	Niklas Larsen
225	Wessel Mouris
226	Joren Bloem
227	Tomas Kopecky
	Burgos Burpellet BH
231	Clément Alleno
232	Daniel Cavia
233	Hugo de la Calle
234	Eric Fagundez
235	Vojtech Kminek
236	Cesar Macias
237	Rodrigo Álvarez
	Team Flanders-Baloise
241	Dylan Vandenstorme
242	Ferre Geeraerts
243	Jules Hesters
244	Nolan Huysmans
245	Artuur Torney
246	Milan Van den Haute
247	Victor Vercouillie