2026 Ronde Van Brugge- Tour of Bruges
(World Tour), Belgium

Formerly Classic Brugge-De Panne, 3 Days of De Panne
50th edition: Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Brugge - De Panne podium history | 2025 edition | Course map & profile | Photos | Start list

Note: The Brugge - De Panne Classic is currently a single-day race.

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Wednesday, March 26, Brugge - Brugge 202.9 km

Dyaln van Groenewegen (striped sleeves) wins in Brugge. Cofidis photo

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Weather at the start/finish city of Brugge at 1:50 PM, local time: 11C (51F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the northwest at 35 km/hr (22 mph). There is a 50% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the report from sixth-place Pavel Bittner's Team Picnic-PostNL.

A wet and windy edition of Ronde van Brugge awaited the Men’s program on Wednesday afternoon where Team Picnic PostNL set out with the plan to protect Pavel Bittner for a potential sprint finish but to also ride actively to make sure not to miss any splits cause by echelons. Doing just that, the team were attentive from the start and made sure Bittner was on the right side of any splits throughout the afternoon.

Coming into the last 25 kilometres the team still had five riders in the reduced peloton of around 60, making sure that Bittner didn’t have to close to many gaps. Enter the final five kilometres the group had reduced further and Bittner surfed the wheels, shoulder a few elbows and positioned himself for the sprint to the line. Unfortunately, he got boxed in a bit on the left side of the road and couldn’t get out to fully open up his sprint, but still finished in a very respectable sixth place.

Bittner reflected: “Today was a special race with a lot of wind. Everyone from the team was really eager to race today and I was always well positioned in the echelons, and I was super happy with the support in the first part of the race. Julius also was riding really well and around halfway into the race the peloton split and we were both in the front.

"Things came back together and we worked towards the final with more of us. I felt really good but in the last five kilometres I was by myself so had to gamble a bit in the sprint and position myself there, and in the end I maybe chose wrong. It’s a bit disappointing as the legs felt really good, but we can take that as a positive into the next race in Gent.”

Complete results:

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202.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 47.564 km/hr

1	Dylan Groenewegen	Unibet Rose Rockets	4hr 15min 57sec
2	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
3	Max Kanter	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
4	Stanisław Aniołkowski	Cofidis	s.t.
5	Luca Mozzato	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
6	Pavel Bittner	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
7	Iván García Cortina	Movistar Team	s.t.
8	Laurenz Rex	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
9	Luke Lamperti	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
10	Steffen De Schuyteneer	Lotto Intermarché	s.t.
11	Paul Penhoët	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
12	Tim Torn Teutenberg	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
13	Žak Eržen	Bahrain-Victorious	s.t.
14	Søren Wærenskjold	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
15	Florian Vermeersch	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
16	Hugo Hofstetter	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
17	Cees Bol	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
18	Ben Turner	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
19	Davide Ballerini	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
20	Floris Van Tricht	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
21	Stan Dewulf	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
22	Aaron Gate	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
23	Carl-Frederik Bévort	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
24	Axel Huens	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
25	Dries Van Gestel	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
26	Johan Jacobs	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
27	Jonas Geens	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
28	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
29	Erik Nordsæter Resell	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
30	Gleb Syritsa	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
31	Wessel Mouris	Unibet Rose Rockets	@ 6sec
32	Gerben Thijssen	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
33	Karsten Larsen Feldmann	Unibet Rose Rockets	0:08
34	Simone Consonni	Lidl-Trek	s.t.
35	Robin Froidevaux	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	0:10
36	Yves Lampaert	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
37	Madis Mihkels	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
38	Edward Theuns	Lidl-Trek	0:15
39	Joshua Giddings	Lotto Intermarché	0:19
40	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	0:23
41	Fabio Van den Bossche	Soudal Quick-Step	0:24
42	Davide Toneatti	XDS Astana Team	0:39
43	Max Walscheid	Lidl-Trek	0:48
44	Filip Maciejuk	Movistar Team	s.t.
45	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk	Lotto Intermarché	s.t.
46	Sean Flynn	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
47	Henri-François Renard-Haquin	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
48	Vito Braet	Lotto Intermarché	s.t.
49	Julius van den Berg	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
50	Samuel Watson	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
51	Jules Hesters	Team Flanders-Baloise	s.t.
52	Rui Oliveira	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
53	Luka Mezgec	Team Jayco AlUla	1:33
54	Tim Marsman	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
55	Tobias Müller	Unibet Rose Rockets	2:04
56	Niklas Märkl	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
57	Erlend Blikra	Uno-X Mobility	2:27
58	Emilien Jeannière	TotalEnergies	s.t.
59	Daniel Skerl	Bahrain-Victorious	s.t.
60	Itamar Einhorn	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
61	César Macías	Burgos Burpellet BH	s.t.
62	Cyril Barthe	Groupama-FDJ United	s.t.
63	Colby Simmons	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
64	Gianluca Pollefliet	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
65	Tim Naberman	Team Picnic PostNL	s.t.
66	Henrik Pedersen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
67	Pierre Thierry	TotalEnergies	s.t.
68	Luca Giaimi	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
69	Jenthe Biermans	Cofidis	s.t.
70	Sander De Pestel	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
71	Matthias Schwarzbacher	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
72	Arjen Livyns	XDS Astana Team	s.t.
73	Cedric Beullens	Lotto Intermarché	2:32
74	Dries De Pooter	Team Jayco AlUla	s.t.
75	Tord Gudmestad	Decathlon CMA CGM Team	s.t.
76	Jonathan Vervenne	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
77	Florian Sénéchal	Alpecin-Premier Tech	s.t.
78	Aivaras Mikutis	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
79	Lionel Taminiaux	Lotto Intermarché	s.t.
80	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
81	Connor Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
82	Amaury Capiot	Team Jayco AlUla	s.t.
83	Carlos Canal	Movistar Team	s.t.
84	Julius Johansen	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
85	Oliver Stockwell	Bahrain-Victorious	s.t.
86	Storm Ingebrigtsen	Uno-X Mobility	s.t.
87	Kelland O'Brien	Team Jayco AlUla	2:38
88	Samuel Leroux	TotalEnergies	s.t.
89	Niklas Larsen	Unibet Rose Rockets	2:39
90	Robert Donaldson	Team Jayco AlUla	2:40
91	Petr Kelemen	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	3:30
92	Florian Dauphin	TotalEnergies	3:52
93	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	s.t.
94	Ferre Geeraerts	Team Flanders-Baloise	4:04
95	Warre Vangheluwe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
96	Artem Shmidt	INEOS Grenadiers	5:12
97	Kamil Gradek	Bahrain-Victorious	8:00
98	Rune Herregodts	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	s.t.
99	Nadav Raisberg	NSN Cycling Team	s.t.
100	Orluis Aular	Movistar Team	s.t.
101	Otto Vergaerde	Lidl-Trek	s.t.

 

Course map & profile:

2026 Ronde Van Brugge (Tour of Bruges) map & profile

2026 Ronde van Brugge photos by Fotoreporter Sirotti:

Fabio Jakobsen before the start.

Groupama-FDJ riders head to the start.

Sam Welsford

The peloton rolls out of the Brugge city center.

The peloton cruising through Brugge

A trio of Unibet Rose Rockets: Dylan Groenewegen, Karsten Feldmann, & Wessel Mouris

The sprint

Amaury Capio (Jayco AlUla) falls.

Dylan Groenewegen is the winner.

Amaury Capiot is attended to. He was given 82nd place in the race, @ 2min 32sec

The podium, from left: Jasper Philipsen (2nd), Dylan Groenewegen (1st), & Max Kanter (3rd).

Start list with back numbers, March 24, 2026:

	UAE Team Emirates-XRG
1	Juan Sebastian Molano
2	Florian Vermeersch
3	Luca Giaimi
4	Rune Herregodts
5	Vegard Stake Laengen
6	Julius Johansen
7	Rui Oliveira
	Alpecin-Premier Tech
11	Jasper Philipsen
12	Gerben Thijssen
13	Simon Dehairs
14	Jonas Geens
15	Tim Marsman
16	Jonas Rickaert
17	Florian Sénéchal
	Bahrain Victorious
21	Phil Bauhaus
22	Kamil Gradek
23	Alberto Bruttomesso
24	Zak Erzen
25	Daniel Skerl
26	Oliver Stockwell
27	Attila Valter
	Decathlon CMA CGM Team
31	Cees Bol
32	Robbe Ghys
33	Sander De Pestel
34	Stan Dewulf
35	Pierre Gautherat
36	Tord Gudmestad
37	Gianluca Pollefliet
	EF Education-EasyPost
41	Luke Lamperti
42	Vincenzo Albanese
43	Madis Mihkels
44	Matthias Schwarzbacher
45	Colby Simmons
46	Mikkel Honore
47	Marijn van den Berg
	Groupama-FDJ United
51	Matteo Milan
52	Lewis Bower
53	Titouan Fontaine
54	Axel Huens
55	Johan Jacobs
56	Cyril Barthe
57	Paul Penhoët
	INEOS Grenadiers
61	Connor Swift
62	Kim Heiduk
63	Artem Shmidt
64	Sam Welsford
65	Lucas Hamilton
66	Ben Turner
67	Sam Watson
	Lidl-Trek
71	Simone Consonni
72	Mathias Sunekær Norsgaard
73	Jakob Söderqvist
74	Tim Torn Teutenberg
75	Edward Theuns
76	Otto Vergaerde
77	Max Walscheid
	Lotto-Intermarché
81	Cédric Beullens
82	Vito Braet
83	Steffen De Schuyteneer
84	Joshua Giddings
85	Robin Orins
86	Lionel Taminiaux
87	Roel van Sintmaartensdijk
	Movistar Team
91	Carlos Canal
92	Orluis Aular
93	Filip Maciejuk
94	Gonzalo Serrano
95	Iván García Cortina
96	Lorenzo Milesi
97	Albert Torres
	NSN Cycling Team
101	Hugo Hofstetter
102	Itamar Einhorn
103	Oded Kogut
104	Ryan Mullen
105	Nadav Raisberg
106	Rotem Tene
107	Floris Van Tricht
	Soudal Quick-Step
111	Laurenz Rex
112	Yves Lampaert
113	Jonathan Vervenne
114	Dries van Gestel
115	Fabio Van den Bossche
116	Bert Van Lerberghe
117	Warre Vangheluwe
	Team Jayco-AlUla
121	Luka Mezgec
122	Luke Durbridge
123	Robert Donaldson
124	Dries De Pooter
125	Jelte Krijnsen
126	Amaury Capiot
127	Kelland O'Brien
	Team Picnic PostNL
131	Fabio Jakobsen
132	Henri-Francois Haquin
133	Pavel Bittner
134	Niklas Märkl
135	Tim Naberman
136	Sean Flynn
137	Julius van den Berg
	Uno-X Mobility
141	Søren Wærenskjold
142	Carl-Frederik Bevort
143	Erlend Blikra
144	Stian Fredheim
145	Storm Ingebrigtsen
146	Henrik Pedersen
147	Erik Resell
	XDS Astana Team
151	Davide Ballerini
152	Yevgeniy Fedorov
153	Aaron Gate
154	Arjen Livyns
155	Max Kanter
156	Gleb Syritsa
157	Davide Toneatti
	Cofidis
161	Stanislaw Aniolkowski
162	Jenthe Biermans
163	Camille Charret
164	Milan Fretin
165	Alex Kirsch
166	Jan Maas
167	Alexis Renard
	Tudor Pro Cycling Team
171	Fabian Lienhard
172	Robin Froidevaux
173	Petr Kelemen
174	Luca Mozzato
175	Sebastian Kolze Changizi
176	Aivaras Mikutis
177	Joel Suter
	Burgos Burpellet BH
181	Tomoya Koyama
182	Rodrigo Álvarez
183	Georgios Boúglas
184	Daniel Cavia
185	Vojtech Kminek
186	Cesar Macias
187	Alexandre Mayer
	Team Flanders-Baloise
191	Jules Hesters
192	Tom Crabbe
193	Ferre Geeraerts
194	Nolan Huysmans
195	Artuur Torney
196	Milan Van den Haute
197	Noah Vandenbranden
	Team TotalEnergies
201	Emilien Jeannière
202	Florian Dauphin
203	Samuel Leroux
204	Lorrenzo Manzin
205	Nicola Marcerou
206	Jason Tesson
207	Pierre Thierry
	Unibet Rose Rockets
211	Dylan Groenewegen
212	Karsten Feldmann
213	Niklas Larsen
214	Wessel Mouris
215	Tobias Müller
216	Elmar Reinders
217	Abram Stockman