The 2018 Tour of Flanders for Women was the 15th running of the Tour of Flanders for Women, a women's bicycle race in Belgium. It was held on 1 April 2018, as the fifth race of the 2018 UCI Women's World Tour. Anna van der Breggen won the race with an attack just after the Kruisberg, at 27 km from the finish. Amy Pieters won the sprint for second place, at more than a minute from van der Breggen.[1] Annemiek van Vleuten rounded out the entirely Dutch podium.[2]
| 2018 UCI Women's World Tour, race 6 of 23 | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | 1 April 2018 | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 153.3 km (95.26 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 4h 08' 46" | ||||||||||||
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Teams
editTwenty-four teams participated in the race. Each team had a maximum of six riders:[3]
Professional women's teams
- Team Sunweb
- Boels–Dolmans
- Mitchelton–Scott
- Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling
- Canyon–SRAM
- Wiggle High5
- WaowDeals Pro Cycling
- Alé–Cipollini
- Cylance Pro Cycling
- FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
- BTC City Ljubljana
- Hitec Products–Birk Sport
- Astana
- Team Virtu Cycling
- Valcar–PBM
- Lotto–Soudal Ladies
- Bepink
- Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank
- Trek–Drops
- Aromitalia Vaiano
- Parkhotel Valkenburg
- Movistar Team
- Doltcini–Van Eyck Sport
- Experza–Footlogix
Summary
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On 1 April 2018, the 15th Tour of Flanders for Women was run. It started and finished in Oudenaarde, with an identical route to the men's race, covering 153.3 kilometres (95.3 miles). The race was won by Olympic champion Anna van der Breggen (Boels–Dolmans) after a 27-kilometre (17 mi) solo attack on the top of the Kruisberg. A crash just before the Muur van Geraardsbergen split the peloton early in the race. A select group of riders made a further gap on the Kruisberg, after which van der Breggen made her decisive move. She increased her lead on the Oude Kwaremont and Paterberg and maintained her effort to claim her first Tour of Flanders victory.[1] Amy Pieters and Annemiek van Vleuten completed the entirely Dutch podium.[2]
Results
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| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
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| 1 |  Anna van der Breggen (NED)
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Boels–Dolmans | 4h 08' 46" |
| 2 | Amy Pieters (NED)
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Boels–Dolmans | + 1' 08" |
| 3 | Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)
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Mitchelton–Scott | + 1' 08" |
| 4 |  Ashleigh Moolman (RSA)
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Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling | + 1' 08" |
| 5 | Chantal Blaak (NED)
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Boels–Dolmans | + 1' 08" |
| 6 |  Małgorzata Jasińska (POL)
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Movistar Team | + 1' 08" |
| 7 | Ellen van Dijk (NED)
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Team Sunweb | + 1' 08" |
| 8 |  Lisa Brennauer (GER)
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Wiggle High5 | + 1' 08" |
| 9 | Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL)
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Canyon–SRAM | + 1' 08" |
| 10 |  Megan Guarnier (USA)
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Boels–Dolmans | + 1' 11" |
UCI World Tour
editAttributed points
edit| Position[5] | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 16-30th | 31-40th |
| World Tour points | 200 | 150 | 125 | 100 | 85 | 70 | 60 | 50 | 40 | 35 | 30 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 3 |
Individual ranking after Tour of Flanders
editWorldTour points classification[citation needed]
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References
edit- ^ a b Knöfler, Lukas (1 April 2018). "Van der Breggen storms to Tour of Flanders victory". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ^ a b "Van der Breggen bekroont knappe solo met zege in Ronde van Vlaanderen" [Van der Breggen crowns handsome solo with a win in Ronde van Vlaanderen]. NU.nl (in Dutch). Sanoma. 1 April 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ^ "2018 Ronde van Vlaanderen Womens - Startlist". FirstCycling. Retrieved 20 March 2019.
- ^ "Uitslag - Résultat - Result" (PDF). KBWB-RVLB.com. Royal Belgian Cycling League. 1 April 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
- ^ "Règlement UCI du sport cycliste - Titre II, épreuves sur route - Chapitre X, classement UCI - Article 2.10.017, Barème des points Femmes Elite, dispositions générales - version au 1er janvier 2018" (PDF). uci.ch (in French). Archived from the original (pdf) on 5 February 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2018.