Tour of Flanders Women 2026
One of the biggest women's race of the year
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Date | April 5, 2026 |
Start location | Oudenaarde |
Finish location | Oudenaarde |
Distance | 164.1km |
Start time | 13:15 CET |
Finish time | 17:40 CET |
Category | Women’s WorldTour |
Previous edition | |
2025 winner | Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx- Protime) |
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Tour of Flanders Women 2026 Results
2026 Tour of Flanders Women report / As it happened
Demi Vollering (FDJ United-Suez) attacked 18 kilometres from the line to claim the women's Tour of Flanders with a stunning solo victory.
After a select lead group of 20 formed on the Koppenberg, Vollering's teammates drove even harder on the Oude Kruisberg to allow the Dutchwoman to blast away for the win.
The battle for second was a lot tighter as Puck Pieterse (Fenix-Premier Tech) was outpowered by Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (Visma-Lease a Bike) at the finish. Pieterse had dropped the Frenchwoman on the Paterberg, but Ferrand-Prévot regained contact and then proved stronger than Pieterse in the finale.
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2026 Women's Tour of Flanders route
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Tour of Flanders Women history
Russia's Zoulfia Zabirova captured the inaugural Tour of Flanders victory in 2004. Since the first edition, organisers have included more climbs and extended the race from 94km to over 150km.
Following in Zabirova's footsteps and winning the Tour of Flanders was Dutchwoman Mirjam Melchers-Van Poppel, who won in 2005 and 2006.
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Great Britain's Nicole Cooke was the winner in the 2007 edition, followed by Germany's Judith Arndt, also a two-time winner, having taken titles in 2008 and 2012. Her compatriot Ina-Yoko Teutenberg stormed to a sprint victory in 2009.
The first Belgian rider to have won the Tour of Flanders was Grace Verbeke in 2010. Her victory was followed by Dutch riders Annemiek van Vleuten (2011), Marianne Vos (2013) and Ellen van Dijk (2014).
Italy's Elisa Longo Borghini won solo in the 2015 edition, while Britain's Lizzie Deignan was fastest in a two-up sprint in 2016. American Coryn Rivera won a reduced bunch sprint in 2017, and remains the only American to have won the Tour of Flanders.
Anna van der Breggen won the race after a solo breakaway in the 2018 edition, while Italy's Marta Bastianelli won in 2019. Chantal van den Broek Blaak took a solo win 2020. Her compatriot Annemiek van Vleuten won the race in 2021, exactly 10 years after her first victory in 2011.
The second Belgian rider to win the women's race was Lotte Kopecky in 2022, who secured the victory while wearing the Belgian Champion's jersey on home soil, and she won again in the 2023 and 2025 editions.
Find out more with our list of Tour of Flanders Women past winners.
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