Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) won 2022 Dwars door Vlaanderen, outsprinting Tiesj Benoot (Jumbo-Visma) and Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers) (Image credit: Luc Claessen/Getty Images)
Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) won his second Dwars door Vlaanderen on Wednesday, using a confident attack from an eight-rider breakaway group with less than two kilometres to the finish in Waregem.
He powered away with Tiesj Benoot (Jumbo-Visma), who would trail for second. The final spot on the podium was taken by Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers), in a small group five seconds behind Van der Poel that included Victor Campenaerts (Lotto Soudal), Nils Politt (Bora-Hansgrohe), Stefan Küng (Groupama-FDJ) and Kelland O’Brien (BikeExchange-Jayco). The final rider from the break, Ben Turner (Ineos Grenadiers) crossed the line another seven seconds later.
Van der Poel impressed in just his eighth day of racing on the road this season, having finished on the podium at Milan-San Remo and winning a stage at Coppi e Bartali last week.
The final race before the Tour of Flanders was a hard-fought battle across the 183.7 kilometres, which included Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates), but he missed the decisive attack over the Berg Ten Houte and Kanarieberg climbs with 70km to go for the front group.
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2022 results - top 10
Pos.
Rider Name (Country) Team
Result
1
Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Fenix
4:05:39
2
Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Jumbo-Visma
0:00:01
3
Thomas Pidcock (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
0:00:05
4
Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Lotto Soudal
5
Nils Politt (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
6
Stefan Küng (Swi) Groupama-FDJ
7
Kelland O’Brien (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco
8
Ben Turner (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers
0:00:12
9
Jan Tratnik (Slo) Bahrain Victorious
0:02:08
10
Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
2022 Dwars door Vlaanderen Teams
AG2R Citroen Team
Alpecin-Fenix
Astana Qazaqstan Team
B&B Hotels-KTM
Bahrain Victorious
Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
Bora-Hansgrohe
Cofidis
EF Education-EasyPost
Groupama-FDJ
Ineos Grenadiers
Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
Israel-Premier Tech
Jumbo-Visma
Lotto Soudal
Movistar Team
QuickStep-AlphaVinyl
Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
Team Arkéa Samsic
BikeExchange-Jayco
Team DSM
TotalEnergies
Trek-Segafredo
UAE Team Emirates
Uno-X Pro Cycling TeamEmpty list
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