Gent-Wevelgem 2025

Lidl-Trek's Danish Mads Pedersen competes during the men's elite one day 250.3 Km (155 miles) cycling race 'Gent-Wevelgem - In Flanders Fields' from Ieper to Wevelgem on March 30, 2025. (Photo by DAVID PINTENS / Belga / AFP) / Belgium OUT

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Gent-Wevelgem race overview
Date	March 30, 2025
Start location	Ypres
Finish location	Wevelgem
Distance	250.3km
Start time	10:40 CET
Finish time	16:16 CET
Category	UCI WorldTour
Previous edition	2024 Gent-Wevelgem
Previous Winner	Mads Pedersen (Den) Lidl-Trek

Mads Pedersen wins Gent-Wevelgem

Danish Mads Pedersen of Lidl-Trek wins the men elite 'Gent-Wevelgem - In Flanders Fields' one day cycling race, 250.3 km from Ieper to Wevelgem, Sunday 30 March 2025. BELGA PHOTO JASPER JACOBS (Photo by JASPER JACOBS / BELGA MAG / Belga via AFP) — Mads Pedersen celebrates his third victory in Gent-Wevelgem (Image credit: Getty Images)

Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) won the 2025 Gent-Wevelgem, attacking 72 kilometres from the finish, riding to the day's breakaway and then going off the front solo with more than 50km remaining.

The victory was a record-equalling third for the Danish rider, who beat Mathieu van der Poel in 2024 and claimed his first win in Gent-Wevelgem in 2020.

A tailwind and Lidl-Trek disrupting the chase meant the peloton was fighting for the final two podium spots, with Tim Merlier (Soudal-Quickstep) out-pacing Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) for second and third.

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Gent-Wevelgem route

Often harsh weather conditions, especially wind and rain, create havoc with the peloton before the finish that culminates just beyond the final climb of the lung-busting cobbled Kemmelberg. Recent modifications to the course have added more climbs and made the race more closely resemble the Tour of Flanders.

While the race finishes in Wevelgem, it does not start in Gent. It used to start on the outskirts, in Deinze, but now takes off west in the centre of Ypres. The race takes riders north through windswept De Moeren and over to the North Sea coast, rather than through the main Flemish Ardennes. It also includes some climbs in the very west of Flanders, the iconic and decisive one being the Kemmelberg. Reduced bunch sprints or small breakaways tend to decide the victory.

Full details of the 2025 Gent-Wevelgem route

Gent-Wevelgem 2025 Start List

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Gent-Wevelgem teams

Alpecin-Deceuninck
Arkea-B&B Hotels
Bahrain Victorious
Cofidis
Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
EF Education - EasyPost
Groupama-FDJ
INEOS Grenadiers
Intermarché - Wanty
Lidl-Trek
Movistar Team
Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe
Soudal Quick-Step
Team Jayco AlUla
Team Picnic PostNL
Team Visma | Lease a Bike
UAE Team Emirates
XDS Astana Team
Israel - Premier Tech
Lotto
Uno-X Mobility
Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
Team Flanders - Baloise
Tudor Pro Cycling Team
TotalEnergies

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