Gent-Wevelgem 2025

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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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