Tour of Flanders Women 2024

Elisa Longo Borghini wins Tour of Flanders

As it happened: Longo-Borghini and Lidl-Trek take Flanders as SD Worx-Protime off podium

Elisa Longo Borghini (Lidl-Trek) triumphed at the Tour of Flanders, winning her second edition after her 2015 victory. The Italian Champion won the sprint among the small group of three, ahead of runner-up Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM) and teammate Shirin van Anrooij (Lidl-Trek) in Oudenaarde.

Van Anrooij set the tone for the finale, going solo and then joined by Niewiadoma and Longo Borghini with 12km to go. Van Anrooij then led out the group into the final sprint. Although Niewiadoma came past Van Anrooij, Longo Borghini then passed them both to take the win.

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The Tour of Flanders Women will mark the 10th round of the 2024 Women's WorldTour taking place on March 31 in Oudenaarde, Belgium.

One of the hallmark events of the Spring Classics, the Tour of Flanders Women takes the peloton on a challenging race across cobblestones and sharp ascents in and around Oudenaarde. Climbs include Kruisberg/Hotond, Oude Kwaremont, and the Paterberg – before the finish line in Oudenaarde.

Last year, Lotte Kopecky made history as the first Belgian back-to-back winner of the Tour of Flanders, dropping Silvia Persico (UAE Team ADQ) - the only rider able to hold her wheel on the previous climbs - on the Oude Kwaremont with 17km to go and then soloed to victory.

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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. 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. 

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Tour of Flanders Women teams

• AG Insurance-Soudal Team
• Canyon-SRAM Racing
• Ceratizit-WNT Pro Cycling Team
• Team dsm-firmenich PostNL
• FDJ-SUEZ
• Fenix-Deceuninck
• Human Powered Health
• Lidl-Trek
• Liv-AlUla Jayco
• Movistar Team
• Roland Cycling
• Team SD Worx
• Visma-Lease a Bike
• UAE Team ADQ
• Uno-X Pro Cycling
• Cofidis Women Team
• Arkea-B&B Hotels Women
• EF Education-Cannondale
• Lifeplus Wahoo
• Lotto Dstny Ladies
• Proximus-Cyclist CT
• Team Coop-Repsol
• Volkerwessels Women’s Pro Cycling Team