Overview
- Tadej Pogacar won the Tour of Flanders on Sunday with a solo finish, beating Mathieu van der Poel into second and Remco Evenepoel into third.
- He made the decisive move on the third and final ascent of the Oude Kwaremont about 18 km from the finish in Oudenaarde.
- Mathieu van der Poel was the last to lose contact, Remco Evenepoel impressed on debut to take third, and Wout van Aert finished fourth.
- The victory gives Pogacar 12 Monument titles, placing him alone in second all‑time behind Eddy Merckx’s 19.
- Attention now turns to Paris‑Roubaix next Sunday, the only Monument Pogacar has not won, after a Flanders route of 278.2 km from Antwerp over cobbled climbs like the Oude Kwaremont and the Koppenberg.