Overview
- Tadej Pogacar won Sunday’s Tour of Flanders after 278 km from Antwerpen to Oudenaarde.
- He powered clear on the cobbled Oude Kwaremont and Paterberg climbs after UAE split the race on the Molenberg.
- Mathieu van der Poel finished second and Remco Evenepoel took third on his debut, with Wout van Aert just behind.
- The victory gives Pogacar two Monuments this season and 12 in his career, second all time behind Eddy Merckx.
- Paris–Roubaix comes next, the roughest of the five one-day Monuments that are cycling’s most prestigious one-day races.