The 2018 Dwars door Vlaanderen was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 28 March 2018 in Belgium. It was the 73rd edition of Dwars door Vlaanderen and the twelfth event of the 2018 UCI World Tour.[2][3] It was won for the second year in a row by Yves Lampaert (Quick-Step Floors) – becoming the first rider to win the race in consecutive years.[4] He finished two seconds ahead of Team Sunweb's Mike Teunissen and Sep Vanmarcke, riding for the EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale team, completed the podium.[5]
| 2018 UCI World Tour, race 12 of 37 | |||||||||||||
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 Event poster with previous winner Yves Lampaert | |||||||||||||
| Race details | |||||||||||||
| Dates | 28 March 2018 | ||||||||||||
| Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 180.1 km (111.9 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 4h 09' 40"[1] | ||||||||||||
| Results | |||||||||||||
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Teams
editAs the race was only added to the UCI World Tour calendar in 2017, all UCI WorldTeams were invited to the race, but not obligated to compete in the race. As such, seventeen of the eighteen WorldTeams – with the exception of Groupama–FDJ – competed in the race, up one on 2017. Eight UCI Professional Continental teams competed, completing the 25-team peloton.[6]
UCI WorldTeams
UCI Professional Continental teams
Route
editThe race was 180.1 kilometres (111.9 miles) in length. There were 12 categorised climbs:
| No. | Name | Distance from | Surface | Length (metres) |
Gradient (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start (km) |
Finish (km) |
(ave.) | (max.) | ||||
| 1 | Kluisberg | 82.6 | 97.5 | asphalt | 1000 | 6.8% | 16% |
| 2 | Côte de Trieu | 90.0 | 90.1 | asphalt | 1900 | 4.9% | 11.8% |
| 3 | Kluisberg | 107.3 | 72.8 | asphalt | 1000 | 6.8% | 16% |
| 4 | Côte de Trieu | 114.8 | 65.3 | asphalt | 1900 | 4.9% | 11.8% |
| 5 | Kortekeer | 122.4 | 57.7 | asphalt | 900 | 6.5% | 9.8% |
| – | Mariaborrestraat | 124.5 | 55.6 | cobbles | 2400 | — | |
| 6 | Steenbeekdries | 125.7 | 54.4 | cobbles | 600 | 4.5% | 8% |
| 7 | Taaienberg | 128.2 | 51.9 | cobbles | 530 | 6.6% | 15.8% |
| 8 | Kruisberg | 138.3 | 41.8 | cobbles | 1800 | 4.8% | 9% |
| 9 | Côte de Trieu | 147.0 | 33.1 | asphalt | 1900 | 4.9% | 11.8% |
| – | Varentstraat | 154.4 | 25.7 | cobbles | 2000 | — | |
| 10 | Tiegemberg | 159.2 | 20.9 | asphalt | 1400 | 6.5% | 9% |
| 11 | Holstraat | 163.6 | 16.5 | asphalt | 1000 | 5.2% | 12% |
| 12 | Nokereberg | 171.1 | 9.0 | cobbles | 500 | 5.7% | 6.7% |
| – | Herlegemstraat | 173.9 | 6.2 | cobbles | 800 | — | |
Result
edit| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Yves Lampaert (BEL)
|
Quick-Step Floors | 4h 09' 40" |
| 2 |  Mike Teunissen (NED)
|
Team Sunweb | + 2" |
| 3 | Sep Vanmarcke (BEL)
|
EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale | + 2" |
| 4 |  Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR)
|
Team Dimension Data | + 2" |
| 5 |  Mads Pedersen (DEN)
|
Trek–Segafredo | + 2" |
| 6 |  Zdeněk Štybar (CZE)
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Quick-Step Floors | + 29" |
| 7 | Tiesj Benoot (BEL)
|
Lotto–Soudal | + 30" |
| 8 | Greg Van Avermaet (BEL)
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BMC Racing Team | + 59" |
| 9 | Niki Terpstra (NED)
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Quick-Step Floors | + 59" |
| 10 | Jasper Stuyven (BEL)
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Trek–Segafredo | + 59" |
References
edit- ^ a b "Uitslag - Résultat - Result" (PDF). KBWB-RVLB.com. Royal Belgian Cycling League. 28 March 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- ^ "UCI announces 2018 road calendar". Cycling News. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
- ^ "2018 UCI WorldTour calendar unveiled". Velon. Archived from the original on 25 September 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
- ^ Hickmott, Larry (28 March 2018). "Dwars door Vlaanderen: Yves Lampaert Makes History". VeloUK. WordPress. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- ^ Benson, Daniel (28 March 2018). "Lampaert wins Dwars door Vlaanderen". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- ^ "Deelnemerslijst - Liste des partants" (PDF). Dwars door Vlaanderen. Flanders Classics. 27 March 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 March 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- ^ "Dwars door Vlaanderen Roadmap" (PDF). Dwars door Vlaanderen. Flanders Classics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.