Ronde van Vlaanderen
🇧🇪Sunday, April 5, 2026
14° / 10°C
Drizzle
Rain
0.8 mm
Wind
31 km/h
Wet cobbles and 14°C will make this a brutal, attrition-based edition.
Strong crosswind (31 km/h) on exposed roads — peloton splits and gutter riding expected
Wet pavé — slippery cobbles dramatically increase crash risk and difficulty
Predictions
Top Contenders
Rider Intel
Arnaud De Lie: Another encouraging result for Arnaud De Lie: “Ah, what a relief” - IDLprocycling.com. Sentiment is mixed.
PEDERSEN Mads: Startlist Tour of Flanders 2026 | Riders: Tadej Pogacar, Mathieu van der Poel, Wout Van Aert, Remco Evenepoel, Mads Pedersen and more - CyclingUpToDate.com. Sentiment is mixed.
Alec Segaert: How cycling's new late attacker Alec Segaert is making his Classics presence impossible to ignore - msn.com. Sentiment is mixed.
Top Contenders
Rider Intel
FERRAND-PRÉVOT Pauline: Startlist Strade Bianche Donne 2026 | Riders: Demi Vollering, Lotte Kopecky, Marianne Vos, Elisa Longo Borghini, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, Anna van der Breggen - CyclingUpToDate.com. Sentiment is mixed.
Lotte Kopecky: Team dynamics update. 'I just have to trust my abilities' – Lotte Kopecky aiming to avoid Omloop Het Nieuwsblad bad luck to bounce back into contention at Strade Bianche - Cyclingnews.
Demi Vollering: Transfer/team news. Wrong turn drama at Strade Bianche – Disaster for Vollering and Ferrand-Prévot as chase group rides off-course - Cyclingnews.
Race Profile
Distance
273km
Elevation
2,700m
Cobble sectors
7
First edition
1913
Surface
Road + cobbled climbs and sectors
The Flemish Monument. A war of attrition decided by the brutal final double-ascent of the Kwaremont and Paterberg with ~15km to go. Whoever survives that can solo to Oudenaarde. Suited to powerful punchy classics riders who can also climb.
- —18 steep climbs
- —Oude Kwaremont (2.2km, 4% avg / 11% max)
- —Paterberg (360m, 12.9% avg)
- —Final double-ascent of Kwaremont + Paterberg
- —7 cobble sectors
Recent winners