2018 Tour of Flanders for Women explained

2018 Tour of Flanders for Women
Series:2018 UCI Women's World Tour
Race No:6
Season No:23
Date:1 April 2018
Distance:153.3
Unit:km
Time:4h 08' 46"
First:Anna van der Breggen
First Nat:NED
Second:Amy Pieters
Second Nat:NED
Third:Annemiek van Vleuten
Third Nat:NED
Previous:2017
Next:2019

The 2018 Tour of Flanders for Women was the 15th running of the Tour of Flanders for Women, a women's bicycle race in Belgium. It was held on 1 April 2018, as the fifth race of the 2018 UCI Women's World Tour. Anna van der Breggen won the race with an attack just after the Kruisberg, at 27 km from the finish. Amy Pieters won the sprint for second place, at more than a minute from van der Breggen.Annemiek van Vleuten rounded out the entirely Dutch podium.

Teams

Twenty-four teams participated in the race. Each team had a maximum of six riders:[1]

Summary

On 1 April 2018, the 15th Tour of Flanders for Women was run. It started and finished in Oudenaarde, with an identical route to the men's race, covering 153.3km (95.3miles). The race was won by Olympic champion Anna van der Breggen after a 27km (17miles) solo attack on the top of the Kruisberg. A crash just before the Muur van Geraardsbergen split the peloton early in the race. A select group of riders made a further gap on the Kruisberg, after which van der Breggen made her decisive move. She increased her lead on the Oude Kwaremont and Paterberg and maintained her effort to claim her first Tour of Flanders victory.[2] Amy Pieters and Annemiek van Vleuten completed the entirely Dutch podium.[3]

UCI World Tour

See main article: 2018 UCI Women's World Tour.

Attributed points

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Individual ranking after Tour of Flanders

WorldTour points classification
RankRiderTeamPoints
1440
2405
3405
4390
5370
6338
7280
8238
9210
10190

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2018 Ronde van Vlaanderen Womens - Startlist. FirstCycling. 20 March 2019.
  2. News: Van der Breggen storms to Tour of Flanders victory. Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. 1 April 2018. 1 April 2018. Lukas. Knöfler.
  3. News: Van der Breggen bekroont knappe solo met zege in Ronde van Vlaanderen. nl. 1 April 2018. 1 April 2018. NU.nl. Sanoma. Van der Breggen crowns handsome solo with a win in Ronde van Vlaanderen.
  4. Web site: pdf . Règlement UCI du sport cycliste - Titre II, épreuves sur route - Chapitre X, classement UCI - Article 2.10.017, Barème des points Femmes Elite, dispositions générales - version au 1er janvier 2018 . uci.ch . fr . 20 April 2018 . 5 February 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180205184536/http://fr.uci.ch/mm/Document/News/Rulesandregulation/18/23/94/2-ROA-20180101-F_French.PDF . dead .