2018 Dwars door Vlaanderen

2018 Dwars door Vlaanderen
2018 UCI World Tour, race 12 of 37
Event poster with previous winner Yves Lampaert
Event poster with previous winner Yves Lampaert
Race details
Dates28 March 2018
Stages1
Distance180.1 km (111.9 mi)
Winning time4h 09' 40"[1]
Results
  Winner  Yves Lampaert (BEL) (Quick-Step Floors)
  Second  Mike Teunissen (NED) (Team Sunweb)
  Third  Sep Vanmarcke (BEL) (EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale)
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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]

Route of the 2018 Dwars door Vlaanderen

Teams

As 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

The race was 180.1 kilometres (111.9 miles) in length. There were 12 categorised climbs:

Climbs and cobbled sections in the 2018 Dwars door Vlaanderen[7]
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

Result[1]
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) Quick-Step Floors + 29"
7  Tiesj Benoot (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 30"
8  Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) BMC Racing Team + 59"
9  Niki Terpstra (NED) Quick-Step Floors + 59"
10  Jasper Stuyven (BEL) Trek–Segafredo + 59"

References

  1. ^ a b "Uitslag - Résultat - Result" (PDF). KBWB-RVLB.com. Royal Belgian Cycling League. 28 March 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  2. ^ "UCI announces 2018 road calendar". Cycling News. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  3. ^ "2018 UCI WorldTour calendar unveiled". Velon. Archived from the original on 25 September 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
  4. ^ Hickmott, Larry (28 March 2018). "Dwars door Vlaanderen: Yves Lampaert Makes History". VeloUK. WordPress. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  5. ^ Benson, Daniel (28 March 2018). "Lampaert wins Dwars door Vlaanderen". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Dwars door Vlaanderen Roadmap" (PDF). Dwars door Vlaanderen. Flanders Classics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2018. Retrieved 27 March 2018.