2021 Tour of Flanders
| 2021 UCI World Tour, race 12 of 29 | |||||||||||||
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 Event poster with previous winner Mathieu van der Poel | |||||||||||||
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| Dates | 4 April 2021 | ||||||||||||
| Stages | 1 | ||||||||||||
| Distance | 263.7 km (163.9 mi) | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 6h 02' 12" | ||||||||||||
| Results | |||||||||||||
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The 105th edition of the Tour of Flanders one-day cycling classic took place on 4 April 2021, as the 12th event of the 2021 UCI World Tour. The race began in Antwerp and covered 254.3 kilometres (158.0 mi) on the way to the finish in Oudenaarde.[1]
Teams
All nineteen UCI WorldTeams and six UCI ProTeams participated in the race, of which only Groupama–FDJ, with six riders, did not enter the maximum of seven riders. From the field of 174 riders, there were 113 finishers.[2]
UCI WorldTeams
- AG2R Citroën Team
- Astana–Premier Tech
- Bora–Hansgrohe
- Cofidis
- Elegant–Quick-Step[n 1]
- EF Education–Nippo
- Groupama–FDJ
- Ineos Grenadiers
- Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux
- Israel Start-Up Nation
- Lotto–Soudal
- Movistar Team
- Team Bahrain Victorious
- Team BikeExchange
- Team DSM
- Team Jumbo–Visma
- Team Qhubeka Assos
- Trek–Segafredo
- UAE Team Emirates
UCI ProTeams
Result
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Kasper Asgreen (DEN)
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Elegant–Quick-Step | 6h 02' 12" |
| 2 |  Mathieu van der Poel (NED)
|
Alpecin–Fenix | + 0" |
| 3 |  Greg Van Avermaet (BEL)
|
AG2R Citroën Team | + 32" |
| 4 | Jasper Stuyven (BEL)
|
Trek–Segafredo | + 33" |
| 5 | Sep Vanmarcke (BEL)
|
Israel Start-Up Nation | + 47" |
| 6 | Wout van Aert (BEL)
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Team Jumbo–Visma | + 47" |
| 7 | Gianni Vermeersch (BEL)
|
Alpecin–Fenix | + 47" |
| 8 |  Anthony Turgis (FRA)
|
Total Direct Énergie | + 47" |
| 9 | Florian Sénéchal (FRA)
|
Elegant–Quick-Step | + 47" |
| 10 | Dylan van Baarle (NED)
|
Ineos Grenadiers | + 47" |
References
- ^ "Ronde van Vlaanderen - Tour des Flandres". UCI. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
- ^ "Top Teams ready for Flanders' Finest". Tour of Flanders. Flanders Classics. 23 February 2021. Archived from the original on 6 May 2021. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
- ^ "Deceuninck – Quick-Step to sport Elegant – Quick-Step jersey in Ronde van Vlaanderen". CyclingNews. 30 March 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
- ^ Benson, Daniel (4 April 2021). "Tour of Flanders: Kasper Asgreen takes upset victory over Van der Poel". CyclingNews. Retrieved 4 April 2021.
Notes
- ^ For this race, Deceuninck–Quick-Step competed with 'Elegant–Quick-Step' jerseys to promote one of Deceuninck's window products.[3]