Tour of Flanders 2025 Women: The most important facts in brief

• Date: Sunday, 06 April 2025
• Distance: 168.8 km
• Key points: Oude Kwaremont, Paterberg, Koppenberg
• Start: Oudenaarde 1:10 pm
• Target: Oudenaarde ~ 17:33-18:01
• Nickname: Vlaanderens mooiste (Flanders' most beautiful in German)
• Last year's winner: Elisa Longo Borghini (Italy)
• Record winner: Annemiek van Vleuten (NED), Lotte Kopecky (BEL), Mirjam Melchers (NED), Judith Arndt (GER), Elisa Longo Borghini (Italy), twice each
• German winners: Judith Arndt (2008 & 2012), Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (2009)
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Tour of Flanders 2025 Women: This is the route

In 2025, the race will once again start in Oudenaarde, where the finish line is also located, as it has been since the first edition in 2004. A total of 168.8 kilometres are to be covered, around five kilometres more than last year. The route includes twelve slip roads and seven cobbled sections.

Just like the men, the women also take a bit of a run-up before the difficulties begin. The first 55 kilometres or so are not particularly demanding. Then the first cobblestones are encountered in the Doorn passage. Ten kilometres later, the first slip road follows with the Edalereberg, followed shortly afterwards by number two: the Wolvenberg. The peloton now takes three cobbled sectors in quick succession: Holleweg, Karel Martelstraat and Jagerij. Then it's on to Molenberg and Paddestraat, before the Berendries after around 100 kilometres, followed by the Valkenberg and, after a further ten kilometres or so, the Eikenberg.

Afterwards, the dreaded Koppenberg is also on the programme for the 2025 Tour of Flanders for women. The favourites should definitely stay at the front in the narrow hollow lane. There was a lot of chaos there in 2024, with many riders having to dismount and push on the slippery cobbles. There are still around 45 kilometres to go from the Koppenberg to the finish. Via Mariaborrestraat, Steenbeekdries, Stationsberg, Taaienberg and Hotond, the riders reach what are probably the two decisive climbs: Oude Kwaremont and Paterberg. This combination only has to be tackled once by the women - twice for the men - but it should be selective enough to decide the race once and for all. From the Paterberg, which is up to 20 per cent steep, there are still around 14 kilometres to the finish.

The slipways at a glance

1. Edalereberg | kilometre 65.9
2. Wolvenberg | kilometre 69.7
3. Molenberg | kilometre 79.6
4. Berendries | kilometre 99.1
5. Valkenberg | kilometre 104.5
6. Eikenberg | kilometre 117.1
7. Koppenberg | kilometre 124.3
8. Steenbeekdries | kilometre 129.7
9. Taaienberg | kilometre 132.1
10. Oude Kruisberg/Hotond | kilometre 142.4
11. Oude Kwaremont | kilometre 152.2
12. Paterberg | kilometre 155.6

The cobblestone sections

1. Doorn | kilometre 56.3
2. Holleweg | kilometre 69.8
3. Karel Martelstraat | kilometre 70.9
4. Jagerij | kilometre 73.7
5. Paddestraat | kilometre 84.5
6. Mariaborrestraat | kilometre 128.3
7. Stationsberg | kilometre 130.2

The favourites

Last year, Elisa Longo Borghini stormed to her second victory in the Tour of Flanders after 2015 in a sprint ahead of Katarzyna Niewiadoma and Shirin van Anrooij. The 33-year-old Italian is therefore aiming for success number three this year, which would make her the sole record holder. The signs for this are very good. During the week, Longo Borghini rode away from everyone at the Tour of Flanders and celebrated an impressive solo victory. The captain of UAE Team ADQ is therefore the woman to beat. Normally, world champion Lotte Kopecky (Team SD Worx - Protime) would be mentioned in the same breath as Longo Borghini. But the Belgian, who could also win the Ronde for the third time, still has sand in her gears ahead of her home race - her performance on Wednesday at Quer durch Flandern was not convincing despite finishing second in the end. Especially as the SD Worx - Protime team has two more trump cards up its sleeve: Comeback rider Anna van der Breggen has already won the 2018 Ronde and showed herself to be in good form at the start of the season. And then the Dutch racing team also has a Lorena Wiebes in top form, who recently won her first victory at Gent-Wevelgem. 100th victory. The Tour of Flanders should normally be too difficult for the sprinter Wiebes, but in her current condition she could go very far on Sunday.

Meanwhile, Tour de France Femmes winner Niewiadoma will be flying the flag for the German team CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto. The Polish rider's form is good, but her handicap remains that she would probably have to arrive alone due to her sprint deficits. Marlen Reusser (Movistar) is likely to try something similar. The Swiss rider is returning to the race in which she crashed heavily last year and will form a double lead-out together with Liane Lippert. Normally, the Friedrichshafen rider's races only come at the Ardennes Classics, but with sixth place at Quer durch Flandern she proved that she is also a force to be reckoned with at the Ronde. Puck Pieterse (Fenix - Deceuninck) should also be on your radar. The 22-year-old was the only rider at the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad who was able to keep up with Demi Vollering on the Hellingen. Vollering is skipping the Tour of Flanders, but her team FDJ - SUEZ is sending Elise Chabbey into the race instead. Letizia Borghesi, Noemi Rüegg (both EF Education-Oatly), Pauline Ferrand-Prévot (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) and her team-mate Marianne Vos, who has been struggling recently, are also among the contenders for a top place.

The favourites according to TOUR stars

***** Elisa Longo Borghini

**** Lotte Kopecky, Anna van der Breggen

*** Puck Pieterse, Marlen Reusser, Katarzyna Niewiadoma

** Liane Lippert, Lorena Wiebes

* Elise Chabbey, Pauline Ferrand-Prévot, Marianne Vos, Letizia Borghesi, Noemi Rüegg

Results Tour of Flanders Women 2024

*The more stars a driver receives, the stronger she is rated

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Tour of Flanders 2025 Women: TV broadcast & live stream

Eurosport 1 will broadcast the women's Tour of Flanders 2025 on Sunday from 4:45 pm following the men's race. There is also a paid live stream at Discovery Plusthis already begins at 3:00 pm.

Tour of Flanders: List of winners

• 2004 Zulfiya Zabirova (Russia)
• 2005 Mirjam Melchers (Netherlands)
• 2006 Mirjam Melchers (Netherlands)
• 2007 Nicole Cooke (Great Britain)
• 2008 Judith Arndt (Germany)
• 2009 Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (Germany)
• 2010 Grace Vebeke (Belgium)
• 2011 Annemiek van Vleuten (Netherlands)
• 2012 Judith Arndt (Germany)
• 2013 Marianne Vos (Netherlands)
• 2014 Ellen van Dijk (Netherlands)
• 2015 Elisa Longo Borghini (Italy)
• 2016 Elizabeth Deignan (Great Britain)
• 2017 Coryn Labecki (USA)
• 2018 Anna van der Breggen (Netherlands)
• 2019 Marta Bastianelli (Italy)
• 2020 Chantal van den Broek-Blaak (Netherlands)
• 2021 Annemiek van Vleuten (Netherlands)
• 2022 Lotte Kopecky (Belgium)
• 2023 Lotte Kopecky (Belgium)
• 2024 Elisa Longo Borghini (Italy)