Route, TV coverage, start list: Everything you need to know about the Tour of Flanders
Thomas Goldmann
· 31.03.2024
The Tour of Flanders is something of a national treasure in the Flemish part of Belgium. First held in 1913, the Ronde van Vlaanderen quickly grew in popularity and developed into a symbol for an entire region, like the carnival in the Rhineland or the Oktoberfest in Munich. The race is a huge folk festival with music, fries and beer. The route is lined with thousands of cycling fans who never tire of cheering on their heroes and waving Flanders flags.
To win the Tour of Flanders, you need an explosive start, high speed and the ability to hold your own in battles for position, coupled with a certain love of cobblestones. Because there is plenty of it at the Ronde. The short and crisp climbs in the Flemish Ardennes, often on cobblestones and narrow roads, characterise the race. They are called Hellingen. There are also numerous changes of direction. In this respect, the Tour of Flanders is more technical than Paris-Roubaix. And the luck factor plays less of a role here on the pavé, which is not quite as rough as in northern France. The winner of the Ronde is usually the strongest rider in the race, whereas there are often surprises in Roubaix.
Tour of Flanders 2024: The most important facts in brief
- Date: Sunday, 31 March 2024
- Distance: 270.8 km
- Key points: Oude Kwaremont, Paterberg, Koppenberg
- Start: Antwerp (10:00 a.m.)
- Target: Oudenaarde ~ 16:29 - 17:06
- Nickname: Vlaanderens mooiste (Flanders' most beautiful in German)
- Last year's winner: Tadej Pogacar (Slovenia)
- Record winner: Achiel Buysse (BEL), Fiorenzo Magni (ITA), Eric Leman (BEL), Johan Museeuw (BEL), Tom Boonen (BEL), Fabian Cancellara (SUI), three times each
- German winners: Rudi Altig (1964), Steffen Wesemann (2004)
- The route of the women's race
- Wout van Aert out of the Tour of Flanders
- Tour of Flanders liveblog
Tour of Flanders 2024: The route
In 2024, the Tour of Flanders will once again start in Antwerp after starting in Bruges last year. Since 2012, the race has finished in Oudenaarde. That won't change in 2024 either. Neither will the fact that the famous Geraardsbergen wall is not part of the course this year. Until the switch to the circuit with Oude Kwaremont and Paterberg in 2012, the race was often decided there.
The total distance this year is 270.8 kilometres - 2.6 fewer than in 2023. 17 climbs (there were 19 in 2023) and seven cobbled sections (there were six in 2023) have to be mastered. The centrepiece of the course remains the Oude Kwaremont (to be ridden three times in total) and the Paterberg (to be ridden twice).
Easy run-up, tough finale
The first 100 kilometres or so are not particularly challenging topographically. Then the first pavé passages await: Lippenhovestraat and Paddestraat. After another 30 kilometres, the first passage on the Oude Kwaremont awaits, followed by the traditional final course of the Tour of Flanders: Kappelleberg, Holleweg, Wolvenberg, Kerkgate, Jagerij, Molenberg, Marlboroughstraat, Berendries and the Valkenberg give the riders no respite.
After Berg Ten Houte and Hotond, the second passage on the Alter Kwaremont and the up to 20 per cent steep ramp on the Paterberg are on the agenda for the first time. After that, the race is likely to get nervous as it heads to the infamous Koppenberg. The favourites will have to show themselves at the front in the narrow hollow lane. Mariaborrestraat, Steenbeekdries, Stationsberg, Taaienberg and Hotond follow, before the decision is made on the third and final passage of the Kwaremont or the Paterberg at the latest. The last 13 or so flat kilometres to the finish line traditionally don't result in any major shifts.
The slipways at a glance
- Oude Kwaremont | kilometre 136.7
- Kappelleberg | kilometre 155.7
- Wolvenberg | kilometre 158.9
- Molenberg | kilometre 171.3
- Marlboroughstraat | kilometre 175.3
- Berendries | kilometre 179.3
- Valkenberg | kilometre 184.7
- Ten Houte mountain | kilometre 197.1
- Nieuwe Kruisberg/Hotond | kilometre 206.6
- Oude Kwaremont | kilometre 216.5
- Paterberg | kilometre 219.9
- Koppenberg | kilometre 226.2
- Steenbeekdries | kilometre 231.6
- Taaienberg | kilometre 234.0
- Nieuwe Kruisberg/Hotond | kilometre 244.3
- Kwaremont | kilometre 254.1
- Paterberg | kilometre 257.6
The cobblestone sections
- Lippenhovestraat | kilometre 104.2
- Paddestraat | kilometre 105.6
- Holleweg | kilometre 156.3
- Kerkgate | kilometre 162.5
- Jagerij | kilometre 165.1
- Mariaborrestraat | kilometre 230.2
- Stationsberg | kilometre 232.1
Tour of Flanders 2024: TV broadcast & live stream
Eurosport will broadcast the Tour of Flanders 2024 live on television. On the free TV channel Eurosport 1 is the men's cycling classic from 09:45 a.m. on Sunday. The final of the women's race will also be shown on Eurosport 1. There will also be discovery+ (via paid subscription) a live stream of the Ronde van Vlaanderen 2024.
Tour of Flanders 2024 live ticker
Tour of Flanders 2024 - Participants: the start list
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- 1 Mathieu Van der Poel
- 2 Axel Laurance
- 3 Oscar Riesebeek
- 4 Xandro Meurisse
- 5 Sören Kragh Andersen
- 6 Silvan Dillier
- 7 Gianni Vermeersch
- 11 Biniam Girmay
- 12 Dries De Pooter
- 13 Hugo Page
- 14 Adrien Petit
- 15 Laurenz Rex
- 16 Mike Teunissen
- 17 Georg Zimmermann
- 21 Julian Alaphilippe
- 22 Kasper Asgreen
- 23 Yves Lampaert
- 24 Gianni Moscon
- 25 Tim Merlier
- 26 Casper Pedersen
- 27 Bert van Lerberghe
- 31 Matteo Jorgenson
- 32 Edoardo Affini
- 33 Tiesj Benoot
- 34 Mick van Dijke
- 35 Tim van Dijke
- 36 Per Strand Hagenes
- 37 Dylan van Baarle
- 41 Florian Senechal
- 42 Amaury Capiot
- 43 Donavan Grondin
- 44 Vincenzo Albanese
- 45 Daniel McLay
- 46 Luca Mozzato
- 47 Miles Scotson
- 51 Cees Bol
- 52 Rüdiger Selig
- 53 Yevgeniy Fedorov
- 54 Michael Morkov
- 55 Yevgeniy Gidich
- 56 Dmitriy Gruzdev
- 57 Gleb Syritsa
- 61 Matej Mohoric
- 62 Matevz Govekar
- 63 Kamil Gradek
- 64 Fran Miholjevic
- 65 Andrea Pasqualon
- 66 Fred Wright
- 67 Dusan Rajovic
- 71 Jordi Meeus
- 72 Marco Haller
- 73 Emil Herzog
- 74 Luis-Joe Lührs
- 75 Nico Denz
- 76 Ryan Mullen
- 77 Filip Maciejuk
- 81 Piet Allegaert
- 82 Aime De Gendt
- 83 Nicolas Debeaumarche
- 84 Alexis Gougeard
- 85 Ludovic Robeet
- 86 Alexis Renard
- 87 Stanislaw Aniolkowski
- 91 Edvald Boasson-Hagen
- 92 Oliver Naesen
- 93 Dries De Bondt
- 94 Sander De Pestel
- 95 Gianluca Pollefliet
- 96 Damien Touze
- 97 Bastien Tronchon
- 101 Alberto Bettiol
- 102 Stefan Bissegger
- 103 Owain Doull
- 104 Harry Sweeny
- 105 Jonas Rutsch
- 106 Marijn van den Berg
- 107 Michael Valgren
- 111 Stefan Küng
- 112 Lewis Askey
- 113 Sven Erik Byström
- 114 Olivier Le Gac
- 115 Valentin Madouas
- 116 Fabian Lienhard
- 117 Laurence Pithie
- 121 Laurens De Plus
- 122 Elia Viviani
- 123 Magnus Sheffield
- 124 Connor Swift
- 125 Ben Swift
- 126 Joshua Tarling
- 127 Ben Turner
- 131 Mads Pedersen
- 132 Tim Declercq
- 133 Daan Hoole
- 134 Jonathan Milan
- 135 Toms Skujins
- 136 Otto Vergaerde
- 137 Edward Theuns
- 141 Oier Lazkano
- 142 Carlos Canal
- 143 Remi Cavagna
- 144 Ivan Garcia Cortina
- 145 Johan Jacobs
- 146 Lorenzo Milesi
- 147 Albert Torres
- 151 John Degenkolb
- 152 Frank van den Broek
- 153 Pavel Bittner
- 154 Patrick Eddy
- 155 Nils Eekhoff
- 156 Tim Naberman
- 157 Niklas Märkl
- 161 Michael Matthews
- 162 Luke Durbridge
- 163 Amund Gröndahl Jansen
- 164 Luka Mezgec
- 165 Kelland O'Brien
- 166 Elmar Reinders
- 167 Max Walscheid
- 171 Tim Wellens
- 172 Vegard Stake lengths
- 173 Mikkel Bjerg
- 174 Alessandro Covi
- 175 Marc Hirschi
- 176 Antonio Morgado
- 177 Nils Politt
Israel-Premier Tech
- 181 Dylan Teuns
- 182 Guillaume Boivin
- 183 Hugo Houle
- 184 Krists Neilands
- 185 Riley Sheehan
- 186 Corbin Strong
- 187 Tom van Asbroeck
Lotto-Dstny
- 191 Victor Campenaerts
- 192 Cedric Beullens
- 193 Jenno Berckmoes
- 194 Lionel Taminiaux
- 195 Liam Slock
- 196 Sebastien Grignard
- 197 Brent van Moer
Uno-X Mobility
- 201 Alexander Kristoff
- 202 Jonas Abrahamsen
- 203 Markus Hoelgaard
- 204 William Blume Levy
- 205 Erik Nordsaeter Resell
- 206 Rasmus Tiller
- 207 Sören Waerenskjold
Bingoal WB
- 211 Luca De Meester
- 212 Floris De Tier
- 213 Johan Meens
- 214 Luca van Boven
- 215 Loic Vliegen
- 216 Aaron van der Beken
- 217 Jelle Vermoote
Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
- 221 Jannik Steimle
- 222 Fabio Christen
- 223 Tom Devriendt
- 224 Tobias Ludvigsson
- 225 Kamil Malecki
- 226 Cyrus Monk
- 227 Szymon Sajnok
Team Flanders-Baloise
- 231 Lars Craps
- 232 Jules Hester
- 233 Dylan Vandenstorme
- 234 Yentil Vandevelde
- 235 Sieves Deweirdt
- 236 Victor Vercouillie
- 237 Ward Vanhoof
Tudor Pro Cycling Team
- 241 Matteo Trentin
- 242 Sebastian Kolze Changizi
- 243 Jacob Eriksson
- 244 Petr Kelemen
- 245 Alexander Krieger
- 246 Marius Mayrhofer
- 247 Rick Pluimers
Tour of Flanders 2024 everyman's race
The Tour of Flanders is also available for amateur cyclists: the cycling marathon "We ride Flanders - Ronde van Vlaanderen Cyclo" takes place on Saturday (30 March) over distances of 74, 128, 159 or 237 kilometres.
Tour of Flanders: List of winners
- 1913 Paul Deman (Belgium)
- 1914 Marcel Buysse (Belgium)
- 1919 Henri van Lerberghe (Belgium)
- 1920 Jules van Hevel (Belgium)
- 1921 Rene Vermandel (Belgium)
- 1922 Leon Devos (Belgium)
- 1923 Henri Suter (Switzerland)
- 1924 Gerard Debaets (Belgium)
- 1925 Julien Delbecque (Belgium)
- 1926 Denis Verschueren (Belgium)
- 1927 Gerard Debaets (Belgium)
- 1928 Jan Mertens (Belgium)
- 1929 Joseph Dervaes (Belgium)
- 1930 Frans Bonduel (Belgium)
- 1931 Romain Gijssels (Belgium)
- 1932 Romain Gijssels (Belgium)
- 1933 Alfons Schepers (Belgium)
- 1934 Gaston Rebry (Belgium)
- 1935 Louis Duerloo (Belgium)
- 1936 Louis Hardiquest (Belgium)
- 1937 Michel D'Hooghe (Belgium)
- 1938 Edgard De Caluwe (Belgium)
- 1939 Karel Kaers (Belgium)
- 1940 Achiel Buysse (Belgium)
- 1941 Achiel Buysse (Belgium)
- 1942 Briek Schotte (Belgium)
- 1943 Achiel Buysse (Belgium)
- 1944 Rik van Steenbergen (Belgium)
- 1945 Sylvain Grysolle (Belgium)
- 1946 Rik van Steenbergen (Belgium)
- 1947 Emil Faignaert (Belgium)
- 1948 Briek Schotte (Belgium)
- 1949 Fiorenzo Magni (Italy)
- 1950 Fiorenzo Magni (Italy)
- 1951 Fiorenzo Magni (Italy)
- 1952 Roger Decock (Belgium)
- 1953 Wim van Est (Netherlands)
- 1954 Raymond Impanis (Belgium)
- 1955 Louison Bobet (France)
- 1956 Jean Forestier (France)
- 1957 Alfred De Bruyne (Belgium)
- 1958 Germain Derycke (Belgium)
- 1959 Rik van Looy (Belgium)
- 1960 Arthur De Cabooter (Belgium)
- 1961 Tom Simpson (Great Britain)
- 1962 Rik van Looy (Belgium)
- 1963 Nel Fore (Belgium)
- 1964 Rudi Altig (Germany)
- 1965 Jo de Roo (Netherlands)
- 1966 Ward Sels (Belgium)
- 1967 Dino Zandegu (Italy)
- 1968 Walter Godefroot (Belgium)
- 1969 Eddy Merckx (Belgium)
- 1970 Eric Leman (Belgium)
- 1971 Evert Dolman (Netherlands)
- 1972 Eric Leman (Belgium)
- 1973 Eric Leman (Belgium)
- 1974 Cees Bal (Netherlands)
- 1975 Eddy Merckx (Belgium)
- 1976 Walter Planckaert (Belgium)
- 1977 Roger De Vlaeminck (Belgium)
- 1978 Walter Godefroot (Belgium)
- 1979 Jan Raas (Netherlands)
- 1980 Michel Pollentier (Belgium)
- 1981 Hennie Kuiper (Netherlands)
- 1982 Rene Martens (Belgium)
- 1983 Jan Raas (Netherlands)
- 1984 Johan Lammerts (Netherlands)
- 1985 Eric Vanderaerden (Belgium)
- 1986 Adrie van der Poel (Netherlands)
- 1987 Claude Criquielion (Belgium)
- 1988 Eddy Planckaert (Belgium)
- 1989 Edwig van Hooydonck (Belgium)
- 1990 Moreno Argentin (Italy)
- 1991 Edwig van Hooydonck (Belgium)
- 1992 Jacky Durand (France)
- 1993 Johan Museeuw (Belgium)
- 1994 Gianni Bugno (Italy)
- 1995 Johan Museeuw (Belgium)
- 1996 Michele Bartoli (Italy)
- 1997 Rolf Sörensen (Denmark)
- 1998 Johan Museeuw (Belgium)
- 1999 Peter van Petegem (Belgium)
- 2000 Andrei Tchmil (Belgium)
- 2001 Gianluca Bortolami (Italy)
- 2002 Andrea Tafi (Italy)
- 2003 Peter van Petegem (Belgium)
- 2004 Steffen Wesemann (Germany)
- 2005 Tom Boonen (Belgium)
- 2006 Tom Boonen (Belgium)
- 2007 Alessandro Ballan (Italy)
- 2008 Stijn Devolder (Belgium)
- 2009 Stijn Devolder (Belgium)
- 2010 Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland)
- 2011 Nick Nuyens (Belgium)
- 2012 Tom Boonen (Belgium)
- 2013 Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland)
- 2014 Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland)
- 2015 Alexander Kristoff (Norway)
- 2016 Peter Sagan (Slovakia)
- 2017 Philippe Gilbert (Belgium)
- 2018 Niki Terpstra (Netherlands)
- 2019 Alberto Bettiol (Italy)
- 2020 Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands)
- 2021 Kasper Asgreen (Denmark)
- 2022 Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands)
- 2023 Tadej Pogacar (Slovenia)
