On Sunday, 31 March, the women will take to the Flemish cobbles for the 2024 Tour of Flanders. The women's version of the Ronde has existed since 2004. In 2024, the women will also ride on the same day as the men, but will start a little later and finish a little later.
Tour of Flanders 2024 Women: The most important facts in brief
- Date: Sunday, 31 March 2024
- Distance: 163 km
- Key points: Oude Kwaremont, Paterberg, Koppenberg
- Start: Oudenaarde (13:25)
- Target: Oudenaarde ~ 17:44 - 18:11
- Nickname: Vlaanderens mooiste (Flanders' most beautiful in German)
- Last year's winner: Lotte Kopecky (Belgium)
- Record winner: Annemiek van Vleuten (NED), Lotte Kopecky (BEL), Mirjam Melchers (NED), Judith Arndt (GER), twice each
- German winners: Judith Arndt (2008 & 2012), Ina-Yoko Teutenberg (2009)
- Click here for the race report of the women's Tour of Flanders
Tour of Flanders 2024 Women: This is the route
The 2024 race will start in Oudenaarde, where the finish line is also located, as it has been since the first edition in 2004. A total of 163 kilometres are on the programme, around five more than last year. The cyclists will have to tackle twelve slip roads (there were 13 in 2023) and seven cobbled roads (there were five in 2023).
The first pavé passage awaits after just nine kilometres in the Lange Munte. After a good 31 kilometres, the riders reach the easternmost point of the route in Burst. They then head back towards Oudenaarde via Lippenhovestraat and Paddestraat, where the route turns south-east. Now it's time to get down to business. The women largely take the men's final course under their wheels. The biggest difference is that the women only ride the Oude Kwaremont and the Paterberg once. This is also where the decision was made in 2023, when Lotte Kopecky left her last companion, Silvia Persico, on the Oude Kwaremont.
There is a long way to go before these two climbs possibly decide the race this year. The riders still have to battle their way over Wolvenberg, Kerkgate, Jagerij, Molenberg, Marlboroughstraat, Berendries, Valkenberg, Kapelleberg, Koppenberg, Mariaborrestraat, Steenbeekdries, Stationsberg, Taaienberg and Hotond. As with the men's race, the last 13 kilometres or so after the Paterberg are flat towards the finish in Oudenaarde.
The slipways at a glance
- Wolvenberg | kilometre 72.1
- Molenberg | kilometre 84.6
- Marlboroughstraat | kilometre 88.6
- Berendries | kilometre 92.6
- Valkenberg | kilometre 97.9
- Kapelleberg | kilometre 109.2
- Koppenberg | kilometre 118.4
- Steenbeekdries | kilometre 123.7
- Taaienberg | kilometre 126.2
- Oude Kruisberg/Hotond | kilometre 136.5
- Oude Kwaremont | kilometre 146.3
- Paterberg | kilometre 149.7
The cobblestone sections
- Lange Munte | kilometre 9.2
- Lippenhovestraat | kilometre 48.7
- Paddestraat | kilometre 50.1
- Kerkgate | kilometre 75.8
- Jagerij | kilometre 78.4
- Mariaborrestraat | kilometre 122.4
- Stationsberg | kilometre 123.8
Tour of Flanders 2024 Women: TV broadcast & live stream
The women's Ronde will be broadcast on free TV on Eurosport 1 on Sunday from 4:45 pm will be shown after the men's race. There is also a paid live stream at discovery+.
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)
