2018 Tour of Flanders for Women
The 2018 Tour of Flanders for Women was the 15th running of the Tour of Flanders for Women, a women's bicycle race in Belgium. It was held on 1 April 2018, as the fifth race of the 2018 UCI Women's World Tour. Anna van der Breggen won the race with an attack just after the Kruisberg, at 27 km from the finish. Amy Pieters won the sprint for second place, at more than a minute from van der Breggen.
Annemiek van Vleuten rounded out the entirely Dutch podium.
Dutch Olympic champion Anna van der Breggen won the women's race with an attack at 27 km from the finish.
Amy Pieters took over the lead from Jolien D'Hoore in the World Tour ranking.
Tour of Flanders for Women
The Tour of Flanders, formerly the Tour of Flanders for Women, is an annual road bicycle racing event in Flanders, Belgium, held in early April. It is held on the same day as the men's race, on much of the same roads but at a shorter distance. Dutch riders Mirjam Melchers, Annemiek van Vleuten, Belgian Lotte Kopecky and German Judith Arndt hold the record with two wins each. Elisa Longo Borghini won the most recent edition in 2024.
Josephine Groenveld (in blue) and Fabiana Luperini (in orange) at the 2006 race on the Muur van Geraardsbergen
Peloton on the lower slopes of Oude Kwaremont at the 2015 event.
Lizzie Deignan leads a group ahead of Anna van der Breggen and Pauline Ferrand-Prévot on Oude Kwaremont.
Start of the 2018 Tour of Flanders on the market square in Oudenaarde.
