Tour of Flanders Women LIVE – Can Lotte Kopecky extend her winning record or will someone else take Belgium’s most iconic race?

Though Milan Sanremo was the first of the men’s Monuments to host a women’s race, way back in 1999, that only ran until 2005, by which time De Ronde women’s race was in its second edition.
While Sanremo disappeared for 20 years, Flanders has run continually since its inception, making it the longest running of all women’s Monuments.

This is the 23rd edition.

Our most recent winner in these spring Classics was Movistar’s Marlen Reusser, the Swiss rider winning an enthralling edition of Dwars Door Vlaanderen.
How did she do it? Our report is here.

Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime) is only one of more than 130 women on the start line today and though she’s in flying form with wins at Nokere Koerse and Milan-Sanremo, there are plenty of others hoping for success.
Our preview is here.

We’re in what has become the race’s spiritual home of Oudenaarde for the start this year. We roll out for 2.9km of neutral at 13:25 (local time) before the winner crosses the line back in Oudenaarde after 164.1km of what’s sure to be frantic racing.

Good afternoon and welcome to our live coverage of this year’s Tour of Flanders Women Elite. Always one of the most exiting, fascinating, entertaining and keenly anticipated races of the season!