{"id":117180,"date":"2026-04-05T11:09:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T11:09:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/05\/tour-of-flanders-women-live-can-lotte-kopecky-extend-her-winning-record-or-will-someone-else-take-belgiums-most-iconic-race\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T11:09:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T11:09:55","slug":"tour-of-flanders-women-live-can-lotte-kopecky-extend-her-winning-record-or-will-someone-else-take-belgiums-most-iconic-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/05\/tour-of-flanders-women-live-can-lotte-kopecky-extend-her-winning-record-or-will-someone-else-take-belgiums-most-iconic-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour of Flanders Women LIVE &#8211; Can Lotte Kopecky extend her winning record or will someone else take Belgium&#8217;s most iconic race?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>Refresh <i class=\"fa fa-refresh\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"wcp-item-content\">\n<time class=\"no-wrap live-feed-date\" datetime=\"2026-04-05T11:09:55+00:00\">2026-04-05T11:09:55.353Z<\/time><\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-c3da0760-ae0c-41dc-8b4f-aeee4e00ef65\">Though Milan Sanremo was the first of the men\u2019s Monuments to host a women\u2019s race, way back in 1999, that only ran until 2005, by which time De Ronde women\u2019s race was in its second edition.<br \/>While Sanremo disappeared for 20 years, Flanders has run continually since its inception, making it the longest running of all women\u2019s Monuments.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\">This is the 23rd edition.<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"elk-seasonal\" class=\"paywall\" aria-hidden=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<aside id=\"seasonal_0\" class=\"hawk-root\" data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\"\/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wcp-item-content\">\n<time class=\"no-wrap live-feed-date\" datetime=\"2026-04-05T11:00:22+00:00\">2026-04-05T11:00:22.726Z<\/time><\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-b87d8b6e-9c3c-4074-8bc7-ad7c1bdbac82\">Our most recent winner in these spring Classics was Movistar&#8217;s Marlen Reusser, the Swiss rider winning an enthralling edition of Dwars Door Vlaanderen.<br \/>How did she do it?<a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/pro-cycling\/womens-cycling\/dwars-door-vlaanderen-women-marlen-reusser-claims-victory-in-photo-finish\/\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/pro-cycling\/womens-cycling\/dwars-door-vlaanderen-women-marlen-reusser-claims-victory-in-photo-finish\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <strong>Our report is here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\" id=\"elk-59d9ab2f-db1e-4771-b95c-04a55c7870da\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:1024px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:68.75%;\"> <picture data-new-v2-image=\"true\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/63L3htuUa26CQRAaaaUESB-1024-80.jpg.webp 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/63L3htuUa26CQRAaaaUESB-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/63L3htuUa26CQRAaaaUESB-970-80.jpg.webp 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/63L3htuUa26CQRAaaaUESB-650-80.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/63L3htuUa26CQRAaaaUESB-480-80.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/63L3htuUa26CQRAaaaUESB-320-80.jpg.webp 320w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\"><br \/>\n<\/source><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"caption-text\">Marlen Reusser (Movistar) wins the 2026 edition of Dwars Door Vlaanderen <\/span><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wcp-item-content\">\n<time class=\"no-wrap live-feed-date\" datetime=\"2026-04-05T10:50:28+00:00\">2026-04-05T10:50:28.206Z<\/time><\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-f70711f1-28a8-429c-b9f9-379f78c31e37\">Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime) is only one of more than 130 women on the start line today and though she\u2019s in flying form with wins at Nokere Koerse and Milan-Sanremo, there are plenty of others hoping for success.<br \/><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/pro-cycling\/womens-cycling\/lotte-kopecky-versus-the-best-climbers-in-the-world-primed-for-showdown-analysing-the-tour-of-flanders-women-contenders\/\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/pro-cycling\/womens-cycling\/lotte-kopecky-versus-the-best-climbers-in-the-world-primed-for-showdown-analysing-the-tour-of-flanders-women-contenders\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Our preview is here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wcp-item-content\">\n<time class=\"no-wrap live-feed-date\" datetime=\"2026-04-05T10:42:56+00:00\">2026-04-05T10:42:56.354Z<\/time><\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-4c164513-0e47-4be2-ad62-6e4a628443b3\">We\u2019re in what has become the race\u2019s 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\u2019s sure to be frantic racing.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check=\"\" id=\"elk-0762b18d-9200-4009-9455-78ca283fe974\">\n<div class=\"image-full-width-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"image-widthsetter\" style=\"max-width:1024px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:66.60%;\"> <picture data-new-v2-image=\"true\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ew85EwM8pBvBnPZMauzdn5-1024-80.jpg.webp 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ew85EwM8pBvBnPZMauzdn5-1024-80.jpg.webp 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ew85EwM8pBvBnPZMauzdn5-970-80.jpg.webp 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ew85EwM8pBvBnPZMauzdn5-650-80.jpg.webp 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ew85EwM8pBvBnPZMauzdn5-480-80.jpg.webp 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ew85EwM8pBvBnPZMauzdn5-320-80.jpg.webp 320w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"OUDENAARDE, BELGIUM - APRIL 05: Demi Vollering of Netherlands, Elise Chabbey of Switzerland, Celia Gery of France, Vittoria Guazzini of Italy, Franziska Koch of Germany, Amber Kraak of Netherlands and Team FDJ United - SUEZ prior to the 23rd Tour of Flanders 2026 - Ronde van Vlaandere - Women&amp;#039;s Elite a 164.1km one day race from Oudenaarde to Oudenaarde \/ #UCIWWT \/ on April 05, 2026 in Oudenaarde, Belgium. (Photo by Luc Claessen\/Getty Images)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ew85EwM8pBvBnPZMauzdn5-1024-80.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ew85EwM8pBvBnPZMauzdn5-1024-80.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ew85EwM8pBvBnPZMauzdn5-970-80.jpg 970w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ew85EwM8pBvBnPZMauzdn5-650-80.jpg 650w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ew85EwM8pBvBnPZMauzdn5-480-80.jpg 480w, https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ew85EwM8pBvBnPZMauzdn5-320-80.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1000px) 970px, calc(100vw - 40px)\" loading=\"lazy\" data-new-v2-image=\"true\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ew85EwM8pBvBnPZMauzdn5.jpg\" data-pin-media=\"https:\/\/cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net\/ew85EwM8pBvBnPZMauzdn5.jpg\" class=\"inline\"\/><br \/>\n<\/source><\/picture><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"caption-text\">Demi Vollering is interviewed as her FDJ United-SUEZ team sign on for the 2026 Tour of Flanders Women <\/span><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Getty Images)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wcp-item-content\">\n<time class=\"no-wrap live-feed-date\" datetime=\"2026-04-05T10:38:20+00:00\">2026-04-05T10:38:20.420Z<\/time><\/p>\n<p id=\"elk-771e56e2-6480-4930-87ca-a3f5bde56465\">Good afternoon and welcome to our live coverage of this year\u2019s Tour of Flanders Women Elite. Always one of the most exiting, fascinating, entertaining and keenly anticipated races of the season!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mt-6 lg:px-0 relative max-w-[1070px] mx-auto viafoura-twig-component px-4\" data-component-name=\"Viafoura:Comments\" style=\"--text-on-accent-color: white; --comment-widget-header-bg-color: var(--accent-color); --comment-widget-header-text-color: var(--text-on-accent-color); --comment-widget-header-link-color: var(--text-on-accent-color);\" x-data=\"ViafouraComments('300px')\" x-show=\"$store.Viafoura.showWidgets\" data-nosnippet=\"\" data-community-guidelines-text=\"&lt;p class=\" vfcustom-community-guidelines=\"\" follow=\"\" our=\"\" href=\"&quot;https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/about\/#section-community-guidelines&quot;\" target=\"&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;community\" guidelines=\"\" data-join-the-conversation-text=\"Join the Conversation\">\n<div class=\"absolute top-0 left-0 w-full h-full flex items-center justify-center z-50 bg-white\/90 border-1\" x-show=\"showConfirmDisplayNamePrompt\" x-cloak=\"\">\n<div class=\"p-2 text-center\">\n<p class=\"mb-3 !text-lg\">You must confirm your public display name before commenting<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-3 !text-sm\">Please logout and then login again, you will then be prompted to enter your display name.<\/p>\n<p><button x-on:click=\"$store.ViafouraAuthModal.logout()\" type=\"button\" class=\"block mb-3 w-full justify-center px-3 py-2 text-sm font-semibold text-white shadow-sm button-primary\"><br \/>\nLogout<br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cyclingnews.com\/pro-cycling\/live\/tour-of-flanders-women-live-can-lotte-kopecky-extend-her-winning-record-or-will-someone-else-take-belgiums-most-iconic-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Refresh 2026-04-05T11:09:55.353Z Though Milan Sanremo was the first of the men\u2019s Monuments to host a women\u2019s race, way back in 1999, that only ran until 2005, by which time De Ronde women\u2019s race was in its second edition.While Sanremo disappeared for 20 years, Flanders has run continually since its inception, making it the longest running [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":117181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117180"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117180\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/basketball.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}