The 16th running of the

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, a women's

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in Belgium, was held on 7 April 2019. It was the sixth event of the

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was the defending champion. The race was won by

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Route

The race started and finished in

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, in the province of

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. Compared to the

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and 2018 event, the route is extended four kilometers, totalling 157.4 km, making it the longest women's race in the history of the Tour of Flanders. It starts in the centre of

, before heading east towards

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where two flat cobbled sectors are addressed, and returning to Oudenaarde, after which a larger loop towards

Geraardsbergen Geraardsbergen (; french: Grammont, ) is a city and municipality located in the Denderstreek and in the Flemish Ardennes, the hilly southern part of the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the city of Geraardsbergen prop ...

begins, which features 10 hills in the

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. After the

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and

Kanarieberg Kanarieberg (English: ''Canary Hill'') is the name of a road and hill in the municipality of Ronse, in the Belgian province of East Flanders. With its top at 131 m, it is the one of the many hills in the Flemish Ardennes, located in the heart ...

comes the

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, which features for the first time in the women's race, coming at 40 km from the finish. The final four hills – Taaienberg, Kruisberg-Hotond,

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and

Paterberg The Paterberg is a hill in the municipality of Kluisbergen, in the Belgian province of East Flanders. With its top at 80 m, it is one of many hill formations in the Flemish Ardennes, close to Wallonia. The slopes of the hill were unpaved unt ...

are identical to the men's finale. The top of the Paterberg, the last climb of the day, comes at 13.3 km from the finish, ensued by a flat run-in towards Oudenaarde.

Teams

24 teams with six riders each started, totalling 142 participants.

Results

References

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Route

Teams

Results

See also

References