The 104th edition of the

Tour of Flanders The Tour of Flanders ( nl, Ronde van Vlaanderen), also known as ''De Ronde'' (''"The Tour"''), is an annual road cycling race held in Belgium every spring. The most important cycling race in Flanders, it is part of the UCI World Tour and organi ...

one-day cycling classic was held on 18 October 2020, as the 20th event of the

2020 UCI World Tour The 2020 UCI World Tour was a series of races that was scheduled to include thirty-six road cycling events throughout the 2020 cycling season. However, some of races were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The tour started with the opening ...

. The race started in

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and finished in

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, Belgium, covering a distance of 241 km.

Mathieu van der Poel Mathieu van der Poel (born 19 January 1995) is a Dutch cyclist who rides for the UCI ProTeam . He competes in the cyclo-cross, mountain bike racing, gravel cycling, and road bicycle racing disciplines of the sport and is best known for winning ...

of the Netherlands won the race, just ahead of Belgian

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. The race was originally scheduled on 5 April 2020, serving as the 14th event of the

, but was postponed due to the

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On 17 March 2020 the organisers announced the race would not run on the planned date; on 5 May it was rescheduled for 18 October. The men's event was slightly reduced in distance, because of the unprecedented end-of-season slot and in order to deal with the intense October campaign.

Teams

The teams participating in the race were: UCI WorldTeams * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * UCI Professional Continental teams * * * * *

Result

Notes

References

External links

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