2018 Tour of Flanders for Women

For the men's race, see 2018 Tour of Flanders.

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.^[1] Annemiek van Vleuten rounded out the entirely Dutch podium.^[2]

2018 Tour of Flanders for Women

2018 UCI Women's World Tour, race 6 of 23
Race details
Dates	1 April 2018
Distance	153.3 km (95.26 mi)
Winning time	4h 08' 46"
Results
Winner  Anna van der Breggen (NED) (Boels–Dolmans)   Second  Amy Pieters (NED) (Boels–Dolmans)   Third  Annemiek van Vleuten (NED) (Mitchelton–BikeExchange)
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Teams

Twenty-four teams participated in the race. Each team had a maximum of six riders:^[3]

Professional women's teams

• Team Sunweb
• Boels–Dolmans
• Mitchelton–Scott
• Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling
• Canyon–SRAM
• Wiggle High5
• WaowDeals Pro Cycling
• Alé–Cipollini
• Cylance Pro Cycling
• FDJ Nouvelle-Aquitaine Futuroscope
• BTC City Ljubljana
• Hitec Products–Birk Sport
• Astana
• Team Virtu Cycling
• Valcar–PBM
• Lotto–Soudal Ladies
• Bepink
• Tibco–Silicon Valley Bank
• Trek–Drops
• Aromitalia Vaiano
• Parkhotel Valkenburg
• Movistar Team
• Doltcini–Van Eyck Sport
• Experza–Footlogix

Summary

UCI Report

On 1 April 2018, the 15th Tour of Flanders for Women was run. It started and finished in Oudenaarde, with an identical route to the men's race, covering 153.3 kilometres (95.3 miles). The race was won by Olympic champion Anna van der Breggen (Boels–Dolmans) after a 27-kilometre (17 mi) solo attack on the top of the Kruisberg. A crash just before the Muur van Geraardsbergen split the peloton early in the race. A select group of riders made a further gap on the Kruisberg, after which van der Breggen made her decisive move. She increased her lead on the Oude Kwaremont and Paterberg and maintained her effort to claim her first Tour of Flanders victory.^[1] Amy Pieters and Annemiek van Vleuten completed the entirely Dutch podium.^[2]

Results

Dutch Olympic champion Anna van der Breggen won the women's race with an attack at 27 km from the finish.

Result^[4]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Anna van der Breggen (NED)	Boels–Dolmans	4h 08' 46"
2	Amy Pieters (NED)	Boels–Dolmans	+ 1' 08"
3	Annemiek van Vleuten (NED)	Mitchelton–Scott	+ 1' 08"
4	Ashleigh Moolman (RSA)	Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling	+ 1' 08"
5	Chantal Blaak (NED)	Boels–Dolmans	+ 1' 08"
6	Małgorzata Jasińska (POL)	Movistar Team	+ 1' 08"
7	Ellen van Dijk (NED)	Team Sunweb	+ 1' 08"
8	Lisa Brennauer (GER)	Wiggle High5	+ 1' 08"
9	Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL)	Canyon–SRAM	+ 1' 08"
10	Megan Guarnier (USA)	Boels–Dolmans	+ 1' 11"

UCI World Tour

Main article: 2018 UCI Women's World Tour

Attributed points

Position[5]	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th	10th	11th	12th	13th	14th	15th	16-30th	31-40th
World Tour points	200	150	125	100	85	70	60	50	40	35	30	25	20	15	10	5	3

Amy Pieters took over the lead from Jolien D'Hoore in the World Tour ranking.

Individual ranking after Tour of Flanders

WorldTour points classification[citation needed] Rank Rider Team Points 1  Amy Pieters (NED) Boels–Dolmans 440 2  Anna van der Breggen (NED) Boels–Dolmans 405 3  Jolien D'Hoore (BEL) Mitchelton–Scott 405 4  Katarzyna Niewiadoma (POL) Canyon–SRAM 390 5  Marta Bastianelli (ITA) Alé–Cipollini 370 6  Chantal Blaak (NED) Boels–Dolmans 338 7  Chloe Hosking (AUS) Alé–Cipollini 280 8  Marianne Vos (NED) WaowDeals Pro Cycling 238 9  Ashleigh Moolman (RSA) Cervélo–Bigla Pro Cycling 210 10  Arlenis Sierra (CUB) Astana 190