Tour of Flanders 2023: Route and start list for the women's race
Everything you need to know ahead of this year's Ronde van Vlaanderen
The Flemish province of Oudenaarde will welcome its biggest sporting event on 2 April as the Tour of Flanders takes over once again.
The women's race will start and finish in the Belgian city, with the riders setting out on a challenging 158km loop of the local climbs.
Now in its 20th year, the event brings one of the most demanding courses on the women's WorldTour calendar, punctuated by the iconic ascents of the Oude Kwaremont and the Paterberg, which make up the race finale.
Below, you'll find full details of the course, as well as a list of the riders who will take the start line.
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Tour of Flanders 2023: route
Heading west out of Oudenaarde, the women's peloton will have just 10km to ready themselves before they face the first of 13 hellingen - short, sharp ascents.
A period of calm should follow as they head north on a loop through the countryside, before crossing back through Oudenaarde and onto an unrelenting series of climbs; among them, the Koppenberg and Taaienberg, two of the event's most famous cobbled kickers.
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With around 17km to go, the race will move into its tried and tested finale. The riders will head up the 2.2km drag of the Oude Kwaremont, before tackling the final climb, the Paterberg, pitched at an eye-watering 13%.
It was on the latter that Lotte Kopecky broke free last year, together with Annemiek van Vleuten and Marlen Reusser. The Belgian, in her country's national tricolour, went on to sprint to victory on the flat run-in to Oudenaarde, taking her biggest career win to date.
The finale's the same this time round, too, with Kopecky no doubt hoping to repeat her success.
Tour of Flanders 2023: Provisional start list
Team SD Worx
KOPECKY Lotte
WIEBES Lorena
VOLLERING Demi
MAJERUS Christine
REUSSER Marlen
CECCHINI Elena
Movistar Team
VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek
BIANNIC Aude
GUTIÉRREZ Sheyla
LIPPERT Liane
MACKAIJ Floortje
SIERRA Arlenis
Canyon-Sram Racing
NIEWIADOMA Katarzyna
BOSSUYT Shari
CHABBEY Elise
SKALNIAK-SÓJKA Agnieszka
PALADIN Soraya
VAN DER DUIN Maike
EF Education-TIBCO-SVB
BÄCKSTEDT Zoe
BORGHESI Letizia
HONSINGER Clara
JACKSON Alison
POIDEVIN Sara
STEPHENS Lauren
Lotto Dstny Ladies
BURLOVÁ Kristýna
DE CLERCQ Katrijn
DOCX Mieke
VAN DE GUCHTE Quinty
VERVLOET Sterre
AINTILA Wilma
FDJ - SUEZ
LUDWIG Cecilie Uttrup
ADEGEEST Loes
BROWN Grace
COPPONI Clara
GUAZZINI Vittoria
VERHULST Gladys
Fenix-Deceuninck
CANT Sanne
KASTELIJN Yara
MARTURANO Greta
SCHREMPF Carina
SCHWEINBERGER Christina
Human Powered Health
CHRISTIE Henrietta
RAAIJMAKERS Marit
MALCOTTI Barbara
PIKULIK Daria
VANDENBULCKE Jesse
WILLIAMS Lily
Israel Premier Tech Roland
BAUR Caroline
BUCH Hannah
DELBAERE Fien
DRONOVA-BALABOLINA Tamara
NGUYỄN Thị Thật
PIRRONE Elena
Liv Racing TeqFind
RAGUSA Katia
DEMEY Valerie
JASKULSKA Marta
TON Quinty
NEUMANOVA Tereza
SMULDERS Silke
Team DSM
GEORGI Pfeiffer
HENGEVELD Daniek
JASTRAB Megan
KOCH Franziska
LABOUS Juliette
UIJEN Elise
Team Jumbo-Visma
VOS Marianne
BEEKHUIS Teuntje
HENDERSON Anna
LABECKI Coryn
SWINKELS Karlijn
VAN AGT Eva
Team Jayco AlUla
ALLEN Jessica
HOWE Georgie
KESSLER Nina
MANLY Alexandra
PATERNOSTER Letizia
ROSEMAN-GANNON Ruby
Trek - Segafredo
BALSAMO Elisa
BRAND Lucinda
BÄCKSTEDT Elynor
LONGO BORGHINI Elisa
SANGUINETI Ilaria
VAN ANROOIJ Shirin
UAE Team ADQ
BASTIANELLI Marta
AMIALIUSIK Alena
BUJAK Eugenia
GASPARRINI Eleonora Camilla
CONSONNI Chiara
PERSICO Silvia
Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
CONFALONIERI Maria Giulia
BARKER Elinor
BERG EDSETH Marte
KOSTER Anouska
NORMAN LETH Julie
DIDERIKSEN Amalie
CERATIZIT-WNT Pro Cycling
ARZUFFI Alice Maria
ASENCIO Laura
FIDANZA Arianna
LACH Marta
SCHWEINBERGER Kathrin
TEUTENBERG Lea Lin
Lifeplus Wahoo
HARRIS Ella
NOVOLODSKAIA Maria
LAURANCE Typhaine
TACEY April
VIGIE Margaux
VAN DER WOLF Babette
AG Insurance - Soudal Quick-Step
BOOGAARD Maaike
BORGSTRÖM Julia
GHEKIERE Justine
HENTTALA Lotta
KASPER Romy
MOOLMAN Ashleigh
Cofidis
ALZINI Martina
BERTEAU Victoire
CASTRIQUE Alana
FORTIN Valentine
PILOTE FORTIN Gabrielle
TALBOT Josie
Duolar-Chevalmeire Cycling Team
BRAAM Danique
BEX Nathalie
ERIKSEN Malin
GRÖNDAHL Antonia
MARTINEZ Andrea
VAN DEN STEEN Kelly
Parkhotel Valkenburg
GERRITSE Femke
NOOIJEN Lieke
VAN ROOIJEN Sofie
VANHOVE Marith
VANPACHTENBEKE Margot
Proximus-Alphamotorhomes-Doltcini
HOLMSGAARD Trine
KRAHL Judith
SCHOKKAERT Febe
HOFMAN Melissa
VAN HOUTUM Céline
WASMUS Nienke
Zaaf Cycling Team
CORDON-RAGOT Audrey
COLES-LYSTER Maggie
DE FRANCESCO Danielle
DRUMMOND Michaela
SILVESTRI Debora
MEIJERING Mareille
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