Tadej Pogacar (UAE Group Emirates) in pursuit of race chief Mads Pedersen late within the race (Picture credit score: Luca Bettini / PoolGetty Photos)
Tadej Pogacar in full flight at Paterberg cobblestones sector (Picture credit score: Tim de Waele/Getty Photos)
Kasper Asgreen (Soudal-QuickStep) leads group at Paterberg cobblestones sector (Picture credit score: Tim de Waele/Getty Photos)
Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) competes at Paterberg cobblestones (Picture credit score: Tim de Waele/Getty Photos)
Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) leads Tadej Pogačar (AE Group Emirates) and Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) at Kwaremont cobblestones sector (Picture credit score: Tim de Waele/Getty Photos)
Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) on a bit of cobbles in a chase group (Picture credit score: Luca Bettini / PoolGetty Photos)
Tadej Pogačar (UAE Group Emirates) competes on the Koppenberg (Picture credit score: Getty Photos)
Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) competes at Paterberg cobblestones (Picture credit score: Tim de Waele/Getty Photos)
Max Walscheid of Cofidis and Magnus Sheffield of Ineos Grenadiers lead the peloton up the Oude Kwaremont cobblestones sector (Picture credit score: Tim de Waele/Getty Photos)
Wout van Aert of Jumbo-Visma competes throughout Paterberg cobblestones (Picture credit score: Tim de Waele/Getty Photos)
The 2023 Tour of Flanders peloton (Picture credit score: Getty Photos)
Tadej Pogačar was caught behind a cut up earlier than launching a late assault on his personal (Picture credit score: Getty Photos)
There have been once more big crowds alongside the route (Picture credit score: Getty Photos)
The Tour of Flanders crowds (Picture credit score: Getty Photos)
Peter Sagan of Group TotalEnergies was concerned in a crash and deserted the race (Picture credit score: Getty Photos)
Jonas Rutsch of EF Training-EasyPost competes on a bit of cobbles (Picture credit score: Getty Photos)
Tosh Van Der Sande of Jumbo-Visma is tended to after being concerned in a crash (Picture credit score: Getty Photos)
Stefan Küng of Groupama-FDJ leads Mathieu van der Poel of Alpecin-Deceuninck by means of Molenberg cobblestones sector (Picture credit score: Tim de Waele/Getty Photos)
Julian Alaphilippe of Soudal-QuickStep competes passing by means of a Molenberg cobblestones sector (Picture credit score: Tim de Waele/Getty Photos)
Julian Alaphilippe (Soudal-QuickStep) waits for crew help after being concerned in a crash and continued within the race (Picture credit score: Jan de Meuleneir / PoolGetty Photos)
Tadej Pogačar (UAE Group Emirates) took a spectacular lone victory on the Tour of Flanders after distancing Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck) and his different big-name rivals on the ultimate climb of the Oude Kwaremont after an epic battle on the roads and climbs of Flanders.
The race appeared to have escaped the massive three of Pogačar, Van der Poel and Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma) after a bunch of 10 riders opened a 3-muinute hole after the assaults got here with 100km to go. Nonetheless Pogačar impressed a comeback and decided chase after which surged previous final attacker Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) on the ultimate time up the Oude Kwaremont.
The Slovenian time trialed to the end, extending his lead right into a headwind.
Van der Poel chased with all his coronary heart and held on to complete 17 seconds down on Pogačar. Pedersen edged out Van Aert to win the dash for third place from the group of survivors from the assault.
Pogačar is simply the third rider to win the Tour de France and Tour of Flanders. He joins Eddy Merckx and Louison Bobet within the report books.
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