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Flanders Photo Gallery: Sunday gave us the excitement we wanted from the Tour of Flanders. The result was far from expected, right up to the final metres. Mathieu van der Poel was a worthy winner, but what about strongman of the day: Tadej Pogačar? We have put together a collection of the best, or different shots from de Ronde, thanks to the lens of Cor Vos.
*** You can see the ‘PEZ Tour of Flanders Race Report’ HERE and more news in ‘EUROTRASH Monday’ HERE. ***
De Ronde highlights
The start in De Grote Markt of Antwerp
Florian Vermeersch (Lotto Soudal) at the start
No beer for Tadej Pogačar at the finish
Leaving Antwerp via the Waaslandtunnel or Konijnenpijp
early crash for Pogacčar, no problem except he lost his SRM
Always some chaos behind the peloton wit the motos
When you have to go
No, not Wout Van Aert on the right
Proud Flemish
The peloton stuck together in the cold morning start
Taco Van Der Hoorn (Intermarche-Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert Materiaux) was the last man standing from the early break
The giants of the road?
The bunch riding through the Flanders landscape
Kenneth Van Rooy (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise) ended in a ditch
A quiet Flemish village – Except on de Ronde Sunday
The ‘Lion of Flanders’?
The fans were happy to be at the roadside again
Greg Van Avermaet – Maybe not the rider he was
The Oude Kwaremont climb
Tom Pidcock – Maybe not at 100% yet?
Time to grit your teeth
Covid hasn’t dulled the fans enthusiasm
Pogačar made a stunning move to the front of the race
Was that the race over?
Tiesj Benoot tried to cross to the leaders, but…
Pogačar tried to get rid of Van der Poel on the Paterberg
‘Still there?’
The finalé of the crazy sprint – A less than pleased Pogačar
The win for the Dutchman
Flanders win No.2 for Van der Poel
Van Baarle was close, but not close enough
Mathieu’s girl friend, Roxanne Bertels, was waiting at the finish
Plenty of emotion at the finish
Mathieu and Roxanne
The 2022 Tour of Flanders podium
Mathieu van der Poel talks at the finish
2022 Tour of Flanders Result:
1. Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Fenix in 6:18:30
2. Dylan van Baarle (Ned) INEOS Grenadiers
3. Valentin Madouas (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
4. Tadej Pogačar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates
5. Stefan Küng (Swi) Groupama-FDJ at 0:02
6. Dylan Teuns (Bel) Bahrain-Victorious
7. Fred Wright (GB) Bahrain-Victorious at 0:11
8. Mads Pedersen (Den) Trek-Segafredo at 0:48
9. Christophe Laporte (Fra) Jumbo-Visma
10. Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
11. Michael Matthews (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco
12. Jan Tratnik (Slo) Bahrain Victorious
13. Tiesj Benoot (Bel) Jumbo-Visma at 1:02
14. Thomas Pidcock (GB) INEOS Grenadiers at 1:05
15. Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) AG2R Citroën at 1:07
16. Danny van Poppel (Ned) BORA-hansgrohe
17. Matis Louvel (Fra) Arkea-Samsic
18. John Degenkolb (Ger) DSM
19. Mike Teunissen (Ned) Jumbo-Visma
20. Alex Aranburu Deba (Spa) Movistar
21. Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain Victorious
22. Ivan Garcia Cortina (Spa) Movistar
23. Kasper Asgreen (Den) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl
24. Amaury Capiot (Bel) Arkea-Samsic
25. Luca Mozzato (Ita) B&B Hotels-KTM.
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