Edition 75 of Dwars door Vlaanderen – or, in English, Across Flanders – was cancelled due to the spread of the coronavirus.
So Mathieu van der Poel remained title holder for an extra year. In 2019, the Dutchman outgunned his fellow attackers Anthony Turgis, Bob Jungels, Lukas Pöstlberger and Tiesj Benoot in the finale.