Tour of Flanders: Winners and records

The Tour of Flanders is one of cycling's 5 Monuments. It is of huge importance to Belgian riders, teams, sponsors and of course the massive crowds of Flemish cycling fanatics that line the route each year. Therefore, no surprise that Flemish riders feature heavily in the list of race winners.

Recent winners of the Tour of Flanders

2020: Mathieu van der Poel (nld)
2019: Alberto Bettiol (ita)
2018: Niki Terpstra (nld)
2017: Philippe Gilbert (bel)
2016: Peter Sagan (svk)
2015: Alexander Kristoff (nor)
2014: Fabian Cancellara (swi)

Tour of Flanders records

Six riders share the record for most victories in Flanders: Achiel Buysse, Eric Leman, Johan Museeuw, Tom Boonen (all Belgians), Fiorenzo Magni (Italy) and Fabian Cancellara (Switzerland). They each won three editions of the race. More on this in the article Heroes of the Tour of Flanders.

With 69 victories the Belgians are by far the most successful country in the Tour of Flanders.

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Tom BoonenFabian CancellaraPeter SaganNiki TerpstraPhilippe GilbertAlexander KristoffMathieu van der PoelAlberto BettiolTour of Flanders 2021

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