2025 Dwars door Vlaanderen Race Preview
The details of this year's 2025 Dwars door Vlaanderen are falling into place. Find the latest route profiles and maps below, followed by our strategic preview of the race.
After his dominant display in Gent-Wevelgem, Mads Pedersen is one of the top favourites to win Dwars door Vlaanderen. But Visma | Lease a Bike is fielding a strong squad, with defending champion Matteo Jorgenson, Wout van Aert, Tiesj Benoot, and former winner Dylan van Baarle. Who'll power to a confidence boost ahead of Sunday's High Mass?
Last year, Visma | Lease a Bike had the numbers in the final with Benoot and Jorgenson, and they played it to perfection. Benoot accelerated on the last climb, before Jorgenson attacked with 7 kilometres to go from the group that also included Jonas Abrahamsen, Stefan KĂĽng, Dries De Bondt, and Joshua Tarling. No serious chase was organised, and that meant jackpot for Jorgenson.
However, it was a finale with a bitter aftertaste, as earlier in the race, favourites like Wout van Aert, Jasper Stuyven, Biniam Girmay, and Mads Pedersen were caught up in a big crash. Luckily all four are back in the mix this time.
The toughest part of Dwars door Vlaanderen is a 36-kilometre circuit south of Oudenaarde, in which the riders tackle Berg Ten Houte, Knokteberg-Trieu, and Hotond, as well as the cobbles of the Mariaborrestraat. After the second lap of this circuit, they head towards the finish in Waregem via the Eikenberg. This is the last tricky climb of the day – 1.2 kilometres at 5.2%, with ramps up to 10%. From the top, there are still 39 kilometres to go, featuring three cobbled sectors and two short climbs.
The Flemish classics of this season were won by Søren Wærenskjold (Omloop Het Nieuwsblad), Jasper Philipsen (Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne), Nils Eekhoff (Nokere Koerse), Sebastián Molano (Brugge-De Panne), Mathieu van der Poel (E3 Saxo Classic), and Mads Pedersen (Gent-Wevelgem). The latter also won a stage in Paris-Nice, where Matteo Jorgenson claimed the overall victory.
Get our full coverage of the Dwars door Vlaanderen and every race we cover with our mobile app! The apps have over 100 additional exclusive features, including our award-winning Time Machine feature that lets you pause/rewind/replay the entire app to sync with delayed race video, integrated Fantasy Cycling, push notifications, an integrated news feed, live GPS tracking, world-class commentary, and our animated interactive maps and profiles.
