Cycling Monuments

The Monuments are five classic cycle races generally considered to be the oldest, hardest and most prestigious one-day events in road cycling. They each have a long history and specific individual characteristics.

Monument races:

_De ronde

Last race:

De ronde van Vlaanderen (Tour of Flanders) - 18/10/2020

Mathieu van der Poel won the 2020 Tour of Flanders, 34 years after his father - Adrie Van der Poel. He won the race by just a quarter of a wheel-length from Wout van Aert in what was a thrilling finale. A nasty crash from world champion Julian Alaphilippe got him out of the race.The three of them got out of the bunch with just under 40 kilometres to go. It was a dream scenario for the three pre-race favourites – and for fans and the race organisers alike – but it soon became a nightmare for Alaphilippe, who clipped a slowing race motorbike.

Three became two, and Van Aert and Van der Poel continued their collaboration into the final 500 metres. On paper the faster sprinter, Van Aert managed to manoeuvre Van der Poel into first position and with the chasing group bearing down on them, Van Aert waited until 200 metres to go to start his sprint, with Van der Poel almost instantaneously reacting, in a visibly much lower gear, which he wound up to stay slightly ahead of his Belgian rival all the way to the line. The result nevertheless required a photo finish, which went in favour of Van der Poel.

📺 Rewatch the nail-biting finale of De ronde 2020 📺

Code by Justine Devisch