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Dwars door Vlaanderen 2024: Route, how to watch and everything you need to know
The women’s and men’s Dwars door Vlaanderen races will take place on Wednesday 27th March 2024 in Belgium.
Dwars door Vlaanderen was first held in 1945, with the inaugural edition won by Rik Van Steenbergen. It’s been part of the men’s WorldTour since 2017. The race has settled on Roeselare as its starting point since 2000 and finishes in Waregem.
A women’s race has been organised since 2012 and dominated by the Netherlands; the country has won nine of 11 editions to date, with Amy Pieters (three wins) most victorious. Its mid-week spot means it’s the last race on the calendar before the Tour of Flanders.
In 2023, Demi Vollering (SD Worx-Protime) won after a 10km solo breakaway ahead of Chiara Consonni (Team UAE ADQ) and Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike). In the men’s race, Christophe Laporte (Visma-Lease a Bike) also broke away but in the final 4km, time-trialling to victory with Oier Lazkano (Movistar) second and Neilson Powless (EF Education-EasyPost) third.
Dwars door Vlaanderen 2024: Key information
Date: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Start: Men’s – Roeselare; Women’s – Waregem
Finish: Waregem
Distance: Men’s – 188.6km; Women’s – 129.9km
UK television coverage: Discovery+, Eurosport 1
Most victories: Men’s – 14 riders (2); Women’s – Amy Pieters (3)
2023 winners: Men’s – Christophe Laporte (Visma-Lease a Bike); Women’s – Demi Vollering (SD Worx-Protime)
Dwars door Vlaanderen 2024: Routes
Men’s route
The men’s Dwars door Vlaanderen is 188.6km, featuring eight cobbled sectors and 12 ‘helligen’, or climbs. The first climb of the Hellestraat comes after 52km of racing.
The last climb is Nokere and arrives just 9km from the finish in Waregem. The final cobbled sector Herlegemstraat is just 6km from the line.
Women’s route
The women’s Dwars door Vlaanderen is a 1.Pro race and 15km longer than last year’s edition. There’s seven cobbled sectors and nine climbs across 129.9km, the first climb of the Hellestraat arriving after 28.6km.
Like in the men’s race, Nokere is the final climb, coming 9km from the finish line in Waregem and followed by the Herlegemstraat cobbles.
Dwars door Vlaanderen 2024: How to watch
Dwars door Vlaanderen will be available to watch in the UK on Discovery+ for £6.99 per month with the basic package, which includes cycling and all other Eurosport programmes. It will also be shown on the TV channel Eurosport 1 in the UK.
If the race isn’t being shown in your country, you may be able to watch coverage using a VPN – Virtual Private Network – which allows users to mask their IP address and watch geo-blocked content, provided they don’t need to pay for a subscription. This is also helpful for watching paid-for coverage while travelling abroad in countries without access.
One such example is ExpressVPN, which is very well reviewed, helps users to find way to watch cycling without having to pay for broadcasters services, and costs £5.36 per month, with three months free. Other options include NordVPN, Surfshark and Kapersky.
TV times
All times GMT and subject to change by broadcasters.
Dwars door Vlaanderen: Men’s race
Discovery+: 13:15 – 16:20
Eurosport 1: 14:15 – 17:00
Dwars door Vlaanderen: Women’s race
Discovery+: 14:55 – 17:10
Eurosport 1: 14:15 – 17:00
Full list of worldwide broadcasters
- VRT: Belgium
- RTBF: Belgium
- FloBikes: USA, Canada, Australia
- L’Equipe: France, Andorra, Monaco & French Overseas
- Sky New Zealand: New Zealand
- Supersport: Angola, Burundi, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Cape Verde, Cote d’lvoire, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mozambique, Mali, Mauritania, Namibia, Nigeria, Niger, Reunion, Rwanda, South Africa, Eswatini, São Tome and Principe, St Helena and Ascension, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Seychelles, Socotra, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Zambia.
- ESPN: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela, Brazil Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Mexico, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Barbuda, Bermuda, Bonaire, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Curacao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Falklands Islands, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadaloupe, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Saba, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Eustatius, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago,
Turks and Caicos - Eurosport/Discovery: Europe, Asia-Pacific (excluding Australia, China and New Zealand), Japan & Indian sub-continent
Dwars door Vlaanderen 2024: Favourites
Men’s race
- Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek)
- Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike)
- Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
- Tim Wellens (UAE Team Emirates)
Women’s race
- Demi Vollering, Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime)
- Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike)
- Elisa Longo Borghini (Lidl-Trek)
- Vittoria Guazzini (FDJ-Suez)
Dwars door Vlaanderen 2024: Start lists
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