Tour of Flanders 2018

The road

How it was won

1. 146 km to go

   Terpstra jumps on the Koppenberg

   Halfway up the brutal cobbled wall Niki Terpstra attacks. Benoot reacts, Gilbert, Van Avermaet, Sagan and an impressive Nibali all scramble across, and the front group is filleted to thirty.

2. 238 km to go

   Van Avermaet lights the Taaienberg

   On the Taaienberg, 38km out, Greg Van Avermaet unleashes a savage acceleration. Vanmarcke, Štybar, Van Aert, Sagan and Kristoff cling to his wheel, but nothing sticks and the elite group edges back together.

3. 327 km to go

   The winning move on the Kruisberg

   Nibali counters on the Kruisberg's asphalt and only Terpstra follows. On the short, savage Hotond ramp the Dutchman simply rides away from the Milan-San Remo winner, and the Ronde is suddenly his to lose.

4. 417 km to go

   Solo over the Oude Kwaremont

   Terpstra times his catch of the leaders to perfection and powers past them before the Kwaremont village. Mads Pedersen is the last man distanced; Quick-Step's cobbled machine has struck again.

5. 514 km to go

   Sagan's futile Paterberg dig

   Sagan attacks on the main road and pushes on over the Paterberg, trying to bridge alone, but it is desperate and hopeless. Up the road Terpstra is riding away to a Monument.

6. 6At the line

   Terpstra wins in Oudenaarde

   Terpstra soloes into Oudenaarde for the biggest win of his career. Behind, Pedersen digs in to hold second ahead of a fast-finishing Philippe Gilbert.

The result