The start list for the 2020 edition of the Tour of Flanders has now been confirmed.
Belgium’s cobbled Monument takes place on Sunday, October 18 this season, due to the rejigged calendar, and we’ll be treated to a stellar line-up of talent.
Defending champion Alberto Bettiol (EF Pro Cycling) is down to start with a strong team around him as they come up against the likes of Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) and former World Champion, Mads Pedersen (Trek-Segafredo) who is coming in off the back of his Gent-Wevelgem win.
On-form Deceuninck-Quick-Step bring with them a strong team, including World Champion, Julian Alaphilippe, who makes his debut at the race, Yves Lampaert, Kasper Asgreen and Zdeněk Stybar.
Possibly the out and out favourite is the star of the year, Wout van Aert (Jumbo-Visma), as he looks to continue his amazing form going into the cobbled monuments.
Mark Cavendish (Bahrain-McLaren) continues racing despite the rumours he is retiring after his tearful interview after Gent-Wevelgem. This is his first time riding the Ronde since back in 2011.
In the women’s race, defending champion Marta Bastianelli is no longer down to defend her title as her team Alé-BTC-Ljubljana pull out due to Covid-19.
So the race will likely be between the likes off World Champion, Anna van der Breggen (Boels-Dolmans), European Champion, Annemiek Van Vleuten (Mitchelton-Scott) as the main favourites.
Other on-form riders and real dangers for the race win are Jolien d’Hoore (Boels-Dolmans), who is coming in to the race after winning Gent-Wevelgem ahead of two of favourites, Lotte Kopecky (Lotto-Soudal) and Lisa Brennauer (Ceretizit-WNT).
Elisa Longo-Borghini (Trek-Segafredo), Lizzie Deignan (Trek-Segafredo), Coryn Rivera (Team Sunweb) and Lauren Stephens (Tibco-Silicon Valley Bank) are just a few other names worth noting in the list of possible winners.
Équipe Paule Ka will not be riding as the team folded a few days before the race after their sponsors had not payed the team for three months.
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Men’s Tour of Flanders 2020 start list
EF Pro Cycling
BETTIOL Alberto
SCULLY Tom
RUTSCH Jonas
VANMARCKE Sep
LANGEVELD Sebastian
KEUKELEIRE Jens
BISSEGGER Stefan
Total Direct Energie
TERPSTRA Niki
VAN GESTEL Dries
TURGIS Anthony
BONIFAZIO Niccolò
GAUDIN Damien
MAITRE Florian
PETIT Adrien
Movistar Team
ALBA Juan Diego
CULLAIGH Gabriel
HOLLMANN Juri
JACOBS Johan
MAS Lluís
MORA Sebastián
PRADES Eduard
Deceuninck – Quick-Step
LAMPAERT Yves
ALAPHILIPPE Julian
DEVENYNS Dries
DECLERCQ Tim
ASGREEN Kasper
ŠTYBAR Zdeněk
SÉNÉCHAL Florian
Lotto-Soudal
WELLENS Tim
DEGENKOLB John
DE BUYST Jasper
WALLAYS Jelle
KLUGE Roger
FRISON Frederik
MAES Nikolas
Bora-Hansgrohe
SCHACHMANN Max
DRUCKER Jempy
OSS Daniel
BURGHARDT Marcus
GATTO Oscar
MÜHLBERGER Gregor
PÖSTLBERGER Lukas
Ag2r La Mondiale
NAESEN Oliver
NAESEN Lawrence
VANDENBERGH Stijn
BARDET Romain
DILLIER Silvan
GOUGEARD Alexis
DUVAL Julien
CCC Team
TRENTIN Matteo
VAN KEIRSBULCK Guillaume
SCHÄR Michael
KOCH Jonas
VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan
VENTOSO Francisco
VAN HOECKE Gijs
Mitchelton-Scott
MEZGEC Luka
DURBRIDGE Luke
BAUER Jack
EDMONDSON Alex
JUUL-JENSEN Chris
KONYCHEV Alexander
PEÁK Barnabás
Astana Pro Team
DE VREESE Laurens
HOULE Hugo
LUTSENKO Alexey
GIDICH Yevgeniy
GRUZDEV Dmitriy
BIZHIGITOV Zhandos
ZAKHAROV Artyom
Bahrain-McLaren
TEUNS Dylan
CAVENDISH Mark
COLBRELLI Sonny
WRIGHT Fred
HALLER Marco
HAUSSLER Heinrich
FENG Chun Kai
Groupama-FDJ
MADOUAS Valentin
GENIETS Kevin
KÜNG Stefan
STEWART Jake
LUDVIGSSON Tobias
DELAGE Mickaël
LIENHARD Fabian
NTT Pro Cycling
BOASSON HAGEN Edvald
BATTISTELLA Samuele
TILLER Rasmus
WALSCHEID Max
GOGL Michael
VALGREN Michael
JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt
Team Jumbo-Visma
VAN AERT Wout
JANSEN Amund Grøndahl
TEUNISSEN Mike
WYNANTS Maarten
ROOSEN Timo
EENKHOORN Pascal
VAN DER HOORN Taco
Israel Start-Up Nation
HOFSTETTER Hugo
BOIVIN Guillaume
GREIPEL André
POLITT Nils
BIERMANS Jenthe
MCCABE Travis
VAN ASBROECK Tom
Ineos Grenadiers
KNEES Christian
KWIATKOWSKI Michał
ROWE Luke
DOULL Owain
VAN BAARLE Dylan
LAWLESS Chris
BASSO Leonardo
Team Sunweb
BENOOT Tiesj
EEKHOFF Nils
ARNDT Nikias
DAINESE Alberto
KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren
NIEUWENHUIS Joris
BOL Cees
Trek-Segafredo
STUYVEN Jasper
KIRSCH Alex
PEDERSEN Mads
THEUNS Edward
MULLEN Ryan
SKUJINŠ Toms
REIJNEN Kiel
UAE Team Emirates
KRISTOFF Alexander
LAENGEN Vegard Stake
MARCATO Marco
BYSTRØM Sven Erik
PHILIPSEN Jasper
OLIVEIRA Ivo
OLIVEIRA Rui
Cofidis, Solutions Crédits
ALLEGAERT Piet
LAPORTE Christophe
CLAEYS Dimitri
VERMOTE Julien
LEMOINE Cyril
FINÉ Eddy
VIVIANI Attilio
Alpecin-Fenix
VAN DER POEL Mathieu
VERMEERSCH Gianni
DE BONDT Dries
KRIEGER Alexander
RICKAERT Jonas
VAKOČ Petr
VERGAERDE Otto
Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise
SPRENGERS Thomas
CAPIOT Amaury
BEULLENS Cédric
DE WILDE Gilles
VAN DEN BOSSCHE Fabio
MENTEN Milan
VAN POUCKE Aaron
B&B Hotels-Vital Concept p/b KTM
DEBUSSCHERE Jens
BACKAERT Frederick
COQUARD Bryan
BARTHE Cyril
DE BACKER Bert
LECROQ Jérémy
MOZZATO Luca
Circus-Wanty Gobert
VAN POPPEL Danny
MEURISSE Xandro
BAKELANTS Jan
DE GENDT Aimé
LAMMERTINK Maurits
DEVRIENDT Tom
KREDER Wesley
Bingoal-Wallonie Bruxelles
MOLLY Kenny
PEYSKENS Dimitri
TAMINIAUX Lionel
LIVYNS Arjen
WIRTGEN Luc
WIRTGEN Tom
SUTER Joel
Women’s Tour of Flanders 2020 start list
Boels-Dolmans Cycling Team
VAN DER BREGGEN Anna
D’HOORE Jolien
VAN DEN BROEK-BLAAK Chantal
DIDERIKSEN Amalie
PIETERS Amy
MAJERUS Christine
Mitchelton-Scott
VAN VLEUTEN Annemiek
BROWN Grace
ROY Sarah
SPRATT Amanda
ALLEN Jessica
ELVIN Gracie
CCC-Liv
MARKUS Riejanne
MOOLMAN-PASIO Ashleigh
PALADIN Soraya
BERTIZZOLO Sofia
KUIJPERS Evy
KOREVAAR Jeanne
Trek-Segafredo
VAN DIJK Ellen
DEIGNAN Lizzie
LONGO-BORGHINI Elisa
CORDON-RAGOT Audrey
WILES Tayler
WORRACK Trixi
Team Sunweb
MACKAIJ Floortje
RIVERA Coryn
LIPPERT Liane
KIRCHMANN Leah
JACHSON Alison
KOCH Franziska
Canyon SRAM Racing
BARNES Alice
BARNES Hannah
AMIALIUSIK Alena
CECCHINI Elena
RYAN Alexis
CROMWELL Tiffany
Ceretizit-WNT Pro Cycling
BRENNAUER Lisa
CONFALONIERI Maria Giulia
LETH Julie
RIJKES Sarah
ASENCIO Laura
TEUTENBERG Lea Lin
Valcar-Travel & Service
CAVALLI Marta
BALSAMO Elisa
CONSONNI Chiara
GUAZZINI Vittoria
SANGUINETI Ilaria
PERSICO Silvia
Movistar Team
BIANNIC Aude
ERIĆ Jelena
GUARISCHI Barbara
RODRÍGUEZ Gloria
GONZÁLEZ Alicia
TERUEL Alba
Team Tibco-SVB
STEPHENS Lauren
DIXON Leah
KESSLER Nina
LUCAS Sharlotte
FAULKNER Kristen
NEWSON Emily
Parkhotel-Valkenburg
VOLLERING Demi
KOSTER Anouska
SWINKELS Karlijn
VAN DER BURG Nancy
KASPER Romy
NILSSON Hanna
FDJ Nouvelle Aquitane Futuroscope
GROSSETÊTE Maëlle
UTTRUP LUDWIG Cecilie
BORGLI Stine
FAHLIN Emilia
DUVAL Eugénie
CHAPMAN Brodie
Lotto-Soudal Ladies
KOPECKY Lotte
VANDENBULKE Jesse
FIDANZA Arianna
PARKINSON Abby-Mae
BEEKHUIS Teuntje
BRAAM Danique
Doltcini-Van Eyck Sport
DOCX Mieke
STEIGENGA Nicole
DE GROOT Marieke
VAN EYNDE Fien
SCHWEINBERGER Christina
SCHWEINBERGER Kathrin
Rally Cycling Women
HOSKING Chloe
POIDEVIN Sara
WHITE Emma
WILLIAMS Lily
FRANZ Heidi
GANZAR Leigh Ann
Multum Acountants-LSK Ladies Cycling Team
BADEGRUBER Anna
JOHANSSON Hanna
DEFOUR Lara
STOCKMAN Julie
WATERREUS Kylie
VAN HOUTUM Céline
Cogeas-Mettler Pro Cycling Team
FISHER Annabel
PITEL Edwige
RÜEGG Noemi
GAREEVA Aigul
GALIMULLINA Iuliia
KLIMOVA Diana
Hitec Products
VAN DER HAAR Lucy
KRÖGER Mieke
RICHIOUD Greta
FELDMANN Pernille
MATHISEN Silje
HEINE Vita
Ciclotel
KONONENKO Valeriya
KULYNYCH Olha
COTTER Imogen
VAN DE VEL Sara
SHARPE Alice
VAN HAAFTEN Kirstie
Massi-Tactic Women Team
BENITO Mireia
TRIAS Ariadna
LÓPEZ Belén
ORTEGA Patricia
MARTIN Isabel
PILOTE-FORTIN Gabrielle
