Mathieu van der Poel won the Tour of Flanders in a four-up sprint to the line ahead of Dylan Van Baarle, Valentin Maduas and Tadej Pogacar. Van der Poel and Pogacar led the race together over the final 8 miles after shelling Maduas and Van Baarle on the ascent of the Oude Kwaremont. The chasers stayed within 30 seconds of the leaders until Van der Poel and Pogacar began to play an excruciating game of poker in the final 900 meters. The cat-and-mouse battle slowed the duo enough for the chasers to catch them with 400 meters to go. Van der Poel began his sprint with 150 meters remaining, Van Baarle and Maduas swarmed Pogacar to round out the Podium.

TOUR OF FLANDERS 2022 RESULTS

1	Mathieu VAN DER POEL	Alpecin-Fenix	6:18:30
2	Dylan VAN BAARLE	INEOS Grenadiers	0:00
3	Valentin MADOUAS	Groupama – FDJ	0:00
4	Tadej POGACAR	UAE Team Emirates	0:00
5	Stefan KÜNG	Groupama – FDJ	0:02
6	Dylan TEUNS	Bahrain – Victorious	0:02
7	Fred WRIGHT	Bahrain – Victorious	0:11
8	Mads PEDERSEN	Trek – Segafredo	0:48
9	Christophe LAPORTE	Jumbo-Visma	0:48
10	Alexander KRISTOFF	Intermarché – Wanty – Gobert Matériaux	0:48

 

Photos: Sprint Cycling Agency