Tour of Flanders 2025: Tadej Pogacar wins the second title in Belgium
Tadej Pogacar rejected Mathieu Van der Poel reigning champion to claim his second tour of the Flanders title.
The three-time champion of the Tour de France, running for the team of the United Arab Emirates Emirates-XRG, completed the 270 km route in Belgium in five hours, 58 minutes and 41 seconds.
Pogacar finished just over a minute away from Denmark Mads Pedersen per second, while the Dutch Van der Poel came third, after recovering from an accident with 127 km.
The Tour of Flanders, which began in 1919 and known as De Ronde, is a one -day road race and the second of the five monuments of the season, held in Belgium every spring and highlighted by climbs and cobbled sectors.
“The goal was to win, but in the end it is difficult to realize. I can’t be more proud of the team,” said the 26 -year -old.
Van der Poel held the Peloton again just 10 km from his crash and woke up with Pogacar through the hills.
