Tour of Flanders for Women

Tour of Flanders for Women

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Race details
Date	Early April
Region	Flanders, Belgium
Local name(s)	Ronde van Vlaanderen voor Vrouwen (Dutch)
Discipline	Road
Competition	UCI Women's World Tour (since 2016)
Type	One-day race
History
First edition	2004 (2004)
Editions	13 (as of 2016)
First winner	Zoulfia Zabirova (RUS)
Most wins	Mirjam Melchers-Van Poppel (NED) Judith Arndt (GER) (2 wins)
Most recent	Lizzie Armitstead (GBR)

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The podium in 2014:
1) Ellen van Dijk
2) Lizzie Armitstead
3) Emma Johansson

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The women's race takes the hill at Geraardsbergen

The Tour of Flanders for Women (Dutch: Ronde van Vlaanderen voor Vrouwen) is the women's edition of the Tour of Flanders, a road bicycle racing event in Flanders, Belgium.

The women’s Tour of Flanders has been held every spring since 2004 on the same day as the men's race and was part of the UCI Women's Road World Cup until 2015. In 2016 the race became part of the new UCI Women's World Tour.

The race runs over a course that follows the last 55 km of the men's race to finish in Meerbeke. In 2008, the race featured three long flat cobbled sections: Paddestraat (2400m), Mater-Kerkgate (3000m) and Haaghoek (2000m), and 10 hills including the Molenberg, Eikenmolen, Muur-Kapelmuur and Bosberg.

Winners

Year	1st	2nd	3rd
2004	Zoulfia Zabirova Team Let's Go Finland	Trixi Worrack Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung	Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel Team Farm Frites-Hartol
2005	Mirjam Melchers-Van Poppel Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team	Susanne Ljungskog Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team	Monia Baccaille Italian national team
2006	Mirjam Melchers-Van Poppel Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team	Christiane Soeder Univega Pro Cycling Team	Loes Gunnewijk Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team
2007	Nicole Cooke Raleigh–Lifeforce–Creation HB Pro Cycling Team	Zoulfia Zabirova Bigla Cycling Team	Marianne Vos Team DSB Bank
2008	Judith Arndt Team High Road	Kristin Armstrong Cervélo–Lifeforce Pro Cycling Team	Kirsten Wild AA-Drink Cycling Team
2009	Ina-Yoko Teutenberg Team Columbia Highroad Women	Kirsten Wild Cervélo Test Team	Emma Johansson AA-Drink Cycling Team
2010	Grace Verbeke Lotto Ladies Team	Marianne Vos DSB Bank - LTO	Kirsten Wild Cervélo Test Team
2011	Annemiek van Vleuten Nederland Bloeit	Tatiana Antoshina Gauss	Marianne Vos Nederland Bloeit
2012	Judith Arndt GreenEdge-AIS	Kristin Armstrong USA National Team	Joelle Numainville Canada National Team
2013	Marianne Vos Rabobank Women Cycling Team	Ellen van Dijk Team Specialized–lululemon	Emma Johansson Hitec Products UCK
2014	Ellen van Dijk Boels–Dolmans	Lizzie Armitstead Boels–Dolmans	Emma Johansson Orica-AIS
2015	Elisa Longo Borghini Wiggle–Honda	Jolien D'Hoore Wiggle–Honda	Anna van der Breggen Rabo–Liv
2016	Lizzie Armitstead Boels–Dolmans	Emma Johansson Wiggle High5	Chantal Blaak Boels–Dolmans