2013 Tour of Flanders
| 2013 UCI World Tour, race 8 of 28 | |||
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | 31 March 2013 | ||
| Distance | 256 km (159.1 mi) | ||
| Winning time | 6h 06' 01"[1] (41.965 km/h or 26.076 mph) | ||
| Palmares | |||
| Winner |  Fabian Cancellara (SUI) |
(RadioShack–Leopard) | |
| Second |  Peter Sagan (SVK) |
(Cannondale) | |
| Third | .svg.png){kind=small} Jürgen Roelandts (BEL) |
(Lotto–Belisol) | |
The 2013 Tour of Flanders was the 97th edition of the Tour of Flanders single-day cycling race, known as one of the Monument classics. It was held on 31 March 2013 over a distance of 256 kilometres (159.1 miles) from Bruges to Oudenaarde,[2] and was the eighth race of the 2013 UCI World Tour season.
The race was won for the second time by RadioShack–Leopard rider Fabian Cancellara,[3] after he made a solo attack with around 15 km (9.3 mi) remaining of the race, on the race's final cobbled climb of the Paterberg.[4] Second place went to Peter Sagan of the Cannondale team, while third place went to Lotto–Belisol's Jürgen Roelandts; both of those riders had been in a group with Cancellara before his move, and eventually finished nearly one-and-a-half minutes behind Cancellara.[5]
Route
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First lap of the circuit (red) and transition to the second lap (green).
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Second lap of the circuit (red) and transition to the third lap (green).
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Third lap of the circuit (red) and final (green).
Teams
As the Tour of Flanders was a UCI World Tour event, all UCI ProTeams were invited automatically and obligated to send a squad. Originally, race organisers had been planning to have the eighteen ProTeams invited to the race, with seven other squads given wildcard places, and as such, would have formed the event's 25-team peloton. Team Katusha subsequently regained their ProTour status after an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.[6][7] Rather than removing one team from the race to accommodate Team Katusha, race organisers sought approval from the Union Cycliste Internationale to invite 26 teams of 8 riders, and a maximum peloton of 208 riders; this proposal was granted prior to the race.[8]
The 26 teams that competed in the race were:[9]
Results
| Cyclist | Team | Time | UCI World Tour Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fabian Cancellara (SUI) |
RadioShack–Leopard | 6h 06' 01" | 100 |
| 2 | Peter Sagan (SVK) |
Cannondale | + 1' 27" | 80 |
| 3 | Jürgen Roelandts (BEL) |
Lotto–Belisol | + 1' 29" | 70 |
| 4 |  Alexander Kristoff (NOR) |
Team Katusha | + 1' 39" | 60 |
| 5 |  Mathieu Ladagnous (FRA) |
FDJ | + 1' 39" | 50 |
| 6 |  Heinrich Haussler (AUS) |
IAM Cycling | + 1' 39" | – |
| 7 | Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) |
BMC Racing Team | + 1' 39" | 30 |
| 8 | Sébastien Turgot (FRA) |
Team Europcar | + 1' 39" | – |
| 9 |  John Degenkolb (GER) |
Argos–Shimano | + 1' 39" | 10 |
| 10 |  Sebastian Langeveld (NED) |
Orica–GreenEDGE | + 1' 39" | 4 |
References
- ↑ "Uitslag / Résultat / Result" (PDF). Tour of Flanders. Flanders Classics. 31 March 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
- ↑ Beaudin, Matthew (28 March 2013). "Course Preview: Return to the new Ronde van Vlaanderen route". VeloNews (Competitor Group, Inc.). Retrieved 31 March 2013.
- ↑ Decaluwé, Brecht (31 March 2013). "Cancellara wins Tour of Flanders". Cyclingnews.com (Future plc). Retrieved 31 March 2013.
- ↑ Moore, Kyle (31 March 2013). "Cancellara powers away on the Paterberg to another Ronde van Vlaanderen victory". VeloNation (VeloNation LLC). Retrieved 31 March 2013.
- ↑ "Fabian Cancellara wins 2013 Tour of Flanders". VeloNews (Competitor Group, Inc.). 31 March 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
- ↑ "CAS orders WorldTour licence for Katusha". Cyclingnews.com (Future plc). 15 February 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
- ↑ "UCI confirms 19 WorldTour teams for 2013". Cyclingnews.com (Future plc). 18 February 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
- ↑ "Tour of Flanders invites 208-rider peloton". Cyclingnews.com (Future plc). 5 March 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
- ↑ "Tour of Flanders 2013 start list". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
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