Tour of Flanders

Mads Pedersen's Trek Madone with SRAM XPLR gearing for Gent-Wevelgem 2025

Why gravel gearing and clearance for 40mm tyres could be the future of Paris-Roubaix tech (if the UCI changes its rules)

Why the future of Classics tech could come from gravel

Kasper Asgreen winning the 2021 Tour of Flanders

Pro bike analysis: Is Kasper Asgreen's win on clinchers another nail in the coffin for tubulars?

Clinchers and tubeless tyres are faster, why are we still debating it?

Niki Terpstra's Wilier Cento10PRO

Niki Terpstra's Wilier Triestina Cento10PRO for the Tour of Flanders

Dutch rider to defend title on stunning custom Wilier

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Trek's Stijn Devolder has two different Domane bikes for the cobbled classics: The Domane Koppenberg at right for Flanders and the Domane Classics at left for Paris-Roubaix

Pro bikes: Devolder's Domane Classics and Domane Koppenberg

Identical rider geometry on two very different Domane IsoSpeed Decoupler bikes

The Tour of Flanders Centre in Oudenaarde is packed with memorabilia from the 100-year-old cobbled classic

Inside the Tour of Flanders museum

100 years of race history with rideable bike exhibits, retro steeds and more

Aero road helmets have become standard fare in the pro peloton - and not just when the weather's chillly

Shoes and helmets of the cobbled classics

Lots of aero lids and customized footwear

Geraint Thomas (Sky) piloted this Pinarello Dogma 65.1 Think2 to 8th place at this year's Ronde van Vlaanderen

Pro bike: Geraint Thomas's Pinarello Dogma 65.1 Think2

Welshman rides to 8th place aboard Pinarello flagship

Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) had at least three spare bikes available for Ronde van Vlaanderen, including this Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL4

Mega gallery: The bikes of the Tour of Flanders

The race machines of Boonen, Kristoff, Degenkolb, Chavanel and more

Fabian Cancellara's (Trek Factory Racing) Trek Domane Classics just before the start of the Ronde van Vlaanderen, resplendent in his typical custom paint

Cancellara, Van Avermaet and Vanmarcke bike gallery

The bikes that landed on the Ronde van Vlaanderen podium

Peter Sagan (Cannondale Pro Cycling) is on a rather extreme custom Synapse Hi-Mod for Ronde van Vlaanderen and Paris-Roubaix, built with the length of a 58cm frame but the height of a 51cm one

Pro bike: Peter Sagan's Cannondale Synapse Hi-Mod

A cushy ride and fully custom geometry

Crelan-Euphony's Colnago C59s take a final rest before getting throttled up the cobbled climbs of Ronde van Vlaanderen

Tour of Flanders 2013 race tech - massive gallery

Bikes and gear from the Ronde van Vlaanderen start line

Specialized's new S-Works aero road helmet isn't the most aesthetically pleasing design but we're guessing the company will boast of impressive wind tunnel numbers when it's officially launched later this year

New Specialized and Scott aero road helmets - more details

Cues from McLaren time trial helmet and Vanish Evo on show at Ronde van Vlaanderen

Merida's new Reacto Evo aero road bike made a debut at the Tour of Flanders under Lampre-Merida riders Filippo Pozzato and Alessandro Petacchi

Lampre-Merida Reacto Evo 2013 - first look

New aero road bike in use with pro team at the Tour of Flanders

Peter Sagan's (Cannondale Pro Cycling) new Cannondale Synapse Evo Hi-Mod. Cannondale supplies the rising superstar with a custom frame geometry, with the more aggressive stack of a 54cm SuperSix Hi-Mod but the reach of a 58cm size

Pro bike: Peter Sagan's Cannondale Synapse Evo Hi-Mod

Second place for Cannondale Pro Cycling at Tour of Flanders 2013

Orica-GreenEdge was one of two teams showing off a new Scott Addict at the start of this year's Ronde van Vlaanderen

New Scott Addict spotted at Tour of Flanders

Orica-GreenEdge and IAM Cycling debut new bike at Classics race

The RetroRonde van Vlaanderen is a cycling event with a strong sense of nostalgia

RetroRonde van Vlaanderen celebrates Tour of Flanders centenary

Retro cycle ride through the Flanders region of Belgium

Tom Boonen's (Omega Pharma-Quick Step) Specialized S-Works Tarmac SL4 is fitted with SRAM's new Red group, Zipp 303 carbon tubulars and cockpit components, FMB tubular tires, and Look KéO Blade pedals.

Bikes of the Tour of Flanders - Part 1

Boonen's Specialized Tarmac SL4, Pozzato's MCipollini RB1000 and more