The 2018 Dwars door Vlaanderen was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 28 March 2018 in Belgium. It was the 73rd edition of Dwars door Vlaanderen and the twelfth event of the 2018 UCI World Tour. It was won for the second year in a row by Yves Lampaert () – becoming the first rider to win the race in consecutive years. He finished two seconds ahead of 's Mike Teunissen and Sep Vanmarcke, riding for the team, completed the podium.
Teams As the race was only added to the UCI World Tour calendar in 2017, all UCI WorldTeams were invited to the race, but not obligated to compete in the race. As such, seventeen of the eighteen WorldTeams – with the exception of – competed in the race, up one on 2017. Eight UCI Professional Continental teams competed, completing the 25-team peloton.
Route The race was in length. There were 12 categorised climbs:
+ Climbs and cobbled sections in the 2018 Dwars door Vlaanderen Name Distance from Surface Length(metres) Gradient (%) Start() Finish() () () 1 Kluisberg 82.6 97.5 asphalt 1000 6.8% 16% 2 Côte de Trieu 90.0 90.1 asphalt 1900 4.9% 11.8% 3 Kluisberg 107.3 72.8 asphalt 1000 6.8% 16% 4 Côte de Trieu 114.8 65.3 asphalt 1900 4.9% 11.8% 5 Kortekeer 122.4 57.7 asphalt 900 6.5% 9.8% – Mariaborrestraat 124.5 55.6 cobbles 2400 — 6 Steenbeekdries 125.7 54.4 cobbles 600 4.5% 8% 7 Taaienberg 128.2 51.9 cobbles 530 6.6% 15.8% 8 Kruisberg 138.3 41.8 cobbles 1800 4.8% 9% 9 Côte de Trieu 147.0 33.1 asphalt 1900 4.9% 11.8% – Varentstraat 154.4 25.7 cobbles 2000 — 10 Tiegemberg 159.2 20.9 asphalt 1400 6.5% 9% 11 Holstraat 163.6 16.5 asphalt 1000 5.2% 12% 12 Nokereberg 171.1 9.0 cobbles 500 5.7% 6.7% – Herlegemstraat 173.9 6.2 cobbles 800 —
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