2026 Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
(1.1), Belgium
110th edition: Friday, September 18, 2026
Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen podium history | Course map & profile | Start list | 2025 edition
Koolskamp - Koolskamp, 180.2 km. After the start there are 12 laps of 14.7 kms.
Tim Merlier wins the 2026 Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen
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Weather at the start/finish city of Koolskamp at 2:40 PM, local time: 19C (66F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the west-southwest at 23 km/hr (14 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain.
The race: Here's the report from winner Tim Merlier's Team Soudal Quick-Step.
Tim Merlier racked up his 11th victory of the season after showing a fantastic turn of legs in the final 200 meters of the Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen. In doing so, he delivered Soudal Quick-Step’s seventh win here, a new record this century at the event created in 1908, one year before the birth of the Giro d’Italia.
The 180km parcours consisted of twelve laps of a flat circuit, where the race followed its usual pattern: a breakaway went clear early and the sprinters’ teams made sure of not giving them too much of an advantage before bringing them back with fourteen kilometers to go. The strong headwind made it impossible for other attacks to have a chance, and the race came down to a bunch sprint, where timing proved to be essential.
Having found some space on the right side of the road in the hectic closing kilometer, Merlier unleashed his textbook sprint with only 150 meters to go and powered to Soudal Quick-Step’s 25th victory of the season, winning by a big margin in Koolskamp.
“This is always nice. The headwind made things difficult, and you had to pick the right moment to go, but also have some luck to launch your sprint, and I’m delighted that all the pieces fell into place today. It’s a success that motivates me for the following races I have between now and the end of the season, in October”, Tim said after the podium ceremony.
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Complete results:
180.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 47.823 km/hr
| 1 | Tim Merlier | Soudal Quick-Step | 3hr 46min 5sec |
| 2 | Dylan Groenewegen | Unibet Rose Rockets | s.t. |
| 3 | Søren Wærenskjold | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 4 | Arvid de Kleijn | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 5 | Jasper Philipsen | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 6 | Piet Allegaert | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 7 | Frits Biesterbos | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 8 | Itamar Einhorn | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 9 | Noah Hobbs | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 10 | Jason Tesson | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 11 | Zak Erzen | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 12 | Tom Van Asbroeck | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 13 | Davide Donati | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 14 | Simone Consonni | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 15 | Matteo Moschetti | Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 16 | Carl-Frederik Bevort | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 17 | David Dekker | BEAT CC p/b Saxo | s.t. |
| 18 | Lewis Bower | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 19 | Timothy Dupont | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 20 | Zeno Moonen | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 21 | Thor Michielsen | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 22 | Tim van der Poel | EEW-VDK Cyclingteam | s.t. |
| 23 | Elmar Reinders | Unibet Rose Rockets | s.t. |
| 24 | Robert Donaldson | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 25 | Steffen De Schuyteneer | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 26 | Mike Bronswijk | EEW-VDK Cyclingteam | s.t. |
| 27 | Mattia Agostinacchio | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 28 | Emils Liepins | Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 29 | Axel Huens | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 30 | Axel Van Den Broek | Aarco | s.t. |
| 31 | Thom van der Werff | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 32 | Mattanja Woets | VolkerWessels Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 33 | Arne Santy | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 34 | Tim Torn Teutenberg | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 35 | Jesse Kramer | BEAT CC p/b Saxo | s.t. |
| 36 | Roy Hoogendoorn | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 37 | Stanislaw Aniolkowski | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 38 | Dries De Pooter | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 39 | Rait Ärm | Energus Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 40 | Robbe Claeys | VolkerWessels Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 41 | Kiaan Watts | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 42 | Robin Froidevaux | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 43 | Edward Theuns | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 44 | Jensen Plowright | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 45 | Keije Solen | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 46 | Jules Hesters | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 47 | Danny van Poppel | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 48 | Tuur Verbeeck | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 49 | Michiel Lambrecht | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 50 | Lars Vanden Heede | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 51 | Pepijn Veenings | EEW-VDK Cyclingteam | s.t. |
| 52 | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 53 | Karsten Feldmann | Unibet Rose Rockets | s.t. |
| 54 | Lennes Jacobs | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 55 | Bálint Feldhoffer | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 56 | Lionel Taminiaux | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 57 | Laurenz Rex | Soudal Quick-Step | @ 9sec |
| 58 | Mathis Avondts | Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 59 | Wessel Mouris | Unibet Rose Rockets | s.t. |
| 60 | Luke Lamperti | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 61 | Jan Maas | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 62 | Halvor Dolven | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 63 | Michiel Coppens | BEAT CC p/b Saxo | s.t. |
| 64 | Dries De Bondt | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 65 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Soudal Quick-Step | 0:23 |
| 66 | Henrik Pedersen | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 67 | Marceli Pera | Energus Cycling Team | 0:28 |
| 68 | Jackson Medway | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 69 | Benedikt Benz | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 70 | Joeri Schaper | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 71 | Florian Sénéchal | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 72 | Warre Van den Meerssche | BEAT CC p/b Saxo | s.t. |
| 73 | Simon Goossens | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 74 | Madis Mihkels | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 75 | Seppe Van Den Boer | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 76 | Brem Deman | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 77 | Titouan Fontaine | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 78 | Oded Kogut | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 79 | Arne Marit | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 80 | Tars Poelvoorde | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 81 | Casper van Uden | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 82 | Joseph Brookes | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 83 | Timo Behrens | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 84 | Rick Versloot | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 85 | Joppe Sterck | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 86 | Sven Erik Bystrøm | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 87 | Colby Simmons | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 88 | Matijs Van Strijthem | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 89 | Martijn Rasenberg | Unibet Rose Rockets | s.t. |
| 90 | Nicola Marcerou | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 91 | Johan Jacobs | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
| 92 | Samuel Leroux | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 93 | Tobias Müller | Unibet Rose Rockets | 0:41 |
| 94 | Kelland O'Brien | Team Jayco-AlUla | 0:45 |
| 95 | Lorrenzo Manzin | Team TotalEnergies | 0:53 |
| 96 | William Blume Levy | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 97 | Nicolò Parisini | Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 0:56 |
| 98 | Frederik Frison | Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 0:57 |
| 99 | Kamil Gradek | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 100 | Vlad Van Mechelen | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 101 | Emmanuel Houcou | Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 1:00 |
| 102 | Marco Haller | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 1:04 |
| 103 | Luka Mezgec | Team Jayco-AlUla | 1:07 |
| 104 | Marijn Maas | BEAT CC p/b Saxo | 1:13 |
| 105 | Evan Pavis | Team TotalEnergies | 1:22 |
| 106 | Gijs Schoonvelde | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | 1:27 |
| 107 | Matis Louvel | NSN Cycling Team | 1:41 |
| 108 | Jonas Rickaert | Alpecin-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 109 | Otto Vergaerde | Lidl-Trek | 1:48 |
| 110 | Dillon Corkery | Team Picnic PostNL | 1:50 |
| 111 | Rokas Adomaitis | Energus Cycling Team | 2:17 |
| 112 | Ignas Kertenis | Energus Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 113 | Johan Meens | Aarco | s.t. |
| 114 | Jocelyn Baguelin | Aarco | 2:23 |
| 115 | Nicolas Debeaumarché | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 116 | Senne Hulsmans | VolkerWessels Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 117 | Alfredo Bueno | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 118 | Erik Resell | Uno-X Mobility | 3:08 |
| 119 | Jasper Huitema | EEW-VDK Cyclingteam | s.t. |
| 120 | Jarrad Drizners | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 121 | Siebe Bauwens | Tarteletto-Isorex | 4:50 |
| 122 | Artuur Torney | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 123 | Tuur Dens | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 124 | Bram Dissel | BEAT CC p/b Saxo | s.t. |
| 125 | Robert Stannard | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 126 | Nikita Babovich | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 127 | Lennert Belmans | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 5:35 |
| 128 | Leopold Dallemagne | Aarco | s.t. |
| 129 | Ayco Bastiaens | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 130 | Jasper De Buyst | Lotto-Intermarché | s.t. |
| 131 | Pascal Ackermann | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 132 | Sebastian Putz | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 133 | Rotem Tene | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 134 | Gaetan Warnier | Tarteletto-Isorex | s.t. |
| 135 | Guillaume Visser | EEW-VDK Cyclingteam | s.t. |
| 136 | Victor Vercouillie | Team Flanders-Baloise | s.t. |
| 137 | Alex Kirsch | Cofidis | s.t. |
| 138 | Fabian Lienhard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 139 | Petr Kelemen | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 140 | Samuele Battistella | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 141 | Jens Verbrugghe | NSN Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 142 | Victor Hannes | Aarco | s.t. |
| 143 | Ward Vanhoof | Team Flanders-Baloise | 5:39 |
| 144 | Pavlo Antonenko | Energus Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 145 | Baptiste Grégoire | Groupama-FDJ United | 7:36 |
| 146 | Esteban Foucher | Groupama-FDJ United | s.t. |
Course map & Profile:
2026 Kampioenschap van Vlaanderen course map and profile. The riders do 12 laps.
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Start list with back numbers, Coming September 18, 2026:
| Lidl-Trek | |
| 1 | Tim Torn Teutenberg |
| 2 | Benedikt Benz |
| 3 | Simone Consonni |
| 4 | Thor Michielsen |
| 5 | Edward Theuns |
| 6 | Otto Vergaerde |
| Alpecin-Premier Tech | |
| 11 | Jasper Philipsen |
| 12 | Timo Behrens |
| 13 | Lennert Belmans |
| 14 | Simon Goossens |
| 15 | Jensen Plowright |
| 16 | Jonas Rickaert |
| 17 | Florian Sénéchal |
| Soudal Quick-Step | |
| 21 | Tim Merlier |
| 22 | Ayco Bastiaens |
| 23 | Joeri Schaper |
| 24 | Laurenz Rex |
| 25 | Matijs Van Strijthem |
| 26 | Bert Van Lerberghe |
| 27 | Lars Vanden Heede |
| Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | |
| 31 | Alessio Magagnotti |
| 32 | Jarrad Drizners |
| 33 | Arne Marit |
| 34 | Sebastian Putz |
| 35 | Gijs Schoonvelde |
| 36 | Davide Donati |
| 37 | Danny van Poppel |
| Bahrain Victorious | |
| 41 | Zak Erzen |
| 42 | Nikita Babovich |
| 43 | Phil Bauhaus |
| 44 | Bálint Feldhoffer |
| 45 | Kamil Gradek |
| 46 | Robert Stannard |
| 47 | Vlad Van Mechelen |
| Uno-X Mobility | |
| 51 | Søren Wærenskjold |
| 52 | Carl-Frederik Bevort |
| 53 | Martin Urianstad Bugge |
| 54 | William Blume Levy |
| 55 | Henrik Pedersen |
| 56 | Erik Resell |
| 57 | Sven Erik Bystrøm |
| Team Jayco-AlUla | |
| 61 | Pascal Ackermann |
| 62 | Dries De Bondt |
| 63 | Dries De Pooter |
| 64 | Robert Donaldson |
| 65 | Anders Foldager |
| 66 | Luka Mezgec |
| 67 | Kelland O'Brien |
| EF Education-EasyPost | |
| 71 | Luke Lamperti |
| 72 | Mattia Agostinacchio |
| 73 | Samuele Battistella |
| 74 | Alfredo Bueno |
| 75 | Colby Simmons |
| 76 | Noah Hobbs |
| 77 | Madis Mihkels |
| NSN Cycling Team | |
| 81 | Oded Kogut |
| 82 | Itamar Einhorn |
| 83 | Rotem Tene |
| 84 | Tom Van Asbroeck |
| 85 | Jens Verbrugghe |
| 86 | Matis Louvel |
| 87 | Kiaan Watts |
| Lotto-Intermarché | |
| 91 | Steffen De Schuyteneer |
| 92 | Jasper De Buyst |
| 93 | Halvor Dolven |
| 94 | Tuur Verbeeck |
| 95 | Tars Poelvoorde |
| 96 | Keije Solen |
| 97 | Lionel Taminiaux |
| Groupama-FDJ United | |
| 101 | Lewis Bower |
| 102 | Esteban Foucher |
| 103 | Titouan Fontaine |
| 104 | Axel Huens |
| 105 | Johan Jacobs |
| 106 | Baptiste Grégoire |
| 107 | Karl Sagnier |
| Team Picnic PostNL | |
| 111 | Frits Biesterbos |
| 112 | Dillon Corkery |
| 113 | Rick Versloot |
| 114 | Roy Hoogendoorn |
| 115 | Lennes Jacobs |
| 116 | Thom van der Werff |
| 117 | Casper van Uden |
| Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | |
| 121 | Sam Bennett |
| 122 | Mathis Avondts |
| 123 | Frederik Frison |
| 124 | Emmanuel Houcou |
| 125 | Emils Liepins |
| 126 | Matteo Moschetti |
| 127 | Nicolò Parisini |
| Tudor Pro Cycling Team | |
| 131 | Arvid de Kleijn |
| 132 | Robin Froidevaux |
| 133 | Petr Kelemen |
| 134 | Fabian Lienhard |
| 135 | Jackson Medway |
| 136 | Seppe Van Den Boer |
| 137 | Marco Haller |
| Cofidis | |
| 141 | Piet Allegaert |
| 142 | Stanislaw Aniolkowski |
| 143 | Joseph Brookes |
| 144 | Nicolas Debeaumarché |
| 145 | Alex Kirsch |
| 146 | Jan Maas |
| Team TotalEnergies | |
| 152 | Alexys Brunel |
| 153 | Samuel Leroux |
| 154 | Lorrenzo Manzin |
| 155 | Nicola Marcerou |
| 156 | Evan Pavis |
| 157 | Jason Tesson |
| Unibet Rose Rockets | |
| 161 | Dylan Groenewegen |
| 162 | Karsten Feldmann |
| 164 | Wessel Mouris |
| 165 | Tobias Müller |
| 166 | Martijn Rasenberg |
| 167 | Elmar Reinders |
| Team Flanders-Baloise | |
| 171 | Jules Hesters |
| 172 | Brem Deman |
| 173 | Tuur Dens |
| 174 | Artuur Torney |
| 175 | Ward Vanhoof |
| 176 | Michiel Lambrecht |
| 177 | Victor Vercouillie |
| Tarteletto-Isorex | |
| 181 | Timothy Dupont |
| 182 | Siebe Bauwens |
| 183 | Fabrice Lefevre |
| 184 | Zeno Moonen |
| 185 | Arne Santy |
| 186 | Joppe Sterck |
| 187 | Gaetan Warnier |
| Aarco | |
| 191 | Jocelyn Baguelin |
| 192 | Leopold Dallemagne |
| 193 | Kamiel Hannes |
| 194 | Victor Hannes |
| 195 | Johan Meens |
| 196 | Gibbe Staes |
| 197 | Axel Van Den Broek |
| VolkerWessels Cycling Team | |
| 201 | Robbe Claeys |
| 202 | Born De Dobbelaere |
| 203 | Senne Hulsmans |
| 204 | Thijmen Paardekooper |
| 205 | Thor Verleysen |
| 207 | Mattanja Woets |
| BEAT CC p/b Saxo | |
| 211 | David Dekker |
| 212 | Bram Dissel |
| 213 | Michiel Coppens |
| 214 | Jesse Kramer |
| 215 | Marijn Maas |
| 216 | Joost Nat |
| 217 | Warre Van den Meerssche |
| EEW-VDK Cyclingteam | |
| 221 | Mike Bronswijk |
| 222 | Jelle Bouma |
| 223 | Jasper Huitema |
| 224 | Hugo Paats |
| 225 | Pepijn Veenings |
| 226 | Tim van der Poel |
| 227 | Guillaume Visser |
| Energus Cycling Team | |
| 231 | Rokas Adomaitis |
| 232 | Pavlo Antonenko |
| 233 | Rait Ärm |
| 234 | Dovydas Bruzas |
| 235 | Ignas Kertenis |
| 236 | Marceli Pera |
| 237 | Martin Pluto |