Spring Classics Guide 2021
Guide to the 2021 Classics: The key races, Classics and previous winners
Details are subject to change anytime as information from race organisers
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
Cobbled Classic
When: Saturday 27th February 2021
Where: Gent, Belgium
Distance: Men's – 200km / Women's – 130km
Most recent winners: Jasper Stuyven / Annemiek van Vleuten
Most wins: Three – Joseph Bruyère, Ernest Sterckx, Peter Van Petegem / Two – Suzanne de Goede, Emma Johansson
Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne
Cobbled Classic
When: Sunday 28th February 2021
Where: Kuurne to (23km west of) Brussels and back to Kuurne
Distance: 200km
Most recent winner: Kasper Asgreen
Most wins: Three – Tom Boonen
Le Samyn
Cobbled Classic
When: Tuesday 2nd March 2021
Where: Quaregnon to Dour, Belgium
Distance: Men's – 205.4km / Women's – 92.5km
Most recent winner: Hugo Hofstetter / Chantal van den Broek-Blaak
Most wins: Three – Johan Capiot / Three – Chantal van den Broek-Blaak
Strade Bianche (Italy)
When: Saturday 6th March 2021
Where: Tuscany, Italy
Distance: Men's – 176km / Women's – 103km. Both men's and women's include 50km+ of unpaved white roads
Most recent winners: Wout van Aert / Annemiek van Vleuten
Most wins: Three – Fabian Cancellara / Two – Annemiek van Vleuten
Milan-San Remo (Italy)
Monument
When: Saturday 20th March 2021
Where: Milan to San Remo, Italy
Distance: 295km
Most recent winner: Wout van Aert
Most wins: Seven – Eddy Merckx
E3 Saxo Bank Classic
Cobbled Classic
When: Friday 26th March 2021
Where: Harelbeke, Belgium
Distance: 200km
Most recent winner: Zdenek Stybar (2019)
Most wins: Five – Tom Boonen
Gent-Wevelgem
Cobbled Classic
When: Sunday 28th March 2021
Where: Deinze (south of Gent) to Wevelgem
Distance: Men's - 240km / Women's - 115km
Most recent winner: Mads Pedersen / Jolien D'Hoore
Most wins: Three each – Robert Van Eenaeme, Rik Van Looy, Eddy Merckx, Mario Cipollini, Tom Boonen / Two – Kirsten Wild
Dwars Door Vlaanderen
Cobbled Classic
When: Wednesday 31st March 2021
Where: Roeselare to Waregem, Belgium
Distance: 200km
Most recent winner: Mathieu van der Poel (2019) / Ellen van Dijk (2019)
Most wins: Two each – 12 male riders / Three – Amy Pieters
Tour of Flanders
Monument / Cobbled Classic
When: Sunday 4th April 2021
Where: Antwerp to Oudenaarde, Flanders, Belgium
Distance: 260km / 135km
Most recent winner: Mathieu van der Poel / Chantal van den Broek-Blaak
Most wins: Three each – Achiel Buysse, Fiorenzo Magni, Eric Leman, Johan Museeuw, Tom Boonen, Fabian Cancellara / Tow each – Mirjam Melchers-van Poppel, Judith Arndt
Scheldeprijs
Cobbled Classic
When: Wednesday 7th April 2021
Where: Antwerp, Belgium
Distance: 155km
Most recent winner: Caleb Ewan
Most wins: Four – Marcel Kittel
Paris-Roubaix (CANCELLED)
Monument / Cobbled Classic
When: Sunday 11th April 2021
Where: (North of) Paris to Roubaix, France
Distance: 260km
Most recent winner: Philippe Gilbert (2019)
Most wins: Four each – Roger De Vlaeminck and Tom Boonen
Brabantse Pijl
When: Wednesday 14th April
Where: Brabant, Belgium
Distance: 205.3km
Most recent winner: Mathieu van der Poel
Most wins: Four – Edwig Van Hooydonck
Amstel Gold
Ardennes Classic
When: Sunday 18th April 2021
Where: Limburg, the Netherlands
Distance: 250km
Most recent winner: Mathieu van der Poel (2019) / Katarzyna Niewiadoma (2019)
Most wins: Five – Jan Raas
Flèche Wallonne
Ardennes Classic
When: Wednesday 21st April 2021
Where: Wallonia, Belgium
Distance: Men's – 199.5km / Women's – 188.5km
Most recent winner: Marc Hirshi / Anna van der Breggen
Most wins: Five – Alejandro Valverde / Six – Anna van der Breggen
Liege-Bastogne-Liege
Monument / Ardennes Classic
When: Sunday 25th April 2021
Where: Liege to Bastogne and back again, Belgium
Distance: Men's – 260km / Women's – 135km
Most recent winner: Primoz Roglic / Lizzie Deignan
Most wins: Five – Eddy Merckx / Two – Anna van der Breggen
Tro-Bro Leon
When: Sunday 16th May
Where: Brittany, France
Distance: Includes 30km of cobbles, gravel and unmade roads
Most recent winner: Andrea Vendrame (2019)
Most wins: Three – Philippe Dalibard
The outsider (but worth a mention):
Il Lombardia
Monument
When: Saturday 9th October 2021
Where: Lombardy region, Italy
Distance: 255km
Most recent winner: Jakon Fuglsang
Most wins: Five – Fausto Coppi