The key races, Classics and previous winners

No doubt the best time of the year, the Spring Classics are the biggests one day races on the cycling calendar. Most are taken in Belgium but there are some great outsiders. Classics are where heroes are born. Here's the latest information:

READ THE FULL SPRING CLASSICS GUIDE HERE

 

Omloop Het Nieuwsblad

Cobbled Classic
When: Saturday 1st March 2025
Where: Belgium
Distance: Men’s 197km / Women’s 137.9km
Most wins: Three – Joseph Bruyère, Ernest Sterckx, Peter Van Petegem / Two – Suzanne de Goede, Emma Johansson, Anna van der Breggen, Annemiek van Vleuten
2024 winners: Jan Tratink (Visma-Lease a Bike), Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike)

 

Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne (men)

Cobbled Classic
When: Sunday 2nd March 2025
Where: Belgium
Distance: 196.9km
Most wins: Three – Tom Boonen
2024 winner: Wout van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike)

Ename Samyn Classic

Cobbled Classic
When: Tuesday 4th March 2025
Where: Belgium
Distance: Men’s 199.1km / Women’s TBC
Most wins: Three – Johan Capiot / Three – Chantal van den Broek-Blaak
2024 winners: Laurens Rex (Intermarché-Wanty), Vittoria Guazzini (FDJ-Suez)

Strade Bianche

Gravel Classic
When: Saturday 8th March 2025
Where: Tuscany, Italy
Distance: Men’s 213km / Women’s 136km
Most wins: Three – Fabian Cancellara / Two – Annemiek van Vleuten, Lotte Kopecky 
2024 winners: Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates), Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime)

 

 

Milan-San Remo

Monument
When: Saturday 22nd March 2025
Where: Italy
Distance: Men's 289km / Women's TBC
2024 winner: Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck)

Brugge-De Panne

Cobbled Classic
When: Men's – Wednesday 26th March 2025 / Women's – Thursday 27th March 2025
Where: Belgium
Distance: Men’s TBC / Women’s TBC
Most wins: Five – Eric Vanderaerden 
2024 winners: Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Elisa Balsamo (Lidl-Trek)

E3 Saxo Bank Classic

Cobbled Classic
When: Friday 28th March 2025
Where: Harelbeke, Belgium
Distance: 208km
Most wins: Five – Tom Boonen
2024 winner: Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck)

 

Gent-Wevelgem

Cobbled Classic
When: Sunday 30th March 2025
Where: Belgium
Distance: Men’s 250.3km / Women’s 169.1km
Most wins: Three – Robert Van Eenaeme, Rik Van Looy, Eddy Merckx, Mario Cipollini, Tom Boonen, Peter Sagan / Two – Kirsten Wild
2024 winners: Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek), Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime)

 

Dwars door Vlaanderen

Cobbled Classic
When: Wednesday 2nd April 2025
Where: Belgium
Distance: Men’s 184.2km / Women’s 128.5km
Most wins: Two each – 14 male riders / Three – Amy Pieters
2024 winners: Matteo Jorgenson (Visma-Lease a Bike), Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike)

Tour of Flanders

Monument / Cobbled Classic
When: Sunday 6th April 2025
Where: Belgium
Distance: Men’s 268.9km / Women’s 168.8km
Most wins: Three – Achiel Buysse, Fiorenzo Magni, Eric Leman, Johan Museeuw, Tom Boonen, Fabian Cancellara, Mathieu van der Poel / Two – Mirjam Melchers-van Poppel, Judith Arndt, Annemiek van Vleuten, Lotte Kopecky, Elisa Longo Borghini
2024 winners: Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Elisa Longo Borghini (Lidl-Trek)

 

Scheldeprijs

Cobbled Classic
When: Wednesday 9th April 2025
Where: Belgium
Distance: Men’s 205.2km / Women’s 130.3km
Most wins: Four – Marcel Kittel / Two – Lorena Wiebes
2024 winners: Tim Merlier (Soudal-QuickStep), Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime)

Paris-Roubaix

Monument / Cobbled Classic
When: Women's – Saturday 12th April / Men's – Sunday 13th April 2024
Where: Denain to Roubaix, France
Distance: Women's 148.5km / Men's 259.2km
Most wins: Four – Roger De Vlaeminck, Tom Boonen / One – Lizzie Deignan, Elisa Longo Borghini
2024 winners: Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck), Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-Protime)

 

Brabantse Pijl

When: Friday 18th April 2025
Where: Belgium
Distance: Men’s 175.4km / Women’s 138.5km
Most wins: Four – Edwig Van Hooydonck / Seven different winners in eight editions of the women's race
2024 winners: Benoît Cosnefroy (Decathlon-AG2R), Elisa Longo Borghini (Lidl-Trek)

Amstel Gold

Ardennes Classic
When: Sunday 20th April 2025
Where: Netherlands
Distance: Men’s 256.5km / Women’s 101.4km
Most wins: Five – Jan Raas / Two - Marianne Vos
2024 winners: Tom Pidcock (Ineos Grenadiers), Marianne Vos (Visma-Lease a Bike)

 

Flèche Wallonne

Ardennes Classic
When: Wednesday 23rd April 2025
Where: Belgium
Distance: Men’s 205.2km / Women’s 140.7km
Most wins: Five – Alejandro Valverde / Seven – Anna van der Breggen
2024 winners: Stevie Williams (Israel-Premier Tech), Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM)

 

Liège-Bastogne-Liège

Monument / Ardennes Classic
When: Sunday 27th April 2024
Where: Liège to Bastogne and back to Liège, Belgium
Distance: Men’s 252km / Women’s 152.9km
Most wins: Five – Eddy Merckx / Two – Anna van der Breggen, Annemiek van Vleuten
2024 winners: Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates), Grace Brown (FDJ-Suez), SBS (Australia)

 

Tro-Bro Léon (men)

When: Sunday 11th May 2025
Where: Brittany, France
Distance: 203.6km
Most wins: Three – Philippe Dalibard
2024 winner: Arnaud De Lie (Lotto-Dstny)

 

Il Lombardia (men)

Monument
When: Saturday 11th October 2025
Where: Lombardy region, Italy
Distance: TBC
Most wins: Five – Fausto Coppi
2024 winner: Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates)

 

 

The Monument Classics are the five biggest one-day races on the calendar. They take place in three different countries, over cobbles, up and down climbs and often in the foulest of weather conditions.

 

 

Details are subject to change anytime as information from race organisers