Spring Classics' Calendar 2023
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:
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Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
Cobbled Classic
When: Saturday 25th February 2023
Where: Gent, Belgium; Ninove, Belgium
Distance: Men’s 207.3km / Women’s 132.2km
Most wins: Three – Joseph Bruyère, Ernest Sterckx, Peter Van Petegem / Two – Suzanne de Goede, Emma Johansson, Anna van der Breggen
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2022 winners: Wout Van Aert / Annemiek can Vleuten
Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne
Cobbled Classic
When: Sunday 26th February 2023
Where: Kuurne to [23km west of] Brussels, past Oudenaarde then towards Nederbrakel and back to Kuurne
Distance: 193km
Most wins: Three – Tom Boonen
Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne 2022 winner: Fabio Jakobsen
Le Samyn
Cobbled Classic
When: Tuesday 28th February 2028
Where: Quaregnon to Dour, Belgium
Distance: Men’s 208.2km / Women’s 99.3km
Most wins: Three – Johan Capiot / Three – Chantal van den Broek-Blaak
Le Samyn 2022 winners: Matteo Trentin / Emma Norsgaard
Strade Bianche (Italy)
When: Saturday 4th March 2023
Where: Tuscany, Italy
Distance: Men’s 183.7km / Women’s 136km
Most wins: Three – Fabian Cancellara / Two – Annemiek van Vleuten
Strade Bianche 2022 winners: Tadej Pogačar / Lotte Kopecky
Milan-San Remo (monument)
When: Saturday 18th March 2023
Where: Milan to San Remo, Italy
Distance: 294km
Most wins: Seven – Eddy Merckx
Milan-San Remo 2022 winner: Matej Mohorič
Brugge-De Panne
Cobbled Classic
When: Men’s – Wednesday 22nd March 2023 / Women’s – Thursday 23rd March 2023
Where: Brugge to De Panne, Belgium
Distance: Men’s TBC / Women’s TBC
Most wins: Five – Eric Vanderaerden
Brugge-De Panne 2022 winners: Tim Merlier / Elisa Balsamo
E3 Saxo Bank Classic
Cobbled Classic
When: Friday 24th March 2023
Where: Harelbeke, Belgium
Distance: 204km
E3 Saxo Bank Classic 2022 winner: Wout van Aert
Most wins: Five – Tom Boonen
Gent-Wevelgem
Cobbled Classic
When: Sunday 26th March 2023
Where: Deinze (south of Gent) to Wevelgem
Distance: Men’s TBC / Women’s TBC
Gent-Wevelgem 2022 winners: Biniam Girmay / Elisa Balsamo
Most wins: Three – Robert Van Eenaeme, Rik Van Looy, Eddy Merckx, Mario Cipollini, Tom Boonen, Peter Sagan / Two – Kirsten Wild
Dwars Door Vlaanderen
Cobbled Classic
When: Wednesday 29th March 2023
Where: Men’s – Roeselare to Waregem, Belgium / Women’s – Waregem to Waregem, Belgium
Distance: Men’s 188.1km / Women’s 116.7km
Dwars Door Vlaanderen 2022 winners: Mathieu van der Poel / Chiara Consonni
Most wins: Two each – 14 male riders / Three – Amy Pieters
Tour of Flanders
Monument / Cobbled Classic
When: Sunday 2nd April 2023
Where: Men’s – Bruges to Oudenaarde, Flanders, Belgium / Women’s – Markt (Oudenaarde) to Minderbroedersstraat (Oudenaarde)
Distance: Men’s 273.4km / Women’s 158km
Tour of Flanders 2022 winners: Mathieu van der Poel / Lotte Kopecky
Most wins: Three – Achiel Buysse, Fiorenzo Magni, Eric Leman, Johan Museeuw, Tom Boonen, Fabian Cancellara / Two – Mirjam Melchers-van Poppel, Judith Arndt, Annemiek van Vleuten
Scheldeprijs
Cobbled Classic
When: Wednesday 5th April 2023
Where: Men’s – Terneuzen to Schoten, Belgium / Women’s – Schoten, Belgium
Distance: Men’s 205.2km / Women’s 131.5km
Scheldeprijs 2022 winners: Alexander Kristoff / Lorena Wiebes
Most wins: Four – Marcel Kittel / Two – Lorena Wiebes
Paris-Roubaix
Monument / Cobbled Classic
When: Saturday 8th April / Sunday 9th April 2023
Where: Men’s – Compiègne – Roubaix Velodrome / Women’s – Denain to Roubaix Velodrome
Distance: Men’s 256.6km / Women’s 145.4km
Paris-Roubaix 2022 winners: Dylan van Baarle, Elisa Longo Borghini
Most wins: Four – Roger De Vlaeminck, Tom Boonen / One – Lizzie Deignan, Elisa Longo Borghini
Brabantse Pijl
When: Wednesday 12th April 2023
Where: Men’s – Leuven to Overijse, Belgium / Women’s – Lennik to Overijse
Distance: Men’s 205.1km / Women’s 141.2km
Brabantse Pijl 2022 winners: Magnus Sheffield / Demi Vollering
Most wins: Four – Edwig Van Hooydonck / Seven different winners in seven editions of the women’s race
Amstel Gold
Ardennes Classic
When: Sunday 16th April 2023
Where: Men’s / Women’s – Maastricht to Valkenburg, Netherlands
Distance: Men’s 240km / Women’s 156km
Amstel Gold 2022 winners: Michał Kwiatkowski / Marta Cavalli
Most wins: Five – Jan Raas
Flèche Wallonne
Ardennes Classic
When: Wednesday 19th April 2023
Where: Men’s – Herve to Huy, Belgium / Women’s – Huy to Mur de Huy, Belgium
Distance: Men’s 194.2km / Women’s 131.5km
Flèche Wallonne 2022 winners: Dylan Teuns / Marta Cavalli
Most wins: Five – Alejandro Valverde / Seven – Anna van der Breggen
Liège-Bastogne-Liège
Monument / Ardennes Classic
When: Sunday 23rd April 2023
Where: Liège to Bastogne and back to Liège, Belgium
Distance: Men’s – 258.5km / Women’s – 140km
Liège-Bastogne-Liège 2022 winners: Remco Evenepoel / Annemiek van Vleuten
Most wins: Five – Eddy Merckx / Two – Anna van der Breggen, Annemiek van Vleuten
Tro-Bro Léon
When: Sunday 7th May 2023
Where: Brittany, France
Distance: 203.1km
Tro-Bro Léon 2022 winner: Hugo Hofstetter
Most wins: Three – Philippe Dalibard
Il Lombardia (italy)
Monument
When: Saturday 7th October 2023
Where: Lombardy region, Italy
Distance: TBC
Most recent winner: Tadej Pogačar
Most wins: Five – Fausto Coppi
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