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Tour of Flanders for Women is a road bicycle racing

Road bicycle racing

Road bicycle racing is a bicycle racing sport held on roads, using racing bicycles. The term "road racing" is usually applied to events where competing riders start simultaneously with the winner being the first to the line at the end of the course .Historically, the most...

event held in Flanders

Flanders

Flanders is the community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. "Flanders" can also refer to the northern part of Belgium that contains Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp...

, Belgium

Belgium

Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

. It is held every spring, in conjunction with the men's event Tour of Flanders

Tour of Flanders

The Tour of Flanders is a Flanders Classics road cycling race held in Belgium every spring, a week before the Paris–Roubaix road race. It is part of the UCI World Tour and one of the so-called monuments of the European professional calendar. It is the most important cycling race in Flanders...

and is part of the UCI Women's Road World Cup.

Past winners

Year	1st	Team	2nd	Team	3rd	Team
2004	Zoulfia Zabirova	Team Let's Go Finland	Trixi Worrack Trixi Worrack Beatrix Worrack is an elite professional road racing cyclist and the 2003 German national road race champion...	Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung Equipe Nürnberger Versicherung Noris Cycling is an elite women's professional road cycling team based in Germany...	Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel Leontien van Moorsel Leontine Martha Henrica Petronella van Moorsel is a former Dutch racing cyclist.Van Moorsel started her career in the late 1980s and was soon one of the best cyclists in the world. She won major races both on the track, and on the road...	Team Farm Frites-Hartol
2005	Mirjam Melchers-Van Poppel Mirjam Melchers Maria Wilhelmina Johanna 'Mirjam' Melchers-Van Poppel is a female racing cyclist from the Netherlands, married to former sprinter Jean-Paul van Poppel. She is one of the leading cyclists in the world, having held the UCI number one ranking as well as winning highly-rated races...	Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team Team Flexpoint Team Flexpoint is a women's professional cycling team based in Netherlands and is title sponsored by . In 2006, the team was named Buitenpoort - Flexpoint Team...	Susanne Ljungskog Susanne Ljungskog Susanne Ljungskog is a Swedish cyclist. A four-time Olympian , she won the world road race championship in 2002 and 2003. The same years, she was UCI points champion...	Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team Team Flexpoint Team Flexpoint is a women's professional cycling team based in Netherlands and is title sponsored by . In 2006, the team was named Buitenpoort - Flexpoint Team...	Monia Baccaille Monia Baccaille Monia Baccaille is an Italian professional cyclist. She is part of the 2006 Saccarelli EMU Marsciano team.-Notable results:2005Tour of Flanders for Women 2006Coppa de Laghi...	Italian national team
2006	Mirjam Melchers-Van Poppel Mirjam Melchers Maria Wilhelmina Johanna 'Mirjam' Melchers-Van Poppel is a female racing cyclist from the Netherlands, married to former sprinter Jean-Paul van Poppel. She is one of the leading cyclists in the world, having held the UCI number one ranking as well as winning highly-rated races...	Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team Team Flexpoint Team Flexpoint is a women's professional cycling team based in Netherlands and is title sponsored by . In 2006, the team was named Buitenpoort - Flexpoint Team...	Christiane Soeder Christiane Soeder Christiane Soeder is a German-born Austrian road racing cyclist and former duathlete who now lives in Vienna. She finished 4th in Olympic road race with a time of 3h 32′ 28...		Loes Gunnewijk Loes Gunnewijk Loes Gunnewijk is a professional Dutch racing cyclist. She was part of the 2007 Team Flexpoint.-Notable results:2002Loes Gunnewijk is a professional Dutch racing cyclist...	Buitenpoort-Flexpoint Team Team Flexpoint Team Flexpoint is a women's professional cycling team based in Netherlands and is title sponsored by . In 2006, the team was named Buitenpoort - Flexpoint Team...
2007	Nicole Cooke Nicole Cooke Nicole Denise Cooke, MBE is a Welsh professional road bicycle racer for the Mario Cipollini - Giordana Team team, and is the current Olympic road race champion.-Early life:...		Zoulfia Zabirova	Bigla Cycling Team	Marianne Vos Marianne Vos Marianne Vos, is a Dutch cyclo-cross, road bicycle racer and track racer. After winning a junior European and world championship in road racing, she continued in senior cycling by becoming world champion in cyclo-cross and road racing at the age of 19. Vos added track racing world championships...	Team DSB Bank Team DSB Bank Team DSB Bank is a women's professional cycling team based in Netherlands, sponsored by DSB Bank. In 2006, the team was named DSB-Ballast Nedam....
2008	Judith Arndt Judith Arndt Judith Arndt is a German professional cyclist for the T-Mobile Women cycling team. She won the bronze medal in the 3000 m pursuit event at the 1996 Summer Olympics when she was 20...	Team High Road	Kristin Armstrong Kristin Armstrong Kristin Armstrong is a professional road bicycle racer and Olympic gold medalist, the winner of the Women's Time Trial at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. Before temporarily retiring to start a family in 2009, she rode for in women's elite professional events on the National Racing Calendar ...		Kirsten Wild Kirsten Wild Kirsten Wild is a Dutch professional racing cyclist. She currently rides for AA Drink-Leontien.nl.-Career wins:2006Kirsten Wild is a Dutch professional racing cyclist...	AA-Drink Cycling Team
2009	Ina-Yoko Teutenberg Ina-Yoko Teutenberg Ina-Yoko Teutenberg is an elite road bicycle racer from Düsseldorf, Germany who turned professional in 2001. Teutenberg rides for the Team Columbia-HTC Women professional cycling team on the UCI Women's Road World Cup and other professional races...	Team Columbia Highroad Women	Kirsten Wild Kirsten Wild Kirsten Wild is a Dutch professional racing cyclist. She currently rides for AA Drink-Leontien.nl.-Career wins:2006Kirsten Wild is a Dutch professional racing cyclist...	Cervélo Test Team	Emma Johansson Emma Johansson Emma Johansson is a Swedish professional cyclist. She won the silver medal in the women's road race at the 2008 Summer Olympics...	AA-Drink Cycling Team
2010	Grace Verbeke	Lotto Ladies Team Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam Lotto-Belisol Ladiesteam is a women's professional cycling team based in Belgium, which competes in elite road bicycle racing and track cycling events, such as the UCI Women's Road World Cup. The team was established in 2006, and its colours are white, blue, and red...	Marianne Vos Marianne Vos Marianne Vos, is a Dutch cyclo-cross, road bicycle racer and track racer. After winning a junior European and world championship in road racing, she continued in senior cycling by becoming world champion in cyclo-cross and road racing at the age of 19. Vos added track racing world championships...	DSB Bank - LTO Team DSB Bank Team DSB Bank is a women's professional cycling team based in Netherlands, sponsored by DSB Bank. In 2006, the team was named DSB-Ballast Nedam....	Kirsten Wild Kirsten Wild Kirsten Wild is a Dutch professional racing cyclist. She currently rides for AA Drink-Leontien.nl.-Career wins:2006Kirsten Wild is a Dutch professional racing cyclist...	Cervélo Test Team
2011	Annemiek van Vleuten Annemiek van Vleuten Annemiek van Vleuten is a Dutch road racing cyclist. She won three races to take the overall 2011 UCI Women's Road World Cup.- Palmarès :- External links :...	Nederland Bloeit	Tatiana Antoshina	Gauss	Marianne Vos Marianne Vos Marianne Vos, is a Dutch cyclo-cross, road bicycle racer and track racer. After winning a junior European and world championship in road racing, she continued in senior cycling by becoming world champion in cyclo-cross and road racing at the age of 19. Vos added track racing world championships...	Nederland Bloeit

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