Dwars door Vlaanderen 2026: Van Aert, Pedersen, De Lie, and Magnier test Flanders form on a modified course

The 80th Dwars door Vlaanderen on April 1 features a modified 185km course with two extra climbs. Van Aert, Pedersen, De Lie, Magnier, Girmay, and Bettiol lead a field using this as the final Tour of Flanders form guide.

Dwars door Vlaanderen 2026 is the penultimate test before the Tour of Flanders, and the 80th edition features a modified course with two additional climbs across 185 kilometers. Wout van Aert, Mads Pedersen, Arnaud De Lie, and Paul Magnier lead a loaded field on the Wednesday before Flanders, where the cobbled bergs in the final 50 kilometers decide the race.

Dwars is still a final Flemish rehearsal rather than a controlled tune-up, so the decisive question is whether Van Aert and Pedersen can control the race before the last sequence of bergs or whether a wider classics group forces chaos into the finish.