Ronde van Brugge Women Live: Race Updates & Results 2024

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Maggie Coles-Lyster looks back towards her best after missing much of last season through illness. She won the Tour Down Under-One Day Race in January before several top-10s at the UAE Tour.

You’d bet on Kathrin Schweinberger making the splits should they occur later on and she was 10th here in 2025. Silvia Zanardi was in the top-20 at this race last year.

Here is the peloton rolling out of Bruges just a few minutes ago

Reports of the speed of the wind vary at the moment, but most seem to agree that it is blowing above 20km/h and gusting. That could be enough to blow the race to bits later on. We could be in for some carnage out on the roads of West Flanders over the next few hours.

It’s five minutes until the flag will drop for the official start of the race.

Canyon-SRAM-zondacrypto are also ready to face the bracing conditions.

Before taking on two local laps around Bruges, which include the Brieversweg cobbled section, the riders will head out on a 45km loop south taking in the towns of Torhout, Wingene and Beernem.

The Liv-AlUla-Jayco riders are wrapped up in the cold and windy conditions.

Fenix-Premier Tech’s Charlotte Kool appears to be back on form this year after a difficult 2025. The two-time Tour de France Femmes stage-winner took the win at the FENIX-EKOÏ Omloop van het Hageland at the beginning of this month and scored a top-10 at Milan-San Remo.

Chiara Consonni is always there in the big sprints, but often doesn’t have the top-end speed to beat the quickest riders.

Georgia Baker is in a similar boat to Consonni and Liv-AlUla-Jayco will be hoping she can contend for a top-5 today.

So what do the riders have to tackle out on the route today? It’s a pan-flat course, starting and finishing in Bruges, but that doesn’t mean that the race is absent of obstacles.

As evidenced by the men’s race yesterday, there are plenty of opportunities to split the race should the wind blow hard enough due to the many exposed sections of road.

There is also a cobbled sector that the riders will take on twice. The Brieversweg is 1.3km long and will be taken on with 90km to go and then 30km to go.

Originally, Wiebes had planned to sit out the race today. However, after reigning Luxembourg national champion Marie Schreiber pulled out of the race, SD Worx-ProTime opted to replace her with the pre-eminent sprinter of this generation.

Wiebes missed out on fighting for the victory in San Remo on Saturday and seems keen to add another WorldTour win to her collection today.

“She is in good shape and was very keen to add the Bruges Cycling Classic to her calendar once it became clear that Marie Schreiber wouldn’t be fit in time. So we will try to defend her victory,” Sports Director Christian Kos said ahead of the race.

Late roster move puts Ronde van Brugge defending champion Lorena Wiebes back in lineup for ‘tough race’ with forecast of rain and wind

The riders are due to roll out for the neutral start in around 15 minutes. The race will officially get underway at 13:45 CET.

Reigning champion Lorena Wiebes comes in as the big favourite once again for this race, but who might challenge her should it all come down to a sprint?

Irish rider Lara Gillespie (UAE Team ADQ) has taken a big step forward over the past 18 months and is getting closer to Wiebes in terms of speed. Lidl-Trek’s former world champion Elisa Balsamo is another who will be aiming for victory. The Italian has won this race twice before. New Zealand champion Ally Wollaston is another with big ambitions. The AG Insurance-Soudal rider went close to Wiebes in the sprint from the chase group at Milan-San Remo last week.

New name, new route, new winners? – Analysing the contenders for the men’s and women’s Ronde Van Brugge

This race was formerly known as Brugge-De Panne, and has been through several iterations previous to that. There’s a new route to get familiar with and a new finish in Bruges.

The race no longer goes near the coast in De Panne, missing out the famous De Moeren section, which has decided many a race over the years due to its exposure to the wind.

Welcome to Cyclingnews’ live coverage of the 2026 Ronde van Brugge Women.

The race has a fresh name for 2026, but will we have a different kind of race today? The wind is blowing out in West Flanders, but all signs point towards a sprint in Bruges later today.