# 2018 Dwars door Vlaanderen

The 2018 Dwars door Vlaanderen was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 28 March 2018 in Belgium. It was the 73rd edition of Dwars door Vlaanderen and the twelfth event of the 2018 UCI World Tour. It was won for the second year in a row by Yves Lampaert (Quick-Step Floors) – becoming the first rider to win the race in consecutive years. He finished two seconds ahead of Team Sunweb's Mike Teunissen and Sep Vanmarcke, riding for the EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale team, completed the podium.

## Teams

As the race was only added to the UCI World Tour calendar in 2017, all UCI WorldTeams were invited to the race, but not obligated to compete in the race. As such, seventeen of the eighteen WorldTeams – with the exception of Groupama–FDJ – competed in the race, up one on 2017. Eight UCI Professional Continental teams competed, completing the 25-team peloton.
UCI WorldTeams
* AG2R La Mondiale
* Astana
* Bahrain–Merida
* BMC Racing Team
* Bora–Hansgrohe
* Team Dimension Data
* EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale
* Team Katusha–Alpecin
* LottoNL–Jumbo
* Lotto–Soudal
* Mitchelton–Scott
* Movistar Team
* Quick-Step Floors
* Team Sky
* Team Sunweb
* Trek–Segafredo
* UAE Team Emirates
UCI Professional Continental teams
* Aqua Blue Sport
* Cofidis
* Direct Énergie
* Israel Cycling Academy
* Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise
* Vérandas Willems–Crelan
* Wanty–Groupe Gobert
* WB Aqua Protect Veranclassic

## Route

The race was 180.1 kilometres (111.9 miles) in length. There were 12 categorised climbs:
Climbs and cobbled sections in the 2018 Dwars door Vlaanderen :
| No. | Name | Distance from | Distance from | Surface | Length (metres) | Gradient (%) | Gradient (%) |
| No. | Name | Start (km) | Finish (km) | Surface | Length (metres) | (ave.) | (max.) |
| 1 | Kluisberg | 82.6 | 97.5 | asphalt | 1000 | 6.8% | 16% |
| 2 | Côte de Trieu | 90.0 | 90.1 | asphalt | 1900 | 4.9% | 11.8% |
| 3 | Kluisberg | 107.3 | 72.8 | asphalt | 1000 | 6.8% | 16% |
| 4 | Côte de Trieu | 114.8 | 65.3 | asphalt | 1900 | 4.9% | 11.8% |
| 5 | Kortekeer | 122.4 | 57.7 | asphalt | 900 | 6.5% | 9.8% |
| – | Mariaborrestraat | 124.5 | 55.6 | cobbles | 2400 | — | — |
| 6 | Steenbeekdries | 125.7 | 54.4 | cobbles | 600 | 4.5% | 8% |
| 7 | Taaienberg | 128.2 | 51.9 | cobbles | 530 | 6.6% | 15.8% |
| 8 | Kruisberg | 138.3 | 41.8 | cobbles | 1800 | 4.8% | 9% |
| 9 | Côte de Trieu | 147.0 | 33.1 | asphalt | 1900 | 4.9% | 11.8% |
| – | Varentstraat | 154.4 | 25.7 | cobbles | 2000 | — | — |
| 10 | Tiegemberg | 159.2 | 20.9 | asphalt | 1400 | 6.5% | 9% |
| 11 | Holstraat | 163.6 | 16.5 | asphalt | 1000 | 5.2% | 12% |
| 12 | Nokereberg | 171.1 | 9.0 | cobbles | 500 | 5.7% | 6.7% |
| – | Herlegemstraat | 173.9 | 6.2 | cobbles | 800 | — | — |

## Result

Result :
| Rank | Rider | Team | Time |
| 1 | Yves Lampaert (BEL) | Quick-Step Floors | 4h 09' 40" |
| 2 | Mike Teunissen (NED) | Team Sunweb | + 2" |
| 3 | Sep Vanmarcke (BEL) | EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale | + 2" |
| 4 | Edvald Boasson Hagen (NOR) | Team Dimension Data | + 2" |
| 5 | Mads Pedersen (DEN) | Trek–Segafredo | + 2" |
| 6 | Zdeněk Štybar (CZE) | Quick-Step Floors | + 29" |
| 7 | Tiesj Benoot (BEL) | Lotto–Soudal | + 30" |
| 8 | Greg Van Avermaet (BEL) | BMC Racing Team | + 59" |
| 9 | Niki Terpstra (NED) | Quick-Step Floors | + 59" |
| 10 | Jasper Stuyven (BEL) | Trek–Segafredo | + 59" |