The Oudenaarde finish line confirmed what the cycling world had begun to suspect: no Monument is beyond Tadej Pogačar. The Slovenian won the 110th Tour of Flanders on 5 April 2026, claiming a third Ronde title and extending a run of four straight Monument wins across Liège, Lombardia, San Remo and Flanders.
Three at the Ronde, seven for Van der Poel
Pogačar covered the 278-kilometre course in a winning time of 6h 20' 07". He crossed the line ahead of Mathieu van der Poel, who took second place for his seventh straight Tour of Flanders podium. Remco Evenepoel finished third.
The victory tied the all-time record for most wins in the race. Van der Poel could not match Pogačar's final surge, though his own sequence of podium finishes remains a monument in itself.
A chain of Monuments no rider has built before
This Flanders win was not an isolated strike. It followed a fourth Liège title, a record fifth straight Il Lombardia, and a maiden Milan–San Remo crown secured after a crash 30 kilometres from the finish. No rider had previously linked four Monuments back to back.
His Monument record now stretches back to a first Liège victory in 2021, a race he has since won four times. The 2026 season had already brought a fifth Tour de France title and a stage win atop Alpe d'Huez that broke Marco Pantani's climbing record.
The winning time posted in Oudenaarde adds a new benchmark to a palmarès that already includes three Tours, a Giro, and a world road title. Pogačar is building a list of achievements that no longer asks for comparisons.
From a debut Tour overturned on La Planche des Belles Filles to a record-equalling Flanders finale, the Slovene continues to compress a career's worth of history into single spring afternoons.
