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{{for|the men's race|2018 Tour of Flanders}}
{{Infobox cycling race report
| name               = 2018 Tour of Flanders for Women
| series             = [[2018 UCI Women's World Tour]]
| race_no            = 6
| season_no          = 23
| image              = File:Ronde van Vlaanderen 2018 women.png
| image_caption      = 
| image_size         = 300
| date               = 1 April 2018
| stages             = 
| distance           = 153.3
| unit               = km
| time               = 4h 08' 46"
| speed              = 
| first              = [[Anna van der Breggen]]
| first_team         = {{UCI team code|DLT|2018}}
| first_nat          = NED
| second             = [[Amy Pieters]]
| second_team        = {{UCI team code|DLT|2018}}
| second_nat         = NED
| third              = [[Annemiek van Vleuten]]
| third_team         = {{UCI team code|MTS|2018}}
| third_nat          = NED
| previous           = [[2017 Tour of Flanders for Women|2017]]
| next               = [[2019 Tour of Flanders for Women|2019]]
}}
The '''2018 Tour of Flanders for Women''' was the 15th running of the [[Tour of Flanders for Women]], a women's [[Road bicycle racing|bicycle race]] in Belgium. It was held on 1 April 2018, as the fifth race of the [[2018 UCI Women's World Tour]]. [[Anna van der Breggen]] won the race with an attack just after the [[Kruisberg]], at 27&nbsp;km from the finish. [[Amy Pieters]] won the sprint for second place, at more than a minute from van der Breggen.<ref name="Knöfler"/>
[[Annemiek van Vleuten]] rounded out the entirely Dutch podium.<ref name="nu"/>

==Teams==
Twenty-four teams participated in the race. Each team had a maximum of six riders:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://firstcycling.com/race.php?r=9049&y=2018&k=start|title=2018 Ronde van Vlaanderen Womens - Startlist|work=FirstCycling|access-date=20 March 2019}}</ref>

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==Summary==
[[Image:TV-icon-2.svg|thumb|right|110px|'''[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ4cjc_UrKk UCI Report]''']]
On 1 April 2018, the 15th [[Tour of Flanders for Women]] was run. It started and finished in Oudenaarde, with an identical route to the men's race, covering {{convert|153.3|km|abbr=off}}. The race was won by Olympic champion [[Anna van der Breggen]] ({{UCI team code|DLT|2018}}) after a {{convert|27|km|adj=on}} solo attack on the top of the [[Kruisberg]]. A crash just before the [[Muur van Geraardsbergen]] split the peloton early in the race. A select group of riders made a further gap on the Kruisberg, after which van der Breggen made her decisive move. She increased her lead on the [[Oude Kwaremont]] and [[Paterberg]] and maintained her effort to claim her first Tour of Flanders victory.<ref name="Knöfler">{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-flanders-women-2018/results/|title=Van der Breggen storms to Tour of Flanders victory|work=[[Cyclingnews.com]]|publisher=[[Immediate Media Company]]|date=1 April 2018|access-date=1 April 2018|first=Lukas|last=Knöfler}}</ref> [[Amy Pieters]] and [[Annemiek van Vleuten]] completed the entirely Dutch podium.<ref name="nu">{{cite news|url=https://www.nu.nl/wielrennen/5203022/van-breggen-bekroont-knappe-solo-met-zege-in-ronde-van-vlaanderen.html|title=Van der Breggen bekroont knappe solo met zege in Ronde van Vlaanderen|language=nl|date=1 April 2018|access-date=1 April 2018|work=[[NU.nl]]|publisher=[[Sanoma]]|trans-title=Van der Breggen crowns handsome solo with a win in Ronde van Vlaanderen}}</ref>

==Results==
[[File:Anna van der Breggen - Rio 2016 - Women's road race (29178482255) (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Dutch Olympic champion [[Anna van der Breggen]] won the women's race with an attack at 27&nbsp;km from the finish.]]
{{cyclingresult start|title=Result<ref>{{cite web|url=http://uitslagen.kbwb-rlvb.com/index_bestanden/PDF2018/41800401RVVLDAMESUITSLAG.pdf|format=[[Portable Document Format|PDF]]|title=Uitslag - Résultat - Result|work=KBWB-RVLB.com|publisher=[[Royal Belgian Cycling League]]|date=1 April 2018|access-date=1 April 2018}}</ref>}}
{{cyclingresult|1|[[Anna van der Breggen]]|NED|{{UCI team code|DLT|2018}}|4h 08' 46"}}
{{cyclingresult|2|[[Amy Pieters]]|NED|{{UCI team code|DLT|2018}}|+ 1' 08"}}
{{cyclingresult|3|[[Annemiek van Vleuten]]|NED|{{UCI team code|GEW2|2018}}|+ 1' 08"}}
{{cyclingresult|4|[[Ashleigh Moolman]]|RSA|{{UCI team code|CBT|2018}}|+ 1' 08"}}
{{cyclingresult|5|[[Chantal Blaak]]|NED|{{UCI team code|DLT|2018}}|+ 1' 08"}}
{{cyclingresult|6|[[Małgorzata Jasińska]]|POL|{{UCI team code|MOV2|2018}}|+ 1' 08"}}
{{cyclingresult|7|[[Ellen van Dijk]]|NED|{{UCI team code|TLP|2018}}|+ 1' 08"}}
{{cyclingresult|8|[[Lisa Brennauer]]|GER|{{UCI team code|WHT|2018}}|+ 1' 08"}}
{{cyclingresult|9|[[Katarzyna Niewiadoma]]|POL|{{UCI team code|CSR|2018}}|+ 1' 08"}}
{{cyclingresult|10|[[Megan Guarnier]]|USA|{{UCI team code|DLT|2018}}|+ 1' 11"}}
{{cyclingresult end}}

==UCI World Tour==
{{main|2018 UCI Women's World Tour}}

===Attributed points===
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|-
|align="left"| '''Position'''<ref>{{cite web |format= pdf |url= http://fr.uci.ch/mm/Document/News/Rulesandregulation/18/23/94/2-ROA-20180101-F_French.PDF |title= Règlement UCI du sport cycliste - Titre II, épreuves sur route - Chapitre X, classement UCI - Article 2.10.017, Barème des points Femmes Elite, dispositions générales - version au 1er janvier 2018 |website= uci.ch |language= fr |access-date= 20 April 2018 |archive-date= 5 February 2018 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20180205184536/http://fr.uci.ch/mm/Document/News/Rulesandregulation/18/23/94/2-ROA-20180101-F_French.PDF |url-status= dead }}</ref> || width=30 bgcolor="#ffffbf"| 1st || width=30 bgcolor="#dfdfdf"| 2nd || width=30 bgcolor="#ffdf9f"| 3rd || width=30 bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 4th || width=30 bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 5th || width=30 bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 6th || width=30 bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 7th || width=30 bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 8th || width=30 bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 9th || width=30 bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 10th || width=30 bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 11th || width=30 bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 12th  || width=30 bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 13th || width=30 bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 14th || width=30 bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 15th || width=30 bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 16-30th  || width=30 bgcolor="#dfffdf"| 31-40th
|-
|align="left"| {{nobr|'''World Tour points'''}} || 200 || 150 || 125 || 100 || 85 || 70 || 60 || 50 || 40 || 35 || 30 || 25 || 20 || 15 || 10 || 5 || 3
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[[File:2018 Amstel Gold Race Ladies 206.jpg|thumb|right|[[Amy Pieters]] took over the lead from [[Jolien D'Hoore]] in the [[2018 UCI Women's World Tour|World Tour]] ranking.]] 
===Individual ranking after Tour of Flanders===
{|
|'''WorldTour points classification'''{{cn|date=March 2019}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! scope="col" | Rank
! scope="col" | Rider
! scope="col" | Team
! scope="col" | Points
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 1
| {{flagathlete|[[Amy Pieters]]|NED}} [[File:Jersey violet.svg|20px]]
| {{UCI team code|DLT|2018}}
| style="text-align:right;" | 440
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 2
| {{flagathlete|[[Anna van der Breggen]]|NED}}
| {{UCI team code|DLT|2018}}
| style="text-align:right;" | 405
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 3
| {{flagathlete|[[Jolien D'Hoore]]|BEL}}
| {{UCI team code|MTS women|2018}}
| style="text-align:right;" | 405
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 4
| {{flagathlete|[[Katarzyna Niewiadoma]]|POL}}
| {{UCI team code|CSR|2018}}
| style="text-align:right;" | 390
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 5
| {{flagathlete|[[Marta Bastianelli]]|ITA}}
| {{UCI team code|ALE|2018}}
| style="text-align:right;" | 370
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 6
| {{flagathlete|[[Chantal Blaak]]|NED}}
| {{UCI team code|DLT|2018}}
| style="text-align:right;" | 338
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 7
| {{flagathlete|[[Chloe Hosking]]|AUS}}
| {{UCI team code|ALE|2018}}
| style="text-align:right;" | 280
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 8
| {{flagathlete|[[Marianne Vos]]|NED}}
| {{UCI team code|WAD|2018}}
| style="text-align:right;" | 238
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 9
| {{flagathlete|[[Ashleigh Moolman]]|RSA}}
| {{UCI team code|CBT|2018}}
| style="text-align:right;" | 210
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | 10
| {{flagathlete|[[Arlenis Sierra]]|CUB}}
| {{UCI team code|ASA2|2018}}
| style="text-align:right;" | 190
|}
|}

==References==
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{{Tour of Flanders}}
{{2018 UCI Women's World Tour}}

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