There is a further step forward for Flanders Classics in bridging the gap between men and women in sports: after achieving equal prize money in men's and women's races, now equality has also been reached in classification within the UCI calendar.

2026 will be an important anniversary for Scheldeprijs, which next year will celebrate its hundredth consecutive milestone in the city of Schoten and thanks to the important contribution of this community, the women's Scheldeprijs will enter the UCI ProSeries.

In recent years, thanks also to riders who have battled in the Belgian Classics, interest from teams and riders has significantly increased, and there has also been an important international viewership record.

The Flanders Classics calendar will open on February 28th with the men's and women's Omloop Nieuwsblad and then continue a month later with Gent-Wevelgem, leading to April 1st with Through Flanders, always with men's and women's editions on the same day.

On April 5th will be the first Monument Classic in Belgium, the Tour of Flanders. This will be the second Monument Classic of the year, after Milan-Sanremo on March 21st. Last year, Tadej Pogacar won the men's race and Lotte Kopecki the women's race, and it will be interesting to see who will win this race, which many consider the festival of cycling.

Then comes April 8th with Scheldeprijs, which will celebrate an important Jubilee. On April 15th, the Ronde van Limburg will take place, and on the 17th, the Brabant Arrow, where this year Elisa Longo Borghini won the women's race while Remco Evenepoel won the men's race over Wout van Aert. On April 19th, we'll go to the Netherlands for the Amstel Gold Race and see who will succeed Mattias Skjelmose and Mischa Bredewold. The Flanders Classics calendar will close on June 7th with the Brussels Cycling Classic.

2026 FLANDERS CLASSIC CALENDAR

28.02.2026 | Omloop Nieuwsblad

29.03.2026 | Gent-Wevelgem In Flanders Fields

01.04.2026 Dwars door Vlaanderen

05.04.2026 Tour of Flanders

08.04.2026 Scheldeprijs

15.04.2026 | Ronde van Limburg

17.04.2026 De Brabantse Pijl

19.04.2026 Amstel Gold Race

07.06.2026 | Brussels Cycling Classic