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Gallery: The fabulous Tour of Flanders

Italian fans cheered two of their own to victory in the 2019 race, as Marta Bastianelli won the women's Tour of Flanders, and Alberto Bettiol won the men's race.

April 8, 2019 VeloNews.com

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Tour — The teams presentation took place in Antwerp, Belgium. Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images

Tour — Taylor Phinney was documenting the experience. Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images

Tour — The happiest Peter Sagan looked all day was when he got to launch T-shirts in to the crowd with a T-shirt cannon. Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images

Tour — Fans on the Muur van Geraardsbergen waited for the race to arrive. Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images

Tour — Former Tour of Flanders winner Philippe Gilbert made his way up the iconic climb. Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images

Flanders — Photo: Luc Claessen/Getty Images

Tour — Jasper Stuyven led the favorites up one of the cobbled climbs. Photo: Peter De Voecht-Pool/Getty Images

Tour — Early in the race, 2018 Tour of Flanders winner Niki Terpstra crashed and lost consciousness. Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images

Tour — Terpstra abandoned the Tour of Flanders and was taken to a hospital. His concussion has forced him to sit out Paris-Roubaix, another race he has won before. Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images

Tour — This fan took in the race in style. Photo : Tim de Waele/Getty Images

Tour — The peloton rode through a huge crowd on the Oude Kwaremont. Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images

Tour — Flags were out and beers were in hand for the Tour of Flanders. Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images

Tour — Oude Kwaremont. Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images

Bastianelli — Eventual winner Marta Bastianelli kept her cool on the cobbles before riding clear in a three-woman breakaway to win. Photo: Luc Claessen/Getty Images

2019 — Riders got encouragement and motivation from fans along the course. Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images

Tour — Tiffany Cromwell tested the peloton with a solo attack. Photo: Luc Claessen/Getty Images

Tour — Anything goes when trying to get a view of the race. Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images

Tour — After crashing, Mathieu van der Poel made an impressive chase back to the leaders. Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images

16th — The women’s race was also marred by crashes. Photo: Luc Claessen/Getty Images

Tour — In this particular pile-up, 2017 winner Coryn Rivera was taken out and abandoned the race. Photo: Luc Claessen/Getty Images

Tour — Bob Jungels led the chase late in the race. Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images

Tour — Alberto Bettiol made a solo move. Photo: Peter De Voecht-Pool/Getty Images

Tour — Greg Van Avermaet led the chase at the 2019 Tour of Flanders. Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images

Tour — Bettiol’s victory at 2019

Tour — Alberto Bettiol won the 2019 Tour of Flanders, his first pro victory of any kind. Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Images

16th — The women’s race was a closer finish with Marta Bastianelli narrowly beating Annemiek Van Vleuten. Photo: Luc Claessen/Getty Images

16th — It was a double delight for Italian fans on Sunday with Bastianelli and her fellow countryman Bettiol winning De Ronde. Photo: Luc Claessen/Getty Images

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