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Spring classics 2025 - Rider's schedules

Friday 10 January 2025 • Blog

Daniël Herbers

Which spring-classics will the big riders of 2025 race? What is the program of Mathieu van der Poel? Which races will Wout van Aert do? And where do we see  Tadej Pogacar at the start? We collected all programmes and take a loot at the biggest clashes.

Curious to know where these top riders compete in legendary races such as the Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix and Liège-Bastogne-Liège? Discover here where the programs intersect and enjoy the anticipation of epic cycling battles. Handy for anyone who participates in a fantasy-game or simply does not want to miss anything from the spring classics!

The programs of the 20 best one-day specialists show that some great clashes can be expected in the 2025 spring classics.

Classics (16): Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (OHN), Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne (KBK), Strade Bianche (SB), Milano-SanRemo (MSR), Classic Brugge-De Panne (BDP), E3-Classic (E3), Gent-Wevelgem (GW), Dwars door Vlaanderen (DDV), Ronde van Vlaanderen (RVV), Scheldeprijs (SP), Paris-Roubaix (PR), Brabantse Pijl (BP), Amstel Gold Race (AGR), La Flèche Wallonee (LFW), Liège-Bastogne-Liège (LBL) and Eschborn-Frankfurt (EF).

Clashes in 2025 Classics: Top-20 One-day specialists (1/2)

 

Skill
ODR

OHN

KBK

 SB 

MSR

BDP

 E3 

 GW

DDV

RVV

 SP 

 PR 

 BP 

AGR

LFW

LBL

 EF 

Pogačar

99

                
Hirschi

99

                
van der Poel

98

                
Philipsen

97

                
Evenepoel

96

                
De Lie

96

                
Pedersen

95

                
Van Gils

95

                
van Aert

95

                
Laporte

94

                
 

Skill
ODR

OHN

KBK

SB

MSR

BDP

E3

GW

DDV

RVV

SP

PR

BP

AGR

LFW

LBL

EF

Girmay

94

                
Madouas

94

                
Skujins

94

                
Benoot

94

                
Pidcock

93

                
Politt

93

                
Matthews

93

                
Küng

93

                
Powless

92

                
Jorgenson

93

                
 

Skill
ODR

OHN

KBK

 SB 

MSR

BDP

 E3 

 GW

DDV

RVV

 SP 

 PR 

 BP 

AGR

LFW

LBL

 EF 

Kooij

93

                
Mohoric

92

                
Aranburu

92

                
Kristoff

92

                
Meeus

92

                
Mozzato

92

                
Stuyven

92

                
Wellens

92

                
Strong

92

                

 

De programma's van de beste klassiekerspecialisten laten zien dat er een aantal mooie kunnen verwachten in de voorjaarsklassiekers van 2025.

Klassiekers (16): Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (OHN), Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne (KBK), Strade Bianche (SB), Milano-SanRemo (MSR), Classic Brugge-De Panne (BDP), E3-Classic (E3), Gent-Wevelgem (GW), Dwars door Vlaanderen (DDV), Ronde van Vlaanderen (RVV), Scheldeprijs (SP), Paris-Roubaix (PR), Brabantse Pijl (BP), Amstel Gold Race (AGR), La Flèche Wallonee (LFW), Liège-Bastogne-Liège (LBL) en Eschborn-Frankfurt (EF).

Clashes in 2025 Classics: Top-20 One-day specialists (1/2)

 

Skill
ODR

OHN

KBK

 SB 

MSR

BDP

 E3 

 GW

DDV

RVV

 SP 

 PR 

 BP 

AGR

LFW

LBL

 EF 

Merlier

92

                
Teunissen

91

                
Bilbao

91

                
Bettiol

91

                
Grégoire

91

                
Abrahamsen

91

                
Ganna

91

                
Bardet

91

                
Zingle

91

                
Adrià

91

                
 

Skill
ODR

OHN

KBK

 SB 

MSR

BDP

 E3 

 GW

DDV

RVV

 SP 

 PR 

 BP 

AGR

LFW

LBL

 EF 

Healy

91

                
Skjelmose

91

                
Groenewegen

91

                
Trentin

91

                
Vermeersch G.

91

                
Albanese

91

                
Pithie

91

                
Thijssen

91

                
Tratnik

91

                
Morgado

90

                
 

Skill
ODR

OHN

KBK

SB

MSR

BDP

E3

GW

DDV

RVV

SP

PR

BP

AGR

LFW

LBL

EF

Alaphilippe

90

                
Milan

90

                
Garciá Cortina

90

                
Narváez

87

                

Cobbled-specialists (Cobble Skill)

In this table we'll look at the programs of teh 25 best cobbled-specialists. Which cobble-eaters start in the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad? And who will focus on the Monuments Ronde van Vlaanderen and Paris-Roubaix?


Kassei-Klassiekers (9): Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (OHN), Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne (KBK), Strade Bianche* (SB), Classic Brugge-De Panne (BDP), E3-Classic (E3), Gent-Wevelgem (GW), Dwars door Vlaanderen (DDV), Ronde van Vlaanderen (RVV) and Paris-Roubaix (PR).
*our model sees 'gravel sectors' as offroad, the same category as 'cobbled'.

Clashes in 2025 Cobbled Classics

 

Skill
COB

OHN

KBK

 SB 

BDP

 E3 

 GW 

DDV

RVV

 PR 

van der Poel99         
van Aert95         
Politt95         
Philipsen94         
Pedersen94         
Vermeersch G.93         
Küng93         
Wellens93         
Laporte92         
Stuyven92         
 

Skill
COB

OHN

KBK

SB

BDP

E3

GW

DDV

RVV

PR

Jorgenson92         
De Lie91         
Benoot91         
Naesen91         
Abrahamsen91         
Mozzato91         
Bjerg91         
Tiller91         
Teunissen91         
Mohorič91         
 

Skill
COB

OHN

KBK

SB

BDP

E3

GW

DDV

RVV

PR

Wright90         
Madouas90         
Skujins90         
Trentin90         
Pogačar90         

Sprinters (Sprint Skill)

In this table we'll take a loot at the programmes of the 20 best sprinters. Which fast men will start their spring-classics campaign in Kuurne? And who will finish strong on the 1st of May in Eschborn-Frankfurt?


Sprint-Klassiekers (6): Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne (KBK), Milano-SanRemo (MSR), Classic Brugge-De Panne (BDP), Gent-Wevelgem (GW), Scheldeprijs (SP) and Eschborn-Frankfurt (EF).

Clashes in 2025 Sprint Classics

 

Skill
SPR

KBK

MSR

BDP

 GW

 SP 

 EF 

Philipsen

99

      
Merlier

97

      
Girmay

97

      
Kooij

96

      
Milan

95

      
Groenewegen94      
Kristoff94      
De Lie

93

      
Bauhaus93      
Pedersen

93

      
 

Skill
SPR

KBK

MSR

BDP

GW

SP

EF

Ackermann

93

      
van Aert

93

      
Thijssen

93

      
Meeus

92

      
Gaviria

92

      
De Kleijn

92

      
Groves

92

      
Van Poppel

92

      
Matthews

88

      
Pithie

90

      

 

Hill-specialists (Hill Skill)

In this table we'll focus at the programs of the 25 best hill-specialists. Which puncheurs will rider the gravel roads in Strade Bianche? And who will focus on the Ardennes-week?

Heuvel-Klassiekers (11): Omloop Het Nieuwsblad (OHN), Strade Bianche (SB), Milano-SanRemo (MSR), E3-Classic (E3), Gent-Wevelgem (GW), Dwars door Vlaanderen (DDV), Ronde van Vlaanderen (RVV), Brabantse Pijl (BP), Amstel Gold Race (AGR), La Flèche Wallonee (LFW) and Liège-Bastogne-Liège (LBL).

Clashes in 2025 Hill Classics

 

Skill
HLL

OHN

 SB 

MSR

 E3 

 GW

DDV

RVV

 BP 

AGR

LFW

LBL

Pogačar

99

           
Hirschi

97

           
Evenepoel

94

           
Van Gils

94

           
Van der Poel

93

           
Skujins

93

           
O'Connor92           
Madouas

92

           
Pidcock

92

           
Grégoire

92

           
 

Skill
HLL

OHN

 SB 

MSR

 E3 

 GW

DDV

RVV

 BP 

AGR

LFW

LBL

Alaphilippe

91

           
Mas

91

           
Benoot

91

           
Bardet

91

           
Aranburu

91

           
Izagirre I.

91

           
Cosnefroy

91

           
Williams

91

           
Bilbao

91

           
Adrià

91

           
 

Skill
HLL

OHN

 SB 

MSR

 E3 

 GW

DDV

RVV

 BP 

AGR

LFW

LBL

Healy91           
Skjelmose91           
Van Eetvelt91           
Woods90           
Martinez L.90           
Martin90           
Ayuso90           
Powless90           
Jorgenson90           
Narvaez89           

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