Mathieu van der Poel won the last E3 Saxo Classic on Friday, March 27, 2026, by 3 seconds, his third win in a row in the race that starts and finishes in Harelbeke, Belgium.
The organiser had not posted the 2027 date when we checked its site, e3saxoclassic.be, on November 3, 2026.
The race
The 2026 edition was the 11th event of the 2026 UCI World Tour.
- Start and finish: Harelbeke, Belgium
- 2026 distance: 208.8 km
- Level: UCI WorldTour one-day race
- Next edition: date not yet posted by the organiser (checked November 3, 2026)
How the last edition finished
| Finish | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mathieu van der Poel | Alpecin-Premier Tech | 4:45:15 |
| 2 | Per Strand Hagenes | Visma-Lease a Bike | +0:03 |
| 3 | Florian Vermeersch | UAE Team Emirates XRG | +0:03 |
| 4 | Stan Dewulf | Decathlon CMA CGM | +0:03 |
| 5 | Jonas Abrahamsen | Uno-X Mobility | +0:03 |
| 6 | Tobias Lund Andresen | Decathlon CMA CGM | +0:24 |
| 7 | Christophe Laporte | Visma-Lease a Bike | +0:24 |
| 8 | Gianni Vermeersch | Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe | +0:24 |
| 9 | Mads Pedersen | Lidl-Trek | +0:24 |
| 10 | Matteo Trentin | Tudor | +0:24 |
Van der Poel crossed the line in 4:45:15, about 43.9 km/h over 208.8 km. He held off a four-rider group by 3 seconds: Per Strand Hagenes, Florian Vermeersch, Stan Dewulf and Jonas Abrahamsen. The next group, led by Tobias Lund Andresen, finished 24 seconds back.
According to the organiser, he also took both of its trophies for the day. They were the X2O Col Trophy, for leading the race over the Tiegemberg, and the CAPS Hero Trophy for combativity.
Recent winners
| Year | Winner | Second | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Mathieu van der Poel | Per Strand Hagenes | Florian Vermeersch |
| 2025 | Mathieu van der Poel | Mads Pedersen | Filippo Ganna |
| 2024 | Mathieu van der Poel | Jasper Stuyven | Wout van Aert |
| 2023 | Wout van Aert | Mathieu van der Poel | Tadej Pogačar |
| 2022 | Wout van Aert | Christophe Laporte | Stefan Küng |
| 2021 | Kasper Asgreen | Florian Sénéchal | Mathieu van der Poel |
Van der Poel has been on the podium in each of the last four editions, and in five of the last six. Wout van Aert won in 2022 and 2023. The last winner who was neither of them was Kasper Asgreen in 2021, and the organiser lists no race in 2020.
Six editions is a small sample. It describes who has been strong in Harelbeke since 2021 and says nothing on its own about the next race.
E3 Saxo Classic odds
At 19:17 UTC on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, Bovada’s cycling board listed one event, the Tour de France 2027, with one market: the outright winner. No market for the E3 Saxo Classic was posted there.
When prices do appear, read each one as a chance. A rider at +150 is priced at 40.0%. A rider at +800 is priced at 11.1%, and one at +3300 at 2.9%.
A bet is worth making when you rate a rider’s chance higher than the price does, and not otherwise. Any E3 Saxo Classic predictions worth acting on come down to that comparison. In a race one rider has won three times running, podium and head-to-head markets can fit better than the outright.
The spring classics each have their own page: Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Milan-San Remo, Gent-Wevelgem, the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix, with stage races at Paris-Nice and Tirreno-Adriatico. The cycling blog has the rest, and our sportsbook reviews cover where to bet it.