Jasper Philipsen won the last Gent-Wevelgem on Sunday, March 29, 2026, from a large sprint, beating Tobias Lund Andresen and Christophe Laporte. The race is now called In Flanders Fields, from Middelkerke to Wevelgem, and the next edition is on Sunday, March 28, 2027, the date its official site counts down to.
How Philipsen won the last edition
The 2026 race ran 240.8 km from Middelkerke to Wevelgem. Philipsen covered it in 5h 08′ 03″, an average of 46.901 km/h. For a long time the win looked like it would come down to a duel between Wout van Aert and Mathieu van der Poel. A few kilometres from the finish Alec Segaert caught them, and the peloton caught all three soon after. Philipsen won the sprint that followed.
| Finish | Rider | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jasper Philipsen | Alpecin-Premier Tech |
| 2 | Tobias Lund Andresen | Decathlon CMA CGM |
| 3 | Christophe Laporte | Visma-Lease a Bike |
| 4 | Arnaud De Lie | Lotto Intermarché |
| 5 | Robert Donaldson | Jayco AlUla |
| 6 | Matteo Trentin | Tudor |
| 7 | Luca Mozzato | Tudor |
| 8 | Aimé De Gendt | Pinarello Q36.5 |
| 9 | Jonas Abrahamsen | Uno-X Mobility |
| 10 | Jasper Stuyven | Soudal Quick-Step |
The whole top 10 finished on the winner’s time of 5h 08′ 03″. In the official classification van Aert was 30th on the same time, and van der Poel was 35th, 4 seconds back.
Recent winners
| Year | Winner | Second | Third |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Jasper Philipsen | Tobias Lund Andresen | Christophe Laporte |
| 2025 | Mads Pedersen | Tim Merlier | Jonathan Milan |
| 2024 | Mads Pedersen | Mathieu van der Poel | Jordi Meeus |
| 2023 | Christophe Laporte | Wout van Aert | Sep Vanmarcke |
| 2022 | Biniam Girmay | Christophe Laporte | Dries Van Gestel |
| 2021 | Wout van Aert | Giacomo Nizzolo | Matteo Trentin |
Mads Pedersen won two in a row, in 2024 and 2025, before Philipsen.
Christophe Laporte, the 2023 winner, was third in 2026. He was also second in 2022, behind Biniam Girmay.
Gent-Wevelgem odds
At 19:17 UTC on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, Bovada’s cycling board had one market: the outright winner of the Tour de France 2027. It had nothing for Gent-Wevelgem.
The 2026 race showed two ways to win it. One was a long move by van Aert and van der Poel that held until a few kilometres out. The other was a sprint once the group came back together, and Philipsen won that one. Any Gent-Wevelgem predictions for 2027 have to weigh a fast finisher against a rider who tries to get clear before the line.
An outright price is a chance written as a payout. +250 implies 28.6%, +600 implies 14.3% and +2000 implies 4.8%. A futures bet is worth making when you rate a rider’s chance higher than the price does, and not otherwise. Top-three and head-to-head markets let you back a rider such as Arnaud De Lie, fourth in 2026, without needing him to win.
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