Gallery: 2022 Women's Tour of Flanders

The best images from the 2022 Tour of Flanders women's race, won by Belgian champion Lotte Kopecky

Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx) ensured that Flanders had a home champion to cheer at last when she won the 2022 Women's Tour of Flanders from Annemiek van Vleuten, with her teammate Chantal van den Broek-Blaak finishing third.

Hundreds of thousands of fans lined the course for the first time in two years, and combined with a late hail shower it made for a spectacular finish to the 19th edition of the women's Ronde van Vlaanderen.

Take a look at the best images from the race in our gallery below. Marlen Reusser of Team SD Worx leads the raceLotte Kopecky and Chantal van den Broek-Blaak on the Oude KwaremontThe leading trio on the run-in to the lineChristine Majerus is cheered on by fans on the PaterbergThe final false flat sprint to the line

Annemiek van Vleuten and Demi Vollering lead the bunchThe peloton in the early stages of the raceA fan watching the women's race pass byWelcome to Flanders; the peloton rolls out of OudenaardeLotte Kopecky celebrates with teammate Chantal van den Broek-Blaak in the backgroundThe victory celebration