The Tour of Bruges Women is a flat, fast one-day race across the windy West Flanders polders, run the day after the men's race. It began in 2018 as the women's Brugge–De Panne and took the Bruges name in 2026, keeping its place in the busy cobbled-classics block. The course has almost no climbing, so the day usually comes down to a bunch sprint, unless the North Sea wind splits the field into echelons. That threat of crosswinds keeps the racing tense even on a flat parcours. In 2026 Carys Lloyd took a notable win for Movistar. It is a sprinters' race with a habit of springing surprises.