Hello and welcome to live coverage of the second monument of the season - the 100th edition of the Ronde Van Vlaanderen, or Tour of Flanders.

Peter Sagan: "No one wants to work with me so it's always better to drop everybody I think. I feel very good. I'm very happy. Today was super hard from the start to finish. Always full gas. I had some problems after one kilometre and had to change both wheels. Then there were a lot of crashes so it was very hard. I want to dedicate this win to the two guys who died last week - it's very sad. Also to my teammate Maciej Bodnar, who crashed badly in training and missed this race." Classy words from the new Tour of Flanders champion.

So, that's two world champions winning the 100th edition of the Tour of Flanders today. Amazing scenes in Belgium.

Defending champion Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) wins the sprint for fourth place about a minute down.

Sep Vanmarcke trickles across for third place - an impressive ride after his early crash today.

Fabian Cancellara waves to the crowd as he takes second place in his final Tour of Flanders.

Victory for Peter Sagan! The world champion has won the 100th edition of the Ronde Van Vlaanderen!

He's approaching the flamme rouge now and the victory is his...

Cancellara hasn't given up but it won't be a Flanders win in his final year as a pro - that fourth Ronde triumph will remain the elusive target for the generations to come.

The gap has grown to 24 seconds - unless he gets a flat tyre or crashes, Sagan should win this. His first Monument in 18 attempts.

Just five to go now in this utterly absorbing finale. We could see the second world champion winning today - or we could see Cancellara taking his fourth Ronde victory. But the gap is 18 seconds now and so the former looks more likely...

This is touch and go: it's down to 14 seconds now for Sagan, with the others 35 back.

It's a time trial all the way to the finish. Cancellara and Vanmarcke can see Sagan ahead, but thre's still 17 seconds for them to claw back. Meanwhile, a 10-man chasing group is another 20 seconds back.

What a spectacle. Cancellara needs this to become the most feted Flanders rider in history. Sagan needs it to win his first ever monument. Vanmarcke needs it for Belgium, without a win here for four years...

With Lizzie Armitstead winning for the ladies, we could see both world champions triumphing in Oudenaarde today. Sagan now has 20 seconds on his two chasers!

Lone leader Peter Sagan (Tinkoff) has 11 seconds on Cancellara and Vanmarcke. It's a huge ask, but he can do it.

Terpstra and Erviti followed shortly after ahead of the Stybar-Thomas chase group.

Sagan stays seated as he rips up the climb. Vanmarcke is dancing on the pedals and is being caught by Cancellara.

The leaders are onto the Paterberg - the last climb of the day. Behind, Claeys has been dropped and Erviti is struggling.

Amazing that Claeys and Erviti have managed to hold on to Terpstra's wheel. With Cancellara leading the chase, they're 12 seconds down on the leading duo of Sagan and Vanmarcke. The next group is 30 seconds back, with the likes of Thomas and Stybar.

It's Vandenbergh with Terpstra - Boonen has cracked. They have the impressive Erviti and Claeys with them - and they're reaching Spartacus. Wow. Vandenbergh has disappeared though...