2018 Gent–Wevelgem

{{short description|Cycling race}}

{{for|the women's race|2018 Gent–Wevelgem (women's race)}}

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{{Infobox cycling race report

| name = 2018 Gent–Wevelgem

| series = 2018 UCI World Tour

| race_no = 11

| season_no = 37

| image =Gent-Wevelgem-2018 poster.jpg

| image_caption =Event poster with previous winner Greg van Avermaet

| date = 25 March 2018

| stages = 1

| distance = 250.8

| unit = km

| time = 5h 53' 37"{{cite web|url=http://uitslagen.kbwb-rlvb.com/index_bestanden/PDF2018/180325GENTWEVELGEMELITEUITSLAG.pdf|title=Uitslag - Résultat - Result|work=KBWB-RVLB.com|publisher=Royal Belgian Cycling League|date=25 March 2018|access-date=25 March 2018}}

| speed =

| first = Peter Sagan

| first_team = {{UCI team code|BOH|2018}}

| first_nat = SVK

| second = Elia Viviani

| second_team = {{UCI team code|QST|2018}}

| second_nat = ITA

| third = Arnaud Démare

| third_team = {{UCI team code|FDJ|2018b}}

| third_nat = FRA

| previous = 2017

| next = 2019

|image_size=325}}

The 2018 Gent–Wevelgem was a road cycling one-day race that took place on 25 March 2018 in Belgium. It was the 80th edition of Gent–Wevelgem and the eleventh event of the 2018 UCI World Tour.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-announces-2018-road-calendar/ |title=UCI announces 2018 road calendar |access-date=20 October 2017 |work=Cycling News}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.velon.cc/en/news/2017/09/uci-confirm-worldtour-calendar-for-2018 |title=2018 UCI WorldTour calendar unveiled |access-date=20 October 2016 |work=Velon |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925133030/http://www.velon.cc/en/news/2017/09/uci-confirm-worldtour-calendar-for-2018 |archive-date=25 September 2017 |url-status=dead }}

The race was won for a record-equalling third time by {{UCI team code|BOH|2018}}'s Peter Sagan in a sprint finish of some 20 riders, ahead of {{UCI team code|QST|2018}} rider Elia Viviani and Arnaud Démare, riding for {{UCI team code|FDJ|2018b}}.{{cite news|url=http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/gent-wevelgem-2018/results/|title=Peter Sagan wins Gent-Wevelgem|work=Cyclingnews.com|publisher=Immediate Media Company|date=25 March 2018|access-date=25 March 2018}}

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