Dwars Door Hlaanderen will not jump up to the Women's World Tour after the UCI rejected her top license application for 2023.

The one-day race will remain on the Pro Series calendar for at least another year and will take place on the same day as the men's event in Waregem on March 29.

"We have submitted an application to be part of the World Tour as well as the men's race, but have not yet succeeded by 2023. Of course, that is unfortunate, but we have to accept it," organizing committee member Nele DeWalle told the Belgian press at an event presentation on Monday.

The Flanders Classics are currently the six most popular spring classics, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Ghent-Wevelgem, Dwar door Hlaanderen, Tour of Flanders, Scheldeprijs, and Brabantse Pijl Pijl), which he oversees.

The organization's progressive initiative, Closing the Gap, is committed to a four-year strategy aimed at equalizing all six women's and men's spring classics in three main areas: television coverage, classification on the international calendar, and prize money.

The Tour of Flanders and Ghent-Wevelgem are staples of the women's World Tour calendar, and starting in 2023, Omloop Het Nieuwsblad will be among the top events.

As for the three remaining women's one-day events, Dwars door Vlaanderen and Brabantse Pijl, they will remain part of the Pro Series calendar, with Scheldeprijs being a 1.1-level event.

Next March, the 11th edition of the women's Dwars door Vlaanderen will take place, with the peloton tackling a 115 km route. The route includes Volkegenberg, Berg ten Houte, Canaryberg, Knokteberg, Hotondo, Radeuze, Nokelleberg, and Nokelle, with seven cobbled sections.

Past winners include defending champion Chiara Consonni, Annemiek van Fruten, Lotta Hentala, Kirsten Wilde, and Monique van de Lee, who won the first edition in 2012. Multiple-time winners include two-time winner Ellen van Dijk and three-time winner Amy Peters.

"We have already received many requests from World Tour teams, so the lineup of participants must be good. It's good to see a Belgian rider winning. The Dutch team has been dominant so far, winning 8 out of 10 races," said Duvalle.

The Dwale do Hlaanderen takes place just before the Tour of Flanders and runs on many of the same roads. Jolien Douffour hopes the event will be an indicator of what to expect on April 2.

"This race will be an indicator of the Tour of Flanders on Sunday. It is truly a mini Tour of Flanders. It is both a respectable race and a very difficult one.