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You have a choices, two days’ riding the iconic bergs (3 nights), or three days riding (plus a short ride en-route on day one) and conquer all 25 bergs in Simon Warren’s Hellingen book / App.. In both cases, upon arrival in Oudenaarde, a visit to the Tour of Flanders Cycling Museum is deemed essential!
DAY 1 OPTIONAL (THURSDAY 25 JULY): For those doing the short ride en-route to ‘blag’ the extra bergs, meet around 11am to 11.30am at Bergstraat, Kemmel (South East of Ypres (Belgium) and north of Armentieres (France)). We will do a short 19km ride taking in 4 bergs and 320m of climbing.
DAY 1 ARRIVAL at Oudenaarde.: Head for the Tour of Flanders Museum (Centrum Ronde Van Vlaanderen) after checking in to your hotel. Walk over to the museum for around 3.30pm to 4pm. It is open from 10am to 6pm and €12 entry. There is a bar there where we can all rendezvous before going to dinner in the Oudenaarde town square.
DAY 2 OPTIONAL (FRIDAY 26 JULY): 104km ride meet at 9am at the Hotel Leopold – car parking, rides start here, near Town square restaurants and Cycling Museum
DAY 2 ARRIVAL at Oudenaarde.: Head for the Tour of Flanders Museum (Centrum Ronde Van Vlaanderen) after checking in to your hotel. Walk over to the museum for around 3.30pm to 4pm. It is open from 10am to 6pm and €12 entry. There is a bar there where we can all rendezvous before going to dinner in the Oudenaarde town square.
For those arriving on Friday, there is also the option of a shorter version of the Flanders 3 route at around 50km. We have split the full route, with adatations, into two shorter rides:
DAY 3 (SATURDAY 27 JULY): 94km ride, meet at 9am at the Hotel Leopold – car parking, rides start here, near Town square restaurants and Cycling Museum Dinner in the town square in the evening.
Cafe Stops: Woodcafe 59.8km (Top of the Bosberg) & Caplette 79.9km Houppe 12,7880 Flobecq, Belgium
DAY 4 (SUNDAY 28 JULY): 94km ride meet at 9am at the Hotel Leopold – car parking, rides start here, near Town square restaurants and Cycling Museum Dinner in the town square in the evening.
Cafe Stop: De IJsmolenhoeve vzw/asbl 64km Kanarieberg 1, 9600 Ronse, Belgium
Cafe stop: Hotond Sporthotel 74.5km Zandstraat 4, 9690 Kluisbergen, Belgium
DAY 5 (MONDAY 29 JULY) … either go straight home, to Calais via a selection of Paris-Roubaix Cobbled Secteurs and, possibly, the Roubaix Velodrome OR our flat and wonderful Calais-Dunquerke-Calais ride
ROUTE PARIS ROUBAIX SELECTION FLAT 38km COBBLES
ROUTE CALAIS – DUNKERQUE – CALAIS FLAT 123km 361m ascent
