More Flanders Classics Routes!

by Chris Fontecchio on Feb 4, 2011 3:01 PM EST in News

Thanks again to Wielerland, who beat pretty much everyone to the punch with these. I'll do this in brief, since I'm not quite ready to parse out all the details

* Gent-Wevelgem: the tinkering continues. They've added one more climb, repeated twice, so the tally is up to 18. But I'm not entirely sure what this even means. Last year the scuttlebutt was that they'd made GW into a climbers' race, but while it was selective it wasn't by much. Also, the cluster of climbs is in such a short distance that I'm not entirely sold on how they count. More significantly, though, is that after backing down last year it appears the organizers are making good on their threat to push the distance out past 230km.

* Dwars door Vlaanderen: Climbs are juggled a bit but the big names and distances remain the same.

* Scheldeprijs: No great changes.

* Brabantse Pijl: Thirty climbs... I am having trouble locating a 2010 map, so I'm not too sure how this compares.

They also have info on the big women's races, but those deserve their own posting.

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If I'm reading this correctly

does G-W cross into France for a spell?

22 days until Omloop Het Nieuwsblad….

"It's crazy. In Belgium they would have stopped the train"
-Peter Van Petegem, April 2006-

by Mr Van P on Feb 4, 2011 5:03 PM EST reply actions

Yup

for the Mont des Cats and Berthen climbs. GW has gone into France many times.

If cobble delusions are wrong, who wants to be right? -JFS PGH

by Chris Fontecchio on Feb 4, 2011 6:16 PM EST up reply actions

Sportives for all

And there are sportived for all these great races too! Get the Flemish stew and chips on the go. You’ll find me in Flanders for the 1st week of April in 2012. So exciting :)

by Maratsafin on Feb 5, 2011 5:18 PM EST reply actions