Why this ride
Open upland riding with long sight lines and varied gradients. It also links naturally to Tour of Flanders cultural landscape.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Flemish Ardennes Loop
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 65 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 24
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Access context
Check local closures and urban low-emission zones. Specific flag: cyclists; traffic.
Seasonal context
Apr-Oct
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Oudenaarde
Oudenaarde is a quiet Flemish town on the river Scheldt, and for a few weeks each spring it becomes the centre of the cycling world. The Tour of Flanders has finished here since 2012, and the town has built a museum around the event, so riders on two wheels of the pedalled kind and the engine kind share an obsession with the surrounding hills. The Flemish Ardennes, as they are called, are no mountains, only a rolling ridge of short, steep slopes laid with cobbles, but the names are legends in the sport: the Kwaremont, the Koppenberg, the Paterberg.
Read the complete Oudenaarde write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Oudenaarde sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Geraardsbergen.
2. Geraardsbergen
Planning note
Geraardsbergen comes up 18 km in. Next is Ronse.
3. Ronse
Planning note
At least 41 km in you reach Ronse. Next is Oudenaarde.
4. Oudenaarde
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Oudenaarde write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Oudenaarde, late in the day.