Bergs & Cobbles

Tenbosse is a climb that wasn't considered one for a long time. A street like many others in Brakel and…

• Distance 0.5km
• Altimeters 24m

Ideal one for the big ring. Short, with a steep ramp just before you meet the N46. The scene…

• Distance 0.4km
• Altimeters 18m

Boigneberg was climbed 7 times in De Ronde van Vlaanderen, and has been climbed more often in E3-Prijs. Not the…

• Distance 1.2km
• Altimeters 56m

The bone shaking descent of Stationsberg and the railway crossing after a sharp turn at the end are a well…

• Distance 0.6km
• Altimeters 20m

In the Ronde van Vlaanderenstraat in Kwaremont you can pay homage at the monument of Karel Van Wijnendaele, creator of…

• Distance 1.3km
• Altimeters 23m

The perfect introduction to Flemish cobbles, a short stretch of cobbles to warm you up before you hit the real…

• Distance 0.5km
• Altimeters 3m

The Steenbeekberg is a hidden gem. Not very long, but very nice. The narrow asphalted road is pretty steep in…

• Distance 0.9km
• Altimeters 43m

This asphalt climb is regularly featured in the Flemish spring classics. It's positioned immediately after the legendary cobbles of the…

• Distance 0.9km
• Altimeters 33m

In the Ronde van Vlaanderen the Ganzenberg is known as 'the dangerous descent after the Foreest climb'. It peaks to…

• Distance 0.9km
• Altimeters 49m

The Bovenstraat/Kouterberg was an official climb in the 1991 edition of the Ronde van Vlaanderen. It is also called "Kouterberg",…

• Distance 1.4km
• Altimeters 45m

In 2002 the Tour of Flanders officially mentioned the climb in the race book. However, the hill has been climbed…

• Distance 1.4km
• Altimeters 69m

With an average of 3.7% this is not not the steepest of all climbs nor the most famous but it…

• Distance 1.4km
• Altimeters 46m

Also known as 'Bosgat', this climb will definitely hurt. You start on cobbles but when the climb kicks in the…

• Distance 1.3km
• Altimeters 53m

Berg ten Houte is our newest cobbled climb in Flanders. This tough formerly paved climb was included 9 times in…

• Distance 1km
• Altimeters 67m

A paved climb in between typical Belgian houses.

• Distance 1km
• Altimeters 48m

This 1.400m long, paved climb is part of Omloop het Nieuwsblad. 3.6% average and 9% max. Be careful on the…

• Distance 1.4km
• Altimeters 50m

Not that well-known, but this climb will certainly make you sweat. The climb is about 800m long, 7,5% average and…

• Distance 0.8km
• Altimeters 56m

Only featured once in the 1993 edition of the Ronde van Vlaanderen as an unofficial climb. Nowadays the riders descend…

• Distance 1.4km
• Altimeters 70m

Also known as 'Langendries', this steep climb (max 16%) has a surface that holds the middle in between cobbles and…

• Distance 1.3km
• Altimeters 56m

Not well known, but a beauty!

• Distance 0.6km
• Altimeters 21m

The Kluisberg can be climbed from different directions but this one, via the Bergstraat, would be the classic route.…

• Distance 0.7km
• Altimeters 61m

The Volkegemberg was included 17 times (1974-1984, 1991-1996) in the Tour of Flanders. Until 1982 the slope consisted entirely of…

• Distance 0.5km
• Altimeters 34m

This is one of the signature cobblestone roads in Flanders. The cobbles in this two kilometre stretch are rough but…

• Distance 1.8km
• Altimeters 23m

The sequence of Mariaborrestraat - Steenbeekdries cobbled section is 1250m in total and includes the climb of Steenbeekdries. In the…

• Distance 1.2km
• Altimeters 28m

A nice stretch of cobblestones just outside of Ghent. After the resurfacing you can choose between cobbles and a paved…

• Distance 1km
• Altimeters 6m

The Hotond---Hoogberg ascent is 2.7 km long. Over this distance, you climb 107 heightmeters. One of the longer climbs in…

• Distance 2.7km
• Altimeters 109m

Starting from the roundabout in Kluisbergen, you climb about 1.4 km, gaining 82 heightmeters. The average percentage is 5.8 %.

• Distance 1.4km
• Altimeters 68m

The Berchemsesteenweg is normally used as a descent in pro races, being the main road over the ridge where most…

• Distance 1.5km
• Altimeters 83m

The Varentberg climbs up towards the N8, a backbone of the Ronde Van Vlaanderen, from Maarke. It's not too brutal,…

• Distance 1km
• Altimeters 61m

The Watermolenstraat cobbles are situated right between the Oude Kwaremont and the Paterberg, so rarely get a look in at…

• Distance 0.5km
• Altimeters 24m

800 meters of moderate cobbles and one of the most fun segments to ride, the little downhill once you make…

• Distance 0.8km
• Altimeters 6m

“Unknown is unloved" and sadly, that is the fate of this magnificent hill, Foreest in Schorisse. The fact that Foreest…

• Distance 0.9km
• Altimeters 58m

This is a nice paved climb of about 1 km . Over this distance, you climb 67 altimeters. The…

• Distance 1.1km
• Altimeters 67m

It's not the hardest, but the Muziekbos is a lovely climb. Snaking up from the main westerly road into Brakel…

• Distance 0.8km
• Altimeters 53m

A hidden 'gem'. The Rampe is a short 'unexpected' cobbled climb, tucked away between the Oude Kwaremont and the Paterberg. The…

• Distance 0.5km
• Altimeters 23m

The cobblestone section of the Lippenhovestraat is 'only' 1300 m long, and traditionally followed just after the cobbles…

• Distance 1.3km
• Altimeters 10m

A short cobblestone road runs straight through the adorable village of Mullem and leads you to foot of Den Ast.…

• Distance 0.5km
• Altimeters 18m

Kanarieberg or 'canary hill' situated in Ronse is a tough one. The steepest section of this long climb peaks at…

• Distance 0.9km
• Altimeters 85m

A 1.620 m long, narrow and oldschool stretch of cobblestones Doorn is the Flemish answer to the untamed cobbles of…

• Distance 1.6km
• Altimeters 8m

The last climb of Dwars Door Vlaanderen and the finale of Nokerekoerse: the only option here is to put the…

• Distance 0.3km
• Altimeters 16m

The Valkenberg is legendary amongst the cycling fraternity. This 900m hill has a bit of a sting in its tail.…

• Distance 0.9km
• Altimeters 46m

The Ladeuze is a steep climb in the Flemish Ardennes. The maximum slope is 15 %. Used for the first…

• Distance 1.2km
• Altimeters 65m

Situated close to the Tour of Flanders Centre, this is a great steep climb to start your ride. The climb…

• Distance 1km
• Altimeters 53m

The Kortendries may not have featured in the Tour of Flanders very often, but in 1990 it played a crucial…

• Distance 2.5km
• Altimeters 63m

The Kortekeer, a hill in Maarkedal, first featured in the Tour of Flanders in 1988 when the Koppenberg was removed…

• Distance 1km
• Altimeters 60m

This hill may be one of the lesser known of the Tour of Flanders, but it is one of the…

• Distance 1km
• Altimeters 89m

The Edelare may now be covered in asphalt, but this hill used to be a wide cobblestone road and was…

• Distance 1.5km
• Altimeters 62m

The Wolvenberg in Oudenaarde is 660 m long and features an average incline of 7.9 %, with a stretch at…

• Distance 0.7km
• Altimeters 43m

2.550 meters of gently rising cobbles. The cobbles are not that nasty as their neighbouring sections but the grade of…

• Distance 2.6km
• Altimeters 56m

The Jagerij is a 730m long cobble section that lies just outside Oudenaarde. The stones are regular and well set,…

• Distance 0.7km
• Altimeters 12m

The Molenberg was for a long time the first pivot point in the Ronde. Indeed, much hinged on the poor…

• Distance 0.4km
• Altimeters 28m

With a maximum gradient of 'only' 10%, the Eikenberg looks fairly simple on paper, but the cobbles seem to go…

• Distance 1.2km
• Altimeters 63m

A 1450m long cobble section located in Wannegem-Lede and recognized by its windmill, dating to 1783. It was banned…

• Distance 1.5km
• Altimeters 9m

The 2.260 meter long cobblestone road ‘Paddestraat’ is Flanders’ most well-known cyclist’s ‘scourge’. This present day bone rattler was once…

• Distance 2.2km
• Altimeters 19m

This is one of the signature cobblestone roads in Flanders. The cobbles in this two kilometre stretch are rough but…

• Distance 1.8km
• Altimeters 20m

The Holleweg is one of the roughest stretches of cobbles in the country covered by the Tour of Flanders. The…

• Distance 1.5km
• Altimeters 19m

The Bosberg is a wooded slope (average 5.9% and 12% max) between the Flemish Ardennes and the Pajottenland in…

• Distance 1.1km
• Altimeters 62m

The legendary 'Muur van Geraardsbergen' (Grammont Wall) takes you to the 110 meter high summit of the Oudenberg. The 910m…

• Distance 0.9km
• Altimeters 63m

The 750m climb starts going gently uphill from the center of Ronse. The upper – and steepest – part of…

• Distance 0.8km
• Altimeters 54m

This hill lives up to its name. Taaienberg literally means ‘tough hill’ and the reason for this name will become…

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• Altimeters 33m

It’s only a relatively recent addition to the Tour of Flanders, constructed in the 1980s on farmland by a landowner…

• Distance 0.4km
• Altimeters 41m

Three: that’s how many times riders must climb the famous Oude Kwaremont during the Ronde. The Oude Kwaremont is the…

• Distance 2.1km
• Altimeters 92m

The ‘bump’ of Melden, as the Koppenberg is locally known, is guaranteed to add suspense to the Ronde, every year.…

• Distance 0.6km
• Altimeters 62m

This is Greg Van Avermaet's absolute favourite climb. Boasting a maximum gradient of "only" 10% it seems to feel harder…

• Distance 0.9km
• Altimeters 66m

Nice climb on the flanks of the Kemmelberg, sometimes used in Gent-Wevelgem as a prelude to it's more famous sister.…

• Distance 1.4km
• Altimeters 66m

A short, paved climb with a maximum gradient of 12%. Situated on the flank of the Rodeberg and bringing you…

• Distance 0.3km
• Altimeters 19m

This is the steepest and longest side of the Kemmelberg, with a maximum gradient of over 20%. Gent-Wevelgem used to…

• Distance 0.7km
• Altimeters 71m

The Lettenberg hill is a spur of the much larger Kemmelberg and is frequently the launchpad for attacks early in…

• Distance 0.4km
• Altimeters 21m

​Ok, so the Zwarteberg is technically in France, and as such is also known as Mont Noir (Black Mountain) but…

• Distance 2.9km
• Altimeters 116m

The Rodeberg can be tackled from both directions, but make sure you take a side-trip to the south at the…

• Distance 0.8km
• Altimeters 45m

The Zandberg leads up to 'Café in de Zon'. Owner Dirk Ghyselinck is a retired professional cyclist himself and still…

• Distance 1km
• Altimeters 32m

Scherp means 'sharp' in Dutch, and so it comes as no surprise that the Scherpenberg has ramps of up to…

• Distance 0.4km
• Altimeters 21m

The Schomminkelberg is a climb which the professionals stay away from, despite it's popularity in amateur races. It is narrow…

• Distance 0.9km
• Altimeters 53m

A very short and venomous climb or should we say 'wall' . Only 270m long, with an average incline of…

• Distance 0.3km
• Altimeters 16m

At 156 meters the Kemmelberg is the highest point in West Flanders. Named after the village of Kemmel on its…

• Distance 0.6km
• Altimeters 51m

Ouch, pretty long cobbled sector ahead. Keep pushing.

• Distance 1.6km
• Altimeters 15m

Yet another one of those typical Flemish cobbled roads, winding through the fields and passing by the farm houses. Keep…

• Distance 1km
• Altimeters 11m

Pretty cool unknown cobbled climb that continues in a flat cobbled road.

• Distance 0.6km
• Altimeters 24m

Nice winding climb amidst the rolling landscape.

• Distance 1.3km
• Altimeters 61m

Narrow paved climb on a hollow road next to a forrest.

• Distance 0.5km
• Altimeters 36m

Nice paved climb along the vineyards and woods. Enjoy the view!

• Distance 1.4km
• Altimeters 44m

Paved climb that is part of the Eddy Merckx Cycling Route in Flemish Brabant.

• Distance 1.8km
• Altimeters 35m

The Veeweidestraat in Tervuren isn't the hardest climb of the pack. With an average of 4.7% over 660m, it's a…

• Distance 0.7km
• Altimeters 25m

The Bekestraat is a rather unknown but pretty cool cobbled climb in Eizer. It peaks at 15%, with an average…

• Distance 0.4km
• Altimeters 34m

The S-bend + Taymansstraat in Overijse takes you from 56m to 101m altitude over 1km, averaging 4.8%. You can almost…

• Distance 1km
• Altimeters 45m

From Wilsele, the Decouxlaan climbs 32m over 1km at an average of 3%. No steepness to be found here. Your…

• Distance 1.1km
• Altimeters 32m

The Keizersberg, also known locally as "den Boelenberg", is the best known hill in Leuven. The winding climb is 400…

• Distance 0.4km
• Altimeters 24m

Wijnpers is a short but steep climb in the center of Leuven. It peaks at 14%. The 90° turn at…

• Distance 0.3km
• Altimeters 27m

Test your calves on this 600 meters long paved climb that peaks at 17%. Whilst it may not be able…

• Distance 0.6km
• Altimeters 48m

Nice climb through the woods that peaks at 12%. Just across the language border.

• Distance 0.5km
• Altimeters 36m

We love this one. A narrow, steep and cobbled climb through the woods. What more do you want? The fun…

• Distance 0.5km
• Altimeters 44m

​'18%, dangerous climb' says a sign at the foot of Horenberg. It's what you make of this short but steep…

• Distance 0.4km
• Altimeters 31m

The real deal. It has it all. It's about 2,5 km long, with false flat (vals plat). There is a…

• Distance 2.6km
• Altimeters 22m

Baasberg = Bossberg. With only 26 altimeters you can't call this a climb, but this is a real hidden gem.…

• Distance 1.1km
• Altimeters 26m

The Congoberg is 1.2 km long, with its highest point at 100 m and an average incline of 5.6%. Take…

• Distance 1.2km
• Altimeters 62m

Short and nasty stretch of true farm-track cobbles between the fields.

• Distance 0.3km
• Altimeters 4m

Only 300 meters long, but with a gradient of up to 16% on a narrow road through the woods, the…

• Distance 0.3km
• Altimeters 33m

Spectacle guaranteed when the pros go full out on this final climb right before the finish of De Brabantse Pijl.

• Distance 0.6km
• Altimeters 38m

Partially cobbled climb where, for once, the cobbles aren't the hardest part. So make sure you've got something left for…

• Distance 0.4km
• Altimeters 29m

1 km long paved climb with a maximum incline of 12%

• Distance 1km
• Altimeters 50m

'Hert gaan' means to ride fast. You can certainly do so on this partially cobbled climb, where the final of…

• Distance 0.7km
• Altimeters 31m

Steep paved climb with a peak at 14%.

• Distance 0.8km
• Altimeters 66m

Steepest part of this climb in Tielt-Winge.

• Distance 0.3km
• Altimeters 28m

Paved climb in Aarschot

• Distance 0.4km
• Altimeters 38m

Steep paved climb.

• Distance 0.2km
• Altimeters 28m

Short stretch of cobblestones in Neerpede.

• Distance 0.3km
• Altimeters 9m

In the Printhagendreef you can choose between a concrete bike path or the 400m long cobblestone road. But of course,…

• Distance 1km
• Altimeters 10m

From the village of Piringen you can see the Kolmontberg already emerging. This climb is 700m long and has an…

• Distance 0.7km
• Altimeters 31m

From the village of Hopmaal you take 'Op de Kriezel'. This 1400m long cobblestone road is one of Limburg's toughest…

• Distance 1.4km
• Altimeters 42m

Treeyards, neatly landscaped with hawthorn gardens, an impressive farmstead and extensive meadows. The Manshoven cobble section is located in one…

• Distance 1.3km
• Altimeters 26m

Paved climb with a maximum gradient of 12%.

• Distance 0.8km
• Altimeters 35m

Make your choice: go for the paved climb or ride like a Flandrien on the cobbles

• Distance 0.3km
• Altimeters 19m

Cool paved climb, hairpins included!

• Distance 0.6km
• Altimeters 50m

Catsberg or Mont des Cats in French is an climb in the municipality of Godewaersvelde, We call this area French…

• Distance 2.5km
• Altimeters 117m