Classiques Belges

[Alkworld]

I dont know if there once was a rider winning both, PR and RVV

Hugo Scheichelbauer and JesusRafael Soto (if I didn't miss anyone)

[team fl]

As it has not been designed yet: Omloop has some minor changes and is around 10 km longer. Infos available here:

- https://www.omloophetnieuwsblad.be/en/r ... /race-info

and a good overview about the changes here:

- https://www.cyclingnews.com/pro-cycling ... rg-remain/

The race, as ever, will begin in the famous 't Kuipke velodrome in Gent and, for the most part, take on the same roads, cobbled sectors, and Flandrien bergs as it did in 2025.

Eight cobbled sectors fill the route along with 12 hills, including the Leberg, Eikenberg, Wolvenberg, and Molenberg. Much of the route, up to the final ascent of Leberg and Berendries at 174km into the race, will remain similar to last year.

A major change earlier in the race includes the removal of the Valkenberg and the addition of two ascents of the Eikenberg. After Berendries, the Elverenberg is also out.

From there, the peloton will race to Brakel, home of Peter van Petegem, and tackle two additional climbs before heading to the final. The hills of Tenbosse and Parikeberg provide additional challenges before the final one-two punch of the Muur van Geraardsbergen and Bosberg, and the 11.8km flat run to the finish line.

[Gipfelstuermer]

New difficulties compared to last year:
2x Eikenberg 6**
Tenbosse 5
Parikeberg 5

Not 100% sure about classification of those. Tenbosse could be 4 but was even 6 in the past in some races, so opted for 5.

[Falcor CC]

Not 100% sure about classification of those. Tenbosse could be 4 but was even 6 in the past in some races, so opted for 5.

Just depends what you prefer, it's a .5km 6% avg climb. So 6% if you want to just have the climb that km, 3-5% more 'realistic' for a whole km.

[team fl]

Not 100% sure about classification of those. Tenbosse could be 4 but was even 6 in the past in some races, so opted for 5.

- Eikenberg: https://climbfinder.com/de/anstiege/eikenberg
6% looks fine for 1 km and the fact that it gets as steep as 9.4% on its steepest parts. Was a 6% with ** last year as well

- Tenbosse: https://climbfinder.com/de/anstiege/tenbosse
Hardly half a km long, 6.2% on average. Technically it would be 3.1% for the km. But looking at max. 8.2% steepness, 5% seems fine. Could argue for a 4% as well.

- Parikeberg: https://climbfinder.com/de/anstiege/parikeberg
800m long, 4.4 % on average, 8.4% on the steepest part. Longer than Tenbosse, but only around 350m with more than 5%. So both hills at 5% looks like a good compromise. I guess Tenbosse is more "kurz und knackig" while Parikeberg has a bit of "acclimation" before the steepest part.

[Gipfelstuermer]

Lepelstraat 1 5 instead of Boembeek 5.

Otherwise identical with 2025.