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Flanders Divide

July 01 2025
Genk Belgium
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Distances: 564km
Difficulty: Ultra Distance and Climbing for events well over 100 miles

The Flanders Divide, a new bikepacking route right through Flanders. The 564 km long route consists of more than 40% unpaved paths and winds from Genk in the far east of Flanders to Ostend by the sea.

The route has been intensively explored and plotted by local route experts Nils Luypaert and Jochen Sablon, known as the Belgian collective DirtyDropbars, for one and a half years. The route is available on Komoot for cycling enthusiasts from all regions.

he Flanders Divide starts at the Genk train station in the east and takes you all the way to Ostend by the sea. From the historic mining areas with their tough offroad hairpin bends to the beneficent nature of the Meerdaal forest, the Zoniënwoud and the Hallerbos. Literally hours of cycling fun in the woods. The route builders have not left the cobblestones untouched and have included the infamous 'Muur van Geraardsbergen' in the Flanders Divide. Via Oudenaarde and a number of steep cobbled climbs, the altitude metres are largely behind you after 450 kilometres. The last section towards the coast takes the riders through the historic centre of Bruges before arriving at the vast beach of Ostend.

Flanders Divide

 
Start Located At: Genk, Belgium
 
 
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Oct 04 2024 - NEWS: We Ride Flanders Cyclo gets a NEW Look for 2025
Nov 29 2019 - NEWS: Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Cyclo Opens the Spring Classics Cycling Season
Mar 03 2019 - NEWS: Over 4,000 Cyclists took on the Kuurne-Brussel-Kuurne Cyclo
Dec 09 2018 - NEWS: Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Cyclo is the Opening Classic Next Season
Aug 05 2018 - NEWS: Never Forget: The Great War Remembrance Pro Race and Cyclosportive
Feb 27 2018 - NEWS: 3,500 cyclotouristes braved the cold at the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Cyclo
Jan 18 2018 - NEWS: Ronde van Vlaanderen Cyclo almost full
Dec 30 2017 - NEWS: Ghent-Wevelgem Cyclo takes place March 24
Mar 02 2025 - EVENT: 2025 Kuurne Brussels Kuurne
Apr 09 2025 - EVENT: 2025 Scheldeprijs
Apr 18 2025 - EVENT: 2025 Brabantse Pijl
Jul 01 2025 - EVENT: Flanders Divide