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Call us: 617-242-7845 | Email us: hello@sportivebreaks.us
April, 5 2025
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Here at Sportive Breaks we are proud to be an official partner of the 2025 Tour of Flanders and We Ride Flanders. We have years of experience of organising travel packages to the Tour of Flanders and we’re looking forward to welcoming amateur cyclists again in Belgium on Saturday 5th April for We Ride Flanders, (the Tour of Flanders Sportive) and the Tour of Flanders on Sunday 6 April 2025.
We are staying in Oudenaarde so you can’t be better placed for both the Sportive on the Saturday and to watch the Pros on the Sunday.
We Ride Flanders is one Sportive that every amateur cyclist must have done. This is your opportunity to ride some of the classic cobbled climbs from the Tour of Flanders including the Koppenberg and Oude Kwaremont. Stay with us in Oudenaarde, the heart of all the action.
Spread your payments: Our payment plan is an interest-free payment method where you will have the opportunity to spread payment for your booking
Stay in Oudenaarde: Stay in the heart of the excitement. Oudenaarde is the perfect location to stay as it’s where the Tour of Flanders Sportive starts & finishes & where both the women’s and men’s Tour of Flanders finish.
Guided warm up ride on the cobbles: On Friday afternoon we ride with our local guide over the cobbles on a short route. You don’t want to have your first taste of cobbles action on Sportive day!
Mechanical support: Our expert mechanics are on-hand all weekend.
Available extras: Book your choice of sportive entry with us. Bring your own bike or rent one of our bikes for the weekend. Airport transfers from Brussels are also available.
4 nights at the 4* Leopold hotel in Oudenaarde
All breakfasts
Friday PM ride on the cobbles
Available all weekend
Scott Addict Di2 (or similar) for $363
4 distance options. Delivered to your hotel
Optional airport transfers from Brussels
A variety of first-class experiences
Included with your tour
Also available
Please make your own arrangements to arrive at our hotel in Oudenaarde today. Our team will be available to meet you at the hotel. If you plan to fly then we offer airport transfers for you, your luggage, and your bike from Brussels International airport.
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We are staying at the hotel Leopold in Oudenaarde. Your stay will be for 4 nights and will be on a bed and breakfast basis so with breakfasts included. You will have an early breakfast on We Ride Flanders day.
You can bring your own bike as we have planned to transport bike boxes on our airport transfers. Alternatively, you can rent a bike with us for the weekend. Our mechanic will be available this afternoon at the hotel to assist you with fitting your rental bike or building your own bike after travel. Bikes can be safely stored at the hotel.
This afternoon and early evening, our tour leaders and bike mechanics are available for you. The evening is free for you to eat out in one of Oudenaarde’s many restaurants.
After breakfast and preparing the bikes, we will take you on a supported, guided ride of about 50 km. When we return to Oudenaarde, you have plenty of time to walk over to the expo and collect your start package.
We’ll be back at the hotel in the afternoon for you to rest and get prepared for tomorrow. This evening our bike guides will do a race briefing to run through We Ride Flanders logistics and of course the route.
Here you can pick up your starter package and hand in your frame plate after the ride. The evening is free for you to eat out in one of Oudenaarde’s many restaurants.
We have an early start this morning. Early breakfast is arranged in the hotel restaurant. The long distance starts from Bruges, so we offer transport to Bruges this morning.
After the ride, regain your strength in the Peloton Café in the Tour of Flanders Centre, and share your experience with the rest of the peloton. Relive the heroism of Flanders’ Most Beautiful in this cycling hub, near the finish in Oudenaarde.
Start & finish / location & hours
Bruges – 7:00 – 8:00 AM
START 179km (110 miles), 144km (90 miles), 80km (50 miles)
Oudenaarde (Lindestraat, Oudenaarde)
The finish of all distances is in Oudenaarde. The last aid station closes at 7:00 PM. If you arrive here later, you are no longer an official participant and you are obliged to take the shortest route to the finish. The finish in Oudenaarde officially closes at 8:00 PM.
Once you finish in Oudenaarde, there’s no need to worry as you are staying near the finish.
This afternoon and early evening we’ll assist you with re-packing your bikes ahead of travel and you’ll also be able to return your rental bikes with us if you are not using it tomorrow.
The evening is free for you to eat out in one of Oudenaarde’s many restaurants.
Today is the day of the Tour of Flanders.
Below we have listed a few different options for you today.
In the last 75 km, the most notorious passages are lurking: from the Koppenberg and the Hotond to the Oude Kwaremont and the Paterberg. Riders and fans are eagerly looking forward to the finish in the centre of Oudenaarde. The champions sprint to the finish line. In Oudenaarde you experience it from the front row: live and on the big screen. The Donkmeer and the Markt are the place to be. You can see the race live 4 times. If you walk up and down between the market square of Oudenaarde and the arrival area you will see the race pass by and be able to witness two finishes (men and women).
There is a free shuttle bus from Oudenaarde station up to the public village on the Oude Kwaremont where you can see the riders 3 times. There are pubs, food and beer vans and a big screen so you can alternate between standing by the road-side and watching the big screen.
The evening is free for you to eat out in one of Oudenaarde’s many restaurants or you can choose to eat at the hotel.
Sportive Breaks offers you a great selection of VIP Hospitality experiences. Choose from various options at the start, various start to finish experiences plus finish hospitality.
Enjoy a well earned breakfast before heading home. We offer our optional transfer back to Brussels Zaventem airport, which will depart from Oudenaarde at 0630 (for flights departing after 1030).
The Tour of Flanders weekend is a fantastic celebration of our sport by one of the most passionate cycling loving regions on earth. There are a variety of sportive routes available, all including the classic finish of the Oude Kwaremont & Paterberg.
While Roubaix is all about cobbles and the Ardennes classics are all about sharp climbs, Flanders is a mix of the two with some brutal cobbled sectors and steep cobbled climbs. The most famous of these are the Koppenberg, Muur & Paterberg with gradients pushing 20%. The sportive is so popular and the roads so narrow that on these climbs it is a challenge to get passed the numerous riders that walk up the steep sections.
The route finishes with a long flat sprint to Oudenaarde finishing in the race village with a large beer tent and food vendors to help bring your energy back.
We have a team of highly experienced professionals who have been organising cycling trips for over 25 years. We are members of ABTA and ATOL so book with confidence.
Did you know we offer the biggest selection of European Gran Fondo and Cyclo-Sportive events.
Our payment plan is an interest-free payment method where you will have the opportunity to spread payment for your booking. *Selected products. Terms and Conditions apply
We know the routes, we know the roads. We know how the event works and the best hotels for the start and finish. We organise everything for you; transfers, bike transport, additional feed stops, rep support and more.
Hotel Leopold is a 4 star boutique hotel located in Oudenaarde, Belgium. The hotel is in the “Flemish Ardennes” and it overlooks the river Schelde. The hotel has 66 spacious and stylish bedrooms.
Delicious Belgian dishes are served in the hotel’s our restaurant “Bar Del Mundo”. Besides the delicious food, the bar also offers refreshing cocktails, fine wines and of course the best Belgian beers. During summer you can relax and unwind on our cosy terrace. Leopold hotel Oudenaarde also has its own “We Proudly Serve” Starbucks coffee corner. As a hotel guest you can enjoy the cool frappuccinos® in the summer and the delicious warm Starbucks Originals in the winter.
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