Travel to Oudenaarde

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.

See group transfer details here – Link

Hotel Leopold in Oudenaarde

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.

What about my bike?

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.

WE RIDE FLANDERS EXPO

• Sint-Jozefsplein, Oudenaarde
• Opening hours: 07.00 – 20,00

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

START Cyclo 242km (150 miles)

Bruges – 7:00 – 8:00 AM

START 179km (110 miles), 144km (90 miles), 80km (50 miles)

Oudenaarde (Lindestraat, Oudenaarde)

• 179km (110 miles): 7:00 – 8:00 AM
• 144km (90 miles): 7:00 – 9:00 AM
• 80km (50 miles): 7:00 – 10:00 AM

FINISH

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.

Provisional programme

• 11.45: team presentation women on ‘de Markt’ (until 13.00)
  13.02: passage elite men on ‘de Markt’
  13.30: start elite women on ‘de Markt’
  15.09: passage elite women on ‘de Markt’
  16u40: Finish Men’s race at Minderbroedersstraat
  17.40: Finish elite women at Minderbroedersstraat

Below we have listed a few different options for you today.

Stay in Oudenaarde

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).

Shuttle bus to Oude Kwaremont

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.

2024 Tour of Flanders Hospitality Experiences

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).