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Tour of Flanders Sportive - Stay in Oudenaarde

5 April 2025

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4 nights

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Stay in Oudenaarde for the 2025 Tour of Flanders Weekend with Sportive Breaks

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 5 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, meaning 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 needs to do. 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 at 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.

What's Included?

Accommodation

4 nights at the Leopold hotel in Oudenaarde

Included meals

All breakfasts

Guided warm-up ride

Friday PM ride on the cobbles

Mechanic

Available all weekend

Additional extra - bike hire

Available for the weekend

Additional extras - transfer

Optional airport transfers from Brussels at £68 return

Additional extra - Sportive entry

From £90. Delivered to your hotel 

Additional extras - private transfer

Private transfers from Brussels or Charleroi Airport

Packages and Prices

One of the highlights of the Sportive calendar, We Ride Flanders (the Tour of Flanders Sportive) takes place in early Spring. The day before the Tour of Flanders, amateur cyclists from around the world descend on Flanders and ride the Tour of Flanders on the same roads that the pros will take on the day after. This event is massive. In 2023, about 16,000 cyclists from all over the world took on the Flemish ‘bergs’, and cobblestones.

Prices – 4 Nights

  • £875 per person based on two people sharing a twin (2 single beds)
  • £1520 per person for the single occupancy of a room
  • Twin, double, single or a studio are available. Studio is a double bed, pull out sofa bed and a fully equipped kitchen. 

Included with your weekend

  • 4 nights at the Leopold Hotel in Oudenaarde
  • Daily breakfasts
  • All taxes are included
  • The services of our bike guide and bike mechanic
  • Guided warm-up ride on the cobbles on Friday
  • Detailed itinerary

Also available

Guaranteed entry for the 2025 We Ride Flanders (chip and medal included)

The longest distance starts in Bruges (same as the pro riders the day after on the market square in the city centre) and finishes in Oudenaarde. All other distances Start/finish in Oudenaarde. Participants will ride the famous and mythical cobble stones sections and hills of the “Ronde van Vlaanderen” one day before the pros!

  • 242km – Starts from Bruges. £120 (includes transport to Bruges)
  • 179km – Starts from Oudenaarde. £90
  • 144km – Starts from Oudenaarde. £90
  • 80km – Starts from Oudenaarde. £90
  • NEW: Participation package includes a unique We Ride Flanders gilet/ windstopper + official finisher medal
  • Each entry includes 10 euros refundable deposit for the timing chip. This will be returned in cash at the finish or can be exchanged for a T shirt
  • Bike rental – Scott Addict for £279 – More info here
  • Airport transfers from Brussels Airport at £68pp return – More info here

VIP Hospitality tickets available – More info here

Highlights from the Past Event

Itinerary

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, 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 50km. 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 the route.

WE RIDE FLANDERS EXPO
  • Sint-Jozefsplein, Oudenaarde
  • Opening hours: 07:00am – 20:00pm

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 or you can choose to eat at the hotel. 

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 – 235km

Bruges – 07:00am – 08:00am

START 177km, 136km, 72km
  • Oudenaarde (Lindestraat, Oudenaarde)
  • Cyclo 179km: 07:00am – 08:30am
  • Cyclo 144km: 08:30am – 10:00am
  • Cyclo 75km: 10:00am – 11:00am
FINISH

The finish of all distances is on the Markt in Oudenaarde. The last aid station closes at 19:00pm. 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 20:00pm.

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

  • 11:45am – team presentation women on ‘de Markt’ (until 13:00pm)
    13:02 – passage elite men on ‘de Markt’
    13:30pm – start elite women on ‘de Markt’
    15:09pm – passage elite women on ‘de Markt’
    16:40pm – Finish Men’s race at Minderbroedersstraat
    17:40pm – Finish elite women at Minderbroedersstraat

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

Stay in Oudenaarde

In the last 75km, 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.

2025 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. All prices are per person and include tax.

  • VIP Breakfast in Bruges, starting at 07:30am and finishing at 10:00am – £175
  • VIP Coach Start to Finish, starting at 07:00am and finishing at 19:00pm –£609
  • 3 x Oude Kwaremont, starting at 10:00am and finishing at 19:00pm – £549
  • Top Paterberg, starting at 10:00am and finishing at 19:00pm – £459
  • Flanders Classics Club, starting at 13:00pm and finishing at 19:00pm – £389

Enjoy a well-earned breakfast before heading home. We offer our optional transfer back to Brussels Zaventem Airport, which will depart from Oudenaarde at 07:00am (for flights departing after 10:30am).

More About the 2025 Tour of Flanders

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 Paris-Roubaix is all about cobbles and the Ardennes Classics Tour 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 past 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-

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