Dates of Tour availability: April 1 - Oct 15, 2008
Country Info: Belgium tourism website:
www.visitbelgium.com
Tour Includes: 4 nights superior lodging, all buffet breakfasts, 3 dinners, luggage transfers, orientation, bike delivery and return, welcome drink on day 1, local emergency support, route book with maps and cue sheets.
Add on: For longer stays we can arrange hotels, car rentals, trains and more.
Bike Rental: available; rent our Eddy Merckx CHM model - price - 190 Euros. You may also bring your own.
The Cycling: Some of the Flanders Classics Routes:
KLUISBERG: large, paved route with only 66 meters gain in elevation over 1100 meters, but goes from 6% to 11% grade max.
OUDE KWAREMONT: narrow, paved route over 600 meters followed by a narrow 1600 meter cobblestone section; 93 m elev gain, 4-11% grade.
PATERBERG: 375 meter cobblestones, 48 meters elev gain; with 12.8 to 20% grade!!
HOTOND MOUNTAIN: 2.9 KM paved route with 105 m elev gain, 3.5 - 8% grade.
Note for couples and/or persons of vastly different abilities: it is possible to short cut a lot of cycling as well as put a bike on the train. The towns visited offer significant sightseeing as well, so there is much to do for persons who want to do less cycling than others in the same party.
