Race Profile
Distance
204km
Elevation
2,500m
First edition
1958
Surface
Road + cobbles
The Ronde preview — often called a mini-Tour of Flanders. The route is brutal in the final 70km with repeated short, steep ascents. Whoever wins here is the Ronde favourite. Pure power-climbers dominate.
- —Taaienberg, Kortekeer, Karnemelkbeek climbs
- —Wolvenberg (600m, 9.4%)
- —Double Paterberg ascent
- —8 climbs in final 70km
Recent winners
2025Mathieu van der PoelAlpecin-Deceuninck
2024Mathieu van der PoelAlpecin-Deceuninck
2023Wout van AertJumbo-Visma
2022Mathieu van der PoelAlpecin-Deceuninck
2021Kasper AsgreenDeceuninck-QuickStep