Profile Egmont Cycling Race 2022

On the 23rd of August the peloton will encounter another Belgian classic, this time in Zottegem as the riders will race the Egmont Cycling Race, a day suited to the classics specialists and some of the sprinters in the peloton.

The race will have an initial flat circuit in Oosterzele and then move onto Zottegem where the urban circuit will be deciding the race. The circuit will be ridden on six occasions and will be the place where the race will be decided. It includes some rolling roads which include the dash to the line, but also the Grotenbergestraat (1.3Km; 2.5%) which finishes with 15 kilometers to go on it's last occasion.

The most decisive section of the race however is surely the Lippenhovestraat, it's the most selective section of the circuit with 1200 meters on the cobbles which finished with a mere 4.5 kilometers to go, a difficult finale to control, however a sprint is nevertheless quite possible.