Profile & Route Dwars door Vlaanderen 2025

Tuesday, 01 April 2025 at 13:07

Dwars door Vlaanderen takes place on the 2nd of April. This Belgian World Tour classic is the final warm-up race ahead of the Tour of Flanders; a very important step and race that tests many of the world's best classics riders. We take a look into it's profile.

Between two historical cycling cities, Roeselare and Waregem, takes place the 2025 edition of Dwars door Vlaanderen. It's a big day for the classics specialists specially now that it's a World Tour event. It's the one major cobbled classic where endurance won't play a meaningful role as it's only 183.5 kilometers long. It's one that is very open for outsiders and sprinters to fight for victory, but simultaneously should see the experts on their best legs.

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Roeselare - Waregem, 183.5 kilometers

The last 120 kilometers will see the entry in the bergs. They won’t be overly hard, mostly climbs that can put on the hurt in some but mostly just that, possible to open up some attacks early on. The action should open up in the Knokteberg (1Km; 7.6%; 54Km to go). The cobbled Eikenberg (1.2Km; 5%) will be another key point in the race, being the final climb to tackle with 38.5Km to go.

With 28.5, 25, 22, 18 and 5 kilometers the riders leave five consecutive sectors (with a small ascent ending with 9 kilometers to go). They will not be selective sectors, however attacks can come at any time specially right after the sectors as many domestiques will not have the legs to close down the moves right away.

The final 5 kilometers will be flat. It’s not a long run-up to the line so to reel attacks in won’t be easy, however it’s possible. The final straight is short, 250 meters long so if it does come down to a sprint positioning will be crucial going into it.