Swipe to scroll horizontallyOmloop Het Nieuwsblad direction summaryDistance197kmStartGentFinishNinoveStart time11:15 CETFinish time16:00 CET
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, which marks the beginning of WorldTour racing in Europe, has used the Muur van Geraardsbergen and Bosberg in its finale, resurrecting the historic end of the Excursion of Flanders after the race used to be ‘decapitated’ in 2012.
The race kicks off from any other ancient monument of Belgian biking, ‘t Kuipke velodrome in Gent, house of the famed Gent Six Day and takes in 11 climbs and eight sections of cobblestone roads en path to the end in Ninove.
For 2025, the peloton take a somewhat shorter path to the primary ascent of the Leberg, overlaying the Paddestraat and Haaghoek cobbles earlier than hitting the Leberg at kilometre 52.5, leading to an general distance of 197 kilometres, down 5 from 2024.
Rather then the Lange Munte and Haaghoek cobbled sectors, there is not a lot to problem the bunch till the closing 70 kilometres when the climbs and pavé are available fast succession.
The Leberg and Valkenberg get started the tip recreation with 76.1 and 68.2km to move, however long-range attackers normally wait till the Eikenberg with 55.6km to move, the Wolvenberg (52.5km to move) or Molenberg (42.5km to move).
With 35km to move, the race heads over the Leberg as soon as once more, this time heading for the Berendries climb with 31km to move. A snappy travel over the Elverenberg brings the race to its explosive conclusion in Geraardsbergen on the famed Muur van Geraardsbergen, sometimes called the Kapelmuur after the small chapel on the summit.
The climb repeats the ancient Excursion of Flanders finale, heading over the paved climb of the Bosberg with 11.8km to move earlier than the end in Ninove.
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad 2025 climbsLeberg (km. 52.5) 144.5 km to goLeberg (km. 120.9) 76.1 km to goValkenberg (km. 128.9) 68.2 km to goEikenberg (km. 141.4) 55.6 km to goWolvenberg (km. 144.5) 52.5 km to goMolenberg (km. 154.5) 42.5 km to goLeberg (km. 162) 35 km to goBerendries (km. 166) 31 km to goElverenberg-Vossenhol (km. 168.5) 28.5 km to goMuur-Kapelmuur (km. 181.3) 15.7 km to goBosberg (km. 185.2) 11.8 km to goOmloop Het Nieuwsblad 2025 cobbled sectorsPaddestraat (km. 33.1) 163.9 km to goHaaghoek (km. 49.5) 147.5 km to goLange Munte (km. 100.9) 96.1 km to goHaaghoek (km. 117.9) 79.1 km to goHolleweg (km. 144.6) 52.4 km to goKarl Martelstraat (km. 145.8) 51.2 km to goJagerij (km. 148.6) 48.4 km to goHaaghoek (km. 159) 38 km to move
