Koppenberg
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The Koppenberg is a short but brutally steep cobbled hill in the Flemish Ardennes, famed as one of the most iconic and decisive climbs in professional cycling.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Koppenberg canonical | 1 |
| derived from local toponym "Koppenberg" | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
hill
ⓘ
road cycling climb ⓘ |
| appearsIn | cycling media and documentaries ⓘ |
| averageGradient | approximately 11.6% ⓘ |
| climbDirection | typically ridden from south to north ⓘ |
| country | Belgium ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance | symbol of Flemish cycling heritage ⓘ |
| difficulty | very high ⓘ |
| elevationGain | approximately 60 metres ⓘ |
| featuredIn |
Tour of Flanders
ⓘ
surface form:
Ronde van Vlaanderen
Tour of Flanders ⓘ |
| hasClimbCategory | short but very steep climb ⓘ |
| hasEvent | Koppenbergcross cyclo-cross race ⓘ |
| hasLocalLanguageName | Dutch ⓘ |
| hasNameOrigin |
Koppenberg
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
derived from local toponym "Koppenberg"
|
| hasSection | steepest middle section ⓘ |
| hasView | panoramic views over Flemish countryside ⓘ |
| isCobbledClimbOf |
Tour of Flanders
ⓘ
surface form:
Tour of Flanders route
|
| knownFor |
cobbled surface
ⓘ
importance in professional cycling ⓘ steep gradient ⓘ |
| length | approximately 600 metres ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Belgium
ⓘ
East Flanders NERFINISHED ⓘ Flemish Ardennes ⓘ |
| maximumGradient | approximately 22% ⓘ |
| near |
Melden
ⓘ
Oudenaarde NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
irregular cobblestones
ⓘ
sharp increase in gradient near bottom ⓘ very narrow roadway ⓘ |
| region | Flanders ONNED1 ⓘ |
| roadOpenTo |
cyclists
ⓘ
motor vehicles ⓘ |
| roadType | narrow rural road ⓘ |
| safetyConcern | slippery cobbles in wet conditions ⓘ |
| status | iconic climb in professional cycling ⓘ |
| surface | cobbles ⓘ |
| terrain | rural farmland surroundings ⓘ |
| tourismAttractionType | cycling tourism attraction ⓘ |
| usedFor |
recreational cycling
ⓘ
road cycling races ⓘ |
| usedInDiscipline |
cyclo-cross
ⓘ
road cycling ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
derived from local toponym "Koppenberg"