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.

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Koppenberg canonical 1
derived from local toponym "Koppenberg" 1

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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

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Tour of Flanders notableClimb Koppenberg
Koppenberg hasNameOrigin Koppenberg self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: derived from local toponym "Koppenberg"