Tour of Flanders
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The Tour of Flanders is one of cycling’s most prestigious and grueling one-day Classics, renowned for its cobbled climbs and central place in Belgian sporting culture.
All labels observed (11)
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
UCI WorldTour race
ⓘ
classic cycle race ⓘ cycling race ⓘ one-day race ⓘ |
| broadcastIn |
Belgium
ⓘ
internationally ⓘ |
| classification | Monument of cycling ⓘ |
| competition | UCI WorldTour ⓘ |
| country | Belgium ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
major event in Belgian sporting culture
ⓘ
symbol of Flemish identity ⓘ |
| discipline | road ⓘ |
| distance | approximately 250 km ⓘ |
| feature |
cobbled climbs
ⓘ
cobbled sectors ⓘ narrow roads ⓘ short steep hills ⓘ |
| finishLocation |
Oudenarde
ⓘ
surface form:
Oudenaarde
|
| firstEditionYear | 1913 ⓘ |
| formerFinishLocation |
Meerbeke
ⓘ
Ninove ⓘ |
| founder | Karel Van Wijnendaele ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genderCategory | men ⓘ |
| heldDuring |
World War I
ⓘ
surface form:
World War I (interrupted years)
|
| inception | 1913 ⓘ |
| knownFor |
difficult race tactics
ⓘ
large roadside crowds ⓘ unpredictable weather ⓘ |
| localName |
Tour of Flanders
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Ronde van Vlaanderen
|
| notableClimb |
Koppenberg
ⓘ
Geraardsbergen ⓘ
surface form:
Muur van Geraardsbergen
Oude Kwaremont ⓘ Paterberg ⓘ Taaienberg ⓘ |
| numberOfMonuments | one of five cycling Monuments ⓘ |
| organizer | Flanders Classics ⓘ |
| partOf |
spring classics
ⓘ
surface form:
Cobbled Classics
spring classics ⓘ
surface form:
Spring Classics
|
| raceType | one-day classic ⓘ |
| region | Flanders ⓘ |
| relatedEvent |
Tour of Flanders
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Tour of Flanders for Women
|
| sport | road cycling ⓘ |
| startLocation |
Antwerp
ⓘ
Bruges ⓘ Ghent ⓘ |
| status | one of the most prestigious one-day races in cycling ⓘ |
| terrain | hilly ⓘ |
| typicalMonth |
April
ⓘ
late March or early April ⓘ |
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this entity surface form:
Ronde van Vlaanderen
this entity surface form:
Tour of Flanders for Women
subject surface form:
Eddy Merckx
this entity surface form:
Tour of Flanders (cycling race)
this entity surface form:
Tour of Flanders passages
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Tour of Flanders 2023
this entity surface form:
Tour of Flanders for Women
this entity surface form:
Tour of Flanders 1949
this entity surface form:
Tour of Flanders 1950
this entity surface form:
Tour of Flanders 1951
this entity surface form:
Tour of Flanders cobbled climbs sequence
this entity surface form:
Ronde van Vlaanderen
this entity surface form:
Tour of Flanders route