BiciSport in Belgium # 1 - 10 March

Michael O'Reilly

***Welcome to the first edition of BiciSport in Belgium 2025.***
The detailed race by race, cyclosportive by cyclosportive, cobbles by cobbles, beer by beer review is now posted in BiciSport Special Events section of this website. This is a Special Events guide to ”the Where, the When and the How” to get around the Belgian Spring Classics.

**BiciSport in Belgium 2025 - the famous Eikenberg climb near Oudenaarde**
Belgium has a long history of digging up country lanes and putting down new (old) cobbles for a bike race to then bounce over - be it the Koppenberg (rebuilt at least twice) , Patersberg, Berg Ten Houte and now the Eikenberg near Oudenaarde in 2025.

TRAINING RIDES THIS WEEK

Every Mon/Wed/Fri Mornings @ 8.15am

# Centennial Park Molteni Masters @ Centennial Park - Meet at the corner of Parkes Drive/Grand Drive at 8.15am and do CP laps until 9.30am then coffee at Spruce Goose Cafe.

Every Tues/Sat/Sun Mornings

# Depart Shark Park carpark near Cronulla @ 9.30am for Kurnell & return

Tues 11 Mar & Thurs 13 Mar

# Waratah Peloton @ pass the corner of Yulong Ave & McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills

Faster group departs @ 7.50am (don’t be late)
Slower group departs @ 8.00am (sharp … don’t be late) for Akuna Bay, top of McCarrs Creek Rd climb at 8.40am, then direction Duffys Forest, then return Terrey Hills shops @ 9.15am then to St Ives for coffee

# Centennial Park Lower Loop from 5.30am to 7.45am

Thurs 13 Mar

# Belgian Waffle Ride @ Spruce Goose Cafe @ Centennial Park @ 10.30am for CP laps

Sat 15 Mar

# CHANGE OF VENUE - BiciSport Coffee @ Berkelo Cafe @ McCarrs Creek Rd Terrey Hills @ 9.30am

RACING THIS WEEK

11 Mar
- Tuesday Night Heffron Criteriums
- Tuesday Sydney Dragway (Eastern Creek)
13 Mar
- Thursday Night Newington (Homebush) Criteriums
15 March
- BiciSport Coffee @ Berkelow Cafe Terrey Hills @ 9.30am
- Goodness Gravel (Orange, NSW)
- Grafton to Inverell Classic (Pro League Velo)
16 March
- Central Coast Criteriums (Kariong, NSW)
- Lansdowne Park Criteriums (Waratah Masters)

BiciSport in Belgium # 1

Welcome to the first edition of BiciSport in Belgium 2025.

The detailed race by race, cyclosportive by cyclosportive, cobbles by cobbles, beer by beer review is now posted in BiciSport Special Events section of this website. This Special Events guide to ”the Where, the When and the How” to get around the Belgian Spring Classics.

Accommodation is at the Kokerelle B&B ‘service corse’ in the tiny Flemish village of Maarke Kerkem which is situated just 5k from Oudenaarde and adjacent to the Eikenberg cobbled climb used regularly in the Tour of Flanders (Ronde van Vlaanderen) professional cycling classic.

The first week in Belgium starts with the Jean Pierre Monsere Tribute in Retie just north of Antwerp

Photos will be posted in BiciSport Belge # 2 on this web page on Monday 17 Mar. Hope you enjoy the Flemish journey.