This is the climb Mark did today.... Kwaremont.
"There are two races for the Kwaremont; the race to it and the race up it, and of the two the race to it is the nastiest,” says double Tour of Flanders winner Peter Van Petegem.
He continues; “It was the same when I raced. You had to ride so hard, use your elbows to keep position, anything to make the first two rows across the road at the bottom. If you didn’t the Tour of Flanders was over for you.”
" Luke Rowe and Sky team mates climb the Oude Kwaremont during the Tour of Flanders.
The Oude Kwaremont is the longest cobbled climb of Flanders at 2200 meters long, and 89 meters of climbing. While it averages a nice “easy” 3% gradient it’s maximum gradient of 11% lies in the middle of the climb – it’s not an easy feat to recover from that over cobbles. Photograph: Bryn Lennon/Getty Images"
The Oude Kwaremont is the longest cobbled climb of Flanders at 2200 meters long, and 89 meters of climbing. While it averages a nice “easy” 3% gradient it’s maximum gradient of 11% lies in the middle of the climb – it’s not an easy feat to recover from that over cobbles. Photograph: Bryn Lennon/Getty Images"
Tomorrow Paterberg http://youtu.be/gpu9dfcL2PA
And chocolate and waffles for the kids and I
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