
Nokere Koerse
Always a fun race, with a decent startlist. I copy/pasted the profile explanation of Wielerflits and translated it into English for those interested. Thanks Wielerflits.
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Nokere Koerse will be 188.2 kilometres long in 2025. The start will remain on the "Markt" in the cycling city of Deinze. The finish is completely new and is on a different flank of Nokereberg; via the Waregemsestraat, which also rises slightly. The organisation made this choice because the previous finish was sometimes tricky with the descending line towards Nokereberg and the sprint on the cobblestones of the slope.
First there is a run-up of 87.8 km that takes the cyclists past well-known racing villages such as Nazareth, Gavere, Zwalm, Zottegem, Oudenaarde, Horebeke, Maarkedal, Anzegem and Wortegem-Petegem towards Nokere. After 22 kilometres, the Paddestraat is the first cobblestone section of the day, 18 kilometres later the Jagerij and Holleweg are the next obstacles.
After passing Brouwerij Roman, we will continue via the Kokkerellestraat to Oudenaarde and from there to Anzegem with the cobblestones of the Varent, the slopes of Hellestraat and Holstraat and in Wortegem-Petegem the lesser known Petegemberg (500 metres at 7.6%), with a magnificent view of the Flemish Ardennes at the top.
It goes without saying that these obstacles will only serve as a warm-up. After the riders first encounter Nokereberg (350 metres at 5.7%, maximum 7%), there will be 2 local laps of 31.3 km and a more extensive final lap of 37.8 km.
The local laps are peppered with numerous cobblestone sections: the Herlegemstraat, the Lange Aststraat, Kloosterstraat, Doorn, Lededorp and the Huisepontweg, which follow each other very closely. That is where the differences must be made. Otherwise we will face a treacherous sprint on the Waregemsestraat, a final km with an average gradient of 4%.
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