The Kemmelberg

Tuesday was dedicated to finding the Kemmelberg, which is the famous climb of Gent-Wevelgem. Guido (the B&B owner) had a bunch of cycling maps of Western Flanders. We pieced together three different routes to get us to our destination. We managed to get lost a few more times, but eventually made it. After hitting the 18 climbs of the Ronde, the Kemmelberg didn't seem a whole lot different. What makes this climb unique however is the crazy steep cobbled descent, made famous last year by some pretty bad crashes. They actually redirected the descent this year to avoid the cobbles. If Webster was ever looking for a new definition of chaos, it should be 250 Pro Tour Riders busting down the Kemmelberg. I got some film riding up the Kemmelberg and Woody captured some footage of the Belgian countryside but we're still having problems uploading. Even if we could upload the movies, video doesn't do these small country roads in Belgium justice. It's something you have to experience. We were out for about 125km today.


Belgian countryside.


The town of Kemmel.