The Leberg is a hill and uphill street in
Elst, part of the municipality of
Brakel Brakel may refer to:
;Places
* Brakel, Belgium, East Flanders, Belgium
* Brakel, Germany, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
* Brakel (Gelderland), Gelderland, Netherlands
* Brakel (North Brabant), North Brabant, Netherlands
;Other uses
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, in the
Belgian province of
East Flanders
East Flanders ( ; ; ; ) is a Provinces of Belgium, province of Belgium. It borders (clockwise from the North) the Netherlands, Dutch province of Zeeland and the Belgian provinces of Antwerp (province), Antwerp, Flemish Brabant, Hainaut (provinc ...
. Its top is at 99 m altitude, making it one of the highest hills of the Zwalm region, just north of the
Flemish Ardennes
The Flemish Ardennes (Dutch language, Dutch: ''Vlaamse Ardennen'') is an informal name given to a hilly region in the south of the province of East Flanders, Belgium. Highest summit is the Hotondberg (151 m). Main characteristics of the region ar ...
. The road has an
asphalt
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* Bitumen, also known as "liquid asphalt cement" or simply "asphalt", a viscous form of petroleum mainly used as a binder in asphalt concrete
* Asphalt concrete, a mixture of bitumen with coarse and fine aggregates, u ...
surface and links the valley town of Elst to the hilltop town of
Zegelsem
Zegelsem is a village in the municipality of Brakel in the province of East Flanders, Belgium. Zegelsem is an agricultural community in the Flemish Ardennes. It is located about south of Ghent.
Overview
Zegelsem is a part of the hilly landsca ...
.
Cycling
The climb is best known from
road bicycle racing
Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on Road surface, paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The ...
, where it regularly features in the Flemish races in spring, most notably the
Tour of Flanders The Tour of Flanders () may refer to the following cycle races:
* Tour of Flanders (men's race)
The Tour of Flanders (), also known as ''De Ronde'' (''"The Tour"''), is an annual road bicycle racing, road cycling race held in Belgium every spri ...
. The Leberg is 700 m high, and has an average gradient of 6.1% with its steepest point, 14%, in a right-hand curve at the bottom of the climb. The upper half of the climb is less steep, but runs exposed through fields and acres, causing wind to have a significant influence sometimes.
The climb is also regularly included in
Omloop Het Nieuwsblad
, previously Omloop Het Volk, is a one-day road cycling race in Belgium, held annually in late February. It is the opening event of the Belgian cycling season, as well as the first race of the year in Northwestern Europe, and holds significant pre ...
,
Dwars door Vlaanderen
''Dwars door Vlaanderen'' ('Across Flanders') is a semi-classic road bicycle race in Belgium, held annually since 1945. The race starts in Roeselare and finishes in Waregem, both in West Flanders. Since 2017 the event is included in the UCI Wor ...
, the
Three Days of De Panne
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, the
Eneco Tour and the
Tour of Flanders for Women
The Tour of Flanders (), formerly the Tour of Flanders for Women, is the List of women's road bicycle races, women's sister edition to the Tour of Flanders (men's race), men's Tour of Flanders. It is an annual road bicycle racing event in Flander ...
.
References
External links
Leberg trajectory on Google Maps
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Climbs in cycle racing in Belgium
Tour of Flanders
Mountains and hills of East Flanders
Brakel, Belgium