Gent-Wevelgem 2025: the most important facts in brief
- Date: 30 March 2025, estimated finish time ~ 16:16-16:48 (men) or ~ 17:47-18:17 (women)
- Distance250.3 kilometres (men), 168.8 kilometres (women)
- Start: Ypres, GoalWevelgem
- UCI category: (Women's) World Tour
- OrganiserFlanders Classics
- Premiere: 1934 (men), 2014 (women)
- Last year's winnerMads Pedersen, Lorena Wiebes
A special feature of Gent-Wevelgem is the prominent role of the Kemmelberg. This climb is not only ridden several times, but also from different directions. The Belvedère side measures 1500 metres and has an average gradient of 6.6 percent. From the Ossuaire direction, the climb is even steeper at 10.4 per cent, but is shorter at 700 metres.
The route of Gent-Wevelgem 2025
The race hasn't started in Ghent for a long time; 2003 was the last year the classic started there. Deinze served as the starting point for a few years, but since 2020, Ypres has been the starting point, just as it always has been for the women. While the female riders head north towards Veurne via Diksmuide, the men first take a loop to the east, which brings them close to the finish line.
When the northernmost point of the route is reached in Adinkerke, the men and women follow the same route southwards along the Belgian-French border. Then things get serious. Both the men and the women first tackle the four climbs of Scherpenberg, Baneberg, Monteberg and Kemmelberg (Belvedère). The route then splits. The women immediately return to the Scherpenberg, pass the Baneberg and the Kemmelberg again, this time from the direction of Ossuaire, before returning to Ypres and tackling the final kilometres towards Wevelgem. Another additional loop with three gravel sectors (plugstreets) awaits the men, before they also head towards the finish via Monteberg, Kemmelberg (Belvedère), Scherpenberg, Baneberg and Kemmelberg (Ossuaire).
These are the Hellingen (men)
- KM 147.9 - Scherpenberg
- KM 156.7 - Baneberg
- KM 162.6 - Monteberg
- KM 164.4 - Kemmelberg (Belvedère)
- KM 192.7 - Monteberg
- KM 194.5 - Kemmelberg (Belvedère)
- KM 202.0 - Scherpenberg
- KM 210.7 - Baneberg
- KM 216.0 - Kemmelberg (Ossuaire)
These are the Hellingen (women)
- KM 96.5 - Scherpenberg
- KM 105.3 - Baneberg
- KM 111.2 - Monteberg
- KM 113.1 - Kemmelberg (Belvedère)
- KM 120.5 - Scherpenberg
- KM 129.3 - Baneberg
- KM 134.6 - Kemmelberg (Ossuaire)
Ghent Wevelgem 2025: TV coverage and live stream
Both races will be broadcast live on television in Germany. Eurosport 1 shows the men's race on Sunday from 13:40-16:45, followed by until 18:15 the women's competition. Parallel to this, there will be a Live stream on Discovery Plus.
