Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne 2025: The most important facts in brief
- Date: Sunday, 02 March 2025,
- Start: 12:05 pm (Goal ~ 17:00 h)
- Distance: 196.9 kilometres
- Start: Kortrijk, Target: Kuurne
- Premiere: 1945
- UCI category: UCI Pro Series
Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne 2025: The route
To be precise, this year's start will not be in Kuurne but, as in 2024, in Kortrijk, in the immediate vicinity of Kuurne. A total of almost 200 kilometres await the riders with 13 short climbs, the so-called hellingen. The last of these climbs is the Kluisberg, 59 kilometres before the finish. After that, the Beerbosstraat is the last significant obstacle for the peloton, a cobbled section 34 kilometres before the finish. With 12.7 kilometres to go, the peloton takes on a circuit through Kortrijk, Harelbeke and Kuurne, where the sprinters have the opportunity to catch up with a potential breakaway group.
The slipways
- 17.5 km - Tiegemberg - 1.4 km à 4 %
- 35.6 km - Volkgemberg - 1 km à 5.1 %
- 55.1 km - Boembeek - 1.1 km à 4.8 %
- 70.6 km - Bossenaarstraat - 1.3 km à 5.6 %
- 74.3 km - Berg Ten Houte - 1.1 km à 6.2 %
- 81.3 km - La Houppe - 1.880 km à 4.8 %
- 99.1 km - Hameau des Papins - 1.2 km à 6.6 %
- 107.5 km - Le Bourliquet - 1.3 km à 6.8 %
- 112.6 km - Mont Saint-Laurent - 1.3 km à 7.8 %
- 121.5 km - Kruisberg - 1.4 km à 5.3 %
- 123.2 km - Hotond - 1.2 km à 3.1 %
- 130.7 km - Côte de Trieu/Knokteberg - 1.260 km à 7 %
- 138.1 km - Kluisberg - 1.1 km à 6 %
The favourites
Unlike Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, the chances for the sprinters in Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne are very good. Although the 2024 race had a different outcome: Wout van Aert (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) won out of a group of three after his team had made the race very hard early on. The defending champion wants to start again this year. However, Visma also has a sprinter in Olav Kooij, which could result in a more defensive riding style from the Dutch team. The UAE Team Emirates - XRG, which does not have a top sprinter, is likely to be particularly interested in a hard-fought race. However, with Tim Wellens, Nils Politt, Jhonatan Narváez and Florian Vermeersch, they have many attacking riders. They will try to hold their own against the sprinter elite. These include Jasper Philipsen, Kaden Groves (both Alpecin - Deceuninck), Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step), Jonathan Milan (Lidl - Trek), Alexander Kristoff (Uno-X Mobility) and Jordi Meeus (Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe).
Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne 2025: TV broadcast & live stream
In Germany, Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne 2025 can be seen on television at Eurosport 2 from 15:15-17:15. A live stream of the race is available at Discovery Plus (subject to a charge). This already starts at 2:30 pm.
