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Dichtbijdekoers #dichtbijdekoers JOUW WIELER- KALENDER VOOR 2017 POWERED BY #dichtbijdekoers 15 tochten vanaf februari tot september Info en inschrijvingen: www.proximuscyclingchallenge.be PXSRES8039981_Cyclocross_ad_190x190.indd 1 01/12/2016 11:25 3 Ga de uitdaging aan! INHOUD Fietsen en Vlaanderen, het blijft een uiterst succesvolle combinatie. Steeds meer mannen en vrouwen vinden de weg naar de fiets en raken in de ban van Vlaanderens mooiste sport. In het kalenderjaar 2016 fietsten 25.000 fietsliefhebbers mee met de Proximus Cycling Challenge. In 2017 Omloop het Nieuwsblad Cyclo 4 bieden Proximus en Flanders Classics u voor het vierde jaar op rij de ideale Dwars door Vlaanderen Cyclo 7 omkadering voor een heerlijke fietservaring. Danilith Nokere Koerse Cyclo 7 Tussen februari en september hebben we maar liefst 15 cyclo’s voor u Gent-Wevelgem Cyclo 8 in petto langs de mooiste plekjes van het land. Het succesrecept van de Proximus Cycling Challenge blijft ook komend seizoen behouden met uit- Scheldeprijs Cyclo 8 gebreide bevoorradingen, prima uitgepijlde parcours, technische assisten- Brabantse Pijl Cyclo 11 tie onderweg en heel wat leuke extra’s. Andrea Tafi Classic 11 Twee nieuwkomers maken hun opwachting op onze kalender: de Danilith Landen Trois-Ponts Cyclingtours 13 Nokere Koerse Cyclo op zondag 12 maart en de Kwaremont Sluitingsprijs, Serge Baguet Classic 13 waar we het seizoen afsluiten met één groot Belgisch wielerfeest, op zon- dag 24 september. Ti’Light Classic 14 Cibel Classic 14 Beginnen doen we echter met onze wielerklassiekers onder het motto: Rij zelf je klassiekers. Net als de profs dokker je over de kasseien van Omloop Transplantoux Classic 17 Het Nieuwsblad of Dwars Door Vlaanderen, tem je de beklimmingen uit Volvo Cycling Classic 17 de Brabantse Pijl, lever je strijd met de wind in Gent-Wevelgem en ontdek je de spurtbom in jezelf in de Scheldeprijs Schoten. Groote Oorlog 18 Kwaremont Sluitingsprijs 18 Nadien krijg je de nodige hoogtemeters voorgeschoteld in Landen, Tienen, Lierde en Ninove. Overwin zelf de Muur van Geraardsbergen of ontdek de meest pittige beklimmingen uit de provincies Namen en Luik. Afslui- ten doen we tijdens de zomer en in het najaar met onze gezinstochten in Sint-Katelijne-Waver, Hasselt, Gent, Ieper en Bavikhove. Onze 15 cyclo’s zorgen telkens opnieuw voor een unieke wielerbeleving die wielertoeristen uit binnen- en buitenland dichter bij elkaar brengt. De Proximus Cycling Challenge is het ideale tijdverdrijf met de wielerclub, met vrienden, collega’s, familie of gewoon op je eentje. Kom het zeker zelf ontdekken tijdens één of meerdere van onze toertochten. Onze eerste afspraak maken we alvast op zondag 26 februari in Gent en daar hopen we jou een eerste keer te mogen verwelkomen. Tot dan! Met sportieve groeten, Proximus Cycling Challenge 2017 1 4 GENT Oudenaarde Zottegem OMLOOP HET NIEUWSBLAD CYCLO Zondag 26 februari 2017 De Proximus Cycling Challenge opent zijn seizoen in Gent met Omloop Het Nieuwsblad Cyclo. Rij daags na de profs zelf jouw klassieker en tem in dé openingskoers van het nieuwe wielerseizoen een eerste keer de Vlaamse kasseien en hellingen. PRAKTISCH GENT ’t Kuipke, Citadelpark 70 km (8u00 - 10u30) 105 km (7u30 - 10u00) INSCHRIJVEN VIA www.proximuscyclingchallenge.be Proximus Cycling Challenge 2017 Tielt Deinze 7 WAREGEM Oudenaarde Waregem NOKERE Zottegem Ronse Oudenaarde DWARS DOOR DANILITH VLAANDEREN CYCLO Zaterdag 4 maart 2017 NOKERE KOERSE CYCLO Zondag 12 maart 2017 Smeer de kuiten in voor een stevige portie klim- en kasseienwerk. Deze gloednieuwe WorldTour-klassieker De hellingen en kasseistroken volgen elkaar nu week na biedt de wielerliefhebber al het beste van het Vlaamse week in sneltempo op. Nagelnieuw op onze kalender is koerslandschap: klimmen op o.a. de Berendries, de deze uitdagende cyclo die gelijk loopt met Danilith Nokere Taaienberg, de Oude Kwaremont of de Paterberg en Koerse, een vaste waarde in het wielrennen. In Nokere dokkeren over de kasseien van de Haaghoek en de krijg je de kans om in het spoor van de profs jouw talenten Ruiterstraat. Volg de profs naar Waregem en rij zelf je tentoon te spreiden in de Leiestreek, met onder andere de klassieker. Tiegemberg en de Nokereberg. PRAKTISCH PRAKTISCH WAREGEM Sporthal Jeugdcentrum, Zuiderlaan 46 NOKERE Waregemsestraat – Nokeredorpstraat 55 km (8u00 - 10u30) 60 - 90 km (8u00 - 10u30) 85 - 110 km (7u30 - 10u30) 125 - 155 km (7u30 - 9u30) INSCHRIJVEN VIA INSCHRIJVEN VIA www.proximuscyclingchallenge.be www.proximuscyclingchallenge.be Proximus Cycling Challenge 2017 1 8 Hoogstraten Ieper Poperinge Turnhout WEVELGEM SCHOTEN GENT- Herentals WEVELGEM CYCLO Zaterdag 25 maart 2017 SCHELDEPRIJS CYCLO Gent-Wevelgem is intussen een Vlaamse WorldTour- Zaterdag 8 april 2017 klassieker met naam en faam in binnen- en buitenland. Deze prachtige tocht ‘In Flanders Fields’ is een absolute ‘must- “Het leven is aan de rappen!” Zeker in de Scheldeprijs do’ voor de echte wielerfanaat. Geef je ogen één dag vóór Cyclo waar je de sprinter in jezelf helemaal kan loslaten. de profs de kost langsheen de vele oorlogsmonumenten. Probeer drie dagen na de profs in het wiel te blijven van Bereid je voor om af te zien op de befaamde Kemmelberg, recordhouder Marcel Kittel, sprintbom Mark Cavendish of te vechten tegen de genadeloze wind in de Moeren en je een de afscheidnemende Tom Boonen en zet net als de profs in weg te banen langs de half verharde ‘Plugstreets’. Schoten een straffe tijd neer. PRAKTISCH PRAKTISCH WEVELGEM Sint-Pauluscollege, Vanackerestraat 16 SCHOTEN Sint-Michielscollege, Papenaardekenstraat 53 60 - 90 km (8u00 - 10u30) 65 km (8u00 - 10u30) 135 km (7u30 - 10u00) 95 km (7u30 - 10u00) 220 km (7u00 - 8u00) 155 km (7u30 - 09u00) INSCHRIJVEN VIA INSCHRIJVEN VIA www.proximuscyclingchallenge.be www.proximuscyclingchallenge.be Proximus Cycling Challenge 2017 met de vitamientjes van Lidl, is iedere fietstocht een succes LIDL, FRESH FOOD PARTNER VAN QUICK-STEP FLOORS CYCLING TEAM Zet- en drukfouten zijn voorbehouden. V.U. LIDL Belgium, Guldensporenpark 90 blok J, 9820 Merelbeke. Ronse 11 LEUVEN Geraardsbergen NINOVE Overijse ANDREA TAFI CLASSIC BRABANTSE PIJL CYCLO Zondag 23 april 2017 Zaterdag 15 april 2017 Ex-winnaar van de Ronde van Vlaanderen en Parijs- De Druivenstreek vormt op zaterdag 15 april het decor van Roubaix, Andrea Tafi, neemt je mee langs de mooiste en onze laatste Flanders Classics-klassieker van het voorjaar. meest betekenisvolle plekjes van zijn tweede thuis: het Vanop de nieuwe startlocatie in Heverlee zet je koers Pajottenland en de Vlaamse Ardennen. Deel je rit goed richting de prachtigste plekjes uit de omgeving van Leuven in want diep in de finale wachten nog drie kleppers van en Overijse en beklim je enkele pittige kuitenbijters zoals de formaat: de Bosberg, de Congoberg én de legendarische Smeysberg, de IJskelderlaan of ’t Schavei. Muur van Geraarsbergen. PRAKTISCH PRAKTISCH HEVERLEE Sporthal Heverlee, Hertogstraat 180 NINOVE De Kuip, Parklaan 1 75 km (8u00 - 11u00) 25 - 40 km (8u00 - 11u00) 130 km (7u30 - 10u00) 85 km (8u00 - 10u30) 140 km (7u30 - 9u30) INSCHRIJVEN VIA www.proximuscyclingchallenge.be INSCHRIJVEN VIA www.proximuscyclingchallenge.be Proximus Cycling Challenge 2017 LANDEN Zottegem Oudenaarde 13 LIERDE Luik Geraardsbergen Hoei Ronse Aywaille LANDEN TROIS-PONTS SERGE BAGUET CLASSIC CYCLINGTOURS Zaterdag 3 juni 2017 Zaterdag 20 mei 2017 Serge Baguet laat je kennismaken met het trainingsparcours Met Landen Trois-Ponts Cyclingtours krijg je een eerste dat hem naar ritwinst in de Tour, én een Belgische titel keer in het PCC-seizoen een portie stevige hoogtemeters in 2005 stuwde. Deze prachtige rit voor het goede doel in Wallonië voorgeschoteld. Haal de Froome of Quintana in combineert het beste van de Vlaamse Ardennen en het jezelf naar boven en rij vanuit het prachtige Landen richting Pays des Collines. De Karnemelkbeekstraat, de Wolvenberg de provincie Luik voor een hele resem pittige beklimmingen en de Langendries kom je allemaal tegen in deze pittige rit zoals Ferrières, Ancienne Barrière of Lorcé. met start en aankomst in Lierde. PRAKTISCH PRAKTISCH LANDEN Sportcomplex FC Landen, Sportlaan 30 LIERDE Sporthal De Zandloper, Nieuwstraat 23 50 km (8u30 - 11u00) 30 - 70 km (8u30 - 11u00) 105 km (7u30 - 10u00) 115 km (7u30 - 10u00) 150 km (7u30 - 9u00) 150 km (7u30 - 9u00) 215 km (6u30 - 8u00) INSCHRIJVEN VIA INSCHRIJVEN VIA www.proximuscyclingchallenge.be www.proximuscyclingchallenge.be Proximus Cycling Challenge 2017 1 14 ST-KATELIJNE-WAVER Namen Mechelen TIENEN Dendermonde Vilvoorde Aalst TI’LIGHT CLASSIC Zaterdag 17 juni 2017 CIBEL CLASSIC De Ti’Light Classic had evengoed een prachtig Zondag 20 augustus 2017 wielersprookje kunnen zijn. Op het volledig vernieuwde parcours rij je vanuit Tienen, via de idyllische dorpjes van De Cibel Classic is een fantastische wielerhappening voor Vlaams- en Waals-Brabant, over een heuvelachtig parcours iedereen die van fietsen houdt en die heel wat randanimatie naar de Maasvallei in de provincie Namen en de prachtige biedt voor alle leeftijden: van de getrainde wielertoerist, vallei van de Samson. Enkele stevige beklimmingen zoals over families met kinderen tot vrienden en collega’s. Kies de côte de Haut Bois of de côte de Vezin duiken onderweg het parcours op jouw maat en geniet van een tocht die op als mogelijk spelbreker, maar uiteindelijk tem jij ze stuk je vanuit Sint-Katelijne-Waver langs de vele prachtige voor stuk en kom je als held uit het verhaal. fruitgaarden van de streek brengt. PRAKTISCH PRAKTISCH TIENEN Sporthal Houtemveld, Sporthalstraat ST-KATELIJNE-WAVER
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