Berendries
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Berendries is a 0.9 km cycling climb averaging 6.8% (+62 m), rising from 30 m to 93 m in Flanders.
0.9 km · +62 m · 6.8% avg · ~10.2% max · 30 → 93 m
Stats computed from OpenStreetMap and satellite elevation data — approximate.
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Gradient by colour: ● <3% ● 3–6% ● 6–9% ● 9%+
Where it bites
Steepest 250 m: 9.9% (km 0.6–0.8).
| section | to | avg |
|---|---|---|
| 0–100 m | 33 m | 3.0% |
| 100–200 m | 39 m | 6.3% |
| 200–300 m | 45 m | 8.5% |
| 300–400 m | 57 m | 8.5% |
| 400–500 m | 61 m | 5.4% |
| 500–600 m | 69 m | 6.7% |
| 600–700 m | 80 m | 10.7% |
| 700–800 m | 88 m | 7.5% |
| 800–900 m | 91 m | 4.1% |
What it’s like to ride
The Berendries begins at the little bridge over the Zwalmbeek in Michelbeke and shows you the whole job at once: a straight strip of very good asphalt running up between houses, the top in sight from the bottom, which is the part riders complain about. The gradient builds past the Rozenhoek turning and the middle is where it bites, a couple of short kinks touching 12% that lift you out of the saddle, then a final stretch that runs on longer than it looks. There are no cobbles, so it rewards a gear you can hold and a steady cadence rather than a fight, and starting it fast is the classic mistake. The road is narrow, with a concrete gutter at the edge, and it carries local traffic, so expect to share it. At the top it joins the Kasteeldreef and the land drops away again towards Brakel; a short spin east brings you to the square at Sint-Maria-Oudenhove, where the Hoorens family has roasted coffee since 1928 and the fourth generation opened a coffee bar in 2026.
History
The line of the road is old: it was part of the medieval heerweg from Oudenaarde to Ninove, and the Ferraris map of the 1770s still marks it as a section of the Oudenaarde to Ninove highway, with a hamlet called Berendries beside it. Racing arrived in 1983, and the climb has since been used 40 times in the Tour of Flanders, every edition from 1983 to 2010, then 2012, 2013 and 2015 to 2025. Until 2010 it stood roughly 40 km from the finish at Meerbeke; when the finish moved to Oudenaarde in 2012 it shifted earlier in the route, and in recent years it has been taken off the Leberg and followed by the Valkenberg or Tenbosse. It also turns up in Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Dwars door Vlaanderen, the Driedaagse van De Panne-Koksijde and the women's Tour of Flanders, and it carried the fifth stage of the 2014 Eneco Tour. For everyone else it sits on the red loop of the permanent Ronde van Vlaanderen route.
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Common questions
- How long and steep is Berendries?
- Berendries is a 0.9 km cycling climb averaging 6.8% (+62 m), rising from 30 m to 93 m in Flanders.
- Where is Berendries steepest?
- The steepest 250 m averages 9.9%, between km 0.6 and km 0.8 of the climb.