Boigneberg
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Boigneberg is a 1.4 km cycling climb averaging 4.1% (+57 m), rising from 29 m to 85 m in Flanders.
Seven Rondes between 1978 and 2007, always the connective tissue between the Eikenberg and Het Foreest, and a regular in E3. Riders take it today as the pavé-free way into the Flemish Ardennes: old concrete slabs that run badly enough to make the hill harder than its average suggests.
1.4 km · +57 m · 4.1% avg · ~8.6% max · 29 → 85 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: 10.3% (km 0.3–0.4).
Road: paved throughout
| section | to | avg |
|---|---|---|
| 0–250 m | 35 m | 3.4% |
| 250–500 m | 56 m | 8.6% |
| 500–750 m | 69 m | 4.3% |
| 750–1000 m | 78 m | 3.4% |
| 1000–1250 m | 84 m | 2.4% |
What it’s like to ride
Boigneberg climbs out of the Maarkebeek valley on a narrow concrete road and tops out on the N8. It was a poor, narrow cobbled lane when the Ronde van Vlaanderen first used it in 1978 and was concreted the year after, so what you ride now is old slabs, and riders say those slabs run badly enough to make the hill harder than its modest average suggests. The start is where the work is, the steepest hundred metres averaging around 11%, and once that is behind you it opens into a long false flat to the top, the place to empty the tank if you held something back at the bottom. Traffic is close to nothing and the surroundings are good, which is why riders who want the Flemish Ardennes without pavé take this one instead of the Eikenberg just to the west. The Ronde used it seven times (1978, then 2002 to 2007, in the later years always between the Eikenberg and Het Foreest), and it turns up regularly in E3.
History
The Boigneberg climbs out of the Maarkebeek valley in Maarkedal to the N8, and when the Ronde van Vlaanderen first sent the race over it in 1978 it was a narrow cobbled road in poor condition, resurfaced the following year as the narrow concrete strip riders still meet. In that 1978 edition, won by Walter Godefroot, it came after the Volkegemberg and led on towards the Muur van Geraardsbergen. The Ronde then left it out for more than two decades before bringing it back in the 2000s, for seven appearances in all and a last one in 2007; in the later editions it always sat between the Eikenberg (swapped for the Ladeuze in 2003 because of roadworks) and Het Foreest, with the unlisted Kapelleberg and a descent to the foot in between. The 2007 route dropped Het Foreest and the Steenberg and ran straight off the Boigneberg onto the Haaghoek towards the Leberg. E3 Harelbeke has used the climb more often than the Ronde has, and it stood between the Taaienberg and the Eikenberg on the 2026 E3 Saxo Classic route.
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Common questions
- How long and steep is Boigneberg?
- Boigneberg is a 1.4 km cycling climb averaging 4.1% (+57 m), rising from 29 m to 85 m in Flanders.
- Where is Boigneberg steepest?
- The steepest 250 m averages 10.3%, between km 0.3 and km 0.4 of the climb.
- What is the road surface like on Boigneberg?
- Boigneberg is paved throughout.