Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne 2020 TV guide

Where to watch the second race of the 2020 cobbled classics season: Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne (March 1)

Bob Jungels took Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne with a long-range solo attack (Picture: Belga Photo Pool/Tim De Waele)

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The cobbled Classics season kicks off this weekend with a double header of races Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne (Sunday, March 1) is the second of the two.

Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne is very different to Omloop Het Nieuwsblad as this leans more towards the sprinters, with riders like Mark Cavendish (Bahrain-McLaren), Dylan Groenewegen (Jumbo-Visma) and Tom Boonen, who has the record with three victories.

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The race has been won by solo attacks and small breaks before. Bob Jungels (Deceununck-Quick-Step), last year's winner, and Jasper Stuyvan (Trek-Segafredo), 2016 winner, both won with solo attacks, but the bunch sprint is the usual outcome.

Prelude to the Monuments, Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix, Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne is part of the semi-Classics programme that we see through the spring period.

This year's addition is 203km long with five cobbled climbs that include the Kruisberg and the Oude Kwaremont. But the cobbles aren't the only tests as some of the asphalt climbs can cause problems. The Côte de Trieu peaks out at 13 percent.

The last 50km are more or less flat but that doesn't mean the attacks have finished. The best opportunity for a solo rider to win would be to be in a small group after the final climb, the Kluisberg, and then attacking with around 20km to go to try and hold off the peloton.

The race is being shown live on Eurosport 1, with numerous highlights programmes to choose from. Extended coverage is also shown on the Eurosport Player.

Cycling Weekly will be posting up race reports, photos and analysis shortly after the race.

Eurosport Schedule

Times in GMT

Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne (Sunday, March 1)

13.30-15.35, LIVE, Eurosport 1

19.00-20.30, Highlights, Eurosport 1

Social media and internet

Twitter (text updates)

Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne: @kuurnebxlkuurne

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Tim Bonville-Ginn

Hi, I'm one of Cycling Weekly's content writers for the web team responsible for writing stories on racing, tech, updating evergreen pages as well as the weekly email newsletter. Proud Yorkshireman from the UK's answer to Flanders, Calderdale, go check out the cobbled climbs!


I started watching cycling back in 2010, before all the hype around London 2012 and Bradley Wiggins at the Tour de France. In fact, it was Alberto Contador and Andy Schleck's battle in the fog up the Tourmalet on stage 17 of the Tour de France.


It took me a few more years to get into the journalism side of things, but I had a good idea I wanted to get into cycling journalism by the end of year nine at school and started doing voluntary work soon after. This got me a chance to go to the London Six Days, Tour de Yorkshire and the Tour of Britain to name a few before eventually joining Eurosport's online team while I was at uni, where I studied journalism. Eurosport gave me the opportunity to work at the world championships in Harrogate back in the awful weather.


After various bar jobs, I managed to get my way into Cycling Weekly in late February of 2020 where I mostly write about racing and everything around that as it's what I specialise in but don't be surprised to see my name on other news stories.


When not writing stories for the site, I don't really switch off my cycling side as I watch every race that is televised as well as being a rider myself and a regular user of the game Pro Cycling Manager. Maybe too regular.


My bike is a well used Specialized Tarmac SL4 when out on my local roads back in West Yorkshire as well as in northern Hampshire with the hills and mountains being my preferred terrain.