What's it like to ride the Tour of Flanders sportive?

We travelled to Belgium to ride the famous cobbled climbs of the Tour of Flanders the day before the pros

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The Tour of Flanders Sportive ride takes place on the Saturday before the race itself and attracts 16,000 riders, of whom around 4,000 are from the UK.

The 2017 ride offered four routes: the full pro route covered 237km and started in Antwerp, finishing in Oudenaarde some 80km away. There was a 200km route starting in Antwerp too.

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