The Classics

[kosmonooit]

And the ensuing mayhem

 

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_P4ET5-1bn_M/TKXpDdJrRqI/AAAAAAAAABQ/JWY365BCt9s/s1600/the+Koppenberg.jpg

 

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QvBKZi34hD0/T3cQ0YHKj4I/AAAAAAAAAKs/9tbbuRLqgtw/s1600/flanders_koppenberg.jpg

 

http://d4nuk0dd6nrma.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/TourOfFlandersMomentsCyclingTips-11.jpg

[kosmonooit]

http://forallmyfriends.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/merckx-koppenberg.jpg

[Cellar]

Some of those pics almost do the wall justice. It is so steep.

[kosmonooit]

http://cdn.velonews.competitor.com/files/2012/03/flanders_7.jpg

['Dale]

http://inrng.com/medias/images/rvvweather2014.jpg

 

Hmmmmm it takes one shower to wet that pavè

['Dale]

['Dale]

Some sense of the gradient

 

Paterberg

 

[kosmonooit]

http://youtu.be/ilOqY0vuI2o

[kosmonooit]

Tour of Flanders 2013 Edition

 

http://youtu.be/O1plzf9-evc

[Brian Fantana]

David Millar's shoes for Tour of Flanders:

 

['Dale]

Tour of Flanders 2013 Edition

 

http://youtu.be/O1plzf9-evc

 

It will make me cry myself to sleep.

Pleeeze remove this link.

[gummibear]

[gummibear]

[tombeej]

Here's footage from the 2006 Tour of Flanders, the last year it was climbed by the pro peloton before the latest improvements to the cobbles which have allowed it to become a much more doable climb these days.

 

The world best, humbled by the Koppenberg:

 

[JasonS]

 

Also checked now. Looks like it will on SS8, starting at 13:00.

 

Remember the uproar created last year on FB and Twitter when SS decided not to show it live?

Well we got our way!

 

Which race are you referring to here? Flanders this week or Roubaix next?

[The Grip]

Which race are you referring to here? Flanders this week or Roubaix next?

Sorry, Roubaix