Gent-Wevelgem 2025 route

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WEVELGEM BELGIUM MARCH 24 Mads Pedersen of Denmark and Team Lidl Trek competes in the breakaway passing through the Plugstreets during the 86th GentWevelgem in Flanders Fields 2024 Mens Elite a 2531km one day race from Ieper to Wevelgem UCIWT on March 24 2024 in Wevelgem Belgium Photo by Tim de WaeleGetty Images
Race winner Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) races through the Plugstreets (Image credit: Getty Images)
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Gent-Wevelgem route summary
Distance250.3 kilometres
StartMenin Gate, Ypres
FinishVanackerestraat, Wevelgem
Start time10:40 CET
Finish time16:16 CET

The 2025 edition of Gent-Wevelgem in Flanders Fields will once again start from the Menin Gate in Ypres, a memorial to the victims of World War I, and end on Vanackerestraat in Wevelgem.

This year's route at 250.3 kilometres is 2.8km shorter than in 2024. In the first part of the race, the peloton heads towards Veurne, where the famous Moeren are on the programme. The riders then set course for Heuvelland where they will encounter the Monteberg, the Baneberg, the Scherpenberg and, last but not least, the Kemmelberg, with the final steeper ascent from Ossuaire with 34.3km to go.

Gent-Wevelgem 2025 Climbs

  • Scherpenberg, kilometre 147.9 (102.4 km to go)
  • Baneberg, kilometre 156.7 (93.6 km to go)
  • Monteberg, kilometre 162.2 (87.7 km to go)
  • Kemmelberg (Belvedère), kilometre 164.4 (85.9 km to go)
  • Monteberg, kilometre 192.7 (57.6 km to go)
  • Kemmelberg (Belvedère), kilometre 194.5 (55.8 km to go)
  • Scherpenberg, kilometre 202 (48.3 km to go)
  • Baneberg, kilometre 210.7 (39.6 km to go)
  • Kemmelberg (Ossuaire), kilometre 216 (34.3 km to go)
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