A fully illustrated guide, including photographs, maps and gradient diagrams, to the most famous cycling climbs in Belgium, home of the world's greatest single-day bike races, including the Tour of Flanders and the Liège-Bastogne-Liège.

A fully illustrated pocket guide - including photographs, maps and gradient diagrams - to the most famous cycling climbs in Belgium

From the author who brought you the bestselling 100 Greatest Cycling Climbs comes another essential guide to vertical pain. In this volume Simon Warren has turned his attention to the famous climbs of Belgium and the ascents that define the world's greatest single-day bike races. From the rugged cobbles of the Tour of Flanders (or De Ronde) to the jagged peaks of Liège-Bastogne-Liège and beyond, this pocket guide pinpoints fifty climbs that once ridden will give a true appreciation of the races they epitomise. If you thought Belgium was flat . . . think again.