The Gent Wevelgem 2025 is scheduled to take place this weekend, opening the Belgian road cycling classics season. Competitions will beheld in both men’s and women’s categories leading up to the Tour of Flanders on 6 April.
While this will be the 77th men’s edition, this year marks the 14th edition of the women’s race.
Both races will take place on Sunday, 30 March, starting in Ypres and finishing in Wevelgem.
The highlight will be Reigning world champion Tadej Pogacar is all set to make his debut in the event. Defending champion Mads Pedersen of Denmark and former world champions Eritrea’s Biniam Girmay (2022), along with sprinters Jasper Philipsen and Tim Merlier of Belgium and Italy’s Jonathan Milan are riders to look for at Gent Wevelgem 2025.
In the women’s field, Wiebes, the recent winner of Sanremo Women, will return to action on Sunday, along with Balsamo and former winner Floortje Mackaij of the Netherlands. Paris 2024 bronze medalist Lotte Kopecky of Belgium and the Italian duo of Elisa Longo Borghini and Chiara Consonni are other cyclists to watch out for.
Gent Wevelgem 2025: Route for men’s race
The men’s route will be at 250.3 km this year, which is about 2.8 km shorter than in 2024.
The course rolls through the Flanders Fields, paying homage to the victims of World War I. After an opening section highlighted by the famous Moeren, it will feature the following 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)
Gent Wevelgem 2025: Route for women’s race
The women’s route covers 169.1 km across two large loops. Here’s the list of climbs featured.
- 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)
Over the years, the race has been traditionally affected by rain and wind conditions, and recent modifications have made the race more closely resemble the Tour of Flanders.
The iconic Kemmelberg ascent could be the decisive section of the race again, with the victory often decided by bunch sprints or small breakaways.
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Gent Wevelgem 2025: Men’s teams and riders to watch
- Alpecin-Deceuninck (Philipsen)
- Arkea-B&B Hotels (Demare)
- Bahrain Victorious (Mohoric)
- Cofidis
- Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team
- EF Education – EasyPost (Asgreen)
- Groupama-FDJ
- INEOS Grenadiers (Jungels, Ganna)
- Intermarché – Wanty (Girmay)
- Lidl-Trek (Stuyven, Pedersen)
- Movistar Team (Gaviria)
- Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe (van Poppel)
- Soudal Quick-Step (Merlier, Lampaert)
- Team Jayco AlUla (Matthews)
- Team Picnic PostNL (Degenkolb)
- Team Visma | Lease a Bike (van Baarle, Benoot)
- UAE Team Emirates (Wellens, Pogacar)
- XDS Astana Team
- Israel – Premier Tech
- Lotto (De Lie)
- Uno-X Mobility
- Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team (Nizzolo)
- Team Flanders – Baloise
- Tudor Pro Cycling Team (Trentin)
- TotalEnergies
Gent Wevelgem 2025: Women’s teams and riders to watch
- AG Insurance – Soudal Team (Verhulst-Wild)
- Canyon//SRAM Racing (Consonni)
- Ceratizit Pro Cycling Team
- FDJ-Suez (Guazzini)
- Fenix-Deceuninck
- Human Powered Health
- Lidl – Trek (Brand, Balsamo)
- Liv-AlUla-Jayco (Paternoster)
- Movistar Team (Mackaij)
- Roland
- Team Picnic PostNL
- Team SD Worx – Protime (Wiebes, Kopecky)
- Team Visma | Lease a Bike
- UAE Team ADQ (Longo Borghini)
- Uno-X Mobility
- EF Education – Oatly
- Volkerwessels Cycling Team
- Arkea-B&B Hotels Women
- Cofidis Women Team
- St Michel – Preference Home – Auber93
- Winspace Orange Seal
- Bepink – Bongioanni
- DD Group Pro Cycling Team
- Lotto Ladies
Gent Wevelgem 2025: Start time and schedule
All times Central European Summer Time / CEST (GMT+2)
Sunday, 30 March
- 10:40 – Start Men Elite
- 13:20 – Start Women Elite
- 14:00 – Start of the para-cycling race
- 16:16 – Expected finish Men Elite
- 17:47 – Expected finish Women Elite
Gent Wevelgem 2025: How to watch live
The 2025 Gent-Wevelgem and Gent-Wewelgem Women will be shown live around the world.
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The races will be broadcast on the following channels:
| Broadcaster | Country/Region |
| ORF | Austria |
| VRT & RTL | Belgium |
| TV2 | Denmark |
| L’Equipe | France |
| NOS | The Netherlands |
| FloSports | Canada, USA |
| ESPN | Central America, South America |
| Eurosport | Europe, Asia Pacific Region |
| Supersport | Sub-Saharan Africa |
