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Patrick Fletcher

What is the Kemmelberg? Inside the key climb of Gent-Wevelgem

Fabian Cancellara and Peter Sagan on the Kemmelberg in 2016

The Kemmelberg is a cobbled climb that forms the final selection at Gent-Wevelgem, one of the major Spring Classics. 

The super-steep gradients never fail to light up the action and, with some 30km still to race into Wevelgem, it often leaves the races - both men's and women's - finely poised between the attackers and sprinters. 

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