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Good choice, watching Het Nieuwsblad is a great way to start the season. I haven’t looked at the route but usually they include the Muur fairly early on so you can see it there and easily catch the race somewhere else later. Road closures are rolling in the main, but you can be caught out if you get the wrong side of it and aren’t able to get off the road that is closed.
I’d recommend catching Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne if you can, it’s an easy morning ride from Kuurne back to Calais or Dunkirk.
andyp
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Dredge.
Thinking of popping over next weekend for Omloop / Kuurne-Brussels-Kuurne.
The plan I have vaguely made in the last hour is Friday: train to Dover, ferry to Dunkirk, then ride to a hotel between Oudenaarde and Geraardsbergen where I have found decent prices.
Saturday and Sunday would be probably riding out to a couple of different spots to catch the racing: the Muur and somewhere else? Does anyone know restricted are we going to be here with bikes? Will we be able to ride the same roads as the pros beforehand? Is there a rolling roadblock or are roads closed for days before?
Then either somehow hurry back to London on the Sunday or stay another night and come back on the Monday.