It is the ladies that will open the ball on Sunday with a departure set for 10:20 am and 132.8 kilometers to go. After a first loop on the Binche side, it is an online section of 67.2 kilometers awaiting them before a triple passage on the local circuit of 16.4 km.
This local circuit will also be the justice of the peace of the male test which will start at 12 noon. The online section is this time 115.2 kilometers long and will see the runners descend to the lakes of time water, in particular cross the municipalities of Lobbes and Beaumont on mal-plates roads which will weigh in the final count. Seven laps of the local circuit then await the runners on the side of Binche.
“The course was revised compared to the 2018 edition“Explained the former professional runner Binchois Ludwig de Winterto the organization of the organization. “The last four kilometers of the local circuit are the same as those of Binche-Chimay-Binche with, therefore, rue de la Pépinière in paved and ascent, just before arrival on the Grand-Place. This circuit will be delicate to negotiate, because it includes cobblestones, reminders, successive turns in Binche.“
Also pay attention to certain passages exposed to the wind and introduced into the final circuit by the organizer to further energize the race and “Create breaks “. A hell of a cocktail that could make pure sprinters suffer.
