Yesterday John Devine, Scott Jackson, and I rode the N36 for 40 kilometers south into the city of Ronse, the heart of the Flemish Ardennes region. When we got there we did a few of the climbs included in the Tour of Flanders. We rode the Patterburg and Oude Kwaremont, which are two steep cobbled climbs. Those cobbled climbs are tough. Pros make them appear so simple, but I had to ride pretty hard just to get over them. Then we did a few paved climbs and headed back to Izegem. This picture I took from the top of the Oude Kwaremont pretty much sums up how the Flemish Ardennes look. They are green, rolling, and have red brick houses that can't be seen in the background.
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