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Koppenberg: the climb, its race history and records
Koppenberg: each side of the climb, its passages in the big races since 1996 and the records, each figure with the source it comes from.
The climb
East Flanders (Flemish Ardennes), Belgium
| Side | Start | Length | Elevation gain | Average | Max | Summit | Hairpins | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melden | Melden | 0.6 km | 65 m | 11.4 % | 18.5 % | 77 m | — | climbfinder.com |
Each side from one source, linked. A dash: the sources we opened disagree or give no figure, so we leave it out.
Race history since 1996 29
| Year | Race | Stage | Type | Stage winner or first over the top | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Tour of Flanders Women | — | On the route | not confirmed | rondevanvlaanderen.be |
| 2026 | Tour of Flanders | — | On the route | not confirmed | rondevanvlaanderen.be |
| 2025 | Tour of Flanders Women | — | On the route | not confirmed | en.wikipedia.org |
| 2025 | Tour of Flanders | — | On the route | not confirmed | cyclingstage.com |
| 2024 | Tour of Flanders Women | — | On the route | not confirmed | en.wikipedia.org |
| 2024 | Tour of Flanders | — | On the route | not confirmed | cyclingstage.com |
| 2023 | Tour of Flanders Women | — | On the route | not confirmed | en.wikipedia.org |
| 2023 | Tour of Flanders | — | On the route | not confirmed | cyclingstage.com |
| 2022 | Tour of Flanders Women | — | On the route | not confirmed | en.wikipedia.org |
| 2022 | Tour of Flanders | — | On the route | not confirmed | cyclingstage.com |
| 2021 | Tour of Flanders | — | On the route | not confirmed | cyclingstage.com |
| 2020 | Tour of Flanders | — | On the route | not confirmed | cyclingnews.com |
| 2019 | Tour of Flanders | — | On the route | not confirmed | cyclingstage.com |
| 2018 | Tour of Flanders | — | On the route | not confirmed | cyclingstage.com |
| 2017 | Tour of Flanders | — | On the route | not confirmed | en.wikipedia.org |
| 2016 | Tour of Flanders | — | On the route | not confirmed | en.wikipedia.org |
| 2015 | Tour of Flanders | — | On the route | not confirmed | en.wikipedia.org |
| 2014 | Tour of Flanders | — | On the route | not confirmed | cyclingnews.com |
| 2013 | Tour of Flanders | — | On the route | not confirmed | velowire.com |
| 2012 | Tour of Flanders | — | On the route | not confirmed | en.wikipedia.org |
| 2011 | Tour of Flanders | — | On the route | not confirmed | en.wikipedia.org |
| 2010 | Tour of Flanders | — | On the route | not confirmed | en.wikipedia.org |
| 2009 | Tour of Flanders | — | On the route | not confirmed | en.wikipedia.org |
| 2008 | Tour of Flanders | — | On the route | not confirmed | en.wikipedia.org |
| 2006 | Tour of Flanders | — | On the route | not confirmed | en.wikipedia.org |
| 2005 | Tour of Flanders | — | On the route | not confirmed | cyclingnews.com |
| 2004 | Tour of Flanders | — | On the route | not confirmed | bikeraceinfo.com |
| 2003 | Tour of Flanders | — | On the route | not confirmed | cyclingnews.com |
| 2002 | Tour of Flanders | — | On the route | not confirmed | en.wikipedia.org |
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How this is calculated
P × 0.977 = ½ · ρ · CdA · v³ + v · m · g · (sin θ + Crr · cos θ), θ = arctan(average gradient), m = rider + bike, g = 9.81; solved for the speed v, time = length / v. Air density ρ: NASA GRC troposphere: T=15.04-0.00649*h; p=101.29*((T+273.1)/288.08)^5.256; rho=p/(0.2869*(T+273.1)); h = mean of start and summit altitude. Sources: Martin et al. 1998, J Appl Biomech 14(3):276-291 — https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6jd5f71; Defraeye et al. 2010, J Biomech 43(7):1262-1268 (upright position, cyclist+bike 0.270 m2) — https://lirias.kuleuven.be/retrieve/232736; NASA Glenn Research Center, Earth Atmosphere Model (metric) — https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/airplane/atmosmet.html. Climb geometry: the side's source in the table above.