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Tour of Flanders Map Art
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A human-designed cycling artwork of the 2024 Tour of Flanders course, from Antwerp to Oudenaarde over the cobbled hills of the Flemish Ardennes, physically plotted with ink on 250 gsm paper in Québec City.
- ✓Physically plotted with ink on 250 gsm paper
- ✓Created to order in Québec City
- ✓Personal production timelapse included
- ✓Made to order in Québec City
- ✓Unframed — fits standard 11 x 17 in frames
- ✓Free shipping — Canada only
- ✓Free replacement if damaged
Antwerp → Oudenaarde, Belgium. Plotted in real ink, one line at a time, on 250gsm paper.
The course in numbers
Distance
270.8 km
official distance
The course
The 2024 Tour of Flanders course, 271 km from Antwerp to Oudenaarde over the cobbled hills of the Flemish Ardennes — De Ronde, a Monument of cycling.
This is the course of the 2024 edition. It leaves Antwerp and heads southwest for about a hundred flat kilometres, then enters the Flemish Ardennes, in southern East Flanders, for a succession of short, steep hills, many of them cobbled, linked in loops around Oudenaarde. The Oude Kwaremont and the Paterberg, climbed twice in the final circuit, most often decide the race. The highest point is at 145 metres and the main climb, about 131 metres, comes between km 127 and km 138. Finish in Oudenaarde. This is the exact route plotted here — every turn at its precise intersection.
- Start
- Antwerp
- Finish
- Oudenaarde
- Main climb
- ≈ +131 m between km 127 and km 138
- First edition
- 1913
- Nickname
- Vlaanderens Mooiste · De Ronde
- Most wins
- 3 — shared by eight riders
The History
A race for all of Flanders, in 1913
The Tour of Flanders was created in 1913 by Léon van den Haute, co-founder of the sports paper Sportwereld, and its editor Karel Van Wijnendaele. The idea: a race run entirely on Flemish soil, crossing as many towns as possible. The first edition, on 25 May 1913, started in Ghent and covered 330 kilometres on bad roads; Paul Deman won the sprint after more than 12 hours in the saddle.
The longest unbroken run
The race was interrupted only during the First World War and has been held every year since 1919 — the longest continuous run of any classic. By the 1930s the crowds were so big that De Ronde had become a true popular festival in Flanders.
The hills, the Muur and the Koppenberg
To keep its character, organizers added hills and back roads in the Flemish Ardennes. In 1973 the finish moved to Meerbeke, just after the Muur of Geraardsbergen; the Koppenberg, cobbled and up to 22% in places, joined the route three years later.
Oudenaarde, the Kwaremont and the Paterberg
Since 2012 the finish has been in Oudenaarde, after three loops in the Flemish Ardennes. Since 2017 the start has been in Antwerp. The Oude Kwaremont — 2.2 km of cobbles — and the Paterberg, climbed twice late in the race, have become the decisive points. The record is three wins, shared by eight riders, including Johan Museeuw, Tom Boonen and Fabian Cancellara.
Why This Ride
The Tour of Flanders is De Ronde: cobbled hills, wind, crowds lining the road, and the Oude Kwaremont then the Paterberg to finish it off. Here, it's the 2024 course, Antwerp to Oudenaarde. Your ride, preserved in ink, one line at a time.
Make the Achievement Yours
Add a name, finish time or short dedication to turn the artwork into a personal record of the work behind the medal. Personalization is optional; leave the field blank for the original composition.
How It Is Made
The composition, hierarchy and final linework are directed by a person. A pen plotter then draws the artwork physically, line by line, with ink on paper. Small production variations can occur during physical plotting.
Plotted by a robot. Designed by a person.
Specifications
> FORMAT: Tabloid Standard [11" x 17" / 27.9 × 43.2 cm]
> INK SYSTEM: Stabilo® Fineliner / Sakura® Gelly Roll
> SUBSTRATE: 250gsm High-Density Stock [120lb]
> EXECUTION: Precision Vector Plotting
What you get
Your piece, plotted in pen
Your name and your time, plotted in ink under the title.
Production timelapse included
The timelapse of your piece being plotted, sent with your order.
Example timelapse — you get the one of your own piece.
A signature only UV light reveals
Serial number, year and Québec City, plotted on the back in UV ink.
On your wall
Standard 11 × 17 in (27.9 × 43.2 cm): it fits any off-the-shelf frame, so you can pick the one that suits your space.
Frame not included.
A real process, not a printer
Each piece is physically plotted, pen on paper, in Québec City — watch the machine work.
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Numbered and signed
A unique serial number and the date are plotted on the back in UV ink — invisible to the naked eye, laid down in the same pass as the drawing.
Independence
Independent artwork inspired by the event named above. CodeInk.art is not affiliated with or endorsed by the organizer.
General questions (size, frame, timelapse…) → The Process
Questions & Answers
Everything you need to know
> STATUS: RESOLVED
Ronde van Vlaanderen is its Dutch name; in Flanders people simply say De Ronde. Its other nickname, Vlaanderens Mooiste, means “Flanders' Finest”.
> STATUS: RESOLVED
The Oude Kwaremont, the longest climb with 2.2 km of cobbles, the short and very steep Paterberg, and the Koppenberg, fully cobbled with sections at 22%. The Kwaremont and the Paterberg are climbed twice in the finale.
> STATUS: RESOLVED
Eight riders share the record of three wins, unique among the major classics: Achiel Buysse, Fiorenzo Magni, Eric Leman, Johan Museeuw, Tom Boonen, Fabian Cancellara, Mathieu van der Poel and Tadej Pogačar.
> STATUS: RESOLVED
It's the 2024 edition course, Antwerp to Oudenaarde. The Tour of Flanders adjusts its route every year, but has kept the same backbone since 2012: a flat start, then the loops of the Flemish Ardennes and the finish in Oudenaarde.
> STATUS: RESOLVED
17 climbs, mostly cobbled, and 7 flat cobbled sectors, over 270.8 km from Antwerp to Oudenaarde.
> STATUS: RESOLVED
In early April, on a Sunday. It is the second Monument of the season, after Milan-San Remo.
> STATUS: RESOLVED
The Tour of Flanders Centre, a museum about the race, near the finish line.
> STATUS: RESOLVED
Yes: the women's Tour of Flanders has been raced since 2004, on the same day, finishing in Oudenaarde.
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