{"id":31012,"date":"2025-05-30T10:43:55","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T08:43:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bxltour.be\/?p=31012"},"modified":"2026-03-06T12:10:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T11:10:37","slug":"bxl-tour-our-cycling-training-routes-in-brussels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bxltour.be\/en\/bxl-tour-our-cycling-training-routes-in-brussels","title":{"rendered":"BXL TOUR: our cycling training routes in Brussels"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The BXL TOUR is offering you ideas for training routes (+-40km) in preparation for the race on 14 June.<\/strong>
Passionate about cycling and want to find safe routes in Brussels? In the middle of preparing for the BXL TOUR, but can’t think of a route through the region? Then this article is for you.<\/p>

What is BXL TOUR ?<\/h2>

The BXL TOUR is a unique cycling race <\/strong> in Brussels. It brings together amateurs, semi-professionals and a category for people with reduced mobility. What’s more, it allows participants to discover Brussels by bike over 32 or 40 kilometres<\/strong>, on a fully signposted and closed to trafic route<\/strong>.<\/p>

The BXL TOUR course<\/a> is only accessible on race day. With some streets going in opposite directions and parts of the course on major roads, it is necessary to close them to traffic<\/strong>. To get to the start line on the day, we strongly recommend that you opt for public transport or cycle directly to<\/a> the start.<\/p>

Our ideas for cycling routes in Brussels<\/h2>

Before embarking on this exceptional adventure, it’s important to be well prepared. That’s why we’ve contacted a number of Brussels-based cyclists to put together 40km training routes tailored to the race<\/strong> and the geography of Brussels.
The BXL TOUR is coming up, so do like Charles and Morgane and share your training and cycling performances with us. Together we’re more motivated!<\/p>

Morgane de Halleux<\/h3>

Morgane de Halleux<\/strong> has been a keen cyclist for 6 years, a two-time winner<\/strong> of the BXL TOUR and an elite member of the women’s Lead Out Cycling Team<\/strong>. On Instagram<\/a>, she shares her races, training sessions, coffee breaks (always well-deserved) and behind-the-scenes stories of life in cycling shorts. Her greatest adventure? The 7 Majeurs<\/strong>: 360 km and 11,000 m D+ across the Alps, between euphoria and survival, with more hills than energy bars in her pockets and landscapes that make you forget the suffering (almost).<\/p>

The route<\/strong> she proposes here: 47km starting from the Bois de la Cambre<\/strong>, the unofficial HQ of Brussels cyclists – is one of its great classics. It’s an ideal mix of stinging climbs, rolling roads and green corners that give the illusion of a wild biketrip. Morgane loves it, and for good reason:
It includes the Smeysberg<\/strong>, a legendary wall from the Fl\u00e8che Braban\u00e7onne<\/strong> and a faithful training companion of Eddy Merckx for years. Short, intense and the perfect reminder of who’s in charge (spoiler: it’s the wall).
Then there’s the For\u00eat de Soignes<\/strong>, a long green tunnel for relaunching, daydreaming\u2026 or discreetly recovering .
In short, a little tour that has all the potential of a big one – provided you don’t mistake the Smeysberg for a Giro summit finish.<\/p>

Charles Masset<\/h3>

Charles Masset is a man from Brussels who recounts his sporting adventures with humour and self-mockery<\/strong> on Instagram<\/a>. From short outings with friends to ultra-cycling challenges, he shares the ups and downs of his life as an average cyclist. Inspired by the idea of exploring his city in a different way<\/strong>, he has come up with two cycle loops of around forty kilometres, exclusively in the Brussels-Capital Region.<\/p>

The aim: to test whether it’s possible to enjoy cycling in the heart of the city. In the West, between canals, cobblestones and emblematic monuments<\/strong> such as the Atomium. To the East, between green spaces, urban cycle paths and the For\u00eat de Soignes<\/strong>. Two itineraries designed to reveal another side of Brussels: greener, more rolling, sometimes surprising, but above all resolutely cycleable.<\/p>

Discover the world of Charles and Morgane, through their cycling excursions on Instagram<\/strong>:
Morgane<\/a>
Charles<\/a><\/p>

Start training or try out their routes simply because you feel like going for a nice bike ride:
Morgane’s GPX<\/a>
GPX of Charles’ eastern route<\/a>
GPX of Charles’ western route<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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