![]() In 2023 we gonna organize the GX route version. Via the southern side of the rivers over the dikes you will finish at the cafe De Proloog. If you have conquered the hills you cycle back through the beautiful river landscape of the Maas towards Nijmegen. Where you hit one of the iconic Dutch hills, the Keutenberg with a maximum gradient of 16%. You cycle along the Belgian border towards the hills in the province of Limburg. In the Eighty Years’ War between the Netherlands and Spain, the city was in Spanish hands for a while. A historic city due to its strategic location. The route takes you further south over the Delta Park Neeltje Jans, which is part of the Dutch flood defense, in the direction of Vlissingen. First you will cycle through the city of Rotterdam and across the Erasmus bridge towards the Maasvlakte. Beautiful beaches and dunes with little to no buildings, towards the port of Rotterdam, the largest port in Europe. Instead of crossing the Ijsselmeer overone of the icons of the Dutch flood defense, the Afsluitdijk, riders will ride around the Ijsselmeer and will pass scenic harbors in the towns of Enkhuizen and Hoorn.ĭen Header t he route takes you south along the Dutch coast. The wind starts to get stronger along the coastline. After which the route leads you through the city of Groningen. You will pass through the heart of Enschede and along the Dolmens in the province of Drenthe, prehistoric burial chambers where the cycle route passes by. The National Park is known for its endless heath fields, imposing country estates and of course one of the most famous hills in the Netherlands, the Posbank. Next you leave the beautiful river landscape and the historic cities behind and the route takes you through the National Park Veluwezoom. The route takes us first along the rivers Neder-Rijn and the Waal to the historic cities of Nijmegen and Arnhem (known from the film “A Bridge Too Far” about the Operation Market Garden). The start and finish is in the village of Amerongen, located at the Utrechtse Heuvelrug at the famous cycling cafe De Proloog.
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