After Paris-Roubaix this weekend, where Wout van Aert (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) finally got to fulfill his dream (Tadej Pogačar’s will have to wait a little longer), we’re heading back briefly to Belgium for a final series of classics: the Tour of Limburg, La Flèche Brabançonne, La Flèche Wallonne, and Liège-Bastogne-Liège in the span of less than two weeks ..

Let’s start with the 2026 Tour of Limburg (Ronde van Limburg), which takes place over two laps, covering a distance of 178.4 km between Hasselt and Tongeren (1.6 km longer than last year). A minor classic, the Tour of Limburg is more suited to sprinters, even though it features four different climbs that will be tackled a total of nine times (the first loop, containing one climb, is completed twice, and the second loop, containing two climbs, is completed three times).

Below you will find all the information and details about the 2026 Tour of Limburg, including an OpenStreetMap map, the race profile and schedule, the option to download the route in Google Earth, and even the list of starters.

The map of the 2026 Tour of Limburg is even better in the app!

Below you will of course find the race map, but if you really want to immerse yourself in this map... it’s even better in the velowire app! And as usual, it was available there before publication here! (starting Monday evening)

Whether you’re heading to the event—whether as part of one of the participating teams, the organizing committee, or one of its partners, or simply as a cycling enthusiast lining the route—or if you just want to explore the 2026 Tour of Limburg map in a different way, velowire invites you to discover it in the Maps section of the velowire app for a more convenient experience. That way, you’ll always have it with you, and as a little bonus: you can view it in full-screen mode, and if you’re traveling to the event, display your location on the map and move the map along with you, making it easier than ever to get there!

So don’t wait any longer and join the hundreds of users of the app by downloading the velowire app from the app stores:
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The 2026 Tour of Limburg route on an OpenStreetMap

After the start in Hasselt (first with a loop around the city on the parade route), the riders head southwest before turning left toward Hoeselt, via the Glinberg, then toward the first circuit through Kleine Spouwen, Waltwilder, Mopertingen, and Grote Spouwen. This circuit begins with a 550-meter cobbled section on the Maastrichterallee and ends with the Keiberg.

After the first climb of this second mountain of the day, the peloton will turn left and then right to return to this circuit, while on the second lap they turn left before continuing straight ahead and then left at Rijkhoven before heading toward Tongeren, where they cross the finish line for the first time before beginning the first of three laps of the second circuit, which they complete in a counterclockwise direction.

On this circuit, they will face two consecutive climbs, the Kolmontberg and the Zammelenberg, as well as two cobbled sections: Manshoven (1,300 m) and Op de Kriezel (1,550 m). The finish is in Tongeren.

Below you will find the schedule, the OpenStreetMap map, and the profile of the 2026 Tour of Limburg. Click on the various images to open them.

The route of the 2026 Tour of Limburg in Google Earth

If you prefer to view the route of the 2026 Tour of Limburg in Google Earth—for example, to take a virtual flyover of the route—I invite you to download it into Google Earth by clicking on the following link:

>> Download the route of the 2026 Tour of Limburg in Google Earth (KML file)

The 2026 Tour of Limburg start list

Unsurprisingly, there are many sprinters on the 2026 Tour of Limburg entry list, including defending champion Milan Fretin (Cofidis). It also includes riders such as Dylan Groenewegen (Unibet Rose Rockets), the 2024 winner, as well as Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorious), Milan Menten (Lotto Intermarché), and Sam Bennett (Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team), to name just a few!

Furthermore, although he does not appear on the entry list at the time of this article’s publication, Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step), recent winner of the Scheldeprijs/Grand Prix de l’Escaut, is also expected to start the Belgian race.

>> List of starters for the 2026 Tour of Limburg (at the time of this article’s publication, the final list of starters was not yet available, but you will likely find it behind this link by late Tuesday afternoon)

The results of the 2026 Tour of Limburg

>> Visit the 2026 Tour of Limburg page in the UCI cycling calendar to find the race results late Wednesday afternoon!

door Thomas Vergouwen
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