“Nevertheless, we have come up with a plan B. This consists of later turning towards the Paterberg. We then make a loop of about a kilometer. This way we only return to the last part of the damaged road. That is the first start working on it, so that part will be ready on time. If that is not the case, we can forego the Paterberg and ignore it completely. But we do not assume that. Normally we will go to the Paterberg can drive as we originally envisioned.”
Coussens notes that three more slopes follow after Paterberg: Oude Kwaremont, Karnemelkbeekstraat or the E3 Col and the Tiegemberg. “It’s something different in the Tour of Flanders. The Paterberg is the ultimate final.”