What is the final climb of the Tour of Flanders?

The Paterberg is the final climb of the Tour of Flanders.

In the modern men’s route, the Paterberg follows the final passage over the Oude Kwaremont, placing its steep cobbled ramp at the sharp end of the race. It is short—roughly 400 metres—but brutally steep, reaching about 20 percent. After its summit, only a relatively short run remains to the finish in Oudenaarde, making every second gained there valuable.

The climb became part of the Tour of Flanders in 1986. It was reportedly built by a local farmer who wanted the race to pass close to his home, and it quickly became one of the event’s defining landmarks.

The Oude Kwaremont is the common alternative answer because it is ridden immediately before the Paterberg and is longer and strategically important. The Koppenberg and Muur are also famous Flanders climbs, but neither is the modern finale’s last ascent.