# Berendries

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{{Infobox cycling hill climb
| name = Berendries
| image = Berendries.jpg
| image_size = 280
| caption = Top of the Berendries at sunset
| max_elevation_m = 98
| location =  [Flanders](/source/Flanders), [Belgium](/source/Belgium)
| start = [Michelbeke](/source/Michelbeke) 
| altitude_m = 65.8
| length_m = 936
| gradient = 7.1
| maxgradient = 12.3
}}
The '''Berendries''' is an uphill street in [Michelbeke](/source/Michelbeke), part of the municipality of [Brakel](/source/Brakel%2C_Belgium), in the [Belgian](/source/Belgium) province of [East Flanders](/source/East_Flanders). Its summit reaches 98 m altitude, making it the highest hill of the Zwalm region, just north of the [Flemish Ardennes](/source/Flemish_Ardennes). The road has an [asphalt](/source/Asphalt_concrete) surface and links the valley town of Michelbeke to the hilltop town of [Sint-Maria-Oudenhove](/source/Sint-Maria-Oudenhove).

==Cycling==
The climb is best known from [road bicycle racing](/source/road_bicycle_racing), where it regularly features in the Flemish races in spring, most notably the [Tour of Flanders](/source/Tour_of_Flanders_(disambiguation)). The Berendries is just under one kilometer and has an average gradient of 7% with its steepest point, 12.1%, coming in the middle of the climb.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kröner|first1=Hedwig|title=Insider's guide: Climbs of the Ronde van Vlaanderen|url=http://autobus.cyclingnews.com/road/2007/apr07/rvv07/?id=/features/2007/flanders_climbs072/|website=Cycling News|accessdate=5 December 2015}}</ref>

The climb is also regularly included in [Dwars door Vlaanderen](/source/Dwars_door_Vlaanderen), the [Three Days of De Panne](/source/Three_Days_of_De_Panne), the [Eneco Tour](/source/Eneco_Tour) and the [Tour of Flanders for Women](/source/Tour_of_Flanders_for_Women).

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://maps.google.be/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Berendries&daddr=50.83218,3.780713&hl=nl&geocode=FYypBwMdAoM5AA%3B&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=1&sz=16&sll=50.832153,3.778009&sspn=0.006017,0.019226&ie=UTF8&z=16/ Berendries trajectory on Google Maps]

Category:Climbs in cycle racing in Belgium
Category:Tour of Flanders
Category:Mountains and hills of East Flanders

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