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Blaugies Chapel – Colfontaine Wood loop from Thulin

Blaugies Chapel – Colfontaine Wood loop from Thulin

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Blaugies Chapel – Colfontaine Wood loop from Thulin

02:52

45.0km

280m

Gravel riding

Hard gravel ride. Good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: March 28, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 25.3 km for 179 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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4.04 km

RAVeL 98/98A Junction

Highlight • Cycleway

The Borinage is inextricably linked to a prestigious industrial past that created a lot of wealth in Europe. A number of small railway lines were built to transport both labor and coal. These lines have now been transformed into beautiful RAVeL routes.

These four routes of the RAVeL of the Borinage (Lines 98,98A, 98B and 98C) will take you into different atmospheres in no time. You drive from a heavily urbanized and industrial region to wooded zones and agricultural areas. You will be amazed! On the one hand you cycle between the coal slag heaps, but you also visit cultural places that were visited by Van Gogh and Verhaeren. In short, a bike tour full of surprises!

Adventurers can also cycle on the short Line 98B, between Warquignies and Boussu.

We propose 3 stages, which are not connected to each other, but can be combined:

Line 98, the Borinage hills, between Cuesmes and Quiévrain
Line 98A, the RAVeL of the 'Hauts-Pays', between Dour and Onnezies.
Line 98C, between Frameries and Hornu.
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10.0 km

Cow Sculpture of Fayt-le-Franc

Highlight • Monument

The cow located at the intersection between rue Philibert Bourlard and avenue des Hauts-Pays was inaugurated in June 2018. It was built with the aim of preserving memories of the cattle farms of yesteryear. This mosaiculture is the result of collaboration between the municipality of Honnelles and the Province of Hainaut.

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22.5 km

Café-Tavern Le Fourquet

Highlight • Pub

Nice grill restaurant/brewery. Sells 75cl bottles for those like me who are picking up the local brews during the ride.

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22.6 km

Blaugies Chapel

Highlight • Religious Site

This small chapel is located in the hollow of the woods in Blaugies. It’s definitely worth the detour!

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30.5 km

Carrefour Raimbaux

Highlight • Natural

31.7 km

Colfontaine Wood

Highlight • Forest

Of beautiful singular and nice descent my son loves to go through the

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35.5 km

Sauwartan Mining Tower

Highlight • Monument

40.3 km

Terril Saint-Antoine

Highlight • Structure

The Saint-Antoine slag heap is a slag heap located in the municipality of Dour and Boussu in Belgium. Covering an area of 33 ha 0 ares 35 ca It extends in its greatest length over more than 1 km in length. It is 60 m high and has a volume of 32,944,000 m3. The Boussu-Bois coal mine, associated with the slag heap, began in 1832 and ended in 1961. It is currently the property of the municipality of Boussu. During the coal mining, several firedamp explosions took place, and several deaths at the same time. The slag heap was exploited for its shale. This operation ended in 2012.

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45.0 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

17.1 km

16.4 km

7.67 km

2.17 km

1.71 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

15.8 km

13.2 km

11.7 km

4.01 km

344 m

Elevation

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Friday 22 May

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Blaugies Chapel – Colfontaine Wood loop from Thulin

RAVeL 98/98A Junction

Cow Sculpture of Fayt-le-Franc

Café-Tavern Le Fourquet

Blaugies Chapel

Carrefour Raimbaux

Colfontaine Wood

Sauwartan Mining Tower

Terril Saint-Antoine

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