With the support of Tourism Flanders, Visit Vlaams-Brabant had 10 street art works installed on the course theme. The street art works were realized by the Leuven-based street art collective Treepack.
Discover the 10 murals along our sport cycling and gravel routes:
1. Street art EDDY MERCKX in hometown Kiezegem
📍 Café 't Klein Verlet, Tieltsestraat 18, 3391 Tielt-Winge
🚴 Eddy Merckx Cycling Route - 70 km
🚴 Eddy Merckx Cycling Route- 150 km
🚴 Sven Nys Cycling Route- 101 km
🚴Eddy Merckx Little Cannibal Route - 37 km
🥾 Meensel-Kiezegem hike - 14.4 km
This mural pays tribute to Eddy Merckx. The work contains numerous references to Eddy's impressive career. For example, the jersey he wears is the one with which he won his first Tour de France and the cap is the one with which he won his last Tour. Merckx's well-known nicknames are incorporated into the background in the form of newspaper headlines. The number "525" refers to the total number of stage victories of his career, which to this day still earns him the title of best cyclist of all time.
2. Street art KORBEEK-DIJLE
📍 Stationsstraat 2, 3060 Korbeek-Dijle
🚴 The Brabant Arrow Cycling Route- 97 km
🚴 World Gravel Road Brabantse Wouden- 136 km
🚴 EK & BK Gravel route Brabantse Wouden- 78 km
🚴 The Brabant Arrow Small Cannibal Route - 39 km
🥾 Ruwaal walk - 5.5 km
A dynamic peloton of cycling heroes, with a central female rider, passionately tears along the wall on the Brabantse Pijl Cycling Route in Bertem. The background subtly shows the transition from Flemish cobbled classics to Walloon climbing races, intertwining the design with local cycling history.
3. Street art OVERIJSE
📍 Nijvelsebaan, 3090 Overijse
🚴 Flandrienlus- 66 km
🚴The Brabant Arrow Small Cannibal Route- 23 km
The work refers to the many supporters who cheered the riders in their fight for the world title during the 2021 World Cycling Championships. Now the crowd encourages the many cycling tourists who ride the Flandrien loop here.
4. Street art DIEST
📍 Kluisbergstraat, 3290 Diest
🚴 Dwars door het Hageland gravel route- 80 km
🚲 Reynvaertroute- 42 km
The abstract work of a cyclist amidst a cloud of dust, makes you dream away to the race 'Dwars door het Hageland', which descends on Diest during late spring. The composition radiates a lot of speed but also the roughness and action of gravel cycling. This as a representation of the pleasure of a good dirty gravel ride. The long narrow horizontal plane and image are used in such a way that it can play out like a movie in passing or just by looking at it. The idea is to sense the moment. As a result, the viewer will oscillate between the feeling of the moment on the bike and the aesthetics of a mural.
5. Street art BREWERY PALM in Steenhuffel
📍 Palm Brewery, Steenhuffel village 1, 1840 Londerzeel
🚴 Cornet Gravel Road- 117 km
🚲 Diepensteyn Route - 40 km
The artwork 'The steel cyclist' shows the Cornet knight carrying his steel steed on his shoulders. The bicycle is both his weapon and his shield. His velvet, green cloak is a nod to Palm. The static pose and intimidating gaze exude pure strength and determination with the monumental statue being a real eye-catcher. The color palette and balanced composition make the mural blend with its surroundings.
6. Street art SVEN NYS
📍 Hellegat, 3221 Holsbee
🚴 Sven Nys Cycling Route - 101 km
🚲 Ter Heideroute - 44 km
🚴 Sven Nys Little Cannibal Route- 46 km
Artist Sam Billen's work breathes cyclocross. A few riders hunched over their handlebars, plow their way through the tunnel. Central to the work is the Cannibal of Baal, enjoying his sport. The mud, as it were, splashes off the artwork.
7. Street art REMCO EVENEPOEL
📍 Café Meyts-Pollé, Black Mill Street 24, 1671 Elingen
🚴 R.EV 1703 Cycling Route - 95 km
🚴R.EV 1703 Little Cannibal Route- 25.6 km
🚲 Lambic-Sun route - 51 km (artwork is 40m from bike route)
🥾 Four-village walk - 11.3 km (artwork is 40m from walking route)
The artwork "Rainbow Remco : Aerobullet" shows a monumental portrait of top talent Remco Evenepoel. The portrait radiates strength and looks forward, towards the future. The portrait incorporates the colors of the rainbow jersey, as Remco became world champion both on the road and in the individual time trial at a young age. Remco is also Belgian champion on the road, hence the Belgian tricolor in the artwork. The motion blur in the tricolor comes from the silhouette of Remco racing in his typical, recognizable pose on a time trial bike (the rear wheel of the bike is also a chronometer). Thanks to this posture, Remco is also nicknamed "Aerobullet," which also appears as an inscription on his bicycle helmet.
8. Street art BIERHUIS OUD-BEERSEL
📍 Bierhuis Oud-Beersel, Laarheidestraat 230, 1650 Beersel
🚴 Geuze Gravel Road - 97 km
🚲 Wild yeast route - 33 km
🥾 Kesterbeek walk - 8.1 km
9. Street art ROMMERSOM
📍 Tunnel under railroad, Rommersom, 3320 Hoegaarden
🚴 Pallox Gravel Road- 117 km
The work refers to the fruit region as a challenging gravel valhalla, laced with gravel roads, spirited cobblestones and field roads through the most beautiful landscapes.
10. Street art JASPER STUYVEN in LEUVEN
Ramberg z/n, 3000 Leuven
🚴 World gravel route Brabantse Wouden - 135.7 km
🚴 World gravel route variant 2 - Leuven loop - 80 km
🚴 Dijleland Gravel Route - 103.4 km
🚴 F landrien loop 66km - 66 km
This mural honors Belgian cyclist Jasper Stuyven. The dynamic image generates speed, as Jasper is known as a good sprinter. After a solo of just under 30km, Jasper Stuyven was the first to win the Belgian and European gravel titles. Hence the jersey of the Belgian tricolor and the stars in the blue stripe, in reference to these titles.