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6:00:00 total cut-off
Historical race-date favourability, not a forecast
Verified GPS route
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RaceIndex has a GPS course file for Sofico Gent Marathon, so runners can inspect the route line on the map. Elevation charts and ascent figures appear only when that file includes usable elevation data.
The Sofico Gent Marathon is described as flat.
The Sofico Gent Marathon route starts at Sport Vlaanderen Gent (Topsporthal), Zuiderlaan 14, 9000 Ghent and finishes at Sport Vlaanderen Gent (Topsporthal), Zuiderlaan 14, 9000 Ghent. Underfoot, expect a road course. It passes Ghent historic city centre, Korenmarkt, Three Towers of Ghent, Saint Nicholas Church and Belfry of Ghent. Marathon course is built from four loops (western, northern, eastern, southern) all returning through Ghent's historic centre.
Free supervised bag storage from 08:00; tear-off tag attached to sports bag, collected by bib number until 17:30. Run on closed roads with rolling, pace-based road closures. Course features numerous entertainers and tens of thousands of spectators along the route. Refreshment stations approximately every 5 km. 9 pace groups from 2:59 to 5:00, identified by coloured flags.