Middelkerke is a municipality located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Leffinge, Lombardsijde, Mannekensvere, Middelkerke proper, Schore, Sint-Pieters-Kapelle, Slijpe, Westende and Wilskerke. On January 1, 2004 Middelkerke had a total population of 17,501 (8,621 males and 8,880 females). The total area is 75.65 km² which gives a population density of 231.33 inhabitants per km². A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ... West Flanders (Dutch: West-Vlaanderen) is the westernmost province of Flanders and of Belgium. ... Westende is a small city in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium, and in the Flemish province of West-Vlaanderen. ... January 1 is the first day of the calendar year in both the Julian and Gregorian calendars. ... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ...
Middelkerke - C2 Middelkerke, Belgium, December 29, 2006
It took a while before the Belgian – currently second on the UCI cyclo-cross rankings – was able to ride away from his rivals but once he did he cruised to a rather easy victory.
Philippe Gilbert was also at the start in Middelkerke, yesterday (Loenhout) he managed to finish the race.