We drove out from our hotel in Kruishoutem to one of the first cobbled sections, then stood in a field with a load of the locals and watched the break and the peloton go past, along with some totally lunatic team car drivers.
Then we headed over to Oudenaarde, negotiated our way round lots of road closures, and rode up the Kwaremont to the spectator area near the top. It wasn’t that easy to see the action (limpets and rocks have nothing on Belgian sports fans and railings) but they had a big screen and there was a stall giving out free beer. 🙂
There’s supposedly a plan to sell tickets for the Kwaremont and the Paterberg next year, which would make spontaneous spectating a bit harder.