Bosgracht

48:49 Jolien Nuyts brings up the rear at 2 minutes. Everybody finished.

48:01 Femke Brouwers crosses the line 29th, at 1:36.

47:47 Ainhoa Ortega crosses the line 28th, at 1:22.

46:33 Fien Decock crosses the line 3rd, at 0:09.

46:26 Veerle Delrue crosses the line 2nd, at 0:02.

46:25 Nina Vercammen wins by 2 seconds.

46:10 Fien Decock is too quick for Roos De Clercq in the sequence of corners and lies 3rd now.

45:50 Veerle Brouwers dives past Jolien Truyens in the mud strip.

45:20 Maaike Vandenberghe has to let Emma Ceulemans go in the mud strip.

44:40 The front group is riding on sight, not on line; it all looks the same out there.

44:30 There are 3 of them at the front.

43:30 Nina Vercammen goes past Roos De Clercq and takes the lead.

43:29 Febe Deschepper slides out in the little climb at the back and loses 8 seconds.

43:10 In the pit Yara Verbeke gains a place on Jolien Truyens.

42:30 Nina Vercammen had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Fien Decock in the mud strip.

41:20 On a dry course there is little to win in the corners; it has to come from the legs.

41:10 The entrance to the sand strip is littered with abandoned bikes.

38:50 There are holes in the line through the wet meadow that nobody is riding out any more.

38:10 Get the hairpin wrong and you are standing still — and it is happening more and more.

37:50 Hardly anybody is getting off today, and that makes it an hour with no rest in it.

37:30 The course is hard underneath; this is a day for anyone who can keep the power on.

37:10 They are nearly all taking the same side through the steps now; the other line is finished.

36:50 Marthe Callens dives past Lise Verhoeven in the sand pit.

36:20 The line through the steps has opened right up.

35:20 Veerle Delrue takes Manon Chevalier back in the loose corner in the sand.

35:10 The gap to the first chaser is 13 seconds.

34:50 There is 14 seconds on the clock behind the leaders.

34:30 Noor Smets takes the other line through the sequence of corners and comes out ahead of Yara Verbeke.

34:20 The lines are fixed on a course this dry; they are all riding the same rut.

33:20 Hardly a bike change all day — there is nothing to wash off.

33:10 Ride the steep side instead of running it and you take half a second out of the rest every lap.

31:50 Dry and fast, and that makes it a long hour.

30:50 The hairpin is costing a few seconds more every lap.

30:40 The sequence of corners is drying out on the side the sun is on.

28:40 A day for racing on the pedals; there is nothing to slide away.

28:10 Yara Vandevelde dives past Camille Moreau in the wet meadow.

26:50 Manon Chevalier has to let Nina Vercammen go in the hollow.

26:30 Dust over the mud strip — there is no grip left in the corners.

26:20 Camille Renaud is too quick for Jolien Truyens in the hairpin and lies 13th now.

26:10 Dry and dusty, and by the end you cannot tell who is who.

26:00 Yara Verbeke goes past Jolien Peeters in the mud strip.

25:20 Eliška Černá had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Fien Naessens in the steep side.

25:00 There are holes in the line through the sequence of corners that nobody is riding out any more.

24:40 In the slippery descent Veerle Delrue gains a place on Noor Smets.

24:20 Roos De Clercq has opened a gap and is alone up there.

23:50 Hardly anybody is getting off today, and that makes it an hour with no rest in it.

23:30 Tyre pressure is half the race today, and nobody is saying so.

23:00 The ground in the sequence of corners has been ridden rock hard.

22:30 Justine Lefevre moves up to 3rd at Fien Decock's expense.

21:30 On a dry course there is little to win in the corners; it has to come from the legs.

21:10 Emma Ceulemans takes Eliška Černá back in the sequence of corners.

21:00 Veerle Delrue takes the other line through the deep furrow and comes out ahead of Camille Moreau.

20:20 Jolien Peeters dives past Camille Moreau in the sand strip.

19:50 Veerle Delrue is too quick for Veerle Brouwers in the hollow and lies 12th now.

19:20 Veerle Delrue takes Jolien Truyens back in the sand strip.

19:10 The sand in the hollow is loose and deep — that is where the hour will be decided.

19:00 Maaike Vandenberghe has to let Yara Vandevelde go in the pit.

18:20 Ride the deep furrow instead of running it and you take half a second out of the rest every lap.

18:10 Veerle Delrue goes past Fien Naessens in the second sand pit.

18:00 The course is hard underneath; this is a day for anyone who can keep the power on.

17:50 The pits are working flat out.

17:20 Yara Vandevelde takes the other line through the deep furrow and comes out ahead of Febe Deschepper.

17:10 Get the wet meadow wrong and you are standing still — and it is happening more and more.

16:50 Half the field is running the little climb at the back by now.

16:40 Kaat Deschepper has to let Emma Ceulemans go in the sequence of corners.

16:30 The entrance to the mud strip is littered with abandoned bikes.

15:50 Roos De Clercq goes past Manon Chevalier and takes the lead.

15:40 There are 3 of them at the front.

14:30 A day for racing on the pedals; there is nothing to slide away.

14:10 A front group of 3, and they are watching each other.

13:00 In the steps Kaat Deschepper gains a place on Femke Brouwers.

12:20 The line through the loose corner in the sand has opened right up.

11:50 Roos De Clercq dives past Nina Vercammen in the hollow.

11:40 Lena Casteels has to let Britt Roelants go in the little climb at the back.

11:30 Justine Lefevre had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Jolien Truyens in the steep side.

11:00 Manon Chevalier goes past Nina Vercammen and takes the lead.

10:50 With 5 up front, and Nina Vercammen on the front of it.

10:30 Roos De Clercq is too quick for Fien Decock in the wet meadow and lies 4th now.

10:20 Dry and dusty, and by the end you cannot tell who is who.

10:00 The sand in the little bridge is loose and deep — that is where the hour will be decided.

9:50 Dust over the mud strip — there is no grip left in the corners.

9:10 Nina Vercammen goes past Yara Verbeke and takes the lead.

8:40 It is dusting up in the little bridge; anyone at the back is riding in a cloud.

8:30 In the deep furrow Jolien Peeters gains a place on Marthe Callens.

8:20 Camille Renaud goes past Femke Brouwers in the sand pit.

8:00 The lines are fixed on a course this dry; they are all riding the same rut.

7:50 Manon Chevalier had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Emma Ceulemans in the deep furrow.

7:40 Roos De Clercq takes Lena Casteels back in the wet meadow.

7:10 Hardly anybody is getting off today, and that makes it an hour with no rest in it.

6:50 Tyre pressure is half the race today, and nobody is saying so.

6:20 The ground in the little bridge has been ridden rock hard.

6:10 Hardly a bike change all day — there is nothing to wash off.

5:30 A front group of 8, and they are watching each other.

4:50 The field is still all together at the front.

3:52 Jolien Peeters slides out in the hairpin and loses 7 seconds.

3:40 The gap to the first chaser is 4 seconds.

3:10 Dry and fast, and that makes it a long hour.

2:20 The sand pit is costing a few seconds more every lap.

2:10 The sequence of corners is drying out on the side the sun is on.

1:40 There is 4 seconds on the clock behind the leaders.

1:20 All five are hunting a different line through the sequence of corners; none of them is finding the good one.

0:50 The line through the hurdles is shifting; they are riding a metre off where they were a moment ago.

0:20 The course is hard underneath; this is a day for anyone who can keep the power on.

0:05 Yara Verbeke goes past Nina Vercammen and takes the lead.

0:00 Bosgracht: dry course, 6 laps. Mostly mud and sand.