Bosgracht
Zonhoven · Sunday 27 September 2026 · · week 4 of Summer 2026 · Second division A under-23 men
dry course · 6 laps · mud and sand — settled — this is what it will be, 25°, 0 mm in drie dagen · 1.940 spectators lined the course
The podium
| 1 goud | Corentin Renaud — | 45:58 — | 30 pts € 900 |
| 2 zilver | Siebe Deschepper — | 46:33 +35.1s | 25 pts € 600 |
| 3 brons | Emiel Casteels — | 46:39 +41.8s | 21 pts € 450 |
The course
- the mud strip
- the sand pit
- the sequence of corners
- the steps
- the deep furrow
- the second sand pit
- the little bridge
The rest of the result
| Rider | Team | Time | Gap | Prize | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Lars Demeyer | — | 46:51 | +53.3s | € 320 | 18 |
| 5 | Aaron Segers | — | 46:51 | +53.7s | € 320 | 17 |
| 6 | Matěj Beneš | — | 46:57 | +59.0s | € 320 | 16 |
| 7 | Simon Maes | — | 46:59 | +1:01 | € 220 | 15 |
| 8 | Vic Vanacker | — | 47:02 | +1:04 | € 220 | 14 |
| 9 | Senne Vandaele guest rider | — | 47:03 | +1:05 | € 220 | |
| 10 | Maxime Rousseau | — | 47:04 | +1:07 | € 220 | 12 |
| 11 | Florian Barbier | — | 47:07 | +1:10 | € 150 | 11 |
| 12 | Joppe Rombouts guest rider | — | 47:08 | +1:10 | € 150 | |
| 13 | Tuur Verhoeven | — | 47:10 | +1:12 | € 150 | 9 |
| 14 | Joppe Wauters | — | 47:15 | +1:17 | € 150 | 8 |
| 15 | Mauro Vranken | — | 47:18 | +1:21 | € 150 | 7 |
| 16 | Nacho Iglesias | — | 47:20 | +1:22 | € 150 | 6 |
| 17 | Kasper Vandevelde | — | 47:20 | +1:22 | € 150 | 5 |
| 18 | Matěj Veselý | — | 47:21 | +1:24 | € 150 | 4 |
| 19 | Gilles Vermote | — | 47:23 | +1:26 | € 150 | 3 |
| 20 | Maxime Moreau | — | 47:24 | +1:27 | € 150 | 2 |
| 21 | Sil Willems | — | 47:33 | +1:35 | € 90 | |
| 22 | Brecht Maes | Thielex | 47:34 | +1:36 | € 90 | |
| 23 | Jakub Svoboda | — | 47:36 | +1:38 | € 90 | |
| 24 | Matěj Svoboda | — | 47:42 | +1:44 | € 90 | |
| 25 | Tuur Lambrecht | Oorstampers | 47:58 | +2:00 | € 90 | |
| 26 | Lennert Verhoeven | — | 48:06 | +2:09 | € 90 | |
| 27 | Joran Casteels | De Raketten | 48:09 | +2:12 | € 90 | |
| 28 | Tuur Vanhee | — | 48:10 | +2:12 | € 90 | |
| 29 | Jelle Bruggeman | — | 48:11 Spare bike: punctured and changed bikes. | +2:14 | € 90 | |
| 30 | Sil Coene | — | 48:46 | +2:48 | € 90 |
Race report
48:46 Sil Coene brings up the rear at 3 minutes. Everybody finished.
48:11 Jelle Bruggeman crosses the line 29th, at 2:14.
48:10 Tuur Vanhee crosses the line 28th, at 2:12.
46:39 Emiel Casteels crosses the line 3rd, at 0:42.
46:33 Siebe Deschepper crosses the line 2nd, at 0:35.
45:58 Corentin Renaud wins by 35 seconds.
45:30 Hardly anybody is getting off today, and that makes it an hour with no rest in it.
45:10 Ride the sand strip instead of running it and you take half a second out of the rest every lap.
45:00 A day for racing on the pedals; there is nothing to slide away.
44:50 It is dusting up in the wet meadow; anyone at the back is riding in a cloud.
44:30 The deep furrow is getting looser with every lap.
44:00 Half the field is running the deep furrow by now.
43:50 The course is hard underneath; this is a day for anyone who can keep the power on.
43:30 The line through the sand pit is shifting; they are riding a metre off where they were a moment ago.
43:00 Joppe Wauters takes Kasper Vandevelde back in the mud strip.
42:50 The sand pit is costing a few seconds more every lap.
42:40 Tuur Verhoeven takes the other line through the sand pit and comes out ahead of Mauro Vranken.
41:50 All five are hunting a different line through the sequence of corners; none of them is finding the good one.
41:40 The gap to the first chaser is 27 seconds.
41:30 They are nearly all taking the same side through the off-camber now; the other line is finished.
41:10 Kasper Vandevelde has to let Florian Barbier go in the sequence of corners.
40:30 On a dry course there is little to win in the corners; it has to come from the legs.
40:00 The off-camber is tearing itself apart; next lap it will be brutal in there.
39:50 Get the sand strip wrong and you are standing still — and it is happening more and more.
39:30 The line through the second sand pit has opened right up.
39:20 Corentin Renaud has opened a gap and is alone up there.
39:10 Dry and fast, and that makes it a long hour.
38:40 In the loose corner in the sand Florian Barbier gains a place on Matěj Veselý.
38:20 There are holes in the line through the sand strip that nobody is riding out any more.
38:10 Dry and dusty, and by the end you cannot tell who is who.
38:00 Jakub Svoboda is too quick for Gilles Vermote in the second sand pit and lies 22nd now.
37:50 Hardly anybody is getting off today, and that makes it an hour with no rest in it.
37:30 The ground in the hurdles has been ridden rock hard.
37:20 The loose corner in the sand is drying out on the side the sun is on.
37:10 The course is hard underneath; this is a day for anyone who can keep the power on.
36:00 There is 26 seconds on the clock behind the leaders.
35:00 Lars Demeyer had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Simon Maes in the sequence of corners.
34:00 Senne Vandaele takes Matěj Veselý back in the hairpin.
33:50 Aaron Segers dives past Matěj Veselý in the little bridge.
33:40 Hardly a bike change all day — there is nothing to wash off.
33:10 Maxime Moreau takes the other line through the wet meadow and comes out ahead of Matěj Svoboda.
33:00 The line through the little climb at the back is shifting; they are riding a metre off where they were a moment ago.
31:00 The sand strip is costing a few seconds more every lap.
30:50 The gap to the first chaser is 28 seconds.
30:40 Maxime Moreau had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Nacho Iglesias in the mud strip.
30:30 The entrance to the hurdles is littered with abandoned bikes.
29:40 The pits are working flat out.
29:20 It is getting harder through the second sand pit with every lap that goes by.
29:00 Aaron Segers goes past Florian Barbier in the slippery descent.
28:30 In the mud strip Mauro Vranken gains a place on Florian Barbier.
28:20 The slippery descent is getting looser with every lap.
28:00 Tyre pressure is half the race today, and nobody is saying so.
27:50 Matěj Beneš has to let Simon Maes go in the steps.
27:40 The line through the loose corner in the sand has opened right up.
27:30 Hardly anybody is getting off today, and that makes it an hour with no rest in it.
27:20 Get the second sand pit wrong and you are standing still — and it is happening more and more.
27:14 Jelle Bruggeman punctures in the steep side, changes bike and loses 10 seconds.
26:50 Maxime Moreau takes the other line through the wet meadow and comes out ahead of Tuur Lambrecht.
26:40 Dust over the deep furrow — there is no grip left in the corners.
26:30 The sand in the pit is loose and deep — that is where the hour will be decided.
26:20 Simon Maes is too quick for Vic Vanacker in the deep furrow and lies 5th now.
26:10 They are nearly all taking the same side through the little bridge now; the other line is finished.
26:00 Mauro Vranken dives past Gilles Vermote in the off-camber.
25:50 The course is hard underneath; this is a day for anyone who can keep the power on.
25:40 Dry and fast, and that makes it a long hour.
25:30 Simon Maes takes Matěj Veselý back in the mud strip.
25:20 Corentin Renaud is out on their own at the front.
25:00 Vic Vanacker takes Maxime Rousseau back in the sand pit.
24:40 There are holes in the line through the steps that nobody is riding out any more.
24:00 The ground in the steep side has been ridden rock hard.
23:30 Maxime Moreau dives past Jelle Bruggeman in the off-camber.
23:20 Lennert Verhoeven goes past Tuur Vanhee in the slippery descent.
23:10 Dry and dusty, and by the end you cannot tell who is who.
22:30 Dust over the slippery descent — there is no grip left in the corners.
22:10 Florian Barbier has to let Gilles Vermote go in the little climb at the back.
21:30 The pits are working flat out.
21:10 Ride the slippery descent instead of running it and you take half a second out of the rest every lap.
20:40 Matěj Beneš had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Matěj Veselý in the slippery descent.
20:30 The line through the steep side has opened right up.
18:50 The sequence of corners is getting looser with every lap.
18:40 Matěj Svoboda takes the other line through the hurdles and comes out ahead of Jakub Svoboda.
17:20 Corentin Renaud has opened a gap and is alone up there.
16:40 Vic Vanacker is too quick for Kasper Vandevelde in the sequence of corners and lies 11th now.
16:30 They are nearly all taking the same side through the slippery descent now; the other line is finished.
15:50 The deep furrow is costing a few seconds more every lap.
15:30 In the second sand pit Siebe Deschepper gains a place on Matěj Beneš.
15:15 Corentin Renaud goes past Emiel Casteels and takes the lead.
15:10 Tyre pressure is half the race today, and nobody is saying so.
14:30 All five are hunting a different line through the hairpin; none of them is finding the good one.
14:00 The entrance to the off-camber is littered with abandoned bikes.
13:30 The course is hard underneath; this is a day for anyone who can keep the power on.
13:00 The lines are fixed on a course this dry; they are all riding the same rut.
12:50 Florian Barbier is too quick for Siebe Deschepper in the wet meadow and lies 10th now.
12:25 Emiel Casteels goes past Corentin Renaud and takes the lead.
12:00 The line through the loose corner in the sand is shifting; they are riding a metre off where they were a moment ago.
11:30 Brecht Maes dives past Sil Willems in the mud strip.
11:00 A front group of 3, and they are watching each other.
10:50 Kasper Vandevelde takes Joppe Wauters back in the wet meadow.
10:40 The pits are working flat out.
10:30 A day for racing on the pedals; there is nothing to slide away.
10:00 In the hairpin Matěj Veselý gains a place on Matěj Beneš.
9:50 Senne Vandaele goes past Kasper Vandevelde in the sand strip.
9:20 The wet meadow is getting looser with every lap.
8:50 Matěj Beneš has to let Joppe Rombouts go in the little climb at the back.
8:40 Kasper Vandevelde had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Tuur Vanhee in the wet meadow.
8:25 Corentin Renaud goes past Maxime Rousseau and takes the lead.
8:00 The sand in the pit is loose and deep — that is where the hour will be decided.
7:50 The ground in the off-camber has been ridden rock hard.
6:50 Dry and fast, and that makes it a long hour.
6:30 With 6 up front, and Maxime Rousseau on the front of it.
6:20 Dry and dusty, and by the end you cannot tell who is who.
6:00 Get the second sand pit wrong and you are standing still — and it is happening more and more.
5:50 They are nearly all taking the same side through the sand strip now; the other line is finished.
5:10 All five are hunting a different line through the little bridge; none of them is finding the good one.
5:00 Ride the second sand pit instead of running it and you take half a second out of the rest every lap.
4:30 The off-camber is costing a few seconds more every lap.
4:20 The field is still all together at the front.
3:40 There is 4 seconds on the clock behind the leaders.
3:00 The line through the sand pit has opened right up.
2:40 Hardly a bike change all day — there is nothing to wash off.
2:00 The gap to the first chaser is 5 seconds.
1:40 Half the field is running the little bridge by now.
0:30 The course is hard underneath; this is a day for anyone who can keep the power on.
0:10 Maxime Rousseau goes past Corentin Renaud in the sequence of corners.
0:05 Maxime Rousseau goes past Corentin Renaud and takes the lead.
0:00 Bosgracht: dry course, 6 laps. Mostly mud and sand.