Côte de la Meuse

49:43 Kaat Naessens brings up the rear at 2 minutes. Everybody finished.

49:35 Femke Dierckx crosses the line 29th, at 1:36.

49:34 Amber Vanhee crosses the line 28th, at 1:35.

48:13 Julie Cuypers crosses the line 3rd, at 0:15.

48:08 Anke Maertens crosses the line 2nd, at 0:09.

47:59 Markéta Kučerová wins by 9 seconds.

47:50 Dry and dusty, and by the end you cannot tell who is who.

47:40 Noémie Marchand is too quick for Yara Brouwers in the start straight and lies 6th now.

46:10 Hardly a bike change all day — there is nothing to wash off.

45:40 Markéta Kučerová is out on their own at the front.

45:30 Zoë Verlinden has to let Fauve Verbeke go in the sequence of corners.

45:00 Hardly anybody is getting off today, and that makes it an hour with no rest in it.

43:40 The lines are fixed on a course this dry; they are all riding the same rut.

43:30 Noémie Marchand takes the other line through the hairpin and comes out ahead of Elke Roelants.

43:20 The gap to the first chaser is 6 seconds.

43:10 Fauve Verbeke takes Kaat Herteleer back in the steep side.

43:00 The line through the little climb at the back has opened right up.

42:50 Markéta Kučerová goes past Anke Maertens and takes the lead.

42:00 Dry and fast, and that makes it a long hour.

41:40 The steep side is getting looser with every lap.

41:05 Anke Maertens goes past Marie Vanhoutte and takes the lead.

40:30 The off-camber is drying out on the side the sun is on.

40:20 The off-camber is costing a few seconds more every lap.

40:10 The ground in the hollow has been ridden rock hard.

40:00 With 2 up front, and Marie Vanhoutte on the front of it.

39:30 Tyre pressure is half the race today, and nobody is saying so.

39:00 Get the off-camber wrong and you are standing still — and it is happening more and more.

38:10 Elke Segers dives past Coralie Chevalier in the off-camber.

37:20 Ride the start straight instead of running it and you take half a second out of the rest every lap.

37:10 There are 2 of them at the front.

37:00 A front group of 2, and they are watching each other.

35:50 A day for racing on the pedals; there is nothing to slide away.

35:20 There are holes in the line through the steep side that nobody is riding out any more.

35:00 Yara Brouwers has to let Elke Roelants go in the mud strip.

34:40 The sand in the long straight is loose and deep — that is where the hour will be decided.

33:40 Dust over the steps — there is no grip left in the corners.

33:10 Eline Decock has to let Britt Verbeke go in the steep side.

33:00 Hardly a bike change all day — there is nothing to wash off.

32:30 Nore Hermans goes past Femke Dierckx in the hollow.

32:20 Britt Verbeke had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Océane Lefevre in the hollow.

32:10 It is dusting up in the long straight; anyone at the back is riding in a cloud.

32:00 On a dry course there is little to win in the corners; it has to come from the legs.

31:40 Dry and dusty, and by the end you cannot tell who is who.

31:00 Marie Vanhoutte goes past Julie Cuypers and takes the lead.

30:30 Elke Segers takes Kaat Lambrecht back in the sequence of corners.

30:00 All five are hunting a different line through the hollow; none of them is finding the good one.

29:30 In the steep side Eline Decock gains a place on Jolien Dierckx.

29:10 They are nearly all taking the same side through the hairpin now; the other line is finished.

29:00 The course is hard underneath; this is a day for anyone who can keep the power on.

28:10 The steep side is drying out on the side the sun is on.

27:00 The line through the little bridge has opened right up.

26:30 Lena Lambrecht takes the other line through the wide section and comes out ahead of Jolien Dierckx.

26:20 Hardly anybody is getting off today, and that makes it an hour with no rest in it.

25:40 Jolien Dierckx has to let Markéta Kučerová go in the finishing straight.

24:50 The lines are fixed on a course this dry; they are all riding the same rut.

24:40 Kaat Herteleer dives past Kaat Lambrecht in the little bridge.

24:10 There are 2 of them at the front.

21:50 Lucía Casas is too quick for Océane Lefevre in the steep side and lies 6th now.

21:30 The slippery descent is tearing itself apart; next lap it will be brutal in there.

21:00 Ride the little bridge instead of running it and you take half a second out of the rest every lap.

19:52 Femke Dierckx punctures in the little bridge, changes bike and loses 17 seconds.

19:10 Hardly a bike change all day — there is nothing to wash off.

18:30 Dust over the wet meadow — there is no grip left in the corners.

18:00 Up front Julie Cuypers goes past Zoë Verlinden — 1st now.

18:00 Julie Cuypers goes past Zoë Verlinden and takes the lead.

17:40 The ground in the hollow has been ridden rock hard.

17:10 With 3 up front, and Zoë Verlinden on the front of it.

17:00 Amandine Lefevre had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Femke Dierckx in the steep side.

16:10 Julie Cuypers moves up to 2nd at Océane Lefevre's expense.

15:20 Sanne Vermeulen takes Jolien Dierckx back in the hollow.

15:10 Sanne Vermeulen takes Noémie Marchand back in the hollow.

15:00 On a dry course there is little to win in the corners; it has to come from the legs.

13:20 Half the field is running the hollow by now.

13:10 Markéta Benešová goes past Nore Hermans in the long straight.

12:40 Coralie Chevalier had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Kaat Naessens in the steep side.

12:20 Fauve Verbeke takes the other line through the start straight and comes out ahead of Amber Vanhee.

12:10 The pit is drying out on the side the sun is on.

11:48 Yara Brouwers slides out in the start straight and loses 8 seconds.

11:38 Zoë Verlinden slides out in the finishing straight and loses 3 seconds.

11:30 Zoë Verlinden goes past Noémie Marchand and takes the lead.

11:10 A day for racing on the pedals; there is nothing to slide away.

11:00 In the hollow Amber Vanhee gains a place on Femke Coppens.

10:50 Markéta Benešová takes Coralie Chevalier back in the long straight.

10:40 Britt Verbeke has to let Elke Roelants go in the wide section.

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

9:40 Tyre pressure is half the race today, and nobody is saying so.

9:30 The hairpin is getting looser with every lap.

8:50 Sanne Vermeulen dives past Lena Lambrecht in the steep side.

8:40 Hardly a bike change all day — there is nothing to wash off.

8:30 Océane Lefevre is too quick for Lucía Casas in the steep side and lies 5th now.

8:20 Dust over the long straight — there is no grip left in the corners.

7:40 The lines are fixed on a course this dry; they are all riding the same rut.

7:30 The entrance to the little climb at the back is littered with abandoned bikes.

7:20 It is dusting up in the little climb at the back; anyone at the back is riding in a cloud.

7:00 Hardly anybody is getting off today, and that makes it an hour with no rest in it.

6:30 There are holes in the line through the sequence of corners that nobody is riding out any more.

6:10 Get the off-camber wrong and you are standing still — and it is happening more and more.

5:10 On a dry course there is little to win in the corners; it has to come from the legs.

4:20 The line through the deep furrow is shifting; they are riding a metre off where they were a moment ago.

3:20 The gap to the first chaser is 4 seconds.

2:50 Ride the little climb at the back instead of running it and you take half a second out of the rest every lap.

2:30 The sand in the steep side is loose and deep — that is where the hour will be decided.

2:20 A day for racing on the pedals; there is nothing to slide away.

2:10 The pits are working flat out.

2:00 The course is hard underneath; this is a day for anyone who can keep the power on.

1:50 They are nearly all taking the same side through the steep side now; the other line is finished.

1:30 Nothing has split at the front yet; Noémie Marchand is leading it.

1:00 The hollow is getting looser with every lap.

0:50 Dry and dusty, and by the end you cannot tell who is who.

0:30 Tyre pressure is half the race today, and nobody is saying so.

0:10 Noémie Marchand moves up to 1st at Julie Cuypers's expense.

0:05 Noémie Marchand goes past Markéta Kučerová and takes the lead.

0:00 Côte de la Meuse: dry course, 6 laps. Mostly climbing and power.