Kasteelcross

39:16 Sander Dhaene brings up the rear at 2 minutes. Everybody finished.

39:15 Bavo Steyaert crosses the line 29th, at 1:29.

39:09 Toon Ceulemans crosses the line 28th, at 1:23.

37:51 Tibo Goossens crosses the line 3rd, at 0:05.

37:46 Matthias Dierckx crosses the line 2nd, at 0:00.

37:46 Karel Dierckx wins the sprint.

37:30 Karel Dierckx goes past Matthias Dierckx and takes the lead.

37:20 The sand in the off-camber is loose and deep — that is where the hour will be decided.

36:50 Dry and dusty, and by the end you cannot tell who is who.

36:10 A day for racing on the pedals; there is nothing to slide away.

36:00 The front group is riding on sight, not on line; it all looks the same out there.

35:50 On a dry course there is little to win in the corners; it has to come from the legs.

34:50 Seppe Geens takes Kobe Maes back in the hairpin.

34:40 Ride the finishing straight instead of running it and you take half a second out of the rest every lap.

34:10 The slippery descent is getting looser with every lap.

33:10 In the mud strip Siebe Cools gains a place on Jorne Roelants.

32:50 Dries Beyens is too quick for Jorne Roelants in the wide section and lies 9th now.

32:40 There are holes in the line through the mud strip that nobody is riding out any more.

32:20 There are 3 of them at the front.

32:15 Matthias Dierckx goes past Tibo Goossens and takes the lead.

32:00 Lars Segers dives past Kobe Maes in the sequence of corners.

31:50 Hardly a bike change all day — there is nothing to wash off.

31:40 The line through the mud strip has opened right up.

31:10 Get the long straight wrong and you are standing still — and it is happening more and more.

30:40 Half the field is running the off-camber by now.

30:10 The gap to the first chaser is 4 seconds.

29:50 It is getting harder through the deep furrow with every lap that goes by.

29:40 Tyre pressure is half the race today, and nobody is saying so.

29:20 Jorne Roelants goes past Dries Beyens in the little climb at the back.

29:10 A front group of 2, and they are watching each other.

29:00 Lars Segers takes the other line through the little bridge and comes out ahead of Tibo Wauters.

28:50 Seppe Geens has to let Michiel Vanhee go in the hairpin.

28:10 Kobe Maes had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Tuur Dierckx in the hairpin.

28:00 Dry and dusty, and by the end you cannot tell who is who.

27:50 Michiel Vanhee is too quick for Jarne Wauters in the little climb at the back and lies 20th now.

27:20 The front group is riding on sight, not on line; it all looks the same out there.

27:10 The entrance to the mud strip is littered with abandoned bikes.

27:01 Sander Dhaene slides out in the slippery descent and loses 6 seconds.

27:00 Joran Vranken has to let Karel Dierckx go in the off-camber.

26:50 Lars Segers had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Michiel Struyf in the slippery descent.

26:42 Toon Ceulemans goes down in the slippery descent and loses 28 seconds.

26:40 Jorne Roelants goes past Tuur Dierckx in the slippery descent.

26:00 There are holes in the line through the long straight that nobody is riding out any more.

25:50 Up front Tibo Goossens goes past Joran Vranken — 1st now.

25:45 Tibo Goossens goes past Joran Vranken and takes the lead.

25:20 The sequence of corners is getting looser with every lap.

25:10 Kobe Maes takes Tibo Wauters back in the sequence of corners.

24:40 Get the hairpin wrong and you are standing still — and it is happening more and more.

24:10 Jorne Depoorter dives past Tibo Wauters in the mud strip.

24:00 In the steep side Brecht Verhoeven gains a place on Tibo Wauters.

23:30 Joran Vranken is too quick for Tibo Herteleer in the hurdles and lies 1st now.

23:30 Joran Vranken goes past Tibo Herteleer and takes the lead.

23:10 The pit is drying out on the side the sun is on.

23:00 Half the field is running the finishing straight by now.

22:20 Dust over the hollow — there is no grip left in the corners.

21:20 Tuur Dierckx takes the other line through the start straight and comes out ahead of Kobe Maes.

20:50 Ride the hairpin instead of running it and you take half a second out of the rest every lap.

20:25 Tibo Herteleer goes past Joran Vranken and takes the lead.

20:10 Hardly anybody is getting off today, and that makes it an hour with no rest in it.

19:10 Tuur Dierckx dives past Brecht Verhoeven in the deep furrow.

18:57 Karel De Clercq slides out in the little bridge and loses 3 seconds.

18:30 Dry and dusty, and by the end you cannot tell who is who.

18:10 Tuur Dierckx had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Michiel Struyf in the off-camber.

17:20 Dries Beyens dives past Jorne Depoorter in the finishing straight.

17:10 A day for racing on the pedals; there is nothing to slide away.

16:30 On a dry course there is little to win in the corners; it has to come from the legs.

15:20 Joran Vranken is out on their own at the front.

15:00 Dries Beyens goes past Tibo Wauters in the finishing straight.

14:40 Kobe Maes has to let Tibo Wauters go in the wet meadow.

13:10 Hardly a bike change all day — there is nothing to wash off.

13:00 Michiel Struyf takes Seppe Geens back in the slippery descent.

12:40 Jorne Depoorter takes Kobe Maes back in the deep furrow.

11:40 Tibo Wauters had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Brecht Verhoeven in the wet meadow.

11:30 Dry and fast, and that makes it a long hour.

11:10 The gap to the first chaser is 7 seconds.

10:20 Toon Ceulemans is too quick for Siebe Cools in the slippery descent and lies 12th now.

10:00 Jorne Depoorter goes past Jarne Wauters in the mud strip.

9:50 Tyre pressure is half the race today, and nobody is saying so.

9:20 In the pit Jorne Depoorter gains a place on Toon Ceulemans.

8:00 Cedric Verlinden takes the other line through the slippery descent and comes out ahead of Lennert Vranken.

7:30 Tibo Goossens dives past Kobe Maes in the hollow.

7:10 The line through the little bridge has opened right up.

6:30 The ground in the off-camber has been ridden rock hard.

6:20 The course is hard underneath; this is a day for anyone who can keep the power on.

6:00 There is 7 seconds on the clock behind the leaders.

5:50 Dust over the slippery descent — there is no grip left in the corners.

5:30 With 3 up front, and Joran Vranken on the front of it.

4:00 The mud strip is costing a few seconds more every lap.

3:50 Sander Dhaene slides out in the steep side and loses 1 second.

3:20 A front group of 4, and they are watching each other.

2:40 Hardly anybody is getting off today, and that makes it an hour with no rest in it.

2:10 Get the off-camber wrong and you are standing still — and it is happening more and more.

0:05 Joran Vranken goes past Karel Dierckx and takes the lead.

0:00 Kasteelcross: dry course, 5 laps. Mostly mud and technique.