Kasteelcross
Baal · Sunday 1 November 2026 · · week 5 of Autumn 2026 · Third division B elite women
dry course · 6 laps · mud and technique — settled — this is what it will be, 10°, 0 mm in drie dagen · 3.150 spectators lined the course
The podium
| 1 goud | Maaike Wauters — | 45:00 — | 30 pts € 900 |
| 2 zilver | Britt Herteleer — | 45:00 +0.2s | 25 pts € 600 |
| 3 brons | Kaat Bogaerts — | 45:05 +5.6s | 21 pts € 450 |
The course
- the mud strip
- the sequence of corners
- the long straight
- the steps
- the deep furrow
- the little bridge
The rest of the result
| Rider | Team | Time | Gap | Prize | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Lore Herteleer | — | 45:14 | +14.6s | € 320 | 18 |
| 5 | Ilse Willems | — | 45:32 | +32.7s | € 320 | 17 |
| 6 | Janne Vandaele | — | 45:33 | +33.6s | € 320 | 16 |
| 7 | Zoë Baeten | — | 45:36 | +35.9s | € 220 | 15 |
| 8 | Julie Verstraete | — | 45:46 | +46.5s | € 220 | 14 |
| 9 | Lore Struyf | — | 45:46 | +46.8s | € 220 | 13 |
| 10 | Hanne Baeten | — | 45:47 | +47.8s | € 220 | 12 |
| 11 | Griet Verstraete | — | 45:48 | +48.6s | € 150 | 11 |
| 12 | Marthe Debruyne | — | 45:51 | +50.8s | € 150 | 10 |
| 13 | Marthe Truyens | — | 45:51 | +51.3s | € 150 | 9 |
| 14 | Lise Vercammen | Fullgazzz | 45:58 | +58.5s | € 150 | 8 |
| 15 | Marie Cools | — | 45:58 | +58.5s | € 150 | 7 |
| 16 | Yara Naessens | — | 46:02 | +1:02 | € 150 | 6 |
| 17 | Febe Dierckx | — | 46:02 Spare bike: punctured and changed bikes. | +1:02 | € 150 | 5 |
| 18 | Femke Cools | — | 46:06 | +1:06 | € 150 | 4 |
| 19 | Nore Beyens | — | 46:08 | +1:08 | € 150 | 3 |
| 20 | Wies Debruyne | — | 46:16 | +1:16 | € 150 | 2 |
| 21 | Marie Dhaene | — | 46:17 | +1:17 | € 90 | |
| 22 | Robin Roelants | — | 46:21 | +1:21 | € 90 | |
| 23 | Marthe Willems | — | 46:31 | +1:31 | € 90 | |
| 24 | Tine Delrue | — | 46:34 | +1:34 | € 90 | |
| 25 | Kaat Ceulemans | — | 46:39 | +1:39 | € 90 | |
| 26 | Nina Verstraete | — | 46:47 Spare bike: punctured and changed bikes. | +1:48 | € 90 | |
| 27 | Aline Maertens | — | 46:49 | +1:49 | € 90 | |
| 28 | Sanne Coene | — | 46:53 | +1:53 | € 90 | |
| 29 | Nore Vandenberghe | — | 46:58 | +1:58 | € 90 | |
| 30 | Lise Cools | — | 46:59 | +2:00 | € 90 | |
| 31 | Nore Demeyer | — | 47:11 | +2:11 | ||
| 32 | Eline Claes | — | 47:11 | +2:12 | ||
| 33 | Roos Depoorter | — | 47:12 | +2:13 | ||
| 34 | Sara Baeten | — | 47:42 | +2:42 | ||
| 35 | Anke Hermans | — | 47:42 | +2:43 |
Race report
47:42 Anke Hermans brings up the rear at 3 minutes. Everybody finished.
47:42 Sara Baeten crosses the line 34th, at 2:42.
47:12 Roos Depoorter crosses the line 33rd, at 2:13.
45:05 Kaat Bogaerts crosses the line 3rd, at 0:06.
45:00 Britt Herteleer crosses the line 2nd, at 0:00.
45:00 Maaike Wauters wins the sprint.
44:50 Maaike Wauters goes past Britt Herteleer and takes the lead.
44:40 With 2 up front, and Britt Herteleer on the front of it.
44:20 Hardly a bike change all day — there is nothing to wash off.
43:50 There are holes in the line through the mud strip that nobody is riding out any more.
43:20 The course is hard underneath; this is a day for anyone who can keep the power on.
43:00 On a dry course there is little to win in the corners; it has to come from the legs.
42:30 Nina Verstraete punctures in the hairpin, changes bike and loses 26 seconds.
42:20 Tyre pressure is half the race today, and nobody is saying so.
42:10 Julie Verstraete is too quick for Marthe Truyens in the hairpin and lies 9th now.
41:57 Febe Dierckx punctures in the start straight, changes bike and loses 17 seconds.
41:20 Get the mud strip wrong and you are standing still — and it is happening more and more.
40:40 The entrance to the slippery descent is littered with abandoned bikes.
39:40 The line through the slippery descent is shifting; they are riding a metre off where they were a moment ago.
39:30 Hanne Baeten takes the other line through the off-camber and comes out ahead of Febe Dierckx.
39:20 Julie Verstraete goes past Femke Cools in the start straight.
38:20 Griet Verstraete takes the other line through the wide section and comes out ahead of Marie Cools.
37:30 The lines are fixed on a course this dry; they are all riding the same rut.
36:30 The hairpin is costing a few seconds more every lap.
35:40 Britt Herteleer has opened a gap and is alone up there.
35:20 Marie Cools takes the other line through the mud strip and comes out ahead of Marie Dhaene.
35:10 Eline Claes has to let Roos Depoorter go in the hairpin.
35:00 In the mud strip Wies Debruyne gains a place on Nina Verstraete.
34:20 Femke Cools dives past Julie Verstraete in the long straight.
34:10 Marthe Truyens had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Julie Verstraete in the little bridge.
34:00 The gap to the first chaser is 6 seconds.
33:50 Dust over the sequence of corners — there is no grip left in the corners.
33:40 Nore Beyens takes Nina Verstraete back in the little bridge.
33:10 Marthe Truyens takes the other line through the slippery descent and comes out ahead of Febe Dierckx.
33:00 Hardly anybody is getting off today, and that makes it an hour with no rest in it.
32:20 The line through the steep side has opened right up.
32:10 In the wet meadow Ilse Willems gains a place on Marthe Debruyne.
31:20 Ilse Willems is too quick for Julie Verstraete in the steep side and lies 8th now.
31:10 The ground in the wet meadow has been ridden rock hard.
30:00 Hardly a bike change all day — there is nothing to wash off.
29:50 Dry and dusty, and by the end you cannot tell who is who.
28:00 Femke Cools goes past Marie Dhaene in the hollow.
27:40 Marthe Debruyne goes past Lise Vercammen in the off-camber.
27:00 The entrance to the steps is littered with abandoned bikes.
26:20 The start straight is drying out on the side the sun is on.
26:10 Marthe Debruyne is too quick for Janne Vandaele in the deep furrow and lies 8th now.
25:50 The wet meadow is costing a few seconds more every lap.
25:30 Nina Verstraete has to let Marie Cools go in the deep furrow.
25:00 Lise Vercammen takes the other line through the mud strip and comes out ahead of Hanne Baeten.
24:30 On a dry course there is little to win in the corners; it has to come from the legs.
23:30 Wies Debruyne has to let Griet Verstraete go in the mud strip.
22:20 Tyre pressure is half the race today, and nobody is saying so.
21:40 Yara Naessens had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Femke Cools in the sequence of corners.
21:30 Marie Dhaene takes Febe Dierckx back in the deep furrow.
20:20 There are 3 of them at the front.
20:00 Zoë Baeten dives past Marthe Willems in the deep furrow.
19:30 Dry and fast, and that makes it a long hour.
19:20 A day for racing on the pedals; there is nothing to slide away.
18:50 They are nearly all taking the same side through the sequence of corners now; the other line is finished.
17:20 In the long straight Hanne Baeten gains a place on Femke Cools.
16:00 Dust over the deep furrow — there is no grip left in the corners.
15:10 There are holes in the line through the slippery descent that nobody is riding out any more.
15:00 Lore Herteleer takes the other line through the deep furrow and comes out ahead of Femke Cools.
14:50 Marthe Truyens goes past Marie Dhaene in the finishing straight.
14:40 Robin Roelants takes Griet Verstraete back in the little bridge.
14:30 Half the field is running the mud strip by now.
14:10 Robin Roelants is too quick for Aline Maertens in the finishing straight and lies 23rd now.
13:20 Marthe Truyens takes Marie Cools back in the wet meadow.
13:10 In the pit Janne Vandaele gains a place on Hanne Baeten.
12:50 The mud strip is drying out on the side the sun is on.
11:30 The line through the steps has opened right up.
11:15 Britt Herteleer goes past Kaat Bogaerts and takes the lead.
11:00 Janne Vandaele takes the other line through the slippery descent and comes out ahead of Yara Naessens.
10:10 Hardly a bike change all day — there is nothing to wash off.
9:50 Lore Herteleer has to let Febe Dierckx go in the start straight.
9:40 Tyre pressure is half the race today, and nobody is saying so.
9:10 Femke Cools had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Hanne Baeten in the off-camber.
8:50 Febe Dierckx goes past Marie Dhaene in the wet meadow.
8:40 Get the steep side wrong and you are standing still — and it is happening more and more.
7:50 Janne Vandaele dives past Marthe Debruyne in the wet meadow.
7:40 On a dry course there is little to win in the corners; it has to come from the legs.
7:30 They are nearly all taking the same side through the hairpin now; the other line is finished.
7:10 The course is hard underneath; this is a day for anyone who can keep the power on.
7:00 The sand in the off-camber is loose and deep — that is where the hour will be decided.
6:30 The finishing straight is getting looser with every lap.
6:20 The front group is riding on sight, not on line; it all looks the same out there.
6:10 The deep furrow is costing a few seconds more every lap.
4:50 The pits are working flat out.
4:40 There are holes in the line through the pit that nobody is riding out any more.
4:10 There is 5 seconds on the clock behind the leaders.
3:55 Robin Roelants slides out in the pit and loses 1 second.
3:40 The sequence of corners is tearing itself apart; next lap it will be brutal in there.
2:00 The sequence of corners is drying out on the side the sun is on.
1:40 Dry and dusty, and by the end you cannot tell who is who.
0:50 The gap to the first chaser is 4 seconds.
0:05 Kaat Bogaerts goes past Maaike Wauters and takes the lead.
0:00 Kasteelcross: dry course, 6 laps. Mostly mud and technique.