Mijnterril
Beringen · Sunday 20 September 2026 · · week 3 of Summer 2026 · Second division A junior women
wet course · 5 laps · technique and climbing — settled — this is what it will be, 20°, 10 mm in drie dagen · 690 spectators lined the course
The podium
| 1 goud | Nina Vandaele — | 38:36 — | 30 pts € 900 |
| 2 zilver | Eliška Dvořáková — | 38:54 +18.4s | 25 pts € 600 |
| 3 brons | Emma Coppens — | 39:30 +54.4s | 21 pts € 450 |
The course
- the steps
- the long straight
- the sequence of corners
- the sand pit
- the hollow
- the wide section
- the little bridge
The rest of the result
| Rider | Team | Time | Gap | Prize | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Justine Chevalier | — | 39:33 | +56.8s | € 320 | 18 |
| 5 | Ainhoa Bosch | — | 39:35 | +58.9s | € 320 | 17 |
| 6 | Lise Coppens | — | 39:36 | +1:01 | € 320 | 16 |
| 7 | Maaike Vermeulen | — | 39:37 | +1:01 | € 220 | 15 |
| 8 | Puck Vermeulen | — | 39:38 | +1:02 | € 220 | 14 |
| 9 | Marthe Bruggeman | — | 39:43 | +1:07 | € 220 | 13 |
| 10 | Nina Bruggeman | — | 39:44 | +1:08 | € 220 | 12 |
| 11 | Julie Coppens | — | 39:45 | +1:09 | € 150 | 11 |
| 12 | Janne Steyaert | — | 39:50 | +1:14 | € 150 | 10 |
| 13 | Noor Tanghe | — | 39:50 | +1:14 | € 150 | 9 |
| 14 | Anežka Benešová | — | 39:58 | +1:22 | € 150 | 8 |
| 15 | Wies Vanhoutte | — | 39:59 | +1:23 | € 150 | 7 |
| 16 | Aline Cools | — | 40:00 | +1:24 | € 150 | 6 |
| 17 | Wies Peeters | — | 40:01 | +1:25 | € 150 | 5 |
| 18 | Wies Baeten | — | 40:03 | +1:27 | € 150 | 4 |
| 19 | Núria Vidal | — | 40:05 | +1:29 | € 150 | 3 |
| 20 | Anke Vandenberghe | — | 40:07 | +1:31 | € 150 | 2 |
| 21 | Marie Desmet | Oorstampers | 40:07 | +1:31 | € 90 | |
| 22 | Manon Lefevre | — | 40:11 | +1:35 | € 90 | |
| 23 | Camille Barbier | — | 40:14 | +1:38 | € 90 | |
| 24 | Roos Verstraete | — | 40:15 | +1:39 | € 90 | |
| 25 | Aline Willems | — | 40:15 | +1:39 | € 90 | |
| 26 | Veerle Demeyer | — | 40:20 | +1:44 | € 90 | |
| 27 | Janne Dierckx | — | 40:23 | +1:47 | € 90 | |
| 28 | Lotte De Clercq | — | 40:24 | +1:48 | € 90 | |
| 29 | Tine Bogaerts | — | 40:36 Spare bike: punctured and changed bikes. | +2:01 | € 90 | |
| 30 | Yara Vandaele | — | 40:40 | +2:04 | € 90 | |
| 31 | Lotte Verbeke | — | 40:51 Spare bike: punctured and changed bikes. | +2:15 | ||
| 32 | Roos Brouwers | — | 40:52 | +2:16 | ||
| 33 | Robin Vercammen | — | 41:09 | +2:33 |
Race report
41:09 Robin Vercammen brings up the rear at 3 minutes. Everybody finished.
40:52 Roos Brouwers crosses the line 32nd, at 2:16.
40:51 Lotte Verbeke crosses the line 31st, at 2:15.
39:30 Emma Coppens crosses the line 3rd, at 0:54.
38:54 Eliška Dvořáková crosses the line 2nd, at 0:18.
38:36 Nina Vandaele wins by 18 seconds.
37:20 The entrance to the steep side is littered with abandoned bikes.
36:50 Nina Vandaele has opened a gap and is alone up there.
36:20 All five are hunting a different line through the steep side; none of them is finding the good one.
36:17 Tine Bogaerts punctures in the wide section, changes bike and loses 6 seconds.
36:00 The off-camber is drying out on the side the sun is on.
35:50 The off-camber is getting deeper with every lap.
35:20 Nina Vandaele is out on their own at the front.
35:00 Wies Peeters is too quick for Núria Vidal in the hurdles and lies 19th now.
34:10 Núria Vidal dives past Manon Lefevre in the steps.
33:40 The rain of the last few days is still sitting in the steps.
33:10 The line through the hollow has closed up completely; it is going to be a run.
32:50 The field is one mud bath; everybody is riding on feel.
31:50 Get the loose corner in the sand wrong and you are standing still — and it is happening more and more.
31:30 Come off the line in the wide section and you are ankle deep in it.
31:10 The mechanics are standing ready with the pressure washer; a clean bike every lap.
30:40 There is 18 seconds on the clock behind the leaders.
30:20 Wies Vanhoutte takes the other line through the start straight and comes out ahead of Anežka Benešová.
29:20 The line through the start straight has opened right up.
28:40 Wies Baeten has to let Manon Lefevre go in the sequence of corners.
28:30 In the hurdles Wies Vanhoutte gains a place on Wies Baeten.
27:20 The hairpin is tearing itself apart; next lap it will be brutal in there.
27:10 Bikes are changing every lap — the sand strip eats equipment.
26:30 Ainhoa Bosch takes the other line through the hairpin and comes out ahead of Janne Steyaert.
26:20 The brakes are dragging with mud; everyone is stopping too early in the hurdles.
26:10 Nina Vandaele has opened a gap and is alone up there.
25:50 Eliška Dvořáková had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Maaike Vermeulen in the long straight.
24:50 Eliška Dvořáková moves up to 3rd at Emma Coppens's expense.
24:40 Nina Vandaele is out on their own at the front.
24:30 Ainhoa Bosch is too quick for Marie Desmet in the off-camber and lies 8th now.
22:30 Wies Baeten dives past Aline Willems in the steps.
22:20 Every lap is slower than the last, and today that is no disgrace.
22:00 There are holes in the line through the long straight that nobody is riding out any more.
21:50 Up front Maaike Vermeulen goes past Emma Coppens — 2nd now.
21:40 There is not a dry thread left on anybody.
21:30 Get the steps wrong and you are standing still — and it is happening more and more.
21:10 The leader's jersey stopped being recognisable a long time ago.
20:50 Aline Willems takes Anke Vandenberghe back in the little climb at the back.
20:30 The water is standing in the steep side; dive in too fast and you are down.
19:40 Anke Vandenberghe takes the other line through the steps and comes out ahead of Aline Cools.
19:30 All five are hunting a different line through the hollow; none of them is finding the good one.
19:19 Lise Coppens goes down in the long straight and loses 18 seconds.
17:50 There is a line through the steep side that gets narrower lap after lap.
17:40 The gap to the first chaser is 5 seconds.
16:10 There is 5 seconds on the clock behind the leaders.
16:00 The line through the sequence of corners has closed up completely; it is going to be a run.
15:50 Julie Coppens has to let Aline Willems go in the little climb at the back.
15:10 The rain of the last few days is still sitting in the finishing straight.
15:00 They are nearly all taking the same side through the sequence of corners now; the other line is finished.
14:50 In the hollow Roos Verstraete gains a place on Julie Coppens.
14:40 Come off the line in the long straight and you are ankle deep in it.
14:00 The steps is costing a few seconds more every lap.
13:40 On a day like this it is not the strongest who wins, it is whoever runs least.
13:20 Bikes are changing every lap — the hairpin eats equipment.
12:50 Manon Lefevre goes past Lotte De Clercq in the hollow.
12:20 There are holes in the line through the steep side that nobody is riding out any more.
12:10 Lotte De Clercq has to let Wies Vanhoutte go in the hollow.
11:53 Yara Vandaele goes down in the sequence of corners and loses 15 seconds.
11:40 Emma Coppens moves up to 2nd at Eliška Dvořáková's expense.
11:10 The brakes are dragging with mud; everyone is stopping too early in the start straight.
10:00 Marie Desmet had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Anežka Benešová in the finishing straight.
9:50 Aline Cools takes Lotte De Clercq back in the little bridge.
9:40 Aline Cools is too quick for Wies Peeters in the pit and lies 17th now.
8:40 It is getting harder through the second sand pit with every lap that goes by.
8:30 Every lap is slower than the last, and today that is no disgrace.
8:10 The leader's jersey stopped being recognisable a long time ago.
8:00 Justine Chevalier takes the other line through the hairpin and comes out ahead of Aline Willems.
7:50 Anke Vandenberghe dives past Aline Willems in the hollow.
7:40 There is not a dry thread left on anybody.
6:10 Get the hollow wrong and you are standing still — and it is happening more and more.
6:00 Half the field is running the sand strip by now.
5:40 There is 7 seconds on the clock behind the leaders.
5:20 The field is one mud bath; everybody is riding on feel.
4:40 The rain of the last few days is still sitting in the little climb at the back.
4:30 There is a line through the hollow that gets narrower lap after lap.
4:03 Lotte Verbeke punctures in the steps, changes bike and loses 17 seconds.
3:56 Roos Verstraete slides out in the little climb at the back and loses 8 seconds.
3:50 On a day like this it is not the strongest who wins, it is whoever runs least.
1:30 The pits are working flat out.
1:20 The steep side is getting deeper with every lap.
0:50 Bikes are changing every lap — the wide section eats equipment.
0:20 The steep side is costing a few seconds more every lap.
0:10 Lise Coppens has to let Maaike Vermeulen go in the pit.
0:00 Mijnterril: wet course, 5 laps. Mostly technique and climbing.