Mijnterril

49:30 Sara Bogaerts brings up the rear at 3 minutes. Everybody finished.

49:12 Nerea Ortega crosses the line 31st, at 3:05.

48:37 Anežka Nováková crosses the line 30th, at 2:30.

46:48 Zoë Maes crosses the line 3rd, at 0:41.

46:24 Jolien Brouwers crosses the line 2nd, at 0:17.

46:07 Yara Wauters wins by 17 seconds.

45:30 Marie Nuyts has to let Julie Dhaene go in the second sand pit.

44:20 There is not a dry thread left on anybody.

44:16 Marie Steyaert slides out in the start straight and loses 2 seconds.

42:00 The rain of the last few days is still sitting in the long straight.

41:30 Febe Vanhoutte dives past Marie Nuyts in the off-camber.

40:50 Ride the hairpin instead of running it and you take half a second out of the rest every lap.

40:10 Robin Steyaert dives past Tereza Procházková in the hurdles.

39:50 The brakes are dragging with mud; everyone is stopping too early in the hairpin.

39:30 Febe Vanhoutte takes the other line through the hollow and comes out ahead of Kaat Vandenberghe.

39:20 Get the steps wrong and you are standing still — and it is happening more and more.

39:10 There is a line through the hairpin that gets narrower lap after lap.

39:00 They are riding on a third of their tyres; the rest is packed with earth.

38:20 The water is standing in the little bridge; dive in too fast and you are down.

38:10 The pits are working flat out.

37:40 Merel Casteels goes past Ilse Delrue in the loose corner in the sand.

36:10 Kaat Vandenberghe takes Eline Geens back in the steep side.

36:00 Half the field is running the little climb at the back by now.

35:50 It is getting harder through the finishing straight with every lap that goes by.

34:40 They are nearly all taking the same side through the finishing straight now; the other line is finished.

34:20 Amber Janssens had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Robin Steyaert in the hairpin.

34:16 Jolien Brouwers slides out in the hollow and loses 2 seconds.

33:50 In the sequence of corners Merel Casteels gains a place on Aitana Miralles.

33:40 Julie Michiels is too quick for Eline Vanhee in the little climb at the back and lies 26th now.

33:30 Amber Janssens dives past Yara Debruyne in the steep side.

33:00 Sara Bogaerts has to let Nerea Ortega go in the pit.

31:50 Yara Wauters is out on their own at the front.

31:00 Tereza Procházková dives past Eline Geens in the little bridge.

30:50 The entrance to the start straight is littered with abandoned bikes.

30:40 Lise Peeters takes Wies Rombouts back in the start straight.

30:20 There is not a dry thread left on anybody.

29:30 Ride the sequence of corners instead of running it and you take half a second out of the rest every lap.

28:30 Robin Steyaert goes past Febe Vanhoutte in the off-camber.

28:10 The derailleurs are packed with mud; shifting has become a gamble.

27:17 Janne Delrue slides out in the finishing straight and loses 7 seconds.

27:00 They are riding on a third of their tyres; the rest is packed with earth.

26:50 Yara Wauters moves up to 1st at Jolien Brouwers's expense.

26:45 Yara Wauters goes past Jolien Brouwers and takes the lead.

26:30 Julie Michiels takes the other line through the hurdles and comes out ahead of Eline Vanwalleghem.

26:10 The water is standing in the start straight; dive in too fast and you are down.

25:00 The mechanics are standing ready with the pressure washer; a clean bike every lap.

24:40 With 2 up front, and Jolien Brouwers on the front of it.

24:10 Jolien Brouwers has opened a gap and is alone up there.

23:50 The off-camber is drying out on the side the sun is on.

23:40 The gap to the first chaser is 5 seconds.

23:00 They are nearly all taking the same side through the finishing straight now; the other line is finished.

22:40 Robin Steyaert had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Kaat Vandenberghe in the wide section.

22:10 Eline Geens had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Wies Rombouts in the steep side.

21:20 Eline Vanhee takes Sara Bogaerts back in the wide section.

21:10 The line through the steep side is shifting; they are riding a metre off where they were a moment ago.

21:00 The pits are working flat out.

20:40 Half the field is running the loose corner in the sand by now.

20:20 The leader's jersey stopped being recognisable a long time ago.

20:00 In the wide section Wies Rombouts gains a place on Lise Peeters.

19:30 The brakes are dragging with mud; everyone is stopping too early in the steep side.

19:20 The field is one mud bath; everybody is riding on feel.

18:30 Marie Nuyts had been sitting on the wheel a while and goes past Kaat Vandenberghe in the pit.

18:10 Zoë Bogaerts dives past Eline Tanghe in the hurdles.

18:00 Julie Michiels has to let Eline Vanwalleghem go in the sequence of corners.

17:50 Aitana Miralles takes the other line through the steps and comes out ahead of Kaat Vandenberghe.

17:40 Marie Nuyts is too quick for Lise Peeters in the steep side and lies 10th now.

16:40 There is a line through the steps that gets narrower lap after lap.

16:30 All five are hunting a different line through the finishing straight; none of them is finding the good one.

16:10 Zoë Maes goes past Lise Peeters in the little climb at the back.

15:30 There is not a dry thread left on anybody.

15:20 The line through the off-camber has closed up completely; it is going to be a run.

15:10 The entrance to the steep side is littered with abandoned bikes.

14:50 The derailleurs are packed with mud; shifting has become a gamble.

14:20 There is 17 seconds on the clock behind the leaders.

14:10 Every lap is slower than the last, and today that is no disgrace.

12:40 Bikes are changing every lap — the steps eats equipment.

12:00 The mechanics are standing ready with the pressure washer; a clean bike every lap.

11:58 Marie Steyaert slides out in the wide section and loses 4 seconds.

11:40 It is getting harder through the start straight with every lap that goes by.

11:31 Zoë Maes punctures in the steps, changes bike and loses 17 seconds.

10:20 The pits are working flat out.

9:40 In the pit Wies Rombouts gains a place on Britt Delrue.

9:30 The entrance to the start straight is littered with abandoned bikes.

9:20 Half the field is running the little climb at the back by now.

9:10 The rain of the last few days is still sitting in the start straight.

6:50 The field is one mud bath; everybody is riding on feel.

6:20 Jolien Brouwers has opened a gap and is alone up there.

5:50 The water is standing in the off-camber; dive in too fast and you are down.

5:40 Jolien Brouwers is out on their own at the front.

5:10 The steep side is costing a few seconds more every lap.

4:40 On a day like this it is not the strongest who wins, it is whoever runs least.

4:20 The line through the off-camber has opened right up.

3:20 The hollow is getting deeper with every lap.

2:00 The hairpin is drying out on the side the sun is on.

1:20 The brakes are dragging with mud; everyone is stopping too early in the wide section.

1:10 The leader's jersey stopped being recognisable a long time ago.

0:50 There is not a dry thread left on anybody.

0:40 They are nearly all taking the same side through the steps now; the other line is finished.

0:30 There are holes in the line through the hollow that nobody is riding out any more.

0:05 Jolien Brouwers goes past Yara Wauters and takes the lead.

0:00 Mijnterril: wet course, 6 laps. Mostly technique and climbing.